The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Piccolomini, Giuglini, Vialetti, Belletti, EXTRA NIGH C. TO-MORROW, THURSDAY EVENING, May 28, LUCIA DI LAMHER \I 00R. Lucia, Piccolomini ; Edgard°, Sig. Giuglini. After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre by M. Massa, entitled at 8. ACA' ISTA. FIRST TABLEAU—Terpsichore, Madlle. Rolla ; Acalista, Madame Perea Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle, Michelet, Mdlle, Karliski, and Mdlle. Brunetti; Amyntas, M. Baratti. —. SECOND TABLEAU—(The Vision Realised).—Sevilla.— Acalista, Madame Perea Nena; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls. Pasquali and Morlacchi ; Pepe, M. Gambardelli ; Manolo, M. Massot. Spaniards. 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-wake, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. MONDAY, JUNE 1. Piccolomini, Alboni, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Reichardt, Bottardi, Beneventano, Belletti. To meet the many applications that have been made, and to accommodate the numerous famili,s resident in the en virons, a GRAND EXTRA PERFORMANCE will take place on MONDAY MORNING, June 1, when will be performed. Verdi's opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Piccolmini ; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini. Germont Giorgio, Sig. Beneventano. To be preceded by (arranged in one act), Rossini's opera, IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Albont. Between the Operas a DIVERTISSEMENT. Morning Dress only will be necessary. Doors open at One, to commence at half-past One, and end at half-past Five. TES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. THIS EVENING (Wednesday), May 27, the entertain ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the production of (for the third time), Operette, en un Acte, UNE NUIT BLANCHE. M. Guyot, M. Mesmacro, and Mdlle. Mace. After which (2d time) Operette-Bouffo, en un Acte, LES PANTINS DE VIOLETTE M. Pradcau, Mdlles, Mareschal, and Dalmont, and M. Authonini. To conclude with (third time) LE DUEL DE BENJA MIN. M. Guyot, M. Jean Paul, Mdlle. Mace. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal. Library, 33, Old Bond-street. T HEA TRE-ROYA L, DRI7RY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under tTie direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 29., and Is 6d._; Galleries, 6d. Dooi.s open at half-past 7. Commence First Equestrian Artistes in the World : - Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, :Mlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter. Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico 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. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF A Dmastam. THIS EVENING (May 27) to commence at Seven o'clock, with A COMICAL COUNTESS. After which, the successful Classical Love Story. un der the Apple-lation of A "AL INTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Followed by a new farce, MY SON ! DIANA. To conclude with AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... 2 0 Pit ... Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery ... 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11,, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mr. Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, dtc. Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS. To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRA:IsIGEIt. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. THE A TRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.—,'Madame CELESTE'S ANNUAL BENEFIT. WEDNEiDAY, JUNE 3 Madame CELESTE begs to 'inform her friends and the nobility and public in general that her Annual Benefit will take place on the above evening, when will be produced a new and origina' drama of powerful interest, to be called GEORGE DARVILLE, in which Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Redford, and Madame Celeste will perform. With other novel and attractive Entertainments. Private boxes, tickets, and places to be had at the Box office daily, from 11 till 5, and at the residence of Madame Celeste, 98, Piccadilly. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP FIITHEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Wader th• patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. The most perfect triumph ever witnessed at this theatre has been achieved by the eminent Operatic Artistes, in IL TROVATORE, which has been nightly received with the utmost enthusiasm, while Mr. Wm. Cooke's Equestrian Il lustrations have met with every demonstration of approval and applause. THIS EVENING, and during the week, Verdi's far-famed Oper k of IL TROVATORE; cr, The Gipsy's Ve-rgeance. The whole of the Music as performed at the Italian Opera, and Equestrian Illustrations. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss M. Somers, and Miss Fanny Hiddart. Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, Mr. Francis Kirby, Mr. J. A. Leffler, and Borrani. Conductor and Composer—Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Braham. To conclurle with a recherche programme of novel and matchless SCENES in the ARENA, in which the celebrated Brothers, Francisco's, will appear for the third time since their return from America. Commeace at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxei, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d, Notice—During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. Box-office 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 are engaged for the performance o' 'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, drc., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corti ; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, 4c., until twelve o'clock. 41G11 WATER, AT LONDON BRlDtik. TdIS DAT—Morn. 16 min. aft. 4—Evening 40 nitb stt. 4 I'n-Yiranow—Morn. 4 rain. aft. s—Even. 30 -am. aft- 5 TEiE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 27. TIIERMONETEE, IN THE SaAmt. 69 --highest sines noon yesf;rday. 53 -lowest this morning snd during the night. 71 --this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.82. WIND, S.W. ; light ; a splendid day for the Derby. tis Q c , fit; I,TL, , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, len Mr. COBDEN has spoken, and Mr. BRIGHT has spoken. Perhaps it ought rather to be m-re ac curately observed that they have both written, very recently their opinions 11 politic a affairs having but generally-- having opportunity for "sneaking" those poor Eminent Unfortunates At any rate by word of hand if not by word of mouth, they have each of them somehow given utterance to their views upon the present situation —the ex-Member for the West Riding, the re jected of Huddersfield, and the once popular fa vourite, the now ignominiously discarded r e _ presentative of the great liberal constituency of Manchester. And those Opinions, those Views, those Senti ments—what about them ? Why, anyone Who b.apPens to have read either Mr. BRIGIIT'S letter, or Mr. COBDEN'S lettec, cau see at a glan ce how very sore they are, how exquisitely they are smarting under the Stroke of Fortune that, falling upon them both simultaneously, proved to each a heavy blow and a great discouragement. Evi dently each of them regards himself as a sort of a Political Martyr or Confessor. They are very ill used, shamefully treated, ungratefully thrown overboard —or, if not this, merely after all the - Victims of a Blunder or of a Conspiracy, of some sudden Surprise, or of some odious Machinations. Now, distinctly and deliberately, we do here in sist that the decision arrived at by the majority of the liberal electors of Man chester and of Huddersfield meant neither one thing nor the other—neither a sur prise nor a conspiracy. The triumph of ACK ROYD at Huddersfield, and of PorrEn and TURNER at Manchester, resulted neither from a blunder on the part of the defeated candidates, nor from any insidious machinations on the part of their anta gonists. The events we are talking about took place, recollect, not in a hole in a corner, but upon a great public arena, in the face