The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,_ TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 18.7 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by an ! humanity and of prudence. It h as l ong beat Indenture d a t e d th e 13th day of April, 1857, felt that in our treatment of Criminals, we have JOHN DANCE, of Fairford, in the county of Gloucester, grocer and bacon factor, hath assigned and made over all his perversely and blindly rushed from one Extreme real and personal estates and effects subject to any to the Other ! That in doing away with the existing mortgages, charges, liens, claims, or encum brances thereon, to WILLIAM GARNE, the younger, old cruel, sanguinary system, which not so very of Birbury, in the said county IV Gloucester, yeoman, and Alexander Iles of Fairford aforesaid, yooman, long ago, in simple truth, rendered th e ass i zes in trust for the benefit of such Creditors of the said —not " once" in a way, but permanently and sys- John Dance, as shall execute the said Indenture within two calendar months from the sale thereof, or signify tematically—Bloody Assizes : that in putting a their consent thereto by notice in wtitieg delivered to tothe wholesale stop the said Trustees, or one of them, within such specified period. And notice is hereby also given, that the said inden- quartering, to branding, gibbeting, and disere tan was executed by the said John Dance, in the presence of George Frederick Newmarch, of Cirencester, in the County bowelling, we ran stupidly and obdurately into of Gloucester, Solicitor, on the said 13th day of the opposite extravagance I Dandling and cod ,April, 1857, and was also executed by the said William Game and Alexander Iles, in the dling, cherishing and nurturing Crime and Cri presence of the said George Frederick Newmarch, by whom • nals ! And doing this, observe ! s o e nti re ly nu the aforesaid several execu ti ons of the said indenture are attested, and the said indenture now lies at the office con amore, that at last some of the more incorrigi of Messrs. Sewell, Newmarch, and Francis, solicitors, Cirencester, for execution by the creditors of the said John ble reprobates in the community preferred, and Dance.—Dated this 4th day of May, 1857. with no little show of reason, admission SAWELL, NEWMARCH, & FRANCIS, Solicitors, Cirencester. into the Gaol rather than admission into the Union —the walls of a Convict Prison to those of a Parish Workhouse. Simultaneously with which blunder on our parts came the ultimate refusal-- and, be it said, the obviously reasonable refusal-- of our Colonies to be polluted into the moral sinks of the empire by means of the old, worn-out, used up, thread-bare scheme of transportation to penal settlements. E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE, First appearance of Madame ALBONI. REICIIARDT, BELLETTI, VIOLET VI, BENE TENTANO, THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), May 12, IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Alboui. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Poechini. Per pnrticulars 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. Transportation being abruptly closed—our cri minals having, in consequence, rapidly and conti nuously increased upon our hands--and all this occurring at the very time when ultra-lenity was taking the place of ultra -severity—what have been, rather should we say, what have not been, the consequences ? Why, we all know but too well the terrible character and the appalling magnitude of those consequences. We all know that such have been the results of our Modern System in the Criminal branch of our jurisprudence—that evils have flourished and multiplied by reason of it, in this country, in the middle of this latter half of the 19th century—evils that are a scandal to our generation ! Two phrases will be sufficient of them selves to "point the moral and adorn the tale" of this strange, new version of a union never dreamt of by the Roman, when he talked in the old days of knitting together the suaviter in modo and the fortiter in re ! Those two all-sufficient phrases being—need we add ?—" The Garotte," and the " Ticket-of-leave ! " The fortiter in re, being so translated, by our Ruffians-Let-Loose, as the fitting sequel to the sauviter in modo of a weak minded and maudlin Legislation ! The conse quences of all this becoming, at last, so dreadful that the Parliamentary Frankenst3in has at length found it absolutely necessary to bind the hands, to fetter the limb, to paralyse the desperate and destructi►e energies of the Monster that Parlia mentary Frankenstein had himself, in an evil mo ment, created ! The only question yet remaining unsolved in the matter, being, we repeat, How this might be accomplished the most effectually ? A problem, so difficult of solution, however, that it is set aside for after consideration ! The new Ministerial measure relating to the subject, was read a second time last evening, the Bill referring to the twin topics of Transportation and Penal Servi tude : meaning, after all, as previously intimated, the submission of the whole difficulty to the wis dom and discretion of Her MAJESTY'S Secretary in the Home Department. Whether this evasion cf the difficulty be really judicious under the cir cumstances, remains yet to be decided. If it signifies anything, it signifies simply this—the transference of an enormous responsibility from the Legislature to the Home Secretary. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Last appearance of Madlle. Pocchini. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLEPTI. On THURSDAY EVENING, Ma; 14, an Extra Night. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Lucia, Piccolmini ; Edgarclo, Sig. Giuglini. After which, LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Madlle. Pocchini (her last appearance.) Far particulars, see bills, A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Co!onnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. TES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S 4 THE A TRE. FIRST REPRESENTA TION, WEDNESDAY, May 20.-1. M'SIEU LANDRY, Operette, 1 Acte.--2. LES DEUX AVEUGLES. Bouffon, nerie, Musicale, 1 Act.. Musique de Offenbach.-3. BA.TA CLAN, Chinoiserie Musicale, 1 Acte. Musique do Offenbach. Principal Characters by Messrs. Pradeau, Guyot, Gerpre, and Leonce ; Mesdlles. Dalmont, Marechal, Belnoir, and Mace-- their first appearance in this country. The Orchestra of the The Are des Bouffes will acc,mpany these Representations, under the direction of the popular composer, M. Offenbach— To commence at half-past 8 o'clock.—This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given Every Even ing.—Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. iROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, t THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's trigedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., 31r. C. Kean ;. Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING (May 11) to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE EVIL GENIUS. Tom Ripstone, Mr. Buckstone. After which, the auccessfu.' Classical Love Story, Un der the Apple-lation of A I'AIANTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. To conclude with BOX AND COX. In future the prices will be :---- Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes._ Pit.... Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery Upper Gallery 0 (-; No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webuter. