The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-09 00:00:00

T " P RESS READ El R S. — WANTED, an Experienced READER for a Daily Paper. le3tte rs to be addressed " A. 13.," 104, Strand. I- T ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. t SEASON 1857. The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April 11, when will be present,cl Donizetti's Opera of LA FAVORJTA. Leonora Baldassare Fernando Signor GIUGLiNI. To be followed (first time these 10 years) by the favourite Ballet of LA ESMERALDA. Founded on Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris." La Esmeralda Madlle. POCCHINI. Claude Frollo Signor RONZANI. Pierre Gring,oire, MASSOT. All the Boxes and Stalls having been d 4 sposed of for the Subscription or Opening Night, the same Opera and Ballet will be Repeated on THURSDAY, April 16 (it being an extra night not included in the subseripticn). A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnarle, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. The doors will open at half-past seven ; the Opera com mences at eight. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. On EASTER MONDAY, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. K• an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Bur...kstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES'OF ADMISSION*. On EASTER MONDAY, and during the week, the new Tama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp ton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter, Fitzwilliam ' After whicl , for the first Cum, a Classical Love Story. un der the Apple: lotion of ATALANTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear ; also Miss M. Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Teruan, her first appearance in London. Concluding with GRINISHAW, BAGSIIAW, AND BR ADS HAW. Mr. Bnekstone. In future the prices will to: — Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes Upper 80xe5......... 3 0 Upper 80xe5.... Pit . Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 0 Upper Gallery 0 fNo half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. On EASTER MONDAY; will be performed the new awl original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedfcrd, &c. Followed by TETE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will make her first appearance After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. OY A L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leßsee. Mr. Alfred Wigan. On EASTER MONDAY, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &e. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. CANTERBIJ RY HALL. Westminster-road...— OPEN EVERY EVENING. —Th e follow irz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections 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. Jonghman.9, R. , Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W, Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, eic., until twelve o'clock. arGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIA DAT—Morn. 5 min. aft. 2 — . Evening 20 mid. aft. 2 ro-MOBBow—Morn. 36 min. aft. 2—Evening 51 min.aft. 2 THE WEATFIER—SuN °mot, APRIL 9. THERMOMETER, IN TEZ SHALE. el --highest since noon yesterdayi 48 -lowest this morning and during the night, 59 -this dty at noon. BAROMETER, 29 x;s—falling. WIND, S. to S.S.W.—Light, with sunshine and heavy clouds. It rained heavily yester lay afternoon, during the Right, and this morning, in torrents. It is now fine. - LONDON, THURS'DAY, APRIL 9, 1857. was arsenic." A tolerably distinct and explicit admission ! In spite of which, however, in de fiance of the apparently incontrovertible facts that ALUMS bread was poisoned, and that the poison with which it was poisoned was arsenic— there comes that other and still more astounding fact, the fact that the Verdict of the Jury was a Verdict of Acquittal ! Not, let us acknowledge it at once, but that we do really conceive ALUM the Baker to have acted no otherwise than as an innocent man would have acted under the circumstances ! Insomuch so that had we ourselves been on the Jury at his trial, we should have yearned for the old Scottish privilege in such cases—that of bringing in a verdict of " Not Prcven" rather than one of Not Guilty ! For while the evidence brought into court did not, in any way directly implicate ALUM in the transac tion, there was clearly and undeniably (as the Daily News itself admits) poison in ALuat's bread, and that poison clearly and undeniably was arsenic ! The Chinese War of 1857 is being illustrated by a variety of curious little episodical incidents. The Celestial EMPEROR is at one moment stated to have evidenced an eager sr,licitude to make peace upon any terms with the English, and at another is declared to have pronounced, if possibly more energetically, his fixed resolution, at all cost, to take vengeance upon those outer-barbarians. The former statement, however, is as clearly authentic as the latter is unquestionably apocryphal. There can be little doubt that YETI has found his pro ceedings at Canton formally repudiated by his Imperial Master—the preposterous despatch given simply as "a matter of curiosity" in The Sun of yesterday, pm-pouting to be a communication addressed to the Viceroy of the Cantonese by the Chief of the Nuy-ko, or State Council, of Pekin, is from first to last an outrige—ms and ridiculous fabrication. "YEE, I hive serious news to an nounce to you !" saith the ghostly apparition of Tseou-TcHIN-YoNo, in this sonorous and resonant proclamation—the great news referred to, being a war of extermination ! The sanguinary Sem blance of the Head of the Nuy-ko continuing in the genuine Fe-Fi-Fo-Fiun strain—" I smelt the blood of an Englishmau"—thus : ." YETI, you are to carry on a war of extermination avainst the foreign barbarians who have attacked you ; they must receive from you an exemplary chastise ment." And so forth ! All very fine, Mr. FER GITSSON—or rather TSAOI7-TCHIN-YONG ! But that the whole of this raw-head-and-bloody-bones Despatch happens to be a cqnard—" bosh"—a pleasant little fantastic bit of oriental penny-a lining I The‘truth of the matter being all the while that the Brother of the Sun, the cousin of the Moon, and the - Nephew of the Stars happens to be of a very different mind : reprehends YETl— discountenances all his recent acts in regard to the lorcha—evinces the utmost possible degree of anxiety to conciliate the British, and so come to terms with them as speedily as may be, and as satisfactorily. Meanwhile the incidents connected with the prosecution of the Chinese War of 1857 are not by any means exclusively remote incidents—re mote either in time or situation. There is the extraordinary casualty which occurred in relation to it at no greater distance than Portsmouth, and no further off than yesterday ! The casualty of the screw troopship the Transit, bound for Hong Kong with some 800 officers and men of the 59th and 90th Regiments, returning to Spithead in a nearly sinking condition—we need hardly say quite unexpectedly ! It appears that, getting into a fog, sounding seven fathoms, and at last anchoring off the shore of Hants, near Lymington—the Transit was deemed (even by the local pilots who came off to her) to be in a capital position. All goes merrily, the troops turn in and make them selves comfortable, and the night advances without any feeling of disquietude, or apparent cause for it among those on board—when towards day break, lo and behold, the vessel is found to be making water fast—with five feet of water already in her hold ! The anchor being weighed is dis covered, directly it is sighted, to have had half of its stock mapped off—the ship then proving to have driven a hole in her bottom by drifting upon her own anchor ! With nine feet of water in her