The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-30 00:00:00

MR. WILLERT BEALE begs to announce that he has entered into an arrangement with Mr. W. H. RUSSELL, the Special Correspondent of the "Times" with the British Army in the Crimea, for the delivery of a PERSONAL NARRATIVE of the GREAT CAMPAIGN of 1854-55-56. The scenes and operations of which Mr. Russell was a spectator comprise every event of importance, from the departure of the army to the evacuation of the Crimea, including—The Battle of Alma, the Bombard. ment, the Battle of Balaclava, the Battle of Inkermau, the Winter Sorties, the Trenches, Death in the Camp, the Expe dition to Kertch, the Assault of the 15th of June, the Battle of the Tchernaya, the Final Assault, and the Fall of Sebasto pol. Amid the scenes of daily excitement in which he was placed, obliged, as the correspondent of a great public journal, to record at the instant his impressions o the more momentous events around him, Mr. Russell was compelled to leave un noticed many circumstances which appeared of insignificance when they occurred, but which subsequent experience showed to be of great interest. He had no time to describe the little world in which he lived, or the actors who moved in it ; but be has now the oppo tunity of recalling more minutely the particulars of all he saw and heard, to sketch as it were the private life and interior economy of the armies, and of the camp, and to enter upon the description of subjects which, during the war, it would have been injudicious ana impolitic to have communicated to the world. The Narrative will consist of Three distinct Parts, and will be delivered at WILLIS'S ROOMS on Part I. MONDAY EVENING, May 11. Part 11. THURSDAY EVENING, May 14. Part 111. SATURDAY EVENING, May 16. To commence at Half-past Eight o'clock. Subscription to the series, two guineas single tickets 15s. each. Cramer, Beale and Co.'s. 201, Regent-street ; Sams', 1, St. James's street : Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street ; and all the principal libraries and musicsellers. R ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THURSDAY, APRIL 30. In consequence of the Death of her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of GLOUCESTER, the Theatre is CLOSED THIS EVENING, by command of the Lord Chamberlain. The performance announced for this Evening is postponed till To-Morrow Evening, FRIDAY, May 1, when will be per formed. Verdi's Opera of LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mdlle. Piccolomint Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Pocchini. For particulars see bills. A limited numbir of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plieation at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. All Tickets issued for this Eveninfr, Thursday, April 30, ►ill bo available for 'To-Morrow, FRI DAY, May 1. IER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. _ll Second appearance of Madlle. ORTOLANI. GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, BELLETTI, POCCHINI. ON SATURDAY EVENING, May 2 (the second time these seven years), Bellini's Opera of I PURITANI. Elvira, Madile. Ortolani (her 2d appearance in England); Arturo, Sig. Giuglini. After which, the Third Tableau of LA ESMERALDA. In which will be introduced an ent'relv New Divertissement. La Esmeralda, Pocehini For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and m ty be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Co'onnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. IR,OY A T., PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will bo perf)rmed. Shak espere's tr gedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, Ef AYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF A DMISSION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter, Fitzwilliam, dre. After which, the Auccessfu' Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A I'AL iiNTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Concluding with LEN!) ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be:-- Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), Cs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes. Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Box,s Pit ... ..... ......... 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed LIKE AND UPLIK E. Chara'ters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, ctc.; Madame Celeste, Miss Windham, (Stc. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform To conclnde with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME. LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Fail Bedford, Zze. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepher4 navi Cr9swiek. THIS EVENING will be performed BRUTUS. Brutus, Mr. Creswick. After which, OUR Z.ZELLY, Melly Bell (with songs), Miss Poole.. Followed by THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. 111Q1 OY A L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will he performed a new drama, called DADD Y HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, die. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP EIITFI EA.TRE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (continued Success', the highly successful Military Spectacle, called THE FRENCH* IN ALGIERS ; or, The Battle of Constantine. Novel and etTective situations by Mr. W. Cooke's beautiful Horses, trained by him. ®After w'iich, the inimitable SCENES in the Ci. in troducing Miss Kate Cooke on her beautiful charger, Snow drop. The performance of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with A ►'EIRTIIFUL FARCE. Commer.co at seven o'clock. Dress Rases, 4s. ; Upper /loxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. treat. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Coolie, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &e., 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. rorri Senor Antonio M. de Soils, and E. L. lime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Meesrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Macknei. pianoforte, Mr. Coed Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre ci3ely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. :11 - Ott WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS PAT—Morn. 5 min. aft. 6—Evening 35 min. aft. 6 VI-NfOßßow—Morn. G min. aft. 7—Evening 4t rnia. .ft.. 7 THE WEATHER.—SuN Oman, APRIL 30. THRRMONFTER, IN TPSH ADE. 53 —highest singe noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning end during the night. 51 —this day at noon. BARMIETFIR, 30 . 11. WIND.-N. to N.N.W. : light, with drill cold weather, A change is impending. We hal some slight sprinkling last evening. eg. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1857. The New Parliament has this day actually as sembled. Even the tardy Leitrim Election hav ing now been completed, the six-hundreland fifty-four popular representatives recently chos-en by the constituencies have at length been formally convened for their first aggregate assemblage on this 30th of April, 1857, in the legislative pal Ace at Westminster. The decisive Answer given by the country to the frank and manly Appeal made to its judgment by Viscount PALMERSTON is now visible in the New House of Commons. It will soon be audible in the discussions. And soon after that, be clearly and distinctly legible in divi sion reiterated upon division. There has long been no doubt whatever about this : for the new House of Commons, assembled for the first time this day at Westminster, is obviously, notoriously undeniably, to all intents and purposes, Palmer stonian. That is to say, If —not otherwise buy —lf to be A Palmerstonian means to be " A Reformer." That the words may really, in a broad sense, be regarded as synonymous is now very generally understood and recognivd. Thy fact has been recently foreshadowed plainly enough, through the Times, and almost simultaneously through the Edinburgh,. Whether the meaning attached to the phrase of " A Re,- former" by the Premier be really and truly iden tical with that attached to it by the People, is a problem to the solution of which we have forth_ nately by this time very nearly indeed approxi mated. A very brief interval now must bring us face to face with the reality. It will then be manifest whether this most popular of all the Statesmen of his age is at heart worthy of his popularity. We are sanguine that it may eventually prove so. Let us still trust that our expectations in this matter may not be doomed to disappointment. Nevertheless, even supposing that they are after all deplorably falsified—the remedy of that mellncholy evil will be, upon the instant, within the grasp of the new Parliament. An immediate change in the Premiership would in that contingency become inevitable. A more vigorous Reformer would have to replace even the popular PALMERSTON. It is not conceivable, however, that a statesman so eminently sagacious can wantonly scatter to the winds the brilliant hopes and aspirations which have latterly accumu lated about his unrivalled reputation. It is not probable that an administrator of such rare dis cretion will wilfully leave this "fair field" of Reform to " batton on this moor" of ultra-Ccm servatism ! It will not be consistent with his own • hitherto certainly vague, but still, at the same time unmistakeable promises of Progressive Im provement ! It will not be in keeping with the very recent programme of " Change" put forward within the last week by the great morning, and afterwards by the great quarterly, organ of his Go vernment. The Times has more than "hinted" Reform. The Edinburgh has more than " hesi tated" Progressive Improvement. Both as the recognised organs of the Prime Minister. Both officially. Both authoritatively. The former notoriously inspired by Lori PALMER.. STON ' S—Vice-President of the Board of Trade. The latter by Lord PALMERSTON'S—ChanceIIor of the Exchequer. There cannot in reason be any longer the smallest doubt that Reforms are really Intended by the PALMERSTON Government. It now only remains to be seen whether those Re forms will be, in themselves, Sufficient. At any rate—as one positive and indubitable step towards that long and anxiously looked-for disclosure—we have now arrived at the actual day of the first assemblage of Queen VICTORIA'S Fifth Parliament,—A. day already rendered me morable in the annals of the British Legislature by the election of the Right Hon. ETELYN DENISON to the distinguished dignity of the Speakership. Lord OvEnsToNE, as one of the three corn missioners appointed to report on the decimal currency, has issued an elaborate series of inquiries to draw forth an exposition of the difficulties and objections that may be considered to stand in the way of an alteration in the existing system. We cannot conceive why tee Noble Lord Lord has thought proper to act separately from his fellow commissioners, Lord MONTEAGLB and Mr. HUBBARD, who were selected as his asso ciates by the Government. It would cer tainly seem more courteous if he had in vited the participation of his associates before putting forward a series of interrogatories that seem to indicate that the mind of one of the Judges is already made up, and that so far as he is concerned the result may be regarded as " a foregone conclusion." We have already had bitter experience of the practical operation of some of Lord OTERSTONE'S monetary theories, and are certainly by no means disposed to follow blind fold in the path on which he has entered. He has already, in one matter of vast importance, ex hibited an unflinching resolution " to stick by his order," and to promote the interests of " the few at the expense of the many." Any project emanating from that quarter musk bhorarnra 114 atrintly anvil fin ;nail in nll rin4,llo, and its probable, and even possible, effects ou the interests of the less wealthy classes accurately cal culated, before it can receive public support. The great merchants and bankers are those who would chiefly profit by the introduction of the decimal coinage ; and if any inconvenience is to be sus tained in the process, it is only fair that they should sustain it, and not transfer it to those who have but little interest in the matter, beyond that of seeing that they are not victimised by the means adopted. There can be no dispute as to the advantages of a well devised decimal currency, but as the fight Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Kidderminster, declared, the question-at issue is the modus deci mandi, so that the greatest good may be achieved at the minimum inconvenience. The whole mat t..~r in fact turns on the selection of " the unit of account," and, as we have repeatedly explained, that should not be such as to affect the daily ope rations of the less wealthy classes, whose dealings are conducted in " terms of pence." The fact of getting but ten pence in place of twelve, in change for a shilling, would practically deprive the working men of 20 per cent., or one-fifth of their income, and be pro ductive of great annoyance and loss in all their transactions. We have, therefore, felt it essed tial that the copper coinage should remain un altered, and that the inconvenience which must necessarily be encountered during a perici of transition, should be sustained by those who d-- mand the change, and for whose exclusive benefit it is t) be inaugurated. The working classes can carry on their business very efficiently with the existing system—and it is for those who believe that they can economise time and labour by the required alterations to defray the expense thereof. 0116 unanswerable objection to the "pound unit" is, that it is far too high. It will require four places of figures, while two, or at most three, would answer every purpose with the franc or florin. The fact that our smallest coin is a far thing, materially affects the interests of small con sumers. The fair proportion of cost cannot be properly estimated therein, and the retailer inva riably takes advantage where fractional parts of a penny are concerned. " They manage these things better in France." There the cent. or one hundredth part of a franc answers every object that can be devised, and is al:ke useful to vendors and purchasers. Here, however, in many instances, the fractions of a penny are disregarded, and the consumer in- variably bears the loss. With the pound unit many changes will be required. With the florin or franc but one is essential, and that is in the pound itself, which should be made equal to 25 francs, 250 pence, or 1,000 farthings, in place of 240 pence and 960 farthings, as in the present scale. By this means the people would not suffer. Pence or farthings would nut change. The pound would be increased to 20g. 10d., but the calculations during the transition stage would easily be made by adding 1-25th, or-iu decimal notation .04. Tolls and taxes would thus be satisfied without lossto the payers, the receivers would lose 4 