The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-25 00:00:00

TTER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1837. In announcing the arrangements for another season, the Director of her Maje-ty's Theatre cannot but refer, with sin cere gratitude, to the success which attended his efforts, un der very trying circumstances, in the season of 1856. Dramatic Opera, which in every foreign State is fostered by Government aid, is, in this country, denied the support which is extended to other departments of art ; and it is to the patronage of the upper classes, who have rallied round the establishment, that the country owes the prosperity of a noble lyrical institution, which no unsupported individual efforts could maintain in a manner worthy of its old renown. In acknowledging the munificent assistance which enabled him to conquer the unprecedented difficulties of last year, the Director cannot sufficiently express his grateful appreciation of the delicacy with which it was bestowed. Support was freely and nobly accorded for the sole purpose of insuring the prosperity of the institutioa, and the counsel which added to its value was never accompanied by a word to shackle the die retion or impair the authority of the direction. To this the success of the past season is greatly owing ; and from the generous confidence w_th which the subscribers have renewed their subscriptions for the present year, without awaiting the publication of the annual programme, the Director derives the assurance that he has not altogether disappointed the patrons of the theatre, and that he may rely on the continu ance of the cordial encouragement by which he has been hitherto upheld, and under which it is hoped still higher triumphs may be achieved than were immediately attainable on the restoration of the establishment. The enthusiasm which welcomed the re-opening of her Ma jesty's Theatre was not confined to the subscribers. The hearty interest and genuine appreciation displayed by the audiences who thronged the house from the first night to the closing farewell demand the warmest thanks of the Director, which ho will endeavour practically to express by renewed efforts in the service of the public. The Director is most anxious to acknowledge how much he is indebted to Maddle Piccolomini and all the artistes whose talents contributed to the success of last year, not merely f)r those efforts of genius which won the sympathy and admira tion of the subscribers and the public, but for that high artistic feeling and honourable fidelity which secured the audience from disappointment, and enabled the Direction to produce the entertainments promised for each evening with out a single change of performance—a fact without precedent irt Operatic history. The advantages peculiar to her Majesty's Theatre—its cen tral position, and associations now more than a ce n t ur y old —give to it , a natural pre-eminence of which no occasional circumstances can ever permanently deprive it. These ad vantages will be turned to account by a Company combining the prestige of acknowledged genius with the attraction of new candidates for the highest rank of their profession. Those who last year won favour at the hands of strangers will re appear to claim the cordial recognition which an English audience never refuses to established favourites ; and the direction has been further strengthened by au accession of new aspirants of the highest order, whose merits are already acknowledged on the stages of Italy, and who only await the verdict of the subscribers and frequenters of her Majesty's Theatre to confirm their fame. Although, in an Establishment especially devoted to Italian Opera, the compositions of Italy will naturally predominate, the gems of other schools will not be neglected. Ballet will continue to be supported by the most famous of established Artistes and the most promising of those who are ambitious of the same distinction. It is hoped that the organisation of every department will prove completely worthy of that state of renewed prosperity to which her Majesty's Theatre has now attained. The following are the arrangements already completed : OPERA. Madame ALBONI, Mdle. MARIA SPEZIA (Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fenice, Venice ; San Carlos, Lisbon, &c.—her first ap pearance). Male. ANGIOLA ORTOLANI (Of La Scala, Milan ; L'Ori ente, Madrid, &c.—her first appearance), Fig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI, (Of La Scala, Milau ; Carlo Felice, Genoa ; Sau Carlos, &c.—his first appearance), Mdle. BAILLOU, Madame FRANCHI, Mdle. BERTI, Mdle. POMA, 111dle. TRiNETA RAMOS (Of the Tentro Regio, Turin —her first appcarauce), Mdle. PICCOLOMI NI. (Of La Scala, Milan, and Italian Opera, Paris, &c.— his first appearance), Sig. BAILLOU, Sig. DE SOROS, Sig. GARIBOLDI, AND Sig. FILIPPO VIALETTI (Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fe n'ce, Venice ; L'Oriente, Madrid, SLc. —his first ap pearance). JACOPI, Sig MERCURIALI, Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa, citc.—his first appearance), BELLETTI, Sig. rENEVENTANO, Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI, Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI Director of the Music and Conductor—Sig. BONETTI. Sons-Directeur and Maitre du Chant—Sig. VASCHETTI. Suggeritore—Sig. FONTANA. BALLET. Mdle. ELISA SALVIONE (Of La Scala, Milan—her first appearance), Mdle. GIUSEPPINA. MORLACCHI (Of the Teatro Regio, Turin— her first appearance), Mdle. ISABELLA KAR LISKI Mdle. CAROLINA POCCHINI (Of the Karnther Thor, Vi enna ; La Scala, Milan ; San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo Felice, Genoa, &c.—her first appearance). Mille. MARIE TAGLIONI, Mdle. BOSCHEITI, Mdle. KATRINE, Mdle. TERESA ROLLA (Of La Fenice, Venice—her first appearance). Mdle. LUIGIA BRUNETTI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa-- her first appearance), M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig. RON ZANI, M. CHARLES, M. PIERRE MASSOT (Of the Oriente, MaJritl—his first appearance), Sig. FILIPO BARA TTI (His first appearance), Maitres de M. PAUL TAGLIONI, R Regisseur de la D. Master of the School of In (Of the Academie Imperiale, Paris—her first appearance), Mdle. CAROLINA PAS QUALI (Of the Imperial Theatres of Vienna and Milan her first appearance). And. Madamo ROSATI. Sig. CASARE CHECCHETTI (His first appearance), Signori RAFFAELLE GAM BAR DELLA, LUIGI VA RINI, LVIGI TURBINO, and PIETRO BUZZIO (of the Teatro Regio, Turin, and Carlo Felice, Genoa— their first appearance). Ballet— tONZANI, and M. MASSOT. anse—M. PETIT. istruction—M. MASSOT. Madlle. PICCOLO:ITM Will arrive early in April, and, in addition to the characters which last season she made her own, will appear in a varied and attractive repertoire. Madlle. SPEZIA Will have the honour to anpear for the First Time at the Opening of the Season in Donizetti's Opera of LA. FAVORITA. Immediately after Madlle. ORTOLAN' Will make her first appearance as Elvira, in Bellini's Opera of Elvira. Arturo I PURITAN'. Madllc. O RTOLANI. Signor GIUGLINI. Madame ALBONI Will arrive before the Ist of May, and will make her first ap pearance this Season as Azucena, in Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. The