of day, under the vigilant observation of many thousands. They were decisions pronounced—and so far we may for once solace ourselves, during the absence of the Ballot, by drawing an atom of good out of tons upon tons of evil—they were decisions pro nounced, not under the cover of the Ballot-box, but loudly, bluntly, boldly, vote by vote, at the various polling-booths erected in that borough of Huddersfield and in that city of Manchester. Constituents, observe, at each place knew precisely what it was they were doing—and they did it. They did it deliberately and resolutely, in one case by hundreds, and in the other 'by thou sands. They preferred Mr. ACKROYD t o Mr. COBDEN. They chose to send Sir JOHN POTTER and Mr. TURNER to the House of Commons rather than either Mr. JOHN BRIGHT or Mr. MILNER GIBSON. Why ? Not because they were ungrateful—not because they had forgotten the good services done to the nation at large years ago by Messrs. COBDEN, BRIGHT, and GIBSON. Those good services they still re member, those goo :3 services we have never ceased to remember, we cannot very easily cease to re• member, vividly and with unaffected admiration No—but the Free Trade advocates were rejected, were scorned, were thrown overboard, were ex pelled from Parliament, Because—years after Protection had been dead and buried, done away with, past and almost forgotten, (partly through their agency—we will even say principally through their agency)—they shamefully took advan tage of the High Position accorded to them by a grateful community, to bring the Liberal Party into ridicule by the championship of Principles at once the most unpatrio .ic and the most preposter ous. THAT—if you will—is the reason of the recent lecisiou arrived at by the electors of Manchester and the electors of Huddersfield ! That—in every sense of the term—is about the English of it I Not Ingratitude towards the resolute champions of Free Trade, observe, but—lndignation at the advocates of the miserable Peace-at-any -Price Humbug, those perverse and crotchetty Carica turists of Philanthropy During the last few years Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT and their colleagues have been talking with an Authority that events have proved they have really and truly not possessed. The great Irish Liberator used to speak, and to speak most accurately, and with a genuine (and not a merely assumed) autho rity not so much as the representative of any one constituency upon the other side of St. George's Channel, as literally and positively the " Member for all Ireland." And he was so. He was to all intents and purposes not so much the representative of a few hundreds, or even of a few thousands, in any particular locality, as he was, in point of actual fact, the representative, the organ, the incarnation of eight millions of that Roman Catholic population ! Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT have been talking arro gantly (and, to the more credulous and less dis cerning, authoritatively), for some years past— scarcely so much as the mouth-pieces of the Liberal party in the Nord]. of England, its actually of the more liberal-minded of the whole Anglo-S txon race in both hemispheres. They have been talk ing so arrogantly . and so long thus, that at last when a new General Election affords their consti tuents, or would-be constituents, up in the North, an opportunity of repudiating these preposterous and extravagant pretentious on their part—lo ! and behold, a sudden silence falls rather ridicu lously upon the roaring of these Political Boa nerges. This Light of the Nations, everywhere, is snuffed out—is extinguished. The Manchester School is what Brother JONATHAN calls " cats warnpously chawed up." The Bubble Humbug of Politics, has burst—sharing the fate of all other bubbles : in Spenserian language— ‘,. . Like bladder] blowen up with wind, Which being prickt, do vanish into noughti Into such utter noughts, in truth, that we should not have cared thus to "point the moral," and "adorn the tale" of their disappearance from the legislative arena, but that the Ghosts of them evidently want Laying judging ,from the ap parition of the " sheeted dead," as recently wit nessed by many persons in the public newpapers, in the "Letters" of Mr. BRIGHT, and Mr. Cos- DEN. There is but one solitary pleasantry dis cernable in either, and that is merely implied ; but it is implied in both Evidently both Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT " feel " their Downfall, but each appears, in turn, to console himself like Mawworm, in the play, by saying " I likes to be despised ! " It is rarely indeed that it falls to the lot of the Prime Minister to discharge the functions of a subordinate mfficial--it is still more rare to find a man ably and efficiently fulfilling the duties which he performed nearly half a century previously. These phenomena were, however, witnessed in the House of Commons on Monday evening, when Lord PALMERSTON, with a degree of tact and vigour peculiarly his own, brought forward the Army Estimates, clearly and distinctly explaining the nature of the changes that had been intro- duced, and the nature of the principles that regulated the force to be maintained during the present year, and generally in times of peace, and fully justifying many it...ms —we cannot say a 11—... of the additional expenditure required for the military establishments. The comparison was very properly made with the corresponding period of 1853-4, being the last year before the coin menceineut of the Russian war, when there was general tranquillity, and our forces were on the Peace Establishment. No apology was required from the Pre mier for undertaking this work. It would, indeed, be far better if the explanation of principles should be made, on every occa sion, by the Ministerial leader, in the repre sentative branch of the Legislature, and that the support of the various details only devolved on one who had not a seat in the Cabinet. It is an unquestionable improvement to find everything connected with the military expenditure contained in ihesame set of estimates, so that a synoptical v i ew may be tsacn by those interested in arriving THE SUN, LONDON ) WEDNESDAY Rt at a correct conclusion. The ordnance and com missariat estimates are now included, so that the whole outlay may be ascertained without searching through different departments, and under various heads. There is no longer that attempt at mys tification under which gross jobs were perpetrated, honourable gentlemen b'ing but too frequently completely in the dark respecting large sums which they were recklessly voting. There may cer tainly be further ameliorations, but considerable progress has been made in rendering the public accounts, as they ought to be, easily intelligible by every man of ordinary abilities. The great point is to combine the greatest practicable efficiency with sound economy. We do not mean that " penny wise and pound foolish" policy that in the long run materially enhances the national expenditure. "Si vis pacem para bellum" is in every respect a judicious maxim. A. nation arrogating to itself a high position, and de sirous of at least participating in controlling the destinies of the world, cannot afford to be ever taken by surprise. She must, in accordance with the motto of the chivalrous Scot, be " ready, aye ready for the field," remembering that her honour and interests may be almost irretrievably damaged, and even under the most favourable circumstances the loss of men and money greatly enhanced, by any temporary failure. It does not, however, by any means follow that a full war complement of trained men must always be maintained. It is the nucleus of an efficient force that is required which can easily be added to in the hour of emer gency. Every single man will be able to take charge of one or more recruits, to lick the raw material into shape, and to teach the yokel not merely to fight in a manner befitting an English soldier, but also to perform all the multifarious duties comprised in " the art of war," not the least important whereof is the science of cookery, so