The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-03 00:00:00

OXFORD and CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—This famous Race comes off at Putney on Saturday, 4th April, at half-past Ten o'clock a.m. Frequent Trains will run from the Waterloo-bridge Station previous to that hour, returning immediately after the Race. By order. Waterloo-bridge Station, April, 1857. WINDSOR STEEPLECHASES. — On SATURDAY, the 4th April, Trains will leave the Waterloo -bridge Station for WINDSOR, at 9.45, 10.45, and 12.15. The 12.15 Train will arrive at Wind sor in good time for the Races, which commence at 2 o'clock. The 12.15 Train will stop at Putney and Mortlake to convey passengers to Windsor, who may attend the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race. By order. Waterloo -bridge Station, April, 1857. FREE MA_HOMETAN TEMPLE OFFER. For the AL COR'ANIC WORSHIP of GOD. The Spawn Act " fishery park Captain" Ackerley (as col league of the late J. B. Gilchrist, to 1842 appointment of his successor), avails himself of this medium before the people, in the absence of one's Mayn'th select-vestry Parliament'rs, to ask for their sympathy towards the Mahometan sects, on the loan of the large room at Burlington House, now in Copyhold * trust of the Crown, in order for its being used as a place of God's homage by the 300 persons forming the suite of the Ten "late Sovereign" A'aaaa' itiuz:vlem. meters of India,inow in London, as the as say metropolitan 51 9 30 site 'above' the circum-sized Fixed. earth. • . • : Captain Ackerley's plea being that, as the Crown-button np Hon'able. E. Ind. Company of Jesus worship,' with its church-militia for raising dues under Ministers'-money, having seized all the Kirk-Moslem scites by force of the Dardanelles Treaty, sth Jan., 1809, whereby Gilchrist, watchman of Mecca, as the Scheik-ul-Islam, " safety," issued nts passport by article x, and xii., under " its assistance as of God", for the submission ofall the Mahometan uelemas of the South Pacific Isles, through his " Co-Mufti" agents Gil'spie and Raffles, in Coral-line red trust by virtue of 59 Geo. 111., ch. 60, s. 1, for planting persons iv " Orders unconnected with any Canon of the Church of England " on its Mat a pible law's in old O.S. style. This treaty's sacred power at Gilchrist's death in 1841, be came identified in the " fit and proper person as our chief", as elected by the Sheriff's Boundary Question Writ for " une ligne tiree," by the Congress of Vienna, as representing UTRECIIT'S chain treaty 1713-30, as based on Art. VI. of the Treaty of Paris, 1814, whereon the regional Washington- Cherokee chief of Charleston, under the " New England char ter," as of the Anglo-Mexi Spanish trust, became on the 31st Jan., 1842, personified in the Indian-Peter ' Ba.sq't,' van Brant, s-- * on the Proclamation of 1774, for his fellow-citi zens worship of the Great Spirit of Almighty God through out Asiatic-Europe in America. Captain Ackerley, in sub mission, considers that this providential intent is a requisite manifestation, for the great Railroad interests of commerce, via Euphrates, to India and China, whence the necessity of reviving Nadir Shah's Edict of 13th June,l 736, on the above 1342 record as a " standing" uniformity and privi leges under this Peace offering for ALL, as much for the Ca tholic-Protestant, and Hind3o-Chinese sects, as it regards the Prophetic preacher's sublime inspiration's that has hitherto mother-kin divided the " Soonies 6nd the Bch'ias" on a point of form hereby rectifyed. Thus in keeping with the bare foot-plant entry—co oppo site to the Squating down orthodox mode within the Mosques —whose AL cox anniegefcite-ground rent, alike unto all the G"ristian-churches are in Crown-seisin of the Franklin-tenant for life. The undersigned "in whom the high God is pleased as the successor of the Chief of messengers" under an election not of his own seeking—for Passing the Kelmah-like spirit Oath word into the present and future annual-Parliaments for legal incorporation, by force of the Mantle-jak statute investiture of the years 1152, 1519, '33, 1822 '2O '37 '42 for '57 under the penalty of £lOO sterling ' on holding over"— Britain's Ka:zine treasury year. Decrees as follows— I.—That this " regulation" is to prohibit the meeting of any Kban-shiphost, Parochial, or other Legislative parti z'n's, assembling within any Mosque, Domekirk, Church, or Chapel, hitherto or at present dedicated to God's worship, whether—as for examplification sake—it be MECCA'S Kabl , h, (7) that of San SOPHIE, that of R Surat, or that of S. Ste phen's.2nd foundation at Westminster, or any other in FEX or Mon-Rh° via iv. as within the regions of America as Bri tain. ll.—That to and from The astral Helliometry epochs, namely, 29 September & 24th March, as the Refeite-culmina tion for the At COR annic-period of the Sky night mark of the Ur:re-rome tell-limit south of Pen'ang. —All persons, " high or low, rich or poor," will STAND within the MOSQUE during the half-hour service, and thereby in Mother earth's kindred homage, to Founder's kin as in " ALI the friend of God," and exemplary " Prochain amie," in law, to thus illustrate the moral as universally received, that the upright honest man Is the noblest work of the Supreme Reing, CN. Approved as the C—ally Mord of God for ALL. March 24, 1857. PIERRE BASQUET, Cs. J. B. GILCHRIST, 4 , Crown Freeman, 0. CHARLES 66 'X( " ACRERLEY, f nal-tien'd. Frane-a'-leu Tenant of Newfoundland 1826 State recipient of Portugal's Brazil, IMP. 1825, by STUART and MELLO, at Rio, as 'The Nfagistade Britannica' of MACAO, as of Richard ll.'s half-blood for the Jaw's youngest burden. L'anker star's Crown-gutt on Quadrant-arc, London. N.B.—On all the Kirk Court-houses in America the " flag Union "is displayed during Sacred service ; it is not unrea sonable in like manner the "'Green-flag " should wave over the portal-arch in Piccadilly, as by the patriotic Turk fund'rs in 1856—since the Asiatic Pendu'lema's stipendary " Grants," are for 'Acing a copy of the VEZPAZIAN standard measure for a per tentage responsibility due, in every Town for the people to raise their contribute tax, as the un-paid in justice right by election thereto. * See Times of yesterday, 26th March, 4th leader, on the " Common fund million yearly," as resalting from the raising of the Peopl3's Deed by; courts Christian under Charles Il.'s acts by cANoN'cal Land-agents. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, .will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. rrHEATR E ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil liam, dc. After which, A WICKED WIFE. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright. Followed by a new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, atc. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresvrick. THIS EVENING, the celebrated Play of MONEY. Eve• lyn, Mr. Crcswick. GRINISTIAW, BAGMAN, AND BRADSHAW. Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE WAITER AT CREMORNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. D,obson, &c. The new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (the last week before Easter), Shaks. pere's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with Mr. Wm. Cooke's equestrian illustrations. Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff, Mr. J. W. Anson. After which, the SCENES of HORSEMANSHIP in the ARENA. To conclude with FORTUNE'S FROLIC. Commet.co at seven o'clock. Dress Roses, 4s. ; Upper Aoxes, 3s. • Private Boxes, from U., no charge f or b oo ki ng p;t, ; dallery, la. ; Upper Gallery, Ed. liox-oflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A New Grand Military Spectacle will be produced on EASTER. MONDAY. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPT 'N EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company Vocalists arc engaged for tPe performance of Selections from all the populty.' Ope ras ' Madril•als, Choruses, Glees, Duets, , kc., : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr P. Jonghmans, T. Grover, T. Farrant , S. Jones, J. Bark er , W . Mellin7, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Soils., and E. L. Rime ; Minters Austin, Bennett, and (Joni; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. M kC. J. Wilkins. ac ne and Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Ri c k s; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfi e ld . Commence at Seven eisely. Suppers, drc., un til t welve o'clock, o'clock pre ENERAL TOM THUMB perform s D a il y a t X PRINCE OF WALES BAZAAR, 209, Regentstreet, from Fle'f-past Twelve to Two, Half-past Three to Five, and kalt-past seven to Nine o'clock, introducing, among numerous New 80117,i, Dances, and Imitations, " and " Bobbin Around." Ile has appeared Three Times before her Majestu. Admission, Is. and 2s. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 38 min. aft. 8 —Evening 29 min. aft. 9 Tn-MORRow—Morn. 13 min. aft. 10—Evening 5 min.sit 11 THE WEATHER—Surr Orerroz, APRIL 3. THICRSIONICTER, IN THE SHADE. 59—highost singe noon yesterday 45—lowest this morning and daring the night. 57 —this day at noon. RARomrrzn, 23•133--rising. Wuvn.--S.W. to W.N. W. Light, with heavy clouds and mild, muggy weather. It blew a stro;lg hale yestertlay afternoon from S.W. , 'y' 4 .7., '" 11(11 (, VA J _ ,y r ~~~ ~- LONDON , FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1857. General On•Tnam's glorious victory of Khoo shab has closed our Ir.lst brief but remarkable war against Persia with ono brilliant and memorable feat (37-arms ! Now that we have learnt the full par-. ticular3 of it, the achievement appears to bo in every respect. more extrtordinary oven than w as at first auficinated. The detailed narrative of the j THE SUN LOINDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1857 occurrence received in this country by the Over land Mail, which arrived in town only yesterday, is derived from the victorious General himself in his official despatch addressed to his Excellency, the Governor of Bombay. That document, penned by Sir JAMES OUTRAM on the 10th of February, in the British Camp, near Bushire—is to the full as worthy of the gallant soldier's hand as the deed of glory achieved by it two days before, and of which the despatch itself constitutes the manly but modest commemoration. Observe—in testimony of this—that twice in the course of his official communication to the Go vernor of Bombay, General OUTRAM explicitly repudiates the notion of his wishing for one instant to arrogate to himself the honour of the achievement. At sec. 19 he says, "To Major- General STALKER and to Colonel LUGARD my especial thanks are due"—while earlier in the same despatch, at sec. 6, he yet more expressly declares, "To Major-General STALKER and Colonel LUGARD, chief of the staff, is the credit due for successfully guiding our troops to victory on this occasion." The heroic Commander-in-chief of the "Expeditionary Force previously observing of himself in explanation sec. 5 : " I myself had very little to do with the action, being stunned by my horse falling with me at the com mencement of the contest, and recovering only in time to resume my place at the head of the army shortly before the close of this action." A cir cumstance so far from diminishing Sir JAMES OITRAM'S glory as the Victor of Khooshab, that it may be rather said to enhance it in a very peculiar manner—seeing that while stunned by this unfortunate casualty during one portion of the deadly conflict, OUTRAM was nevertheless " at the head of the army" directing its movements, cheering it on, and conducting it to victory, both at the commencement and at the close of the heroic achievement. And that achievement—the battle of the Bth of February—the Victory of Khooshab ! What of it? Briefly it may be regarded as a brilliant feat of arms, worthy in every respect of being added to the long catalogue of British triumphs in Asia, from Plassy to Goojerat. We are scarcely ex aggerating in any way, we believe, when we avow that for its splendid Heroism Sir JAs. OUTRAM'S Cavalry Battle of Khooshab may take rank with Sir HARRY SMITH'S memorable Charge on the field of Aliwal !—a victory won by a British Cavalry Force of 400 over a Persian Army of very nearly 7,000. The British Forces, under OUTRA3I, comprising merely 419 sabres— namely, 176 Poonah Horse, and 243 3d Cavalry; together with 2,212 European Infan try (64th Foot, 2d Europeans, and 78th High landers), and 2,022 Native Infantry, in cluding 523 of the 4th Rifles, 479 of the 26th Native Infantry, and 460 Beloochees ! While the Persian Force, under SHOOJA-00L- MooLK, comprised—in its total of 6,900 fighting men—Guards, Khaskai, Eilkhannee Sufeuchees, and together with an Arab Regiment 900 strong, and the cavalry of Shiraz, four regiments of Sabriz, and two of Karragoozloo. It appears that almost immediately upon his arrival at Bushire, on the 27th of January, Sir JAMES OUTRAM resolved upon seizing the very earliest opportunity of con_ ducting the British Forces iu land against the Persian army, then encamped, at a distance of forty-six miles from the seaboard, in a strong in trenched position at Burazjoon. A resolution carried out shortly afterwards with characteristic decision and promptitude. Upon the 31st of January and the Ist of February the Expedition ary Forces from Bombay reached Bushire. On the 2d they were landed. On the 3d, towards even ing, they marched from the camp 4,653 strong, " without tents or extra clothing of any sort, each man carrying his great coat, blanket, and two days' cooked provisions, the commissariat being provided with three days' in addition." Thus equipped the British force, in 41 hours, marched the projected 46 miles—arriving at Burazjoon only to find that it had been precipitately de serted by the Persian army, affrighted by our approach, from their entrenchments ! "Satisfied with the moral effect of our occupying their posi tion for two days," says Genersl OUTRAM, " I decided upon removing the troops back t 3 Bushire." Thereupon the Persians take courage —altogether mistaking the true meaning of that retrograde movement. At midnight (7th-Bth February) they commence an attack upon the British rearguard—the Eilkhanee, with his horse, having returned from his hasty retreat into the Pass leading to the Huft Moolla, and SOOLJAH 00L-MOOLK, with his force, from his hasty retreat into the Mhak Pass leading direct to Shiraz ! At daybreak on the Bth February our cavalry and artillery alone—(for says General OUTRAM, in his despatch " the enemy moved away too rapidly for - the infantry to overtake them")—cur Cavalry alone numbering, in all, only 419 sabres, assisted by 18 guns, defeated, signally defeated, and not only defeated but utterly routed the Persian army, numbering, as we have seen, from 6,000 to 7,000 in the aggregate. By this splendid achievement—a victory costing ourselves only some 10 killed, and from sixty-two to seventy-two wounded, but causing a terrible loss to the defeatedenemy, the Persians leaving, of dead alone, some 700 upon the field—the troops in a few hours brought the campaign (as events proved) to a sudden and most satisfactor y conclusion. Routing the foe at Khooshab, and re_ tiring in triumph (after a few hours' rest in bivouac) to Bushire. Within the short period of some fifty hours, as Sir