Union of Three of these distincruished Prime Donne, Madlle. SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLAN', and Madlie. PIC- COLOMINI, Will be effected in Mozart's Opera of IL DON GIOVANNI, Which will be produced with the perfection of ensemble and details necessary to realise the intentions of its great author. All the great Artistes of the Establishment wi!l join in aiding the efforts of the Director to do honour to the noble work of the Shakspeare of music. Signor GIUGLINI. This charming Tenor will have the honour of inaugurating the opening of the Theatre, and will make his first appear ance as Fernando, in the Opera of LA FAVORITA. The distinguished Basso Profondo, Signor VIAL ETTI, Will also make his first appearance at the opening of the Theatre. The admired Tenor, Signor BOTAR DI, Will make his first appearane early in the season. Besides the principal executants of last year, the Orchestra has been strengthened by the engagement of, amongst others, Signor PEZZE, First Violoncello of La Scala, and Signor GI RALDON First Contrebasso of Bergamo, LA Scala, &c. The Chorus will be numerous and effective. In addition to the union cf operatic talent at the opening of the season, the inauguration of the Ballet portion will be Jnado by the fascinating. Artiste, Madlle. POCCIIIM. The most successful Ballet, LA ESMERALDA, Will bo revived expressly for her debut. Early in tho season, Madlle. BOSCHETTI and Madlle. KATRINE will appear. Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONI Will arrive early in May, and wail shortly afterwards appear in a New Ballet, composed expressly for her by M. Paul Taglion!. Madame ROSATI Will appear in a Ballet Divertissement from Auber and Scribe's New Ballet of MARCO SPADA, Now preparin g for her at the Academic Imperille, Paris. P rinci Artist t the E tablisbment— Mr. CHARLES M RSIT AL L. Tbe Costume Department - ender the sole direction of Mme. COPERE. • r Executed by M. LAUREYS And Mrs. MASTERMAN. Principal Machinist —Mr. D. SLOMAN. Head of the Property Department—Mr. BRADWELL. The Subscription wi'l consist of Thirty Nights, and the terms will be :is fol ow: — Pit boxes ~ Grand Tier One Pair Tvir,. Pair Pit Stalls ••• 150 gttine ts. `.'sfl 150 100 " Tho THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April 14, w h en will be presented DonizettPs Opera of LA FAVORITA. L eonora Baldassare Fernando Signor GI UGLIN I. To be followed (first time these 10 yens) by the favourite Ballet of LA ESMERALDA. Founded on Victor If tvo's ''Notre Dame de Paris." La Esmeralda biadlle. POCCHINI. C!ande Frollo. Pierre Gringoire M MASSOT. Applications for Boxes and Stalls to be male at the Opera Box-o+qce, Colonnade, Haymarket. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Lesgee—Mr. Ben. Waster. THIS EVENING, will he performed TRIS ASSURANCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which .51r. Wright and Pasl Bedford will appear. BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of 'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, dic., viz, : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Soils, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and (Joni; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; lirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c.,until twelve o'clock. RIGEL WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. PHIS DAY—Morn. 23 min. aft. I—Evening 46 min. aft. 1 '.' , l-M.6PBOti.—Morn. 6 min. aft. 2—Evening 26 cain.aft. 2 TaE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50 -highest since noon yesterday 42 --lowest this morning and during the night. 47 —this day at noon. BA aom MICR, 29'48. WlND—Southerly, veering from S.E. to S.S.W. —Rather fresh, with dull weather and occasional rain. It began to rain last evening. ,t.,:f: ( 4 '1471 4),_ .-, ..,----- l , . 1 7 i r :;- , AC-.):': , (2' 2 ;.= , -)-W-:,...t.,1 ,4 • , ....., , • '..}l A ln ,__. • -,\ i THE SUN, F'LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 18b7 T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.- DURING PASSION WEEK. GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT Every Evening, Friday Excepted. Band of 50 Performers, including all the First Solo Players of the day. Conductor—Mr. ALFRED MELLON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. pp OYAL LYCEUM TFIEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, MONEY. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. L. Took, Miss Woolgar. Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND MEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super atendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. MR. J. L. TOOLE, of the LYCEUM THEATRE, respectfully annDunces his FIRST BENEFIT for TUESDAY next, 31st inst. THE WONDER. Mr. and Mrs. Dillon, Miss Woolgar, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Toole. I OMINIQUE THE DESERTER. Mrs. B. White, Miss Wilton, Mr. Toole. GOOD FOR NOTHING. Miss Woolgar, Mr. Toole. MY FRIEND FROM LEATHERHEAD. And the Dazzling TRANSFORMATION SCENE. Tickets, &C., at the Box Office ; Keith, Prows°, and Co., Cheapsidc ; London Tavern; and Mr. Toole : 14, Cecil street, Strand. TH . EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstono, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil liam, (tic. Foltmed by the new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buekstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz- And LA FOLIE ET L'AMOR. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, .) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND :TS VICTI 6S. Messrs. Cres wick, Shepherd, &c, To conclude with TWO COLLEGE FRIENDS. STRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Pavne.—This Evening will be pev:orrned TOM TIT, THE SLAVE BOY. After which, DO S:IAICr. HANDS. Followed by COUSIN CHERRY. To conclude with NO SONG NO SUPPER. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; gallery, 6d. nO 0Y A L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, (a new farce, called THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, dtc. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. And A BLIGHTED BEING. Mr. F. Robson, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AL Legge° and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspere's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with the highly successful equestrian illus trations invented and arranged by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hot srmr, Mr. James Holloway ; Princo Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff, Mr. Anson. After which, a combination of Skill, Ease, and Elegance, and the Equestrian EXEP( ISES in the CIRCLE To conclude with A MORCEATI CHOISI of an amusing nature, Commet.ce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper 3oxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6(1. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1857. It would be difficult, we fancy, .13 lay our finger upon any single paragraph in the Tiverton Manifesto, and say—Here is the announcement of a Distinct Policy—Here is the enunciation of a great Principle ! Here !