utterly unknown in the English army. This is the policy which Lord PALMERSTON advo cates, and which he has expressed in the following manner, viz., that " while our military establishment is not numerically larger than is really required for the emergencies of the time, it ought to be so organised as to-be capable of speedy and great en largement, and to contain within itself those ele ments of science which are becoming every year more necessary for military establishments, and also that those who may have to command it should be practised in those military evolutions which they may have to perform on taking the field at home or abroad !" This is the correct principle. Theory is very well in its way but it is " practice that makes perfect." We cannot, of course, expect to have all the incidents of a real campaign in these " piping ti nes of peace ; " but sufficient may be learned of mimic warfare, in all its details, to render the soldiers skilful marksmen, able to take care of themselves in an enemy's country, and to keep •themselves, their horses, weapons, and ammunition—in fact, all the personnel and materiel of war—in good working order and condition, to be as little dependent on others as possible in all that conduces to their own comfort and efficiency. It is, therefore, that we regard the outlay on Aldershot as money well applied, although the practice may be rendered much more efficacious in producing men qualified for any emergency to which they may probably be subjected, at the shortest possible notice. We need only add that the total increase over the estimates of 1853-4 is 1,611,5261. That for the effective service is 1,658,78 V— it being 9,025,3601. against '7,404,291/. in the corres ponding year ; while there is a decrease in the non-effective branch of 9,5341., and in the charge for the Yeomanry, which it is not proposed to call out this year. Some of these charges, too, are merely temporary, being incidental to the state of tranrition from war to peace, through which the country is now passing. In the above we have merely looked to general principles, which are on the whole satisfactory, there are, however, some of the details that may require future notice. The Countess of Dunraven gave a grand ball last even ing, at the family mansion, in Belgrave-square. Hie Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince , of Saxe-Meinin gen honoured the countess with hia presence. Their Serene - Highnesses the, Prince and, Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar were also among ;,he early arrivals. Lord John Scott has arrity,id at the Clarendon from Canston Rugby, Warwickr: h i re . The Rev. Mr. and Lady Frances Simpson have arrived at Claridge's Hotel. Hans Christian &ndersen is about to visit England and to accept the 'hospitalities of Mr. Charles Dickens, under whose atrspices be will doubtless see London and its inhabitants, in the best light. MONEY CALDER OFFICE.—On the Ist of June money order offl'des will be opened at Lacock, Wilts, and at Pas sage, West Cork. IPIATH Or MR. R. HALL, M.P.—We announce with wr.ch regret the death of Mr. Robert Hall, the new ?tea - her for Leeds. Mr. Hall bad been for some few days dangerously ill. The fatigue of the late Parhamen• tart' contest, acting on a frame which bad never quite recovered from the shock of the fearlel railway accident which some two years ago completely shattered his nervous system, !lace. we fear, much to do with accele rating the melancboly event. Mr. Hall was universally respected at the bar, and highly esteemed wherever he was known. His age was 5C He was called to the bar in 1828, and went the Northern Circuit. At the West Riding Sessions he had for some time a leading practice ; and as a thoroughly sound, ingenious, and learned lawyer, had few superiors in Westminster Hall. DEATH or MR. DAVIES, M.P.—We regret to record the death of D. A. S. Davies, E-q., M.P. for Carmar- thenshire, which event took place suddenly, at the University Club, on the evening of Friday last. Mr. Davies, who was a barrister-at-Law, and for many years chairman of the Cardiganshire Quarter Sessions, was first returned for Carwarthenshire in 1842. In politics• ho was a Con-ervative, and he voted against the Go vernment on the subject of the Chinese war. Mr. Davies was in the 66th year of his age. THE LIBERAL CAUSE IN SOUTH Essm—The Right Henry Labouchere, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has consented to preside at a public dinner, which is to take place at Chelmsford, on Wednesday, June 10, to celebrate the return of Mr. Richard Baker Wingfield, and the triumph of the Liberal cause at the late general election. The right bon. gentleman will be supported by Mr. J. A. Hardcastle, M.P., Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., M.P., Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., Mr. G. Rebow, M.P., Mr. Western, M.P., Major Warburt on , M.P., Sir John P age Wood, and Sir C. C. Smith, Bait. MAILS FOR IVIAIIIIITIUS,—Th e Government of Mauri tius have altered the arrangements for the departure of the colonial mail pack't from Aden to Port Louis, in future, the paiiket will leave Aden after the arrival of the mail , de,patch , .d from London on the 4th of each month via S mtbampton, and on the 10th of er.mh month via Marseilles. Additional mails for Mar a di us , b ow . ever, will c intinue to be made up for con: oeyaoce as far as Aden, by the packets leaving Southampton on the 20th of the month, and by the route of Marseilles on the 26th of tha month. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—Tfie avrew steam-ship Be renguer Captain Mercadal, to-day for H avre, Santander, Coruna% Vigo, Ca dit, Malaga, Carthagena, Alicante, Valeceia, Eureeloia,, and Marseilles ; she has six pa4sengers, and a cargo consisting of 456 bags of cocoa, 180 cocoa nuts, 39 ba).es of cinnamon, and 86 packages of general cargo.. Tae Saxon, belonging to the Union Serew Compar.y, Captain Balaton, from Ham. burg for Liverpool, , aCle o With grain, spirits, and a general cargo, has put in here for repairs, having broken her ehaft on Monday o Ower's Point, and lost her screw, The screw ster ,mar Petropolis has been examined to day in dry dock, a• ad it being found that her screw has received no dam• age. she proceeds to sea at midnight on her voyage to Li Pnin or GOLD.- ,abort and the Brazils. about 6 per mille - -The quotatio n o f g old a t P ar i s is I..tremium and the short exchang e on London is 25.271 Fier 1/. sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eof ;lash Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d per ounce for standas d g o ld , i t appears that gold is nearly 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from P amburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark, and the short exchange on Loudon is 13.4: per 1/. sterling. f Standard go ld at the English Mint price is therefore near ly 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London tor b ills at 60 days' eight is 1094 percent., which, when compar t d with the Mint p roport i ons between the two countries, shows that the exchange is aboutat par. And after :making allowance for charges of transport and differ ice of interest, tho present rate leaves a trifling 4 profit OA tl3i3 hrportatiog of gold from America. It is estimated that the Lundhill ry explosion will entail an expense of from 12 proprietors, a p ar t fr om the' ..oss of int-rest on capital. PARLIAAIENTART YAMS. 1:001. to 15,000/. on the —Lard Palmerston's Oath Bill, the Lord Advocate's Registration of Voters (Scot land) Bill, and the Attorney General's Fraudulent True tees Bill were issued yesterday. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CAELE.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—Her Majesty's ship Agamemnon is expected here to load with that part of the cable manufactured at Birkenhead, and which was intended for the Niagara. Her Majesty's ship St. Jean d'Acre will be fitted up for the conveyanca of the portion of the cable manufactured on the Thames. LEVEE AT HOLYROOD PALACE.