The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-14 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last appearance of Madlle. Pocchini. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLEPTI. THIS EVENING, TItURSDAY, an Extra Night. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Piccolmini ; Edgaiao, Sig. Giuglini. . - After which, LA ESMERALDA. . _ La Esmeralda, Madile. Pocchini (her last appearance.) For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS-St. JAMES'S THEATRE. - FIRST REPRESENTA TION, WEDNESDAY, May 20. —l. M'SIEU LAN i)RY, Op.retto, 1 Ante.- -2. LES DEUX AVEUGLES, Bouffon, aerie. Musicale, 1 Acte. Mus'que do Offenbach.-3. BA-TA CLAN, Chinoiserie Musicale, 1 Acte. Mnsique de Offenbach. Principal Characters by Messrs. Pradeau, Guyot, Gerpre, and Leonee ; Mesdlles. Dalmont, Marechal, Beluoir, and Mace-- their first appearance in this country. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will accompany these Representations, under the direction of the popular composer, M, Offenbach— To commence at half-past S 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. THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, ls ; Boxes, 2s. 64., 25., and ls. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at, half-past 7. Commence at 8. Opens Saturday, May 16. First Equestrian Artistes in the World :--Madame Schap lain, Madame Neusome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, add Miss Ella ; Miss E. J.Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Neusome. Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jeu nines ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A Wells, E. Moffatt, Hemico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks perian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ft) OPAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ;IA) THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Itean. 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 •'clock, with SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. After which, the successfu' Classicil Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A PALANTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. O!iver 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), Gs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 f)-ess Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper 80xe5.... 2 0 Pit........ 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 0 fNo half-price to Upper Gallery. Lower Gallery Upper Gallery T HEATRE ROYAL, A D PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original drama (fourth time), entitled JOSEPH CHAVIGNY ; or, Under the Thumb. Ben. Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, &c. 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 Bedfcrd, &c. iTRAND T HEAT RE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Followed by OVER THE WAY. To conclude with THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. ALSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Last Two Nights of the present successful Entertainments. On Saturday the theatre will be closed for a Grand Re hearsal or Verdi's far-famed Open. of IL TROVATORE ; cr 'The Gipsy's Veugeance, which will be produced ou Monday next, with Equestrian 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 Mayor and Lady Mayoress. THIS EVENING, and following nights, the performance will commence with the Grand Military Spectacle, entitled THE FRENCH EN 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 conclude with a Risible Farce. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Rues, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Box•Olee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, Q c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, firs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghrnans, B. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Conj. Senor Antonio M. do Solla, and E. L. Hine; Masters Bennett and Corri; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pro. cisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. iliGti WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T 113 DAT —Morn. 48 min. aft. 4—Evening 7 min. aft. 5 .'a-LIABRos. -- Horn. 28 rain. aft. 5 —Evening 51 min. aft 5 THE WEATHER—Sin OFFICE, MAY 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. €8 —highest einee noon yesterday. 53 -lowest Vale morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.05. WIND, E. to E.S.E. ; rather fresh, with fine summer weather. tp 1 ,14,', L5l •t.C 7 I ' LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY U, 1857. It really apppears to be entirely forgotten, across the water, Who this Grand Duke Cox- STANTINE actually is ! Let its at least not be equally oblivious. Let it not be forgotten, at any rate, on this side of the Channel, that the man now making the tour of Western Europe, in the midst of so much indecorous adulation, is the very man to whom the Allies are chiefly indebted for the recent loss of about 100,000 lives, and about 100,000,0001. sterling. To him, prin cipally, among all men now living, England and France owe the main part of the horrors of the 'ate sanguinary conflict in Crim-Tartary. To his warlike genius, to his lawless ambition, to his lust of empire, and, above all things, to his resolute and indomitable determination, sooner or later, to bring within the sweep of the Russian Sceptre the fair and beautiful city of Constantinople ! These are not truths discovered to-day or yester day. They are facts that have long been noto rious. But at the same time they are facts appa rently at the present moment lost altogether to the general remembrance. Neither should they have been dragged at this instant into the noonday light of the popular recollection—but that the Very personage whose character they serve to illustrate is now being feted wherever he appears in his wanderings through Western Europe, as though he were really and truly one of the most beneficent benefactors of its population ! In stead of being—as he is --one of the most deadly and relentless enemies of that particular secbion of the Great Human Family I Had the Arch duke CONSTANTINE been received within the boundaries of the dominions of the Allies with any decent show of equanimity, with any evi dence, however small, of a sense as to Who he was on the part of those who welcomed him-_„ might have been disposed in Courtesy, even be it said in Pity, to refrain from pointing thus an Index-finger at his Antecedents. Silence any longer, however, upon this subject would, we conceive, be nothing less than culpable, under existing circumstances. The Arch-foe of the Allies being welcomed as only the Truest Friend ought in reason to be welcomed, we can not in the midst of this hubbub of Fla`- t or y, remain indifferent or dumb specta tors. To hold our peace were to consent to a disgraceful complicity. More especially now, at the present moment, when the Arch-Duke 3111MMINP ruE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1857 CONSTANTINE is, as it were, upon the eve of crossing the Channel to set foot upon the soil of England. The hearths, he has been principally instrumental in desolating amongst us, are yet saddened by the remembrance of many cruel be reavements. The graves are still fresh upon Cathcart's Hill and among the cypresses of Scutari. The horrors of the Trench, and of the Hospital, are not yet entirely obliterated from our remem brance. It cannot so easily be forgotten (here at least !) how wantonly the allies were dragged into the war by Russia—how wilfully the stipulations of solemnly ratified treaties were violated—how gratuitously Turkey was assailed, her indepen dence was set at nought, her frontiers were crossed, her provinces were occupied ! From the incursion beyond the Pruth, to the ulti mate downfall of Sebastopol, every