JAMES OUTRAM remarks, was begun and ended this most successful expedi tion During the course of it the enemy's maga • zines, containing 40,0001b5. of powder, were destroyed, together with small arms and a vast quantity of shot and shell—all found in the deserted intrenchmenti at Burazjoon. Besides which, there were carried away by our forces from the same place considerable stores of flour, rice, and grain—as well as from the battle-fi e ld o f Khooshab two guns and a standard of the Khasli kai Regular Infantry Regiment. Such, in brief, were the glorious successes gained by the British Cavalry in their memorable expedition, under General OUTRAM, between Bushire and Burazjoon. The Bank of England has once more raised the i minimum rate of di scount, w hi c h now s tands at 6 per cent. Th e Directors fancy that they are now safe, that th e renewal of the Charter with out change or m o difi cation for a further term of ton years is certain, and they therefore unhesita tingly raise the prico of money t) the great detri ment of the commercial, n aanufacturino. and trading interest , . The blow thus inflicted created astonishment in the City. It vra,i - wholly un expected, and i 3 therefore more Reverely felt than if it had been deaned probable, and that full provision had been made for the change. Fur a considerable time we have been assured that the pres sure was merely temporary, that it would spe-dili cease and that beneficialresults would ultimately arise from our long-continued endurance of the drain of the precious metals. But each time new ap'log ies are put forward. In fact, as we have repeate city s tated, these evils, ro universally- acknowledged are the natur-1 re3olts of our Monetary Sy' stm, MRS. HAR.ROWAY'S BENEFIT. A grand concert, we observe, is announced t, take place on Tuesday next, the 7th instant, at St. Martin's Halt, Long-acre, for the benefit of the widow of the late J. Harroway, R.A., the popular and accomplished composer of such truly National Ditties as " Alma's Heights," and " Balaklava," and the " Fall of Sebas topol." Among the many eminent Artistes who have generously volunteered their " gratuitous assistance" upon the occasion, may be mentioned Miss Poole and Miss Ransford, Mr. G. Tedder and Mr. H. Braham ; two of the Messrs. Distin and Emile Berger Ecing among the number of the instrumental performers an nounced, and Mr E. L. Rime being the director of the concert and accompanyist. 'We very cordial'y wish sue- C 355 to the evening's enterprise, and trust that it may shower a golden consolation upon the relict of the de ceased musician. 1857. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, viz. : FOR GOVERNORS, Sheffield Neave, Esq., Governor. Bonamy Dobree, Esq., Deputy• Governor, FOR DIRECTORS. Thomas Baring, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. *Travers Buxton, Esq. Ed ward Henry Chapman, Esq. Itobt. Wigram Crawford, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Kirkman Danl. Hodgson, Esq Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq Jae. Gollibraud Hubbard, Esq Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. I Thos. Matthias Woguelin, Esq. * N.B.—The gentleman against whose name an asterisk is placed is a new candidate for tha direction. The election for Governor and Deputy•Goveraor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 14th April, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 15th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon, A FORTUITOUS COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES.— Messrs. C3bdon, Bright, and Gibson were rejected as members to serve in Parliament on the anniversary of the declaration of war being made by England and France against Russia (March 28, 1854) ; and the public declaration of their rejection was announced by the re turning officers on the treaty of peace with Russia being egned in Paris (March 30, 1856.) A. Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the first Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street, The Ministers present were—Vis count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lacsdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labou chere, Lord Paumure, the Coancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. _ _ _ Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Wednesday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Archbishop of York and the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave have arrived in Belgrave-square, from the archiepiscopal. palace at Bishopthorpe. His Excellency the Russian Minister and the Countess Chreptowitch entertained at dinner on Wednesday even ing the Marquis .of Lansdowne, Earl of Aberdeen, the Countess of Clarendon, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl and Countess Grey, Lord J. Russell, the Lord Chan cellor and Lady Cranworth, Sir Roderick and Lady Murchison, and Mr. Norman Macdonald. The Patrie announces that the Divans of the Danu bian Principalities are to meet about the 20th instant, for the solution of the difficulties now pending. At the annual meeting of the officers of the Royal ArLi lery, held in the mess room, Woolwich, on Wednes day hit, M3jor Gtneral Sir W. F. Willianr, Bart., K corlituandsmt oc the gaCiriB 4, n t preient,ol an eLgant eilver cup and 280 s rvereigns tl Mr. William J&ley, as an ackflowledgment of his long and faithful services at the tne.s. SLIGO.—Mr. John Ball has retirci, having discovered, he says, "that ho could not, without a sacrifice of his own principles, succeed in attaining a position which he had thought an object of legitimate ambition." GREAT Loss OF LIFE AT SEA.--Singapore, Feb. 19. —A junk, from Canton, bound to this port and Penang, was driven ashore on the morning of the 4th Jan. on the east coast of Bintang, and became a total wreck. 120 Chinese out of 340 on board were drowned. THE TRANSPORT BOARD.—The Transport Board, esta blished tor the late war, was dissolved on the 31st ult., but the duties of the department will be carried on by Capt. W. Drew, who is htil! retained as director of trans. ports. TIIE AUSTRALIAN HOMEWARD MAILS which compels us to sell that which is indispenE able to the prosperity of the people at a price which may be far beneath its actual value under existing circumstances. We earnestly hope that the first act of the new Parliament will be the appointment of a fair and impartial Committee to inquire into this all-important question. That which had been appointed, and which was fo all intents and pur poses "a Committee of Secresy," has closed its labours. Several of its members have lost their seats, and it must unquestionably be reconsti tuted. If a fair demonstration be made at the meeting of the Legislature a great change may be effected. All that monetary reformers ask is a fair and impartial investigation into the existing law, and that such recommendations as may naturally follow from the facts should bo made. The Report of the Lords' Committee, adverse to the law, which it is proposed t 3 renew, still re mains on record, and may be very beneficially re sorted to as a guide to future legislation. But nine years have elapsed since that Report, and a suitable supplement thereto should be put forward E before the matter is finally disposed of. r It is quite clear that the question has not hitherto received the attention which its vast importance so imperatively requires. It was care fully eschewed by the " do-nothing Parliament" recently dissolved. Every difficult subject was there avoided. Noble Lords and Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen thought they did all that could be required in giving the go-by to any intricate