The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI. Opara—LA. TRAVIATA. Violetta, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Madlle. Poccbini. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for th• public, and may be bad on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. ORTOLANI will make her first appearance on TUESDAY NEXT, April 28, when will be revived (first time these seven years) Bellini's Opera of I PURITAN!, Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani (her first appearance in England; Arturo, Sig. Ginglini. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LA TRAVIATA. PICCOLOMINI, GI (MUNI, BEN EVE , T ANO, POCCHINI EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY EVENING, April 3/ LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mdlle. Piecolomini. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Poechini. For particulars see bills. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. S' JAMES'S THEATRE.- CRIMEAN RELICS. Box-office open from 11 to 5. Books at the Theatre. L ES BOUFFES PARISTENS (French Plays), ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that the Entire Company of Les POUFFES PARISIENS, from the Theatre des Pouffes, in the Champs Elysees, and the Theatre Comte, Passage Choiseul, Paris, will have the honour of appearing at the St. James's Theatre, en WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAy 20. Notwithstanding the well-merited popularity of this talented company, which has existed for several years in Paris, cir cumstances have always occurred tc prevent a visit of " Les Bonffes" to this country until the present period ; nor can the engagement now entered into be extended beyond a short season of six weeks. In order to insure the best possible effect to their performances, it is intended to bring over the entire orchestra attached to their establishment. under the able direction of the composer, Monsieur Offenbach. Mes Pradeau, Guyot, Gertpre, die., Mesdemoiselles Dalmoni and Mareehal, will have the honour of making their first appearance in this country The performances will be selected from the following r pertoire VIOLONEUX 3f'SIEIJ LANDRY, PANTINS DE VIOLETTE..., LE DOCTEUR MI RA CLE.... PEPITO .. ...... L'IMPRESARIO LA. BONNE D'ENFANTS.. RATAC LA N, Musique de M. Offenbaei. „ „ Duprate. „ „ Adolphe Adam, „ „ Bizetet Lecocq. „ Offenbach. „ Mozart. LE ROSE DE ST. FLEUR CROQUEFERS, tmDERNIER DES PALADINS LES DF,UX A VEUGLES Offenbach. „ Offenbach. „ Offenbach. TROMB-AL•CAZAR SIX DEMOISELLES A „ Offenbach. „ „ Offenbach. „ „ Offenbach. MARIER 1E DUEL DE BENJAMIN, LA NUIT BLANCHE „ Offenbach. itc.. dm., &C. Jonas Offenbach, Owing to the limited duration of this engagement per. formances will be given every evening, but subscribers will have the option of selecting either the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings, or the Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur days. The entertainments will be arranged to commence at half past 8 o'clock, and terminate about 11. Subscription to Stalls, for 12 representations, 5 guineas ; Private Boxes, 30 and 40 guineas. By the night—Stalls. 10s 6'1.; Public boxes. ss. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, will be performed Shak espe re's tr , gedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION'. 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, dm. After which, the enecessfu' Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of ATAL ANTA : or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Tcrnan. Concluding with LENn ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Press Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 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. ADELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Panl Redford, &e. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste wi perform After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. •71 TRAND THEATRE.—Manazer, Mc. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed RL - TH OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, (Szc. To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 64. 13)0YAL SI7RRITY THEATRE, Lessees. Messrs. Shepherd and Oreswick. THIS EVENING, the new drama of FLORENCE ; or, The Fatal Error, Characters by Messrs. Creswick, Norman, Charles, Miss Mortimer, &c. After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with songs, Miss Poole. Folthwed by THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will he performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, kc. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES' ! THIEVES ! ! 3fessrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, dtc. Commence at half-past Seven. ALSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (2(1 week). the highly successful Grand Military Spectacle, called THE FRENCH TN ALGIERS ; or, The Battle of Constantine, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's admired Stud of trained Horses, &c. After which, Miss Kate Cooke will appear in the EQUES TRIAN ACTS in the CIRCLE. The performance of Signor Curelli and Family. To conclude with A RISIBLE FARCE. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper !loxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, us ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Rox•office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow inrf company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popula” Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, ire., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel!, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, P. Jones. J. Barker. W. Melling, P. Porri Senor Antonio M. de Rolla, and E. L. Mime ; Masters Bennett and Corri; Messrs, Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney, Pianoforte. Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDG R. MIS DAY—Mom. 11 min. aft. 2—Evening 33 rale. aft. 2 To-Moinlow—Morn. 56 min. aft. 2—Evening 19 min.aft. 3 THE WEATHER—SUN OTTIOE, APRIL 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. rd I —highest singe noon yesterday. 42 —lowest this morning and during the night. 48 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 2913—falling. WTND . — Sonth•eastorly ; rather fresh, with dull, cold weather. zeh t . , c - 7.;.] 4. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1867. HORRORS FROM CHINA ! Whatever opinions may previously have been entertained respecting the Chinese question, we cannot suppose that even the most energetic " Yebite" can now hesitate on the course which it is incumbent on tho English Government to adopt. We are fairly committed to the contest, and it must be waged flimly and energetically until brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The mild, amiabl e , and benevolent Celestials (!) must receive a severe but salutary lesson as to the mode in which war is conducted by civilised nations, and be taught that general poisonings and incen diari&m are not recognised as legitimate means of offence. The baker,Arum, endeavoured to excuse the fearful outrage of which he had been guilty, by saying that he had orders from YEH, the neglect whereof would have involved the destruction of his entire family, or, at least of those members who were within the power of the wholesale poisoner. No doubt the murders and piracy perpetrated on board the Queen steamer, and the arson of the Government contractor's storehouses at Hong Kong, just reported through the Submarine and British Telegraph, may be ascribed to a similar cause. Without the courage to fight as men, there is a cold-blooded malevo lence exhibited, utterly revolting to the feelings of every right-minded man. The time for nego tiation has passed away. The true " peace mkers" are British cannon, rifles, and bayonets. At present our soldiers and sailors are the only diplomatists who can be permitted to act. Ex emplary punishment must be inflicted on the heartless miscreants who have sanctioned such inhuman atrocities. In one respect, this extraordinary conduct may be accounted for. From the impunity that has attended a long and habitual course of unwar rantable insults, from our patient endurance of violated faith and disregarded conditions,. the Chinese, from the highest to the lowest, have learned to despise us, and to measure out courage by their own standards. They have been sedu lously taught to believe that any outrages will be submitted to—that the edict has only to go forth, and that it must be respectfully obeyed. They cant] lt understand forbearance on the part of those who have power to enforce their just rights —are incapable of appreciating moderation in any form. It is now manifest that, sooner of later, the contest was inevitable, and the longer it was deferred the more serious it would have been. The telegraphic intelligence, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, contains a deplorable list of atrocities. We learn that " the Europeans on board the steamer Queen, British property, under the Portuguese flag, had been murdered by the Chinese passengers and crew, and that the steamer, with a valuable cargo, was carried off." This is but a repetition of one of the most approved modes of " celestial " ven geance. " Tautwne animis celestibus i2ye 1" The Government storehouses at Hong Kong have been burnt down by incendiaries, " and 700 barrels of flour destroyed." But these are by no meats the worst outrages that have taken place. The Chinese at Sarawak had risen en masse,. and massacred several Europeans. The gallsnt Rajah —Sir JAMES BROOKE—escaped by a miracle, having had to swim for his life across a creek. In this case, however, summary vengeance was taken on the offenders. With the aid of a steamer that subsequently arrived, Sir Janus, at the head of a body of Malays and Dyaks, avenged the de struction of the settlement by the destruction of two thousand of the Chinese Pirates. It is clear that the war, on the part of the Chinese, is not only against England and the English, but against Europe and America—that the murder of every person of a different race, who may be so unfortunate as to fall within their power, has been decided. We must, therefore, persevere with unflinching resolution, and spare no effort to bring them to a speedy sense of the real state of affairs, to teach them the real power of the so-called " barbarians." Under the circumstances, promut and vigorous action is the most humane course that can be adopted. By teaching them the futility of resistance, and ex acting ample atonement for the wrongs per petrated under their authority and sanc tion, we shall be exhibiting real mercy, and reduce the inevitable loss of life less than a tenth of that which must result from the adoption of a milk-and-water policy. There must be neither temporising nor inaction. We should send our best officers and men, those on whose energy and determina'ion implicit confidence can be reposed. We fear, however, that in selecting Major- General the Hon. THOMAS ASHBURNHAM for the Chief Command, the Government have not put "the right man in the right place." He has, unquestionably, many aristocratic connexions and possesses the " handle to his name" so highly prized at the Horse Guards, without which no General can hope for a high command. But we look in vain for the other qualifications so indispensable for the leader in such an enter prise. He is brother to the Earl of Asn- BURNHAM, cousin to the Earl of BEVERLEY and Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, and many others of the haute noblesse. But where are the services to justify the selection ? From letters that recently appeared in the Times it would seem that he owed his appointment as one of her MA JESTY'S aide-de-camps for " having, according to the despatches, manoeuvred with great coolness and success as a reserve." Indeed, if we are to credit the statement of the Times' correspondent, "M. L.," there was so much coolness that he delayed exe cuting the orders he had received, and that when the Maichan should have been stormed by the regiment under his command, the troops were quietly reposing in the not very glo rious shelter of a nullah, or dry water-course. This might certainly have produced ♦ery "great coolness," but certainly not of the description to justify the selection of such a leader for high employment requiring the utmost , promptitude. According to the same authority, the success consisted in taking possession of an undefended fort, which had previously been deserted by its garrison ! ! The despatch re specting the transaction shows that there was a great mistake somewhere. It contains the follow ing passage :—" It was directed that this—the taking of the Maichan—should be done during the night of the 9th, but the execution of this part of the plan was deferred, owing to miscon- ceptions and casual circumstances, until near day break." Surely the Hon. Major-General, or rather " Lieutenant -General while engaged on a particu lar service," should exhibit some higher qualifica tions for such arduous and important duties as those for which he has been chosen. We know nothing of Major• General ASHBURN HAM, and can have no personal feeling in the mat- ter. But the honour and interests of the country are too deeply involved to permit us to remain silent under the circumstances. England has already suffered too severely from the selection of very aristocratic, but very inefficient comman ders. The system that has led to such deplorable results must be altogether changed. Red-tapism has had its day. A man enjoying the confidence of the entire country is required, and the army lis must be singularly deficient in tried and experienced generals, if the best man that could be found for the emergency is the Honourable THOMAS ASHBUENHA C. 8., fourth son of