The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First appearance of Madame ALBONI. AEICHARDT, BELLETTI, VIOLET CI, BENE irENTANO. TO.MORROW EVENING (TUESDAY), May 12. IL BARBIERE DI SEVI GLIA, Rosins, Mad—me Alboni. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Poechini. Yo? ptrticulars see bills. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last appearance of Madlle. Pocchini. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLEPTI. On THURSDAY EVENING, May 14, an Extra, Night. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Piccolmini ; Edgardo, Sig, Giuglini, After which, LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Madlle. Pocchini (her last appearance.) For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been s9ecially reserred for the public, and may lie had on applica tlon at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. -1-vd OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE , THIS EVENING will be performed Shal:ogpere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANOEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION?. THIS EVENING (May 11) to commence at Seven o'clock, 'with THE EVIL GENIUS. Torn Ripstone, Mr. Buckstone. After which, the Ruccessfu Classical Bova Story, un der the Apple-lation of A I'AL A.NTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Tornan. To conclude with BOX AND COX. . In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may bo retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Press 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 CNo half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will he performed a new and original drama (never acted). entitled JOSEPH GHAVIGNY ; or, Under the Thumb. Rm. Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, do. Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS. To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, ,Stc. lIOYAL SURREY THEATRE, , Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING will be performed MATITILDE. After which, THE THREE WONDERS OF PEKIN. • To conclude with 102 ; or, The Veteran and his Progeny. Mr. Widdicomb, ctc. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING will be performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, itc. To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs Robson, G. Murray, ezc. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP an H EATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Last Five Nights of the present successful Entertainments. On Saturday the theatre will be closed for a Grand Re hearsal of Verdi's far-famed Oper of IL TROVATORE ; or The Gipsy's Vengeance, which will be produced on Monday next, with Equestrian Illustrations, and supported by the FIRST OPERATIC ARTISTES OF TIIE DAT. . On Friday, May 15, the Annual Complimentary Benefit of Mr. William Cooke, and his daughter, Miss Kate Cooke, un der the distinguished patronage of the Right Hon: the Lord Mari. and Lady Mayoress. THIS EVENING, and followinz nights. the performance will commence with the Grand Military Spectacle, entitled THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS; or, The Battle of Constantine. To be followed by a matchless routine of SCENES IN THE ARENA, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. To cone:nil° with a Risible Farce. Commekce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper B ,xes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., uo &large for booking ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upp3r Gallery, 61. B)x.office open from Dawn till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wo,st. Equestrian Direaor, C)o - c , jun. RTGEI WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGS. TiTE r wEA'filElt—SuN OrFICIE, MAY 10. TEIkiiXOSIETNR, TiIR SHALE. since noon Tsaterda:. 46 lowest this morning and duriin the night. 53 —this day at noon. CANTERBURY HILL, Westminster-roar?. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow inz company of Vocalists are engaged for the perrormanco of 'enctions from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, &c., via.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; S. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghnnans, Grt,ver, T. Farrant, Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Sofia, and E. L. }Time ; Masters Bennett and Corgi; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Hiatioforte, Mr. Cacil Hicks ; haraiouium„f. Cauldeld, jun ; iirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seveu o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. T DA;--Morn. 7 min. aft. 3—Evening 22 min. aft. 3 rip•AiOkllo‘47-141oru. 3J ruin. aft. 3—Eveuing 55 mlu• aft. 3 BAROMETER, 29.73. Wurr, Easterly to s.r,. ; rather fresh, with dull wea ther, and partial rain at times. MAY 11. higtio3t sines noon yestorday. bl -iowest thii morning and darinz the night. 66 tbi, day at noon. is'AROIIEI ER, down to 29 68—now WiNn, S.E.—Light, - with fine summer weather. It rained smartly early this morning. s ;J) r .., trr LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1857. This evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer will move for a Select Committee t) inquire into the operation of the Bank Act of 1844, and of the Bank Acts for Ireland and Scotland of 1845. The Right Ilenoural)le Gentleman has lost no time in introducing t're all-important question ; we trust, however, that he will be prepared to modify materially the opinions which he enun ciated on the Gth of February, or that he will at least consent to the appointment of a fair and impartial committee, whose report cannot be re garded as "a foregone conclusion." Even within the last three months additional light has been cast on the subject ! We have seen the rate of interest again raised to a minimum, of 7 per cent. to the immediate customers of the Bank of Eng land, which may be regarded as 10 or 12 per cent. to those who are not so fortunate as to possess equal facilities for obtaining pecuniary acc3mmo dation. It is certain that the trading and mann faeturing interests are greatly injured by this exorbitant and usurious price. Orders are re fused, simply because the cost of obtaining the means of executing them is so great, that the entire profits would be transferred from the pockets of the producers to those of the non producers. There are unquestionably plenty of loan societies and money-lenders, whose demands increase in proportion to the necessities of their victims, until there is every prospect that they will eventually swallow up not merely the pre fits, but the whole of the capital of the borrowers. Industry is paralysed, and, as we have repeatedly under a better sy s t em , m i g ht stated, those who , be the creators of national wealth, become un profitable consumers. In fact, the bees in the national hive are ruthlessly sacrificed for the be nefit of the drones. This deplorable state ,of affairs has become the normal condition of the country. Even the limes itself confesses that "a return to cheap money cannot bo expected for several years !" There may be sanguine persons who hope even against hope for a return of better times. But sooner or later this must end. It is vain to expect that it can continuo. The inevi table end will be certain ruin, and even the moneyocracy will at length discover the grave mistake of which they have been guilty, in " killing the goose that laid the golden eggs !" But it will then be "too late !" The mischief wi l be perpetrated, and no liberality or change can zestore matters to the condition in THE SUN, LONDON) MONDAY EVENING, MAX ii, 1867. loaves weekly if he did not vete for Mr. MAIN WARING. The rule was discharged, because the defendant, in a somewhat roundabout way, denied the charge. Probably, no one, however, doubted