problem. Will those who have assumed their places display similar apathy and indiffe rence ? Will they lay themselves open to the grave accusation of apathy and indiffer ence, where the welfare and prosperity of the in dustrial population is so greatly concerned. The greatest evils that can happen to the country arise from fluctuations in the value of money that may defeat the best-prepared calculations, and which render what ought to, be legi timate transactions litt!e better than gam bling speculations ! Why, we ask, should this state of things la continued, and why should the interests of the people be con fided to the irresponsible directors of an irre sponsible corporation. Surely the regulation of the national currency should be placed under a department of the Government answerable to Parliament for the exercise of a proper discretion. The best proof that can be afforded by the new House of Commons of its zeal and anxiety for the public welfare will be bestowing on this interest ing question the attention which it so pre-emi nently merits, but which it certainly has never hitherto received. The last mail from La Plata brought intelli gence of more than ordinary interest, politically and financially. We not•ic?d that from Buenos Ayres on the arrival of the Tamar, but the great pressure on our space prevented us from observ ing on the improved prospects of the long de frauded bondholders, whose interests we have closely looked after, through good report and through bad report. We plainly and intelligibly det riled the true state of affairs respecting their long-neglected claims, and showed how fully they were entitled to the moderate terms insisted on by their very efficient and indefatigable represen tatives. The matter at length seems placed in proper train, and we may hope that all causes of complaint will be promptly and speedily removed. The settlement of the long pending dip• lomatic dispute with the British Govern ment, from the unceremonious expulsion of Captain GORE, is a very auspicious circumstance, that must unquestionably be productive of the best possible results to our fellow-subjects. The ar rangement is perfectly satisfactory, as will be seen from what we have extracted into another part of our imnression. The Buenos Ayres Government candidly confesses the error into which it was betrayed when it forwarded his passport to Captain GORE, accompanied by a very uncourteous and unceremonious note. It will be seen that notes have passed between the Foreign Minister, Dr. DA.LMACIO VELEZ SARSFIELD, and Mr. FRANK PARISX, of a character proving beyond the possibility of doubt that all parties were influenced by a sincere dosire to terminate iu a conciliatory spirit all past grievances. Thus Dr. SARSFIELD, after a die tinct expression of regret for what was naturally considered an offensive act, requests that " the note of the 6th January, 1853, and the passport enclosed in it may be considered as withdrawn," and the acting Consul-General, Mr. PARISH, unhesitatingly accepts the apology thus fairly offered. The financial intelligence is also interesting, and although not quite so satisfactory as the long continued forbearance of the creditors might have anticipated, it still will be pleasing to the holders of the Bonds represented by the Loan of 1824. We have again and again urged upon all parties concerned the injustice done the creditors by a suspension of payment approaching a period of 30 years, and also showed the unwise policy on the part of the Buenos Ayres Government (whether Roses or OBLIGADO, or any other Go vernor ruled), and called on them at once to remove the blot that so long disgraced its financial history, and to follow forthwith the example so long and so usefully set by Chili, by Peru, and other South American States, and not to point to Europe for good or for bad illustrations—to prove that credit is everywhere strength and power to countries commanding such resources. We perceive, amongst other documents last to hand, a letter addressed by the Finance Minister. NORBERTO DE Ld RIESTRA, to the House of BARING BROTHERS, and which appeared in The Sun of Friday. We may remark that any appeal to Buenos Ayres from such a quarter was en. titled on every ACCOUNT to the best attention of the Finance Minister. Indeed Messrs. BARING had little to urge if we remember correctly after the resolutions agreed to at the London Tavern, in November—and concessions acquiesced in by the English creditors. That little was simply that a Deferred Stock bearing 3 per cent., instead of only a contemptible 1 per cent. for 10 years, and then 2 permanently, should le granted. The Minister, PS usual, pleads poverty, but still promises acquiescence in i be event of augmeated revenue, enabling the State to pay it. PAY IT, we repeat, we reiterate q, they can do, were the debt double what it is. The Loan was originally only 1,000,0001. at 84 per Cent., and perhaps about 950,0001. is all that now circulates ; the rest was redeemed by sums re served from the subscriptions to the Loan by the co n tractors in 1824. Then how f,tands the case if Mr. PAT:I'iU and :qr. C tun , t obtain the Tao original Bend, we bpealli,,eryvecone::..iipoirr a,ic present d ? npays a small interest of 3 p e r cont. This ensuing year it will pay about 4 per cent., and will increase t he followin g y ears to 5 and 6 per cent. and the h a lf of a half year ' 3 enor mous. They amount to, if not exceed, 170 per cent, ever since 1829 The arrears of dividend over due are now enor- They have run on almost coupon of that taut ditto was th e l as t pa id upon. Bo it remem bered all this is so much saved to the Republic, and so much loss 'to the Bondholders. It would seem as if the Minister was determined that it should be lost altogether, or next door to it. We have observed many inquiries made as -to what the value of this " 2 per cent. deferred" will be. It is vaguely argued if a Peru 3 per cent. is rl - , 56, and a Chili 3 per cent. at 80, surely a Buenos Ayres 2 per cent, will be worth 15 or 20, and, if good faith is kept, may go higher. Others argue 5/. or Si., or at most 101. profit, is all it is worth. This we leave to the stock-jobbers and to the test of time, and perhaps the state of monetary affairs. We should not have dwelt so much upon that part of the subject but for a very ambiguous paragraph in Senor RIESTRA'S letter to Messrs. BARING; "thanking, es it does, their good selves," as it were for a hint, that a small rate of interest only paid on the Deferred, will keep it low, and they (the Republic) may redeem it easily and comfortably. Messrs. BARING; how ever, seem to have suggested that 3 per cent., , and not a paltry 2 per cont., should be paid. 6 We hope the Republic will yet adopt this very proper and even moderate suggestion. _ One word more and we dismiss the subject— glad, at least, to congratulate the bona fide bond holders that, if all is not obtained that ought to be conceded, better times seem to be in store for them. We say this with more confidence, for if Messrs. BARING have failed as to the " 3 per cent. quer tion" on the Deferred, they have obtained a re• cognition of the Active PS a 6 per Cent. Bond within a very proximate date as stated, and bet ter still, the " Canon Effitcutico," or " Copyhold Government Tenures," are to be applied as a sink ing fund for both the Active and Deferred por tions of the debt. We are credibly in formed that the revenues, from this branch, are, some years, very considerable—calculated at from 50,0001. to 60,0001. sterling annually. A reserve is made of 15,0001. in favour of some other claim. On the whole, the prospects, then, of the credi tors are improving greatly, compared to the utterly barren state of things for more than a quarter of a century past. We have stated that the bondholders are deeply indebted to their efficient and indefatigable agents. Mr. FRL.NIE PARISH rendered valuable assistance at all times, while the zeal, exertions, and experi ence of Mr. JAMES GIRO cannot be too highly praised. For three years that Gentleman has displayed untiring patience and assiduity. Mr. ROBERTSON'S name has been too long connected with the question to be omitted on this occasion. He was the chief mover on every point, and we may ascribe the present improved state of affairs mainly to his judicious efforts. It is deeply to be regretted that a severe accident has debarred him —we trust but for a brief period—from attending to the important duties confided to his charge as Chairman of the Committee of bondholders, and which he has invariably discharged with so much credit to himself and benefit to those in whose behalf he was so actively engaged. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE INDIAN NAVY. Allen's India Mail states that Capt. G. Greville Wellesley, C. 8., RN., has been appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, to succeed Admiral Sir H. Leeke, whose tenure of office has expired. Captain Wellesley's conamt§sion as lieu tenant was dated in April, 1831, as commander in April, 1842, and as captain in December, 1844. As lieutenant of the Castor he was at the taking of Caiffa and Tsour, on the coast of Syria, and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. After passing through these three grades v. - 11 much credit, he was placed in command on the Pacific station in 1853 ; and on the breaking out of the late war with Russia he was appointed to the command of the Cornwallis, which formed one of the Baltic fleet. Captain Wellesley is the youngest son of the late Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, and a nephew of the late Duke of Wellington.—[Hence his good luck.—ED. SUN.] Important and satisfactory news arrived yesterday from A ustralia of the safe arrival out there of the two mail packets Oneida and Simla. The former made the . passage from Southampton to Melbourne, via the Cape of Good Hope, in 65 days, and the latter in 55 days The Oneida made a very good passage, but that of the Simla was by far the quickest passage to Australia ever known, and justifies the high expectations that were formed of that vessel. It does net appear that any accident happened to either of the two mail packets of a nature to prevent their leaving Australia at the appointed periods. The Oneida arrived out at Sydney on the 29th of Dec., and her time for leaving that port with the homeward mail was not until the 23d of Jan. The Simla arrived out at Melbourne on the 6th of Jan., and her time for leaving was not until the 14th of Feb. There must have been plenty of time, therefore, to have got each of those steamers ready to start at the proper date. The Oneida should have reached Suez on the 6th, and the Simla on the 24th of March. We have news from Suez up to the latter period, and no tidings of the arrival of either of those steamers. A s far as the Simla is concerned it cannot be said as yet that she has lost any time, but the Oneida is undoubtedly 18 days overdue. If the latter ship could have come up to Suez from Australia in proper time, the Simla, from her superior speed, would no doubt have reached Suez about the 17th or 18th of last month. It is feared, therefore, that the time for performing the voyage from Sydney to the northern point of the Red Sea has not been properly estimated, or that the packets have had un favourable weather. In little more than a week's time we shall bs able to have telegraphic news from Suez by way of Trieste, of a fortnight's later date than that re cently received. It appears that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Simla, under charter to the European and Australian Royal Mail Company, arrived at Melbourne on the 6th of January, after an unprecedented run of 55 days from Southampton, including a stay of 5 days at St. Vincent. The distance from Southampton to Mel bourne being 12,700 miles, she must have averaged 254 miles per day. The Simla wa3 due at Suez on the 24th ult. with advises from Melbourne to the 15th of Feb., and should she have kept the contract time, telegraphic intelligence by her via Marseilles may be expected on the 6th instant. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : " received the annexed note by this morning's mail.—Your obedient servant, " London April 2. " VOYAGEUR. "'Suez, March 9. "' My dear Sir,—l write you a hurried line from this m'serable hole, amid a scene of desolation unparalleled on the face of the earth. " 'Nike days after her time, and no steamer in yet to take us on to Point de Galle or Melbourne ! The pas sengers for both places are disappointed and disgusted, and the mails are left on the open ground, Wasting their sweetness on the desert air.' So much for the new charter, and the attempt of Eng land and the colonies to procure rapid postal communi cation. " ' No dependence can be placed on any company that has not a separate steamer for the service from Suez to Point de Galle.—Yours truly, " ' T. S.' " ELECTION OF THE VICE-PROVOST AND A FELLOW OF ETON COLLEGE. ETON COLLEGE, Thnrsday.—The Rev. Thomas Carter, M.A., one of the Fellows of Eton College, has been una nimously elected vice-provost vice the Rev. George Bethel!, deceased. At a College meeting, held after morning service this day, present the Rev. Edward Craven Hawtrey, D.D., Provost ; the Rev. Thomas Carter, M.A., Vice Provost ; the Rev. John Francis Plurnptree, M.A., the Rev. Geo. Rowney Green, M.A., the Rev. Geo. John Dupuis, M.A., and the Rev. Cbas. Luxmore, M.A.,—the Rev. Edward Coleridge, M.A., Lower Master, was elected Fellow of Eton College. The vacancy of lower master, occasioned by the eleva tion of the Rev. E. Coleridge, has not yet been filled up, but it is expected that the Rev. W. A. Carter, M.A., the senior assistant master of the upper school, who is the son of the present vice-provost, who had so long and faithfully discharged the duties of lower master, will be elected to this important office. _ The examinati..ns for the Newcastle Scholarship, under the Rev. Mr. de Winton and Mr. Chitty, have been going for ward during the week, and the election of the fortunate scholar and medallist, it is expected, will be announced in the course of to-morrow. THE LYCEUM THEATBE.—Mr. C. Dillon closed a bril liant season last night with Sir Bulwer Lytton's play of "Richelieu," in which he performed the part of the Cardinal with excellent effect. The house was crowded. TROPHY OF THE LATE WAR.—The well-riddled flag of the renowned Twelve Apostles, once the pride of Sebas topol Harbour, is now in the hands of a person at Malta, who occasionally ho;sts it to shake out the moths, to the great indignation of the Russian Consul. We trust the patriotism of the possessor of this trophy will induce him to present it to the United Service Museum. SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEO3I. Yesterday, after a vacation of nine months, the col!ection of models, books, T:wilatings, drawings, and works of art contained in Sir John Soave's museum, Lincoln's-inn-fields, was opened to the inspection of the public, and free access will be afforded on the Thursday and Friday in each week till the end of the month of June to all persons who apply previously, by letter or personally, for tickets of admis ion. PE3fBROKE DOCKYARD.