The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

H ER, MAJESTY'S THE A.TRE. IL DON GIOVANNI. Madame Alboni.—First Appearance of Signor Belart. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Madame Alboni ; Elvino, Sig. Belart; Count Rod.olpho, Sig. Corsi. Altoa which, will be produced an entirely New Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled LES ROSES. Principal dancers--Madlle. Boschetti (her 2,1 appearance this season). Mcs(llles. S dvioni, bioriacchi, Karliski, Pas quail, and Signor Baratti. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE IL DON GIOVANNI. Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Alboni, Belletti, Beneventano, Corsi, Vialetti, aid Ginglini. The following arrangements have been settled : THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, 23d., LA SONNAMBULA, First appearance of Signor Belart. To-morrow, Wednesday, 24th inst., Benedict's GRAND CONCEPT, Thursday, 25th, Extra Night, DON GIOVANNI. Saturday, 27th, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. MONDAY MORNING, 29th, to commence at one and end at five o'clock. DON GIOVANNI, Divertissement, and Last Act of L t SONNAMBULA. Tuesday, 30th, IL TROVATORE . . On each occasion a Ballet Divertissement, supported by the principal Artistes of the establishment. • LA TRAVIATA will shortly be repeated. Prices for the morning performance as follows : Boxes—Pit and One Pair £4 4 0 I Pit.. £0 8 6 „ Grand Tier 5 5 0 Pit Stalls 1 1 0 „ Second Pair... 33 0 Gallery Stalls O5 0 , Half Circle ' To be had at the Box-office at the Theatre. BENEDICT'S GRAND MORNING CONCER T, at her Majesty's Theatre, on WEDNESDAY, June 24.—Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolaui, Alboni, Giuglini, Berralt, Beneventano, Corsi, Bolletti, &c. ; Miss Arabella Goddard, Messrs. Lindsay Sloper, Benedict, Bazzini, Piatti, Pezzo, and Bottesini will all perform. A selection from Gluck's " Orfeo," the part of Orfeo by Mme. Alboni. The grand finale to " Don Giovanni," with all its scenic effects; and Madlle. Piccolomini in Balfe's popular Ballad, " I dream'cl that I dwelt in marble halls." Boxes (to hold four persons), 2,3, and 4 guineas ; pit stalls, IL ls. ; pit, 7s. ; gallery stalls, ss. ; gallery, 2s. Gd. ; to be had at the principal musicsellers and libraries ; of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester-square ; and attho Box-office at the Theatre. TjES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENC a PLAYS. Last Week but One of the Season. Notwithstanding the great success which has attended the performances of Les B mffes Parisiens, Mr. Mumma, begs to announce that, owing to engagements entered into by M. Offenbach with Lyons and other large towns of France, and being compelled to re-open the Theatre des Eouff3s, in the Champs Elysees, Paris, the present engagement in London must unavoidably terminate at the end of next week. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), June 23, the entertain ments will commence at half-past S o'clock precisely, by the performance of (for the 2d time) MORGUE DE BAR BARIE. M. Caillat, M. Leonce, M. Charles Petit, Madlle. Mareschal. After which, Operette-Eouffe s in nn acte, LES PANTINS DE VIOLETTE: M. Pradeau, Manes. Mareschal and Dal mont, and M. Antonini, To conclude with Buffonnerie Musicale, en un Act, LES DEUX AVEUGLES. M. Pradeau. and fit. Mesmacer. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bauffes will accom pany these Representations, under the' direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. T Ei EATRE-R YA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERTC.iN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; BOXe3, 2s. 6d., 25., and ls. 6.1„; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : -Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Dclavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, 14foffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nimm ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A Wells, E. Moff►tt, 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 Sliaks p:,ian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. no A I E ELATINGRI N THEATRE.ed L w E i S ll S b pe ' rform Shakespere's trAgedy of KIWI RICHARD TEIE SECOND. Ring Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, EL AYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with new drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF AN HOllll. Mr. Bnckstone. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, Dl NA! After which, the successful Classical Love Story, wi der the Apple-lation of ATAL A.NTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples: in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. In future the prices will he: — Orchestra Stalls (which, may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Pr;ce. s. d.' Second price. • s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes `I 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 f' INo half-price to Upper Gal lery. THEATRE RO YAL, ADELf.Hi. Lemee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will he performed IRELAND AS IT IS or, The Middleman. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, OUP GAL. Mrs. B. William. To conclude with BARNEY THE BARON. Mr. Barney Williams. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. Proprietor. Mr John Douglass.—lmmense Success. THIS EVENING, Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in his entirely New Magical Drama, A NIGEIT IN WONDER-WORLD ; or, Magic, Mirth, and Mystery. Producel on a scale of grandeur far surpassing anything that has yet been attempted on the stage. The magnificent Pataphernalia of the most elaborate description. Between the parts of the entertainment Mr. J. G. horde will give his Original Monologue, descriptive of LOVE AND LAW.--No advance in prices. I_STLEY'S ROYAL AMP MTH EAT.RE AND OPERA HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Last Week of the Enzagement of the Opera Company. U TINS EVENING (TESA. DY, June 23), and . 25th, and 27th, Wallice's admired opera of MARITANA, with Eq‘iestrian Illustrations. TO.MOItROW EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Juno 24, and 2Gth, Bellini's charming opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus Braham, Afiss 3!. S6murs, Mr. Brookhom-e Bowler, and Mr. Francis Kirby, and Miss Ellen Thirlwall. Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer—Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Brehm. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's incomparable SCENES in the ABENA. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. • Private Boxes, from 2 ls., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice—During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. BJX office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. WeFt, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow inry of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Deets, (Sze., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, T. Grover, T. Parraut, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri. Senor Antonio M. ile Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield,. jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock 'precisely. Suppers, Cie., until twelve o'clock. HIGII WATER. AT LONDON BREDGZ. TEM DAT—Morn. 29 ruin. aft. 2—Even. 55 min. aft, 2 To MOILIWW—Morn. 40 min. aft. 12-21ven., 9 ca!n aft. 1 111 E WEATHER—Surr OFITIOB, JUNE 23. li 8 111401I1IT&B, IN THE SELDE. 73 — high er tinge noon yestardaY• 60 —lovrost thi s zooming and during thl night. 74 —this dal st noo n . B eatomirrzs, 30.27. . WIND, S.E. ; li g ht s .with find summer weather. I •-_, A ec.- - 4.7 Q% '•.....;ilAta, , ,-- l e c•-• ...- 7 ',,;,- zt - ...--- !.....