hold, and more fl)oding in, the Transit makes the best of her way back to Spit head. And so, in this wholly unlooked-for man ner, comes a delay in part of our Chinese Expedi tion. and to bring ruin and misery on their innocent countrymen by their thirst for unhallowed gains I Never did the " Auri sacra fames" assume a more portentous aspect, and never was there a more pressing necessity for remedial measures, and those, too, of no stinted or meagre character. Other illustrative incidents might be enume rated, but these are assuredly sufficient—suffi cient to prove, as plainly as that two and two make four, a greater need than ever (just at this moment, in regard to the Chinese) of prompti tude, of energy, and of determination on the part of our Executive. The electors of Flintshire have completed the confusion of the Aberdeenites. In vain has Mr. GLADSTONE displayed all his blandishments. In vain has the deserted general exhausted his energies in seeking their suffrages on behalf of his alter ego, his dearly-loved brother-in-law —Sir STEIIIEN GLYNNE. The sturdy Welsh men have not listened to the voice of the charmer, although he practised all the arts of a paid canvasser, and endeavoured to obtain even a single follower ! King LEAR did not plead more earnestly for but one knight than did the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer for his friend. Despite, however, this indefatigable activity, despite all the influences brought into operation, the Government candidate, the Hon. T. E. L. MOSTYN, was returned by a decisive majority, and the once popular GLADSTONE is left to wan der alone through the halls of the Imperial Palace at Westminster, save so far as the doubt ful aid of his rather slippery coadjutor, " the gentle JAMIE frae Carlisle," is concerned. In truth, the policy that " starved the war" in its earlier stages—that proclaimed that the whole expenses should be provided for out of the annual revenue of the country—and that no dis tinction should be recognised between permanent and precarious revenue for fiscal purposes— has been unequivocally repudiated throughout the length and breadth of the land. The avenging NEMESIS has promptly vindicated the political offences perpetrated by the scanty remnant of a once powerful party. " Peelism," or rather " Aberdeenism," is virtually defunct, and GLAD STONE and GRAHAM, the sole survivors, must hang themselves on to some other party which may be induced to open its ranks for the 'unat tached leaders. It is certainly a remarkable change—one that may hereafter serve " to point a moral and adorn a tale ; " but never was exem plary punishment more completely merited. The Right Hon. Member for Oxford was courted by all parties. Without his co-operation Lord DERBY would not venture to form an Administra tion, and it was vainly imagined that his seces sion would send Lord PALMERSTON to the right about. In 1853 he was allowed to dictate to the entire Legislature, and to his perverse obstinacy alone may be attributed the continuance of the Income Tax in its present op pressive and inequitable form, after the Ministe rial Leaders of the Lords and Commons had noti fied a contemplated change. He might have said, as he did on another point— " Me, me, adsum qui fed., in me convertite ferrum ; Mere fraus omnis." It was he who concocted the " valuable financial demonstration" of denuding the Exchequer of its balances when a terrible struggle was impending, and the Russian war was palpably "looming in the future." For all these he has been severely punished, if not by the proper per sons, by means of the "whipping-boys" who have been made to bear the weight of his delin quencies. He may still quibble and prate in the House, but ho has no one to back him. The CARDWELLS, PALMERS, PHILLIMORES, 'et hoc genus omne, are extinguished so far as the House of Commons is concerned. Not even a GLYNNE has been obtained ; and GLADSTONE must either lower his flag, or he must beat about for new re cruits, if any bo foolish enough to accept " the shilling" and volunteer for such a dangerous— we may almost say desperate—service. A further increase in the rate of discount to a minimum charge of 7 per cent, is this day anti cipated. It is generally supposed that the an nouncement will be made at the breaking up of the Meeting in the Bank Parlour ! It is, more over, stated that the object of the Directors is to check, if they cannot altogether prevent, any dabbling by English speculators in the Russian Railway Scheme to which we have so recently directed public attention. This is another tiles_ sing for which we are indebted to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. The trading and manufacturing interests must bo seriously and, in many in stances, irreparably damaged, because an at tempt is made to abstract the precious metals from the United Kingdom, for the purpose of en abling the AUTOCRAT to carry out the traditional policy of the empire in a manner befitting a suc• cessor of PETER I. If the motive really be such, it may offer some extenuation of the act of the last week. But it places the impolicy of the existing monetary code even in a stronger 'light than any in which it has as yet been exhibited. What would be said to the corporation of a borough if, when it was known that evil-disposed men were abroad, and that designs were entertained by burglars and garotters against the purses of the com munity, they should, in place cf affording the requisite protection, merely anticipate the predatory horde, by themselves plundering the intended victims? They would certainly be con sidered as entirely unfitted for the position in which they were placed, being by their own acts proved to be incapable of discharging the im portant duties confided to their charge. Qais enstodiet ipsos eustodes would be heard on every side, and protection against the pretended friends and guardians would be eagerly sought for. The fact, however, that the attempt, while it deeply injures the victims, must prove abortive, renders the grievance more glaring. If the fre quenters of Capel-court can be bamboozled by the Muscovite scheme, one or two per cent, addi tional in the rate of discount will not induce them to avoid nibbling at the bait. Their game will be merely to turn over the shares, which, like the "raz3re" of the tale, are made for sale, not for use, and to realise trifling premiums in the process. A daring gambler thinks but little of the price that he may be compelled to pay for the stake which he imagines will be largely increased by his operations. A trifling difficulty will not deter him from the speculative game on which he has determined. He will, under any circum- " stand the hazard of the die," and stance, will find a Consolation in the knowledge that other innocent persons are involved in one com mon ruin with himself. He has the experience of past bubbles, and if they should prove insuf ficient, a minimum late of even ten per cent, will not suffice to save him from the ruin which he so recklessly invites. Then there is the supposed poisoning of the bread with Alum at Hong Kong ! No—not with Alum, rather we should have said by ALUM—only that we are so accustJmed here in London to the former atrocity in the way of systematic adulter , - tion in what our neighbours the French call panification ! Well, then --to speak more • cor rectly—we repeat, There is the supposed poisoning of the bread by ALUM, the baker of Hong Tiong:l That is one of the most remarkable epi so d es in the whole history of this collision between the British and the Chinese authorities ! Oat of the pre sumed infamy of this occurrence has grown up portentously a very notable Trial, the Trial of ALUM and his supposed Accomplices—a Trial con ducted with no inconsiderable ability by