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original drama (second time). entitled JOSEPH CHAVIGNY ; or, ITnder the Thumb. Ben. Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, dte. 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, &c. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, 1 1' Legseeg, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING will be performed MATHILDE. After which, THE THREE WONDERS OF PEKIN. To conclude with 102 ; or, The Veteran and his Progeny. Mr. Widdicomb, &c. Did anyone remark among the foreign news yesterday, the astounding piece of intelligence received by telegraphic despatch from Buda, dated the sth instant ? The reply of the EMPEROR of Austria to the congratulatory address of the Bur gomaster of Pesth ! What was that reply ? Let us repeat it—" I am perfectly convinced of your loyalty, and am phased to hear the expression of it from your lips." Af!er a short pause . (the telegraphic despatch adds), his MAJESTY (evidently not a very ready speaker), continued—" The EMPRESS, who has long wished to see this beautiful city, is certainly as much pleased with it as I am." Really ? Wonderful ! As DOMINIE SAMPSON would have said—"Pre-di-gious !" As Baillie NICHOL JARTIE would have remarked—" Ma conscience !" As one of the Turnkeys observes in Mr. CHARLES READE'S clever matter-of-fact romance, Never too Late to Mend—" Well, I'm blessed ! Well, I'm blowed !" . . . The EMPRESS, who has long wished to see that beautiful city of Pesth, is as much pleased with it as he is ! Why, what more than this can Hungary want, in reason ? Here surely is a balm for all her sufferings ! Here is a solace for all her afflictions —a healing ointment for all her wounds ! After this—M. Loris Kos- STITH can certainly have nothing more to say ! His task is surely accomplished—his hopes are, without doubt, entirely realised ! The spouse of the Red Emperor is very much pleased indeed— R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING will he performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs Robson, G. Murray, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP ITITFIEATRE. 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 Opel* , of IL TROVATORE; or The Gipsy's Veigeance, which will be produced on Monday next, with Eqnestrian Illustrations, and supported by the FIRST OPERATIC ARTISTES OF TIIE DAY. 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 Mayer and Lady Mayoress. THIS EVENING, and following nights, the performance will commence with tho Grand Military Spectacle, entitled THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS; Cr, 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!ude with a Risible Farce. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. B)x-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Ur. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow inz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, Sac., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, H. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Johes. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri. Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Rime ; Masters Bennett and Corri; Me , isrs, Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianofort •, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmauium, J. Caulfield, jun.; Director, Mr. J. Caulfield, Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, Sic., until twelve o'clock. the Hungarians are told this lay the lips of FRANCIS JOSEPH himself, who adds tint her MAJESTY entirely concurs with him (her august and imperial husband) in considering the city of Pesth beautiful. So —we dare say NERO, while fiddling on the Capitol, thought Rome looked very pretty in truth under the rosy light of the conflagration ! Really this imperial tour of the Austrian EMPEROR through his Hungarian' dominions, gives promise of proving a very appropriate sequel to his tour through his fair Italian possessions. And there don't we all of us remember how he won the hearts of the more impressionable among the Lombards by an amnesty so very memo rable because so very magnanimous ? The mag- nanimity of the thing b e i ng just equivalent to that of a man who knocks another down, and then picks him up again. 0 those HAPSBURGS ! We don't wonder in the least that KOSSTJTH thinks of them as he does think of them, as the world knows he thinks of them. We only marvel that the Thoughts of KOSSUTH are not the Actions of the Hungarians. The Lord Chancellor has again introduced the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, having struck out the clause to which Lord CAMPBELL took excep tion at its introduction in February last, and which, as the Ncble and Learned Lord declared, would empower a husband and wife to separate by mutual consent ; or, in other words, to obtain a divorce for all practical purposes save that of marrying again I It is to be regretted that Lord BROUGHAM, who has taken such an active and creditable part in exposing the wrongs to which married women are subject, was not present. We trust, however, that Noble and Learned Lord may be enabled again to give the public the benefit of his inestimable services on this interesting and important subject, until the flagrant grievances of English wives are thoroughly and completely removed, and they are ensured the entire control and administration of their property, whether arising from legacies or gifts, or from their own industry. We cannot wonder that an intelligent French , woman should have described England, as " a barbarous country," when she found herself stripped by a wortbleis husband of her own ealLiagj- It le) irrhed, a hardship of the worst description, sufficient to conver t into hatred the love that a woman might otherwise bear to her partner for life. What can be more vexatious than to see the produce of her own labour, by which she could maintain her children in comfort and happiness, ruth lessly seized and squandered by one for whom, with all his faults, she still retains lingering feel ings of affection ? She may feel disposed to cling to him through good report and through evil report—to welcome him when the world frowns and turns its back—but that feeling will be promoted, rather than checked, by knowing that she can retain the means of doing so efficiently 1 that what she realises by her own exertions, should be employed as she thinks pro per, and not be liable for the consequences either of his profligacy or his folly. Yes, his folly, for that should be as strenuously guarded against as deliberate crime. Men may incur debts either through their own extravagance, or becoming bound for others, and the aggrieved woman's property will be seized for their liquidation, and she and her children may be driven from the home which she had herself formed, and of which she was the main, if not the sole, prop and sup port. It is not necessary to cite specific instances of this nature. They are, alas ! too painfully notorious, and must be familiar to every person of ordinary experience. They fall, too, chiefly on the middle and humble classes, who have not had elaborate settlements drawn out before their union. Woman was intended to be the helpmate, not the slave, of man. It should be, to all intents and purposes, a real bona fide partnership into which she enters, not a contract that renders her merely an upper servant, without the power of retaining property, save through the in tervention of trustees. That the state of the law on this all-important subject re quires immediate