that it was substantially a true one, and that TREHRARN, though not driven to violate his judg ment, did suffer the loss of the Rev. E. BARN WELL'S custom, and may yet suffer more, for vot- ing honestly. The act referred to is expressed in the most stringent terms, and all the judges agreed that to ,hreaten to take away custom is a misde►neanour punishable under the act, Lord CAMPBELL stat ing that after the election a person could employ any tradesman he pleased, but could not during the election threaten di rectly or indirectly to deprive him of custom in order to influence his vote. Mr. Justice ERLE also observed that " the object of the statute was that the voter should be allowed to exercise his calm judgment, without being disturbed by selfish motives, and to protect him from threats affecting his private interests." If this be its object, and we grant that it is the avowed object of the act, we may well ask what better description can be given of the reason for which the Ballot has been adopted wherever it is in use ; and whether the act, really needed, is any other than a very simple one, providing that no elector shall hence forth be required to put his vote on record for the use cf his threateners. Who will deny, for instance, that under the Victoria Election Act, which we have recently published, threatening and bribery must be reduced to minimum, indeed annihilated. It is all very well for an act of Parliament to threaten Mr. BARNWELL with a penalty if ho threatens Mr. TREHEARN with one, but former acts have given Mr. BARNWELL the means of carrying out his threats—let the Legislature re peal those acts, and substitute one which should withdraw Mr. TREH.EARN'S vote from the cognis ance of every mortal, leaving him really "to ex ercise his calm judgment," and Mr. TREHEARN will need to fear no threats, nor Mr. BARNWELL to fear prosecutions for thew: The law has created the nuisance of bribery and intimidation by requiring open voting, and makes law after law to prevent people being injured by it ; in the name of common sense let it remove the open voting and the nuisance will vanish with the law. Put the voters beyond the threatener's reach rather than tempt him to threaten and punish them when he has done it. The elector owes his vote to no one, why then keep an account against him as if he were debtor to his clergyman, or to his landlord, or to any one else ? Give the man his vote in fee simple—give him the BALLOT. The speech of Lord NAPIER, at the annual din ner of the St. George's Society of New York, a report whereof appeared in our impression of Saturday, is worthy of attentive perusal, at both sides of the Atlantic. It is not merely because it was couched in polished phraseology, or contained well-rounded periods. It is not because it was far beyond the ordinary class of post prandial oratory ! Had it not possessed a far higher claim, it should have remained unnoticed in our leading columns. Bat there was a thorough and cordial kindliness of feeling perceptible in every sentence, that proved, beyond the possibility of doubt, that the speaker was satisfied alike with himself and with those whom he was brought iota contact. He inculcated the grand principle of mutual for bearance and indulgence—that the Representa tives of the two great nations of the Anglo-Saxon race should not strive to obtain petty advan tages over each other, but rather strive to co operate in the great cause of universal bene volence and philanthropy. It is not by formal written engagements, by be ing mutually bound over in heavy recognisances to keep the peace towards each other, that the inte rests of either nation can be advanced. One spark of good feeling and fair straightfor.vard in tegrity, is worth a hundred stipulationq, albeit of the most stringent character. We do not want " entangling alliances," save, as the Noble Lord justly remarked that of " the submarine cable" between the two nations, that will convey instan taneous intelligence from one to the other. In all other respects the communications should be of the most candid and open character, perfectly ex empted from diplomatic slang or hair splitting, and quibbling interpretation of existing treaties. All existing jealousies, on either side, should so far as practicable be suppressed. We are of the same blood, speaking the same language, and pro fessing the same religion. Let us then he brothers in reality, as well as in name. United, we may defy the world, or, to use the parlance of our cou sins, " whop the universe." As Lerd NAPIER de clared, " the peaceful and legitimate expansion of the United States forms a matter of satis faction and pride for every reasonable English man ;" it forms `• the best resort and relief for our superabundant population ; the bast market for our increasing industry. It is the triumph of our labour and our arts, of our lan guage, our religion, and our blood." But it must be a "peaceful and legitimate" expansion. • We cannot tolerate in our friends what we would ourselves be ashamed td do. We desire the honour of tae Anglo-Saxon name, and cannot sanction anything that tends to its depreciation. We wish to teach a great moral lesson to despots, and must feel intens3 pain when they can point to anything injurious to free institutions. But we only wish to advise, not to legislate—to in fluence by persuasion rather than by force—and we shall willingly receive similar instructions from the New World. There are opportunities for mutual improvement that should not be dis- regarded. Lard NAPIER enters on the important duties (we participate in the hope that they may not be very arduous) which have been entrusted to his hands, in an excellent spirit. We ear nestly hope that nothing may arise to change or embitter these healthy feelings. "By an easy exercise of frankness, of mutual for bearance and indulgence, no question can arise which will not admit of an easy and an amicable settlement." We hope and believe that this may be the feeling on both sides. Distrust begets dis- trust. An overreaching disposition on one side is sure to occasion a similar one on the other. Our diplomatic intercourse should be like that of private gentlemen, where one would be ashamed to ask anything, that the other would not be bound to grant. Reciprocity and co-operation will ensure the welfare and hap piness of both nations ; and the originators of any demand likely to disturb that auspicious state of affairs, will have much to answer for. The good sense of the People should put an immediate stop to diplomatic quarrels, whenever there is the slightest appearance of a cloud in the political horizon. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. [THIRD NOTICE.]