Mr. Attorney-General ANSTEY, ex-Member for Youghal —a Trial lasting through five days in succession —a Trial, according to English usage, in the pre sence of Judge and Jury—a Trial, wonderful to relate, ending in the acquittal of the prisoners, although the bread supplied by ALu:u on the occasion referred to was notoriously and unde niably poisoned ! Why—in conclusive testimony of the irrefragable nature of the evidence adduced upon the last-mentioned point, viz., the point as to whether the bread was or was not poisoned— the Daily News itself (the Self-constituted Special Pleader for the Chinese) says distinctly and ex plicitly in its impression of this very morning— Mark every syllable in the following sentence— " We do not, of course, mean to deny the fact that there was poison in the bread, and that the poison I There is but one mode by which these evils can be averted, and that is, by supplying a circulating medium suited for internal transactions, viz., a really National Note, and making those requir ing bullion, either for transrpitting abroad ow hoarding, for it according t o it s ac t ual va o l a u rd e. ing E paynglishmen should surely be enabled to compete with foreigners in their own markets. We should be enabled to retain the gold that has found its way to our markets, despite the machi nations of those who desire to insinuate their hands into our pockets. At present we are ren dered perfectly helpless by the unjust and impo litic enactments which it is proposed to renew —without change or modification—for a further term of ten years. It may be fortunate for the nation if the existing pressure and the imperative necessity of obt a i n i ng protection for the i nterna l commerce of Great Britain should open the eyes of the Legislature, while there is yet time, and before the evil has reached its full magnitude. It is clear that circumstances have arisen, not con templated by the enactments of 1844, and against which they do not afford adequate protection. Other measures are clearly required, and the most urgent claim on the new Parliament will be to render the monetary legislation as complete as possible, so as to prevent the welfare and prosperity of the United Kingdom from being placed at the mercy of any foreign Power that can put forward schemes sufficiently tempting to induce the specu ators of Capel Court to touch the unclean thing, rtiE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1857. The bar silver brought by the la , t %Veit India :steamer was sold yesterday at 61/d., showing no alteration. The 40,0001. brought by the Africa is undentood to be for the Bank of France. This specie arrivals yesterday were 17,0001., — namely, 5,0001. by the African mail, 5,0001. by the Etna, and 7,0001. by the Indus from the Mediterranean. THE HON. JOHN PARSONS.—The Hon. John Parsons, second son of the Earl and Countess of Rinse, is alarm ingly ill, at Parsonstown. It it said that his life has been despaired of. EAST INDIA Housr,.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the thanks of the Court were voted unanimously to Colons]. William H. Sykes, M P., chairman, and Mr. Ross Donnelly Mangles, M.P., deputy-chairman, for their great Ewa- , cation and attention to the affairs of the East India Company during the past year. TEE ELEC nos DISTURBANCIS AT SHEFFIELD.—DE ATEI OF A POLICEMAN.—We regret to state that one of the officers engaged in the preservation of the peace ou Sa turday wen, died en Thursday morning, in consequence of injuries which he received by a stone which was thrown by some of the mob who had assembled in front of the Angel Hotel. GREENWICH FAIR.—The owner of the last portion of ground on which this fair was allowable has acceded to the wish of the police authorities. Greenwich Fair, therefore, will not take place—in any manner otherwise than what the London public may make for thews, Ives. It is understood that the park will be open as u , ual for the present, to the serious annoyance of the inhabitants residing in the vicinity. An extraordinary discovery of ore has just taken place at the Welsh Potosi Mine, Cardiganshire. At the 10 fathom level the miners have found a rich course of ore, averaging 18 inches wide solid, and the same has been found to extend 30 fathoms in length. They are now sinking upon the lode, and the ore holds down, and is expected to continue to the 20 and 30 fathom levels. Should this be the case, this mine will again rank as one of the most productive in Wal es . THE ROYAL BRITISH BANE—Yesterday the vile of the South Sea-house, Thteadneedle street, lately occu pied as the chief office of the Royal British Bank, took place at the Auction Mart, by Messrs. Haclaria and Buckland, by direction of the assignees of the estate, when there was a very full attendance of merchants and others, among whom there was an active competition, for the property. A bidding of 10,0001. was made, and • eventually the property was knacked down to Mr. Elder, of the City-road, for 11,0001., which will go to , wards liquidating the debt of the bankrupts. BUSINESS OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY.—The tots number of notices, petitions, causes, pleas, demurrers, claims, and appeals heard by the L ird Chancellor," the Lords Justices, the Master of the Rolls, and the three Vice-Chancellors, amounted from the 2d Nov., 1852, to the 2d Nor., 1853, to 8,619 ; in 1853-54, to 10,141 ; in 1854 55. to 10,276 ;in 1855-66, to 10,502. The total remands in the courts of equity were during the same period 401, 419, 426, 506, and 379. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 8. — The United States' Mail steamship Fulton, Capt. Wot ton, left Havre yesterday and Cows. tc-cay, with the English, French, and German mails for New York, 120 passengers, 40,0001. in specie, and a full general cargo. ADDITIONAL MAIL TO JAVA.—lnformation has been received from the Government of the Netherlands that so long as the additional communication which has just been established between Point de Gallo and China, via Singapore, shall be maintained, a corresponding commu nication will be kept up between Singapore and Batavia. Mails for Java will accordingly be in future made up in London, and forwarded by each despatch of the overland Indian mail. By command of the Postmaster-General. Rowland Hill, Secretary. General Post-office, April 6. LIVERPOOL, April S.—This morning the Liverpool and Pndadelphia Steamship Company's screw steamer City of Washington sailed hence for New York, with a ship's mail, a fair cargo, and upwards of 100 cabin pas sengers. The Royal mail steamer America will ail for Halifax and Boston on Saturday ; and the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Indian on Wednes day, the 221 inst., for Quebec and Montreal, with the Canadian mails, resuming the fortnightly sailing,s for the season. CLELIKENIVELL INCUMBENCY.—Notwithstanding the decision given in favour of the Rev. R. Maguire, Mr. Jones, senior churchwarden, has again issued a caveat to his induction by declaring the election ilegal. Accord ingly, on Tuesday a deputation of the most respectable inbabitnntii waited on the Bishop of London, and com municated to him the result of the election. They were most gracious'y received by his lordship, who expressed lss desire to assi,t the deputation by granting his licence to the Rev. R, Maguire to officiate as incumbent of the pariah, if the law would allow him to do so, and said he would obtain the opinion of his legal adviser on the matter. The deputation thanked his lordship for the courtesy with which they had been received, and re tired. MIRDER.—DEATH OF MR. SCOTT.