alteration, is admitted on every side. No one has the hardihood to deny that proposition. It is also generally considered that the beat change would be t ) place a wife, where there has been no bona fide settlement of her pro perty, to all intents and purposes, in the position of a femme sole, so that what has been bequeathed or given to her, as well as her own earnings, may be absolutely under her own control—free from the debts, control, or interference of her husband, or of any person claiming under or through him. It would also be well, as Lard Bnouariaat o proposed, to afford a speedy remedy by " the interposition of a court, to which her access is rendered easy, and which may exercise a summary jurisdiction, at all events to the extent of keeping the disputed property safe, until the ownership could be fairly decided. So far as to the rights of property, which, if she possessed it, should carry with it the duty of pro viding for her offspring, and guaranteeing the husband against any debts which she might think proper to contract, either before or after marriage. But there are other matters which must also be considered. Events may unhappily occur which would render it impossible that the parties should ever afterwards live together in amity. The re dress in such cases should not be exclusively given to the man, nor should it be placed at so high a price that none but the wealthy could aspire to it. Why should a woman be irrevocably bound to a heartless wretch, who treats her habitually with brutal cruelty ? We are aware that the question of divorce is one of a peculiarly delicate nature, but there should be reciprocity, so that either party might apply for relief, and that the cost of the remedy should be suited to their position and means, so that there may not practically be one law for the rich and another for the poor in England. What Lord ORAN WORM% proposes will not achieve this desideratum, It will, therefore, be necessary that the subject should be maturely and attentively considered in all its details, and that the opinion of a Select Committee should be obtained thereon. It will be seen that the questions relating to property, arid to divorce or separation, are totally distinct, and they should be treated of in different bills, and not jumbled or confounded together. The formal resolution essential to the introduc tion of a bill for the regulation of Savings Banks throughout the entire kingdom, was last night carried unanimously in the House of Commons, on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon. Gentleman explained the trifling modifications from the measure which he intro duced in February, and which may be regarded as improvements. The chief one relates to the amount of deposits, which, by the bill of last ses sion, was fixed at £lOO. Sir G. C. LEWIS has yielded to the representations of numerous trustees and managers in various parts of the kingdom, and consented that it should remain at J2OO, as at present. The only other relates to the mode in which the prices of the different investments shall be ascertained. It was proposed in February that the average for the preceding quarter should be taken. It is now intended to take it at the price of the day, on which the investment was actually made, manifestly producing greater accu racy in the accounts. To our humble judg ment, however, it seems that the best way of any would be to ascertain the sums actually paid or received, without looking to averages of either quarters, months, or days, under which system there could be no possibility of err6r. The great feature, however, of the bill is, that it gives a real, bona fide national guarantee for the money actually paid into these institutions, and not merely for what was actually transferred to the hands of the Government. It was shown in too Many instances that this was completely illusory. The unfortunate depositors were made dependent on the integrity of those over whose appointment they had no control, while the trustees who appointed the defaulters avoided any description of responsibility. This system, which occasioned many well-founded complaints, and which deprived many widows and orphans of the ,ears provided by the providence of husbands and fathers, was virtually a fraud of the worst description. It was neither more nor less than obtaining money under false pretences ! inducing the parties to believe that they had pub lic security while there was really no such thing. The natural result has followed on the exposures that have arisen, and the am.ount of the deposits have been reduced. Up to 1841 there had, for several years, been a steady augmentation amount ing to nearly 2,000,0001. per annum. Since that period there has been a falling off of more than 7,500,0001,, and the working classes would have .been altogether deprived of the benefits arising from what, u'ader a better system, would be really valuable e .hblishments. It was, there fore, iudispensabla that something should be done to place matters (ia a more satisfactory footing, and that, Sir Q.. C. LEWIS proposes to do, so far as the safe'„-g of the depositors is concerned Assuming so large a liability, it is, of course, necessary t:aat adequate means should be adopt3d to preser ce - more efficient 'control over the dif ferent banns, and to prevent the possibility of feauds. 'This is a delicate subject, requiring very nice handling. We cannot as yet say whether tine provisions are such as to prevent its satisfac try - working. It is, however, but justice to Sir G. C. LEWIS to say that he has hitherto dealt with the important question in a more liberal and enlightened spirit than any of his predecessors, and we may therefore give him credit for suppos ing that he will not endeavour, by short-sighted and vexatious restrictions, to impair the beneficial character of his suggestions. There are however two points which require immediate attention. It appears that there was in November, 1855, an ascertained deficiency of more than 5,200,0001. If the entire assets were realised —and the liabilities provided for, this large sum must be defrayed by the tax-paying community. It is highly discreditable to the Government that such an untoward state of affairs should be per mitted to continue. If the accounts of any private establishment showed a loss of more than 15 per cent. of the original capital, stringent inquiries would take place as to the errors of management, that had produced such disastrous consequences. The conduct of the Directors would be subjected to severe criticism ; and the Government should not set so bad an example as to go on, in the face of a large ascertained deficiency. The proper course would be to make such provisions as would leave an ample fund to meet every possible de mand, although the depositors had drawn the full sums to which they were respectively entitled. But the great evil, and that which has mainly occasioned the loss of the five millions, is the irre sponsible control exercised by different financial ministers who buy and sell stock or Exchequer Bills without reference to the interests of savings banks. It is, in fact, a gigantic fraud used for stock-jobbing purposes ; and it is not right or proper that any individual should be entrusted with such enormous power. Besides, the absolute control over 35,000,000/. sterling should not be vested in any servant of the Crown. It is highly unconstitutional that it should be so, and in the event (which Goo forbid) of any collision between the SOVEREIGN and the people, it might be used