-4 -i,,,J ~ ......, _ LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1857. Sir CHARLES BARRY *a s again h au l ed over the coals, last evening, in the Lower House of Par liament. As usual to no practical good purp ose whatever in the way of diminishing the old travagant expenditure complained of, loudly_ but still persisted in, pertinaciously ! It is the old, lamentable, muddling, intolerable story all over again :—Parliament grumbling and paying, and Sir CHARLES BARRY all the while (down to the very end of the chapter) entirely unsatisfied. The only possible solution to this bewildering problem, the only credible explanation of this otherwise inscrutable mystery, the only conceivable slue through this most involved and intricate of labyrinths must, wo take it, be the very one hit upon last night by Mr. MALINs, when he said that "this story, in fact, like every other he had ever heard of, has two sides to it !" Beyond all doubt, that is the only imaginable loophole of escape left to us out of all this whirl of " confu sion worse confounded." And, as affording direct corroboration of its easily-conceivable accuracy, we find floating, as it wore, upon the very surface of the squabble the following particulars : Parliament is indignant with Sir CHARLES BARRY because he has already received 54,753/. — whereas not more than 25,0001., at the very utmost, had been originally fixed upon as the amount of his remuneration. Sir CHAs. BARRY, on the other hand, is indignant in his turn be cause, while other architects (as a rule) are paid at the one average rate of 5 per cent. upon the outlay—HE, the architect, not of an individual, but of the Imperial Legislature itself, is remune rated with a beggarly 3 per cent. instead—con trary, as we have said, to the customary scale in his profession. Yes—there are, without doubt, two sides to this story as to all other stories. Mr. Kum was in the right. The Honourable Gentleman has, we repeat, hit it. This, after all, is the only explanation. It is nothing more than a new illustration of a very old comedy—A/lint/re Wrong. Parliament and Sir CHARLES BARRY are both enormously to blame—and yet, at the same time, shamefully illtreated. The architect (for the most part) has received only a paltry 3 per cent. upon the outlay—amounting, it is true, already to the respectable aggregate of considerably more tkan 50,0001. sterling. And the Treasury at the same time has had to bleed (to " drop its blood for drachmas ") to the extent of—well, the sums really are net very easily calculable ! At any rate, with a view to give some faint idea of these enormous disbursements, let us say that one simple estimate, under 300,0001., was originally voted by the House of Commons for this purpose some years back—when it was first proposed to erect the new Legislative Palace at Westminster. Truly " one simple estimate" under 300,0001. ! For in lieu of that sufficing as a maximum— a minimum of 2,000,0001. has already been exceeded ! Then —as we have said nearly 300,0001. was voted as the necessary sum for the construction of the new Houses, or, rather, Palaces of Parliament. In 1854 there was ano ther estimate of 284,0001., just to finish with ! according to the assurance then given to Parlia ment by the late lamented Sir W. MOLESWORTH. Nevertheless, in 1855 there was also voted and spent (beyond that 284,0001.) a huge total of 1,700,0001. And now, in 1857, Ministers have taken another Tote of 162,0001. addi tional ! And even this won't be thd last by any means—we may be sure of it. It would be the extreme of the most ridiculous credulity to imagine it. At any rate there are two or three reflections that come in to our aid— in the midst of all this lavish expenditure—by way of consolation. It is consolatory to remember, for example, that while we are (no doubt of it) paying for the luxury beyond all anticipation— we are building up for the admiration of future times one of the noblest monuments this ago will leave of its splendour, of its wealth, and of its munificence. It is immediately consolatory also for ourselves—forgetting posterity, that is to say, and thinking only of ourselves, of this present generation—it is immediately consolatory to remember that we have an able and conscientious administrator at the head of our public works department—a man who is resolutely bent upon steering a waedium course between the extremes of parsimony and extravagance. It is not yot quite two years since Sir BENJAMIN HALL first occupied his present delicate and responsible position—the right hon. baronet having been appointed to the office on the 24th of July, 1855—and already he has extorted a panegyric from the honourable Member for Lambeth (the recognised successor of Mr. JOSEPH HUME, as the Economical Auditor- General of the Public Accounts), " Wiscouut WILLIAMS," as Punch calls him—W. W. the Incorruptible ! Quoth Mr. Wremarrs, last even ing in the House of Commons, "The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir B. HALL) is, in fact, the first Com missioner of Works who has offered any decided check to Sir CHARLES BARRY." Surely that is saying a great deal—that is giving us some con solation, some immediate and substantial consoln tio❑ ! Sir BENJAMIN is our " check" upon Sir CHARLES BARRY. But while we say this do not let us forget, in extenuation, or, rather, in expla nation, of the conduct of the last-mentioned— the Great Architectural Delinquent and Aderner of the Age—that he (Sir CHARLES BARRY) has had to work onwards, as best he could, through all the grand conglom merated obstructions of our system of circumspec tion ! He has had to act under all sorts of con flicting Committees, and Boards, and Commissions! Under a Committee of Taste, and a Committee of the Fine Arts !—a Committee of Inquiry and a Committee of Supervision !—a Kitchen Com mittee, and a Committee of we don't know what other department ! Consulting now with the Treasury, and now with the Board of Works, and now again with the Treasury —and so on almost interminably. So that if we will have our Go vernment conducted upon the principle of circum locution—very well, in that case, we must con sent to pay the penalty ! The first fruits of the labours of the Statute Law Commissioners, were last night laid before the House of Peers in the shape of Eight bills, conso lidating the laws with respect to larceny (including burglary), malicious injuries fo property, forgery, offences relating to the coinage, the game laws, libel, and the laws relating to the accessories to offences. They are not, it appears, merely consc• lidations, inasmuch as the amendments suggested by the Criminal Law Commissioners have been embodied in the different bills, as if they had already received the Legislative sanction. This is in accordance with a very judicious resolution of the Upper House in 1854. It is to be regretted, however, that the bills only relate to the Statute Law, leaving untouched the Common or unwritten Law. The great object of obtaining the whole law in relation to a particular subject in a single statute, so clear and intelligible that any person may .know what he is required to do— and what he must leave undone, with the nature and extent of the penalties to which he will be liable, in the event of a wrongful act either of omission or commission, will not be completely attained. It will, however, be a decided step in ad vance, a movement in the right direction, from which we may anticipate further improvements that will eventually placo the criminal laws of Zngland in as satisfactory a position as that to Which those of France were elevated by the Code Napoleon. At present the English lawyer is compelled to examine some 50 volumes, of gigan tic dimensions, a large proportion of which have been repealed thers may be regarded as obsolete, while in many