—Where ? Where in the name of Fortune? In which of these twenty paragraphs? For the life of us we cannot even corjecture. Certainly, A Policy may lie there somewhere perdu in this wonderful Manifesto-- A Principle may somewhere be discoverable after all among these twenty sententious paragraphs. But really they appear to be about as difficult to detect as the old needle in the bundle of hay. We can't find them ! We have been rummaging industriously, for we don't know how long, among the littered subjects of this " Address," but to this very moment we have altogether failed, totally and egregiously failed, to light upon either ! We are still almost dying of curiosity to know what upon earth may be the intended Policy of Lord PALMERSTON'S Govern ineilt—what in the whole wide " universe of things" may be the guiding Principles of the pre sent Administration I Yesterday we tried to console ourselves with the notion that the Policy and the Principles which actuated Sir ROBERT PEEL, more or less, during the whole of his illustrious career—were vaguely realised, very vaguely, but still realised, by Viscount PA LMERSTON. That notion we yet cherish—that notion, in the absence of anything more definite, we shall continue to cherish perti naciously and perseveringly. But, viewing it at the best, a mere " notion" upon such a subject, and at such a crisis, is--we may surely be allowed to venture upon the objection—insufficient ! We don't want the mere Notion, of a Policy—however encouraging and auspicious may appear its cha racter. We want—A—POLICY. We don't want the mere Notion, of a Principle—however elevated and magnanimous may seem the manner of its apparition. Wo want—A—Pftrx CIPL E. A n d whore, to-day, 1,1 us ask, ourselves again I de liberately and dispassiouattly, where in the whole of the twenty paragraphs of the Tiverton M tui festo is either discernible—either a Policy or a Principle ? Assuredly not in reference to what is said in the matter of our Foreign Relations. Besides, we know perfectly well all about that. The whole st)ry was long since quite threadbare. Mr. DICKENS'S "School boy" could have tell the items off, in a jiffy, upon i - his ten fingers. The French Alliance. The Ruts sian War. Tim Defeeee of Turkey. The quick revival of friendly relations with the Court of Teheran. The rapid reconciliation brought about between ourselves and cur dear republican cou-ins ac ress the herring Pond, at Washin g t on . Our in effttppeal to King Bomeia's parol e d'h onneur ---when his Sicilian Majesty m a y b e sa id to have ei e al a replied by coolly slamming the door in our face. The whole transaction at Caton, from the haul- I ins down of the bit of bunting on board th e "fortuitous c oncur - ! lorcha, to the ever-aiemerable reme" of 263 Parliamentary " atoms" in the lobby of the House of Commons. Why, the people knew all this by heart, perfectly, thoroughly, wearily— till they were nearly sick of it ! Notwithstand ing which we have had it given to us all over again in the Tiverton Manifesto from the very beginning down to the very end of the chapter ! Viscount PALMERSTON, it is true, immediately at the close of the Address—fearful, probably, that a mere insipid rechattffge like this might, after all, pall upon the political palate of the country— endeavoured to impart a relish to this old hashed up " Feast of Reason" about Foreign Affairs, by a slight flavouring of that delectable " Flow of Soul," pleasantly alluded to the other day in the City of London by Earl GRANVILLE, and popu larly known as " The PALMERSTON Sauce." Disap pointingly, however, as we intimated last evening —of this delicious condiment, the Noble Viscount in his Address has vouchsafed to the Country only the merest taste in the world ! What Epicures would call just a suspicion of it I Enough only to give, as it were, a yet keener edge to the appe tite ! Instead of satisfying it whetting it ! What, in point of fact, is literally the " tottle of the whole" of this flavouring of the popular condiment ? Why, simply after a quite unnecessary flourish to the effect—" Abroad it will be our [the Ministers'] earnest endeavour to procure peace, but peace with honour and with safety— peace with the maintenance of national rights— peace with security to our fellow-countrymen in foreign lands"—and all that sort of thing ! After a gallinacious flourish of that kind, we have the assurance that—" At home our [the Ministers'] guiding principles will be judicious and well regulated economy, progressive improvement in all that concerns the welfare of the nation, the continued diffusion of education" and all that sort of thing Sundry specimens of those very " words, words" that old Lord DIIBERLEY reminds us in the Comedy, " butter no parsnips." Evidently the Prime Minister, while permitting those words to dribble upon the paper from his pen, was about as anxious as Mr. SNAGSBY, in Bleak Rouse, " Not to put too fine a point upon it." As the result of which, we have not a single particular in the way of a deliberate announcement of one soli tary Reform intended to be carried out by Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. Only—this is really and truly about the English of it—the most vague and flexible generalities. Generalities that may be contracted or expanded at pleasure. But now comes the rather pertinent question— At whose pleasure ? At the pleasure of the coun try or at the pleasure of the Cabinet 7 Briefly, the solution of that problem rests at the present moment with the Constituencies I Our Premier is a clever fellow. Here we are precipitated headlong into an election in a few days, when a fortnight ago we had a vague notion of plenty of time, and, but a few days back, were told in a whisper that the dissolution was to be on the 25th ; and now, by to-morrow, several nomi nations are to take place, and on Friday a long list of candidates will state their claims to the constituencies on the hustings 1 On Saturday every effort was made to anticipate the decisive —dong I—of St. Paul's—the messenger posted from the Council Chamber at the top of his speed, to get the City Election proclaimed on Saturday afternoon, that the election might take place on the Wednesday. But old Time would not wait even for PALmEnsTox, and the fates of the Metro politan Five cannot be decided till Friday. At first, after the "fortuitous concurrence" vote, Lord PALMERSTON seemed inclined to point to the DERBY model of 1852. Fuur long months the Conservative Premier worked with a Parlia ment which could have outvoted him at any time. For those four months Lord Dan most cleverly occupied himself in passing excellent measures of Law Reform which the Whigs had indeed ready, but could not get on with. Lord PALMERSTON seemed to intend something too—something to efface the recollection of an " unfortunate con tingency" or two ; but did he really intend it ? We rather think his present course was his de signed one. Whether this was the case or not, it is clear that it became the best one for him. The more time was given, the more was heard of Reform, and the less of Canton. The China business was considered settled. Lord DERBY had tacitly owned that the country meant PALMERSTON to keep in. Lord MALMESBURY openly said so ; Lord JOHN RUSSELL agreed ; COBDEN could not help it ; PALMERSTON was seen to be safe, and none need trouble themselves more about the right man for finishing the Chinese business keep ing in the right place. But then began the real PALMERSTON difficulty. The cry of PALMERSTON and the Chinese war became almost inaudible, but the cries of the " Suffrage," the "Ballot," "Church-rate Abolition," and even " the Prin cess Royal's dowry" became audible in propor tion. This would not de. " The Tory Chief of a Radical Cabinet" no more wants a Radical Parliament than Lord DERBY "a Radical Cabinet." Such milk and-water Radicals as they are is quite enough for him. A really Radical Parliament, or, what is quite possible, ono in which that section of the Liberals so far predominated as to hold the ba lance of his Parliament try fortunes in their hands, was an appalling thought. It would never do to repeat the LOCKE KING trick too often in a new Parliament. A Premier regularly saved by her MAJESTY'S Opposition could not loag carry on her MAJESTY'S Government. Quick, then !