in a manner very detrimental to the liberties of the subject. These are matters that require stringent investigation before a select committee. There is no reason, however, that the present measure, which is good so far as it goes, should not be forthwith carried through Parliament, while the other points above referred to may properly be postponed for future and efficient legislation. DEATH Off ADMIRAL LORD BADSTOCK. It is with great regret that we announce the death. of Tice-Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Radstock, C.B. His lordship had attended, as was his cus tom, at the Council of King's College on Friday last, and personally assisted at the distribution of the prizes to the meritorious students. On Satur day morning he felt unwell, and afterwards became seriously ill, and on Sunday he gradually sank away, departing this life at an early hour yesterday (Monday) morning, at his London residence, 26, Portland-place. The d e c ease d L or d was the eldest son of the first Baron Radstock, who was the younger brother of George, fourth Earl of Wal degrave, and who, in consequence of a very important victory over the Spanish fleet off Cape Lagos, was created an Irish peer under the title of Baron Radstock. At an early age the subject of this notice entered the royal navy, and displayed great zeal and courage in that gallant service. He was the most distin guished in his services off the coasts of Italy, and took an important part in the destruction of the French batteries at the mouth of the Rhone, in 1812. He was in later years made a Companion of the Bath, and appointed naval aide-de-camp to her Majesty. His unostentatious charity, and ac tive exertions in many of the leading societies and benevolent institutions of the metropolis, will long be remembered. He is succeeded in his title by , his only son, the Hon. Granville Augustus Walde grate, born in 1833. He leaves a widow, daughter of the late John Puget, of Totterid.e-park • one daughter married t o C a pt a i n Willi am Beauchamp Proctor, of Langley-park, in Norfolk ; and on() daughter unmarried. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mr. Webster, whose protracted absence from London, however agreeable to his provincial friends, has been a matter of much regret to his admirers in town, returned to his old quarters yesterday evening, and experienced an enthusiastic reception. He appeared in a new piece, entitled " Joseph Chavigny ; or, Under the Thumb." The plot is as follows :—Joseph Chavigny (Mr. Webster) had, some 19 years before the period at which the drama commences, been found guilty of forgery, and had been condemned to the galleys (for the scene is in France), from which, however, be managed to escape. It was generally but erroneously believed that he had drowned himself. He rambles about the world a rogue and a vaga bond, and at length finds his way to a village, near which an old acquaintance, Monsieur de Varennes (Mr. Garden) resides. A conversation takes place between them, and it transpires that Monsieur de Varennes' real name is Ligny, and also that his reputed daughter Madeline (Madame Celeste), is the daughter of Chavigny, and that by a fraud of De Varennes a very large property had become hers, though left to another. As Madeline is on the point of being married to the Count Gerard de Grandmevinil (Mr. Billington) it is most important to De Varennes that no exposure should take place, and Clavigny leaves him, having fixed a time up to which he will promise, for a large sum of money, to keep the secret. Madeline, however, happens to appear, and learns the secret of her parentage. She thereupon resolves not to marry the Count, as it would be a deception ; and yet, in order to screen her reputed father, she assumes, as a pretence for breaking off the match, the appearance of being ro bent on a life of Parisian gaiety, that the Count's chateau would be too gloomy ; and accordingly, after a scene in which her acting, under the influence of con flicting feelings, is highly wrought, they separate (it would seem) for ever. An opportunity, however, is afforded the Count of learning the true facts, as he over hears a conversation in a wood between her and Cha vigny, to whom she brings the money, and, appreciating her honour, his love returns. Chavigny is robbed of his hush-money by a fellow-robber, Regain (Paul Bedford), and, in despair, he rushes back, after escaping from gendarmes, to the house of De Varennes, where, to use the words of the play-bill, the customary "Adelphi effects" take place—the villains being killed and the respectable people surviving, and being, it is to be sup posed, dismissed to happiness. Mr. Webster's acting was excellent, and the other performers exerted themselves with zeal. The applause at the falling of \ the curtain was general, and it is pro bable that the new drama will have a run. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, bier 11. The Prince, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena attended divine service yesterday, at Whippingham Church, where the Rev. G. Protheroe officiated. The Queen, the Prince, and the Royal Family walked in the grounds this morning. Viscount Castlerosse, Comptroller of the Household, had an audience of the Queen, to present the Address from the House of Commons in answer to the Speech from the Throne. We are authorised to state that though the Duchess of Kent has been unwell, her Royal Highness's health is nearly perfectly re-established at the present time ; and that there is no foundation whatever for the report that any anxiety is entertained for her Royal Highness by her friends. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER.—We ara enabled to state that on the Queen's visit to the Art Treasures Exhibition, her Majesty will, as in 1851, honour the Earl of Ellesmere by staying at Worsley. The visit is not expected to take place before the end of June. M2nchester Guardian. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—There were issued yester day further papers (December 27 to April 28) relating to the proceedings of our naval forces at Canton ; and a convention between England and France relative to Portendic and Albreda. PRINTED Bitts.—Sir George Grey's Bill to Amend the Act of the 16th and 17th years of her Majesty, to substitute, in certain cases, other punishment is lieu of transportation, and Mr. Adderley's Industrial School Bill, have been issued. THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION AND THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.