—The second levee of the Lord High Commissioner was held in ‘ Holyrood Palace on Saturday morning. In addition to a consider. able number of private gentlemen, the judges of session and justiciary, along with the gentlemen of the bar in their judicial robes, attended the levee. Shortly after wards they returned to Parliament-square in a long line of carriages. The Lord High Commissioner on Sunday attended Divine service ih the High Church, with the usual attendants, Lady Belhaven occupying the pew to the right of the throne —North British Mail. THE FORBES MAC:MEN= ACT.—WO understand that a deputation of the lmensed victuallers of Scotland pro ceed this day (Monday) to L aidon to urge on Parlia ment the necessity of a committee of the House of Cem mons to inquire into the working of this act, on which such a diversity of opinion exists. We believe they are assured of considerable support from a number of Eng lish members, who consider that the Public houses Act of Scotland may with justice be assimilated to that of England.—North British Mail. THE GREAT GLOBE.—An addition has been made to the numerous attractions of the Great Globe in Leices ter-square, in the shape of a grand moving diorama of the scenery of Upper India and the Ganges. The dio rama comprises no fewer than forty-two tableaux of the principal cities, temples, palaces, and mountains, with scenic effects, illustrative of the manners and customs of Indian life. Calcutta, the City of Palaces, of course open the series, and its memorable localities and buildings are fully and truthfully presented. Thence the spectator is cowlucted by boat and dawk up the country, passing in his route the famous temple of Juggernaut, during the period of the great festival of Rath Jattra, till he arrives at the sacred City of Be nares. Numerous views are Oven. of the celebrities of the great centre of Hiodoo devotion. The remaining scenes conduct to the capital of the Mogul dynasty at Agra, closing with the famous Taj-Mahal. The ciio rama is accompanied by an explanatory lecture, which is admirably delivered. The views are very beautiful, and elicited repeated expressions of admiration. MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. —On Monday night a man named Davis, a tailor, formerly in the police force, and Robert Reuses, a sailor, belonging to one of the Cunard steamer* were drinking together at a public-house in Liverpool. Reuses left Davis in the public-house, and the latter, at whose house Reuses lodged, on going home found his wife and the sailor together in the bedroom. lie immediately ran out and came back accompanied by an acquaintance named Hodson. They found Reuses alone in the bedroom, and Davis stabbed him several times in the breast with a pair of scissors, crying out to Hodson, "Keep out of my way, or I'll serve you the same." Reuses died in about ten minutes, without hav ing uttered a w or d. D av i s was brought before the .magistrates yesterday, when he admitted the murder, but urged that be nad sufficient provocation. THR CANTERBURY MURDER. —The magistrates of Can terbury having investigated the conduct of Inspector Parker and police-constable Elvey, in permitting the young man Fox to go at large after their attention had been called, on the evening of May 13, to his murderous designs upon Mary Ann Hadley, designs which, Verough their neglect, he was able to execute 'on thee following morning, the decision of the court was ~pat Inspector Parker be suspended for the space of six, calendar months, and that Police -constable Elvey be suspended for one month. One of the magistrates, remarked that there ap peared to be a great mistake in the minds of the police ; they seemed to think that they must not take persons into custody unless they were given in charge. That was quite wrong. When they iound a man about to commit a felony they should take him into custody at once. RIOT AT THE WOOLWICH THEATRE.—At the Wool wich Police -court yesterday, Mr. William Holbrook, proprietor of the Woolwich Theatre, applied to the ma. gistrate for summonses againt several persons for corn militing a large amount of damage to the building on the previous Saturday night. It appeared that some dispute had taken tslace between Mr. Holbrook and his profes sionals, end at the close of the first play on Saturday night they came to him and demanded their week's gallery, or refused to go on with the performances. Mr Holbrook replied that he would pay at the close of the performances, O ne o f t h e actors race went upon the stage and infcrmed the audience 'eiiat the curtain would not again rise, and advised alp present to get their money returned. Much confuseon ensued, a n d u lti ma t e ly th e gas pipes wer e t orn usi,, the seats broken, doors taken off the hinges and destroyed, and every window in the building sm.as'eed. Mr. Holb roo k narrowly escaped being BeVev.uy injured, and the estimated damage to the building exceeds 50i. The summonses were granted, and tereo persons have since been apprehended for steal ing property during the confusion which prevailed. CRIMINAL RETURNS FOR THE leirraoreees.—The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police have issued a return of the number of persons taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police, and the results, in 1856. It appears from this return that the total number taken into custody amounted to not less than 73,240, of whom 45,941 were males. Of that number there were die. charged by the magistrates 36,551, those summarily die• posed of amounted to 33,451, and 3,238 were committ d for trial. The proportion of male and female prisoners committed was 2,502 males, and 716 females, and the total of both convicted was 2,053 males and 534 females. Of the prisouers taken into custody 12 were charged with murder, 79 with cutting and wounding, 10 with man sleug titer, 6 ,733 with common aseaults,2,9l4 with assaults on the Nice, 185 with burglary, 2,501 with having stolen from the person, 18,720 with drunkenness and daorderly conduct, and 3,259 were taken into custody as vagrants CELIBACY OF FELLOWS OF COLLEGES.—The follow. ing me mor i a l has been addressed to the Cambridge University Commissioners by Fellows of Colleges : Gentlemen,—W e , the undersigned graduates of the Uni versity of Cambridge, beg leave respectfully to address you upon the subject of the compulsory celibacy of fellows of c o ll eges. The time is approaching when you, in conjunction with the governing bodies of the several colleges, will be called upon to carry the Cambridge University Act into effect. Among the many questions which will be sub mitted to you for deliberation and decision, we feel that none is more important in all its beatings, whether aca demical or social, than that affecting the restriction upon marriage, to which the tenure of fellowships is now sub ject. .We, therefore, venture to solicit y ourearnest con siderattonof the su bj ect, and to express the hope that you will give your sanction to such changes in the pre sent " condition of the tenure of fellowships," as are calculated to augment the influence and extend the utility of colleges of the University of Cambridge.— Cambridge Independent Press. Mr. COLUMN'S COPYRIGHTS.—Yesterday was the last, day's sale of these copyrights, at Messrs. Southgate and Barrett's. "The Crescent and the Cross ; or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel," sold for 420 guineas ; and 779 copies in cloth and quires, at 1.. 6d. per copy. "Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn," edited by J. Forst-r, 4 veils , 110/. ; and 2,571 vole., at 3s. " Diary and Correspondence of Samuel reeve, Secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles 11. and James 11., with Life and Notes by Lord Braybrooke," fifth edition, 4 vole, Portraits, &c., and 749 copies, 1,2961 17s , purchased by Mr. H. Bohn. " Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest," fourth edition, 8 vols., 1854, with Portraits of every queen, and 1,722 copies of different volumes in cloth and quires, 7,1151., sold to Messrs. Rent and Richards. The sale of this lot was delayed a short time, on account of a claim made on the part of Miss Strickland. Lots 1,030 and 31. Sir Barnard Burke's "Three Dictionaries of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and Landed Gentry," 4,900/. ; and 1,619 copies of different parts, &c., at 4s. 7d. per part. The five lots }naught more than 14,7001. CRYSTAL PALACE, ONE SHILLING DAY.