in cident of that protracted and deplorable struggle, lives at this instant with frightful vivid ness iu our recollection. And for all those miseries, for all those sufferings, for all the wretchedness, for that lavish expenditure of blood and money, History will hold two men chiefly responsible. One of those two men has gone to his account— the Czar NICHOLAS. The other still survives— the second son of the late Emperor of All the Russias—the present guest of the Western Powers of Europe—the arch Duke CONSTANTINE. Remem bering which : remembering that that cruel war, that war so wantonly and pitilessly provoked, is but just over : remembering that 11 e have but just buried our dead, that we are still paying for the fruitless sacrifice of so much treasure, that we (the Allies) have to endure the double pang of losing simultaneouslyloo,ooo lives and 100,000,0001. — we must protest against the miserable and indeco rous farce of strewing flowers in the pathway (among all visitors) of this Arch Duke CON STANTINE ! For Diplomatic purposes let the warlike Russian have a court fdte or two at Osborne or Windsor, as he has recently enjoyed the same Sybarite luxury at the Tuileries and Fontainebleau—but let his reception be restricted t that, so far as England is concerned. We can not believe that our municipalities are in any way solicitous to be dangling in the train of this worthy son of a worthy sire—to be lacqueeing at his heels as though lie were some groat good man the benefactor of his species, whom the nation would delight to honour. We have even heard enough and to spare in complimentary reference to the military genius, to the strategical ability, and to the chivalric prowess of the Muscovite Commanders. To our think ing, the vast engineering powers of a TODLEBEN, and the indisputable magnanimity of a MOURAVIEFF, while beyond all doubt indi vidually entitled to our admiration, ought not at the same time to diminish by one iota our ineradi cable horror of such dastardly atrocities as those which in the lata war imparted such evil fame to the maritime and military forces of the Muscovites —atrocities such as the massacre at Sinope, and the assassin-ambush at Hango-Udd, and the stabbing and rifling of the wounded upon' the " foughten field" of Balaklava I If you are just to the Russian Heroes —be just also, in Heaven's name, to the Russian Miscreants ! Let us not forget, in the midst of frivolous com pliments—what at the same time is deserving of everlasting detestation. And if—upon the advent amongst us of the Archduke CONSTANTINE —it is remembered that the war with Russia is ended : let it not be forgotten for an instant that that War wantonly provoked and cruelly persisted in by the Russians, has cost the Western Allies, as we have already repeated—(as we cannot tire of repeating—while tho guns are firing, and the flags flying, and the drums rolling, and the trumpets sounding at the approach of the Arch duke CONSTANTINE)—that that Horrible War has cost the Allies, to no purpose, the frightful expen diture of 100,000 souls and of 100,000,000/. ! The Committee on the Charter of the Hudson's BIT Company has been duly nominated. It now consists of 20 Members, Mr. CHRISTY having yes terday been added to the 19 gentlemen previously appointed. It is to be hoped that no time will be lost in bringing their important labours to a com plete and satisfactory conclusion, and rendering available for the benefit of mankind a vast tract of country now kept in a state of comparative desolation and barbarism, in consequence of the monopoly so long exercised by a private trading corporation. It is not absolutely incumbent on them to inquire into the legality or the policy of the original grant, or the nature of the influences by which it was obtained—although much could be said on each of these points by its opponents. The rapidly-approaching termination of the Charter, according to the admissions of the Company, may dispense with the necessity of such a scrutiny. The chief point to be ascer tained is, how far the interests of the world, and more especially of our North American colonies, are affected by the existing system which prevents legitimate trade and commerce, and prohibits the settlement of this enormous territory by the hardy pioneers of civilisation. The Company pride themselves on the good order maintained in the districts under their con trol and management. But what is there to be preserved ? Where is the property to be pro tected—the human beings to be preserved ? " They make a desert and call it peace" They shutout, so far as practicable, mankind, save the hunters and trappers engaged in the pursuit and capture of the wild animals, to whose use the en tire region is devoted. It is not for the pur poses of sport, as it is termed, that humanity is so rigorously excluded. It is not for the amusement of "the select upper crust" that, as in the case of the deer forests in Scotland. the country is depopulated. No ; it is merely a question of £ s. d.—that the company should be enabled to obtain a larger amount of furs and to sell them at higher prices than if the wide-spread district were opened to the commerce and enter prise of Great Britain, and placed under the pro tection of English laws and English civilisation. Surely under such circumstances there can be no possible difficulty as to the course which justice and policy alike demand. An isolation as as complete as that which the inhabitants of the flowery land affect must . be broken up. Any change must be for the better which sub stitutes the British Government for that of a private company, which enables hardy emigrants to found happy homes in the wilderness, and to reclaim lauds now barren and unproductive. It is impossible to say that order has been maintained, as asserted, in those bound less but deserted districts. Who can reveal "the secrets of the prison house ?" Who can tell what robberies and murders may have been committed by Indians or half-castes—or whether many wanderers may not be kept in hopeless cap tivity in these dreary abodes of desola tion ? It is impossible to know these things ; and it is only by inviting and encourag ing colonisation that full security, which is a plant of tardy growth, can eventually he obtained 1 But we ask, what right has the Company, or even the British Government itself, to maintain such a rigorous system of Exclusion. Our Trans- Atlantic brethren are fully, aware of the real value of these districts, and will be well inclined to take possession of what we neglect, and we could scarcely act the part of " the dog in the manger" by refusing to others that which we were ourselves unable or unwilling to use. We cannot, for a moment, conceive what shadow of right CHARLES 11. had to transfer his Sovereignty in so vast a territory, without the assent of Parliament. As well might he have at tempted to dispose of Ireland or Scotland, either of which lie would have been quite willing to part with for a " consideration !" Besides, large and reclaimable districts have been taken possession of by the company, without a shadow of claim. There is manifestly no title to the lands ceded to Great Britain by the treaty of 1761, but which the Company have unscrupu lously annexed to the coasts of the Bay and Straits, and usurped authority over. We trust then that the committee now ap pointed may promptly and efficiently discharge the arduous and important duties confided to their charge, and that a large proportion of the lands now lying waste and unproductive may be brought into cultivation, and that smiling home steads may be substituted for the lairs of wild animals, only sought aftsr to be destroyed. There will still be sufficient furs for every necessary purpose. But were it otherwise, the interests of humanity should net be disregarded for such a cause and such an object. The