—At the last weekly meeting of the above association, a petition to the House of Commons on the subject of the Hudson's Bay Com panv was adopted. It will be sent to Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., for presentation, with a request to the other member for the borough (NIL T. B. Horsfatl) that he will support its prayer. ~~ LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN PERSIA. We have been favoured with the following copies of telegraphic messages received by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's agent at Alexandria : " Before the news of the conclusion of peace with Persia could reach us an expedition to Moham morah sailed from Bushire on the 19th March, under the personal command of Sir James Outran). " The force arrived in the mouth of the Eu phrates on the 21st. On the 24th it moved towards the fort, and opened a brisk fire at daybreak of the 26th. The Persians replied with spirit, but in the end the superiority of our squadron was manifest, and our troops having landed advanced upon the entrenched camp of the enemy, who fled imme diately, leaving behind them their tents, stores, cCz - c. " The loss of the enemy has been estimated at 200. killed. ",As a truly tragic episode of this war, we have to mention the death, each by his own hand, of General Forster Stalker, Commander of the Forces, and Commodore Etheridge of the navy. "The verdict on General Stalker's body was, that he came by his death from a pistol shot inflicted by his own hand in a fit of temporary insanity. "There was no paper left to indicate this, and he was merely heard to complain that the 3d Cavalry was not given him, and was also uneasy about the responsibility of sheltering the European troops during the approaching weather. " The verdict on Commodore Etheridge was that he destroyed himself with his own hand while suf fering under mental aberration, brought about by long-continued anxiety connected with the duties of his command. "A mutiny of the Sepoys of the 19th Bengal Native Infantry has ended in the disbanding of the corps. "The Governors of the Presidencies are at the seats of their administration. "A further improvement has taken place in our money market, and we have to report a further rise in 4 per cent. paper. " The business transacted in the import market during the fortnight has been to a fair extent. "Freights have fallen in value, and exhibit a downward tendency. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The departure of the Grand Duke from Paris is fixed for Saturday, the 16th. He will arrive at Creuzot on the 17th, and return to Paris the 18th, when he will leave again directly for Bordeaux. He will arrive at Rochefort on the 20th, and on the 21st he will visit Indret, L'Orient on the 23d, Brest on the 24th, Cherbourg the 28th, and Os borne, in the Isle of Wight, on the 30th. The marine department has freighted a steamer belonging to a private company at St. Nazaire for the service of the Grand Duke Constantine on the 20th, 21st, and 22d of this month. H.I.H. is to arrive at St. Nazaire in the Reine Hortense, after visiting Bordeaux and Rochefort. The Prince's present intention is to visit Indret, but the Nantes people hope he will be induced to go to that town, and accept a dinner and ball. On leaving St. Nazaire, the Grand Duke is to proceed to Lorient. General de Be ville, aide-de-camp of the Emperor, Count Tascher de la Pagerie, first chamberlain to the Empress, and Count de Riancourt, equery to the Emperor, will in a few days leave for Lyons, to meet the King of Bavaria, and accompany his Majesty to Fontainebleau. The Cabinet of the Tuileries has received the re ply of the Swiss Government on the subject of the publication of the documents relative to the Neu chatel affair. The Federal Council is said to justify the publication which it made by the difference ex isting between the institutions of Switzerland and those of monarchical States. It maintains that a republican government cannot regard as an act of indiscretion a publication which was required by strict duty towards the confederated States of which Switzerland is composed. In the second place, the Federal Council explains the haste with which it published the documents in question, by stating that it was under the conviction that the negotiations were terminated, and that Prussia, like Switzerland, had no choice between a formal adhesion to the projected arrangement and an ab solute rejection of it. Lastly, the Federal Council declared that the text of the resolutions adopted by the representatives of the four great powers cannot be modified ; and that, for its part, it will abide strictly by the arrangement made, and will accept no new condition from the King of Prussia. The following telegraphic despatches have been received from Paris MARSEILLES, May 11.—The Courrier de Mar -1 seilles mentions a tragical event which has taken place in Persia. According to this journal, Gen. Stalker, the commandant of the British land forces, and Commodore Cherydge, who commands the English squadron, are said to have committed suicide. Great anarchy is said to reign in Persia, where Sattrakan is still in favour. Accounts from Constantinople to the 4th state that Ali Ghaleb, son of Reschid Pacha, and Member of Ithe Council of the Tanzimat, has been named Minister of Foreign Affairs in the room of Ethem Pacha, who is named Member of the Council of Tanzimat. This change has been favourably received." " MARSEILLES, May 10.—The Journal de Con stantinople of the 30th ult. announces that the bank affair of Wilkins has failed. The same paper states that another English combination on a re stricted scale has been rejected. The Turkish bankers have made propositions which are inaccept able. The Presse d'Orient mentions a number of attacks on persons in the Turkish capital. The Bey of Tunis has been decorated by Austria, on the occa sion of an advantageous treaty recently concluded. The inhabitants of that regency are irritated at the heavy taxes imposed on them, and the seizures which have taken place on account of non-pay ment. A great number of them are emigrating into Algeria. Some alarm is felt at Jerusalem in consequence of the presence there of 12,000 Greek pilgrims." 1.1 BERLIN, May 10.—Immediately on the ar rival of Prince Napoleon at Berlin, the King went to visit him and presented to him the officers of his military household. Shortly after, the Prince returned the visit of his Majesty and was presented to the Queen. He afterwards proceeded to visit the Prince of Prussia. The reception given to his Imperial Hignhess by the Prussian Royal family has been most friendly and cordial. The Prince, the next day, the 9th, delivered to the King n autograph letter from the Emperor of the French, relative to the affair of Neuchatel. His Imperial Highness visited the President of the Council, and was present at a grand review, after which he dined with his Majesty and the royal family at Chariot tenburg. It is said that Prince Napoleon will leave on Wednesday next, and that he has ex pressed a desire to visit Prince Frederick William at Breslau." " VIENNA, May 10.—An imperial decree pro nounces an amnesty for all Austrian subjects (not Lombardo-Venetians) imprisoned for the crime of high treason, insult, or rebellion, and orders their being set at liberty." BOURSE, May 11.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. C. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 69 15 69 30 Bank Shares 4,350 Credit Mobilier 1,302 50 Roman Do. Account 1,290 -- Austrian Belgian 4i Piedmontese (5' H 1 9O 50 tome Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASET. fr. c. fr c. • Orleans 1,467 Western 790 Northern Lyons 1,462 A New Ditto Mediterranean 1,980 Grand Central Geneva Midi THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Bucharest in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, says :—" On the 29th ult. the news was received at Jassy that M. Katargi had b een replaced in his functions of Minister of the Inte rior by M. Basile Ghikq. This seems to imply that Prince Vogorides has modified his view s w ith i respect to the union, for M. Ghika s favourable to that m"asure, and would not consent to any step hostile to his party. The commissioners for settling the questi on o f the Danubian principalitie3, after a month's stay in Wallachia, proceeded at the end of list month to Jassy in Moldavia, where they were received with every mark of respect, and, as at the former Ogee, addresses were presented to them, to which they returned suitable replits. The Ottoman commissioner was received with marked attention, but was more reserved than the other commis sioners, and begged that his reply b the addr, ss presented to him might not be published. , •The local authorities continued to display severity against the partisans of the union of the two prin cipalities. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the 6th, says :—" The Archduke Maximilian, governor-general of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, is expected in the course of a few days, and on his arrival Count d'Archinto is to go to Brussels to demand officially from King Leopold the hand of the Princess Char lotte. Count d'Archinto is to be accompanied by Count Zichy, grand marshal of the palace ; the Duke Melzi d'Eril and Count Bewbo, chamber lains ; Count Bela de Hadik, adjutant of the Ad miralty ; Captain Count Michielli, of the navy, aide de camp ; M. do Scherzenlechner, councillorrsecre tary, and a numerous and brilliant suite. The Count is to await at Brussels the arrival of the Archduke. It is probable that front Brussels the Archduke will go to England to visit Queen Vic toria and Prince Albert, also the ex-Queen of the French Marie Amelie and her family, who are the nearest relatives of the august princess." ITALY. - The Giornale di Roma of the 6th ,states that the Pope arrived at Oivita Castellani on the 4th, and on the following morning went to the cathe dral on foot, to say mass before his depar ture. During the ceremony he distributed the Eucharist to all the municipal authorities and to many of the other inhabitants. At Magliano, Otricoli, and Narni, he also visited the cathedrals and gave bis benediction to the people. At Terni he visited the large foundry of that place, where several medals with the effigies of the Saviour, the Virgin, and the Apostles Peter and Paul were cast in his pre sence. When about to leave that place, some young men of the best• families offered to take the horses off his carriage, and to draw it, but this he would not allow. The streets through which he passed were everywhere strewed with flowers. At Spoleto, triumphal arches had been erected, and before the cathedral stood a large wooden column surmounted by the statue of the Immaculate Virgin. The town was illuminated when he arrived. On alighting he proceeded on foot to the cathedral, and thence to the episcopal palace, where he admitted all the authorities to the honour of kissing his slipper. On the following morning the Pope said mass in the cathedral, and then set out for Fuligno, where he was received with similar honours. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 7th contains a royal decree which appoints General Sans y Cuadrado Chief of the King's Military Household, in the room of the late General Urbistondo, and another which nominates General Lemery Captain- General of New Castille (Madrid), in the room of General Sans. In the Congress, on the preceding day, the Minister of the Interior, in the course of .a discussion on an election return, asserted that the Government had maintained strict legality and impartiality in the elections ; and with reference to the press, he declared that the press is not sub jected to any censorship, but is regulatei accord ing to law. He added that on a future day the Government would be perfectly ready to go into a full discussion of the matter. The Congress, hav ing become formally constituted, had nomina , ea, as its president, M. Martinez de la Rosa ; vice presidents, Messrs. Maquieira, Vista Hermosa, Terreira, Alonsa ; and secretaries, Messrs. Baizan allana, Belda, Burigny, and Incan. All these gentlemen belong to the moderate party. The Infante Don Henry had left Villadolid for France. The old gold coin of the country was being exported in considerable quantities. The weather had im proved. A letter from Turin says that the Empress of Russia s expected in that city on the 21st, and that the day fixed fot the arrival of the King of Saxony is the 15th. It adds that the Duchess d'Orleans was also expected in Turin to thank the King for the hospitality which she had received in the course of the winter. According to the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, a Piedmontese man-of•war is shortly to leave for China to co-operate with the British fleet. The Comte de Paris and the Duo de Chartres left Genoa on the 7th. The Archduke Charles of Tuscany left Florence on the 6th for Perugia, in order to compliment the Pope during his stay in that town. "The Count de Chambord left Venice on the 24th ult. for Parma," says the Prance Centrale of Blois, "to visit his sister, the Duchess Regent. After stopping there twa days, the Prince, accompanied only by the Duke de Levis and two servants, continued his journey incognito under an assumed name. Crossing Piedmont he visited Turin, Chambery, and Geneva, without any one being aware of his presence. He was at the last named place on the 3d instant, and was to proceed by Munich to Vienna and Frohsdorff. The countess de Chambord was to proceed to Frohsdorff via Parma and Modena, and would arrive at her journey's end and be fore the Prince." Accounts front Venice state that the Emperor of Austria has' restored the pensions of 82 retired employes of the Arsenal, which had been discontinued in conse quence of their conduct in 1848. The municipality of Pesth has voted 250,000 florins (upwards of 600,000 f.) for the fetes to be given in that city in honour of the Emperor and Empress of Austria. Their Majesties intend to pass two months in Hungary, returning to Vienna on the 28th June. Major-General W.F. Williams, K.H., arrived on the 234 ult. at Gibraltar, where he succeeds to Sir R. Gar rett in the command.. The similarity of names has led several London journals to suppose that this governor ship had devolved on Sir W. F. Williams of Kars, and they have consequently speculated on the destination of the borough of Caine, now occupied by the latter. The minister of Anhalt-Bernburg announced in the last sitting of the Diet of that small duchy that in the budget of the'preceding year the receipts had exceeded the expenses by 33,000 thalere, so that the taxes could be at present reduced one-fourth. "Negotiations between Count Hatzfeldt and Ferrouk Khan for the conclusion of a treaty of commerce between Persia and the Zoliverein," says a Berlin letter, " are advanced enough for the draft of the convention to be submitted to the various States concerned. The agree ments existing between these States require that all treaties of this kind shall be concluded in common." A letter from Hanover of the Bth in the New Prussian Gazette says --" An interesting trial' has just taken place at Osnabruck. A young peasant, aged 18, named Meyer de Ryke, was requested to subscribe to the mo nument which has been erected to the memory of the late King. Ernest Augustus, but refused, saying that ` , Ernest Augustus did not merit a monument, as he bad been compelled to do all he had done ;' or, according to another version, ' that all he bad done, ho had done through fear.' As expressions of this kind could not form grounds for a penal trial, a civil action was brought for these offensive remarks, and the tribunal of Osna bruck condemned the young man to 100 thalers damages and costs." The Tagesbote of Prague announces that the cantonal authorities of Saar, in Bohemia, have suspended, subject to superior decision, the execution of the ordinance of the burgomaster of that town lately passed, enjoining all Jews