—The reductions consequent on the peace have been carried out at this yard. About 200 joiners, sawyers, shipwrights, and labourers have been dismissed, and of these 60 shipwrights have been removed to the other establishments. The contractors have also considerably reduced the number of men in their employ. Mr. Smith has discharged a hundred, so that altogether there has been a very considerable re duction in the number of hands employed. The system of task work has also been abolished in Pembroke Dock yard, and, instead of each mechanic being allowed to earn as much as he could, he will now return to his reguler weekly wages, which, however, will be 275. in te,ead of 245., as before the war, for skilled shipwrights. THE SUNDERLAND ELECTION AND MR. HUDSON.—L appears that George Hudson, Esq., M.P. for Sunder , land, is still haunted by the fiends of the law, owing to unsatisfied judgments, amounting to upwards of 100,0001. which are still standing out against him. Consequently, on the nomination day (Friday last), at Sunderland election, his ex-Majesty was seized upon by a sheriff's officer, who served him with a writ for a considerable amount ; but Mr. Hudson laid claim to being exempt from the pains and pevaLies of the law under the peculiar circumstances in which he was then placed as a candidate. The officer of the law found that he had no real power to arrest his ex-Majes:,y, and took his departure ; at the same time lee kept a sharp look out on the state of the poll, so that if Mr. Hudson had lost his seat he would undoubtedly have been ar rested, and placed within a debtor's cell ; but at the close of the poll his ex-Majesty was again fortunate enougi , by a rapid coalition, to come in second in the race, and had a narrow escape from the British bailiffs. It is hardly expected that the hon. member will be able to take his seat in Parliament ; for all the splendours of the iron crown, the country seats, and the enchanted man , ion of Albert-gate, have passed away, and left the ex-King very poor.—Northern Daily Ixpress. THE KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION RIOTS.—The town of. Kidderminster is still in an excited state, aid, although a portion of the military brought down on Saturday night have returned to their quarters, it is still consi dered necessary to retain the residue in the town some time longer. Mr. Lowe, we regret to say, is still suffer ing severely from the injuries inflicted upon him by the brutal mob. The two men apprehended on Monday, and remanded on a charge of rioting alter the Riot Act had been read, will be brought up today before the Mayor and magistrates at Kidderminster, and at the same time it is expected that a number of the ringleaders in the outrage on Saturday night will be apprehended and brought before the authorities. The police have been actively employed all the week in inquiries, and have been assisted in their object by a small staff of de tectives. The most determined efforts will be made to ascertain who were the originators of the attack upon Mr. Lowe, and a subscription to a considerable amount has been raised for defraying the expenses incident to a prosecution of the malefactors. A large reward is also about being offered for the detection of the most active assailants of Mr. Lowe and his party. The friends and supporters of Mr. Lowe are even now nightly subjected to insults and annoyances on the part of the weavers, who, notwithstanding the presence of the military in the town, do not scruple, on meeting any gentlemen who have distinguished themselves as supporters of Mr. Lo we, to insult and " bonnet" them in the public streets. The respectable people of the town, however, whether op posed or favourable to Mr. Lowe, denounce the attack on Saturday as reflecang a lasting disgrace on the town. A " DIFFICULTY' IN THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.— It is only a short time since we chronicled an emphatic knock-down in one of the Houses of the Missouri Legis lature, which was followed by the drawing of a bowie knife. We have now a similar incident to relate. A few days since, just before the vote on the Bank Bill was taken, Mr. Albin, of Gentry, in a personal explana tion, made some harsh strictures on Mr. Singleton, i f Andrew. The rest of the story is thus toll in the In quirer's legislative report:—" He e Mr. Singleton, of Andrew, rose from his seat and advanced to the side of his desk, towards the left centre aisle; when he arrived at the front edge thereof, he, with his right hand, grippled for his inkbottle ; a second clutch secured it. Drawing back, he threw it with much force at Mr. Albin. The bottle, scattering its contents, ail along its route, struck the desk of Mr. Albin in front of him, and bounced off, carrying with it a handkerchief, just glancing over the lace of Mr. Dames, of Sent!, whose seat is about "in a line with the seat of Mr. Albin. Upon this, and quicker than we can pen the act, Mr. Albin drew from his breast a seven-inch Coit's revolver, which he pointed with unerring certainty, and which he held with a wonderful steadiness, directly at Mr. Singleton. Gentlemen surrounding either person rushed towards them, not, however, until Mr. Single ton had stooped down, in the attempt, as it would appear, to raise a spittoon. Mr. Clover, of St. Louis, who happened to be near, caught the arm of Mr. Albin, and at the same time with his left hand forced the pistol up to the ce'ling. By this time the Speaker col lected himself, and ordered the two persons under arrest. Mr. Albin made some resistance by words, but on the recommendation of his friends he left the hall in custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr. Singleton was not for the present molested."-- Nets 1 7 011 Mirror. LATEST NE WS. BERLIN, APRIL 1. The Emperor of Russia has definitively re nounced his intended excursion, Prince Gort• schakoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and General Suchosanot, Minister of 'Mr, are ex pected here shortly. Count Cavour rent the Austrian Ambassador, Count Paar, his passports on the 29th ult. Count Cavour suspected that the Ambassador was linger- ing here to give countenance to a belief that he had been asked by the Sardinian Government to remain. The situation is becoming daily more critical and menacing. The reading of the firman for the installation of Vogorides Coraki, the new Kaimacan of Moldavia, took place at Jassy on the 18th ult. Everything passed off quietly. The Principalities and the Black Sea are now completely evacuated. Admiral Lyons, with several men-of-war, quitted the Bosphorus on the 25th March, for Malta. The stipulated day was the 30th of March. The rest of the ships would follow on the 31st. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, March 24.