The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-23 00:00:00

PI! ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ILI- EXTRA NIGHT, THIS EVENING, THURSDAY. FIRST NIGHT OF LA TRAVIATA. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI. Opera—L.i. TRAVIATA. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. For particulars, see hills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Co'onnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. HER 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 PURITANI. _ _ Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani (her first, appearanco in England); Arturo, Sig. Giuglini. ST JAMES'S THEATRE.- CRIMEAN RELICS. Box-office open from 11 to 5. Books at the Theatre. L ES BOUFFES PARISTE.7S (French Plays), ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that the Entire Company of Los BOUFFES PARISIENS, from the TheAtre des Bonfires, in the Champs Elysees, and the Thatre Comte, Passage Choiseul, Paris, will have the honour of appearing at the Stb James's Theatre, on 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 to prevent a visit of " Les Bouffes" 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 tho entire orchestra attached to their establishment, under the able direction of the composer, Monsieur Offenbach. Mes sieurs Pradeau, Guyot, Gertpre, &c., Mesdemoiselles Dalmont and Marechal, will have the honour of making their first appearance in this country. The performances will be selected from the following re pertoire : LE VIOLONEUX M'SIEU LANDRY PANTINS' DE VIOLETTE LE DOCTEUR MIRACLE PEPITO ......... ....... IM PRES A RIO LA BONNE D'ENFANTS BATAC LAN LE ROSE DE ST. FLEUR CROQUEFERS, La BERNIER DES PALADINS LES DEUX A VEUGLES TROM B- A L -CAZAR SIX DEMOISELLES A MARIER T.F. DUEL DE BENJAMIN LA NUT BLANCHE Musique do M. Offenbach. „ Duprats. „ Adolphe Adam. ~ Bizet et Lecocq. Offenbach. Mozart. Offenbach. Offenbach. Offenbach. „ Offenbach. Offenbach. Offenbach. „ Offenbach. Jonas Offenbach. &c., &c. , &c. 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. 6d.; 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 Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, H YMARKET. 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, After which, the auccessful Classical Love Stoty, un der the Apple-lation of A I'AL kNTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Concluding with LENT) ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be : Orchestrt Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second vice, s. d Dress Ilexes Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes... Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 eNo half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL. IDELPIII. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and orizinal domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER,. Mr. Wr;mht. Mr. Paul Bedford, Sac. _ • Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Air. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. TRAND TRE A.T RE. —MlnaEter,. M c. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed RUTH OAKLEY. _ _ _ After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, dm. 'To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. 110 OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, ?Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, the new drama of FLORENCE ; or, The Fatal Error. Characters by Messrs. Creewiek, Nornaaa, Charles, Miss Mortimer, die. After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with songs, Miss Poole. FoliNwed by THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. ROYA L OLYMPIC THEATRE. ' Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will he performed a new drama, called DADDY TIARDACRE. Mr. Robson, Sze. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (2d week), the highly successrul Grand Military Spectacle, called THE FRENCH IN 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 performanse of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with A RISIBLE FARCE. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Acmes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 'IL, no charge for booking ; Tit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Rox-oftlee 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 ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of `4 l elections from all the popula7 Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, dtc., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Xones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. le Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett mild Corti ; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, .1. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre. ciselY. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock. ;UGH WATF.R. AT LONDON 13F,TD(41{.. THIS DAY—Morn. 50 min. aft. 12 —Evening 11 Mid. aft. 1 TO-MORROW—Morn. 13 ruin. aft. I—Evening 51 rain.aft 1 THE WEATHER—SUN Orrroz, APRIL 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56 —highest sinao noon yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 48 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.98. ; moderate, with fine sunshiny weather. It rained all day :yesterday, clelred up at night, and rained heavily again this morning. Now fair. 4 " : • , c7---;„. ‘,..5 4C- LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1857• - Shall. England secure peace for her Oriental :dominions by binding herself over to the enormous folly of paying henceforth a subsidy of 10,000/. a month to Don MATIONIMED t It may sound, it must necessarily sound, absolutely ridiculous to put such an inquiry as this seriously to English men—but it is nevertheless an actual proposition now submitted to their consideration. It is actu ally proposed to subsidise DOST MAHOMIIED at the rate of 120,000/. per annum, or, in other words, to pay him a cool 1 0,000/. every calendar month %--as though the British Empire in Asia relied for its defence upon th e native hordes of Affghanis tan ! Against an absurdity like that, it were lite rally mere waste of time to inveigh. It has only to be mentioned to be universally and upon .the instant recognised. It is no more a project to be entertained deliberately than any other extravagance ever dreamt of by the most crackbrained of theoretical enthusiast?. It Were as nonsensical to think for one second se riously of conniving at such a preposterous ar rangement as this, as it would be to entertain deliberate notions as to the possibility of squaring the circle, of tunnelling a railway to the antipodes, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY .FIVENING, APRIL 23, l'-ks7 or of performing the various heroic acbievementg than the Southern planters can supply their "human machines," as they are pleased to term them. But all these advantages are neutralised, not because there is no market for the produce — that we cau supply ourselves—but because there are not the ordinary facilities for bringing that produce to market. Why, then, are not these capabilities developed ? It is not the state of the money market, for money can still be obtained on permanent securities. There is no dearth of capital. It is only seeking for employment, and, like the demons of the old fables, if that employment be not directed into beneficial channels, it will be turned into mis chievousdirection. The Russian Railway "swindle" has happily not found favour in the sight of the moneyocracy—but unless some other auspicious opening be discovered, the means may eventually be found to enable the AIITOORAT to carry out the traditional policy of his House, by " Cossack ising" Europe. The Anglo-Indiau Government must be stimulated, and the Home Government cannot remain apathetic or, indifferent. Indian railways and Indian irrigation are indispensable necessities. They only require due attention, and the new Parliament will be sadly wanting in its duties if that attention be not bestowed with out a moment's unnecessary delay after the elec on of the new Speaker. of the redoubtable Baron MuNcalusEN. It was bad enough to close the late miserable war with Russia, without even one solitary attempt to elicit an indemnity from the Muscovite aggressors. But to follow that most lamentable and ignomini- ous compromise up with another still worse—to make a despicable peace with Persia, not simply without requiring an indemnity from the lawless assailants of Herat, but actually upon the under standing that we are thenceforth to subsidise DosT MAHOMMED to the tune of considerably more than 100,000/. a-year ! Really thebare suggestion of the possibility of any such scheme being even hinted at, as entitled to one moment's considera tion, altogether dissipate our equanimity, and justifies to the full, we conceive, the utmost stretch of patriotic indignation. Why, already it has been stated distinctly enough, upon the autho rity of Sir HARTFORD BRIDGES, that our Embassy at Teheran alone, subsidies in cluded, involved the expenditure of some thing little short of 130,0001. between 1809 and 1827, while it extended to some 30,0001. per annum during the two years immediately follow ing—constituting an aggregate, from 1809 to 1837 inclusively, at the very least of 2,500,0001 ! A really as well as nominally " Common-Sense" view of the whole transaction, advanced to-day in the chief of our morning contemporaries, yields us the supplementary calculation that during the last twenty years—namely, from 1837 to 1857, at the very lowest estimate, about 500,000 L additional have been expended with consistent extravagance upon that same abominable Embassy. Altogether; in less than fifty years—to be explicit, in exactly forty-six years—England has squandered in the maintenance of her Legation at Teheran, and