the third Etrl Of ASHBURNHAM and Lady CHARLOTTE PERCY, eldest daughter of ALGERNON, first Earl of BEVERLEY. A Reforming Premier has become a Necessity. It now only remains to be decided who is to be this Prime Minister of Progressive Improvement! The Nation at large cares absolutely " little or nothing" as to the individual. It only cares that it really does have such a man, no matter what may hitherto have been his political designation. As we observed not long since—Whig or Tory, Peelite or Canningite, Radical or Conservative, whatever the name may be it signifies nothing, absolutely nothing, so long as the Great Leading . Statesman that is to be shall prove himself above all things to be—A Reformer. A Reformer he must be. That—we repeat—has become a Necessity. And he must not be merely a nominal Reformer—merely a theoretical Re former. He must be a Reformer bold, daring, instant, and comprehensive ! He must be not " a bit-by-bit " Reformer : but " a root and-branch " Reformer. We are not talking at random, observe, when we say that this " must be !" The dictum is not simply ours. It is not simply (that horror of Mr. PEASE) the arrogance of Journalism. It is the Fiat of the People. It is the deliberate and emphatic decision of the aggregate of the Constituencies. Look at the result of the late General Election, as shown in the actual state of Parties in the New House of Commons ! It is no longer what it has been heretofore—a "Balance" of Parties. It is, on the contrary, an overwhelming " Preponderance " and that preponderance on the side of the Liberal- Reformers. That single fact of itself declares more explicitly than any written words could do, that " A —REFORMER," and no other than " A-- REFORMER," must be the future Leader of her MAJESTY'S Government. Lord JOHN, or Lord PALMERSTON T That—at the present moment—appears to be the alterna tive. They will have to bid against each other for the Premiership. It remains to be seen which of the two Noble Lords will bid for it the most manfully. Lord PALMERSTON has this advantage —that by right of his position he will have. the first innings ! Let hien beware, however, lest, at the very outset, he be fairly " bowled out" by his adroit adversary ! That adversary is sure of aim, and has a cunning hand, whenever he so pleases—and his opponent affords him the oppor tunity of showing his dexterity. The Play, in the first instance, appears to be exclusively be tween them. The Ball lies at their feet. We have fortunately not very much longer to wait now in breathless expectation as to the conse quences. Parliament—the Fifth Parliament of Queen VICTORIA—is convened for the 30th inst. The House of Commons will then have to elect the New. Speaker, and the 654 Members will have to be sworn in, in rapid succession. Then— with plenty of new faces visible on either hand, and plenty of " old familiar faces," altogether invisible—then, but of course not till then, will come " the tug of war." The result of the con test between Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord PAL MERSTON rests, we cannot but think, entirely with themselves—the latter having, as we have said, the incontestible advantage over his competitor, ac cruing to him through those " nine points of the law," Possession ! That is his 'vantage-ground ; but from that 'vantage-ground he will most as suredly be toppled down without delay, unless he prove himself to be, forthwith and beyond all manner of question, THE Man of the Hour—A. Reformer 1 Whoever is to bold the reins of office —there is no doubt whatever about this—lt will be a Reformer. Our guarantee for this will be the New House of Commons. And—having this guarantee in hand—it really matters little or nothing to us whether the Reforming Premier is to be Lord JOHN RUSSELL or Lord PALMERSTON. What is slavery, viewed economically, but one of the many forms of protection—protection ap plied to the article of labour t The slavekolder enjoys an exclusive right to the muscles and sinews of the slaves. The latter must give his labour to one master, who accordingly gets all the work he can from his slave, and gives him the smallest possible return for it. In this case, therefore, as in all others, the countless mis workings of the artificial versus the natural, make the slave system its own punishment. Monopoly of labour ultimately beggars the monopolists, and on the large side. Americans have lately accused us of taking our views of slavery from the fictions of Mrs. &own. Now, we never doubted that those fictions were true fictions. Like all the creations of genius, they are truer than blue-books. Wickedness may hate its own likeneas, but no one could doubt that Mrs. STOWE'S pictures were from the life ; they bore internal evidence of their fidelity. Walking along a gallery of portraits, you could say of many a one, " That is a likeness." You have never seen the person—he may have been dead a hundred years—but you are confident the genius of the artist was both susceptible of a vivid impression, and able to reproduce it. We all felt sure of this in reading UNCLE .TOit, and its second part, DEED. We have lately, however, been favoured with the most veritable matter-of-fact book in the world, on the condition of the Slave States. No blue book presented by Royal command, or by order of the House of Commons, can be more entirely composed of facts than Mr. F. L. OL3ISTED's " Slave States." Its statements betray no more enthusiasm than those of witnesses before a Par liamentary Committee. He set out twice on a southern tour, to see and know things as they really are ; and his evidence is of the most un varnished kind. He is a northern man, it is true, but then he is a thorough democrat, and, like his party, leans to the south. He has travel led in England and Europe, but then he is a genuine States-man ;he believes in the vast supe riority of free labour, but it is after having seem that slave labour is more costly. He is an impar tial witness, if there be one to be found. And what is the result of his testimony ? That our im pressions of the Slave States from Mrs. STOWE'S immortal fictions, are too favourable rather than the reverse ; that slavery is to the full as costly, as demoralising, as wasteful, as cruel, a system as she has represented it ; yet a system with which the SMELEY'S and the ST. CLAIR'S are implicated, as well . as the HALEYS and the LBOREES. It is but to enter the Slave States, and the altered condition of things strikes the most casual observer. Americans used to tell us of the vast difference between their side and ours of the Ca nadian border. That difference has vanished be neath the perfect political liberty which has rendered Canada now far more desirable for free emigrants than the States. In enterprise and growing wealth, Canada fully rivals the Northern States, whilst it can never become what they are —that is, not only the slaveholder's