per cent., but surely that would be far better than that they should gain 20 per cent. at the expense of those who are already too heavily burdened, and are compelled to strain every nerve to make both ends meet. If the present pound or florin be retained, the next coin of account will be equivalent to 2 2-5 pence, and the half of it to 1 1-5 of our present penny. It is clearly perceptible that the penny receipt stamp and postage stamp will be increased by 20 per cent. Tolls to brides, tiTc., will be enhanced in a simi lar ratio, and every retailer will require five mils where the penny now answets, or the cent. or 2d. 2-sths, where he it now satisfied with 2d. The working man, who changes his shilling will thus practically lose 2d. in every shilling, or 3s. 4d. in 1/. sterling—a very serious injury, and far too high a price to pay for the crotchet of the moneyocracy. All who experienced the effects of the change of currency in Ireland in the year 1826, must remember the complaints of the labouring classes, when they received but 12d. in place of 13d. for the shilling. Many intelligent persons declared that in consequence of the abolition of the ten penny, they found in all small transactions, the shilling only went as far as the tenpenny had pre viously gone. The results will be of a very similar character if the pound unit be adopted at present ; whereas by taking the franc or florin of 20d. (not of 25.), they will, if anything, gain by the tran saction, and our currency system will be more closely assimilated to that of other countries, and have a much better chance of being adopted at any " Congress of Nations" that may be held for the purpose of introducing a uniformity of coinage, or rather of denominations of money, throughout the civilised world. 1 desperate Forlorn Hope is now in active course of preparation. A last Arctic Expedition in search of the brave Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his heroic companions. This final enterprise being courageously adventured upon at the par s-mai instigation of that dauntless lady with whose name the memories of the missing navigators have become long since indissolubly associated. GOD speed this last daring project set on foot by Lady FRANKLIN—and aided, our heart rejoices to know, by the _active sympathy of so many competent " men of mark"—professional men, navigators, and philosophers. It will be remembered that the smallest ad ditional assistance has been positively and peremptorily refused to Lady FRANKLIN by the Government. Mistakenly and deplorably refused we cannot but think—refused most cruelly and most ungenerously I Refused, however, so expli citly and so definitively, that it were only waste of time, and words, and energy, to complain one moment longer of the course pursued in this mat ter by the Administration. We have, at least, to thank Ministers for letting us know the worst at once, unmistakeably. Tho Admiralty not merely decline sending out any supplement try expedition to the Arctic Seas in quest of the Erebus and Terror—but absolutely (in addition to this) return the most decided negative to Lady FRANKLIN'S two final requests. First of all, for the Gift of such stores from her MA JEiTY'S Dockyard as are available for this special service only—gifts hitherto granted to her in all her former private expeditions. Secondly, for the Loan, of the Arctic ship Resolute, recently restored in perfect order to our QUEEN by the Ame rican Government. It matters nothing that the stores asked for must—now that they are declined to be given up—remain idle and useless in her MAJESTY'S Dockyard. Neither does it matter anything that the Resolute, now grudged to the (presumed) widow of FRANKLIN by the Admiralty, has been restored to the possession of her MAJESTY by the unexampled magnanimity of a friendly Government. The Gift and the Loan are alike refused to the sorrowing but still heroine hearted petitioner. Lady FRANKLIN, left thus entirely to herself in this last afflicting emergency, resolves, like a true wife as she is, to dedicate the last remains of fry trLv 1241.11•46 out of A Forlorn. Hops of Research for her long-lost husband and his missing companions. Will England permit this ? Can Englishmen remain unmoved spectators of any proceeding such as that ? We cannot believe it. We cannot re gard any public apathy so base, any national in difference so degenerate, as in the smallest degree probable. There is " golden" proof already, thank GOD, that the mere notion of an apathy so base, and of an indifference so degene rate cannot be entertained for one moment among right-minded Englishmen. Elsewhere, in our advertising columns, will be found a preliminary list of subscriptions towards defraying the expense of this last heroic expedition. A screw-yacht (the Fox) h as been already purchased, and is now lying iu pre paration at Aberdeen. The command of this vessel has even now been awarded to the gallant Captain M i CLINTOVIC, an experienced sailor, already distingofished among our Arctio Navi gat )rs. The Programme of the whole expedition is epigrammatically sketched in a single sentence of this persuasive Appeal to the candour and mag nanir.nity of the population, where it is said— " We hold to the opinion that it is the duty of Englishmen to examine that limited area whence the traces of their missing countrymen were de rived, which, though it lies to the south of well searched tracts, and has been approached by vessels that returned without loss, has never yet been explored." Observe--those few words thrill with Hope—" never yet explored." And they are words confirmed by the appended signatures of such men as Admiral BEAUFORT, and. General SABINE, and Sir RODERICK MURCHISON. The second of these three giving twenty-five pounds, the first fifty pounds, the third one hundred pounds towards this noble aggregate of subscriptions. There is another single gift of 1001. upon the list, and one of even 150/. ! May the donations spread and multiply. The project has our warmest sym pathy, and again we wish it "GoD—speed !" Remember—there still is Hope. The likeliest spot of all in those Arctic regions has " never yet been explored." Captain Aus- TIN, of the Royal Navy, would not per mit Captain PENNY, not of the Royal Navy, to penetrate further in that direction, as he desired. Capt sin MTLINTOCK may now (being himself so far untramelled) be enabled to realise at last the baulked intentions of his adventurous predeces- More fortunate than Captain COLLINSON, may he yet bring us news of the long lost naviga tors. Sir E. BELCHER returned homewards from those Arctic seas virtually empty-handed. Sir R. M.gCLURE brought back with him the barren glory of having at last demonstrated the existence of a North-West Passage. May a yet happier fate than even the memorable one last mentioned, com pensate, sooner or later, for all his terrible respon sibilities, the heroic Leader of the Forlorn Hope in search of the FRANKLIN Expedition 1 so r. His Excellency th , 3 Prussian Minister and the Coun tess Bernstorff, haw left the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, near Ventaor, in the Isle of Wight. the Belgian Minister P .4 t er t a i„d a for H S is tee E p x h c il e l ll C e a n s e t y le Blackwell, party of friends at the Brunswick }lad , yesterday afternoon. Lord mirlythc season. Hi s have arri ve d i n town from n TableLa d .Lad y de House, Tablet' u h h f fo i:: re, e lordship has tat , en a residence i n U pper Brook -street. Lord and Lady Olivia Ossulston, and Lord George and Lady Alie izi Niannerp, are among the recent arrivals at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Can 13. at'oyany arrived in town on Tuesday from Leamingto Mrs. ar,d Miss Longueville Clarke have arrived for the seasc n at their residence ir 4 Eat)n-sotiare, ' * . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA.Y EVENING, APr i liT; 80 , 1, OPENING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The opening of the new Parliament, which has' been looked forward to with so much interest , during the last six weeks, took place to-day. The weather was exceedingly Die, and Palace-yard was consequently much crowded. The neighbour hood of the new Homes of Parliament presented a scene of unusual bustle and excitement. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Day.) The new Parliament was opened in the House of Lords by Royal Commission. The Royal Commis sioners present were the Lord Chancellor, the , Duke of Argyll, Lord Stanley of Alderley, thet Earl of Harrowby, and Earl Spencer. The peers present on the Ministerial benches! were Lord Panmure, the Marquis of Huntley, Lord Belper, and Lord Godolphin. The only occupant of the Opposition benches] with the exception of a few ladies, was the Earl of Beauchamp. The Lords Commissioners took their seats at the foot of the Throne shortly after two o'clock, when The LORD CHANCELLOR, advancing to the Wool sack, directed Sir A. Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod to summon tte members of the House of Commons to give their immediate attendance at the bar. The Usher of Black Rod accordingly retired and in a few minutes afterwards returned to the House, accompanied by Sir Denis Le Marchant, the Chief Clerk of the House of Commons, and a large body of the new Members. The Chef Clerk of thelionse of Lords then read the Royal Commission for the opening of Parlia ment ; after which The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the name of her Ma jesty and by virtue of the Commission which had just been read, directed the gentlemen of the House of Commons to retire to their own chamber and choose a Speaker. The Members of the House of Commons accordingly withdrew. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—',This Day.) The assembling of a new Parliament is always s matter of much excitement and interest, not onl3 with the public, but the members themselves. usual there were a large gathering of the former in Palace-yard, who greeted many of the popular fa vourites as they arrived. Within the house the various members as they arrived took up their position on the seats on either side of the house, according to the political predilections, or congre gated in knots on the floor of the house congratulating their friends on their first appear ance or on the constancy of their " old loves" w the case might be. It is usual and natural to ex pect something peculiar in a new thing, and Par liament are no more exempt from it than other worldly affairs. The usual mode of proceeding is to keep the reporters gallery closed till after prayers, the reporters not being allowed the inestimable privilege of praying with the members, but on the assembly of a new Parliament thing: are different—prayers are dispensed with, anc consequently the reporters are admitted ru soon, if not before the general assemblage of the members. The hour appointee was 2 o'clock, but as early as half-past 1 o'clock hon. members were seen wending their way alor4 the approaches to the house from their clubs am' residences, and by twenty minutes to tw( o'clock the house was nearly full, and pre sented a most animated appearance, accom pared with a Babel of sounds from the buzz ol congratulation and conversation of the members. Mr. Hayter, the whipper-in, was early in at tendance, offering his congratulations to hot' old and new members, and the affectionate manner in which he shook hands with et .1141 U. nave impressed a stranger with the belief that his own happiness consisted alone in witnessing it and promoting it in others Amongst the earlyarrivals were the Solicitor-Gene ral, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. V. Smith, Si C. Wood, Mr. Baines, Mr. Secretary Labouchere Sir G. Grey and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Thomas Havakey, General Thompson, Mr Hadfield, Mr. v ,;( ilcox, Mr. Locke King, Sir Joh, Potter, Alrlerman Copeland, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Mr. Wyld, C o l. F renc h , Si r Jas. Duke. Mr,_illa3l er, Mr. A. Stafford, Lord Elcho, Ad rAiral Walcott, Sir James Graham wh( straightway went to his old seat below the gangway—Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir J. Paxton. Mr. Keating, Q.C., Mr. W. Jackson, Mr. R. Lowe. Mr. Spooner, Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Miles, Sir A. Elton, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Stanley, Aldermal Sir R. Carden, and others. As the members al wore their hats, it was with difficulty they conic be recognised. About 10 minutes to 2 o'clock, Sir D. Le Mar chant, the chief clerk, took his seat at the table the Mace being placed on the floor of the house, an( at ten minutes past two, Sir Augustus Clifford, th( Usher of the Black Rod, with a message, was an nounced. An immediate cry of "Place—place ' was raised, and the floor of the house was speedill - when Sir Augustus, in full uniform ; entered the house, and advanced to the table of th , house, when he addressed the Chief Clerk as fol lows :—" I am commanded by the Lords Corn missioners by authority of the writs addressed t( them by her Majesty, to require the immediate attendance in the Howe of Peers of their honour able house, to hear the Royal Commission read." Sir Augustus Clifford then withdrew, and The Chief Clerk, accompanied by Sir G. Grey, Sir C. Wood, and a large number of the members proceeded to tle House of Lords, when the Royal Commission was read. Lord PALMERSTON entered the house at 25 minutes past two o'clock, and was' loudly cheer.ed, and shortly after the holto proceeded to the ELECTION OF SPEAKER Lord H. VANE, in proposing a successor to Mr. Shaw Lefevre, highly eulogised the con duct of that gentleman in the chair; whirl he said it would be difficult for any one t( equal, and impossible to exceed. (Cheers.) He thought, however, they had a member of that house (Mr. E. Denison) who possessed all the re quisite qualifications for the discharge of the dutie , of the office—(chcers)—and he had much pleasur( in proposing him to fill the office of Speaker of the, House of Commons. (Cheers.) He entertained a sure conviction that the house would ratify that proposition, and tlat experience would show tht wisdom of the choice. (Cheers.) Mr. THORNTAY seconded the motion. Mr. E. Denison first entered parliament thirty years ago, and haling watched his parliamentary career, he (Mr. Thornley) had much plea sure in seconding the motion from the belief that he possessed all the requisite qualifications for a Speaker of that house. He referred to the in crease of private and public business of late years and referred to the numerous improvements that had been lately made in the forms and proceed ings of the house, and expressed a hope that under the Speakership cf Mr. E. Denison, should he be elected, the duraton of members' speeches would be shortened. (Cheers.) After a short pause, no other candidate being proposed, Mr. E. DENIWN rose and expressed his