instanoes there are con flicting enactments. All those matters must be considered, and, if possible, reconciled. " The glorious uncertainty of the law" is thus produced, and it is clearly impossible for auy man who does not devote his life to the study, to understand the duties imposed on him as a good and faithful subject. And yet by one of those legal fictions, Mill tolerated, oven the most illiterate person is supposed to be thoroughly informed on every point, to have the laws of England at his fingers end, available for his information at any Moment. We are told that, in all, 65 statutes have al ready been prepared, of which those which have just received the first reading may be regarded as fair specimens, and that nine others are now in the hands of the commissioners. This is certainly doing a great deal, and affords a reasonable hope, that, with equal industry, the work may ere long be finished. We want, however, codification, as well as consolidation, and, to our judgment, it ' seems as if the operations could proceed simulta neously and with little additional labour. The people should be able to know what they were bound to obey, and it is notorious that the whole duties of good citizens are by no means contained in all the statutes, voluminous and elaborate though they may be. The Statute Law gives the mere skeleton, which has no vitality until that which has been handed down from time iinmem o rial, and been affirmed by the judicial wisdom of all ages has been fully and fairly incorporated therewith. It can scarcely be anticipated that even the present limited number of bills can receive the legislative sanction during tho present session. The Judges will depart on Circuit within a few weeks, and their advice and opinions may be of paramount importance, besides, there should be ample time for mature and attentive conside ration, which cannot be bestowed, during the busyportions of the year, but which may be given during the recess. We should therefore rejoice if all of the 65 bills now in readiness were introduced and laid before the country, while the work of active legislation may be properly postponed until the commencement of next session. It would be well also, if care were taken that new bills should be so framed as to occasion but little trouble in the way of consolidation. Criminal procedure has, it appears, been post poned, until a decision can be arrived at respect ing the address of the last House of Commons, for the appointment of a Minister and Department of Justice. The appointment of Crown prosecu tors, properly selected, will be indispensable to the administration of the Criminal Law, now about to be consolidated, and, we earnestly hope, codified. At a late hour last night, or rather an early one this morning, Mr. LOWE carried a resolution through a Committee of the whole House, whereon to found a bill for the regulation of Joint Stock Banks, or rather to extend to these establishments the benefit of the Act of last year. It is intended to remove the existing difficulties in the way of the formation of such companies, to ensure a pro per register, which will at once show the contri butories, in the event of any winding-up, and to atop actions against individual shareholders whenever the winding-up process has been insti tuted. So far so good. There is nothing more important to the trade and commerce of the coun try than the possession of banking facilities. Without these indispensable adjuncts Joint-stock Banks can not be properly conducted, and yet under the exist ing laws they are discouraged in every possible way. Almost insuperable obstacles are interposed in the way of the formation of a new company, and when these have at length been overcome, after enor mous troublo and expense, a mere license to trade is all that is granted. They cannot issue a single note, however ample the securities they might be prepered to offer. The law is, in fact, almost prohibitionary; and, notwithstanding the inviting and ample field for competition, the restrictions and liabilities are such that few capitalists will be prepared to embark in banking speculations. One of the most mischievous provisions is that which renders a man liable, both in person and property, and in the latter both to the last shilling and the last acre, and that although he may be the holder of but a few shares, and did not in any degree participate in the management. We regret to say that this evil is to be perpetuated. The well-known views of Mr. LOWE have been appa rently overruled;and that, although the experience of the British Bank would show that the unlimited liability was equally injurious both t 3 the creditors and shareholders. Mr. WYLD, whose efforts iu fa vour of the creditors of that unfortunate concern have been of the most efficient and energetic character, pointed out the inevitable consequencis. Those who would gladly pay a reasonable and definite sum, when they found they were to be stripped of their all and reduced to beggary entered into arrangements to dispose of their , properties and go into perpetual exile. It is indeed difficult t o understand how any wealthy capitalist will face unlimited liability; and there is no reason to doubt that the same principle that prevails in other cases should be made applicable to the share holders in Joint-Stock Banks. This defect in the measure may, however, be amended in a )mmittee, and then the Bill 1.; ill prove of real value to the community. .. The unfortunate and innocent shareholder has also been placed - within many fires. He has been proceeded against, simultaneously, in Chancery and Bankruptcy ; and, as if the con current jurisdictions of these tribunals was not sufficient, he might have his goods seized in execution, by any creditor. Nay, more, the same process might be multiplied a hundred fold, so that the original debts, due to the sharp prac titioners, would be far more than quadrupled. This will henceforward be ameliorated ; but until the principle of limited liability is introduced, and the privilege conferred of issuing (on unquestionable security) notes of convenient denominations, banking will not be placed on a sound or satisfactory foundation, bene ficial alike to the shareholders and the com munity at large. As we have already stated, the measure is good, so far as it gone, but a conside rable addition must be made before it will be ex tensively acted on, or the existing void properly filled. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Thursday next, the 25th inst., at Buckingham Palace. TEE FROZEN DEEP.—Her Majesty has commanded a private representation of Mr. Wilkie Collins's drama of "The Frozen Deep." It will be given on Saturday week at the Gallery of Illustration, the characters being sustained by the original corps of amateur ladies and gentlemen who played in it at Tavistook House. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams last night returned to this theatre for a limited engage ment. No novelties were produced on the occasion. DISTRIBUTION OF THE ORDER OF VALOUR.--.kNOtiCe has been issued that persons applying for tickets of ad mission to the reserved seats, to witness the ceremony of the distribution of the Order of Valour, should send in their applications to the Quartermaster-General, Horse Guards, on or before Wednesday morning. THE GRAND CALEDONIAN FANCY DRESS BALL. — The annual fancy dress ball, under the immediate pa tronage of her Majesty and members of the Royal family, fur the benefit of the Royal Caledonian Asylum and the Royal Scottish Hospital, was given at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, and although it could not be said to be the fulle-1, it was one of the best balls we have witnessed during the last three yeFJ.. The specie from Ameri ca yesterday includes 50,0001. Mexican dollars. Of the gold 50,0001. will be sent to the Bank of France, and 40,0001. has already been pur chased to send to the continent for silver. A consider able portion of the remainder will, perhaps, be taken to he Bank. TiTE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ra v R N JIINE 23, It 57. LATEST NEW s. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. SUCCESS OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. CAVAIGNAC, CARNOT. AND GOUDCHAUX RETURNED FOR PARIS. The following estimates of the results of the Paris elections huve been made up in haste, and may probably be modified by the official declara tion of the ballot FIRST CIRCHINISCRIPTION. Delalain lO, 070 Laboulaye 4, 676 Reynand 1,682 Majority for the Government candidate 5,394 SECOND CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Devinck Bethmont Majority for the Government candidate 1,402 THIRD CIRCUMSCRIPTION. General Cavaignae...... ..... 10,345 Thibaut ... 10,108 Majority for the Republican candidate 237 FOURTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Varin E. 011ivier Gamier Pages Majority for the Government candidate 2,891 FIFTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Carnot 12,031 Monin-Japay 8;426 Majority for the Republican candidate 3,608 SIXTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Goucichaux 13,042 Perrot 10,464 Majority for the Republican candidate 2,578 SEVENTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Lan quetiu Darimon 6, 826 Bastide Majority for the Government candidate 3,783 EIGHTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Le pelletier 13,820 Navin Jules Simon Majority for the Government candidate 3,787 NINTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Konigswater F. Lasteyrie Majority for the Government candidate 4,541 TENTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Dr. Veron 15,417 Eugene Pelletan Majority for the Government candidate 8,197 In the first, the fourth, and the seventh circum scriptions the elections will commence again on Sunday, there not being an absolute majority for one candidate over both the others put together. The third circumscription, which has elected General Cavaiguac, consists of the quarter of the Palais Royal and that of the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, with the faubourgs Montmarte and St. Denis. The fifth circumscription,' for which M. Carnot is returned, comprises the quarters of the Porte St. Martin, the Temple, St. Martin des Champs, and a portion cf Belleville. MARSEILLES, JUNE 22. The steamship Blidah has been wrecked at the mouths of the Ebro. The passengers were saved. News from Egypt, due on the 13th instant, has been reesived. The harvest is abundant. In Persia, the Minister of the Shah has caused the Affghan Prince of Herat, who had been taken prisoner, to be decapitated ; he also wished to exe cute the brother-in-law of the Shah, who wa,F. ac cused of holding a correspondence with the English Minister during the war ; but the French ambassa dor succeeded in obtaining a commutation of the sentence, by pointing out that these condemnations were a violation of the stipulations of the treaty. THE PENINSULAR MAILS (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, has arrived with Peninsular mails, and dates from Gibraltar, June 16 ; Cadiz, 17 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Vigo, 20. She brings 61. passengers, specie value 2,465/., and cargo of oranges, eggs, lemons, potatoes, SL . c. Gibraltar Exchanges, on the 13th, were quoted London, 50a ; Paris, 5 37 ; Marseilles, 5 38 ; Madrid, 1 dis. Off Cape Roca, on the lt9h, she passed the steamer Vasco de Gama, for Lisbon. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Sultan lef Vigo, fur Lisbon, on the 20th. Off the Start, on the 22J, the Alhambra passed the brig Vesta, the Patrician, and the ship William Pierre, of North Shields, with loss of figure head and part of cutwater, wishing to be reported. The American barque Nevada, with the first of the 100 guns from the A mer i can peop l e f or th e fortress of Alessaudria, in Sardinia, arrived at Gibraltar on the 12th, and left on the 16th for Genoa. The screw steamer Hydaspes left Lisbon for Brazil at daybreak on the 11th. The Royal Mail steamer Avon arrived. at Lisbon, and left for Brazil, on the 14th. Exchanges at Lisbon, for three months on Lon. don, 53/ , ; Paris, 5 34; Genoa, 5 32 ; Hamburg, 47 ; Amsterdam, 411. Stock continued at the same prices as by the previous mail, but with a slight tendency to im prove. The Lisbon House of Deputies had agreed to place 22,0001. at the disposal of the King for his marriage expenses, and to settle 60 (ontos (about 13,5004) upon the Queen per year. The debate on the Budget was expected to be closed on the 20th. The Cortes were to be pro rogued till the 30th June. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.—SOUTHAMPTON, Mon day.—The European and American Company's steamer Queen of the South bas arrived from Bremen, on her way to New York. She ran down the bri g Atalanta, of Southampton, in the Channel l as t n i g ht. The Atalanta sunk. All hands on board of her were saved, with the exception of one boy, who was drowned. The Queen of the South sustained no damage. VISIT OF THE ARCHDUKE FERDINAND MAXIMILIAN TO PORTSMOUTH.—Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, his Imperial Highness the Archduke Maximilian arrived at the Royal Clarence-yard, and was received by the usual authorities, naval, military, and civil. His Imperial Highness witnessed shell, shot, and congrevo rocket practice from the Excellent, against targets placed at various ranges. The divisional and broadside practice gave the highest satisfaction. The rockets were not well laid nor their range accurately adjusted. His Imperial Highness, having inspected the dockyards, returned to ' town by special train. CRICKET.—THE UNITED ALL ENGLAND V. SIXTEEN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—This match Was commenced at Lord's yesterday, and the following will show the result of the first day's play :—Cambridge, first innings, 128 ; United, first innings (four wickets stand. ing), 70. SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, William Bushell, aged 50, a mariner, who resided at Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, Whitechapel, swallowed arsenic with intent to commit suicide, and expired a short time after his admission to the London hospital. INFANTICIDE AT CAMDEN TOWN.—Yesterday the in quest on the body of the child who was found dead the towing-path of the Regent's Canal was ',— close. The jury returned a verd;^` against Mary Maddon 4 ' absconded. ~.ought to a of wilful murder cud mother of tho child, who has LITERATURE. In wipinoi this knowledge f v er oilitz presented see: No: introduced ttrrec l l o l d4a r do : flr t iobecru : h ri at c i 1 has Deocittilihsalilc played heit . The Two Aristocracies. A Novel. By Mrs. Gore de s wers. her usual s ling sketches of .high life, with which her former only instancet I. to o t o t n e asopf veryk her- writings abound, but also to many other scenes of the working-day world. The chief object of in terest is the manufacturer, Mark Barneson, whose career is traced, from his first entry as a junior clerk, to his subsequent reception as a partner in the firm of Lambert, then one of the most im portant in the country. The principal point in this work is the description of the war that arose be tween the rival classes—the pride of wealth against the pride of birth. This peculiar feeling is very ably traced in its many ramifications. Mark Barneson himself was an honest, upright man, one not inclined to bear malice or hatred, and not dis posed to let his interests clash or interfere with those of others separated from