. It is a source of sincere regret to us - o:at a young artist of such unquestionable genius as Mr. Eve; ett Millais should not merely be retrognviing so ob viously in his Art, but should actually, by the man ner of his retrogression, be rendering himself (we ;must put it in plain terms) absolutely ridiculous ! The instant impulse produced upon us, ou turning our glance either to No. 283 or to No. 408, is to laugh outright ! The former picture being the hideouscst as well as the grotesqueat within the reach of one's imagination. The later bearing a wonderful re:;emblance to a tragedy turned into a tomfoolery. Take the first, No. 283: " A Dre,m of the Past : Sir Isumbras at the Ford." There straddles, bolt uptight, on a roman-nosed cart horse, a grim old hobgoblin, having a very thin, grey, ragged beard (as if he had left off shaving for about a fortnight), and his limbs (a very forked radish of a man !) cased in yellow plate armour ! And this is " Sir Isumbras at the Ford !" The knight being altogether about as much like a knight as the "Man in Armour" in Lord Mayor's Show ! His eyes exceedingly resembling bailed gooseberries—and his destrier being in shape and action uncommonly like Master Jacky's notion of a horse, as seen among the smudged sums on his slate, or in the midst of the blotted pothooks of his copy boos. Or—turning to the other exemplar of Pre- Raphaelitism, No. 408, " The Escape of a Heretic, 1559 "—what other feeling , but ouc of absolute April. comicality can possibly be produced by the merest look askance at that mock-monk's mouth in the centre of the picture I—a mouth, the lips of which are sticking out into an exaggeration of a pout, such as any wag of the schoolroom might produce if be were "putting on" a sham fit of the sultans Both of those extraordinary paintings, we main tain, really appear as though the artist, in common par:ance, were trying to " play the fool" with the public generally, but particularly with his admirers. For, apart from the absurdity glaring upon us from each canvass in turn—each, iu turn, has about it, qualities, merits, betutie', that separately, and collectively command our admiration ! The little boy's face (dreamy and childlike) in the " Sir isumbras," and the mart'ellous flesh tints in the "Escape of a Heretic"—are wonders to be hung over in delight and astonishment. You see at once that this great Artist has genius—but a genius that delects perversely in a ludicrous and degrading masquerade. Another and a very different "Associate" — Frost—appears to be fast settling down into a mannerism that ultimately, we fear, may degene rate into the merest mediocrity. No. 14, " Nar cissus" is certainly worthy of him—it is exquisite in its classic gracefulness. But No. 161, a " Sea Nymph ; and No. 327, " O'Donoghue's Mistress," and No. 328, " Coaxing "—have been seen, again and again, before now, by repetition upon repetition. We know them by heart. They are exceedingly pretty—but wo are quite tired of them, if only by reason of their sameness and monotony. Pickersgill's " Duke Orsino and Viola" (No. 87) is a charming, and, all things considered, a satisfactory specimen of another of our pictorial mythologists—who has this time, however, turned from the classic Fairyland of Paganism to the Poetic Fairyland of Shakepere ! Poole's " Field Conven ticle" (No. 391) is altogether a subject too old, hackneyed, and thorougoly used-up to interest any one—even when rendered anew by the brush that revealed to us Job under the weight of his House hold Calamities, and ,Solomon, Eagle prophesying, in the midst of the Terrors of the Great Plague of London, with the burning chauldron of coals upon his head ! Saut delights our eyes, in No. 568, with a glimpse of " Infancy," as he sees it ! Frank Stone has a delightful French scene of a market-cart going by, heavily laden with Jean, Crapaud, Madame Jeannot, et sa Famille —full of life, and fun, and nature—entitled "Bon jour, Messieurs !" Goodall, in No. 364, has quite a companion picture (in its way) to this—a painting representing " A Wedding Dance in Brit tany." Out of With erington's four charming conti butions, we are fain to select, as our especial favourite, No. 370, "Spring"—Spring as seen in the growth, the budding, the flowering of some sweet virginal primroses Liunell's No. 467, " Where the nibbling flocks do stray." is an idyll upon canvass—a delicious landscape. Feed has surpassed himself this season in No. 264, " The First Breat in the Family, " incomparably, as yet, his masterpiece. It is a picture, we are quite certain, that would entirely delight the authoress of "John Rintoul," and " Zaidee," and " Katie Stewart," and "The Athelings"—a painting afier the heart of Margaret Oliphant. As to the young artist wile won the ad miration of us all last year by his noble work, illus trating the Death of " Chatterton"—Wallis—he this season fully realizes, we had almost said mora than realizes, our expectations. No. 458. " A Sculptor's Workshop, Stratford-on-Avon, 1617" — and No. 501, " Montaigne in the library of his chateau in Gascony''—are both works of indubitable genius. The former especially. It is the thought of a Poet-Artist—a thought worthily, nobly, ex quisitely realized Mr. Wallis has only to advance upon the same road upon which he has already adventured so successfully—and Fame and Foieune are his. May he prosper—and with life he is certain of winning his spurs as an academician. For the name of another young artist who took our praises by storm last season, we look in vain, unhappily, now, in all this long cata logue—we wean Mr. Burton, who for 1856 painted so wondrously the death of the gambling duellist in the presence of his lady-love and her Puritan instructor. He has contrioutecl nothing to the pre sant year's exhibition. Not FO W. C. T. Dobson, who, besides another (smaller) picture, 63, "Reading the Psalms," has a lovely scriptural painting in the gallery, in 556, "The Cuild J esu s going down with his Parents to Nazareth." A very beautiful work of tut, which we long to s e e worthily en graved. J. M. Carrick's two coati ibutions are—as any one might safely have Tredicated they would be, who at all remembers his " two" in the 1856 Exhibition—successes. One of 'them especially—the landscape, No. 542, "Rydal, Westmoreland." , The precise meaning of the second, No. 996, " Waiting for the Stage Coach 17th Century," we must acknowledge we don't rightly comprehend. This is poked away in the North Room—a room generally rather chilly and deserted. In the South Room, we recognise, with a now accustomed satisfaction, many new specimens of T. Carrick's admirable skill as a painter of minia tures half-a-dozen, in fact, altogether, among which half-dozen we may particularise Nos. 725, and 702 as pine icularly excellent. In the same apartment, among the miscellaneous drawings, we must especially notice No. 914, by F. Piercy—a charming sketch of "A Garden-gate, near that of Osborne." In one of the larger rooms, O'Neill evidences afresh his vivid appreciation of the humouruus in No. 541, representing " The Last Day of a Sale," in which we have drolly delineated, for our amuse ment, all the hubbub, crush, and confusion, familiar to every practised auctioneer. G. Land seer's graceful portraiture, in No. 641, of "Miss Matthews and Favourites," does credit to the young artist's sense of the True and Beautiful— whether viewed in regard to the young lady her self, the pony, the dog, the butterfly, or the land scape. Gen-rally specking, however, this season, the Portraits without revealing amongst them any Great Succesa—are more than usually meri torious. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—About four o'clock on Friday afternoon an accident occurred on the London and North-Western Railway, at the coal-yards crossing, near the passenger station, Fishergate, Preston, by which a woman named Jane Waddington was instantaneously deprived of life. The unfortunate woman was returning home, having two bundles of rod iron Ale had been pur chasing for her husbald, who is a blacksmith, in one arm, and an infant in the other, She was accompanied by a woman, and when on the point of crossing the line to go into Dock-street a coal train came up from a siding and proceeded towards the tunnel. The woman waited until the last waggon bad passed, and were crossing the line, v;ken a luggage-trair, which had been hidden from their view by the coal-train, emerged from the tunnel in an opposite direction. One of the women succeeded in clearing the train, but, the other (the deceased) was caught by the buffer and thrown upon the line, the train passing over her body, hands, and legs, cutting off one of her breasts, and tearing away a portion of flesh from various parts of the body. Her infant was thrown for ward out of her arms, and was found lying near to her side in the 6 feet space. Beyond being a good deal shaken the