cor- i dill thanks at the mAnner in which his name had' been introduced to tae notice of the horse, and the way in which it lad been received, and he ex- 1 pr( seed his fears that should he be elected he would be found to fall sherbet' the eulogium that hadbeen! passed upon him, At he had the satisfactioul of knowing that he would be supported by the, house, as well as reteive the assistance of the late Speaker and the cletks of the house. (Hear.) Th© mover and seconder then conducted the hon.! member to the (lair where ho thanked the' house for the distiriguished honour they had con-' 'ferred on hi•-„,, and said that he should rely on the - I" ) rf., r tni co-operation and general support of the AT"‘"" i 1.4` •.4 'house n giving effect to its rules and orders, ---44 land in promoting the various duties which the lhouse had that day imposed on him (Cheers). The Mace having been taken from the floor of the house and placed on the table. / Lord PALMERSTON congratulat e d th e Sp ea k er i on the distinguished honour that d a y con f erre d on l him. He hoped he would equal the ability) of Mr. S. Lefevre in that chair. It would be flattery to any man to say he could exceed him. (Cheers.) He (the Speaker) would i 'be supported in the disch arge o f hi s d u ti es by th e !cordial co-operation of all the members of the house, --(hear, hear)—without which no Speaker would' be able to effectually carry them out. Mr. WALPOLE also congratulated the e7ection i of Mr. Denison, and regretted the absence of Mr.l Di-raeli, which arose from a mistake of the, time of the meeting of the house. He (Mr. Walpole) assured the hon. gentleman that the members on his side of the house would afford him all the aQsistance possible. (Cheers.) The house adjourned at five minutes to 3 o'clock. DEATH OF H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. GLOUCESTER HOUSE, APRIL 30. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucesterl expired, without suffering, at a quarter after five, Ithis morning. FRANCIS HAWKINS, M.D. EDWARD H. HILLS. (Prom a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday.) " Whitehall, April 30. _ ' l This morning, at a quarter after five o'clock, herl Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, aunt to her' tost Gracious Majesty, departed this life at Gloucesteri House, to the great grief of her Majesty and of the Royals Family," EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS FOR THE NEW OFFICES FOR THE .➢EPARTMENTS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND WAR. The following Notice was posted this day in the lobbies of the two Houses of Parliament : " Peers and Members of Parliament will be admitted o view the Exhibition in Westminster Hall on Friday ind Saturday, the Ist and 2d of May, between the hour: ,f twelve and one. following : ution. " The Exhibition will be open to the public on Mon lays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, from ten till six ; and an Saturdays from twelve till six, until further notice. " Office of Works, April 30, 1857." INOTHE.I? MURPHY !-THE WEATHER, NEWS. SWITZERLAND AND PRUSSIA. A letter from Berne," dated 27th April, has Vie " I can guarantee to you the exactituddof infor mation I now send you respecting the proposed arrange went with Prussia, as I have it from a person who has read the project. " The document is drawn up in the form of a treaty between Prussia and Switzerland, under the express guarantee of Austria, England, France, and Russia, and the object of which is to prevent a disturbance of the peace of Europe. " The Ist Article of the project is very categorical, and is couched in these terms : ' 'His Majesty the King of Prussia renounces for himself and for his successors for ever, all claim to the Sovereignty which Art. 23 of the ,Treatrof Vienna of 1 1815 assured to him over the Principality of Neuchatel.' " This stipulation is forinll, and does not stipulate lany reserve or restriction. "The 21 Article qualifies the position of Neuchatel towards Switzerland and towards foreign States. Noir I chatel is recognised a sovereign and independent S ate ; fit will continue to enjoy the same rights and guarantee las any other sovereign State of the Swiss Confe , ierati in, !as was stipulated in the declaration made at Vienna on !the 20th of Marcb, 1815. This article, therefore, confirms the full inlepend ence of the canton of Neuchatel, and its right of consti i "The 3d article is thus conceived :—Ths Confe'!era tion will pay to the King of Prussia the sum of ,1,000 000f.' "Nothing is said wky this sum is paid ; and it is worthy of observation that the word indemnity is not mentioned, probably purposely, in the treaty. "The other articles may be summed rp as follows : The Confederation will proclaim a general amnesty fur ,all political and military offences, and offences of the 'press relating .to the events of September a, 1856. This amnesty will comprise all militiamen, as well na tives of the canton as foreigners, who left the country to 1. -lode joining the last Federal call to arms. No prose. notion can be commenced in the civil or criminal courts against persons for being implicated in the events of September; The Confederation itself will provide for the expenses caused by the recent events, and the State of Neuchatel will only have to pay its proportional share of the money contingent. No special tax is to he im posed upon any o of individuals for this purpose. The church property, which in 1848 was incorporated with the fortune of the State, cannot be employed for any other object, and the revenues are to be applied for those particular objects. The funds of charitable institutions, , arising from private donations, such as those of Baron ~ie Pury and the Pourtalea Hospital, cannot be employed for other purposes, and shalt continue to be employed henceforth according to the intention of the donors. . . " Such is the faithful tenour of the project." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. A letter from Marseilles of the 27th says : "The change in the plans of the Grand Duke Con stantine, who had at first intended to come to this city from Toulon by sea, was caused by the unfa vourable state of the weather, the mistral having been blowing rather violently for some days. As soon as it became known by telegraph that the Prince was coming by land suitable arrangements were made. About 4 o'clock, the authorities went out to meet him, and the moment he appeared the event was announced by a discharge of ,cannon. The Grand Duke, as soon as be had been received by the authorities, left his travelling carriage, and entered that of General Rostolan, accompanied by that officer, the Marquis de Belmont, Chamberlain to the Empet or, and the Prefect of the Batches du Rhone. The carriage was preceded by several out riders in the livery of the Emperor of the French, and by a detachment of Lancers. Several other carriages followed, conveying the Russian officers in the suite of the Grand Duke, the May or of Marseilles, and other civil and military authorities. General Totleben was the object of general notice. The 58th regiment formed a line from the Place de Rome to the Place Castellaue. Immediately after the arrival of the Prince at the P r efectur e he re ' , ceived the civil and military authorities, and the different constituted bodies ; and, as soon as these receptions were over, went to the Hotel d'Orient, where apartments had been prepared for him. The Marquis de Belmont, General