—May 26. Admission on payment 7.152 ; ditto by season tickets, 577.—T0tal visitors, 7,709. INCIDENTS OP A' TRIM„-CO Q Thursday last, at the intern:kJ diate sessions held in Preston, two prisoners named James Walmsley, and William Fielding, were tried in the second court on a charge of stealing a hen, theproperty of John Morris , of Blackbu rn . Wh en t h e case closed for the prosecution the prisoner Fielding called to witnesses to speak to his character. The first said he did not know the prisoner, but knew his father to be a very respectable man ; the second said he did not know the prisoner at alt. The prose cu t or th en volun ttered to speak to the character of W a l ms l ey, t h e other prisoner, and said be had known him from his cradle: ; he knew nothi ng bad of him, only th a t h e h a d b een in viol two or three times. After the chairma n (Mr. Peter Catterall) had addressed the jury, they expressed a desire to retire to consider their verdict, and on their return into court the clerk asked then if they bad agreed upon their verdict. Foreman—Yes, we find them both guilty. Clerk of the Court—Guilty of what ? Foreman—Of what they are charged with, and we recommend them to mercy. Chairman--On what grounds do is not you recom mend them to mercy Foreman—The evidence so strong. Anoth er o f th e j ury —B ecause th e ev id ence is not sufficient to convi c t th em . W a l ms l e y was sen tenced to three m on th s ' an d Fi e ldi ng t o one mon th ' s imprisonment —Preston Chronicle. A SWIMMING FEAT.—A swimming feat of rather a novel character, which occasioned considerable excite. ment amongst the undergrates and others who assembled to witness it, was performed in the river Lis at the c.)n elusion of the - University eight-oared races on Wrifiay last. The feat originated in an offer to' lay 251 to 11.; that an nndergra , luate, well known in the University, could not, clothed in thick trowsers, heavy boots, and a jersey, swim from the ,Christ Church barge to the white willow, opposite Wyatr's, at Utley. The wager was made, and at exactly 8 o'clock, the swimmer, accom panied by friends of both parties, in boats, commenced his task. As no specified time was named for its accom plishment, the gentleman swam very quietly, occasion ally resting his arms by floating on his back. Th e weather had been very warm during the day, but a fresh breeze had now sprung up, and rendered the air very chilling. Soon after passing the Long Bridges Ee experienced an attack of cramp, which it was feared would compel him to resign his tesk. By a great effort, however, he overcame it, as he did also one or two sub. sequent attacks, and continued leisurely on his course, arriving at his destination amid the hearty cheers of the assembled spectators, having completed the distance, one and a quarter mile, in 5G minutes. The gentleman on landing showed but little signs of fatigue, and, without stopping to cha nge hi s c l o th e 4, started back to o.vford at a brisk run....Oxferd Nronicle. (is MA Y 27, 86 7 - K. - 5 1 FiL.JI WS. SETTLEIVIENT OF THE NEUCHA.TEL QUESTION. PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Moniteur publishes the following : " The Plenipotentiaries of France, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Switzerland, assembled together to-day, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and signed a treaty, which settle, in definitive manner, the question of Neuchatel, by the renunciation of his Majesty the King of Prussia of the sovereign rights which treaties at tributed to him over that Principality, and by means of engagements contracted by the Swiss Confederation, which are of a nature to satisfy the high solicitude of the King Frederick William for the Neucatelons. " The text of the treaty will be published after the exchange of ratifications, which will take place in one-and-t' enty days," AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LITERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Screw Steam- ship Company's screw steamship Kangaroo is off the port, with advices from New York to the 14th inst., one day later, FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. It is asserted that the protocol on the Neu chatel question was signed this evening. A letter from Nantes of the 24th in the Con stitutionnel gives an account of the Grand Duke's visit to Indret " When the authorities came out in the Pari sien steamer to pay their respects to the Prince they found the Reine Hortense at anchor, but as his Imperial Highne-s was reposing, after the fati gues of a very rough passage, they were compelled to remain until he was visible. When the Grand Duke entered the cabin where the authorities were assembled, he was astonished at seeing so many embroidered uniforms, and said that he had hoped to be received without any ceremony. The Prince and his suite then embarked on board the smaller steamer, which proceeded on her way under the direction of Lieut. de Werneia, who has the com mand of the port and of the pilots of the Loire. A handsome breakfast was ready, with covers WA for eighteen persons, and during the repast an animated conversation was kept up. The Prince appeared to take pleasure in speaking of the cour teous attentions which he bad received from the Emperor, and of the amiability of the Empress. Soon after two o'clock the Parisien arrived at Ind ret, where the Grand Duke was received at the landing-place by M. d'lngles, the director of the establishment, and M. Moll, the sub-director. The Prince wore plain clothes, and as a fine, cold rain bad bean falling during the whole day, over a black frock coat he on had a cloak in caoutchouc, with a large hood. He wore on his head a small naval cap without any distinctive mark beyond a white band. Re carried in his hand a thick knotty stick, on which he leant, and appeared to show a little lameness in walking. The Prince imme diately proceeded to the works under the guidance of M. d'lngles. He first went to the fonndry, where a magnificent scene awaited him. At the moment he entered, a quantity of liquid iron was being poured out into mould► ranged along in sym metrical order. The quantity thus cast was the pro duce of 6,000 kilogrammes of iron. Numerous other articles were afterwarls cast in presence of the Prince. From the foundry, the Grand Duke went to the forges, where he saw a block of red hot iron weighing 16,000 kilogrammes turned round and round wh le being beaten with a hammer weighing 8,000 kilog., every blow from which made the very ground tremble. This mass is intended for the shaft of a steam engine of 900-horse power. From this place, s the Grand Duke proceeded to the engine room, 'where he stopped for some time, admiring the machinery prepared for the Massena, of 90 guns, now being built at Toulon. The Prince appeared to take great notice of everything he saw, and made frequent remarks to a captain in the Russian navy who was with him, and who has been for sometime at Bordeaux, superintending the construction of the Russian vessels now on the stocks in that port. The whole visit occupied nearly three hours ; after which the Prince and his suite re-embarked on board the steamer, and returned down the river." The Momiteur states that the Reine Ffortense ar rived at Lorient on the morning of the 24th, and left again in the night of the 25th for Brest. BOURSE, May 26.—The following were the last i quotations : End of Month. 91fr. 700. 