child was not injured. The deceased was about 35 years old, and has left a family of three children. It is to be hoped for the future safety of the public that the railway authorities will be compelled to erect a bridge at this spot, several accidents of a fatal nature having previously happened by persons having to cross the metals. A. more dangerous place for a crossing can not be conceived, for in addition to the large numbe r o f regular trains passing over the line at this point coal trains are often standing or shunting. It is stated that the corporation have given their sanction to the stoppage of the crossing. No blame is attributed to the engine -driver, as it was impossible for him to have stopped the train and prevented the accident, and he had given the usual signal of danger—the whistle. At an inquest held on the following day (Saturday) a verdict of "Accidentally Killed" was given, and the jury re commended that some steps be taken at the place where the accident occurred for the future safety of the public. LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have re3eved the following telegraphic despatch from Marseilles:— MARSEILLES, SUNDAY, MAY 10. We have advices from Alexandria to the 2d of May. The Bombay mail arrived at Suez on the 30th of There are no tidings of the Calcutta mail. The capture of Mohammerah on the 26th March by General Outram with a force of 4,500 men, which left Bushire on the 19th, is confirmed. The entrance of the Karoon had been skilfully fortified by the enemy, but . the forts were silenced by the steamers in two hours. Prince Khanlas Mirza, at the head of 13,000 men, fled, with a loss of 200, leaving ammunition, stores, camp equipages, and 17 guns. 1 General Stalker and Commodore Etheridge have both committed suicide in a moment of temporary insanity. The Bombay money-market was improving. The import-market was fair. Freights were falling. MALTA, MAY 7. Lord Elgin passed Malta on the 2d of May. Lord Lyons' squadron continues in Valetta harbour. VIENNA, SUNDAY, MAY 10. An amnesty has been granted to all those persons who, having been condemned to imprisonment for political offences, are now in Austrian prisons. All trials for political offences are quashed, ex. cepting those which are pending against the re fugees. THE NEUCHATEL QUESTION. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING, A despatch from Berlin, dated yesterday, has been received, which states that Prince Napoleon has delivered to the King of Prussia an autogrph letter from the Emperor Napoleon upon the sub ject of the Neuchatel dispute. which they were placed before the monetary revc- lution that must occur, and which will not only ecca:.,ii(Na fearful sufferings to the working classes, but eventually to all but leviathan capitalists ! Nor is the enhanced rate of discount all that is to be complained of. There are new restrictions imposed, which press severely even on capitalists themselve3.. Advances can no longer be obtained on Consols. It was bad enough for those who had lent money to the State at 3 per cent, to be obliged to pay 7 per cent. for any temporary loans which they might require on the same security. But now they cannot be obtained at any price from the quasi national establishment. The certainty of obtaining money at any time on Consols was one of the things that kept up quotations in the market ; that feature being removed, the value of the investment will be seriously diminished, and prices must necessarily fall. Should another Loan be re quired, it must be effected on much higher terms ; and every fundholder will witness a seri ous depreciation in the nominal value of his in vestment ! Even leviathan capitalists may not like to have it supposed that the value of their accumulated wealth is less than it had previously been. But the premiums paid for gold by the Bank of France completely disposes of the question ! For the comparatively small sum of 6,0001., they can take 1,000,0001. from the Bank of England For 60,0001. they can produce a commercial crisis in England of greater intensity than that of 1847 ! The expenditure of half a million would occasion far greater calamities, so far as pecuniary matters are concerned, than the Russian war that cost us 30,000,000/. ! Surely, then, some precautions should be taken while the present grievanco is so palpable, the future danger so imminent ! If the Bank Charter Act be renewed, Ttithout change, for a further term of ten years, the Nation will be unable to extricate itself on any terms from the involvement. It is at all events worth while to test the feeling of the new Parliament. Mr. DISRAELI thought it was useless to divide the House on the appoint ment of the Committee "unless he should receive greater encouragement than he anticipated." He cannot now put forward a similar excuse ; unless he chooses to try, he cannot tell what will be the feeling of the House ! " A straw thrown up" ' will indicate the pointfrom which the wind blows. A single division on the name of a member, will give valuable information. Nothing, at all events, can be effected by apathy or indifference. Anything worth having is worth struggling for. It was not by patient submis sion that the Anti-Corn Law League destroyed the giant monopoly of the landowners. And if monetary reformers desire the removal of even a more formidable grievance they must bestir them selves while there is yet time. Palma non sine pulvere is a sound policy. They must display zeal, energy, and perseverance before they can hope for the abatement of the social nuisance. There is a story that a wealthy citizen, of Antwerp, if we remember rightly, or of some other Flemish town, had a large stone by his door, over whieh his neighbours often fell at night, and were lucky if they went away with nothing worse than bruised shins. At length the complaints became so general that the burgher had to appear before the magistrates to answer them. Either the law was not very clearly against him, or rather difficult to enforce against a long purse, and it was not easy to compel him to re move the obstruction ; in his philanthropy, how ever, he offered, though nobody should force him to take away the stone, b hang a lantern over it , after dark. We had a specimen of its working last Tuesday, in the case of the QUEEN versus BARNWELL ; the The course of our legislators in regard to election matters, is the parallel to that of the wayward burgher. At every election, thousands of electors are stumbling over an obstacle which the law puts in their way. The law compels them, if they vote, not merely to give their vote, but to give it so that any ono on whom they are dependent can use " undue influence." This is loudly complained of after every contest. Bribery and intimidation in their countless forms, are openly charged upon the winning party, and the lcsing party too. No one doubts the truth of these complaints. In every constituency, those who dare speak, can tell of others who would have voted otherwise, but for " undue influence." " Such a one would have voted differently, but his lawyer, his banker, creditor, his customers, were strongly on the other side, and he dared not disoblige them"—and almost as frequently—" So-and-so did not vete at all—he had customers on both sides." Well—the Legislature is appealed to. This stumbling block—your poll-book—is bruising our shins, or doing us worse mischief at every elec tion ; for goodness sake do remove the nuisance ! Be content with having our votes, without forcing us to disclose them. We had rather not have votes at all than make our consciences sore for weeks together by stumbling over your polling book. Never does an election occur but we do violence, either to our interests or to our honest judgments. Now, Messieurs the Legislators know full well the truth of the complaints, many of them, in fact, are Legislators because they are true. Yet the ugly stone is a precious heirloom to them. They and their predecessors, perhaps, for several generations, have used it to mount the public, and t) ride if, booted and spurred, as the Upper ten thousand wish. "They won't remove the stone, that t'sey won't, for all the electors iu the kingdom ; the law does not compel them, and no one shall." They do rot wish, however, to seem too un gracious, though they like to spew their obsti nacy ; so they offer to compromise the matter. The poll shall still be open, but they will hang up a warning Act of Parliament in the polling booth—it shall be a misdemeanour in law for any one to use undue influence during an election ; and the penalty shall be 50 . 