him in the social scale. However, circumstances, to which all must succumb, forced this man of the people into the circles of haut tone Although alien to his nature was the contact, he maintained his native dignity of deportment, and, by disclaiming, rather than seek ing, advances, he left no room for the most censo rious to call him upstart or officious. He did rot escape unharmed from the conflict notwithstand ing, for what he shunned for himself had become necessary for his daughter. In the intercourse with their wealthy neighbours they had met the Mar quis of Ullesmere. One of his younger sons, Lord Bernard Vere, and Barbara, the only daughter of Mark Barneson, had formed an attachment to each other. Atfirst, by the mutual consent of the elders of the- circle the idea of a union between such opposite interests was negatived, but as time passed on, and Mr. Barneson discovered that in spite of change of scene his beloved Barbara drooped and pined, a change took place. In a spirit of princely magnificence he formed his plans, resolved that his daughter should enter tho family of the Veres, gifted with a dowry that would eclipse in splendour the marriage portions of the noblest houses of the land. For a time all went well. The Marquis of Ullesmere was delighted, and although depressed by the line of demarcation that would henceforth be drawn be tween himself and his child, AI ark rejoiced to see light again sparkle in her eyes, and hope reanimate her drooping spirits. The plan was not fated to be happily realised; various untoward events occurred which, at first trifling, gradually assumed a form of greater consequence, and presented an aspect of the darkest dye. It was thus rendered impossible to the worthy manufacturer to pay down to the trus tees the sum agreed upon at the time of Barbara's marriage. The junior partner of the firm of Lam bert was a man of a most evil nature. Partly from being of an unsuspicious character himself, and partly from being sometimes bewildered by family affairs, Mark Barneson had permitted too much latitude to this man. Ferrier, as he was called, was the last being in whom such a trust should have been reposed. He speculated with the money he ab stracted during the absence of the master, which was discovered only when heavy losses of another sort obliged an immediate and unexpected super vision. Fortunately, by the assistance of friends he had made during his long and upright career, the establishment of Barneson was saved from ruin; but great were the difficulties he had to undergo. Although relating to the details of trade, the strug gles he underwent, and the various attendant inci dents, are possessed of great interest, and may not be deemed unworthy of attention in the pages of a novel, which are usually dedicated to the history of a romantic existence overshadowed with senti mental sufferings. The character of Rhoda, Lady Arden, is very well pourtrayed. She was the eldest daughter of Matthew Lambert, the original proprietor of the firm. It was by her ambitious marriage that the intercourse with the higher classes was begun which subsequently led the unfor tunate Mark into so many difficulties. Her life was a most unhappy one, chiefly through her own faults, and her constant struggles with pride and passion, her fear of her husband's discovery of the dark secret connected with her fatuity, and her rage at learning that she had a rival in his attentions, are all traced with a skill and energy that arrest attention. A striking contrast was her sister, " poor . pretty little Lettice," who was the wife of Mark Barneson, and whose early death rendered him doubly devoted to their daughter. "The Two Aristocracies" may be expected to rival in favour the former productions of this popular autheres=, there being many materials to work from, and great skill employed in the labour. The Professor. By Curror Bell, author of "Jane Eyre," &c. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. A new work by a writer of remarkable powers and singular susses , , must always excite in the minds of its readers an unusual amount of interest and expectation. In the present instance the inte rest is increased by the mournful circumstances attending its publication. Though the first work that was really intended for the public, it is the last that they will ever receive from the hand of its gifted authoress. This combination places it in a manner beyond the pale of censorious criticism. It would be unfair to expect from her earliest produc tion of any importance, the same finished style or developed p owers that meet us in " Shirley" or " Villette ;" and while thus claiming the indul gence due to a first work it would be impossible to criticise with severity, or censure with harshness the latest publication of a genius so original and vigorous, of an author tried by so many disappoint ments and shackled by so.many cares. It will be remembered by those who have read the interest ing memoir of its lamented author, recently given to the public by Mrs. Gaskell, that the three sisters having each prepared a tale for publication, tried to obtain a publisher. After many delays the two youngest were successful, and "Wuthering Heights" and "Agnes Grey" were accepted by a publishing-firm ; but " The Professor" was not so fortunate. It went a weary round of unsuccessful applications, and the author was at length forced to lay it aside unpublished, In her preface she attributes these failures to the unro mantic structure of the narrative. ‘• I said to myself that my hero should work his way through life as I had seen I\l%l living men work theirs —that he should never get a shilling he had not earned —that no sudden turns should lift hico in a moment t) wealth and high station ; that whatever small compe tency he might gain, should be won by the sweat of his brow ; that before he could find so much as an arb to sit down in, he should ma s t er at least half the ascent of " the Hill of Difficulty ;" that he should not even marry a beautiful girl or a lady of rank. As Adam's son he should share Adam's doom, and drain through out life a mixed and moderate cup of enjoyment. "In the sequel, however, I found that publishers in general scarcely approved othis system, but would have liked something more imaginative and poetical—some thing more consonant with high wrought fancy, with a taste for pathos, with sentiments more tender, elevated, unworldly. Indeed until an author has tried to dispose of a manuscript of this kind, he can never know what stores of romance and sensibility lie bidden in breasts he would not have suspected of caskoting such treasures. Men in business are usually thought to prefer the real.; on trial the idea will often •be found fallacious ; a pas sionate preference for the wild, wonderful, and thrilling —the strange, startling, and harrowing—agitates divers souls that show a calm and sober surface." We are informed in a note by Mr. Nicholls that this preface was written by Currer Bell, with a view to the publication -of the work shortly after the appearance of Shirley but that, being dis suaded from her intention,. she made some use of the materials in Villette. As the two stories are, in most respects, unlike, it has been represented to him that " The Professor" should not be withheld from the public. As its name( implies, and as the reader may divine, it narrates the fortunes of an English teacher in a Belgian school. The story, which is told in the form of an autobiography, opens by in troducing us to its hero in the capacity of clerk, in the counting-house of his elder brother. His mother, a member of an aristocratic family, had mar ried a man engaged in trade, to the disgust and anger of all her relatives. Both died young, leaving two sons. Edward, the eldest, followes