69 55 Cash. tr. c. 44 per Cents 3 - per Cents 69 40 Bank Shares 4,550 Credit Mobilier 1,275 Roman Do. Account 1,275 -- Aust r i an .. Belgian 4 Piedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt • RAILWAYS—FOR CASLI. n• c. ft' c. Orleans 1,477i— Western 790 Northern Lyons 1,493 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,9374 Grand Central Geneva 1 — Midi ALEGERIA. The Moniteur Algerien of the 20th, in reference to one of the places where the expeditionary colua2n will have to encamp prior to its attack, says:— " El Birin is one of the most important southern points of the Circle of Medeah. It is a group of rocky hills, having an extent of from 6 to 8 kilometres five eighths of a mile each, in length from east to west, by three to four kilometres in width from north to south. It is surrounded on all sides by vast plains, full of excellent pasturage, and furnished with a subterraneous spring of water of excellent quality. Wells have been made by the Arabs in different points, but being badly constructed, they are falling to ruin. Instead of bringing the water to the surface by means of pumps, they have opened trenches down to a level with the spring, so that when heavy rains fall the filth from the animals which go down the trench to drink becomes mingled with the water. As a numerous population with their immense locks have El Birin as their chief resource, the neighbourhood of the wells is constantly surrounded day and night by peo ple and animals waiting their turn to get a supply of water or to drink. The Governor-General has just given orders for these wells to be repaired with masonry work and large watering places constructed. In return ing from El Birim to Medeah is the fertil- region of Tittery. The Bach Agha Ben Yahia has added to the buildings which existed at Harmelah. He has con strutted a pretty kiosk, in which be can give hospitaoity to a traveller without baying his own house disturbed." The following is the text of the proclamation which was addressed to the Kabyles by Marshal Randon at the moment of entering on his expedi tion : "Kabyles,—We have frequently offered to you the advantages of peace, and a participation in the benefits of our commerce ; to allow you to travel through the countries subjected to our rule, and to carry back to your mountains the information which you might thus acquire. Some of you have comprehended our good intentions, but others have been led away by their violent antipathy to strangers. France has now re solved to carry her victorious standard into the very , heart of your mountains. The hour has arrived for those who have been faithful to us to be rewarded, and for intriguers and agitators to be punished. It is to you more particu'arly, people of the Reni-Raten, that we address ourselves. You have violated sworn engagements; you have set at nought the obligations imposed on you by your promises made, first to the Sebt of the Bern Yahia, and afterwards renewed at Algiers. You have dared to raise the standard of insurrection in opposition to Franoe. You have not only excited dis turbance in your own country, but you have preached np revolt among your ne ghbouts, who have long enjoyed all the blessings of peace under our pro. tectiou ; and, lastly, you have dared our power by attacking Tizi-Ouzou. You have t •refore only your elees to blame for the ravages of war, and the many misfortunes it brings in its train. You will he ie sponsible to your brethren, who only wish to profit ny the benefits of tranquillity. We sha I know how to di, tinguish between tho e who, like you, have been the in terested advisers of disturbance, and those who have been led astray. The former will feel the whole weight of our severity ; but to the latter we still offer our in dulgence, if they come to us with pledges of their good attentions and of their sincerity. We do not come to deprive you of your property ; we do not wish to change your institutions, which are similar to our own, but we require that the chief authority shall a naua-e from us— that y:ur leaders, when elected by you, shall be con firmed by us. Your own functionaries shall still manage your tribes according to your habits and customs, but French authority shall give the impulse to all the elements which have hitherto been only guided by personal caprice or blind hatred. To you, there tore, Beni-Fraoussen, Beni-bou Chaib, and Beni-Yabia, we offer oblivion and pardon for the past, if you desire it, fur you have teen only led astray ; but to you, Beni-Raten, who have sought 101 l the struggle, the punishment of your faults, and afterwards the clemency of the conqueror. To All the blessings of peace, the • reign of or,,er, the benefits of cunmerce, an a welcome atmingst us when you shall present yourselve i with ausneas, a pure heart, and a mind anim a t e d with A desire to de Well, THE EAST. We have received TheCOn;t:antintiple journals and letturs to the 15th brought by the Taints?. The fast of the Ramazan was nearly at its close, and as soon as the feast of the Beyram should be finished public business would, it was expected,- be resumed with 011ie activity which the situation of the country required. Projects for a new bank were abundant, but were merely in embryo. During the whole of the week previous to the departure of the steamer, the principal functionaries had been making the iftar at the houses of the different mini sters—that is to say, partaking ofsupperand of heren joymen ts. Every great personage has his iftar of from 50 to 100 guests, some of whom are invited and others from long acquaintance invite themael y ea. The foreign ambassadors had been taking advantage of the cessation of public bussines to take excursions in the neighbourhood. The Austrian interuuncio had returned from Broussa and Mount Olympus, the ascent of which he had made with one of the l attaches of his embassy. The English ambassador was preparing to leave for his summer residence at Buynkdere. Notwithstanding the Ramazan, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had on the day before the packet left a conference' with Reschid Pacha, which lasted no less than five hours. The question under discussion is said to have been solely that of the principalities, to the union of which Lord Stratford is said to be decidedly opposed. The Journal de Constantinople, in alluding to a statement made in a foreign journal that the English East India Company had taken possession of the Isle of Perim, in virtue of a treaty with the chiefs of Berb ra, states that the island in question is the legitimate t ossession of Turkey, and that the chiefs who pretend to have sold it are 'nothing, more than a band of pirates. The dragomans of the foreign legations have just completed a rough draft of a code of commerce, composed of nearly 500 articles, taken mostly from the French code, and adapted to the usages and regulations which prevail in Turkey. The difference between the Turkish and European law's is a constant source of difficulties and abuses, wh ic h th e co d e i n question is intended to remedy. The work has already re ceived the approbation of the ambassadors, and is about to be submitted to the examination of the Ottoman Government. AUSTRIA. It is stated in a letter from Vienna that the Cai macan of Moldavia has addressed to the represen tatives of the great powers at Jassy a memoir in which he defends himself 41gainit the charge of hav ing illegally interfered in the elections. The Austrian Government is not altogether satisfied with the reply of Denmark on the question of the Duchies, on account of its vagueness, but the Danish Cabinet has promised to send a detailed answer, calculated to satisfy the German powers. In virtue of the amnesty granted by the Empe ror, 125 political offenders detained in the fortresses of Josephstadt and Theresenstadt have been set at liberty. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. DARTMOUTH, MAY 26. The mail auxiliary steamship Robert Lowe, Cap tain Congalton, arrived at this port last evening. Her dates are—Calcutta, Feb. 17 ; Madras, Feb. 24 ; Ceylon, March 2 ; Mauritius, March 18 ; Cape of Good Hope, April 5 ; St. Helena, April 14 ; Ascension, April 19 ; and Fayal, May 17. She has been detained by light winds on her pas sage from the Cape. The mail steamship Har binger arrived out on the 28th of March. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Simeom put into Simon's Bay on the 2d of April, on her passage from Dublin to the Mauritius, with 687 men and officers of the 83d Regiment. We extract from the Cape Town Mail of April the 4th the follow ing summar3 of Cape news : "The last mair, steamer, the Tynemouth, which left on the 13th of March, conveyed intelligence of the departure of the Governor to the eastern fron tier, for the purpose of checking on the spot the dangerous proceedings of some of the Caffre tribes, who had been induced to destroy large numbers or their cattle, their only means of subsistence, in the expectation, as they professed to believe, that they would rise again from the dead in yet greater num bers. The extent to which this delusion had spread, and the enormous number of cattle thus sacrificed, convinced the Colonial Government that under the combined influences of fanatacism and want the Caffres might be expected to make some desperate movement, and the necessity for precau tionary measures was urgently expressed by the inhabitants of the exposed districts. Thefts, chiefly of horses, by small prowling bodies of Catfres, wet . * almost daily reported, and several murders had been committed, causing a general feeling of alarm and insecurity. " The measures adopted by Sir George Grey, 'on his arrival on the spot, were of the most decided character. In a Government notice issued to the chiefs, in his capacity of High Commissioner, he at once declared to them his determination to check proceedings which, if allowed to continue, will lead to such lamentable resul s, which are unpardonable, as labour is provided for all industrious, well dis posed persons who may be in a state of destitution." Four Caffres, found that morning lurking in the . Crown Reserve (the Au.atolas) were ordered to be transported—a punishment of which it is said these people have a great horrpr, and the chiefs were informed that all persons caught attempt ing to commit, or having committed, robbery with arms in their hands, will, when convicted of such offence, be punished with death.' He also warned them that all Caffres found robbing in the colony or elsewhere will be fired upon if it is found impossible to capture them. "Simultaneously with these severe announce ments, which were at once sternly carried into effect, offers were made to the well-disposed of food and employment at regular wages on public works, and every facility was given them to enter the ser vice of the colonial farmers. Ina few days a return was published giving the names of seven Caffres who had been condemned to transportation, and a list of 734 who were already at work on. the roads and other public works of British Caffraria ; while the last -received frontier papers notice the arrivals in Albany of several hundred peacefully disposed Caffres, who were being eagerly engaged as herds and labourers by the colonial farmers. The cause of alarm being thus removed, his Excellency re turned to Cape Town on Monday last, having cum pletely re-established confidence on the Claire fron tier • • 90 90 42 39 " On Tuesday next the fourth session of the Cape Parliament will meet for 'the despatch of bu-nness.' Most of the country members have already arrived in town, and several draughts of Jaws on subjects of importance have been putilished. by Govet nut ent. Among these are Bills for improving the public roads, promoting educai ion, regulating the practice and sale of medicine, and consolidating quarantine and port regulaSions. A Bill will also be presented For more effectually preventing mischiefs arising from the practice of procuring and bringing into this colony children of tender age belonging to na tive tribes resident in territoties beyond the land boundaries.' Several other measures carrying out Sir G. Grey's plans for the civilisation of the neigh bouring native tribes will probably excite mien discussion. It is understood that a plan for the formation of a line of railway from Cape Town to the principal wine and corn districts, which has been for Fo me time in preparation by the Colonial Civil Engineer, will likewise be submitted to Par liament, and the magnificent project of Captain Vetch, under the auspices of the Lords of the Ad miralty, for rendering Table Bay a secure harbour of refuge for the shipping of all nations, will doubt less receive the attention which it so eminently I merits. " The Natal Legislative Council held its first meeting under th e new charnel' on the 23d of March: "A batch of emi gr ants f r om St. Helena have just arrived here, 75 in number. The rate of wages given to these people is very high indeed. "The quantity of wine Froduced this year ex ceeds that of former years so much that sufficient fustage cannot be obtained in the country to hold it. Extraordinary wages, with Si. bonus and 151. in advance,' have consequently boon offered to journeymen coopers. "The following men-of-war are in Simon's Bay : —The Het mae, the Geyser, the Vulcan (on her w,:y home), the Actaeon, and the gun boat Dow (on their way to China) ; the French man-of war birque La Meurthe and the gun -boat Avalanche (on their way to China). Her Majesty's ship Ca,tor, Com modore Trotter, has recently returned to Simon's Bay from her cruise to Mauritius and the East Coast. Mr. Layard, the Curator of the S ou th African Museum, has arrived in her with a laroe and interesting collection. In Table Bay there are'' her Majesty's steamer Penelope, and the French steamer Thilegethou and gun-boat Drannn- 0 th e two latter on their way to China. MOVEMENTS OF SPECIE.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesi7ay.-01 port of specie from No v York, by th e ro).al mail arrived on Su n d ay, and amount ing ltaosrtgelae import ,m p 53 w4 4, i 57 Aic B fr do a lfars, nearly one third, or 479,861 dollars were cu account of merchants in Ila.vie, were transhipped on board the Cunard screw snip Bal bec, Captain Little, which sailed from the Mersey for Oat port yesterday afternoon. TILE GABE OF THE B'arbg:i St) MiIERS AT G.REYTO 14'N. - The following temperate statement respecting the bombardment of Greytown, signed by all the British subjects now resident at Greytown, suflerero in consequence of the bomb Irdiwnt of that to . vii! by. the Government of the United States, has Jo' reached this country, having been . forwarded to Lord Claren is by Cd taiu Erskine, - tue office r there in c o m man d o f the Britist: &et. It Will b , / , e read with muc h i n t eres t, an d, 'ice trust, also I'm' universal sympathy : " Grey:own, Mosquito, 16th February, 1857. "TO THE RIGHT HON. THE E A RL OF CLARENDON, 0 % MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRET A RY OF STATE 10 FOREIGN AFFAIRS. May it please your Lordship,—We, the s ub.crib erg ' ° British subjects, presently resid Tit in Greytown, to the liberty of addressing your lordship in refer 0f to that disastrous and well-k nown ca t as trophe - the 13th July, 1854, when, i n a time of P rc : found peace, and without any provocation whatever eti. our part, Captain Hollins, of the United Stat s na ve l Cyane, alter making unavailingly a fictitious claim 0 , 1 4 utterly unjust demand upon the community of this et ,/ to an amount in money also, which, at the tinier r. would have been utterly impossible for it to have nished, proceeded to bombard our homesteads, our houses, and shops ; and then, not satisfied with the fl ' e rj chief thus wrought us, gave orders to his men to pr () ; l t e be systematically fro house to house, from one end " to town to the oi her, setting them on fire, to the tit ' of destruction of our shelter, our elothir g, our furniture, °, merchandise, and everythiiig moveable we posFesteat; and this, too, in the middle of the most inclement re °° o of this climat e , wh en th e f ores t th a t c l ose ly env ir° ,ya this town has become an impassable marsh. The u „" d , .statement of so sudden and awful a crilarnity befril",7, under such circumstanceß, an ectire community , knowledge that the aged, the women, the child re o the sick, were, within a portion of an hour, dr ic bb , forth shelterless, amid the tropical torrents which racterise that. month, appears to us to render ent' re o t superfluous and misplaced any attempt to describer only the sufferings thus occasioned to the inhabiteVe but the atrocity also of those who caused thew. .