in coincident subsidies, the agreeable little trifle of just 3,000,0001. sterling ! And now, this same preposterous system is to be continued with the further expenditure henceforth of some 10,000/. a month in the shape of a subsidy to DosT MA 110MMED What is " the Agricultural interest ?" What is there in it which must still be defended ? What is there which calls our county representatives to nail their colours to the flag staff, with the motto, " No surrender ?" These questions could but arise in our minds as we read of the large blue banner which graced the banquet at Bury St. Edmunds, with the motto, " BENNET, AND NO SURRENDER OF THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST." We are no Cynics. We don't like logic and ma thematics and statistics over our wine ; still this splendid flag, the flag beneath which the bucolic jollity began, and which, of course, led the march of the evening, could but set us inquiring. Cap * kin BENNET we knew ; knew him to have been for thirty or forty years a good Captain of the good and true West Suffolk Yeomanry. All honour to him and his corps, and " When they next do ride abroad, May we be there to see." We knew him also to have been for some dozen years a good Conservative, Protectionist, Church and Queen member of our House of Commons, and, if we remember right, stated by the Lexico grapher of that House to be "particularly attached No wonder we are continually embroiled firs with one Asiatic race, and then with another — if we delude them thus into the ridiculous notion that we are so afraid of war, or at any. rate that we.have such exceeding reluctance to be dragged into it, that to ward off that obnoxious evil, we are ready to scatter our gold right and and left broadcast. There must be an end of this. A blunder, a systematic and extravagant blunder such as this—now that it is distinctly laid bare—has not any longer, we believe, the faintest chance of being persisted in, of being perpetuated. It is seen now for the first time in its full enormity—and, being at last so seen, it is not, we conceive, any longer to be tolerated. Talk, forsooth, of Administrative Reforms at Home ! Why, here, in our diplomatic scheme of administration abroad, are evils that ought to be swept clean out of existence as the first necessary improvement. We have had enough of these sub• sidies. Let us look now t.) indemnities instead. They are the just penalties of aggression. And aggression on the part of the Persians in seizing Herat, and aggression on the part of the Chinese in their outrage on board the lorcha, are as notoriously the sources of the Chinese War and of the Persian War, as the origin of the late war with Russia is undeniably traceable to the movement of the Muscovite army across the Pruth into the twin provinces of Moldo- Wallachia. No—again we say—what England has to look to now as furnishing the security for Peace—are— to the Church." We knew him also not to have been guilty of wasting the time of the Legislature by speeches ; his vote was his weapon, and he doubtless understood the vote exercise about as well as the sword exercise. He could vote point blank, and cut right or left as the Conservative opposition chief bid him. As XZNOPHON says somewhere of a good captain of his time, he knew how to obey as well as how t) command. So much for Captain BENNET, and for " Captain I DEITNITI ES-NOt -SUBSIDIES Early in the present month, on the 7th instant —we instituted a comparison between the pro spects offered to inverters in Indian and Russia❑ railways, founded on the admirable report of Lieutenant. Colonel KENNEDY, the Consulting Engineer of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company. We pointed out that in the mere s. d. point of view, the former offered a better rate of interest for mousy, com bined with superior security, to any that could be obtained from the latter. In the one a gua rantee of 5 per cent.—provided the undertaking only paid its own working expenses, is given by the East India Company, with the sanction of the Board of Control ; in the other 4i per cent. for a limited period, with certain stringent cenditions, that may, under cm t tin not very remote circum ' stances, cause a forfeiture of all previous pay ments. There could be but little question as to which was entitled to the preference of the mere capitalist, who was insensible t) every considera tion in which he had not a personal interest. There is another and a much higher ground, however, that may be assumed. The due deve lopment of the almost miraculous natural resources of the Anglo-Indian Empire would render the United Kingdom independent of almost every other nation, and that without the violation of any law of political economy, or of the indisputable maxims of Free Trade and un restricted competition. We may obtain an abun dant supply of teas from our own terri tories, the payment therefor