his father's profession and amasses a fortune. William Creems worth, the hero, is educated by his uncles, who offer him a profession _ which he rejects, and angry words ensue. Irritated by their contemptu ous allusions to his father, he declares he too would be a tradesman, and joining his brother accepts a place in his counting-house. There he meets with tyranny, insult and neglect, although performing his duties with industry and credit. By the inter vention of e, Mr. Hunsden, a wealthy merchant, he leaveft his. brother and 'goes to Brussels to ob tain employment. He secures the post of English professor in a Belgian boys' school, and subse quently•in a young ladies' establishment. After variouS minor incidents ho falls in love with a sub: teacher, half-Swiss half-English, named Frances Henri. After some delays-they are married, esta blish a school, realise a competence, and come to England to spend their days in peace. Such is the plot of "The Professor," in which it will he seen the authoress has rigidly adhered to her determination of' avoidin2 the romantic and extravagant. But her great _Power has always been shown in strik ing the spark of romance from the cold steel of daily life, in investing the plain and unattractive with all the interest of heroes and heroines, in ronsi, the commonplace from its mediocrity, and painting life not as it is to the many, but to sen sitive,! earliest, and reserved spirits like her own. The Professor evidently partakes of her character ; he may not have been intended to do so, but in cidental touches, and occasional descriptions prove the similarity. Edward, the elder brother, is one of those unmitigated characters that the Bronte sisters loved to paint ;—without the slightest trace of natural feeling, unrestrained by any social proprie ties, and alike devoid of heart and destitute of prin ciple. Mr. Hunsden, the manufacturer, is the most original character in the bJok, though scarcely the most successful. He is a compound of contradic tions ;• he does William Creemeworth many services but adds to them such vulgar taunts, and officiou3 comments on his personal affairs, that they can scarcely be regarded As benefits, He bears some resemblance to the Yorke family in Shirley, and perhaps was drawn from the same prototype, as those singular„ beings. His name, Yorke guns den, would seem to indicate an intentional simi larity. As for the foreigners pourtrayed, Miss Bronte had the right to be a good authority, and a correct portrait painter, having lived for se veral years, both as teacher and pupil in a Belgian school, but it can only charitably be hoped either that she was particularly unfortunate in her asso ciates, or that she has unconsciously drawn them a little darker than life, deepening their levity into vice, their lethargy into stupidity. There is a whole gallery of foreign portraits, and but two are not unfavourable. These exceptions are M. Yanderhuten, a good-natured quiet Garman, and Mlle. Henri, before alluded to. The boys' school are stolid and stubborn, their master is dissipated and treacherous. The girls' school is even worse, and their mistress, though shrewd and clever, is not troubled with much principle. Mlle. Henri is a pleasing, yet spirited character. She is one of Caner Bell's most attractive heroines. The tale is told with clearness and vigour, its actors are de picted in a few strong touches, sometimes hard, sometimes bitter, rarely gentle or soft. The style, as the style of the author always has been, is earnest, powerful, and sincere. A strong truth telling spirit that spurns the subterfuges and deceit of conventionalisms and hypocrisy is evident in every page. But she has not learned to sheathe the iron hand in the velvet glove. Words and phrases occur, which a more cultivated taste would have rejected, and give a shade of coarseness to a page that has no need of such artificial strength. ,Recalling the incideutA of its author's troubled existence, the reader will not marvel at the dark and gloomy thoughts and views of life so often traced in its pages. Doubtless the worst characters we meet with were drawn from thelife—not from the writer's visions. They showed her all that is good and noble and attractive, which otherwise she could scarcely have ponrtrayed. Trouble and suffering have ended for her now ; the noise of the world's approbation no longer meets her ear ; it only remains for those she has so often thrilled and gratified to receive with con sideration and kindness the last offering of a genius so rare and powerful, fettered by every obstacle that natural temperament and individual circum stances could oppose to its progress. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) 'LONDON, Jane 23.—Wind this day at noon, E.; light breeze, and fine. SOUTHAMPTON, Jane 23.—Arrived—Alhambra (s.s.), from Gibraltar , do. PLYMOUTH, June 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Ma finer, from Sierra Leone for Sheerness. FALMOUTH, June 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived----Dee Bran, from Scala Nova ; Agile, Macao. OFF FALMOUTH, Jane 22.—Arrived--San Fernando, from Cuba. SWANSEA, June 2.—Wind E. —Arrived—jeune Henri, from Rochelle ; Wm. Nicholson, Cuba ; Nolant, Gibral tar. 8 Aled—Dolphine, for Cape of Good Hope. FOWEY, June 21. Wind W.—Arrived—Plover, from Singapore for Dordt. QUEENSTOWN ' . June 22.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived— Scott, from Callao ; Refuge, Alexandria. CLYDE, June 22.—Arrived—St. Elrac, from Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, June 23.—Wind Brougham, for Sierra Leone. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wind calm, and fine. Arrived—Pot:thous, from Llanolly ; Fanny, Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N. W. Arrived—Saxon, screw steamer, from Hamburg; Eugene, Ostend ; Fama Kerina, Bordeaux._ _ Off—'Ann Martin, Anne Jane, Ann Bridson; Eliza Stewart Hudson. Sailed—Confidence, for Messina ; Marie, Elsinore ; Orion, War Cloud, Calcutta; Vanguard, New York. - QUEENSTOWN, June 21. _. . Wind S. Arrived—Ariadne, from Matanzas, Liverpool; Refuge, from Alexandria. CROOKHAVEN, June 20. Arrived—Lord William Bentinck, from Africa. DUBLIN, June 22. Arrived—Florence Nightingale, from Stettin. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m._ _ Calm; tide ono hour's flood ; fine. _ Ai rived, June 22—Leo, from Frederisa; Paris and London, steamer, Paris ; Planet, steamer, Hamburg ; Ellen, Jamaica ; Alliance, St. Vincent. Arrived, June 23—Furet, from Gravelines ; Paris and. London, steamer, Gravelinea. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a.m.. Wind N.E. ; light. Passed—Alfred the Great, from London, for Liverpod DOVER, Monday, June 22.—1 t is reported that a large steamer, the Durham, of London, for Sierra Leone, went on shore at an early hour this morning (at about 1 a.m ), during the fog, near Dungeness. We are not aware whether any serious damage has re sulted from the accident, but from the absence of in telligence respecting her it is probable that she bas succeeded in getting off, and has proceeded on her voyage. . CHILD MURDER IN HYDE-PAUL—SAGACITY OP ADoG. —Yesterday Mr. Bedford the coroner, received informa tion from the police of the murder of an infant, which had that morning been discovered in the Serpentine River by a large Newfoundland dog, which dragged the body, contained in a bundle, to the bank of the river. THE TEA TRADE, Jane 22,—The deliveries in Lon don, estimated for the week, were 681,323113., being a decrease of 7,0091 b. compared with the previous state ment. The Lisbon letters of the 15th state that the House of Deputies had unanimously approved the bill presented by the Finance Committee for placing 100 ((sates (24,0000 sterling at the disposal of the King of Porta gal, for the expense of his Majesty's marriage, and of settling a dowry of 60 contos (13,0001. sterling) per annum upon the new Queen—a very liberal sum for a country like Portugal. THE Moons.