Judgments Execution Bill was, yesterday, read a second time, by a majority of 38—the numbers being 137 for, and 99 against. It was strenuously opposed by the Irish members, who exhibited a strange unanimity on the question, Honourable Gentlemen, of all shades and varieties of political opinion, waiving other differences, and co-operating energetically against the measure. The principle of the Bill, as described by its learned proposer, Mr. CEA UFIYED, seems unobjec tionable. It is merely that a judgment obtained in a competent Court, in any part of the United Kingdom, should be sufficient to entitle the party to issue execution in any other part thereof, with out the delay and expense of instituting new pro ceedings, to give efficiency to the former judg ment ! Many questions of detail may arise, but those would rather be for discussion in Committee. Indeed, from the nature of the objections, so forcibly urged by Messrs. M 'MAHON, WHITESIDE, BLAND, and AYiaTON, it seems essen tial that the entire measure should be subjected to the scrutiny of a select committee, who by a care ful consideration might remove every valid objection to its details. The main difficulty appears to be the facilities for obtaining judgments in Scotland without notice to the defendants, or in fact afford ing them any opportunity of being heard in their own defence. The fact too, referred. to by the Hon. and learned Member for the County of Wex ford, that the agent employed for a defendant becomes liable for all the costs of an action, creates an impediment in the way of putting forward even a valid and bona fide answer to the demand that cannot be disregarded. We believe, however, that these matters may be satisfactorily arranged. There are good points as well as bad points in the laws of each country, and we have no doubt that the investigations respecting Mr. CAAUFUILD' s bill, may be very useful in smoothing away all difficulties in the assimilation of the laws of the three kingdoms, and enabling English and Irish barristers and Scotch Advocates to practise in the Courts of either country. We have no doubt that such a system of forensic reciprocity would be beneficial to all parties. There would be no necessity for disturbing the judicial establishments in Dublin or Edinburgh, but there could not be the slightest objection t) every member of these benches being constituted a Judge of the United Kingdom, and exchanging duties for a time with their learned brethren of Westminster. We would wish to render the Union in every respect efficacious, and would for that purpose seek to get rid of the distinctions that are still retained with out any possible utility arising therefrom. And the sooner that object can be attained, the better for all parties concerned, whether English, Irish, or Scotch. The smelters have given notice of a reduction of 31. per ton on common tin and 4/. on refired. The Hotspur, from Calcutta, has arrived off Porte mouth, having left the Cape of Good Hope on the 17th of March. The advices from the Cape will be four days later than those previously received. _ _ _ On the 26th inst., Mr. Ayrtoa will move for a select committee to inquire into the cause of the inequality of the pocr rates in tbo metr3politan district, and whether any measures should be adopted to render the rates more equal. • To-night Mr. T. Duncombe will ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, " Why Win. Cuffey bas not participated in the general amnesty granted in the spring of last year by her Majesty to all political prisoners ? " SHIP STRUCK BY LIGWTNING.—The steamer City of Washington brings word that the Arabella, from Apa'- chicola to Liverpool, with 2,325 bales of cotton, was struck by lightning, April 14, and totally consumed. Tye crew landed at Halifax. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Barker and Co., timber and stave merchants, of Southwark. Toe liabilities are supposed to range between 60,0001. and 1.00,000/., and it ia feared the liquidation will be rather unfavourable. A letter from Trieste of the sth, in the Austrian Gazette, says f--" The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian arrived here quite unexpectedly this morning on board the steam frigate Elisabeth. This visit was connected with naval matters. In the evening the lArehduke re turned to Venice." The council of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce have appointed Professor Leone Lev . i, as London agent of the chamber. Several chamb e r s o f commerce have unitylat el o y f action combined hasin thisbee been p i ri p t o r i o n ‘.lced t uin the proceedingsraent, whereby a greater of these valuable institutions. LOWERING SHIPS' BOA'23,—Ttie Lards of the Admi ralty have just issued t;aneral orders to the officers at the various dockyards, that all transport ships are to be fitted with Clifford's new method of lowering boats in revigh weather, or when vessels are " under way ;'' and at the prese❑t tame Adventure, Assistance, Cordelia,and Leopard, about proceeding to China, are being so pro vided. MORE FAILURES IN THE CORN TRADE.—On Saturday two otter failures in the corn trale were spoken of in the Cork Commercial Rooms. One mentioned was that of a merchant in a seaport town in the county Cork, whose liabilities are set down at 12,0001. It is expected the assets will realise some 4s. or Si. in the pound. The other stoppage was that of a gentleman in the city,lwhose liatities are 7001. PI LIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—An account of the gross public income and expenditure for the year ended the 31st of March, 1857, was published yesterday by order of the new House of Commons; The grand total of the income amounted to the sum of 72,334, 0621., and that of the expenditure to 75.588,6671., leaving a deficit, or excess of expenditure, amounting to 3,254.6041. The Customs duties yielded 23,321,842/. ; the Excise, 18,165,0001. ; Stamps, 7,372,2091. ; Taxes (landed and assessed), 3,116,0461. ; Property-tax, 16, 009,933/. ; the Post-aifice, 2,886,000/. ; Crown-lands (net), 284,857/. ; and miscellaneous sources of revenue, 1,098,173/. Of tie expenditure the sum of 23,631, 176/, was appro`priated to the interest and management of the public debt ; 1,773,726/. to charges on the Con solidated Fund; and 45.133,7641. to the supply rervices. Toe army took 20,811,242/. ; the navy, 13,459,013/. ; miscellaneous services, &c., 6,626,7331. ; and the salute's, & c ., of rev enue d epartments, 4,2367751. The balance in the Exchequer on the 31st March, 1857, amounted to 8,668,370/. THE SOUND DUES.—Yesterday was published a copy of the Treaty, Protocol, and Convention for the redemp tion of the Sound Dues, signed at Copenhagen on the 14th of last March. The compensation for the Sound Dues thus surrendered by Denmark, is fixed at the total sum of 30,476,325 rigs.dollars, of which Great Britain is to pay 10,126,855 ; France, 1,219,003 ; Holland, 1,408,060 ; Prussia, 4,440,027 ; Russia, 9,739,993 ; Sweden, 1590,503 ; and other States smaller sums. The said sums may be paid in 20 years by 40 equal half yearly payments, which shall cover both capital and the interest on instalments not due. There is a separate convention bet ween England and Denmark, the former Government engaging to recommend Parliament to pay the amount agreed on, which is (if converted according to the proposed rate of exchange), 1,125,2061. The Treaty and Convention are accompanied by a report from our Minister at the Court of Copenhagen, Mr. Buchanan, on the negotiation for the redemption of the Sound Dues, dated 22d of March Last. We have authority to state that it is her Majesty's intention to hold drawing-rooms at St. James's Pal; en on Saturday, the 6th of June, and on Tuesday, the 23d of June, and a levee on Thursday, the 18th of June. A matrimocial alliance is about to take place between the Earl of Stradbroke and the widow of the late Colonel Bonner, of the 10th Hussars. LORD ELGIN'S MISSION TO CHlNO.