—pro rogue—dissolve—writs out—writs served—all in four hours ! Non-Electors I leave off looking out for Radical candidates, take such as you have, or such as Palmerston has sent you ; it's of no use to worry yourselves about the Ballot and all that. Don't forget the honour of your country's flag, avd leave Reform tome and to Father Time. Such seems to be the advice of Buckingham Pa lace practice, and the Tiverton Manifesto. Our advice to electors is to imitate Lord PAL MERSTON'S practice, and to reverse his recommen dations. We'll leave the honour of our flag with him. We know he'll take care of that ; but we'll take reform into our hands, because we can beit take care of that. The Tiverton Manifesto is our warning ; that " ha'porth " of reform in such a long story about the old settled Chinese business! It tells 113 plainly enough where we must look to, if Reform is to be looked to next session at all. Not a word abcuit any single definite reform. We really cannot find one known quantity. Lord PALMERSTON gives us " well-considered Reform" -1-x+y-l-z. Why, Mr. DISR A.ELI beat that ; he had " honourable peac, redndion of taxation, and social improvement." Lord J. RUSSELL had several extensions of the suffrage, and a little more too ; but our pleasant Premier—he can dis pense with all of it ; nothing in the world does ho off,.r but such reforms as "change of times may require ;" not even such as changed times do require. Electors, the; must interpret for Lord PAL MERSTON. They mutt change his mystic symbols into known quantities, and translate his gene ralities into particulars. Lord PALMEESTON has given them 18 days, where Lord DERBY gave them four months ; let them do in a day the work of a week. It is often best to be compelled to instant decision. Energy may more than sup ply the want of time. R3form must not be sac- rificed to a Tiverton coup d'etat. It need not. The boroughs are the grand seat of tho Reform struggle—in most of them some staunch Reformer is well known—in most we mean where there is really a constituency ; and even at the eleventh hour a bold push may often be successful. Reformers must remember that they are very likely electing a seven years' Parliament. If, as is probably the case, the parties in the new Parlia ment will be better divided than in the late one, then, should no war, or potato rot, or unfore seen contingency alter the course of things, we shall have a WALPOLE Whig reign for many a long year. A good infusion of thorough-going Liberalism, now, is almost our only chance. There is no danger of choosing too ardent Radicals. The sone of St. Stephen's always lowers the Radical thermometer to temperate, and temperate Liberal ism to the freezing point. The Chartist there becomes a Radical, the Radical a Whig, and the Whig a Liberal-Conservative. Reformers—old, tried Reformers, are the men wanted. If they have not been brought forward yet, it is not too late even now. Not one moment, however, is to be lost. Put your man through the " Candidate; Catechism," and if he shows no signs of wincing, take him to the hustings, go with him to the poll, and present him to Lord PALMERSTON' as your interpreter of his " Well-considered Reforms." The valuable opportunity afforded by the coming elections should not be neglected or mis applied by Ecclesiastical Reformers. This para mount duty is even more incumbent on the friends than on the opponents of the Establish ment. Those who desire its continuance, who believe that it has many good points, should en deavour to purify it from the abuses that have arisen during a succession of ages, and to render it worthy of the title of a truly reformed Church. The Ecclesiastical Courts have long since been un equivocally condemned by the voice of public opinion. They literally " stink in the nos trils" of the People. And yEt these relics of the dark ages still flourish in rank luxu- The sentence so clearly pronounced remains unexecuted. All parties in the Legislature were desirous of the abatement of the social nuisance. The Government, the Opposi tion, and the independent members alike put for ward measures, the great principle whereof was the abolition of the jurisdiction of these obnoxious tribunals. But, as we have stated, nothing has as yet been accomplished—the artful strategy of an insignificant clique has hitheFto contrived to bailie the efforts of men of all parties, and to con tinue the grievance without amelioration or modi fication of any description. It is not the Testamentary Jurisdiction of these tribunals alone that are so loudly and so justly complained of. The Church discipline department is, if possible, worse conducted ; and although the evils arising therefrom are not so generally felt, yet scandals are occasioned very prejudicial to the in terests of the Church and of the Protestant reli gion. The injustice inflicted on the Rev. W. LAMBERT, incumbent of Christ's Church, Ealing— who was virtually condemned to poverty and dis grace, so far as their power Extended, without being even heard in his own defence, and that simply because he was not rich enough to satisfy the exorbitant pecuniary demands indispensable in proceedings in these courts—disgusted the pa rishioners of the oppressed gentleman, who felt that his suspension from the performance of his clerical duties by a bishop unable t 9 discharge his own was a grievance of no ordinary magnitude, and, as declared by a large majority of the parishioners, "an irreparable loss " to them selves. Had the health of the late Bishop per mitted personal explanations—had he been en abled to receive those who waited on him for the purpose of giving them—the gross " cruelty and injustice " perpetrated on a hard-working and efficient Minister might have been averted. It is sufficient, however, for the purposes of our argu- Ment to show that such things are even possible under the existing system, not merely to justify, but to render a Legislative remedy absolutely in dispensable. Hance. But there are ether abuses no less patent than those above referred to. The dis tribution of " patronage " occasions shame and regret to the well-wishers of the Church. What can be more painful than to see almost daily advertisements