—Throughout the winter grouse have been in fine condition—their plumage glossy, flight vigorous, and the well-known crowing of the cocks loud and clear. Oo all low moors the young broods are strong, counting from eight to ten in a covey. A. sports man, well known for great feats on the moors and in the deer-glens, writes from his shooting-quarters on the 4th of June :—" Grouse are quite healthy, and stags are getting very forward in condition. I expect better herds -this season than we have seen for the last three or four years."—lnverness Courier. Toe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and heard as application for the prolongation of patent (" Warlich's Patent Fuel"). Present—Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Dean of the Arches Court, Sir J. Patteson, Sir W. Maule, and Sir E. Ryan. HARBOUR OF REFUGE AT TILE CAFE.—By the advices received to-day from the Cape of Good Hope, it appears highly probable that the proposition to construct a Harbour of Refuge at Table Bay will be carried out. The intended works, which meet with the approval Of the hbme Government, will cost 1,000,000/. which the colony appears desirous of repaying, by an amended tariff of wharfage rates on goods landed or shipped in Table Bay, in preference to any duty which might tend to affect the trade of the port. A WARNING TO SIPPERS.—With reference to the fire which broke out on board a lighter in the St. Bathe rine'e Docks, by some bottles of nitric acid in one of the packages becoming, broken, proceedings it is understood have been commenced against the shippers by the Cus tom-house authorities, the Dock Company, and other parties. A culpabisi and highly dangerous infringement of the Customs' regulajone has been committed, which might have been attended with the most serious conse quences both to life and pror,:ty. BOXIANA.—The contest for do; chainpionship, which Came off on Tuesday, between P l ';afessor Sayers and Tipton Slasher, Esq., has set me thinki2g about the na tionality of the pastime, and how easily it might be proved that an Englishman was thoroughly a "boxer," independently of his pugilistic pretensions. MO he is first spoken of as a little " chatterbox," or " saucehcx," boxes of toys, and, of course, a Jack-in-the-box, furnis:: his amusements. In boyhood the summit of juvenile felicity is attained when he becomes sole proprietor of a " boxer" peg-top, obtained, perhaps, from the face tious uncle, who speaks of his head as a "knowledge box." A musical-box delights his ear, and for bringing it down in his school-box, and making it play when he ought to work, many a box does the same ear get in consequence. Ilia first start from home is likely to have bent made on the " box-seat "of a coach, by the aide of a driver in a " box-coat," and using a box-handled whip, and to economise his pocket money he has frequently contrived to "box Harry." If he goes to sea, he must box the compass ; in the army, he will learn how much depends upon the cartridge-box," and in the medical profession upon the " pill-box ; " while his fame as a lawyer might often be traced direct to the " witness-box " and the jury -box," when the recognition of his success is made by presenting him with a " box of some kind or other. His prosperity puts him in possession of an " opera- box," a " hunting box or a " shooting -box," in the vicinity of Bexhill, or Boxmoor, or reached b y rail through the Box Tunnel. The resp ecta bility of a neighbourhood depends upon the amount dispensedin " Christmas Boxes" (authorities Turncock and Postman), and t h e true people's holiday is "Boxing-night. The ballot-b ox is believed to be the panacea for all political grievances, and the band-box is generally the source of all d omest i c ones. Out of the " 'loacco-box" and the "snuff-box" man derives his consolation. The happiness or misery of each depends upon what he finds in his " letter-box;" and the troubles that perplex his life only cease when he is " boxed up." Who, after this, will doubt that all the world's a box, and all the men and women merely boxers? Certainly not The Man About Town. THE FOUND ±R OF THE ANGLO-INDIAN EMPIRE. On this very day ono hundred years ago the magnificent Empire of Britain in the East was founded by the genius and daring of a single man. To that man, after this lapse of years, it is now proposed to erect a monument, and a meeting will this morning be held to put the design in .proper 'train. Our words are not overcharged. Beyond doubt the valour and abilities of thousands have been expended on the maintenance and extension of that dazzling structure of power which has risen on the Ganges ; beyond doubt we owe it to the unceasing efforts of our statesmen and soldiers that this marvellous fabric of conquest has been steadily consolidated and enlarged. Our position could only have been preserved by the sa me arts which acquired it ; but, if ever a mighty revolu tion could be attributed to a single man, that mail was Robert Clive. In the year 1757 the potentate known as the, Great Mogul was still enthroned at Delhi, nor had his power been curtailed by any encroachments but those of his own vassals. These vassals, however , were established in independent sovereignties, and of such sovereignties the most splendid was that 0 f Bengal—a province to this day retaining a suPre macy in dignity and wealth. The residence of th e i Nabob, or virtual monarch, of the territory WaS. 3 Moorshedabad ; it was only in some .factories near the sea that a few traders, less secure than even the British merchants at Ctutouf represented the interests of England. I n the province of Madras the British pryvrer was more assured and developed, th 044% there only through the self-same agen o ,l e : which were soon to establish it in Bengal. CIO" had gone out to Madras as a clerk, had found ° enemies of England in the ascendant, and had 11 a series of military exploits, in which the captor's and defence of Arcot stood brilliantly conspicuous , ' retrieved and exalted the credit of our arms. Be v ' India was not to be won in Madras. It was on the Ganges that the great prize was to be gained, and to this famous scene of r omance an d riches tu° calamities of his countrym en soon summonev•, Ci ive. Surajah Dowlah, the Nabob of Bengal, was! youth about 20 years of age, with more than the average follies and vices of Oriental Royalty. Out of caprice, or wantonness, or malic e , he marelo' from his capital with a powerful force against oar little settlement at Fort William, and finding 11° , Clive in the garrison, carried the place and sacka l , it. This was on the 20th June, 1756. In the nigh' which ensued occurred that dreadful tragedy, eve! now related with horror, when upwars of lov Englishmen were smothered in the Black Holes while the Nabob was reposing after his conquest.; The capture of the settlement and the miseries 0 ' the British were communicated with all speed t f the superior power then established at Madfl but it was only in the first week of August 0, 4 intelligence—now transmissible in a dozen sewn —reached Fort St. George from Fort The alacrity of the authorities, however, could O a be surpassed in the present ay, for in eight ali o forty hours it was resolved to despatch a f or A c r to the relief of the sufferers, and in Decere"" ft Calcutta witnessed the arrival of 1,000 Europss; soldiers, 1,500 Sepoys, and Robert Clive. Ina fe " c i days the Commander had recovered the fort i' s , c retrieved our position ; but such a victory 1 0 insufficient, and to the mind of Clive it did not se one extravagant to project the