—After having crossed the Isthmus, Lord Elgin will find the Ava awaiting him at Suez. This ship will convey him to Singapore where he is to remain till the arrival of the French Commissioner. We are pleased to state that Bishop Blomfield has en tirely recovered from the indisposition mentioned last week, and his lordship now lies in the same state that he was in previous to the attack. LIVERPOOL, May 13.—The steam clipper ship Royal Charter went into the Mersey yesterday, and wilt sail fur Meibourne on Friday with a ship's mail, a large cargo, and about 400 passengers. The British and North Ame rican mail steam ship Arabia will sail for New York on Saturday. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.--LIVERPOOL, Wednes day.—The Black Ball ship Euroelydon takes her de parture this afternoon from the Mersey, for Melbourne, with above 300 passengers and a large cargo. This is the second vessel despatched to Melbourne in the course of one week by the Black Ball line, carrying in all nearly 1,000 passengers and about 4,000 tons of merchandise. The screw steam clipper Royal Charter is at present in the Sloyoe, takinc , in her passengers, luggage, &c. She has a full cargo of fine goods on board, and will sail at noon on Friday next, her advertised day, for Melbourne. , She will carry out a large complment of passengers, and will be commanded by Captain Taylor, late of the Fal con, Australian liner. DEPARTURE OF THE INDIANA.—The European and American Company's screw steamer Indiana left South ampton yesterday for New York. She took out nearly 500 passengers, chiefly Germans from Bremen, and about 200 tons of goods. The Southampton Chamber of Com merce are endeavouring to get some relaxation of the stringent regulations of the Government Emigration Board. If a steam-ship calls at Southampton from Bre men, Hamburg, Antwerp, or Havre, and takes on board one English passenger, the English Emigration Board steps in and enforces the emigration regulations respect. ing the foreign passengers, thereby imposing a great amount of trouble on the owners of the ship, and up setting the whole arrangements which have been made abroad. RAILWAYS IN PORTUGAL.—The Avon, which arrived at Southampton yesterday, brings Lisbon dates of the 9th inst. The bill for Mr. Peto's railway contract had gone up to the Peers, and was likely to be reported upon by committee the day the Avon left. The Mini sters expected to get it passed during the succeeding week. Meanwhile the British Minister, Mr. Howard, was rendering most efficient support to the agent re presenting the late railway contractors in the negotia tions for a settlement of their long-pending claims ; and hopes were entertained, when the packet left, that a fair compromise would be effected in a few days, and thus leave Mr. Peto's projects free from existing em barrassments. The Austrian Government has just published an ac count of the financial situation of the empire for the year 1856. According to this document the ordinary receipts amounted to 268,501,796 florins, or 10 millions more than in 1855 ;*and the extraordinary to 4,058,480 florins, or 624,490 less than is the preceding year. The ordi nary expenses amounted to 324,377,664 florins, or 24, millions more than in 1855 ; and the extraordinary (for the army only) to 14 millions, or 871 millions lees than in the preceding year. The total of the expenses is 67 millions less than in 1855. These returns, though con sidered satisfactory, had not produced any effect on the public funds, or inspired confidence in the money mar ket, where great discouragement is described as still prevailing. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE NEAR BARNSLEY.—At a meet ing of the men on strike at the Wharneliffe held on Monday, the chairman stated that the deputation appointed had had an interview with the masters, and that the latter had agreed to allow the men to blast with powder as before, but that they were fully deter mined not to allow the use of candles. One of the speakers warned the meeting against entering upon a strike without the means of successfully carrying it out, adding that his own experience of strikes had proved their fallacy. He recommended the men to give the Davy lamp a fair trial before placing themselves in col. lision with their employers. A resolution was unani mously passed that the men should return to their work so as to give the lamp a fair trial. ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FOR FEMALE CHIL DREN.—The 69th anniversary of this admirable institu tion was held last evening at the Freema-on's Tavern, under the presidency of Lord Panmure, the Deputy- Grand Master of the Order. The children, who are, generally speaking, the orphans of deceased brethren, went in procession round the room during the evening, and their general appearance was such as to excite uni versal sympathy. One of the girls is annually selected by her schoolfellows, for a mark of distinction, and this year the choice fell on Louisa Badley, who was intro duced by the secretary (Mr. Crew) to the chairman. The chairman placed a medal round her neck and addressed her in a kind and affectionate manner, praising her for her excellent conduct, and pointing out to her the great advantage of a good character. Several other pez , ,,s were bestowed upon the children. The matron received the congratulations of the company upon the healthy appearaoce of those placed under her charge. The subscript:on in the room amounted to 1,8501. LORD WESTMINSTER AND THE CHESTER RACES.—The Chester Chronicle states that the Marquis of Westminster has intimated that he has for some time entertained duubts as to the propriety of :Towing his name to be connected with the races. His hardship holds in much deference the very serious views entertained by conscien tious persons in Chester and elsewhere of the immorality that unfortunately prevails at the,s meetings, which does not occur at assemblages of a different na.ttre which it is the duty of all to encourage. The Marquis adds that be is the last person who would in the slightest possible degree diminish the legitimate amusements of the people, but rather considers that it would be most desirable they should be increased. But, as recording an act of ap proval of a doubtful proceeding by any new act is differ ent from going a step further, and withdrawing from contributing to the amusement of the races after haying been for a considerable time connected with them, Lord Westminster does not feel himself called upon to with draw "The Plate" so long run for as his gift, although he admits that he has felt serious dmbts and hesitation on the point. THE NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—The Fex steam yacht, fitting out at Aberdeen for Lady Franklin's final search, under the command of Captain M'Clintock, R.N., is rapidly progressing in her equipment. She will be a "model Arctic." Ono hundred men are now at work upon her, besides others employed about her machinery. The Fox will carry with her a speaking reminiscence of former expeditions to the same ranions. When Lady Franklin fitted out the Prince Albert in Ibsl, Prince Albert presented an• organ to the expedi tion, which went out in the vessel named after his Royal Highness, wintered at Batty Bay, and in 1852, before returning to England, the organ was lent to the North Star, at Beechey Island, where it spent two years, and was always played at church service. In 1854, after having spent three year+ and a half in the Arctic re gions, it was safely brought home. Lady Franklin naturally prized it the more highly, and had it put to rights at considerable expense, and now the same Royal souvenir is about to be shipped ence more to the Arctic regions. ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.—There was a fair At. tendance yesterday, though the number of visitors was less tban on some previous days. We believe it is in contemplation to remove the orchestra, to make room for a considerable number of works of art which have never yet found a place. Within the next fortnight ; ro bably every department of the Exhibition will be put into permanent form, the executive committee being in disposed to receive any further contributions, under my circumstances, having no space for them. The shilEng admissions commence next week, when we may expect to see a much greater number of visitors, though, no doubt, the great bulk of the working classes will post pone their visits until the Whitsuntide holidays. A con siderable number of members of the Society of Arts are expected to visit Manchester for the Exhibition in a body, and similar visits are spoken of from members of the Law Society and other learned bodies during the sum mer. The Council of the Manchester Royal Institution pro poses to give a series of soirees weekly, during the time the Art Treasures Exhibition remains open, as a moans of affording a pleasant opportunity for reunions among distinguished strangeril visiting Manchester. MR. HARDY'S BEER BILL —An influential meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the Manchester Town ball, to consider the provisions of Mr. Gaythorn Hardy's bill for the regulation of beer-houses and other places of public entertainment. The bill was the result of a c'in siderable movement in the West Riding. The Rev. Dr. Bowers, the Dean of Manchester, presided, and th ere were present Sir J. Potter, M.P., Mr. T. P. Bunting, Mr. S. Fletcher, Mr. R. Gardner, Mr. W. R. Wood, Mr. J. Heron, Mr. D. Maude, Mr. Alderman Neild, Mr. C. 11. Rickards, the Rev. Canon Richson, the Rev. W. H. M'Grath, and the Rev. Mr. Birch. Mr. W. E. Foster attended as a deputation from the West Riding Association, and explained the provisions of the mea sure, by which it was contemplated that all new beer houses should be licensed by the magistrates, like those of the licensed victuallers. The feeling of the meeting ap peared to be that some new step was imperative for checking the rapidly augmenting number of beer-houses in proportion to the population, and a petition inviting the attention of the legislature to the subject waN unani mously adopted. A deputation was also appointed to see Lord Palmerston, along with the deputation from the West Riding. The new committee on the Bank Charter Act will forthwith commence its sittings. It is composed of 25 members, comprising the Chancellor of the Exchequer and four ex-Chancellors—namely, Mr. Disraeli, Sir Francis Baring, Sir C. Wood, and Mr. Gladstone ; also Sir J. Graham, Mr. Spooner, banker, of Birmingham ; Mr. G. A. Hamilton, the Financial Secretary to th e Treasury under L or d Derby's Government, and chair man of the recently-dissolved London and Paris Bank ; Mr. Glyn, London banker ; Mr. Wilson, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury ; Mr. Cayley, a director of the Commercial Bank ; Mr. Vance, a Dublin merchant; Mr. Weguelin, the late governor of the Bank of Eng land ; Mr. Hildyard, Q.C. ; Mr. Hankey, a director and formerly governor of the Bank of England ; Mr. Black burn, chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; Mr. M. T. Smith, London banker ; Mr. Fergus, a Scotch manufacturer ; Mr. Hope Johnstone ; Mr. J. L. Ricardo, a director of the London and Westminster Bank ; Mr. Ennis, the governor of the Bank of Ireland ; Mr. Tite, the chairman of the Bank of Egypt, and a director of the London and Westminster Bank ; Mr. Puller, Mr. Ball, and the Earl of Gifford, formerly pri vate lecratary to Lord ranratireo LATEST N E WS. CLOSE OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. The Session of the Prussian Chambers was closed on the 12th inst. by a Royal Message, read by M. de Manteuffel. The message enumerates the various nv asures adopted during the Session ; it mentions likewise the measures which have not passed ; it alludes to the bill relative to the prohibition of payments in foreign notes, and expresses the hope that a gene ral understanding on that measure will be come to with other States. The Message expresses satis faction at the conclusion of the negotiations for the settlement of the Sound Dues. The Royal message does not make any allusion to the Neufchatel question. BERLIN, MAY 13. The Empress of Russia was safely delivered of a son on Monday. The King of Prussia has presented Prince Napoleon with the Order of the Black Eagle. His Imperial Highness will leave this on Friday for Dresden. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. _ . Decrees in the Afoniteur nominate six knights in the Legion of Honour among old soldiers, for dis tinguished services. The following are the amended provisions of the bill for imposing a duty on transferable securities, as given in the budget for 1858 : " Independently of the duties established by the law of sth June, 1850, every transfer of shares, promises of sharps, or bonds, in any company or undertaking whatsoever, will be subjected from the Ist July next t(a a transfer duty of 20 centimes per 100 francs of the value negotiated. Shares to bearer, and those the transfer of which can be effected without any entry being made in the books of the company, are to be liable to an annual and obligatory duty of 10 centimes per 100 francs of the capital of the said securities, calculated on the average price during the pre ceding year. The duty on nominative securities which cannot be negotiated without an entry in the books of the company will be payable at the moment of transfer. All securities liable to the annual duty are to pay the amount quarterly, and at the end of each quarter the companies are bound to give au account of the said receipts. In companies which admit the conversion of securities to bearer into nominative ones, and vice versa, the transfer duty is to be paid on the said conversion, but that act may be effected without charge for the space of three months from the date of the present law. Fo reign securities are subject to the same duty as French. Any contravention of the law will be liable to a fine of from 100 f.. to 5,000 f. The following telegraphic despatches have been received from Paris : BERLIN, 12 t,l3.—The King of Prussia has conferred on Prince Napoleon the grand cordon of the order of the Black Eagle. His Imperial Highness was present at the parade of the troops this morning, and in the after noon visited the Museum. Baron de Manteuffel, the president of the council, closed the Diet this afternoon in the name of hi; Majesty. DARMSTADT, 12th.—A. telegraphic despatch has been received at the court here from St. Petersburg, announc ing that the Empress of Russia has been safely delivered of a prince. MADRID, 12th.—Marshal Espartero yesterday sent in his resignation as senator. M. Lafragua is expected here to-day. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier are to remain here but a short time. It is thought they will proceed to England. BOURSE, May 13.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents - —fr. --c. 3 per Cents 69 35 69 55 Bank Shares 4,400 Credit MOMliar 1,302 50 Roman Do. Account 1,302 50 Austrian Belgian 4, .. Spanish Threes 4ll Piedmontese (5) 9O 10 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOIL CAB 3. fr. c. fr c. Orleans 1,4723— Western 1 — Northern Lyons 1,1773 New Ditto blediterranean ......1,907 A- Grand Central Geneva Midi - Austrian Cora. ......, 7164 POLAND. A letter from Kalisch, in the Austrian Godte, says :—" The fortresses of Poland are being put in a proper state of repair in preparation for the ar rival of the Emperor. Fresh pardons granted to political offender.