offering for sale next presentations—pointing out the advantages to wealthy clergymen of the Rectory of " panes cum piscibus," or some other equally desirable " living," as it has been appropriately termed, where the sporting facilities of the neighbourhood are mani festly considered of greater importance than that of labouring in " the LORD'S vineyard," and the paucity of the population is an irresistible induce ment to indolent pastors. The system of " pro potion by purchase " in the army is bad enough in all reason, but it sinks into insignificance when compared with that in the " Church Militant," where the spiritual wants of the population are as nothing when placed in the opposite scale to the pecuniary interests of the patrons, or the love of ease of the clergymen with wealthy or influen tial friends. Nor is it only lay patronage that is misplaced. Even Bishops can sometimes err. How often have the people witnessed with disgust the setting aside of the person who had faithfully and honestly discharged the important duties of an extensive parish ! " Unice seminat alter metat " is but too frequently illustrated in Ecclesiastical affairs, when the man who has sowed the good seed is displaced almost on the eve of the harvest time. The universal complaint of the parish ioners of Hanwell—when the Rev. Dr. MOR TON, who had for twelve years been the efficient curate, who had been mainly instrumental in pro curing the ere c ti on o f the handsome church that graces the pari s h, was removed from the position in which ho had been so pre-eminently useful by a new and comparatively unknown man, affords a striking illustration of the evil. The habitual readers of The Sum cannot forget the obser vations which we then felt it an imperative 'obligA tion to offer. The reproach to the Church, however, was perpetrated, and we believe that it has never since been remedied, although even the bishop, who disregarded his claim, acknowledged the z)al and fidelity with which he had acted as curate of Hanwell. The friends of the Church should ponder on these matters, and every one pssessing the elective franchise should pause bafore giving his vote, until assured that the candidate i 3 a friend of real Ecclesimtical Reform ; determined to pro mote it by all legitimate means, and to leave no stone unturned to purify the EitAblished Church from long-standing abuses—to sweep away the accumulated filth of a succession of ages. The Austrian Minister has been recalled from Piedmont, and thus there has been a suspension of diplomatic intercourse between the Courts of Vienna and Turin. The excuse for this course is the " freedom of the Press" in Sardinia, which is very disagreeable to the Austrian authorities. It springs from the diplomatic correspondence between Counts Buon and CAVOTJR, to which we directed public attention at the com- mencement of the month. It is, however, but a specious pretext, ingeniously contrived, to curry favour with France, whose representative at the Conferences of Paris so injudiciously introduced the topic of Belgian journalism, and permitted a similar betiserie through the columns of the official organ, the Moniteur, in relation to the Fourth Estate in England. Austria was avail ing itself of the blot in the Imperial escutcheon to carry on a controversy, framed in strict ac cordance of the approved precedent in the well known case of LUPUS V. AGNUM. It was not merely the observations of Sardinian journals that were so keenly felt in Vienna. It was the high favour in which VICTOR EMMANUEL was held throughout Italy—the manifestations of approval of his honest and straightforward policy, and the spontaneous tribute of approbation bestowed on the Sardinian army, which had acquired im mortal laurels in the Crimea. The conduct of Piedmont was placed in strong contrast to that of Austria. The former had nobly pursued the course which truth and honour demanded in refer ence to the Eastern difficulty. It had gained, the respect and esteem even of its enemies, while the pettifogging quibbles and paltry equivocation of Austria were alike condemned by friend and foe. Its well-merited distinction was " gall and wormwood" to its rival. Austria would gladly use its superior power against it. Could it do so with safety to itself, or without bringing more equal opponents into the field, it would gladly kindle the torch of war, and over whelm a constitutional Government. But it cannot do so safely, and Austria " counts the cost" before it takes a decided step. She can, however, insult where she is unable to injure, can show spite, without subjecting herself to chastisement. She has the inclination to stab, but is deterred by fear, and hence the present undignified proceed . ing. As Count CAVOUR clearly and distinctly pointed out, if Austria has just cause of complaint ample redress can be obtained before th© tribunals of Piedmont. But she should first " remove the beam from her own eyes, that she may see clearly to extract the mote from that of her neighbour." The Ministerial journals of Vienna have libelled the Sardinian Government, not only with im punity, but without remonstrance or notice— and these journals have been the creatures of the Minister, bound to act at his inspiration and to obey his slightest hints. Austria was, therefore, really the offender, and, if seeking redress, should come into court with clean hands. She has skill fully set a snare for France, but we cannot think that the Imperial Government will deliberately fall into it. FRANCIS JOSEPH may sulk as long as he thinks proper, but he may be well assured that he himself will be the chief, if not the only, sufferer from his undignified and impotent de monstration ; and that so long as Sar , dinia maintains a straightforward and inde pendent course she may laugh to scorn the manifestations of his petty resentment. The best thing for Austria is to follow the example of that French King, who " with all his men marched up the hill, and—down again." REDAN MASSEY. SOMETHING LIKE THE RECOGNITION OF GOOD SERVICES 1 The Queen has accorded a pension of 1001. a-year to Lieutenant Massy, "of the Redan." He has also been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the Emperor of the French, and the Duke of Cambridge has, unsolicited, nominate him to a captaincy in the new military train. ROYAL VISIT TO THE HAYMARKET THEATR.E. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal and the Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe Langenburg, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence last even ing. The royal suite consisted of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Louisa Gordon, Earl of Caith ness, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros. WAR IN CHINA. It is stated that orders have been received to discontinue the surveys about to be made of the two or three vessels engaged to convey troops to China. The impression is consequently entertained that, instead of troops being despatched direct from England, troops will be removed to that destination from Persia. COURT CIRCULAR. The Princess Amalie of Hohenlohe Schillingfurst visited the Queen and the Princess of Hohenlohe Lan genburg yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Prince rode on horseback in the forenoon, with the Prince of Wales and •the Prin cess Royal. The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros attended. Prince Albert honoured the Royal Academy of Music in Tenterden-street with a visit in the afternoon. The Princess Alice and the Princess Feodore of Ho henlohe took a carriage drive. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa also drove out in an open carriage. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Princess of Hohenlohe LAngenburg visited her Royal. Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarence-house, St. James's. The Countess of Gainsborough has succeeded the Countess of Desert as the Lady in Waiting to her Ma jesty. The Earl of Caithness and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore have relieved Lord Byron and Major-General Berkeley Drummond in their duties as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to the Queen. The Royal Commission for determining the site of the new Nation it Gallery met on Monday at the British Museum. Present—Lord Broughton (chairman), the Dean of St. Paul's, Professor Faraday, Mr. Cockerel], and Mr. Richmond. The Chancellor of the Er3hequer and Lady Theresa Lewis left town yesterday morning for Harpton-eourt, Herefordshire. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Despatches were received from the Governors of the North American Provinces. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are expected in town in a few days from Ireland. The Countess of Kinnoul, who is at present in the south of France, is expected to return to England about the middle of next month. _ _ _ The i;ri - anr Countess of Durham are staying in Northumberland, and will not return to town until the middle of May. The Earl of Cardigan is expected in town on Saturday from Dean Park. The Earl and Lady Constaneo Grosvenor left town a few days since for their seat in Cheshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theresa Lewis lett town, yesterday, for Ilarpton Court, Here for,!shire. Tho shares of the Lyons and Geneva Railway Com pany are rising at Paris, owing to reports that this line will be comprised in the proo.ed fusion of the Paris and Lyons and Lyons and Mediterranean Companies. A call of V. per share is announced on the shares of the Ardennes Railway Company, payable between the 10th and 25th April. The half-yearly dividend is advertised on the Six per Cent. Convertible Sterling Bonds of the Pennsylvania Central Rai'coal Company. The half•yearly interest is advertised on the first and second series of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Company's loan of 4 800,000 fl. Tho 304,160 dols., or 61,0001., in specie brought by the Niagara, from New York, is understood to be en tirely on continental account. It is believed that the steamer Tagus will take out about 50,0001. in bar gold from Southampton to Cadiz on the 27th inst. The Alhambra has brought G,8351. in specie from the Peninsula, and the Tamar 4,885/. from the Brazils. On 'Change yesterday afternoon the rates for bills on several continental markets, it cludimr Paris, Holland, and Belgium, were quoted rather more favourably to this country. As regards Naples flatness continues to prevail. LATEST EWS. TURIN, TUESDAY. The Sardinian Government has replied to the re cent recal of Count Paar, by recalling it 3 Embassy at Vienna. PALERMO, MARCH 15. The state of things here is very bad ; The King of Naples bas ordered political prisoners to be tor tured with an inatrument invented by the Com- missary Baiono. People are hiding themselves in the mountains. The island is agitated. ' Latest advices from Tiflis state that the Russians had achieved some success against the 'Circassians. The former had penetrated to within 30 versts of Schamyl's camp. The squadron of Admiral Lyons had not quitted the Bosphorus on the 16th. It was come to an anchor before Constantinople. The Journal de Constantinople of the 16th an nounces that a civil war had broken out in Persia. The population of the north-west provinces, as well as those of the south-west, are in open revolt, and the troops marched towards Affghanistan have mutinied. VIENNA, TUESDAY. The Correspondance• Autrichienne has an article contradicting the Correspondance Italienne on the affair of the MuratisT proclamation said to have been circulated. It quotes the speech of Count Walewski at the Paris Conferences, denouncing the excesses of the Belgian Press, and expresses a hope that France and all Europe will condemn the licentiousness of the Piedmontese Press. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. To-day the third conference on the affairs of Neuchatel took place at two o'clock. The representa.i.ve of Prussia took p4rt in the proceedings. It is thought that at the next sitting M. Kern may be present. The French embassy at Vienna is charged with the protection of Sardinian interests. _ _ The Russian General Todtleben is expected in Paris in the beginning of next month. The Neapolitan Government has not sent any official Envoy to Paris for the purpose of negotiating for the renewal of friendly relations. The plan of an expedition on a small scale against the Kabyles has been arranged to-day between the Emperor and Marshal Randon, Governor-General of Algeria. . _ The Moniteur publishes the tables ofexports and imports furnished by the Department of the Cus toms and of Indirect Taxes for the month of Feb., 1857, with the returns of the cprresponping months in 1855 and 1856. From this it appears that the amounts received and the ships entered inwards and outwards stand thus : RECEIPTS. February, 1857 February, 1856 February, 1855 Ships entered. Ships sailed. Two first months Tons. Tons. Of 1857 Of 1856 Of 1855 "It is announced," says the Pays, " that Count de Persigny, the French ambassador at London, has obtained from the English Government the con cession of Longwood, the house occupied by Napo leon I. at St. Helena, and of the tomb in which his body was at first deposited. These places, which are rendered sacred by glorious reminiscences, had undergone painful transformations. His Majesty Napoleon 111. wished to put an end to that pro fanation, and thanks to his pious and noble initia tive the spot rendered illustrious by the exile of Napoleon I. is about to resume a character worthy of the great souvenirs it brings to mind." A deputation of the town of Pau waited a few days ago on Marshal Bosquet, in Paris, to present him with the sword of honour pur chased, as already stated, by a public subscription made in that city, the marshal's native place. In presenting the sword, one of the deputation said that it was offered " to the hero of the Alma, In kerman, and Malakhoff, by all classes of the popu lation, high and low, rich and poor." The marshal in return - expressed his gratitude for the honour done him, and in the course of his speech he said, " This sword shall never leave me, but shall re main a glorious souvenir, and an obligation which with all my heart I contract for the future. From the admirable wisdom and ardent patriotism of our Emperor the chances of peace are no doubt assured, and we cannot well See what enemies can menace it ; but of one thing you maybe sure, that if ever this sword shall be drawn from its scabbard, it shall ever be in the path of honour !", On this the marshal kiss ed the sword with emotion, and embraced each mem ber of the deputation. The Constitutionnel contains the following "communicated note" :—"A foreign journal has published a despatch ascribed to the ambassador of France at Rome. Without seeking the means by which it obtained this document, we think we can affirm that the language and the sense of it have been greatly altered." BOTTItSE, March 24.