being made to our fellow-subjects. In such case, there would be no danger of " death lurking in the pot," or the patriotic Celestials poisonine, after the ap proved precedent of the baker ALUM, a necessary article of almost universal consumption. Man chester may be provided with cheap cotton to its heart's content without being dependent on the Slave States of America. Nay, more, " the corn of the tropics " will be brought in abundance from that land of promise, sufficient, with that from our own West Indian colonies, to enable us to take high ground on the interesting and important question of "the domestic in stitution," or the right of mean to keep his fellow-man in a condition of hopeless servi tude ! All these are matters of paramount con sequence to the national prosperity. The simple fact, that we can obtain from our own dominions, without submitting to higher prices, all that is required to keep British industry in full operation, is alone sufficient to render it an imperative duty on our own Government, and on our own Capi talist,, not to permit these extraordinary advan tages to be left in abeyance through any negligence or apathy on their part. But when a handsome and remunerative return for any outlay, indepen dent of these collateral benefits, is certain, it would be a positive crime to disregard the golden opportunity which offers itself for our acceptance. All that is required to insure those extraordi nary results is a moderate outlay on public works. Irrigation and railways are the talis manic words that will open mines of wealth ex ceeding the highest anticipations of the most sanguine. "Irrigation," to bring about the requi site fertility. Railways—the best and cheapezt Node of transit—to bring the produce to market.. Indeed the latter is chiefly required, for witt existing capabilities, and they might easily be quadrupled, all that could be required would be obtained. Several years since we pointed out the close connection between the construction. of railways and the supply of cotton from India. Labour can there be obtained at the lowest rate. The Hind u Ryots will work efficiently at a much lower rate and surely the "yeomanry" understood it too. , " Captain BENNET and no extension of the suf frage," "Captain BENNET and no independent voting"—that was the meaning of the flag under which one hundred and fifty of the yeomen of West Suffolk dined. Did such of them as were tenant farmers acknowledge the flag ? Did they believe in the identity of landlord power and the agricultural interest ? Did they not think them selves agriculturists much more truly than their landlords? Did they not know that they and their landlords have had no community of political inte rest since the repeal of the Corn Laws, and had in reality none whatever before ? Did they not know, as game laws and high rents, and the prior right of distraint attest, that they and their landlords have no commercial identity of interest, but are rather in the same commercial antago nism as all other buyers and sellers ? Did they not know that their vast share in the agricultural interest—that of tenant-farmers--is wholly un represented in Parliament, and that they are compelled, like American slaves, to be instruments to give their masters scats in the Legislature ? We strongly advise the tenants t declare themselves the agricultural interest, t 3 proclaim that no one fights for it who will not give tenant-farmers the Ballot, and to hoist a new f 13.7, not " Captain BENNET," but " CAPTAIN BALLOT, AND No Sun- , . „ LkTE?- 1 1 rtiS. THE NEUCHATEL QUESTION. The Times' Paris correspondent (Second Edi- tion), under date Wednesd-ty, 6 p.m., says : " As I mentioned yesterday, Dr. Kern left last night for Berne with the draught of the arrange ment adopted by the Representatives of the four Powers, and accepted by him subject to the ap probation of the Federal Council.. Dr. Kern's political baggage is light, but I fear his heart is heavy. The arrangement is far from being like what, in the buoyancy of his first hopes and the certitude of his own powers of persuasion and general diplomatic skill, be had promised to the Swiss. Prussia has, as I have already ob served, reduced her terms so far as the money is concerned ; she now accepts, and Dr. Kern en. , gages fur Switzerland to pay 1,000,0001. by way of indemnity ; the King of Prussia retains the title of Prince of Neuchatel, and Switzerland will give him a guarantee respecting the proper administra- tion of charitable institutions in Neuchatel. There are other conditions, but those — l mention are, I believe, the most important ; the Representatives of the four Powers adopted them as the basis of an arrangement on the lit of April (absit omen !), and the time has since been taken up with the difficulties incidental on putting the ' Protocol or Convention in form. We may be certain that a solution which gives an indirect