dethronement of a Pri, 13 1 , 0 who ruled over 30 millions of subjects and „" f io fairest provinces of Hindostan. With his Ef force he marched towards Moorshedabad, and t' c f followed that momentous crisis in which the fat e India was to be determined. Surajah Dowlah had advanced from his eaP i h o as far as Plassy—a town lying a few miles to east of the Soorool station on the East Indian 113 „ e way. A river separated the two armies, and Ow r i f uncertain of his position, and suspecting treachieda in those who had promised treason, had to d ec whether he would stake the lives of his whole ib e r t i c and the very existence of British power in a h a " t i l , with an adversary possessing 50 times his stre n ke The Nabob had 40,000 infantry, not altoget'ot ignorant of European discipline, 15,000 es ol , le c li cavalry, composed of the same material from 'rule we raise our own irregulars, and 50 guns of lie calibre. Clive had a single English Regimen t / -u rc , 39th, mustering some 900 men, about 100 pean Artillerymen, half as many British sal l ° . , t and some 2,000 Sepoys. It was a terrible m ou lt; for no man then knew the relative prowess of Yle lish and native troops, and it was for Clive to nl e the discovery at the hazard of his all. Never befo that time, or after it, was he known to hesits t l but he now called a Council of War, and, v( 11 , 5 0 was still more extraordinary, he concurred in t t , natural resolution of such a meeting not to flg,l lo But after the Council broke up he retired frov i yd.. tent and communed in solitude with a better sej viser—his own daring spirit. The result apP o3 c l presently in a decisive order that the army eh ° pass the river. There was nothing but this decision requi,recier; The mountain vanished as he approached it. 1 1' e d. was no fight, no struggle—scarcely any bloodsPil O He had taken the leap in the dark, and lie ec o t, himself, firm and unassailable, upon his ' s o il With a loss of 20 men on his own side andf t so 500 on the side of his antagonist, he had upse t ;' dominion of the Viceroy and transformed the lish from tenants at will of Fort William ilit c V s lo vernors of Bengal. From that hour our if Ar position in India was changed, and a career of tet e quest was inaugurated which difficulties and dig r ye have occasionally attended, but which no I ' 6 ' l '9o has ever checked. The great Empire, of the yr was opened to us by the victory of this very to t. by the audacity and , discernment which led go ( talion against a host which detected the / I ° . ` o ir ness of a barbaric show, and counted with c ° o jt dente on the British bayonet. Many have alai: since, but Clive led the way. Others, 0 0 0 0$ lesly at Assaye, like Lake at Laswarree,, font Gough at Chillianwallah, have encountere u ., cot e more terrible realties, but Clive first aclvancects. rageously against a monster on the perilous sr eo e. lation of finding a phantom. He founded the r j o s tation of the British arms, and with this repot! ire the Empire of the East. It was not only thab o d rich province of Bengal passed into our harlds , ,i c ol gave us at once territorial dignity and moyare',{ls power, but the example had been set and the P o e, marked out. Clive has had many noble suc cess but the honour due to a founder is his alone. on And what is that he has founded I Not ony e y dominion from which we may import at our Poe sure almost all the precious commodities of,„ d • world, but an empire in whi ch thousands of Pt."? lishmen of every generation c an find sco p e for o'4, enterprise and recompense for their toil. co l onie s, and commerce have not been of more Seci vice to us than this famous land, which does 1 „ . ° 1 ) it is true, pour forth gold and diamonds, but W ill :el ! by providing for the natural expansion of al 3 , o " r e venturous race, effects more than the mines of -L o il could accomplish for the progress of the n ation! oo y. the happiness of the country. We need neve r . 1 De for revenue from India. 'No tribute that could%,ll paid by one State to another would be half eclaio in value to such n field of advancement as 113 of supplies, and at this very time, indeed, soil Leo the latest exertions of our legislators have ."tioe occnpied in stimulating the honourable ar obl h id of youth by a better prospect of those prizes vi 4 7 ] ,o Clive first opened to Britain a century ago. 1 ,0 0 England then needed in the East was a mall t l l io could so far outstrip his contemporaries as to i so a true measure of Englishmen and Asiatics,., e r could extend his views beyond the horizon o f P ",,sig cantile contentment, who could dare everYtPtijti before daring had been found safe, and who e i) t ono realise by the inner vision of genius a conqu ils ol l wonderful as to surpass ordinary belief. Ttiat o wc was forthcoming in Robert Clive, and all tu oc er nation owes to a founder of el - npire and a pi° of glory is due from us to his memory.—Times* MAST NEWS.—ahiz Day.) HAY MARKETS. tio' . ' SmrnIFIELD.-31eadow hay, 21 10 s to 4/ Os ; olov,loos' 31 lOs to 51 O 3 andstyrvawha,yl,/ 2l 12s 11 10s 1 4 0 € 3 45 1 0 : 010 Almoderato supply, and a sluggish trade. ilet C UMBERLA ND. —Meado do., 3/ 105 to ol Os ; and str aw , 11 6 s:to 11 105 P 00 O Trado steady. Aof7 W Et rrEositrzt. — Aleadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os ; load' do., 3/ 10a to 51 5s ; and straw, 11 6s to 11 103 Pe r A fair demand. 1 1 TEA.—The market i• s C v O e L ry ONIA quiet, p ; no transactfors ur* / ' 9 0/ .. importance havi ng b een re p or ted, a nd p r i ces ar e 1,101."-be; SUGAR.—The dealings by private contract hav e itr very limited, and there were no speculative purchase s S oo for home us e or f or ex portation. Prices generally 0 14 slight do wnwar d t en d e ncy. During the week theroved large quantities announced for public sale. The 0 market is quiet at barely former quotations. „1 0 0 t r, COFFEE.—The demand still continues active for Atbr tion Ceylon, and full rates are readily realised. 0 0 1. descriptions are also in request at high values, 11°'4,18' standing large quantities are announced for public cv tition. ' r te RlCE.—There is very little business doing . B Y P teo, contract dealings have taken place at about former ro e ill • RUM. The market is very quiet, with no chavg prices to report. A and l L o v. an e e a u ct r i r v e e nt. P.Y.C. on thedemandferpreserll livery,T ; prices —There i s are 61s. 6d. to 625. ; last three months, 575. 9d. ; and melted, 58s. per cwt. The stocks at the present tre e about 8,000 mks less than at the same period last r" i o I;tLLer Market dency, al The Pale Which wi The Rail pearanee leading s The CI pointed shares of ines in tl The Fi opened ance. have bee of the pi of Sugar heavy. but stead variation Circular, " The t last week, the state c no movem there was Oct.. and Rs, is pa flay liner( June, d2q rately, 58: The p the rate discussed sons pied Thursda3 presumeC existing consider place in c affairs in there is the gene] certainly by its `coerce c tion of exercised branches would bE when th general cially if prise is to promo evil is c taken, a Species 01 The a] Banking favourab of the ye; the direc of 12 per factory a the mini] A brand report w for ttie p' to 400,0( been obt, There bard- s tre wants of plied. hence th tained. The l tolerably absence has tran large ac advices f market, depende. Hong easy in obtainin official r 93i I. Reduce( 18 1-16. Bank S Busin quiet, b prices. the 4 pe are 89i, 65g. The f Stocks: 22i 3; Cents., Russiai 98 100 Deferre Passive The been of excepti ation. Norfoll Westei 55., an previoi MUT] Bank E 3 per I New 3 Long J Ditt Consol Bull ' P 1 Dania Ditl Evad Po ,/ 00] Dal firardh jut Sptni Tarki Dit olt &lc] 13( LABI next boot the 1 viz. cow boot be a well abo, crea poll; can,