—Yesterday morning, at an early hour, Mr. Jas. Scott, of Freeling street, Caledonian-road, Islington, who was stabbed with a sword in his house by Robt. Robinson Tripp, and severely wounded, expired at his residence, through its effects. The prisoner Tripp is a surveyor, and was formerly foreman in the employ of Mr. Cubitt, the eminent builder, of Gray's-inn-road, and in conse qoence of his peculiar eccentricities, he was discharged a few years ago, and allowed a pension. He has fre quently figured at the Clerkenwell Police Courts for assaults, and been committed to prison. He is a single man. Information was forwarded to Mr. Wael-ey, the coroner, and au inquest will be held upon the body of Mr. Scott. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE COOKBURN.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr. B. M. Willcox have accepted the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce at this port to a public banquet, in acknov,ledgrnent of the many valuable services rendered by those gentlemen to the commercial intereete of this town during the 10 years they represented Southampton in the House of Commons. An invitation has also been given to Mr. Weguelin, the present colleague of Mr. Willcox, who succeeded Sir Alexander Cockburn on his deserved elevation to the beech. The day for the banquet is not yet fixed. THE, SHEEPSHANKS COLLECTION.—A copy of the deed of gift by Mr. John Sheepshanks of his collection of pictures and drawings has just been published, by order of the late Parliament. A minute of the Privy Council of Trade, of the 6th of February, accepts, with much gratification, the trusteeship created by this deed of gift, acknowledges the great value of Mr. She,epelineks' splendid collection, exrreeses admiration of the liberal spirit in which it has been made, and announces tbat orders have been given for the erection of a gallery for the reception of the collection, as desired by the donor, in some airy situation near the Gardens or Parks at Kensington. The other conditions of the deed of gift are already known to the public. The new gallery will he attached to the Schools of Art in connection with . the Departments of Science and Art now established there. The collection includes 233 oil paintings, the works of British artists, and 103 drawings and sketches,ithe works of native draughtsmee. NEW CODE OF MARINE SIGNALS —The committee aepointed by the Board of Trade to inquire into the sub ject of a code of signals to be used at sea have reported the result of that inquiry. The existing codes are all based on the numeral system, which is objected to as insufficient. Only one other method was known to the committee for obtaining the object in view. It was that of taking a number of signs (or flags), and by their transposition effecting a certain number of permutations, each different combination of two or more of the signs so taken forming a signal distinct in itself, and having a particular signification. A table is subjoined, showing the number of distinct signals which 10 or more flags are eapeble of by permutation, andlorrning in hoists of two to four signs at a time in one place. It shows that 18 flags will be requisite to give the number of signals necessary —i.e., 70,000, with power of extension to 78,642, each signal consisting of a minimum hoist of four flags. In conformity with the resolutions of the committee a signal book has been prepared, and accompanies the present report. MR. COBDEN.—A Liverpool paper says:—" We have been favoured by the inspection of a letter addressed by Mr. Cobden to a gentleman in Liverpool, in which he alludes to his own defeat at Huddersfield, and more especially to the rejection by Manchester of Mr. Bright. Mr. Cobden is in a delicate state of health, and states that his own exclusion from Parliament will be a positive relief to him ; but he feels acutely the course which has been pursued at Manchester, and declares his belief that political ingratitude was never before carried to such an extent, inasmuch as Mr. Bright's intellect, which is of a commanding character, has been shattered by too faith fully serving his constituency in the House of Commons, and he now finds himself dismissed with less delicacy than is usually accorded to a menial in a private family. The publication of this letter at the present time would excite interest, but, although it treats exclusively of pub lic matters, Mr. Cobden has marked it "Private," a feeling which his correspondent respects. In addition to the indifferent state of his own health, Mr. Cobden's hap piness is considerably inured by the illness which pre vails in his family." GAROTTE ROBBERY AT BRIGHTON.—On Monday even ing, about eight o'clock, John Bimpson, a middle-aged the Old Shoreham-ro a d, t owar ds Hove-place, arm in-arm residing at Brighton, was walking along man, a smith, with a woman named Elizabeth Parker. It was foggy, but not quite dark, when two men met them, one of whom seized Bimpson by the neckerchief, threw him down, and attempted to th rott l e hi m, w hil e the other knocked ' down the woman and then assisted his companion in holding Bimpson down. They kept him on the ground about eight minutes, rifling his , pockets, from which they took about ten s hil l i ngs. The woman's screams of murder were bringing some persons to Bimpson's assis tance, when the two ruffians, and a third man who had joined them, ran away. Three men are in custody charged with this daring robbery. They were yesterday examined before a Brighton magistrate, and remanded for a week.—Brighton Gazette. EXPLOSION ON SHIPBOARD.—HARTLEPOOL, April 7. —Yesterday afternoon a violent explosion occurred on board the iron screw collier _Hutton Chaytor, Capt. J. Jefferson, lying in the Victoria Dock, by which two of the crew were seriously injured, though, fortunately, not dangerously. The flattonChaytor was loaded with Thorn ley gas coals, and had been lying in her berth since Saturday waiting for a sea tide. Two of the crew—the second mate and another—went down into the fore-hatch on some necessary business, carryleg a lantern with them. On getting below the candle was removed out of the lan tern, and an explosion instantly took piece. The scuttle hatch had fortunately been taken off during the forenoon, for the purpose of ventilation, or the injury would have been much more serious than it was. The fore hatches were blown off, and the second mate was severely burnt about the head, face, breast, and hands. The other man's injuries were less severe, being confined to the back of the head. Mr. Edger, surgeon, was speedily in attendance upon the poor fellows, and both are progress ing favourably. , HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. C. H. Adams' 27th annual series of lectures on agronomy are now in course of delivery at this theatre. For the last six-and-twenty years, at this particular period, these lectures have been looked forward to with great interest by all the students of this sublime science. The observations of the talented lecturer were most at tentively listened to by a very crowded audience, and at the termination of the lecture the applause was enthu siastic. The diagrams with which the lecture was profusely illustrated were splendid. DRUBY-LAIVE TliliATitg. A grand dramatic festival is announced to take place at Old Drury during the Easter week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dillon are announced to appear in several of the favou rite characters, but the great novelty will be the unique production and blending of the gorgeous Lyceum bur lesque of " Conrad and Medora," with the unrivalled Drury-lane pantomime of "See Saw, Margery Daw." In this novel entertainment Fenton's magnificent trans formation scene will be united with the splendid scenic productions of Mr. W. B:verley, and Bolen°, with his celebrated broupc of pantornitnists, will also appear ; so we shall have altogether one of the most unexampled attractions imaginable. The festival will be repeated fur six nights only ; but on Easter Monday a morning per formance will take place. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took a carriage drive yesterday. His Ezcelfenny Feruk Khan, accompanied by his suite, left Claridge's Hotel this morning on his return to Paris. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny will leave town tomorrow for Paris, en conga for a short period. The Duke of Montrose left town a few days since for Scotland. The Duchess still remains in London. The Earl and Countess of Bradford left town, yester day, for their seat, Castle Bromwich, near Birmingham. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained at dinner, last evening, at their residence, Cambridge house, Piccadilly, his Excellency, the Sardinian Minister, Minister, the Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, Sir John and Lady Milbanke and Miss Mil banks, Mr. John Evelyn Denison, and Mr. Norman Macdonald. Lord and Lady Londesborough and family have arrived at the family seat, Grimston Park, near Tad caster, from their chateau in the South of France. Lord and Lady Aveland are at present staying on a visit with Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, at Gritnethorpe, in Lincolnshire. Lard and Lady Burghley have left town to join the family circle at Burghley House, near Stamford. Lady Sophia Tower was safely delivered of a son yes terday afternoon, at her residence in Eaton-square. Her ladyship and infant aro progressing favourably. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left town for Hughenden Manor, Backs. Sir John and Lady Milbanke arrived in town, on Tuesday, from Hampshire. Lord Panmure's retirement from the Ministry will take place before the end of May, and Mr. Sidney Her bert will probably be asked to take his place. The following distinguished persons have visited the Great Globe, Leicester-square :—The royal family of Oude, the Cou n t an d Countess of Jersey, the Russian Ambassador (Prince Eiterhazy), Sir John and Lady Pakington, the Ladies Fitzclarence, Falcon, and Hol land, Sir John Boileau, Sir Joshua and Lady Winning ton, Sir T. Freemantle, Lord Campbell and 'Ladies, Lord Burldgb, Alderman Carden, &c. A grand Verdi Festival is announced to take place at Exeter Hall on Easter Monday. The three operas, ' Rigoletto," " La Traviata," and " Il Trovatore, ' are to be represented in a condensed form, with the assist ance of first-rare artistes, band, and chorus. The vocalists are Madame Clara Novello, Miss Louisa Vinning, Miss Dolby, Mr. Millardi, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. MAUNDY THURSDAY.—The interesting ceremony of the distribution of her Majesty's Maundy took place at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, to-day, at two o'clock. The Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Almoner, officiated, assisted by Dr. Jell, Sub-Almoner, and Mr. Jos. Hanby, Sec retary of her Majesty's Allmon ry. There was choral ser vice, and fotir anthems were sung on the occasion. EASTER TERM.—The Lord Chancellor wilt receive the Judges and Queen's Counsel on Wednesday, the first day of Easter term, at his lordship's residence in Upper Brook-street, at twelve o'clock. The large amount of 5,500,0001 b. of tea is expected to be delivered this week, duty paid, from the port of London. LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The European and Australian Company's steamer J ura, Captain Moodie, has just arrived in the river, with the Simla's Australian mails. She left Alexandria March 28th, and Malta April the Ist. Tile Jura brings 29 passengers, 21 packages of specie, value 84,7171. ; one package of gold coin, value 1,1001. ; 50 parcels and 630 bales of cotton, wool, &:c. On the 31st of March, in lat. 35.35, long. 16, the Jura spoke the barque Circassian ; and on the 7th of April, in lat. 44.25, long. 8.42, the steamer Albania. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY. The Zeit (Berlin paper) denies that a delay has been accorded to Denmark, by Austria and Prussia, for the settlement of the Holstein question through French influence. It confirms the statement that Russia has refined to agree to the claims of Den mark being referred to an arbitration of the Euro pean Powers. COPENHAGEN, WEDNESDAY. The Ministers have tendered their resignation to the K;ng en masa. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Seven]. journals say that the French Government is occupied at this moment with the affairs of Naples. This statement is untrue. The Moniteur announces that General Todleben was presented to Cie Emperor on Tuesday, by Count Kisseleff, the Russian Ambassador. The commission of the budget, contrary to the usual custom of the Chamber, has this year ap pointed its reporters before having completely dis cussed all the questions connected with it, having done so in consequence of the pressure of time. M. A. Leroux has undertaken to present his report to the Chamber by the Ist May, as the Government and Chamber both desire that no prolongation of the session should take place. The committee on the budget is now discussing the new taxes, and everything favours the impression that it will come to the same conclusion as the Council of state, and that nothing will be changed with regard to the 45 centimes on transferable securities. BOUM; April B.—The following were the lasi quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 . yer Cents 6B 95 69 10 New Loan Bank Shar©e 4,085 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,350 -- Austrian Belgian 4 Piednaonteso (5) 93./— Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CAS E. fr. c. fr c Orleans 1,465 Western - Northern - Lyons 1,550 New Ditto - Mediterranean 9 ,130 Grand Central Lyons Geneva - Sardinian . s'.o - Midi - Austrian Cum. - AUSTRIA. The Oct Deutsche Post of Vienna publishes a telegraphic despatch from Turin of the 2d, stating that, according to the Military Gazette of that capital, which is supposed to receive communica tions form the Minister of War, a corps d'arnide of 20,000 men is to bo concentrated at Alessandria, on the Austrian frontiers. But the Military Gazette takes care to add that this measure, justified by the custom of previous years and other requirements of the service, must not be considered as an act of provocation. That interpretation is, however, op posed by the above Vienna journal, which asserts that tha establishment of a camp at Alessandria, if not a menace for Austria, is, at least, a hostile demonstration which cannot be passed over in silence. A letter from Vienna of the 4th, in the Ham burg News, says :—" The Count de Paar had a private aud'ence of the Emperor yesterday. The information given by the count is said not to be of a nature to calm down the irritation felt against Sardinia."