right to the King of Prussia to intervene in the internal affairs of the canton under the pre text of seeing the guarantee properly executed, and the continuance of the title of Prince of Neuchatel, will be very badly received in Swit zerland. The Swiss will not believe that the King and the Royalist party do not still meditate the separation from the Federation of that canton, and that they will carry it into execution on the first favourable opportunity. If the Federal Council, which is divided into two nearly equal patties, accepts the arrangement, it will be with the greatest repugnance. Many people here doubt that acceptance ; but what can Switw , rland do alone against Europe ? As to great and gene ral dissatisfaction among the masses there is no doubt. Dr. Kern, supposing nothing extraordi nary occurs, will be back about the end of the month to sign the convention." THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE The Paris C nTespondent of the Morning Post THE PRINCIPALITIES. A private letter from Bucharest of the 11th inst. says :-- " The labours of our Commissioners have not yet 0 k mmenced. The French C onmissioner leaves soon for Jassy. His departure was to have taken place earlier, but has been put off by unavoidable circumstances. People say, as I have already informed you, that the object of his journey is to watch the con duct of the Kaimakan of Mol , lavia. The Russian Com missioner has at last arrived, and has received an ovation from the clergy. M. Basily is quite astonished at the sumptuousness displayed at his installation. ' The Vistaria has then heaps of money,' he said on witness ing all that luxury. He has sent away the carriages placed at his disposal, and has given orders for a very modest style of living until the arrival of his cook. Tnis unpretending conduct., which contrasts so much with that of the others, has produced a strong and a favourable impression, but it has had no imi tators among his colleagues, who continue to enjey all the advantage of their situation, and whose rule seems to be to ' take the goods the gods provide them.' The Commissioners appear astonished at the 'luxury which they find among us, and indeed it is ex• traordicary, eastern and western at the same time. They are particularly struck with that displayed by the Boyard Otetelechan, who gives magnificent dinners and suppers, and dramatic representations in his mansion. The Commissioners, however, are not ignorant of the origin of the Wallachian Turcaret's wealth. These fortunate gentlemen are literally overwhelmed with dinnere, and the only drawback is the confusion that occurs as to preced =nee in taking places, but each person tries to manage as best he may. One of the sons-in-law of the Hospodar Stirbey gave a dinner to the French Commissioner before inviting the Turkish funcionary. This appeared strange, but people say it was out of con sideration for the Consul-General of France, M. Bulard, to whom the said son-in-la ps was under some private ob ligations. A clever intriguer, Dr. Arsaki, a great enemy of Bibesco, a friend of Stirbey, and formerly the Secretary of the Gleikas, is giving himself much trouble to ingratiate himself with the French Commis4ioner. " An M. Lyucke, who gives himself the title of count, though every one knows he is of a half Gipsy origin, has commenced a series of receptions, and the French Commissioner dances at them most j )yously. The party of the brothers, intimate enemies, Stirbey and Btbesco, are in constant movement, and cover the Principalities with emissaries. These emissaries hold everywhere the same language to the rural population —namely, that the European Commissioners have come for the purpose of depriving them of the documents proving that they are proprietors, and to force them to abandon their religion and become Papists." Another letter, of the 13th, says : " Tile agitation spreads in Wallachia. Many of the young men of the towns have assumed the dress of the peasants, in order to be elected in the communes. The movement appears to haven revolutionary character, and some persons apprehend disturbances. Turkey is insulted openly ; the heroes of the day are the French and Rus sian Commissioners, but especially the Russian. The latter is a man deeply versed in eastern politics. The Prussian Commissioner is inclined towards Austria." (Second Edition), says : 1 - " The visit of the Grand Duke Constantine to France will no doubt be made use of by those who are ever on the look out to damage the Anglo- French alliance. Russia is building ships in Frenoh ports ; the Czar has exchanged compliments with the Emperor, and M. Kisseleff is on the best o f terms with M. Walewski. Then we shall have no end of gossip of what Napoleon 111. said to the Grand Duke, and how his Imperial Highness assured his Majesty that Russia respected France and de spised England. In these dull times a variety