—The works on the Cairo and Suez Railway are progressing with every despatch, and 39 miles of rails have been laid, upon which a daily traffic is conducted for the c on veyance of men and materiel. At the present moment the temporary branch which is to connect the line with the central station of the old carriage road is in course of execution, the object being to render the first half of the lino at once available for the conveyance of goods and passengers in transit through the country. M. Mouchelet, the chief engineer of the line, seems, notwithstand ing the altzming reports that have lately obtained circulation, to be pecfeedy unshaken in his confi dence that the work will be brought to a successful issue ; wad it is even asserted that, as far as regards difficulties arising from the nature of the ground, the greatest have been already overcome. The total rise of the line will, I am informed, be about 700 feet, the highest gradient being lin 175. There is always more or less fear of delay from the difficulty of providing a sufficient number of labourers, but at this moment about 4,000 men are employed on the line, and Said Pasha having for the present abandoned the intention of commencing the con struct;on of the "Alimentary Canal," in connection with M. de Lesseps' project, there is every pro bability of that number being fully maintained if not increased. Among other improvements connected with the transit department, it has been proposed to pro long the railway from the present station at Alex andria, along the banks of the harbour, to the Customhouse and Arsenal, where specie and goods could be landed from the steamers with greater safety, that part of the harbour being completely sheltered from the violent north-west winds which often prevail in the winter season ; but the plan is opposed on the ground that its execution would be attended with heavy expense, and that it would, moreover, interfere with the traffic of the harbour. Up to the present, therefore, no final decision ap pears to have been adopted. FRANCE, PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING, Admiral Hamelin Minister of Marine, has re ceived a report, dated Batavia, February 10, from Lieutenant de Lavaissiere de Lavergne, who com manded the Duroc at the time of her wreck on the Ilot-Mellish. The report gives an account of the proceedings of himself and crew from the time of the accident until their arrival at the above port, but it adds nothing to the long details we have al ready given on the subject. There was no meeting of the Neuchatel Confe rence to-day, and it is not certain that there will be one to-morrow. It is difficult to ascertain how the matter is really getting on ; it is doubted whe ther the Plenipotentiaries themselves can say any thing positive about it. The demands of Prussia, under discussion yesterday, are said to be these—a full and complete amnesty for those who took part in the insurrection of September ; conservation of the title of the Prince of Neuchatel ; payment to the King by the Helvetic Confederation of 2,003,000 as a compensation for the revenues of Neuchatel ; restitution of the property of the Church incorporated in the year 1848 with the property of the State ; pay ment by the Helvetic Confederation of the expenses occasioned by the events of September, and by the occupation ; contribution by the population to the expenses at the charge of the State; amnesty for all political offences anterior to the events of September ; guarantee by the State for the capital and interest of pious establishments, hospitals, &c.,,particularly of the sum bequeathed by the aron de Gury ; and suspension of all dis cussion relative to the constitution of Neuchatel until after the expiration of• a term of six months. A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels says:—" The expedition to Kabylia has been fully organised. The command of the three divisions, of which it is to be composed, has been given to Generals Renault, Macmahon, and Yousouf. Mar shal Randon, who is to have the command in chief of the expedition, will proceed with the column of General Yousouf. General Trochu is to command the first brigade of the division of General Mac mahon." Signor Mania has forwarded to Turin a sum of 2,000 f., the amount of a collection made in Paris to purchase guns for the fortress of Alessandria. M. Manin had previously sent from Paris 5,000 f. fo2 the same purpose. The Sun, Globe , and Express were seized yester day at the post - office. BOURSE, April 2.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft. c. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents . 69 95 New Loan End of Month. —fr. —O. 70 65 Bank Shares 4,175 Roman &edit Mobilier 1,442 50 Austrian Belgian Fives .. 101 Spanish Threes...... Pied inontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CABF• fr. c. fr c Orleans 1,560 Western Northern 1,050 Strasburg Lyons ......1,595 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,140 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi MONTENEGRO. The Deutschland of Vienna, of the 28th ultimo, says: "M. Mekad.ovik, secretary to Prince Danielo, has just been arrested here on the demand of the prince, transmitted from Paris by telegraph. Although a friend and councillor of the prince, he is said to have taken away the sacerdotal ornaments and sacred vases of the Or thodox Church at Cettingen, which are regarded as of peculiar sanctity ; and his object in taking them is said to be to send them to St. Petersburg. Although under arrest, he is allowed to remain at his hotel." _ _ Accounts from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, state the government, on hearing of tie violation of Austrian territory by the Montenegrins, imme diately ordered by telegraph General de Marnula, Governor of Malmatia, to demand complete saris faction ; that is, the release of Lucas Radouitch and the punishment of the offenders: In case of refusal, Austria menaces to blockade the frontieri of Montenegro. PRUSSIA. The Eoursc Gazette of Berlin, of the 30th ult., says :—" The sittings of the Zollverein conference having terminated, the propositions made by Aus tria will be discussed by a new commission, to meet at Vienna. The north of Germany no longer stands alone in its wishes for the dissolution of the Zollverein ; it has now found a support in the ultramontane press of Bavaria, which seeks to weaken Prussia, in order to give vent to its hatred of Protestantism." The Second Chamber of Prussia, in its last sit ting, adopted a bill con cerning certain military expenses for 1856, w hi c h a re to be paid out of the loan of 20,000,000 thalers raised. in 1854. Baron de Koller, a mbaiisador of Austria to the Court of Berlin, has arrived in the latter capital. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 29th ult, have realhed us. The King had been slightly indis posed, but was better. Some journalists have been elected to the Cortes, but they belong entirely to the absolutist press. Orders had been sent to con tinue The fortiticAtions at Mahon , and the funds for them had been provided. The Espana publishes this paragraph :—" It is imnoured that the captain of an English vessel now anchored in the Bay of Santander is distributurg to youths devoid of expe rience books advocating Protestant doctrines, of which books he has brought over a large quantity. We know not what degree of truth there may be in - this rumour ; but we mention it iu order that the authorities may be on their guard, and redouble their vigilance." A rep - art h cut ren t at Berne (says the New Zurich Gazette) that Sardinia has it in contemplation to enrol 6,000 Swiss. " The fortifications of Galicia," says the Austrian gazette, " are to to immediately commenced, and carried on with great activity. The troops are, it is said, to be employed on these works." The Germanic Diet decided last year that the duration of the service of the federal troops should be increased from five to six years. The Diet hag, however, just resolved that for the troops formed by voluntary enlistment the duration of the ser v'ce shall only be four years ; but that the men shall remain constantly on duty, and not be allowed the furloughs granted to other troops. A letter from Constantinople mentions that the French Ambassador has in'erfered in a friendly but not official manner in the affair of the Kangaroo, and that through his mediation, aided by other members of the diplomatic corps, the affair will, in all likelihood, be arranged. AUSTRALIA. We yesterday announced the arrival of the White Star at Liverpool, from Melbourne, with advices up to the 18th of January, and also published a summary of the news brought by