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. fr. c. 4i per Cents 3_por Cents 7O 65 End of Month. —fr. —e. 79 89 New Loan Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,445 Austrian Belgian Fives . Spanish Threes.. Piedmontese (5) RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. fr c Orleans 1,500 C. Western Northern 987 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,500 New Ditto Mediterranean 9 ,090 Grand Central Lyons Geneva - Midi AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 22.—The recall of the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires from Tuna has been managed in a most undignified way, and the " inspired" leaders in the Ost-Deutsche Post are calculated to excite in the minds of the public a; suspicion that the Imperial Cabinet feels it would have been better policy had it altogether ignored the un seemly language of the Sardinian press. Instead of simply and briefly informing the public that the Austrian Government has ordered Count Paar to quit his post at Turin and to return to Vienna, the non-official organ tells a long "rigmarole" story about the care which has been taken "to deprive the measure of any character that could be preju dicial to the cause of peace." That Austria has just taken one of those half-measures for which she is renowned is evident from the following. The Post says : Ai" We are informed that Count Paar has neither been instructed to demand his passports nor to notify to the Sardinian Cabinet that the diplomatic relations between the two Governments have been broken cif. The Aus- Charge d'Affaires will take leave of Count Cavour in the way that is usual when a diplomatist is about to under take a journey. If he is not able positively to say when be shall return it is in consequence of circumstances over which the Count Cavour, and not he, has control. The road to a more friendly policy will always be left open by Austria." TURKEY. We have received the Constantinople journals via Trieste. The Journal de Constantinople of the 13th says :—" On the faith of letters received from Trebizond, we announced a few days back that the English steamer kangaroo had been captured in the Black Sea by four or five Russian gunboats. We now learn, on indubitable authority, that no attack whatever was made on that vessol, and that she lris anchored in this port on her return from the Black Sea. The commission of inquiry, named in consequence of applicaion of the Russian em bassy for explanations as to the mission of the Kan garoo, is composed of Seviik-Pacha, Riz i.-Bey, Tevtik-B,?y, and Fails-Bey, and holds its sittings at the Seraskier's hotel." JAPAN. It may be remenibeied that some short ti me back a journal of Amsterdam announced that two English ves, , :els had forced the port of Nagasaki, i n Japan. The I)ehats contains the following details on the incident :-- "A circumstance of considerable interest, which lately took place, aff,rded the Empevar of Japan an occasion to declare officially in favour of the execution of the treaties some time back concluded with several European powers. On the 11th December last two English vessels of war, after having visited the ports of Sinwda and liakodadi, appeared before Nagasaki, but were refined admission by the man darin acting as governor. The two captains, how, ever, strong in their right, penetrated into the port and anchored within gunshot of the land-batteries, which ernained without any act of hasti•ity against them. ['he nex.`, day they repaired with a numerous escort to .he residence of the mandarin, who refused to receive - .hem, but who, at the same tune, sent word that, if ;bey bad any complair.t to make, he would forward their representations to the Imperial court, and t ans nit to them the reply. This he did most scrupu lously. The two captains wrote to Yeddo to claim the right of remaining some time at Nagasaki, in confor mity with the treaty, signed in 1855, between England and Japan. In about a fortnight after the Emperor's answer arrived, announcing that his Mi,jesty, being desirous of executing the obligations which be had entered into, had given orders for the three ports of icooda, Hakodadi, and Nagasaki to be open to the yea gels of France, Russia, England, and the United States. Such vessels were to be permitted to refit there, to tak in provisions, and to trade to a certain defined extent. Ti e Emperor, in order to carry out that determination, issued an edict which was without delay posted up in every part of his dominions. The seamen belonging to vessels admitted to erjoy the benefits of the treaty are not to penetrate into the interior of the country. Stion;cl they contravene that provision, they are to be subjected to an imprisonment, the length of which will be every time fixed by 'he Emperor, according to the circuu.- i stances of the case." DENMARK A Berlin letter, in the Constitutionnel, contains the following :—" The line of conduct of the Ger man powers in the Danish question will, according to good authority, be this :—A collective note hav ing the character of an ultimatum is to be sent in the course of the next few days to Copenhagen. At the same time, a :comniunication is to be made to the Diet on the present sta'e of the negotiations, so as to give the Diet the control of the question. The German powers, whatever may be the objec tions of foreign powers, will not allow them selves to be turned aside from the inten tion to treat the affair as a purely_ German matter." On the other hand, a letter from Sr•. Petersburg, of the 14th, says :—" The Russian reply to the circular despatch of the Danish Cabi net relative to the intervention of the Germania Confederation in the affair of the Duchies, which is to be sent to Copenhagen in a few days, pronounce 'completely in favour of Denmark, and declares that the Confederation bas no right to meddle in the question, as it is of a purely internal character, and Denmark alone has the right to solve it. The note besides gives Denmark a positive assurance that Russia will not allow Germany to intervene de facto. " As Russia is peculiarly interested in the matter, owing to her rights of succession to the Danish throne, she will communicate her opinion to the Courts of Berlin and Vienna." SPAIN. MADRID, March 23.