Rostolan, the Pre fect, the Bishop, and the Mayor of Marseilles, 3 General Oaromlelet, the Procureur-General, and ~the Greek Archimandritc, dined with his Imperial Highness in the evening," A l'arla letter in Lilo Nora of Brusseis says : , " The following are some particulars of what has been done relative to the gov ernmen t pl an f or levy , ing a duty on transferable securities. The com mittee on the budget has proposed an amend "tent, which allows the stamp duty, fixed by the • decree of 1850, to subsist, but establishes in addi tion a transfer-duty of 10c. for every 100 fr. of capi tal, which is to apply to all industrial shares not to bearer. The reason why these latter are excluded is the vast difficulty, or rather the impossibility of levying a tax on them. In their care, the duty in question is to be replaced by a regular subscription (abonnement). When this amendment was brought before the Council of State, that body, after a first *. examination, requested the committee to send three of its members to support its views. This faculty, for the committees of the Legislative Body to defend their amendments before the Council of State, is set down in the constitution, but it is rarely acted on. Several times the committees have even refused to :comply with the request made to them by the Coun cil of State to send some of their members to eiplain the motives of their propositions. But on this oc :casion the committee charged three of its members •to support its project. For that purpose it selected ' M. Lequien, its president and MM. Fauguier and Bus , son. These gentlemen were heard before the Coun cil of State ; and the latter body, in its turn, sent three of its members to the committee to oppose the amendment and maintain the government mea sure. The observations developed by the Council lors of State nei. her modified nor shook the re§olu tions of the committee. Without sending any official communication, it let the Council of State know in the most positive manner that it was una nimously decided on rejecting the article of the budget of receipts referring to the new tax, unless the amendment it proposed was accepted. Such is the state of the affair at the present moment. The government, it is said, is not very anxious about this new tax." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Cheltenham, April 29. feel desirous of public test on the accom ,anying prediction.—Yours respectfully, G. T. F. SMITH. MR. G. T. F. SMITH'S WEATHER PREDIC TIONS FOR MAY, 1857. The temperature cold to the 7th. Near the 4th, 6th, i.nd 10th, humidity ; occasional showers. From the 10th to the 22d, weather much warmer, iigh temperature, 15th to 17th excepted. From the 18th to the 25th, rainy weather mcre or less ; as electric action predominates, occasional dashing bowers ; the sun's rays will be more refulgent from 17th o 22d ; as we approximate the end of the month, high ,emperature, or but weather and humidity. An average accuracy has prevailed in these predie-, ions since the month of December last, giving only, twelve days error during that period. When it is borne mind the various phenomena to be observed, it i, mesumed the attempt and attainment are of some utility the public. Elsctricity and locality will ever militate tainst perfect success in a climate like England. , Cheltenham, April 24, 1857. Mr. W. H. Bolland arrived at the Foreign-office early ,n Tuesday morning, with extraordinary despatches 'rum Lord Napier, her Majesty's Minister in America. Mr. Alexander,' from Hong Kong, bad an interview with Mr. Secretary Labonchere, yesterday. Sir Cbas. z Liaw, Lao. <MeV eat& Loots View wear rue right hon. gentle ,lan at the Colonial-office. . Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial ,ffice from the Governor of Vancouver's Island. A public banquet will be given to Major Reed, at the lighbury Barn Tavern, on the 13th of next month. THE TIPPERARY BANK. IMPORTANT. JUDGMENT.— DUBLIN, Wednesday.—The Lord Chancellor has decided pinta the judgment of the Master of the Rolle, in avour of Vincent Scully. No further liability. It is stated in aristocratic circles at Vienna, that Prince Alfred de Windiecbgraetz, though 70 years of tge, is about to marry the Countess d'Auersperg. The mince's first wife, nee Princess de Sohwarzenberg, was silted by the insurgents in the insurrection at Prague in Jane, 1843. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO MANCIESTER.—At a special meeting of the Town Council to-day (Wednes lay), it was unanimously evolved to present an address roan the Corporation to his Royal Highness Prince elbert, on the occasion of his visit to this city to open tie Art Treasures Exhibition. ' HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—In consequence of the loath of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, she performance announced for this evening is post ,oned, by order of the Lord Chamberlain, until to sorrow (Friday) evenine, when the same performance announced for this evening will be given. AROHDRACONRY or CHICHESTER.—At a meeting of the , ',orgy of the archdeaconry of Chichester, yesterday ,fternoon, the Rev. Mr. Vincent, rector sf Stinfeld, was moposed for re-election as proctor to Convocation, and , he Rev. Mr. Vogan, of Walburton, was propoved in pposition. The result was—for Mr. Vincent, 45 ; for Jr. Vogan, 39. The first-named is "Evangelical," and .he latter belongs to the High Church. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday morning, between he hours of two and three o'clock, a fire broke out on he premises of Mr. Thos.. Pratt, a laundress, of Noe 2, grin-place, Thames-bank. It commenced in the base tent, and rapidly extended up the staircase, so that the nmates had the greatest difficulty in effecting a retreat. "he fire was not subdued until the premises were nearly 'unit out, and the adjoining house of Mr. Ascott damaged. THE MURDER AT WOOLWICH.—The coroner's inquest in the body of Samuel Lang, the corporal of marines, who was stabbed by a marine, was resumed yesterday, and the jury returned a verdict of "wilful murder against aeorge Bave." At the conclusion of the case the cora ,er remarked he had heard from good authority that Rave, some years since, had deserted from a vessel on he African coast, and had lived more than six years amongst the natives of the interior of Africa. ' SERIOUS AOGIDEN7 TO M. ALEXIS SoyEß.—After )assing through most of the perils of the Crimean cam eaign, M. Seger has arrived in England; but happen ng to delay a few moments in Boulogne, he addressed rimself to a coiffeur du premier ordre, and " placed his head in his hand." The artist taking the illustrious culi rare , professor for a military man, proceeded at once to sive him the crop le la glinerale and the worthy Alexis tot noticing the operation at the time, from the levee of THE PRINCIPALITIES. fiends who surrounded him, .now exhibits, to his great .:. Rumours circulated at Bucharest that the Fre nc h torrar, the lastlashion ik la Zouave. Government had given up the notion of a foreign THE ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIO TELEGRAPH CODs- Prince, and now desired the union with a n a ti ve 'ANY.