1. in each case. If a clergyman, for instance, comes and threatens to deprive a baker of his own custom, and of baking the charity bread also, unless he votes as the priest bids him ; if a landlord intimates through his steward that his tenant must vote with him or quit ; if others in unlawful authority over us do like things, why then they must smart for it by Act of Parliament. With such a legislative light on the freedom of the polling•booth, why need any one fear to walk in and vote at ease ? Un luckily the Legislative lantern is not of half so much use as was that of the Flemish burgher. That showed only the old man's perversity in pre ferring the nightly trouble of lighting and main taining his lamp, t) the trouble once and over of removing the stone. Our luminous Act, although constructed, seemingly, with infinite care, leaves the poor voter, in thousands of cases, wronged in mind or in estate. latter being a clergyman, against whom a rule had been granted to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for threatening to deprive Mr. TREaEIRN, a baker, of his own custom, and also to take from him of a charity with sixty ultimately the supplying THE DUCHESS OF KENT. We learn, with deep regret, that the state of the Duchess of Kent's health i 3 not altogether such as her Royal Highness's family and friends could de sire. It is stated that symptoms of an unfavour able character have recently shown themselves, and caused considerable anxiety among those who en joy the confidential intimacy of her Royal High 110S9.—Morning Post. TURKEY. From Constantinople, news to the 30th of April has arrived at Paris. The banking project of Mr. Wilkin is said to have been definitively set aside ; and some other projects of English capitalists are said to have been either rejected or much restricted in their scope. The native bankers have made some proposals to the Government, which, how ever, were not acceptable. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. F.ruk Khan, the Persian Ambassacior, declared yesterday at the Foreign-office that he not only had not received any confirmation of the report that the treaty of peace with Great Britain had not been ratified, but what rendered such a fact highly im ptobable is that since the treaty was signed he had received despatches from the Court of Teheran di recting him to insist on certain terms which he had already introduced into the treaty. BOURSE, May 9.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. 4. per Cants ...... —. 9.1 3 per Cents 69 10 Bank Shares 4 300 ,_ End of Month. 92fr. --c. 69 20 Credit Mobilier 1,290 Roman Do. Account Augtri an Belgian 4 Pied montese (5) 9O 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. fr. c. it c. Orleans 1,475 Western - Northern Lyons 1,475 New Ditto 745 - Mediterranean 1,990 Grand Central Geneva Ilidi . 803 i— Austrian Cum....... - M.ACDOUGALL OF THE ROYAL TAR TAN WAREHOUSE. We have great Pleasure in referring our readers to the report, in another column, of the presenta tion of plate and public dinner given to Mr. Macdougall, Inverness, by some of the leading mer chants in Glasgow. Busine,s was not always so prosperous at the Royal Tartan Warehouse as, we are glad to see, it has been of late ; and in 1837, from a variety of unfavourable circumstances, Mr. Macdougall had to place,his affairs in the hands of his creditors. His liabilities were large but the composition offered was accepted, and Mr. Mac dougall received a full discharge of the bilance, amounting to neatly 6,0001. This sum he has voluntarily repaid—an act which he modestly refers to as simply one of duty, but such cases are unhappily so rare that it has ^ led to the flatter ing testimonial accorded to our townsman by the merchant princes of Glasgow. Mr. Macdougall has evidently long premeditated this step. Nearly a dozen years ago his Inverness creditors received the sums which they had cancelled, and it is grati fying to all his friends that circumstances have favoured the complete execution of a most honour able resolution, conceived, probably, when matters looked gloomy enough around the Tartan Ware howe, and adhered to through a most persistent career of activity, enterprise, and usefulness. Mr. Macdougall has largely extended the business connection of Inverness, especially in the depart ment which be has made peculiarly his own ; and we are glad to think that the same exer tions which have enabled him to perform so princely OR act towards his former creditors, have greatly benefitted his native town, and his coun trymen in many a Highland glen. The plate pre sented by Sir James Campbell is of the value of 330/. After the purchase of the plate, a surplus of about 401. of the money subscribed remained, and this the committee very handsomely appropriated to the purchase of a gold watch for each of Mr. Maedougall's two daughters; Oa " the whole there has rarely been an incident in the commercial world which, in all its circumstances and accom paniments, has been so honourable to all the par ties concerned, and we cordially congratulate Mr. Macdougall on the highly-gratifying. result —ln verness Courier. [And so do we most cordially.— Sun.] The stay of the Qaeen at Osborne will be for a longer period than was at tirstintended, most probably for about three weeks.--Court Journal. Baron Gros, who has just been appointed to proceed A) China, wa4 charged with a minsion to La Plata In 1847. In 1850, he filled the functions of commissioner mediator, to setle the differences which had arisen be- tween England and Greece ; and, lastly he negotiated as one of the plenipotentiaries of the Emperor, the treaty recently concluded between France and Spain, for settling the important question of the frontiers of the two cluntries. The Princess Amelia. of Hohenlobe-Schillingfurst was married a few days ago at Herbeslenben, in the Duchy of Gatha, to M. Lauchert, an artist of Sigmaringen. The Princess being a protestant, the marriage took place ac- cording to the protes ant form, but as M. Lauchert is a Roman catholic, a catholic marriage was also to be cele- brated. The Princess is the second sister of Prince Chloiwig of Hohenlohe, and was born in 1821. THE LATE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is acting as chief executor to the late Duchess of Gloucester, with the Earl of Verulam, Mr. Vincent (the Queen's reme,rn brancer), and Mr. Drummond, the banker, as col leagues. Though rather early to speak of sucb matters, it is understood that -the bulk of the property goes to the family of the late Duke of Cambridge, the house in Park-lane devolving to the present duke. The Princess Alice, a god-child of the late Duchess, has not been forgotten, nor the other members of the royal family. Pensions have been left to two old servants—one of 50/. a year, and one of 251. a year, with a gratuity of. a year's wages to the rest of the household. Discussions having arisen as to the chief mournership, and the claims of rank, precedence, and family consanguinity having formed a complete puzzle, the Gordian knot was cut by the Crown becoming chief mourner, and her Ma jesty was therefore represented at the funeral by the Duchets of At hole, one of her principal ladies in waiting. Court Journal. • DEATH OF LORD WILLIAM FlTZROY.