hunting ground, but also in law Slave States themselves. But the difference between what are still called the Free States and the Slaws) States is far greater than any which ever existed between the British Colony and Yankee Land. Within a few miles of Washiegton, farms which would be worth 51. per acre in Pennsylvania. close by, and in New Jersey not less than 9/. per• acre, will not fetch 21. per acre. Everything wears the aspect of neglect, waste, and ruin. You wend your way through scores of miles together of what seems to be pri meval forest; but it is forest covering lands ex- haunted long ago by the improvidence of planters, and left to resume their primeval condition. This is the laud on which we now hear that free emi- grants proposa to settle and re-cultivate it—a suggestion made by Mr. OLMSTED himself. As he observes, the land is cheap enough, more easily reached than the Far West ; and if Negro and free labour cannot intermingle, they may yet work side by side. The old Virginians are, of course, horror-struck at the thought of thus seeing the supremacy of Slaveholders subverted in Virginia itself. Should emigrants establish themselves there largely, they, in conjunction with the wretched whites who are too poor to own slaves, would be quite a new power. Not only the land, but all that is on it, tells the same tale. Railroads are rare, conducted with no regularity, and run through a country hardly peopled. All the way from Washington to Rich mond, about seventy-five miles, not more than one-third is cleared, and not more than one fourth cultivated. How such railroads are ever to pay at all is the marvel ; they can hardly be expected to do it unless northern farmers locate themselves along the lines. The absence of all commercial enterprise is the marked characteristic of the Slave States. They have every facility for ship-building, but nearly all their ships are built in the North ; harbours and material facilities for great commercial ports are there, and the share holders rave at the Yankees for monopolising the traffic from their own shore; but not one practical step can they take to redeem themselves from commercial bondage to New York. The ♦ery wheels of their miserable carts are made in th• North, the utmost reach of Southern ability not extending beyond fitting rude poles and frame work to wheels which they have not skill to put together l To drag their hogsheads of tobacco to market, they drive an axle through them, hang two poles to the axle for shafts, and contrive two apologies for wheels by fastening a rude set of felloes round the hogshead, on which it is thus rolled along through forest and swamp I 'The cost of negro labour is demonstrably 25 per cent. dearer than free labour in the North, and taking into account the slovenliness, slow ness, awkwardness, and waste with which the ut terly uninstructed creatures do their work, fully 50 per cent. dearer. An intelligent man re marked to Mr. OLMSTED, " You may make a nigger work, but you cannot make him think." Indeed all the thought appears to be directed to doing as little as possible ; and that not only by escaping toil, but by rendering the toil itself of as little service as possible to the master. They delight in going the longest way round, in moving as slowly as limbs can be made to move, in break. ing everything not made too heavy to be de stroyed ; the eternal hoe, the substitute for the freeman's spade or plough, has to be made of absurd weight and strength, otherwise they would be sure to break it. All this, however, is but the result of slavery. The evidence was abundant and unanswerable, that stimulated by wages, or urged in any way by the prospect of being better off for working industriously, negroes are just like the rest of us : make it their interest to work and they will work : with force as the only motive, they do no mere and work no longer than force compels. The moral working of the system is all that has ever been described or imagined. The slaves, though affectionate and faithful under kind treat ment, are yet cunning, deceitful, unreliable, and, of course, lazy, as we have already mentioned. That they should think it no crime to steal some what from those who steal them altogether, can hardly be matter of wonder. The masters, though for the most part not more tyrannical than could be expected, are, of course, what absolute power would make the best of us. The com mon charge of retaining in slavery their own off spring, and even selling them, is, it appears, true very generally. The sensuality, under the cir cumstance., is not to be wondered at ; the bru tality which can leave their own children under the overseer's lash is perhaps the most horrible fact in American slavery. It is alt to gain a few dollars. What a thought—that probably much more than half the slaveholders are fathers of slaves ! The whites, not slaveholders, are per haps amongst the immoral, degraded, and illiterate beings on the face of the earth. They appear to live chiefly by receiving from the negroes stolen goods in return for drink ; while, negro evidence being inadmissible against whites, there is no means of convicting them ! Mr. OLMSTED saw quite enough to satisfy him that it would not be difficult to train the negroes to use freedom in dustriously, that, emancipation might be made pro fitable in the majority of cases, and that it was much more a question of will than of power. It was so in our West Indian Islands. Estate managers clung to arbitrary powers, and mortga gees clutched twenty millions to indemnify them for what they had lost, not for the loss oc casioned them by abolitipn of slavery. No one knows this better than our conscientious ex-Chan cellor of the Exchequer, W. E. GLADSTONE, Esq. HEALTH OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOU- CESTER. The following bulletin was issued this morning Gloucester House, April 25, 9 a.m. " Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has passed a quiet night. There is no material charge in her Royal Highness's general condition. (Signed) " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. "E. H. HILLS, M.D." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. COUNTY LEITRIM—(SEcoND DAL) CLOSE OF THE POLL. Montgomery Brady Toulon 5BB Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited h.