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The annual genera' Boyard as the Sovereign. . At Bucharest such a meeting of the shareholders in this company was held scheme is looked upon by many as Utopian. Our iesterday, in the Clarendon Rooms—J. C. E wart, Esq., VI.P., presiding. The report was a most satisfactory eorrespondent sayS : ,ne, the receipts having increased during the last half e " There is only one family that is at the same time 1 ---n I ' ' tear of 1856 to 1,2001 . over those of the first half year, , Wa'laLthian and Moldavianame y, the Ghikao, who while the working expenses were less by 4001. Thi, 'are the owners of large property in the t wo prov i nces , was independent of a large additional expenditure in- and who have had princes of their f am il y re i gn i ng i n Burred in the repair of lines injured by the severe storms both ; nevertheless, in spite of th at d ou b le ,advantage, it way be asked whether it would ha ve su ffi c i ent tonne_ ,f July, August, and December. The report gave ever y • iatisfaction, and was unanimously adopted. ee rity to support the weight of so much -responsibility. FIRES IN LAMBETH.—Yesterday morning, shortly It is a question of much eifficulty ; an d i n reso l v i ng it ' after two o'clock, a fire happened in the premises of Mr. regard should be bad to the fee leg of the country. Call, manufacturer of the patent telescopic blind-roller yr It is said that a certain Consul-General has become the ferient panegyrist of Sti r b ey , and has even thoug h t o f and fixings, No. 150, Blackfriars-road, and e xtending e e lackwarcls into Warwick-street. Mr. Tall's wife and proposing him as a proper candidate for the double children managed, although nearly suff oc ated, to gaiec''crown. The very suspic i on of such a thing has produce d the street in safety ; but Mr. Tall, f anc yi ng th a t o ne of 1 3 painful impre ss ie n on a people that has suffere d so his children bad been left behind i n an u pp er r oom, re-much from the bad a d ai i n i strat i on of Stir b ey. Id o no t ~.. m h turned to ascertain whether such was th e f a ct or not, 7"1 esitate to say th a t th e return of St i r b ey to power wou ld hut he was followed by su c h a d ense mass o f smo ke and give rile to ser i ous trou b les. " flame that he found it impossible to get down again, and► A Postscript, dated the 19th, adds that the consequently he made for the second-floor front window : ;rumour circulated that the Porte, discontented, as and cried for help, the smoke at the same time rolling well as the other Powers, with the conduct of across the road almost as far as the Magdalen Hospital, - Vogoridee, had appointed, or was about to appoint, and the fire rushing out of the fanlight. The Royal So- - Prince Alexander Ghika Kaimakan of the Prinei i ciety's escape, from the Christ Church station, promptly , palities. It was likewise said that the. Powers hod attended, and enabled Mr. Tali to escape. The flames thePorteto withdraw th e palled upon were not got under until the lower pat t of the premises . e `troops who occupy the au of the b k Danube between and contents were nearly destroyed. The origin of them . cla , uk and Silistcia. • fire is unknown. The sufferer was insured in the County Rust Fire-office.—Another fire happened shortly afterwards ins . THE DANUBE. the premises belonging to Mrs. Sarah Fish, No. 9 4, 1 ' Cornwall road, Lambeth. At the time two women and i A letter from Galatz, in the Prussian Correspond & child were in their beds asleep, and it was with someTeitce, says :L_" The European commission fur the difficulty that th e y were ena bl e d t o escape. Consider-lx navigation of the Danube has published provisional able damage was done to the building and its contents., rules which came into work on the 12th April. The sufferer was uninsured. 4The principal rules are these : -1 . The pilot dues THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT ERISTOL.F, es!abliehed by Austria at the Sulina bar, are re The adjourned inquest on the body of John Cooney, the;•duced by one half. 2. Pilots from Constantinople Irish labourer, who, after .violently attackiughis if' with a hatchet, destroyed himself by cutting his throat, news of his wife and family: The jury proceeded to the. 4 sureical ward to receive the evidence of the poor woman, ' 1 ' A - MY a re excluded from the Sulina bar, as being igno , rant of the ground. local A 11.3. vesse 4 ls , A en li tethrie ndg_u', err are to be paid, to the harbour master of Sulina. 5. Tee pilots will be remunerated from the fund so 1 aised. Dredging operations have already been was held at Bristol yesterday. Some letters found on e leaving the deceased were produced, dwelling upon the unkind- are to employ pilot s. tewho has received severe injuries. She stated that, in;.. 'er opinion her husband Was deranged. Verdict " Tem- ': commenced at the bar, which is to be c omp l ete l y . porary• insanity." . ' , removed fox a breadth of 200 metres. This labour BOURSE, April 29.—The following were the last ,quotations Cub. fr. c. to per Cents End of Month. 91. fr. 68 65 3 per Cents 6B 60 Cauk Shares 4,350 redit Mobilier 1,260 Roman Do. Account 1,260, Austrian Belgian 4j Pied monteae (5) 9O Homo Debt RAILWAYS-F 072 CASH. fr. c. fr C. Orleans 1,455 Western 772— Arthern Lyons 1,490 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,050 Grand Central ..... 6021 — Geneva • 795 Sordinian ,Midi - Austrian Cum. ..... 700 will not, it is supposed,- be concluded in less than Circe months." PRUSSIA. The Prussian Chamber is hurrying on the business before it, in order to get finished before the c!ose of the session, which will take place in three weeks. The committees of the Upper House have csincluded in favour of the adoption of the bills relative to the railways in the eastern provinces which are to jonthe Russian lines, and for the interdiction of f reign bank-notes. The Chamber of Deputies has just adopted art 1 of the bill on patentes, or licenses to trade, which •is the essential part of the measure. This change in the law will open fresh sources-of revenue to the treasury, and is also a very neeessay amelioration on the former law on the subject. R 0 M E. A letter from Rome of the 23d says The Empress-Dowager of Russia arrived hero to-day, at half past three in the afternoon, apparently hi excel lent health. She proceeded at once to the hotel of the Russian legatiou, and enter ed th e chapel to return thanks for her safe arrival. On coining op, she had , all the members of the legation presented to her. She afterwards received Mgs. Borrorneo Arese, master of ceremonies to the Pope, but requeste I the visit of Cardinal Antonelti to be postponed to the next day, as she felt faigued. The Grand Duchess Olga and the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg were id the enaba-sy to welcome her Majesty.' On the ar rival of the Empress at Civita Veeehia being an nounced at Rome, a baAllion. of French infantry was posted at the Russian embassy, in order to 1 ay her Majesty due Military honours. General de Goyon had applied for a fortnight's leave of ab sence to proceed to Paris, to be present at the mar riage of his eldest daughter with Count Henri de Courcy, captain of the ChasSeurs of Vincennes, but he gave up his intenti(n. on learning that the Pope intended.leaving Rome, the general not wishing to he ahsent from the capital at . the same time as his H.,linesF." Another letter from Rome of the same date says :—" The great illumination of the cupola and front of St. Peter's generally takes place on Easter Sunday ; but this year the threatening aspect of the weather caused it to be posponed until the 18th. As usual, the immense fagade was lighted up before sunset, so that the lamps at first emitted