—lntelligence of the death of this nobleman has been received in London on Friday. Lord William was the third son of the third Duke of Grafton, by the daughter of the late Rev. Sir Richard Wrottesley, Bart. He was born in 1782, and married in 1816 the second daughter of the late Thos. Raikes, Esq. His lordship entered the navy in 1794 commanded the Eolus frigate in Sir Richard Strachan' action in 1805, at the reduction of Martinique. In 1809 he was appointed to the Macedonia frigate on the Lis b:ei station, and in April, 1811, was dismissed the ser vice for having put the master of the ship in irons. This man was subsequently tried for contempt of his lordship, dismissed the navy, and rendered incapable of serving again; while in August, I.BIT, Lord William was restored to his rank, and became Admiral of the Blue in 1853. DEATH OF MR. COULTON, EDITOR OF THE "Pause." —English jouroali:m has just lost in the late David Trevena Ceulton one of its briehtest ornaments. A more sagacious politician and forcible writer has rarely been met with. He was the founder of the Britannia news • paper, and for the last three years has been editor of the Press. He was a contributor to the Quarterly Review, and was also known as the author of the novel " For tune," a work indicating the possession of no ordinary imaginative power. Mr. Coulton was indefatigable in his literary labours, both as a political essayist and a critic. Independently of his claim for consideration as an int-llectual contributor to our periodical literature, he was eminently distinguished for his high sense of honour and his thorough independence and conscientious impar tiality. He was just in the prime of life, in his 46th year, when ho was removed from this world's cares, after three weeks' illness at Brighton. Bronchitis was the first attack, but it is feared that the shock to the system from his having to go down to Macclesfield within the last month, to be present at the deathbed of his brother, arriving juet an hour too late, mainly con tributed to the fatal termination. He has left a widow aed two children and a sister, the last survivor of a family, the mortality in which has been rapid within a few years. Mrs. Anderson, the Queen's pianist, has announced an annual morning concert at her Majesty's Theatre, for the 18th inst. She will be supported as usual by the full orchestra and chorus of the theatre, and the catalogue of solo singers comprises all the names which have become familiar to the frequenters of the opera d tiring the present season. The new prime donne Spezia, Orto lard, and the charming Piccolomini, will be there. Alboni also will take part In the performance, and Claralloveilo will be added to the operatic company. Of the male voices Giugiini will perhaps be the greatest attraction ; but 13,11etti, Beneventano, Vialetti, and Charles Braham will be very important auxiliaries. M. Remenyi, her Majesty's violinist, and Pezzi, the first violoncello of Signor Bonetti's band, are among the solo instrumental ists, and Mrs. Anderson herself, Mrs. Jewsom, and Mrs. Gains will undertake the pianoforte performances. The pleasure of hearing and seeing the celebrities of the stage apart from their accustomed trappings always give an especial interest to these morning concerts ; and, to judge by the strong list of names which has been published, the concert of 1857 may be expected to equal, if not to surpass, the best of Mrs. Anderson's seek-remembered enter ainments. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Amongst the distin guished visitors honourifig the performances of her Ma jesty's Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening Were the following :—The Duchess of Wellington and Lady Julia Hay, the Duchess of Montrose, the Duke of C:eveland and Lady Augusta Paulet, the Duke of Mon trose, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marchioness of Clanricarde, Countess Stanhope, the Countess of' Ear riogtote the Earl of Glengall, the Ceuntess of Glengall tied the L Lilies E. aod M. Butler; the Countess Dowager of Harrington, the Earl and Countess of Macclesfisld, the Earl of Bradford, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Mulgrave, the Countess of Esser, the Baron de Rothschild, Mr. Hel her; his Excellency the Brazilian Minister, the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Mountcharlss, Count Delacour, Vis count Elmley, Viscount Powerscourt, Viscount Curzon, Viscount Canterbury, Vistount Mahon, Viscount Ex mouth, Lady Pakington, Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lard Wm. Lennox, Lord and LadyOolville, Lord Nor bury, the Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth, Lord Sandys, Ledy Pigott, Lady Clara De Burgh, Lord Denman and party, Lady Georgina Codrington, Lord Grey de Wil ton, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, the Hon. Mr. Graven, the Hon. Mr. Egerton, the Hon. Otway Toler, the Hon. Walter Harbord, the Hon. F. Baring, M.P., Sir Frede rick Pottinger, Bart., Sir Henry Meux, Bart., and Lady Meux, Colonel the lion. Percy Herbert, Major-General Van Straubenzee, C. 8., the Hon. Mrs. Pnipps, Gen. the Hon. H. Cavendish, the Hon. Mrs. Cost, Major- General Mackintosh, Sir Charles Morgan, Bert.,_ the Hon. C. Hanbury, Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Lady Colville and the Hon. Miss Anson, Lady Barnard, the Solicitor General for Scotland, Sir Proby Cautley, K.C.8., Sir John Bayley, Bart, Sir John Thorold, Bart., and Lady There'd, Captain Hogge, Captain and Elaabeth De Roe, Colonel De Horsey, Mr. Willough by, Admiral the Hon. C. Duncombe, Sir John Lowther, Bart., Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, Rear Ad miralßyder Burton, K.H., Miss and Mr. Do Horsey, Geceral Avery, Col. Wildman, Capt. the Hon. C. Eger ton, Hon. E. Pepys, the Hon. Manners Sutton, Major Wombwell and party, Mr. Howard, Capt. Bateson, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hey wood, Colonel Torrens, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mrs. Willoughby, Mrs. Beauclerk, Captain W. H. Megan, M.P., Mr. Maclean, Mr. W. H. Sands, Mr. A. J. B. Hope, M.P., Colonel Fitzgerald, Mrs. Ben tinck, Captain Bates, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs, Neville, Mr. Bell, Mrs. Andrew Arcedeckne, Mr, Gordon Ives, Mr. H. Barrett Leonard, Major Deering, Mr, William Delafield, Colonel White, Mr. and Mrs. Baillie Cochrane, Mr. Circle, Mr. Fr ank Fuller, Qolonel and Mrs. Watson, Capt. and Mrs. Lucas, Mr. J. Bewley, Capt. Wynne, Capt. Palmer, Capt. Marshall, Cap'. Remnant, Colonel and Mrs. Ram say, Mr. Robert Dick , Ma j or Poole, & c . TORSED BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.