-r Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Princess R iyal paid a visit to the Royal Duchess on Thursday. His G - race the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Mus grave entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in Belgrave-square. The Dukeand Duches4 of Argyll arrived at their villa residence on Campden Hill last evening, from Cliefden, near Maideniead. The Earl snd Countess of Clarendon entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor -crescent. The Earl of Minto left town a few days since for Minto Castle, near Hawick, N.B. His lordship is ex pected in town about the 6th of next month. The Earl andCoun - tea; of Chichester are staying at Stanmer Park, Sussex, and will not return to town unti the latter end of next month. The Dowager Count',le of Cionmel and the Ladies Scott are expected in town in a few days from Torquay, Devon, for the Reason. The Countess Dowager of Morley arrived in town a Few days since from Saltram, Devonshire. The present Earl and Countess will not return to town until the latter end of next week. Lord and Lady . Kenyon and family arrived in town a few days since from Gredington, Flintahire, for the season. Lord and Lady Carrington and family are staying at Tickford, his lordship's seat, near Newport•Pagnell, Laura Countess of Antrim and Lady Helen M‘Don nell have arrived at their residence, 31, Upper Gros venor-street, from a visit to Burton-Constable, for the season. The General KEttir4 line, Ministre de la Marine de Son Altcsse Le Bey de Tunis, accompanied by Colonel Hens sein, Colonel Kara, and Maahanied Ali, has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Paris. Mr. Botfield has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Decker Hill, Shifftial, Shropshire. SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.—IIia Royal Highness Prince Albat t, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Helena, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Lucy Ker, Captain Dit Plat, the Hon. Mortimer West, and Mr. Gibbs, honoured the gallery of the society, 5, Pall mall East, with a visit yes terday, previous to it+ being opened to the public. The royal party was received by the president, secretary, and council of the soc.e y. LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. MASSACRE OF ENGLISH STEAM-BOAT PASSENGERS. CHINESE INSURRECTION IN BORNEO. INCENDIARISM AT HONG KONG. TRIESTE, APRIL 24. The steamer America arrived here to-day at a quarter to twelve at noon, having made the passage in 118 hours from Alexandria— which she left on the 19th inst. The India and China mails were about to leave Alexandria, with dates from Hong Kong to the 15th of March ; from Calcutta to the 21st of March ; from Bombay to the 2d of April. The Europeans on board the steamer Queen, which is British property, but was sailing under the Portuguese flag, had been murdered by the Chinese passengers and crew. The steamer, with a valuable cargo, was carried off. The Government contractors' storehouses at Hong Kong had been burned down by incen diaries, and 'No barrels of flour destroyed. The Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo, rose in in surrection on the 17th of February, and mas- sacred several Europeans. Governor Sir James Brooke only saved his life by swimming across a creek. One of the Borneo Company's steamers subs&- quontly arrived at Sarawak, and with the aid of Sir Jameg, at the head of a body of Malays and Dyaks, avenged the destruction of the settlement by killing 2,000 Chinese. A war steamer was sent over by the Dutch authorities, but her services were not required. The latest dates from Bushire are to the 6th of March. No intelligence had arrived of any fresh operations in the Persian Gulf. Sir James Out ram had been gazetted to the charge of Rajpoota. Colonel George Lawrence was acting as comman der during the absence of Sir James Outram on duty. The 19th Native Infantry was disbanded. Exchange at Bombay was 2s. lid. Moaey was plentiful. The bank had lowered its rate of interest. In the import market at Bombay there was little change. The Calcutta import market was rather dull. The money market was improved. Exchange, 2s. 20. The Madras exchange was 2s. 2fd. The total export of tea from China to Great Britain for the year ending the 30th June last year was estimated at seventy million pounds. Exchange at Hong Kong was 4s. 9id. At Shanghai the price of silk had advanced. The settlements amounted to 74,000 bales. Ex change at Shanghai was 6s. 7id. to 6s. Bd. The French Government, it is said, have re ceived despatches of an unpleasant description from Jassy. It appears that the Commissioners have arrived there, but they are not quite agreed in opinion. Two of them, it is said, disapprove the conduct of the Moldavian Government, two sup port it, and one neither approves nor condemns. In the meantime the Unionist Committee of Mol davia has sent two of its members to France to make complaints on the part of the Union. The French Government,.whose article in the Moniteur was, in strictness, the first violation of the neutra lity that ought to have been observed on the ques tion, cannot blame very severely its violation by the Kaimakan, who merely improves on the exam ple set him. According to a Paris letter in the Nord of Brus sels, the four plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, France, and Russia have resolved to re commend that the Neuchatel question shall be set tled on these bases :—The King of Prussia to take, if he pleases, the title of Prince of Neuchatel, but the treaty to contain no stipulation to that effect ; Switzerland to pay an indemity of 1,000,000 fr. ; and the revision of the Constitution of Neuchatel, though opposed by the King, to be effected without delay. These conditions have only been received, as already stated, ad referendum. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The appeal in the affair of the Docks Napoleon came on yesterday before the Cour Imperiale. M. Cusin, who was condemned to threeyears' imprison ment and 5,000 f. fine ; M. Legendre, to 12 months' imprisonment and 2,000 f. fine; M. Berryer, 2 years' imprisonment, and 5,000 f. fine; and M. Duchesne de Vere, to six months' imprisonment and 2,000 f. fin., appealed against their sentences. The public prosecutor on his part appealed against the acquit tal of M. Orsi, and against the sentence on M. Cusin as too lenient. All the accused persons appeared before the court, which was presided over by M. Zangiacomi. M. Perrot de Chazelles made the re port en the affair, after which the president com menced interrogating the accused. No fresh inci dent arose, the repliesof M. Cusin and M. Legendre being to the same effect as on the previous trial. The proceedings were adjourned to the next day. The following telegraphic despatches have been received in Paris. " TRIESTE, 23d.—Accounts from Constantinople to the 17th state that the Porte has sent Forbad Pacha and Ismail Pacha to reside, the former at Broussa, and the latter at Ismid for being concerned in the affair of the Kangaroo. The commission of the Government having, it is said, opposed a French project of establish ing a credit institution, the Government has ordered the question to be carefully examined." "BERLIN, 231—The Cbamber of the Nobles, to-day, after a discussion of seven hours, rejected by 95 votes to 21 the first paragraph of the bill relative to the aug mentation of the duty on salt. In consequence the measure has been withdrawn." BERN; 23d.