—Another letter of the same date, in the Cologne, Gazette, says :—" Baron de Bourqueney had an interview with Count de Buol yesterday, when he (the baron) made known to him the condi tions on which France was disposed tai support the proceedings of Prince Danilo of Montenegro. It is certain that the Austrian Cabinet has been re quested by France to use its influence at Constan tinople in favour of the Prince." THE PRINCIPALITIES. At the same time that the last of the Austrian battalions are crossing the Carpathians, the com missioners of the great powers are proceeding on their *ay towards Bucharest, where they will be all soon assembled. A telegraphic despatch of the 4th from that capital announces the approaching arrival of Baron de Talleyrand, who had landed that very morning at Kalarasch. Safet Effendi, Sir H. Bulwer, and the Chevalier de Beuz;, the Ottoman, En4lish, and Sardinian commissioners, who had left Constantinople within a few days of each other, were expected daily. The Russian commissioner, M Constantin Bally, was, at the above date at Vienna, which place ho was to leave at the same time as the repreentatives of Prussia and Austria. It is still M. de RichtAfen who is to represent Prussia. As to the Austrian commissioner, Baron de Koller, who was recently appointed to the lega tion at Berlin, he has been replaced by M. Lich- MAIM de Palmrode, formerly resident Minister at Cracow. This grave question of the Princi palities is thus provisionally transferred from Paris and Constantinople to Bucharest and Jaisy, to return hereafter to the seat of the Conferences, where it will receive its definitive solution. In a few days the elections for the composition of the divans ad hoc will commence, and it is calculated that this operation will not occupy less than three or four weeks, particularly if, as is stated from dif ferent quarters, the country is preparing to appeal to the commissioners on the subject of certain irre gularities committed by the native government in the formation of the electoral lists, and al , o against the interpretation given to certain clauses of the finnan of convocation. It is therefore thought scarcely probable that the divans will assemble be fore the end of April or beginning of May. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Nord of Brussels, says :—" The operation of raising the vessels sunk in the port of Sebastopol has com menced. There are upwards of 80 of them, and 16 have already been recovered, viz., the Chersonese steamer, 260 horse-power, 4 transports, 1 brig, 2 schooners, two tenders, and 6 smaller craft. The 4 transports are already afloat, and are engaged in conveying provisions and equipments. The Cher sonese is under repair at Nicolaieff, and will be launched again in spring. Besides these vessels, the Government has six sailing transports and some steamers of from 60 to 100 horse power. It has but lately bought 5 screw schooners, which are to cruize along the eastern coasts of the Black Sea." ROME. The Giornale di Roma publishes an edict making very important reductions in the Customs' tariff of the Roman States. The import duty on manufac tured articles of coarse silk, linen, cotton, woollen, hair, leather, is reduced from between 30 to 70 per cent. On wearing apparel and articles of fashion it is reduced 50 per cent. ; on linen or woollen thread, 33 per cent. ; palm oil, 50 per cent. ; common soap, 40 per cent. ; felt for paper-wills, 50 per cent. ; books bound in pasteboard, covered with cloth or coloured cotton, 40 per cent. _ _ The export duty on coarse silk, carded and combed, is reduced two-thirds ; on woollen rags, four•fifths ; on wool obtained from rags, 1 bajocco per 1001 b. ; while the export duty on bones is doubled. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 4th have arrived. The Infante Don Henry continued at Salamanca. General Prim had left for Alicante to undergo the six months' arrest to which he has been condemned. General Roncali, Count d'Alcoy, had been attacked with apoplexy in the street, and died befora he could be conveyed to his own house. M. Alameda, Archbishop of Bur gos, had been translated to the metropolitan see of Toledo, and M. Tarancou, Bishop of c or _ dove, to the archiepiscopal see of Burgos. Ac counts from Melilla to the 15th ult. stated that the Moors were quiet. It was expected th a t the ex-King of Portugal would visit Seville in the Holy Week. A number of workmen at Barcelona having refused to accept work in the ma nu f actor i es, the governor of the city had interdict e d t h e i r asso ciations. A letter states that Count de Montemo lino has notified to his partisans that he disap proved strongly of any new attempt to light the Llama' of civil war, and that he considered that there was not at preent any chance of success. This step, adds the letter, seems to indicate that the count hopes that the attempts of Russia to effect a reconciliation between his family and that of Queen Isabella will prove successful. " Our correspondent at St. Petersburg," says the Ford of Brussels " informs us that the King of Greece has presented Prince Gortschakoff nister of Foreign Affairs, with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Saviour. The Brazilia,n charge d'affaires, M. de Ribeiro, at St. Petersburg, is to be accredited in the same quality to the govern ment of Turin, and M. do Magalhaes, who is nsw at Turin, is to be accredited with the rank of Mi nister to the court of Russia." A letter from Belgrade states M. Semics, Mi nister of Foreign Affairs of Servia, had suddenly resigned not only his portfolio, but his seat in the Senate. The letter says that this event had pro duced some sensation, but that the causesof it were not known. Letters from Constantinople (says the Constitu tionnel) inform us that the Porte i; about to with draw from the Moldo-Wallachian provinces, and even to remove to a distance from the frontiers the Turkish troops which are now there, in order to avoid even an appearance of exercising any pres sure at the moment of the elections. We learn via Vienna that this movement is to commence on the 10th inst. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN 1856. A report of the railway accidents of last year is embodied in a blue-book of some 80 pages. It appears that in 1856 281 persons were kitled and 394 injured on railroads in the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Of this number 112 were killed and 16 injured who were neither pas sengers nor servants of the railway companies, 142 killed and 80 injured ; who were servants of com panies or employes of contractors, and 27 killed and. 298 injured who were passengers. The first cate gory includes 2 persons who committed suicide, 67' killed, and 7 injured while trespassing, 28 killed. l and 2 injured at level crossings, 1 killed and 2 in jured while on a bridge which was thrown down by a load on a train, and 11 persons killed and 5 injured by being run over or struck by trains at stations. Of the servants of companies 30 were killed and 46 injured from causes beyond their con trol, and 112 were killed and 34 injured owing to misconduct or incautiousness. Of the latter 2 were killed and 2 injured while sbunting, 20 killed and 39 injured from accidents to trains, and 7 killed and 5 injured from being run down or struck by trains while discharging their duties. One man, a guard, was killed by the blow of a bridge. The greater number of those servants killed or in jured from want of caution were crushed between buffers, run over, or fell from trains in motion. There is a large annual number of victims from being crushed between the buffers of carriages which are being coupled together. Of the pas sengers eight were killed and 282 injured from causes beyond their control, and 19 killed and 16 injured from incautiousness. Of the 71 accidents re ported on in 1856 it appears that in 7 cases only were the accidents attributable to circumstances which could not be guarded against, and that in only three of the cases were the accidents solely at tributable to such circumstances. In 27 cases the negligence of the inferior servants entered into the cause of the accident. The remaining causes of ac cident are classed under the following heads—viz., defeats in the construction of works or rolling stock insufficiency of accommodation or ap pliances for safety—insufficient staff, and in adequacy of the system of working. A general review of accidents reported since 1810 shows that the great majority of accidents are attributable to causes over which the managers of railways have control, but which, from, negligence or false economy, they do not remedy. What is called "negligence" of servants in cases of accident is often a habitual infringement of the regulations with the guilty cognisance of the managers, or else a practice which has grown up in the absence of defined rules. " This," observes the report, "is an important fact, because the public have a right to require that the traffic on railways shall be con ducted with the greatest attainable degree of safety." 