to leave the town in a fortnight. The burgomaster based this exercise of authority on a privilege of King Ferdinand I. existing in the archives, but which is newly 300 years old. As, however, a royal decree, dated the 25th May, 1792, enacts that all special privileges must be submitted to a new ratifieation on a change of govern meat, and as the privilege in question was not ratified it appears to have fallen into desuetude. We learn from the New York papers that Louisa Pyne, and the rest of the English Opera Company of which she is the most distinguished member, must by this time be crossing the Atlantic, homeward bound, after their long and most successful sojourn in the United States. Miss Pyne was to have her farewell benefit in New York on Saturday, the 25th April ; and this was to be the company's last performance previous to their embarking for England. This charming song stress seems to be as great a favourite among the Ameri cans as among ourselves. They have been in the habit of calling her " the English skylark"—a phrase happily characteristic of the peculiar charm of her melody ; and their most popular journals join in their expressions of regret for her departure. ESTABLISHMENT OF A TURKISH PILOT FLAG, —The Board of Trade have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the subjoined copy (translation) of a notice issued by the Turkish Foreign.office relative to the establishment of a Turkish pilot flag :-- (Trans lation.)—" It having been reported that men-of•war and merchant ships passing through ports in the dominions of the Sultan sometimes require the services of a pilot, instructions have been sent to the autho- cities . of ill places which are ports, for the harbour masters to take a guardian from the Qearantice, visit the shi p , ascertain for what place she require s a p il ot, and report it to the proper quarter, in orth.r that a pilot may be immediately procured and sent on board, a t a re muneration, on exhibition by the ship, of whatever na tion it may be, coming to an Ottoman port, of a flag similar to the one specially designed for the purpose, of which a copy is herewith . sent to your E x:e li eney, The ambassadors of nil friendly powers having been re quested to make the matter known to the sigipmasters of their respective nations, and to instru c t th em to act ac cordingly when about to ask for a pilot, a similar com munication is made to your Excellency." [The fla, is a re d peter, or red flag with a white square in the centre.] PROSPERITY TO THE MAURITIUS. The publication of the annul reports on the state of her Majesty's colonial possessious fully accounts for the strong desire that every now and then bursts forth in the French press to exchange the French possessions on the continent of India for the old French island of Mauritius. In such an exchange the ma'erial, and as we think also th e political, gain would be all on their side. Governor Higgiuson's last report on that colon/ exhibits a state of prosperity which it is pleasant to record. Alth oug h d ur i ng the five years-18 51-55 —taxes to the amount of 55,8001. a year were re' pealed, the revenue has gone on steadily increasing; in the year 1855 it am 'tinted on this small volcanic island in the Indian Ocean, which cannot raise foodenough for it s own population, to 348,452/. ; an d in those five years ins taxes produced. the large sine of 1,667,3151. The expenditu r e, too, though large (in 1855 itreached 317,839 1. ) , has b en kept stewdili below the receipts ; and at the date of this rePr t d the Mauritius was not on l y f ree from debt, b u t had in hand a considerable reserve fund to meet en' foreseen contingencies. So satisfactory indeed are trie island finances that the popular tendency lei ° more to prodigality than to economy, and the Pr ef. sure on the Government is for the reverse of a fr e. . gal management of its pecuniary means. 2ln 1854 the value of the i m p orts was 1 , 492,7E 58 ' In 1835 it fell off to 1,356,3u01. ; but in 187)5. the value of the exp or t s excee d e d t h at of 1 854 ba 601,6891., and was no less than 1,848,090/. ; an the balance of trade in 1855 was 491,789/. in favoL' of the colony. Gradually the Mauritius is becole; m ing a depot f u r a l arge an d i ncreas i ng cammsr,e with, the magnifi cen t i s l an d o f M adagascar: Its trade with that island re-opened in 1854, and I" the course of the next year trebled that of any Pr e ' vious year in exports alone. A steamer is now rr .; gularly engaged in the transpo r t o f ca ttl e to tu Mauritius, and the s u ppli es f rom M a d agascar helo brought down the price of beef one half—an eve mense boon to the peas an t r y o f t h e island. 114 11 trade with the Au s t ra li an co l on i es i s a l so rani° ' augmenting, and i n 1855 t h e i s l an d sent thither 262,720 cwts. of sugar. Sugar production is the basis of this prosperiti' and Mauritius i s now f a i r l y i n t h e van of t h e s ugar ; producing poss ess i ons o f th e B r i t i s h C rown, as the following progressive increase of its production shows : Crop of 1851 „ 1852 BO,OOO „ LIP 1853 „ 1854 98,000 „ ~ 1855 And if in 1856 the expectation of Governor ginson be fulfilled that the crop would Yi e ' e 120,000 tons, we shall have the production of tt island doubled in five years. Neither is that t i ' e limit assignable to Mauriti us pro d uct i on , era under the present system of culture and manwa,, ture. For there are large tracts of land stilliiP n ' d unreclaimed, and quite as cap a bl e o f pro daa n s i sugar. All th a t th e y wan t i s l a b our . With th i , it is, says Mr. Hi gg i nson , "h ar dl y poss ibl e t o est, mate the producin g p ower a tt a i na bl e w i t hi n 0" ther five years." The consequence of this augmented prod.ucti e : and of the highly remunerative prices of late Ye n r , has been that gradually the proprietary has bee getting out of debt ; less borrowed capital is ployed in the culture of estates ' • a more solven t ' proving a more s k i lf u l race of cultivators ; at he teo they inspire grea t er confidence ; and the credit of m Mauritius plant ers now stands very high in markets of England. The sheet-anchor of its prosperity is of course% migration; and o f th e pro x i m it y of Mauritius to Do full 'advantage has bee u taken. The stream of imp gration maintains a steady and perpetual ini l ; l 4 l . On Dec. 31, 1855, th ere were i n th e i s l an d 100,0' male 'lndian coolies and 28,245 females, and et wards of one-half th e f ormer were un d er contrac"; of service. Notwithstanding this number wages W e rising, and the d eman d oir th e immigration depli increasing. Still the av erage wages were no t Ng:, being only 13s. a mon th ; b u t i n 1855 t h at sun). n „t cradled 13,000 men an d women f rom the coutiee", of India. The tendency, too, on the part of the . : immigrants to settle permanently in the island I ,' creases ; the women from India very seldom rete s ' o to their own country, and there is growing uP sie Indo-Creole race, Mauritius-born, bound to 1 1_,", island by all those ties which beget love of CO'; try. The perscentage of the Indian immigra n t , was, according to the returns of 1856, 43 per oe, ll e a of the whole population, that of the emancipa4 o Africans being only 30 per cent. at that date. . ior latter race is, indeed, decreasing in numbers ; not only does it suffer much more from the a ttach of of epidemic disea ses , b u t i n it th ere i s an aile. excess of deaths over births. Hitherto Indian- 1 ,7 . , migration has been