„ 6 0 are aware, moreover, that thi s fri g htful a c t has bew, r i known throughout Christ e nd om; an d th a t one, / ..ip occasion on which r e fe rence h as b een ma d e to i t ,' 0 public prints or publi c a dd resses , i n A mer i ca as we or in Europe, such reference has unanimously 'been in terms of the severe s t reprobation and the s trongy disgust. We should be at a loss, tberefore, to con a le why the representations we have formerly been b i te strained, by the • eplorable strait s t o wh i c h mos t of u"; 0 been reduced, to address to your lordship have bitb e iy, remained fruitless, were it not that we are well Alio not only of the gigantic efforts ou r coun t r y an d the "' m y bad to exert to bring the late war to a successful elusion, but that since that fortunate event affairs be t " ,1 Europe and America have been so situated ; interna ti l o o questions of such deep import have arisen for .discO'io as to have called for the exercise of the mental enftled of your lordship, and all other statesmen in distingn ° o o position, in a degree almost unprecedented. But II that peace again prevails in Europe, and a so lutie li e j, those international questions has happily been attellle the time appears propitious for our again venturiolf recall to your lordship's consideration the afflicting Fdyi dicament to which we were reduced—from no fault of °ti, —by he atrocious act of an officer of the United Sr e yi and in which, during the last two years and a-he ll B pd more, we and our families hava remained struggii i3 gbifi almost despairing. It is i n this view, your faci lel y that we once more entreat you to take into eons on tion the great and long-endured hardships of our c ) and to procure us such reliet and redress as to your i ship may appear most suitable." Together with the above, there has also res. our hands a copy of the following extraordi, letter, which, indeed, furnishes a key to the / 1 4 of this mysterious and brutal affair. Mr. White was the agent at New York of the Ni gua Transit Line. The tenor of the letter sP 0 ii ,i the intimate terms on which he was place Mr. Marcy, or with . Mr. Dobbin, the Secrenoo War. For unless such intimacy existed, how G oy he have known the secret instructions given t° tarn Hollins, of the Cyane. The leiter is i ,lo l dressed to Mr. Fabens, now under trial in in ep t' York for beina filibuster—but then the repre', o ,o five, at Grey own , of the United Sta• es. Tile also shows the intimacy between these two wort? but the most shocking deduction to be drawy. o the letter is the conclusion that the destruc tlo o the town was deliberately planned by the ,G ° l iit went at Washingt n, and that Captain -Ic ei tl being "all right," was sent, not to demandc' r redress or apology, but to destroy the town/ ' lo p tarn political purposes, which have since del themselves in the filibustering expedition ker. The italics are Mr. White's own ja' tion " Office of the New York and California' Steamship Line, via Nicaragua, No. 5, Bowling-green, New York, June 16, 0011, "Dear Sir,— Captain Rollins leaves here nest h di! day. You will see from his instructions that MO" oi; I oration is given to you, and it is to b e h o p e d th at 1 ; 0 0 be so txercised as not to show any mercy to tbe: h d or people. If the scoundr e ls are soundly pcol!„ - e s' we can tak . e possession anti build it up as go b f,,iiok place, put in our own ewers, transfer the janst; and you know the rest. It is of the last importio!': r the people of the tlwn should be taught to le- 0 0' Punishment will teach them ; after whi6h yo,_ o of or agree with them as to the organisation of a new u da 0 0 (Dent, and-the officers of it Everything now deP L ev oi , tip; , you and Hoilms. The latter is all right. ID 1° r ci 3l derstands the outrage, and will not hesitate in "!° • V i reparation. I hope to hear from you that all s ri s , Yours; &c. "J. L. VO D. "J. W. Palms, Esq." ni efj It is generally believed that if our Gavel, 0, wese . to press, in a proper spirit, for redress 00 10 British sufferers by this outrage the demand vir s be supported by all the respectable da i s° 43 - o p America, who ai e deep!y sensible of the c" s ° thus cast upou them.—Liverpool Albion. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS• The official returns of the trade and navigation 0 6 0 ;r United Kingdom fo r th e f ourmon th s en d e d Aprll 3 been issued. deri The comparison of impo r t s f or corresponding P of the previous year is as under : __ 14 _. _ 1857. 1,3, Live animals no. 25562 Cocoa lbs. 2,589,714 Coffee lbs. 10,166,337 06 Wheat qrs. 761,279 Barley qrs. 685,934 Oats qrs. 346,217 _ _ 640,2; ire. 2 )2;108 Indian corn Flour cwt. 784,496 Cochineal cwt. 7,716 ...... 6,6 4ntligo cwt. 13,753 Flax cwt. 240,762 jUpd Currants cwt. 93,737 Guano tons 21,971 ...... oit ~,a , Hemp cwt. 59,148 Mahogany 141, Oil, palm cwt. 127;579 Provisions cwt. 442,3c2 !A Quicksilver lbs. 8,710 ...... „19 1 ';,,„, Rice ., cwt. 448,846 -)u :i Saltpetre cwt. 107,633 ...... u ;"sr Silk, raw lbs. 4,278,461 Cassia Lignea lbs. 121,583 Cloves lb s . 187 , 991 Pepper lbs. 1,565,499 Rum proof gallons 1,762 , 039 Brandy proof gallons 1,025,092 D,,. Geneva proof gallons 72,630 Unrefined sugars cw t. 1,895 , 378 , 1, 6 6N0 Tallow cwt. 171,329 27-gi Tea lb s . 30,313,332 Tobacco lbs. 8,960,459 5 ' 31 O F , 431, Wino gallons. 2,809,421 e l, e,v i 't ' Cotton wool cwts. 2,888,918 `',106, Sheep's and lambs' wool lbs. 24,453,767 - Of The declared value of some of the principal eXP of compared with that for the same articles during o°ol responding period of last year, was as follows :---- I sy; 1857. 0 5, Beer and Ale 622,387 70, ii Coals and calm 894,468 8, 56qt1 Cotton manufactures 9,421,526 Cotton yarn 2,563,143 tit, , 1 9 Earthenware 5O ,550 •••-• a 41 g, 4 Haberdashery and milli ner y 1,370,508 Hardwares and cu tl er y 1 ,212,145 Linen manufactures 1,451,592 0 .1 4 1 Machinery and millwork Silk manufactures Silk Thrown 348,896 Woollen m anu f ac t ures 1,088,109 Woollen yarn The total declared value of all the enumerated o' 4 ti oo' , exportel during the four months is 85,889,6521.) 4 1, 1 - o° l ' 31,850,9161., in the corresponding period of 185 6 ) t at tv ing an increase of 4,038 , 7361. Tue unenuineratea Iles are stated to have been worth 2,923,6851. MELANCHOLY DEATES.—A deplorable boat s cci k by which E sign George H. BON lee, of the 85th d 0; rnent of Foot, the depot of which is now statioueoeo Fulwood Garrison, near Preston, and a man ° to° James Cartmel, the serv a nt o f M r . Willi am Paley' th" , nufacturer, of that t own , l os t th e i r li ves , occur red ° (te r river Ribble, o n S a t ur d ay even i ng l as t . O n th e ," w ee" , noon of ttat day Mr. Pal e y an d the two decease v ,boter in a sailing boat d o wn th e Ribbl e f rom Pr es ton to Ll' t bel a marine village about 12 miles distant, which Pla ce boti f reached in safety ; and in the evening, when th e t bei for returning arrived, Mr. Paley suggested tha e tedt should all go b ac k by ra il wa y. M r . Bowles 01 -j — a ndf saying that he preferred returning in the boat; otie after some demur on the pars of Mr. Paley, that Br ,d man returned by rail to Preston, and the cfßee_ t oo servant took the boat. Nothing was heard of tbe 31t, last-mentioned persons till Sunday ev ening, w hen b e er ) Paley received information that hi s se rvant hau Lic h 1 4 found drowned in the Ribble, at NftZP, w n u air eci about six miles distant from Preston, by a rna ' n at W s Rowland Goma!). There can be no doubt th s .,,cla Bowleg has met with a similar fate, but up toy e Tfuotiod not bee a tb i s afternoon (Monday) his body bad ' gad Various cot -ctures are current with respect t t he accident, the most probabl: of which is tbat .r.m , r eol was suddenly upset by a squall of wind. 1 V 1 .., o r coron,T, was to bold an inquest yesterday aft r o L ri VA On the Naze. Mr. Bowies joined the 85th Rev. 27th of December, 180. the body of Ca! trnel, at the village of Frecidet m , th TM RI bol Pei adi neF. lat to an, Sto • 22 10 Ce fle S .'p illr''