'lt is thought, on the other hand, that freedom from railroad accident is not to be secured by external interference, but by efficient and re sponsible internal management and the mainten ance of strict discipline. It is suggested that all important railway accidents should be inquired into publicly by a competent officer or tribunal, the coroner's inquest being a tribunal ill-suited to such inquiries. POISONING AT DEVONPORT. A great deal of illness and one death have re sulted in Devonport from partaking of food con taining some poisonous ingredients, most probably arsenic. A woman named Fuge, who' had been washing at the Duke of Cornwall public-house, Cornwall-street, Devonport, had some slices of pudding given to her by the lsndlady. She took them home, and her husband ate,a part of one. In about half an hour he became sick, and remained so all night. Next morning the woman toasted the rest of the pudding, gave small portions of it to her three children, and ate some herself. They all became ill shortly after, and one of the children, a little boy, five years old, died the same evening. About a week before this, it seems, the family living at the public-house had all been taken ill shortly after a dinner of which puddings, similar to those of which pieces had been given to the washerwoman, formed a part. At an inquest which was held on the body of the litttle boy, Mr. Thomas Crossing, surgeon, was examined, and described the appearance of the deceased when he saw him, after he had died. From the appear ance of the body he formed the opinion that some powerful irritant had entered the stomach. He had, with the assistance' of Mr. James Ryder, o: Morice-town, chemist, analysed a portion of the contents of the stomach, and was of opinion that the child had died from the effects of the poison, and, as he believed, of arsenic. He had every reason to believe that the stomach contained arsenic in considerable quantity. It would be more satis factory, and would enable him to form a morepositive opinion as to theprecise nature of the poison, whe ther arsenic or otherwise, could he have the op portunity of submitting the contents of the stomach and intestines to further chemical examination. The inquest was adjourned until Monday, when Messrs. Crossing, Reed, Slog.get i and Mr. Ryder, chemist, were examined, and stated that in the pudding and in the body of the deceased they had detect ad a large quantity of arsenic. The inquest was then again adjourned until yesterday (Tues day), when Mc. Laity, surgeon, and a number of other witnesses, gave evidence in corroboration of the facts adduced on the previous examinations. The inquest was then further adjourned until Mon day, the 20th instant, to allow time for further in quiry. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. As affording a guide to public expectation in re gard to the probable occupation of the new Parlia-. ment for the first week after its meeting, were pint an extract from the record of the last house when it met under similar circumstances : (From " Votes of the House of Commons.") November 4, 1852. House met at 2 p.m., and went to the Lords. The Lords Commissioners directed the house to pro ceed to the election of a Speaker, and to present him al 2 to-morrow for the Royal approbation. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, on motion of Mr. Palmer, seconded by Lord Robert Grosvenor, took the chair. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then congratulated the Speaker elect. The house adjourned at 3. November 5. House met at 2 and went to the Lords. Her Majesty approved of the choice the house had made. The Speaker took the oaths alone. Several members also took the oaths. House adjourned at 4. November 6. House met at 2. Several members took the oaths, Adjourned at 4. November 8. Same proceedings. Members took the oaths. November 9. Same proceedings. November 10. Same proceedings. November 1. The house me t at 1 o ' c l oc k. 1 Message to attend her Majesty in the Lords. House went. On return, the Speaker reported her Majesty's speech. Address moved by Lord Loraine, seconded by Mr. E. Egerton, and agreed to. Adjourned at 9.30 p.m. MB. MINAK's PEN AND INK DRAININGS.—We have just inspected another of the truly wonderful pen and ink sketches of this ingenious artist, whose executive powers at upwards of 70 years of age are truly surprising. .After a residence of more than 60 years in England, occupied in the exercise of his pleasing art, and having produced multitudes of ingenious and tasteful pieces, vying with the most elaborate productions of the graver, Mr. Minasi deserves the patronage of the wealthy aid the refined. The drawing before us, " The Morning Rose," consists of three nymphs amidst a profusion of clustered wbite roses. It is intended for a vignette title-page to a lady's album, and anything more unique and beautiful we have seldom seen. Any lady of means, and of bene volent disposition, may well be gratified at possessing one of Mr. Minasi's drawings for her album or port. folio.—Morning Advertiser, THE LATE VISCOUNTESS KEITH. We announced, a few days, since; the demise, at her residence in Piccadilly, of Heather Maria, Vis countess Keith, in her 95th year. This remarkable lady was the last remainin g link betwe e n the pre sent generation and that brilliant literary circle which congregated around Johnso n a t "th e c l u b" _ . —which thronged the hospitable mansion of Mrs. Thrale at Streatham. Viscou n t ess K e ith was the eldest daughter. of.: Henry Thrale, the friend of Johnson, and the husband of Hesther Sainsbury, better known to the world by the name of her second husband, as "Mrs. Piozzi." As the child of his most valued friend, Hesther Maria enjoyed a large share of the attention of Johnson, who was her early instructor, and in whose memoirs her naive frequently occurs as " Queerly," a term of endearment conferred upon her by the great philo sopher. During her girlhood she was surrounded by Reynolds, Garrick, Burke, Gibbon, Boswell, Beauclerk, Langton, Siddons, Burney, and Mon tague. Johnson was her early tutor, and Baretti her Italian master. From her mother she learnt to cultivate intellectual pursuits, and from her father she derived those sterling qualities which belong more especially to the high-toned English character. On the death of the latter, and the mar riage of her mother to Signor Piozzi (with whorls she spent many years in for e ign travel), Miss Thrale was deprived of her home. Being a minor, and re stricted to a small allowance, she retired to a de serted house of her father's'at Brighton, with no other companion "than an old an d faithful house keeper. Here she applied herself to severe courses of study, and to the acquisition of many branches of knowledge, rare in a woman at allstimes, and espo daily so in the less cultivated days of the last cen tury. • When the time arrived appointed by her father for her majority, she established herself in a handsome house in London with her younger sisters, who were many years her juniors. But be fore this period she had lost her guardian and valued preceptor, the illustrious Johnson, whose deathbed she assiduously attended. She frequently dwelt upon, that solemn scene in after years. The .sage at their last interview said, "My dear child, we part for ever in this world, let us part as Chris tians should ; let us pray together. Ho then uttered a prayer