—The Spanish naval squa4 ron at Rio de la Plata is to be relieved. It is said that Mr. O'Sullivan will he the representative for the United States at Madrid." The sentence of six months' imprisonment passed upon General Prim by the court-martial has been commuted by the Queen into six months' residence in the town of Alicants. On the 20th a deputation of the .progressists waited on the Duke do Valencia (Narvaez) to re quest him, during the elections, to rake the state of siege in all the provinces in which it exists, except Catalonia. He promised to raise it in all, even including Catalonia, and afterwards caused the Council of Ministers to adopt a resolution to CIA effect. The last accounts from Athens state that the journal Esperance, so well known for its hostility to the French and English Governments, has been disavowed by the Hellenic Government. A letter from Vienna of the 19th, in the Cologni Gazette, says :—" It is not at all true that England has abandoned Austria in the question of the prin cipalities ; she is still opposed to their union.'] A letter from Riga, in the Wanderer of Vienna, says :—" Our town will soon cease to be fortified. It is certain that the crown has given the land covered by the fortifications to the town on the condition of the latter effecting the removal of 0 1 works, excluding the citadel, at their own expense." The Bourse Gazette of Berlin states that the ode' toms commission now assembled in that capital had come to an important determination with' respect to the commercial relations between Austria and , the Zollverein. I has been decided that only one transit charge shall be made for goods passing be tween Austria and the Zollverein.fl The Utrechtsche Courant states that the grin CO of Orange is in the course of the summer to leave the Hague on a cruise of four months' duration. A flo tilla is to be formed for the purpose, consisting of a screw frigate, the Wassenaar, a screw corvette, the Groningen, the sailing frigates Daggersbank and Ruiter, and the steamer Gedeh. The prince i s to be on board the Groningen as chief officer under the captain. The flotilla is to put out to sea on June 1, and to proceed towards the Mediterranean• A letter from Warsaw of the 12th, in the Czes of Cracow, says :—" A general is stated to have been summoned to St. Petersburg to answer com plaints that have been made against him for the arbitrary prosecution and arrest of numerous per sons. It is said that the censorship of the press 1 5 to become less severe, but that nevertheless news papers are not to be allowed to criticise interns affairs," Mr. Henry Bringley Sheridan, one of the candidates for the borough of Dudley, requests us to state that 1 16 is no relation of the celebrated dramatist, as stated in oUr election intelligence of yesterday. Yesterday (. 7 ays the :Liverpool' Albion) ex Judge Grace of Wapentake Court, was placed in durance for being drunk at the Woodside Ferry, and not paying the toll. It is stated in a letter from Vienna that the Eastern war cost Austria 340,000,000f1., and 38,000 men, who died of various diseases in Gallicia. THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS.—It appears from oar " Summary of Election Intellig ace" that, from the most recent accounts, 127 contests will take place in Englan d and Wales, 15 in Scotland, and 25 in Ireland, making 167 in all. ARNOLD HISTORICAL PRIZE,—OXFORD, March 24.-"" This prize has tc-day been adjudged to M r . Thomas Robert Halcomb, 8.A., of Biasenose College. The subject is "The Condition of Athens i n th e ti m e 0 , Demetrius Phalerius." Mr. Halcomb obtained a first class in Classics in Easter Term 1856. Messrs. Keeling and Hunt have called a meeting of - the trade connected with the importation of fruit and vegetables, at their sale-rooms, in Monument-yard, on • Thuri-day next, the 26th inst., at two o'clock, to take ' into consideration the necessity of adopting measures to / resist the payment of unnecessary charges of metage. SUPPOSED WRECK.—The late gales from the west and south-west were felt with great force on the exposed parts of the , South Welsh coast, and numbers of vessels dragged their anchors. At Ten by a large quantity of wreck has come ashore, also a mast and spars with sail. partially set, too plainly indicating that some unfortunate vessel has gone to pieces. This belief receives confirms' tiara from the fact that seamen's chests have been picks a up. At St. David's pieces of wreck have drifted ashore Nothing is known of these vessels, though it is believed that a large vessel has been lost on the coast. THE BREAK DOWN OF THE MADRID.—It is expected that the Government will have to pay the expense of sendine , on the Peninsular ;nails when the M a d r id woe wrecked in consequence of the Board of Trade acquit' ting the commander: The mail packet companies, it appears, are not liable to such extra expenses when their steamers are damaged at sea through no fault of the mail companies' servants. When the Candia broke down through an unavoidable accident in the Mediter ranean a few months sinca the expense to the Govern ment of bringing her mails home through France woe nearly 1,0001. MR. MACGREGOR, LATE M.P.--The following letter has been addressed to the Glasgow Herald :—" I learn with much susprise that our late member, John Mace gregor, is in very distressed circumstances. Surely the `Liberal ' men who induced him to resign hie lucrative and influential situation at the Board of Trade will at once step forward to kis assistance. Will they let him starve ? lam no admirer of Mr. Macgregor —he never received any vote from me ; but, at the earnest solicita tions of a large party in Glasgow, he resigned 1,5001. a year to become our representative. It would ill become the Liberals' of Glasgow to allow the man of their former choice to end his days in a workhouse. ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS.—Drs. John Conclly and Andres , / Reed, the gratuitous secretaries of this institution, have issued a touchiug appeal to the public en its behalf. De committee of the charity have provided a great national home for the idiot, and with remarkable success ; but they cannot venture to avail themselves of the increased accommodation provided without more assistance from the benevolent. There are now 254 patients and p u pils on the foundation ; there is, therefore, abundant room to be occupied, and there are upwards of 200 applicants earnestly craving admission, but the board dare not ad *ance on their present numbers except as their current annual income increases. For the sake of those who cannot pl ad for themselves the secretaries plead that snd immediate assistance Islay be supplied by A benevolent public. THE lIOUSELESS AND VAGRANT POOR.— At a meeting of the board of guardians of the West London Union held yesterday (Tuesday) it was moved by Mr. J. W. Butterwot th, and unanimously resolved—" That it is highly desirable some better arrangements should be made in the city of London for the reception of the casual or bouselees and vagi ant poor ; and that, if pos sille, a central ward or wards should be provided within the city of London, to be supported by the three several unions connected with the city, according to their con tributory standard of rateable proportions as may appear to be equitable ; and that application be made by the clerk to the other city unions to ascertain their senti ments on the subject." Should the other unions recipro cate this step in the right direction of the guardians of the West London Union, a great public benefit will, in all probablity, be speedily carried out.