—Dr. Kern has been detained at Bale by a slight indisposition. He will arrive here, it is ex pected, this evening. A great number of royalist de serters have returned to Neuchatel witnout being in terfered with." STOCKHOLM, 22d.—Sweden has protested warmly in a circular despatch against the Danish note of February 20. She declares the said note to be Without any serious motive relative to the Scandinavian projects at tributed to King Oscar." BOURSE, April 24.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 69 45 Bank Shares 4,390 End of lifonth. 92fr. 0 45 Credit Mobilier 1,360 Roman Do. Account 1,365 --- Austrian Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) soi Home Debt RAILWAYS--FOR CISH. _______ ........ -- fr. C. rr c. Orleans 1,600 Western 790 Northern lol2i Strasburg 1 — Lyons 1,5721 New Ditto Mediterranean Grand Central ...... 610 Lyons Geneva Midi ITALY. Several of the Piedmontese journals have an nounced that Austria, as a reply to the affair of Alessandria, was about to construct forts on the frontier of Piedmont; but it turns out that all that she means to do is to build, in advance of Verona, the two forts of St. Lucia, the construction of which was decided on long ago. The Archduke Maximilian, the new governor general of Lombardy, arrived at Milan on the afrer noon of thel9th, and intends remaining there 4 or 5 weeks. His Imperial Highness was received at the railway station by the principal authorities and the municipality, and he proceeded at once to the palace by the great Corso, which was lined on both sides by the troops of the garrison. All the windows were decked with flags, th., and a large crowd as sembled to witries the cortege. On the whole, the young prince was well re,•eived. In the evening there was a grand reception at the palace, and part of the city was brilliantly illuminated at the ex pense of the municipality. The next dny the prince was to go to the Theatre della Canobbiana, and it was believed that the noble families who abstained from occupying their boxes on the visit of the Em peror will be present, in order t o b e a d m itt e d t o th e brilliant fet es which the prince will give after his marriage with the. Princess Charlotte of Belgium The Grand Duke, in imitation of the Emperor will grant public audiences twice a week. CAPE - OF GOOD HOPE. By the Alexandrina, arrived at Plymouth, we have advices from Atgoa Bay to Feb. 22, and Cape Town Feb. 13. Affairs in British Kaffraria were giving cause of uneasiness. Robbery and violence were un the increase. A letter from Fort Peddie, dated Feb. 15, states that oxen to the value of 1001. had been stolen from the vicinity of the Toie Camp, while another communication from tue same quarter, published in the Graham's Town Journal, speaks of some horses having been stolen and that the police, who were on the spur of them, had been confronted by a large body of Kaffirs, computed at 1,000, who fired upoa them and drove them back. The Gcvernor was iu the east district, and was about to visit the frontier. The Cape Monitor and other papers mention reports of disorders on the part of the Gernr-in Legion, but the King William's Town Gazette declares that the facts have been exaggerated. A letter from Philippopol (Roumelia) of the in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" The phanariote bishops of Bulgaria and Roumelia are the most bitter enemies of the Slavonic element, and the following circumstance testifies to their hostile dis positions. The bishop of this district handed in to the Divan a denunciation, in which he described the inhabitants of the town and district as re'. olu tionists ; he even asserted that they were medi tating an insurrection. The Governor of Adria nople, Ismail Pacha, was ordered to proceed to Philippopol to examine the truth of this state ment. On the governor's arrival, the bishop denied that be had written to the Divan, but was con founded when the pacha produced his very letter. The inquiry proved that the assertions of the bishop were calumnies, and the latter then endeavoured to gain over Ismail P ac h a t o hi s cause b y sending him a present of 26,000 piastres (about 2001.), and three fur cloaks, valued at 18,000 piastres. Ismail Pacha returned these presents, and departed for Constan tinople to report the whole proceedings to the Divan, taking with bim two delegates chosen by the district to represent the calumnies to which they have been subjected." Accounts from Posen state that not only in Russia, but in Poland, great apprehension is felt by the persons who had undertaken to supply pro visions and stores to the Russian troops during the late war. The extent to which these persens car ried their adulterations and deceit in the goods delivered is said to exceed all belief ; and already proof has been obtained for an amount of several millions of roubles. The Emperor, these accounts state, has expressed his firm determination to pun ish severely in every case of detection, and hence the alarm felt. A letter from Vienna of the 19th, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, says :—" According to a recent despatch from Count Colloredo, Austrian Ambas sador at Rome, the Pontifical Government i , actively engaged in introducing the reforms pointed out in the first conference at Paris as best calcu lated to calm the public mind. The preparatory labours are already so far advanced that the mea sures may be shortly carried into effect. It is only o u the question of the formation ofnative troops that the Holy See finds the greatest difficulties, partly arising from the repuguance felt by the. inhabitants of the Sta•es of the Church to serve iu the army. The Austrian troops at Bologna and Ferrara can not therefore be very shortly removed, as their withdrawal depends entirely on the formation of a Pontifical army." A letter from Stockholm says—" Questions rela tive to religious liberty predominate m the discus• sions of our Diet. The order of the clergy recently alopted resolutions declaring that the (Ad laws re lative to the observance of Sunday, which had fallen into desuetude, ought to be enforced; but the order of the burgesses, ou the contrary, demands that the laws in question shall be revised in a spirit of toleration. The committee on the constitution has, on its part, proposed serious modifications in the constitution, to the effect that the King shall not enter into negotiations for treaties, or conclude treaties, without consulting the Council of State, and that his Majesty shall be' interdicted from ac cepting a foreign crown without the content of the Diet." The Duke and Duchess de Brabant gave a second ball on Wednesday at the palace at Brussels. A considerable number of the guests figured in the costumes they wore at the fancy ball on Monday. The Duke and Duchess de Brabant, the Couct de Flandre, and the Princess Charlotte wore in ordi nary ball dress, and