-0a Saturday information was received at the various metropolitan police-stations of die successful passing of several forged 101. B an k of England notes by a man about 40 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in height, and apparently afflicted with aithma. His plan of operation appears to be to visit the different water-places for the assumed purpose of benefiting his health, and offering as an excuse for being without luggage that it has been carried by rail to a wrong place. LITERATURE. Littla Dorrit. No. XVII. By Charles Dickens. Arthur Clennam still a prisoner for debt in the old room in the old Marshalsea ! And this the last monthly issue, but one, of Little Dorrit! For the next number will, of course, be the double number bringing the story to its conclusion ! A Prisoner in the Marshalsea, Arthur Clennam throughout - this seventeenth number, maybe described as hold ing a kind of levee, in the course of which there appear before him, either one by one, or occasion ally in motley groups, very many of the now familiar characters associated with that noble hearted hero of Mr. Dickens's last great composite fiction. Ms' Chivery tie Turnkey pokes his head in at the door a very lietle way with one ear" upon Arthur " instead of both eyes !" The histo rian of the Dorrits adding to this, by way of explanation : " This was native delicacy in Mr. Chivery—true politeness ; though his exterior had very much of the Turnkey about it, and not the least of a gentleman." Young John, in regard to whom quoth that Paterfamilias On the-lock, " My son has a art, and my son's art is in the right place ; me and his mother knows where to find it, and we find it sitiwated correct"—he looks in several times, off and on, afterwards. Then come excellent Mr. and Mrs. Plornish; arm in arm, upon a visit of condolence, eminently cha racteristic of them both throughout. Witness this, the following record : " Mr. Plornish amiably growled, in his philosophical but not lucid manner, that there was ups, you see, and there was downs. It was in wain to ask why ups, why downs ; there they was, you, know. He had heard it given for a truth that accordin' as the world went round, which round it did rewolve undoubted, even the best of gentlemen must take his turn of standing with his ed side down and alt his ar a eying the wrong way into what you might call Space. Wery ..veil then. What Mr. Plornish said wae, wery well then. That gentle- man's ed would come up'ards when his turn come, that gentleman's air would be a pleasure to look upon being all smooth again, and wery well then !" Mrs. Plornish not a jot less delightful in her way, chatters on quite as garrulously as ever about "Fa ther" (little old Mr. Nandy), and in talking of Mr. Baptist's exertions in Arthur's behest, winds up her account of there. " in the Italian manner" by declaring "it really do, as I say to him Mooshat tonisha Padrona !" Then, again, Ferdinand Bar nacle, the easy, gay, vivacious, light-in-hand, touch-and-go—pays Arthur a no leas characteristic visit in his way I And afterwards Mr. Rugg, another in his Later on, stream in upon the saddened prisoner, all together—Bigaud, other wise Blandois, with the diabolical nose and mou stache, accompanied by Paucks, fresher than ever from the coals, and his hair more " prongy" even than of yore, and close upon their heels little chirrupping Jean Baptiste Cavaletto, wasting upon them, as he himself expresses it, " patientissa mentally." Old Flintwinch (still screwing at everybody with his neckcloth awry), having been sent for to the House upon Crutches, drops in upon this agreeable little parti carree not long afteii wards. When they have all at length taken their departure, Somebody Else comes too ! Who ? Who but—Little Dorrit ! Arthur has previously had his eyes opened to the fact of her loving him, to his wonder and bewilderment, by honest-hearted John Chivery. Yet in spite of this—in spite of Little Dorrit herself being just for all the world the same as she has been all through the book (even to her old dress, which she has donned for her visit of gratitude mid affection to Arthur in his new abode in the old familiar Marshalsea)—in spite of himself, of herself, of their mutual tenderness, their fortunes are still, at the close of the number, .divided, though their hearts are not by any means estranged. We are left to the very last quite du bious as to what may be the result of the plot with all its marvellous complications. Will Little Dorrit and her brother find themselves ruined by the treacherous Merdle Quicksand ? Fanny and and Sparkler, we already knovv, must have been beggared by the suicide of the wholesale Speculator. Will Doyce return, having made his fortune to release Arthur from the Marshalsea—and to prove, to the astonishment of the very scales and scoop belonging to Mr. Merdle, that the mere child, in matters of business, is no such child after all ? How will it all end ? We close the seventeeth num s ber on the tiptoe of expectation. • PLANS OF THE NEW OFFICES.—The designs for the new Government offices have now been visited by thou sands during the week, and it is universally admitted that of its kind it is the most extraordinary collection that has fur many years been brought before the public. Now that the public have bad an opportunity to view the designs, the names of the commissioners selected to act as judges are given, and it will be generally admit ted that a better or a fairer selection could not have been made. The judges are—The Duke of Buccleuch ; Mr. Stirling, M.P. for Perthshire; Lord Eversley, late Speaker of the House of Commons ; Earl Stanhope, president of the Royal Society of Architects ; Mr. D. Roberta, R.A., Mr. Burn, R.A., and Mr.'Brunel, the eminent engineer. The Duke of Buccleuch is reckoned among the best judges of architecture in the kingdom. He will represent the House of Lords. Mr. Stirling, the selected of the HouPe . of Commons, is well known for his proficiency in ail that appertains to architec ture. Lord Eversley has been chosen from his long official knowledge, which will enable him to judge what are the principal requisites for Government offices. Earl Stanhope, as president of the Royal College of Ar chitects, should be considered as being one of the best qualified to give a sound opinion. Mr. David Roberts is an artist of great eminence. Mr. Burn is a Scotch architect of high standing, and a member of the Insti tute of Architects; and Mr. Brunel is, well known as being one of the first civil engineers of any country.-- °between NOT CHINE- THE LEAD.—LIVERPOOL, May B.—About a fortnight since au inquiry, instituted by the Board of Trade was held in St. George's-hall before Mr. J, S. Mansfield, the stipendary magistrate, and Capt. Walker, R.N., into the circumstances attending the total loss of the barque Emperor, Capt. Mitchell, and the grounding of the ship Lady Ebringcon, Capt. Hulman, on the 29th March, on the Blackwater Baok, on the coast of Ire laud. In neither case had the lead been used between the time the vessels lest Liverpool, on the 28th March, and a few minutes before they struck on the bank. Capt. Holman, however, succeeded in getting his ship off the bank with the next tide, while the barque was a total wreck. At the termination of the inquiries the masters' certificates were withdrawn from Capt. Holman and Capt. Mitchell, for the purpose of being forwarded to the Board of Trade. To-day, at the police-court, Mr; Mansfield, addressing Mr. Clarke Aspinall, the solicitor for Capt. Holman, said their Lordships the ComroiF sioners of the Board of Trade, considering the successful efforts made by Capt. Hulimn to save his ship, bad thought that the justice of the case bad been met by the temporary withdray. , al of his certificate which was novi returned. As to the case of the Lady hbriegton, hovc. ever, he said (addresing Mr. Bremner, the solicitor for Capt. Mitchell) their lordships felt compelled to suspend the ci-rtificate for six months. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING.—An extraordinaxf case of poisoning, wnicla placed in jeopardy the lives of six persons, took place in Cornwall a few days ago. It appears that a servant in the employ of Mr. Fra• cis Luggo sen., cabinetmaker, of Penzance, named Catherine Richards, purchased 81b. of flour of Mrs. King, and some yeast of Ann Brewer, who had procured it at Treaver'S, brewery. The flour and yeast were put into a pantry, and shortly afterwards the servant converted it into loaves of bread. Mr. Lugg and a female assistant named Trevelyan, ate a small portion of the bread for dinner, and were immediately afterwards taken ill, but not seri. ously. For tea, Mr. Lugg, his son, Mr. Francis Legg, Miss Trevelyan, and the servant, Catherine Richards, ate a large quantity of the bread, and soon afterwards all four of them were seized with violent pains in their stomach, followed •by vomiting. A medical man was :tared in and medicines were administered, which bad the desired effect. Some of the bread was submitted to Dr. Montgomery, who analysed it. In the meantim e a workman in the employ of Mr. Lueg, and one o f his apprentices tasted the bread, and suffered severely ic t their temerity. Dr. Montgomery found the whole of the bread highly charged with arsenic, but it a ppeare d that the largeness of the dose caused a speedy vomit" and thus saved the six lives which might otherwise hoy! been sacrificed. Flour from the same sack and yeast from the same vessel were sold to other chstomers, who used it without any inconvenience or injury. Eyed exertion has been used to find a clue to this dreadful oc" cident or crime, but . without effect. FIRES YESTERDAY AND SATURDAY. —Yesterday raerF f : ing, bet ween t wo an d t h ree o ' c l oc k , a fi re too k p l ac e 1 ,7 the premises belonging to Mr. C. Sp arrow , s h e ll fle w monger, and fruiterer, No. 10, Middle-row, Holberei forming the corner house of Staples-inn-buildings. cif police officer first discovered the fire, which had alre r t i l o cut off all means of egress 'by the regular way. - -' l3( , Royal Society's escape attended, and the inmates, v i lo t had previously wrapped up a child only seven months e o in a shawl, and had attempted to put it down the Wr y .. e bagging of the escape, by some unfortunate circurastarit dropped the poor child at the side of the escape, sn a p) fell upon the stone flags beneath, a distance of nearlY l _ . 4 feet, by which it receiv e d such injuries that not the hope can be entertai ne d o f its recovery. The rest of I re inmates were safely brought down the escape. The 1 : 1 10. . could not be subdu e d un til th e prem i ses were nearlYis t ir ' stroyed and the c on t en t s consume d . Th e prem i s es of b 3, G. Day, laceman, No. 11, have also rece i ve d.datnos B , oo water and smoke.. Mr. Sparrow was insured in th e the Fire-office, but Mr. Day was uninsured. As t ° ou origin of the fire, nothing that could be depended oP terdoi could be arned.— Another fire took place Y es VA in the premises of Mr. J. Smith, leather cutter,n the Bethnal-green-told. The disaster commenced . I be so . second floor front, but from what cause could " the P re. certained. Considerable damage was done to ro r mines and their contents by fir© and water. The s ued on was insured in the Sun Fire-office.---A fire haPPr it 0 of Saturday evening in the premises in the oee e P`,,,s o . 781 Mr. A. Longley, a hosier and shirt mak er , e Borough. It was caused from 0 131 „ e e lighting the gas, dropping a srark atnongs the sad lig ht tu f e re s rer r 0,0 fabrics in the shop windows. The stock in windows was considerably i.amaged. The b n insured. THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN HUNGARY. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived in Vienna from Pesth " BUDA, MAY 5. " This morning their Majesties permitted depu tations from numerous country districts to pass be fore them. At a later hour the C.mrt dignitaries, military men, clergy, 'country gentry, and civil au thorities waited 42 n the Emperor. At 2 o'clock the Empress held a levee, at which only ladies were present. At 5 o'clock there was a very large party at dinner. In the evening both the towns were il:uminated." The reply of -Vie Emperor to the congratulatory speech of M. Von Conrad, the Burgomaster of Pestb, was :—" I am perfectly convinced of your loyalty, and am pleased to hear the expression of it fcom your lips.' After a short pause his Ma jesty continued :—" The Empress, who has long wished to see this beautiful city, is certainly as pleased with it as I am." His Majesty told the nobles who waited on him in the Palace at Buda, that he had come " to examine info the wishes and necessities of the Hu'igarian nation ;" but the public papers make no mention of the circumstance. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MAY 10, The royal mail steamship Arabia, Capt. Stone, arrived this afternoon from New York, with advices from that port to the 29th ult. She brings 170 pas sengers, and above 1,000,006 dollars, 300,000 of which was on French account, and the remainder for Liverpool and London merchants. She passed the Africa steamship on the 30th. Several vessels of war are ordered to the coast of New Granada in anticipation of the adoption of measures having for their object the solution of the questions in dispute between that Republic and the United States, viz., the Independence, Decatur, John. Adams, St. Mary's, Wabash, Saratoga, and Cayenne. The squadrons combinea present a force of 204 guns. Lord Napier had been introduce]. to the mer chants on New York Exchange on the 24th, and was .very favourably received. The Hon. F. P. Stanton, the newly-appointed Secretary for Kansas, had delivered an address to the people. He regretted the determination of the Free State men of Kansas not to vote in the elec tion of delegates to the State Convention, stating that the constitution to be formed would be adopted. He stated further that the territorial laws would be enforced. Five persons were killed and several wounded by a steam-boat explosion on the Delaware canal ou the 25th ult. By the steam-ship Empire City, at New Orleans, advices from California to April 6 have been re ceived. Business was dull. The Pacific Expres3 Company had failed. The steam-ship Illinois, from Aspinwall for New York, has nearly a million and a half of dollars in gold on freight, and about 70 of Colonels Lockriclge's.force, including Generals Wheat and Hornsby. The Empira City brings 100 of the unfortunate Nicaraguans, while others were left behind at As pinwall, whither they were all taken in British vessels. Col. Lockridge's retreat is confirmed. The Costa Ricans have taken possession of Punta Arenas and the steamer Resew, with a great amount of ammunition, and six pieces of artillery. We have news from avana to the 25th ultimo. Sugar was in active demand, and money continued to be plenty. The health of Cuba was remarkably good. COMMERCIAL INTELIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 29. The demand for money is more active, and no change was reported in quotations, but the tendency was in favour of lenders. Stocks were irregular and unsatis factory. Exchange on London closed at 1094 to The cotton market was more active. Flour had again advanced 10 to 20 cents. per barrel, with a fair amount of sales. Prime wheat was firm. Pork was more active and higher. Freights were more irregular, with more offering at low rates. Tris BISHOPRIC or NORWICH.—On Saturday a special meeting of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich was held at the deanery for the purpose of going through the form of electing a bishop in the room of the Rev. Dr. Hinds, resigned. The conge d'elire, "recommending to the Dean and Chapter the Hon. and Rev. John Thos. Pd ham, M.A., to be by them elected bishop of the see of Norwich," was read ; and the hon. and rev, gentleman was formally elected. Mr. Prlham will be consecrated in the parish church of Marylebono. firmlyebaug 2 )000 karkE Let sleseril ~anuf Sinc Which_ be en 4 Du /111e The d, be en, d !011i e 1 14 the &atur e ° II In not on also be 011 t a k en is Last ab out 34 be aster The 1 ~1 1, 032, ' 4 Verpo The n kittly, large e ] 4'roural th eimw 94, 93 1 hi I. Pectic • a A e l, 1 - ..ecp lijeo lllll k 3 toek • 18 Forei 46 , 93 Per Ot . 4 Per c, 25 1, an( st eady, The f qo e k a 231 ; 14 Ort ug U „ sots dit to ce LIIZA . 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