of fervent piety and deep affec tion, invoking the blessings of Heaven upon his pupil. When Mrs. Piozzi returned from her long marriage tour her daughters received her dutifully, and though her second marriage had been a severe mortification to them, they continued from the period of her return to England to that of her death, many years after, to show her great kind ness. In the year 1808 Miss Thrale became the wife of George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith, one of the most distinguished of those commanders by whom the naval honours of Great Britain were so greatly exalted during the revolutionary war. As this nobleman was the personal ftiend of the Royal family his wife was soon introduced into the' highest circles. Viscountess Keith, who was in Scotland when. she received tidings of her mother's illness; instantly repaired to Bath to attend her deathbed. Mrs. Piozzi was by birth the heiress of the ancient Welsh family of the Salisbury, but she disinherited her daughter in favour of Signor Piozzi's nephew, a youth from Brescia, whom she adopted, and who was knighted as Sir John Piozzi Sainsbury of Brimhella, in the Vale of Clwyd. Viscountess Keith resided for many years on her husband's property of Tulli allan, in Clackmannanshire, where she was the generous and unwearied benefactress of the poor. In 1823 she became a widow ; and in 1831 her only child, the Hon. Georgiana Augusta Elphinstone, was married to the Hon. John Augustus, Villiers, second son of the Earl of Jersey. By a former wife Viscount Keith had a daughter, Margaret, now Baroness Keith and Nairne, the wife of the dis tinguished French diplomatist, Count de Flahault. Durin g many years Viscountess K e ith h e ld a dis tinguished position, in the highest circle of the fashionable world ; but, for the latter part of her life, she retired altogether from society, and limited her intercourse to a few old and intimate friends. Her time was divided betwenti her religious duties and works of unostentatious andactive benevolence. Few ever did so much for the good of others, or sought so little for their praise: Whilst her strength permitted she used to visit tlie'objects of her bounty at their own homes, and the poor and suffering relieved by ,her ladyship seldom guessed that the quiet lady muffled up in a cloak, who sympathised in their sorrows, and administered so liberally to their necessities, was one of the original foundresses of Almack's, the pupil of one of England's greatest philosophers, and the widow of one of her greatest admirals. Thus she lied for many years, studying the ad vantage of every one but herself—the most devoted. mother, the most generous friend, and the most com passionate benefactress. Until within a few days of her death she enjoyed as much health as the in firmities of her great age allowed. She was attended by her affectionate daughter with the most watch ful care ; and, when the time came for her removal from this world, her last moments were calm and tranquil. _ Besides her daughter already mentioned (the Hon. Mrs. Villiers) Viscountess Keith is survived by two sisters—Miss Thrale, of Ashgrove, near Seveaeaks, and Mrs. Mostyn, resident in Brighton. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY.. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.-THE INDEFEASIBILITY OF AN ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT TITLE. For a considerable period the case " Errington v. Roke" has excited the utmost attention on this side of the water. It has also been made the sub ject of discussion in the Legislature. The matter was this :—Pla;ntiff rested his absolute claim to lands purchased in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1853 on the Parliamentary title which he had re ceived from the Commissioners. A portion of the ground which was the subject of controversy was admitted to be included within the boundaries set forth in the conveyance, but defendant claimed 21 acres as still his property upon a title, of which he was the assigne, containeil in a lease for three lives, or 31 years, made by Mr. Hamilton (the ori ginal owner) on the 19th of March, 1822, and therefore long anterior to the plaintiff's conveyance from the Estat, s Court in 1853. The question, consequently, was whether the Parliamentary con veyance gave an indefeasible title, when the Com missioners professed to convey the land of one party, which, in reality, was the property of an other. The case came before nine of the Irish judges yesterday, by writ of error from the Court of Queen's Bench, where two judges held the title not indefeasible, and one, Mr. Justice Crampton, taking a different view, decided that the convey ance was irrevocable, oven where a mistake as to ownership had been made. The question was reargued at great length. The judges pro nounced their opinions separately. By a large ma jority the Court - concluded that the judgment of the Queen's Bench should be overruled, and that a title granted by the Commissioners of the En cumbered Estates Court was in every circumstance indefeasible. While this decision greatly increases the value of the Parliamentary conveyance, it en hances vastly the responsibility of the Encumbered Court Commissioners ; and, in the case which has elicited the judgment, would seem to have inflicted serious injury on the defendant. Considerable anxiety has prevailed regarding the decision, inas much as other issues of a similar nature have been the determination of the question. THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. LITTLE. • The fund for the family of the late unfortunate Mr. - Little amounts to the gross sum of 1,3431. 14s. 6d., which, subject to some small incidental expenses, is to be lodged to the credit of the Mid land Railway Company, who have consented, for the present, to pay interest at the rate 'of 6 per cent. The fund committee passed a vote of thanks to Sir C. Roney, the result of whose zealous exer tions has been a handsome contribution &Ora friends in England. ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. This delightful suburban retreat will be thrown open to the public on Good Friday, preparatory to the commencement of the Easter season on Monday. Among the various opportunities afforded to tbe inhabitants of the metropolis for the enjoyment of fresh air and a clear sky, there is none for which the return of spring is more eagerly looked forward to, or more thoroughly appreciated ' • and if ever there was an establishment worthy of the support of the metropolis at large for its successful endeavours to counterbalance the disadvantages of a city, as compared with a country life, most certainly it iS Cremorne-gardens. The ensuing season promise; to have its triumphs, and its spirited proprietor has done all in his power, as on former occasions, to deserve them. In every portion of the delightful, grounds the promptings of nove l ty, an d t h e eye o f taste will be. found to have enhanced the attrac' tions they present, while the entertainments will be characterised by the 'same amount of variety and excellence as heretofore. The musical arrange' ments, both vocal and instrumental, will especially claim the visitor's admiration, and the theatre, with its effective.ballet, will materially assist in passing the time agreeably. Bossisio's capital quadrille band is engaged, and the pleasures of dancing will be augmented by the brilliancy of the scene, the mination being of the most tasteful and extensive kind. We have only to add, that the hotel depart ment will be placed on the same satisfactory footing as heretofore, and that a capital table d'hote, adver tised to commence on Friday next, will be' col' tinned throughout the year. Wal not Jury Cast mail Stool Ca n , 646 p©r FPar 25; to th ch Pa ye