entirely a Government trail ° tion ; but a law has been lately pasied to een_„ta persons to obtain at their own expense immigra' from India. It was a wis e remar k o f L ord Grey, ' in one o' r h,4, circular d es p a t c h es t o the governors of our trolny possessions, th a t no c l ass of proprietors are so deep directly int eres t e d i n the e d ucat i on and re°St improvement of their laboure rs as th e pl an ters• last the Mauritius Government is making efforts, at overcome the peculiar i m p e di men t s oppose d in Y rii , colony to educati ona l progress. Th e principal leo pediment lies in the difference of language sP °P by the two diff eren t races o f labourers, which 4 gests the instituti on o f separate sc h oo l s f o r the or dians and the C reo l es . O n thi s po i nt t h e Gover,no, and his council h ave , it seems, diff ered ; th e le vernor recommending that teachers and suitev e a books in th e vernacular dialect s s h ou ld b e obtaie g from India f or th e C oo li es - the council insibt',,hwo that childr en o f b o th races should be taught in t- n r same school, throu g h th e me di um of the Creole "l patois of the isl an d. T here i s, however, an aen.ktifilis grant of 8,788/, f or common schools, and a pemA institution called the Royal College is maintain; at an annual charge of 7,0001. Two of its per t° are yearly sent over to this country to comr e their educ a ti on, an d , of those so sent, three Y°l lf , g :4 men or colo ur h ave recen tl y competed with aut o' for honours in the British universities. What a contrast does this picture of Mauritius afford to the state of a majority of our West loc ll 7 o islands. No doubt the West Indian colonies lie. • of late been sorely tried by the assaults. of choler,Z; no doubt they are less favourably situated for tiL, acquisition of labour. But it is impossible not...li t see that their proprietary, as a rule, want the of enterprise which so pre-eminently distingeinh the proprietary of the Mauritius. To wranglev i ' e s their governors, and ascribe all their misforttl . ,, T3 to the Colonial-office and the Imperial Legislate'ij, is a poor sub s tit u t e for self-exertion—the gods o t n b # o aid those who aid themselves. Then, again, . t b Mauritius is not curs e d t o th e same ex t en t 17 ; 1 . 01 , non-resident proprietors as th e W es t I n di e s el Cultivation. an d p ro d uc ti on are cos tl y process es or estates encumbered with d e bt. It th e pro priet be be resident, he is poor and spiritless ; if lie A d absent, he has the cost and loss of overseers to to the expense of production. 01l The prosperity o f th e M aur i t i us oug .ht to to the West Indie s a grea t and useful lesson. In the Mauritius so c i e t y i s i n a purer, simpler, more s o reliant conditi on ; it i s, consequently, more hopolo, energetic, and independent. It doesinot fret vi,, er its labourers, with its government, with the mot'a country ; but it attends to its own affairs, ° A oc i keeping tl sem s t ea dil y i n v i ew, i t prospers. 'tlio so also will the W es t I n di es , w h en t h ey t a ke t same means—when th e E ncum b ere d E s t a tes A e ,; passed several years a go , s h a ll b e a ll owe d to P 1 .1:1 property in a sound condition, when the cars e 5 applied to culti vat i on s h a ll b e f ree from charb o .. which set all profit at d e fi ance , an d w h en the relitibe neration of labour shall be such as to i n duce Jo negro to give " a good day's work for a fair daY wage."—Daily News. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T rIS WI —Morn. 39 min. aft. 3—Evening 55 mid. aft. 3 To-Momuo%4 —Morn. 13 min. aft. 4 —Evcning 28 min. art 4 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, MAY 12. THERMOMETER, IN TIME SHADE. 67 —hig: , est since noon yeatorday. 51 -lowest this morning and during the night. 66 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.01—rising rapidly., WIND, S. W.; light, with fine warm weather. A thun der storm passed over London yesterday afternoon, and heavy rain fell in the north-western par, s. e -1.) 4 9 1- '4 _ LONDON, TUESDAY, MAI' 12, 1867. The responsibilities of the Home Secretary are already immense. Yet her MAJESTY'S Govern ment are actually now demanding of Parliament that those responsibilities shall be at once increased, and that they shall be increased, moreover, enor mously 1 Such literally after all will be, must necessarily be, the result of the Transportation and Penal Servitude M 1 --read a second time last night in the House of Commons—passing through that additional stage of its legislative growth into an Enactment not simply pro forma, but as the sequel to an animated discussion. The principal persons wh o t oo k part in this Debate, including amongst their number the Right Hon. the Home Secretary himself, his predecessor in office, on the side of the Opposition, tho hon. and learned gentleman the Member for Sheffield, the right hon. gentleman the Member for Leeds, the noble lord the Member for King's Lynn, and divers other representatives already distinguished among law reformers and practical philanthropists.. The imperative necessity of some "immediate" and " resolute" change in the Criminal Code of this country has been for a considerable time past, we believe, universally recognised. The only question remaining to he solved in the matter being, in point of fact—What that Change Ought To Be ! What it ought to be-.-due regard Leing had all the while to considerations at once f • •1111111311 MARKET NEWS.— (This Day•) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 4s ; clover ' lo ci: 31 io. to 51 ss; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 10s pe r ici° Trade firm. l o ver CUMBERLAND. —Me a d ow h a y, 2/ 12 3 t o 4/ G s ; ei do., 3! lOs n g ,de to 5/ O s ; an d s t raw , 1/ G s t o 1 / 10 3 per '— A moderate supply and a steady demand. oer W HITECLIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 4s : do., 3/ lOs to 5Z 5 3; an d s t raw, 1/ 5 s to 1 / 10 s per 'le Trade steady. COLONIAL. . P r TEA.—The m ar k e t h as ex hibi te d more f i rmness P and a considerable business has been done in con ta in congou at its Oid per lb. Other descriptions fully amai n previous values. SUGAR.—There has been a fair demand for m ost g oo °, ties of b o th f ore i gn an d colonial for home consuroP but for exportation business has been inactive• prices have een crrnt fo all decripti ons. d l o a CoFFEE.-- been is e very little s stock on offer , f° treme rates have been paid for both Plantation and e, Ceylon. Oth er d escr i ptions fully maintain their IT` w o teo Mon.—The mar k e t h as been dull, and rather eae ler t are current for most qualities. ted, I'll - very limited business has been transacted, an d prices rate steady. TALtovv.—A moderato 'business has been d0r%,,,,, A rc! prices hav e ru l e d rather firmer, mere es,Jecially for i , ,teli 7er y. P . Y .C. on the spot ' ' is quoted 565. 6t' d' $0 91 " and last 3 months, 555. to 555. 6J, por incited is in request. nv IZOYAL SURREY GARDENS.—Th e c ornmenc-- e „t i .o l - Jullien's great musical performances —or in the sea: O ", of own more grandiloquent phrase, "The Inau4tin'tiw-ben Season 1857 "—tom( place yesterday even i tee ) MenclElssolm's " Elij a h" was given, by an 0 1 11 " vocal awl instrum en t a l h os t, under the direction 03,1 Jul ien himself. The principal singerA were " lif h t f : D ocl Madame Weiss, Mi ss L ou i sa Vi nn i ng , Mies T )°l ".. e 're Mr. Sims Reevei ; an d th e b an d an d chorus t housand strong. gr 1