• have been published in the War saw journals. The Governor of Wilms, has an nounced that 90 Lithuanian emigrants are about to return to their country, and that 25 other per sons exiled to Siberia have obtained permission to return to Poland." SWEDEN. The financial committee of the Swedish Diet, after having been employed three months in exa mining the projected railway network, has at length given a favourable reply to the royal propo sitions, and their di-finitive aceeptance by the Four Chambers is now thought not to admit of any doubt. The Government has, in anticipation of this result, prepared the cahier des charges stipu latng the conditions on which it will accept offers of foreign companies who may wish to participate in the various loans which ara to be contracted, in order to meet the expenses of construction. The first loan, which will in preference be offered to English it French capitalists, remains provisionally fixed at 12 millions of rixbanck thalers ; the two others, each of 15 millions, will follow ; and thus form a total capital of 40 millions to be paid by the subscribers. SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the 9th contain no news of interest. The Congress was proceeding with the examination of the returns of the members. The troops destined for Cuba, and eveutually for Mexico had embarked at Cadiz on board the vesels prepared for them, and the genPrais who command the expedition, Mendinueta, Garrido, and San tiago, had gone on board the Francisco de Asisi The actual sailing of the expedition had, however, not taken place. The military authorities of Bada joz were taking precautionary measures for the preservation of order, and had caused the occu piers of certain houses to be placed under strict surveillance. The Post Ampt Gazette of Berlin of the 11th says :—" The French Government is emplaying all its efforts at Copenhagen to lead to a solu tion of the duchies question in a sense favourable to the wishes of Germany. Russia has pronounced herself in a similar manner in a despatch recently , addressed to the Danish government. It is con sidered certAin in Copenhagen that the Danish go vernment will, in form at least, give way to the German powers on the question of a general consti tution for the States of Holstein." Accounts from Wurtemburg state that a royal decree of the 6th grants to lieutenants, sub-lieuten ant 4, and non-commissioned officers who are mar ried, an addition to their pay on account of the dearness of provisions. Letters from Gottingen state that the students of that university tried on the night of the 4th to demolish the house of a functionary named Zacha rixe, who had forbidden the master of an establish ment frequented by students to permit dancing on his premises. LITERATURE. A Treatise On the Cure of Stammering. By James Hunt, Ph. D. Third Edition. Longman and Company. Recently we had occasion to comment upon the issue of a " second edition" of this remarkable and authoritative Treatise upon Stammering. ,Recently, observe—and already a " third" has made its ap pearance. " Another and another yet [literally, in both senses of the word] succeeds !" We are not in any way surprised at the circumstance. It is so, because it ought to be so—for there can be very little doubt nowadays about the accuracy of the theory (the really exquisite and certainly in its effects the truly beneficent theory) propounded originally some years back by the late inge nious Thomas Hunt. The life of that prac tical philanthropist is here related by his son as a fitting preamble to the theory of which that life was happily elucidative. It should be ob served that the present edition of the "Treatise," by James Hunt, has ben " thoroughly revised," and that, beyond the mere fact of its revision, it has reJeived " many imp irtant additions." It will le-d, in due course of time, to a " fourth edition,' fur the work is altogether without a co mpetitor. It is the authority, th recognised authority, upon the subject of which it treats, that of balbuties or pselliamos, or otherwise Stammering, AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. [A summary of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. This morning the Philadelphia and Liverpool iron screw steam ship City 'of Washington, Com mander Jellard, arrived in the river from New York, which port she left on the 30th of April. and has brought 220 passengers. and 70,000 dollars in specie on freight. , The Hicsa steamer, from Bremen, for New York, had put into Boston on the 29th ult., being short of coal. The Severn steamer, from Liverpool, ar rived at Quebec on the 29th, but the Canadian tele graph line closed before the name was known, A large quantity of ice has been passed on the Banks of Newfoundland. On the 9th inst. the City of Washington passed a large screw steamer, supposed to be the City of Manchester, hence for New York. A steamer, supposed to be the Caledonia, from Liverpool for Montreal, was below Quebec on the evening of the 29th ult. The authorities at New York were in possession of a vessel, the Ellen, of New York, which was suspected of being a slaver. SeriouS dissensions are reported to have broken out among the Mormons, both at San Bernardino and Salt Lake. An agent of the American Guano Company had arrived'in New York with about four tons of guano from Jervis Island, Pacific Ocean, as a sample. The Illinois had arrived at New York from Aspin , wall with $1,849,060 in Californian gold. The steamship John L. Stephens cleared from San Fran cisco on the 6 , h of April with $1,935,405, of which $401,347 was for England. The San Francisco money-market . was tighter than it had been for many months. The receipts of dust from the interior, although large, had not been so heavy as desirable, while the closing up of the business of one of the leading houses who ad vanced largely, has created an extra demand from those who have to settle up their accounts. There was no change in the character of the advices from the mines. The total amount of gold coined by the branch mint for the last quarter was $6,000,000, showing a decrease of upwards of $160,000 on the same quarter of 1856. The shipment to England in March was nearly $660,000. A bill has been adopted by the Legislature ap propriating $4,000,000, for . the payment of the State debt, to be submitted to popular vote in September next. The following despatch from General Mora, com mander of the allied forces to the Costa Rican Secretary of War, gives the latest intelligence from the seat of war in Nicaragua " Read quarters, Esquinas, April 1. " I have informed you of any operations since I took the command in chief of the allied force. I have now iittle to add, but that little is interesting. " The investiture of Rivas is more complete than I had hoped for, with the di-posable forces under my command. The good selection of the posts contribute to this, as well as the service of flying columns estab lished from post to post, who do not give the besieged breathing-time. The 24-pounder does a good deal of execution to the city, and disanimates the enemy. The day after to-morrow, at the latest, another cannon of the same size, brought by my order from Fort San Carlos, will be placed in position at the Fort of La Puebla, which General Xstrach 'occupies, which, united to the fire of th e g un h ere , w ill completely ruin and cut up the Filibusters. They are now reduced to eating mule and dog flesh, with sugar instead of salt, and of this they have only a limited quantity. Those who, driven by hunger, come out to look for plantains in the neigh bourhood are hunted by my troops, who compel them to retire without effecting their object. Every night small guerilla parties from each post, under my orders, sally out, and reaching the barricades of the Plaza, raise the alarm among the Filibusters, causing them to pass the night in suspense, without any risk to our men. These