her. The follow ing extracts will be found interesting:— Sir Henry Barkly held his first levee on the Ist January, in the Exhibit:on Building. The attend ance was very large. Addresses were presented from both Houses of Parliament, from the Munici pal Council, from the ministers and members of the Free Presbyterian Church, the Synod of Vic toria, the Wesleyan Church, the Episccpal Church, the committee of the Melbourne Benevolent Asy lum, and the Municipal Councils of Williamstown and East Collingwood. The Herald says that Sir Henry Barkly's ostentatious character augurs well for his future success. The Victoria ministers threatened to resign, be cause defeated in the Legislaiive Council ou an item in the supplementary estimates. On an ex planation, however, that it was not intended to express any want of confidence by the vote, and a vindication of the right of the house to approve or disapprove of any item of expenditure, without reference to such an issue as a resignation of minis ters, the crisis was allowed to pass, and the ministry was declared out of danger. Mr. H. S. Chapman, Mr. Langlands, and Mr. Ebden were said to be in the field for Nlelbourne. It was said that Mr. Fawkner will resign his seat in the Upper House, iu order to contest this elec tion for a seat in the Lower one. Telegraphic communication between Melbourne and Castlemaine was opened on the 9th Jan. New diggings had been opened at Mount Hope, with every appearance of being highly auriferous. The gold obtained was very coarse, but there was a great want of water. Mount Hope is about 60 miles from Sandhurst, due north, Avid within 12 or 15 miles of the river Murray. An extensive fire had occurred at Geelong, de stroying valuable property in the Market-square and Corio-street, and nearly the whole block of buildings bounded on the south by the Market square, on the east and west by Yarra-street and Kardinia-street, and on the north by Corio-street, comprising many valuable store s, shops, and large warehouses. At Sydney, Mr. Dailey, a Liberal, bad been returned as the representative of that city, defeating Mr. John Fairfax, of the Herald, by upwards of 500 votes. In the council Mr. E. D. Thompson moved a series of resolutions, making the Sydney sovereigns a legal tender in all parts of the British empire, which were carried. The Ballarat Times gives the following history of a claim at Ballarat, on the Red Hill, and which has been working for nearly two years. It is called the Durham Hole : "A more extraordinary proof of the uncertainty of gold digging cannot be afforded than the various changes this claim has undergone since its com mencement ; it has passed into the hands of three different parties, and is now , about to pass to a fourth ; in each hange the party has handed over to the next speculators a decent little fortune. It is rumoured that the ground even now is rich, and likely to produce more than an ordinary return to the purchasers of the shares, which have been sold at 2001. each. It is asserted that this will prove the richest alluvial claim of gold ever heard" of, not ex cepting any gold field known. Fiat party of eight men took out 936 oz. ; second patty of eight men took out 2,304 oz. ; third party of twelve men took out about 9,000 oz. Total, taken out up to the 22d of December, 12,240 oz., worth, at 41. per oz., 48,9601.; and we may calculate that by the time the claim has been completely worked out, at least 50,0001. will have been the result, showing that had 12 men originally worked the hole out, and not have transferred it to others, the amount of each man's share would have 1 upwards of 4,2001." The members of the North Australian Expedi tion have returned to Sydney. There does not seem to be any pal i:icular discovery made by t"tem, geographical or otherwise. They pronounce the Victoria 'lvor navigable, and the district avail able for colonisation. But the great interior re mains a terra i)nognita. The " Australian mys tery" remains unveiled, and the field is still open to future enterprise. The following is the quarterly statement of the amount of gold brought to Melbourne and Geelong by escort in 1856, compared with the corresponding quarter of 1855 _ 1855. 1856. OQtober November 210,847 256,981 December 243,732 Last quarter of 1855 .... 649,225 687,691 649,225 Increase on fourth quai i:er of 1856 460,287 Increase on the year Showing an increase of nearly two millions in the produce of gold over the year 1855. The price of gold remains at 775. to 78s.' 3d. The Orwell, royal mail ship, had sailed for Lon.. don with 49,384 oz. of gold. The demand for gold for shipment per the Royal Charter was already active, and it was expected that she would have a large quantity on board when leaving that city. The last return of the receipts by escorts was 48,648 oz. for the week ; and the receipts from the 3d to the sth amounted to 44,126 oz. COMMERCIAL. In the import market there has been little doing, and quotations were unchanged. Wines and spirits maintain their latest prices, while bottled ale and porter show an increased profit since last quotations. Upon the whole business is rather brisker. As a proof that city property, in spite of the fall in ge. ne"al merchandise, not only keeps its price, but rises in value, we may mention that the store, No. 85, Bourke street, immediately adjoining the Theatre-royal, and which was disposed of five months ago for 4,2001., has been sold for 5,900/. The Melbourne market note, of the 9th, repot 'os an increased animation in business. The following are amongst the quotations : Belmont candles are easily sold, to arrive at 16d. per lb. Butter is saleable if of late arrival and good quality. - At Messrs. W. Easy and Co.'s sale, at the stores of Messrs. Miles, Kington, and Co.'s, about 10,000/, worth of merchandise was sold. The following prices were ob tained :—Port wine (aunt's, Quarles Haris's, and Obiey's), in pipes, hhds. and quart er c h es t s , f rom 571. to 641. per pipe ; West India rum, 10 o. p., 4s. id. per gallon ; 500 firkins butter, 91, to 131 d, per lb. ; Car rington's ale, 41. 7s. 6d. to 41. 12s. 6d. per hhd. ; York hams, is. Sd. per lb. ; Muntz's metal, ls. 2d. per lb. ; ma il phaeton, 1001. ; dogcarts, 50/. ; gunny bags, 4s. 11d, per dozen ; sulphuric acid, 24(1. per lb. ; ginger beer bottles, 20s. per gro:s ; soda water ditto, 24s ditto. Invoices of glassware, elecZro-plate, and cutlery, at rc• munerative prices. TIIE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, Captain Cook, has arrived with the mails from Gibraltar of the 25th March ; Cadiz, 26th ; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto and Tigo, 30th. She brings 6,8331. in specie, 1,250 doubloons, 690 half-chests and 43 boxes of oranges, and a quantity of eggs, coffee, dates, and general mer chandise. On the 31st, at 6 a.m., the Sultan passed the Company's steamer Tagus entering th e B ay o f Vigo ; all well ( n board. r the Pcra, with the. outward mails of the 20th March, arrived out at Gibraltar on the 24th, in three days 22 hours from Southampton. At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ships Curlew, Redpole, and Miranda. At Lisbon were her Ma jesty's ships Exmouth, Prineess'Royal, and Co lossus ; and the usual Portuguese squadron. Gibraltar exchanges on the 21st ult. :—London, 90 days', 514 to 511 ; Paris, sf. 35e. ; Man eines, sf. 37e. ; Genoa, (if. 38 c . ; 6panish pillared dol lars, 9i to 10 per cent. premium. TILE RURAL DEANERY OF BARKING.—The Lord Bishop of Lon lon has aupointed the The. Abel John Ram, , Vicar of \Vest Ham, to be Rural Dean of the Deanery of Barking, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Streatiedd. I 1 i I