but a feeble light, which kept gradually increasing as the shades of night gathered around. The cross on the top of the cupola was alone left in darkness, as a symbol of the difficulty with which man arrives at Truth through obscurity. But sud denly, when the clock sounded the un'ora di notte, or first hour after sunset, the gazing mul titude was dazzled by an outburst of brilliant fire, and the cross was - seen on high blazing in glory, as a symbol of the triumph of Chris tianity. On the following day, the celebrated girandole was. let off on Mount Piacio, where the illumination represented a splendid church, repre senting Christianity, while the obelisk of the Piazza del Popolo, representing Paganism, was surrounded with fiery serpents. The general effect was beauti ful.' The general diet of Gotha in its sitting of the 24th decided, on the proposition of several of its members, to request the government to bring in a bill for the complete union of the Duchies of Co bourg and Gotha. The National Gazette of Berlin expressed an opinion that the special diet of Gotha will be favourable to this union, but that the diet of oobourg will oppose the measure by every means •4n its power. The Madrid papers of the 25th are devoid of in terest. The Gazette publishes the royal decree, already mentioned by telegraph, appointing M. Manuel dd la Pezuela, Marluis de Vilma, to be President of the Senate, and the Dukes de Veragua and de Ahumada, the Marquis de Santa Cruz, and Don Joaquiai Casans, fiscal of the Supreme Tribu nal of Justice, to be vice-presidents. By a second decree the orderly officers created on the 16th 0 • December last, for the service of the King Consort , are henceforth to bear the title of aides-de-camp. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Ariel, steamer, the first of the Vanderbildt new line of steamers, arrived this morning froo New York, which she left on the 16th of April, and brings one day's later news. - The Arabia was signajled at New York on the 16th, and expected up at 2 p.m. The salts of cotton on the 15th embraced about 2,000 bales. ' No less than three private telegraphic despatches morn roooivcd from New Orleans, dated April 16, which gave the receipts of cotton in four days at 8,000 bales, and stated that the total deficiency 01 receipts at all the ports amounted to 38,000 bales ; they quoted middling at 13ic. to 14c. Freight at 3s. Bd. to is. 4d. sterling. Exchange 'at 84 to 9 sight bills on New York at 14 discount, and 6 0 d -Is' do. at 14 do. Owing to favourable accounts' from Europe, together with light stocks of flour' , slid a good local and eastern demand, the market improved 6c. per barrel ; and for Ohio and South ern, wanted for export, sc. to 10c. per barrel, with more doing. Southern white wheat sold at $1- 60c., and red ditto at $1 44c. ; corn, under the influence of- the news and reduced stocks , improved from 2c. to 3c. per bushel, with fair amount of sales. Pork was irregular ana sales light at $22 50c. to $22 750. for new me* closing at about $22 63c. offered, and $22 7 6 c i f asked. Su gars a d vance d 18 c . per lb., with sales of ab ou t 1,000 hhd s., 2 , 000 b oxes , and 4,000 bags ; the latter for export. Coffee v° firm ; sales of about 3,501 bags Rio. Rice 'V/ excited, and, with an increased export demand ana, reduced v i ews regarding the yield of the late crop , prices advanced from 4c. to ie. per lb. The sales embraced about 3,000 casks, including about 1,8 0 , / for export. Freights were inactive, being checked by the light stock of breadstuffs and advance in prices, while rates were unchanged. The tea sales embraced chiefly frreens, and though some Jes s spirit was manifested,e and a good many lotS with' drawn, all sold brought full prices. The tendency of prices in the Stock-market was upward at the first board, with a more limited movement ; at the Board of Brokers a slight advance was realised. New York Central Railroad shares went up S' per cent. ; Erie, j; Michigan (Southern), 5; Cleve' land and Pittsburg, 5 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 1,. Illinois Central Bonds declined k per cent. ; Galena and Chicago, 4. The largest amount of business was in New York Central Railroad Stock, and the operations were principally for cash. It closed very heavy. In Western Stocks the transactions were to a limited extent. La Crosse and Milwae kie Railroad closed at 79i buyers, 60 days, and 7 9 per cent. cash. At the second 'board the market was comparatively quiet. The most important fea ture was the sale of Erie Railroad Stock, dividen d offered. It opened at 48, and closed at 47-i Pe r i cent. ex div. - N ew Y or k C entra l R a il roa d c l o aca dulland weak at 88k per cent. Cleveland and Pitt,g; burg fell off per cent. Ohi o Lif e an d T rus t so' to the extent of 50 shares, at 971 per cent., but the prof ability was that 500 shares could not be gold at 90 per cent. The steamer Tennessee arrived at New York on file 16th, bringing details of Lockridge's defeat. Sh e touchel at San Juan on her return from Aspinwal'i Lockrid g e, with th e ste a m e r s R escue ari d S c ott, all 300 men, reached Castillo on the 28th of Marc P i. but finding the enemy strongly posted there, wir 500 linen, and several large guns, he retreated yd.."'" out striking a blow. On his retreat Colonel Loct;- iidge destroyed all the fortifications below CastlU o having ;abandoned all hop e o f o p ening the river ; also disbanded his two battalions. He subsequent l y formed a new one, and would endeavour to read , Walker via Panama. • The b o il er o f the steanlc: Scott exploded near Serariqui duritig the r etrea . 7 , killing and wounding fifty officers and men. Tn et3 were sent to Punta Arenas in the steamer Resell ° ' Lockeidge still remained up the river with his O' maining force. He was well supplied with PoTI - PHILADELPHIA, Amu , 1 5 . Stocks steady. Pennsylvania Fives, 33 ; ing Railroad, 48 ; Lung Island Railroad, -"" Morris Canal, 16 ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 48 3 1' CHARLESTON, APRIL 14 : Cotton sales to-day 900 bales, with an advailel ll4 ' tendency in prices. NEW ORLEANS, Arita 15• d The receipt h ere o f t h e steamer E r i csso n's new" had no effect upon our cotton market. Sales to day 1,800 bales, and receipts 2,000. Sugar qui ev i ,' and it is reported th a t t h e f ros t h as i n j ure d the rfy very much Flour very dull. White core ' 7 , 1 ",- G n . ' Bacon, should ers , 9i c . • and sides, 11jc. La rd barrels, 14c. sterli ng . Exchange, 9 per cent., al l on New Ycrk, per cent. BOSTON, APRIL 15. The ship Pahther, Capt. Bishop, from Calcu tta ; Jan. 13th, fo r Boston, went ashore yesterday four p.m. near the west head of Nahant, at the en; trance of Lynn Bay. She has seven feet of wa!f il in her hold ; s h e l ays i n a goo d position, and' e 0 get off aft er l eng th en i ng ; th e steamer R. For" a will get to her pumps this morning with men a n tit?ain pumps. • The members of the City-Government dinner to the officers of the steam frigate Me ga rri v i ei last evening a t Rivero-house, at winch ° P e" st were made by Major Rice, Captain Prendergast' and officers and'gentlemen present. in 24 The Ariel brought 164 passengers, of who were for Southampton, and the remainder 10 Havre and Breme'n, it Inc tug not nor. chat gust stoc bilit th e very th e . abaci Stec TE tend, teen klPan 97, Ti, to th a co 1 -101 of 1 , 1 Gra t cario *E] tsm, Dey 'Z., At] Di Lnii, ni cots l'iti 8 11ei Di a,,,