causes, joined to the certainty they now know of their being completely surrounded, cause a desertion of abouz, five men a day, who come to my quarters. I estimate that those who take the road to Costa Rica must be at least three times as. many. , They have arrived at such a state of weakness that one of the deserters returned to-day from my camp to the Plaza, entered in his barrack, circulated a number of the proclamations of his Ex cellency the President of Costa Rica, took a rifle, and returned freely to my camp. - "Yesterday and to-day 14 deserters have arrived. "I am assured that a Guatemalan force will be soon in Granada, and I send the steamer San Carlos to morrow to bring them up. "Everything portends our speedy triumph. "JOSE J. MORA." Guatemala had sent 3,000 men to reinforce the Costa Ricans before Walker. In San Salvador a forced loan of 20,000 dollars a-month had been or dered to be levied for the purpose of organising a force of 2,000 men and carrying on the war against the Filibusters. Gent ral Belloso had been shut for not having exterminated the Filibusters at Granada. According to some accounts symptoms of dissen sion between the Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans had already shown themselves on the Atlantic side and in the interior. Rivas sent a Collector of Customs to San Carlos, and General Mora sent him back with the message that he would attend to the col lections on the river. Colonel Canty had declared the river open, and several parties had gone into the interior with passports from him. Mora was expected at Greytown. Her Majesty's ships Cossack and Tartar and the Royal mail steamship Thames were at Aspinwall on the 20th ult. The United States' frigate Cyane was also there. The Cossack was to leave Aspin wall on the 21st for Carthagena. Of the 170 Fili busters landed from the Cossack about 100 were sent to New Orleans by the steamer Granada, and 68 took passage for New York by the Illinois. Ar rangements were being made to send the 260 re maining on board the Tartar to the United States by sailing vessels. , Her Majesty's ship Orion, Captain Erskine, had left San Juan for the purpose of blockading Cartha gena, the Mackintosh debt dispute not having been arranged. A couple of United States' men-ef-war were at Bogota, ready to take possession of the place on re ceipt of instructions from Washington. In the House of Representatives it had been proposed to raise a loan of 500,000 dollars for the defence of New Granada in the event of an invasion by the United States. The official journal of New Gra nada published the correspondence between Messrs. Bowlin and Morse, and Senors Pombo and Onzales. It appears that the six points said by the Tiempa to have been demanded by the United States' Go vernment, are not correct, and the following is the actual demand : " To constitute the cities of Panama and Aspinwall into two independent municipalites, independent and neu tral, with the power of self-government extending over the territory of 10 miles wide on each side of the rail road. Perfect freedom of the transit route. Neutrality and liberty guaranteed. The Sovereignty not changed. Other nations to be invited to join in the guarantee. " 2. To cede to the United States, in full sovereignty, the two small groups of islands in the Bay of Panama for. a naval station, and all the rights and privileges re served in the railroad contract, for an ample considera tion. " 3. To pay for'the damages occasioned by the out break on the 15th of April " 4. The sum to be paid by the United States." All these New Granada absolutely and decidedly rejects, and, in her turns, claims the sum of $150,000 from the United States for damages done to Panama and New Granadian citizens by Ame ricans on the 15th of April ; that the United States owes reparation to New Granada for the rude pro test of Colonel Ward, dated April 21, and for the disrespectful letters of Commodore Mervine and Captain Bailey. From Kingston, Jamaica, we learn that 'on the 16th ult. a schooner—evidently American—was towed into port by her Majesty's brig Arab. It was soon ascertained that the schooner was a slaver, and that she had on board a large number of cap tives. It appears that the captain of the Arab had received information that a barque and schooner were expected in Cuba from the coast of Africa, each with a cargo of slaves. A strict watch was therefore kept, and on Monday, the 13dr, a suspicious -looking craft was seen, with a full press of sail, making the best of her way to her destined port. She was closely put sued, and the captain, finding that there was no possi bility of escaping from the Arab, deserted her, tak ing with him- in a shallop his crew, money, chro nometer, and other useful articles. The comman der of the Arab despatched his gunboat, with 15 men, under the command of his first lieutenant, with orders for the capture of the shallop. The chase continued for nearly three hours, and a shot having destroyed the rudder of the shallop the captain, who was owner of the slaver, surrendered. Two of his principal slaves and an interpreter were taken from the shallop, and the crew left in it, to make the best of their way to Cuba. The first lieu tenant then boarded the schooner, and found her filled with yollig Africans, males and females, to the number of 373, no less than 127 having fallen victims to the horrors of the middle passage during a voyage of 29 days. The poor captives were in a wretched condition ; all of them were naked, and the greater part seemed to have been halt-starved. They were packed closely together,' and covered with dirt and vermin. The captain of the schooner refused to give his name or the name of the vessel, out stated that he would be a loser of $30,000.._ a loss which did not cause him much concern, as he had made other and successful trips. A great deal of information, however, was obtained from the in terpreter, who mentioned that several vessels were left on the African coast'.-that they were to have sailed soon, with full cargoes—that, upon an ave rage, two vessels departed weekly, each with 500 to 700 slaves on board—that the trade was rapidly increasing —and that the slaves on being landed in Cuba were worth $5OO tol7oo each. Advices from Havannah state that a slaver had been captured near Trinidad. Negroes from the coast and coolies from the east were arriving in large numbers. Exchange on' London, 60 days' sight, 7i to 8 per gent. Fast American vessels were in demand, owing to the high prices obtained for slaws. The town of San Blas (Mexico) had been ran sacked by a band of robbers, who also killed 12 of the inhabitants. -In the New York money-market discount rates had not advanced, and the supply gave a tendency rather to a fill. First-cla , s paper was not over abund.ant, with rates from 8 to 9 per cent. on good paper. Call loins more abundant at 7 per cent. activity in stocks continued, and large sales had been made at a general advance in prices. Ex change unaltered. Cotton firm, at an advance in price of about ic. Flour less active, but prices firmly maintained. Wheat firm and in good de mand. Mess pork had improved, the market closing with an upward tendency. There was an improved demand for Scotch pig iron. Resin acliye and advancing. Turpentine dull. Tar steady. Freights unchanged. At New Orleans, on the 29th ult., there was an improved demand for cotton. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, 930 P.M. • The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tagus, Captain E. Christian, has just arrived with the Peninsular mails, in charge of Lieutenant Hay, R.N., and dates from Gibraltar, May 6 ; Cadiz, May 7 ; Lisbon, May 9 ; and Oporto and Vigo, May 10. She brings 61 passengers, specie value 2,7051. 