danced several times. THE LAUNCH OF THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELECIRAPB.) PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY. The Royal Sovereign, of 131 guns, was launched to-day in beautiful style, and without an accident. The admirable arrangements of Admiral Martin were fully carried out, and better accommodation could not have been made for the immense number who flocked to the dockyard to view the interesting event. The dogshores were knocked away shortly before twelve o'clock, and this most magnificent specimen of naval architecture glided slowly and majestically into her native element, amidst the cheering of the vast assemblage. The three-deckers Prince of Wales and Victoria, building on adjoining slips on either side of the Royal Sovereign, hal galleries affixed to them on the side next the launch. The figure-head of the Royal Sovereign is an exceedingly clever likeness of the Queen, a nobly propor tioned bust, executed by Mr. Hellyar, the carver of such matters for the Admiralty. The ship is considered a handsomer hull than the Duke of Wellington, having a finer entrance and other im provements. The following are her principal di mensions and intended armament : ' Feet. Inches. Length from fore part of the figure-head to after part of the tafrail ... 2BO ... 10 Length between the perpendiculars ... 240 ... 7 Length of keel for tonnage Breadth extr eme Breadth for tonnage Breadth moulded ... Depth in hold 25 4 Burden in tons, 3,765-40-94tha, ARMAMENT. _ _ Calibre. - Cwt. each. Feet Inches. No. Lower deck ... 8-inch 6l 323 -pounders... 5 g5 3 or 56 ... 26 Middle-deck ... Main-deck 5B or 56 8 9 6 ... 30 32-pounders... 25 0 "20 Upper-deck ... 68-pounder } 95 pivot ...... 10 0 131 Engines of 800 nominal horse-power are bei ng manufactured for the Royal Sovereign by Maud s l ay and Co. Thirty or forty thousand persons were present. IMPORTANT DECISION. IN A SM&OOLINO CASE SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. This morning John Barnes, purser of the European and American steamship Golden Fleece, appeared before the magistrates to answer a charge of stnutzgling pre ferred against him by the Cotnpirolier of her Majesty's Customs at this port. The particulars are briefly these. The Golden Fleece left this port for Hamburg a short time since for cargo and passengers destine d for the Brazils. She returned to Southampton on Wedneslay, and left this afternoon for her destination. On her re turn from Hamburg to Southampton she was boarded (as usual) by the Custom-house authorities, and the purser was asked what tobacco he had on beard. He acknowledged to a certain quantity, which he declared was all he had. On search being made, however, tobacco and cigars of the weight of 26:bs. were found in his cabin. Mr. Leigh, solicitor for the defence, now contended that the Golden Fleece was making a continuous voyage from Hamburg to Rio, and therefore had a right to do whAt she pleased with her cargo, and the tobacco which had been seized was held by the purser for the use of the ship. continuous The magistrates held that it was not a voyage, that the tobacco was concealed, thus proving a guilty knowledge. The full penalty of 1001. was then inflicted, which was mmediately paid under protest. ROYAL P AN orTicorr..—We regret to see that this rt . ag nificent structure in Leicester-square is to he brought w the hammer, under a decree of the Court of Chancery, on Thursday next. Messrs. Chiun ,, ck and Gals , ,vorth are entrusted with the sale, and we trust the purchasers may be more successful than the late proprietors. We shall regret to find the property destroyed. AMERICA. • LIVERPOOL, APRIL 25. The Cunard screw steam-ship Alps has ari ived, with advises from New York to the 11th inst. She brings no specie. The screw steam-ship Glasgow was going into New York as the Alps left. On the 17th inst. the Alps passed a large steamer, supposed to be the America, hence for Boston ; on the 19th exchanged signals with a large American steamer. The screw steam-ship City of Washington, hence, and the United States mail steam-sh'p Washington, from Hamburg and Southampton, had arrived at New York. The Royal mail steamship Niagara, hence, had arrived at Halifax, and tile screw steamship Cana dian, hence, had arrived at Portland. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says : " I learn to-day from good authority that the present Administration does not entirely agree with the. pre ceding one in their views respecting the proposed change in naval warfare. In addition to the abolition of the right to capture merchant ships by public armed vessels as well as by privateers, as laid down in Secretary Marcy's letter upon privateering, it is supp osed that eur Government will insist upon the abolition of blockades ; for, if England has the right to blockade all our ports and capture our ve,sels that escape, there can be no free trade in time of war. I laarn also that letters have been written to our Ministers abroad to suspend further ac:. tion on this matter until they receive other instructions. The same correspondent says that the Clina mission had been offered to Mr. Reed, of Penn sylvania. The New York Courier and Enquirer states that he had accepted the appointment, and says that for 20 years he has bec n the leading com mercial lawyer in Philadelphia. The same journal says : "The Administration has txpressed sympathy with British policy in China to this extent :—lt approves of the effort to open direct diplomatic communication WO Pekin, the capital, and to arm consuls or other represen tatives with the power of protecting citizens of their own nationalities. Further it will Lot go, and there will be no alliance with England and Fr,nce for offensive par• poses." The Government had appointed a MiniSter•Ev traordinary to Cautou. A steam frio.ate had been ordered to reinforce the America:fleet in the Chinese waters. Two other ships of war were or dered to be prepared for the Indian station. The Washington correspondent of the New Tork Herald states that the Secretary of State had corn" pleted arrangements with the Danish Minister for the abolition of the Sound Dues, the United Scat , a paying $380,000. He also says : " The statement that Lord Napier had been Wormed by our Government that the inter erence of British 06. cers in the affairs of Central America had virtually abro; gated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is totally devoid 0 ' foundation." The steam frigate Niagara was to have proceede d to sea for a trial trip on the 10th, but owing to an accident to one of her cylinders she would be de' layed about ten days longer. Advices from Bermuda state that 'Admiral Fan" shawe had embarked in her Majesty's ship 3 3 ° E cawen for England. The New York Stock-market on the evening °I the 10th, with unusually large sales, took an n u r ward turn, and exhibit e d more fi rmness . Th e transactions in Erie shares were large, closing 521 - ; Virginia 6 per Cents., 911 to 91.1 ; Missour!o 83k to 841 ; Kentucky Six per Cents., 102 ; Ohl? , ditto, 1041 ; Indiana Five per Cents., 83 ; PennoP t vanian. Five per Cents., 84 ; Virginian Sit P i e , Cents., 914 ; New York Central, 874 ; H as lem Reading, 79 ; Hudson River, 24 ; Mi c higan ' Co ir tral, 94.1 ; Illinois Central, 1301. The money market was a little calmer, with 11 0 business paper offering, but there was no qnnta u ,, relaxation in the rates of interest. Foreign , e a change was not active, but rates were well supplie" Bills on London sold slowly at 1081 to 109. Cotton was quiet and firm. a The common brands of breadstuffs were dull, al l , the better grades in good trade demand at a teaol prices. - Corn was steady, with a good business. Scotch pig iron was hardly £0 firm. Bar iron was in fair demand. There was an improved demand for tobacco. Freights nominal. At New Orleans, on the 10th, the receipts of,,,t h i l Niagara's news had no effect upon cotton. 'l to years telegraphic advices assert that the receipts 1 1 P sei that time, as compared with those of last ye, 'l o il short by 131,000 bales, and that the receipts B ' t the souLthern ports were less by 353,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. lie The Orieut and the Guy Manneriug, hence ; Christiana from Londo n ; an d th e Josephine/ frog Havre, had arrived at New -York. T O' VISIT OF !NE GRAND DUKE OOASTAIG• - TO TOULON. A letter from Toulon of the 21st says :—" Grand Duke Constantine went to-day to the ar s i 3 O - nal, which he visited in detail. The Prince, was accompanied •by the maritime prefect °' l3 l General Todtleben, was received by the prineil e officers of the e s t a bli s h men t. O n arr i v ing at t ri gates he was saluted by 21 guns from a bailee drawn up 'for the purpose in the courtyard. of Prince was conducted throu g h th e diff er ent pal' er the arsenal. He stopped for a few minutes toot amine the Testu pumps, and had th e ir pantie t ee properties explained to him. On entering fo r storehouse storehouse where the iron an d copper ar ticles h e( ' naval purposes are kept, the G ran d D u k e mos t ": of the dimensions of some of the pieces with a kill metre which he ca rr i e d i n hi s h an d. After ri t e) through the other storehouses, he proceeded t i e t ee artillery depot. O n arr i v i ng t h ere h e examine' t to different guns ran ge d i n t h e yar d s, an d then wevtiolt the armoury, wh ere hi s a tt ent io n was much S , ufroo by the admir a bl e an d p i c t uresquearrangeme nt , e te a arms. His I m p er i a l Hi g h ness a ft erwar ds vie l . o g the Imperatrice Eugenie frigate, which in e b „ e lra fitted out in one o f ih e d oc k s . H e went 00 "" - ,te her and e x am i ne d every part w ith th e greateediat tention, asking for explanations on ev e eypoint er el attracted his notice. In the meantime Olga Todtleb e n rece i ve d ver y d e t a il e d information COr the director of the w or ks on various points l nected with the arsenal. The Prince, Wil ue vr ell the frigate, measured several parts of her, ae ed to as the length of some of her guns, and appe 3r iee se make a calculation as to her strength. Aft" eke d ing the frigate, the Prince and his suite enaba• iat i. and proceeded to the new arsenal of Castig i v ee. On his leaving, a salute wa3 fired from the Pr e h is guard-snip the Muiron. After completing ow examination of Castignau, which principally sis's of warehouses for stores, provisions, se p his Imperial Highness proceeded to the. Te B ,lo in the roadstead, the first being the adalic ie d ship, the Bretagne, on board of whi c h he reni 3l , -- e et nearly an hour. During that tim e th e crew wby through different manoeuvres, terminating thefaers• manning the yards and giving three hearty ell e we a On leaving the Bretagne the Grand Du k , t ' of saluted by all her guns. The Algesiras, fter battle ship, and th e A u d ac i euse, fr i gate, were the wit)" welds visited an d exam i ned in every part the most minute a tt ent i on. O n the Pr i nce leaariug e last vessel arid proceeding towards the 813 „° r o ' n; general salut e was fired by the whole ecl ll 7- 4 d ra nut Notwithstandi ng th e f at i gues o f t h e day, thee:.,tuo Duke would no t return to the mar i t i me pre' JO until be had made the tour of the rampart' r oil wore an undress uniform, consisting of a frock coat, with gold aiguillettes, white f°r e e t ston cap, and had the cress of St. George at his u nio ce hole. General Todtleben and the staff of the I t were also in undress uniform. The Old ' e a t th e roads last evening, it is said, for Nice, to be disposal of the Empress-Dowager." dark _go i STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, APR 1e for The demand to-day has been on a limited e°4l,eelc• cloth, and this has been the case throughout the ''beea The sale of domestics, longcloths, and T-cloth s ! Wooer on a small scale, and e s pe c i a lly that of the roe of makes. The manufacturers of these goods are , ° v igor' them voluntarily reducing their production, an u k i l aa tiee ous attempt is making to bring about a c oat do the binding all engaged in making these goods to D err same. There are good reasens for it is the unrelPuenoie• tive state of prices, and, if the object shou ld bes? to plished, that, and the economy observed on all b brin n g o b. the use of cotton, will pixstbly have an effe ct in down the high prices which are at present such %tell stacle to a sound and healthy trade in these. In,P r w ' b e re the sales have mostly been on a small scale, en" Aigbt larger sales have been , ffected it has be en at a m " fa iset concession in price. In all kinds of shirting e the bos is dull, but prices are steady. In yarns there ha t : c ove. rather more business, but the market is not - our Upon 30's bundl very firme twist and upwards, and higher bers prices are , but some numbers of el e and cops are scarcely so well supported. At t he A NOVEL DODGE TO PREVENT IDENTITT.---1 Jug- Justiciary C-111'L at Ayr, on Wednesday, the L °l. cop' tee Clerk presiOing, David Ba'r, a ticket -of-lea ~er•- • lict, was convicted and sentenced t o 15 years trao6rfoa, tation fur stealing a quantity of cope , the works of the lifwthAliestertißllway CoraP°ll' Kilmarnock. When brought befure the Court, arre. laco had undergone a considerable change from tb e bis vious day, for the skin was completely peeled ° do ne cheeks, nose, and forehead—this having been es at during the night to prevent, if possible, the WitDeo:, rUbb . o ' ip ri the trial identifying him. The prisoner bad taco against the walls of his cell tit the _ I V O o f wai inflicted ; but his lab.lur was froitlev, u s no t theth e e had i d_ aEt th s a p t e l n itlhi:gsvbitiht, ht, (the prisoner) was the man.—North , British, Ml"' same witne fa s e c that acin ghdee ; 1857 Cl