10s., 937 k Spanish doubloons, 639 half-chests of oranges, 154 boxes of potatoes, 68 boxes of dates, 233 bags of coffee, 15 cases of eggs, 12 quarter casks and 6 cases of wine, 8 bullocks, and 27 pack ages of general merchandise ; also one bull and two cows, presents from the King of Portugal to Queen Victoria. The Tagus had fine weather outwards, and home wards strong southerly winds in the BAy. May 10, off Oporto, 13raganza requested to be reported. M4y 13, at 4 p.m., passed the South ampton,. from Calcutta.\ Jan. 17, and same day at 5 p.m., passed the American ship Southampton. At Gibraltar, her Majesty's steamers Curlew and Snake ; at Lisbon, her Majesty's steamer Princes Royal, and the usual Portuguese fleet ; at Vigo, the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Alhambra. The screw - steamship Dutchman arrived at Gibraltar on the evening of the 2d from Malta, with the head-quarters of the 31st Regiment, under the command of Colonel George S. aunton. The men landed nest day, and the Dutchman returned to Malta on the morning of the sth for the re mainder of the regiment. The French steamer Franc Comtois arrived in the bay on the evening of the 2d, with the French steamer Jacquart in tow, which had lost her rudder and fan of the screw about two months ago, and was obliged to put into Fayal, where the other steamer went to bring her away. They left for Marseilles on the morning of the 4th. Gibraltar exchange on the 2d was quoted—Lon don, 90 days, 51i ; Paris, 51. 37c. ; Marseilles, sf. 390. ; Genoa, sf. 40c. _ _ Lisbon exchange by this mail was quoted for three months as follow :—From London, 53 : Paris, 533 ; Amsterdam, 41/; Hamburg, 471 ; Genoa, 532. Supply of bills on London limited, as well as money, which remained over at the rate quoted. Stocks had again declined, and little busi ness had been done until the Bth, when a slight , react•on in favour of a rise was experienced. Last quotations are—Three per Cents., registered 48± toe ; Coupons, 471 to 48 ; Deferred, 27± to 28 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 9 to 10 per cent. prem. ; Bank of Oporto shares, 22i to 24 per cent. prem. THE BRITISH ARMT IN PERSIA. (Prom the Times' Correspondenk) MOHAMMER&H, APRIL 6. My last gave you an account of the capture of this place on the 26th ult., and the precipitate flight of the large Persian army. Without baggage cattle to carry the camp equipages we could not, of course, follow them up, so without loss of time Sit James ordered a small expedition to be got ready with all despatch, in order to track the enemy on the banks of the Karoon river. This expedition consisted of three small river steamers—viz., the Comet, Planet, and Assyria (the first of which only is armed), one gunboat, and three cutter* under the command of Acting Commodore Ren nie, of the Indian Navy, and 300 men from her Majesty's 64th and 78th, under the command of Capt. Hunt, of the latter corps. Several of Sir James's staff also accompanied them, and Captain Kemball, political agent at Bagdad. The expedi tion left at noon on the 29th, and on the 31st dis covered a second trace of the Persian army, from which it appeared that they had five guns with them, and another wheeled conveyance, found out afterwards to be the Shazadah's carriage. Here it seems that one of the gun carriages had been disabled, and the gun accordingly put into' a boat, which was afterwards captured. On near ing Akwaz, on the morning of the Ist, the Persian army was discovered occupying a strong position on the right bank of the river. Here the military party landed, on the left bank, and pro ceeded to Akwaz, the gunboats opening fire upon the enemy. Almost at the first sight of our prepa rations the large host, consisting of about 8,00 0 men, took to flight, and retreated hurriedly in the direction of Dizful, while hordes of Arabs were ob served hanging on their rear, ready to plunder or harass them. The expedition remained two days at Akwaz, communicating with the Arab tribes, and securing or destroying large heaps of grain which had been stored there by the Persians. number of mules and sheep were also captured and brought down by the steamers, and 150 new stands of muskets in cases. This done, the little band re turned to Mohammerah, which they reached on the 4th inst. The moral effect of this little affair will be great in these part-, for the Persians had boasted that no force we could bring against Mohammerah could take it in less than a year, and, confident in this overweening security, they had made no prepara tions for an orderly retreat. It is clear that the Persian army in this quarter is utterly disorganizA and can Bever make head against us. It was the intention of Sir James to have -moved up a suffi cient part of our force to occupy Shnster, and to put the troops into summer quarters in that repo' tedly healthy locality, and to have . taken the re' mainder himself to disperse the Serkeseckshißasbi's army before Bushire. The men, indeed, have a grea t lo n ging to meet this gentleman, whose name theyhave curtailed into " Cheeky Bashi ;" but lo I all our schemes are for the present held in abeyance 11 the news, which arrived yesterday, that peel was signed in Paris on the 4th ult. What will be done next no one appears to know. It is clear, however, that the authorities at home can'' not have heard of our victory at Khushab, mum less of our late successes here. If Feruk Woo has given in to all our' just demands so much the better ; but if not, and we have patched up an LT glorious peace when - our position enabled us to a,° something better, let the blame fall where it due. We are quite of opinion that some of ou r demands were not what they ought to be—th s too much consideration was given to petty o 011 1,; plaints of the Mission, many of which were O f offspring of undignified behaviour on the part some of our own officials. Nevertheless, there W a just cause for the war, and it is sincerely to 1 '; hoped that in any arrangement that has been ran . . full atonement and indemnity have been secury" The nation may rest assured that, had the elcee ll. tion of the negotiations b een l e ft w ith Si r Jame° ,. to whose hands, we understand, they were c° l3 2:, mitted—this res u lt w ou ld h ave b ee n a tt a ined el; he left the soil of Persia. Now we are in the der, as to what has b een d one a t P ar i s o r i n Downing street. ti i° The people here are refilling the town, an 11 , Arabs from all quarters are sending in their mission. "Never leave us ; never let the sians return," is their constant cry. The ba are now open, and provisions coming in a ". o t dance. Though no authority h as b een placed " the town, hardly a complaint has been brongto in, and when such occurs, even of a religr e , nature, the people' pr e f er b r i ng i ng it t o our et A.. lain, Sir James's Arabic interpreter, than to 0° ing the decision of their own ulema. The ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEG.• y es' annual general m ee t ing o f t hi s i ns ti tu ti on t o ok pla ce tbs terday at the office in Soho-square, the Right n. It Earl Manver s , p res id en t o f th e co ll ege , i n the Ch seas appeared by the report, which was read by the :,00- tary, that the institution was making the nacst 0 ; 0 1411 tory progress in every way, and was receiving c du ring support on all hands. The annual subscriptions dos the past year amounted to 2,7691., the ordinary hov el tions to 2,8761., and the special donations to the : ive oh fund to 2,7601. At the close of the ordinary b i l f con' the meeting was made special for the purpose councilof firming an agreement entered into between the °pot 01 the college and the Devoa aid Exeter DITOOO/, Medical Society, for the transfer to the college:ow:live? stock on very favourable terms. The P r ho oter,' which were throughout of the most friendly c „ o iden' terminated with a vote of thanks to the noble Pe of the college, who occupied the chair. ~~ COT