of such assertions will be sure to appear in the public journals of Europe. I believe I may assure you that the Emperor of the French wishes to deprive the Grand Duke's visit of all political colour. No political speeches are to be made, or any de monstration indulged in beyond those which are dictated by the ordinary etiquette of Courts. The Grand Duke, as a prominent member of the Imperial family of Russia, will be received with the most scrupulous regard to forms ; first, be cause it is his due, and secondly, because he is reported to be very exacting on all points of ceremony and customs attached to his rank. The usual public fetes will be offered to him in Paris, amongst which will be a gigantic military con cert at the Pre Catelan. The new garden opened last year for the first time in the Bois de Bologne. The Palace of Fontainbleau has been prepared for the Imperial visitor, which arrangement will en able the Prince, if he thinks proper, to visit Paris whenever he chooses as a private individual. Count Creptowich, the Russian Ambassador at London, has arrived in Paris, and I hear, brings an invitation for his Imperial Highness to visit Queen Victoria, or rather to make arrangements . iu ease such an event should occur. lam told it is very doubtful whether he will go to England at • all. There is a possibility of the Grand Duke - visiting Naples. The reception at Marseilles takes place on the 25th, and the arrival in Paris on the 30th inst." details of this battl, , , which we will hasten to pub- se.TA.t.ry - of h.- Engli-h legation, as a lady of the lash i.i our next number." I court in the'lG 11. century. Ai/A:mg:it the most re markNe co, - -,tuttte were those of floury VIII., , A letter from Teheran of the Gil of March, Ann Boleyn, tte Duke de Sully, Villiers Duke of published in the Nord of Brussels, says:-•-- Buckingham, Peter the Great, and other historical "Another messenger has arrived from Fars. The p . rsonag s. The other dresses were of all coun news brought by him confirms that published in the tries, from the middle ages down to the la-t cen- Teheran Gazette.. The loss of the enemy is est:- tury. The Duchess de Brabant being prevented mated at from 1,700 to 1,800 men. Our loss is not by her mantle did not dance, but the Duke de Bra considerable compared with that of the enemy. It b int, the Princess Charlotte, and the Count de does not exceed 300 to 400 mon. The cAunnn Flambe danced more t'ian once, and with the which were left in the mud have been recovered by Duchss passed sevtril times through the rooms. our troops." • The fete terminated about two o'clock. ITALY. A letter from Genoa of the 18th, in the Condit u tionne/, says : " For a long time past we have not had mirth a storm as that which prevailed during Eater week. The waves broke over the two moles, and flooded the deck+ of the ve,sels lying within them. Fortunately the Empress Dowager of Russia did not leave on Sunday morning, as she had intended. She went to Vidafranca on the Saturday evening, and slept on board the Aloff frigate, but as there Appeared every indication Of blowing weather, her Majesty returned to Nice the following morning. This event has completely changed the pro gramme of her proceedings. The Empress will not now start for Civita, Vecchia until some day between the 21st and the 25th, and her frigate will not be accompanied, as was at first intended, by the whole of the Ressian squadron, as part of them will have pro ceeded to Toulon with the Grand Duke Constantine. The King has, it is said, fitted up a villa a hich he pos ',eases in the n:igbbourhood of Rome as heir of Maria Christina of Savoy, and has placed it at the disposal of the Empress D ,wager during her stay in the Papal capital. Some days before Easter, her Majesty, in anti cipation of her departure, gave numerous alms to the poor of Nice, and made presents to different persons to whom she had become a'.tached. As to the authorities, a case containing several d'ecoratioes has not yet arrived, but, as it is Expected every day, the delay in hi r Ma jesty's depar,ere may, perhaps, enable her to distribute tlaetn before she leaves." The result of th ,, conversion of the Belgian 5 por cent. loan is now known. Out of a sum of 26 mil lions, which is the capita of the loan, the reim bursements demanded amount to seven millions ; the remainder, with the exception of opera - Lolls made by the government direct, will be therefore converted into 41 per cent 4. According to the last account of the situa'icn of the National Bank of Belgium the circulation of that establishment now exceeds the sum of 105,000,000 fr., tlt3 maximum of the circulation allowed being 110 millions. The Malriel journals of the 18th do not contain any political news of interest. A royal decree charges the Ministry of the Interior with the con struction and control of telegraphic lines. A letter from Hamburg of the 15th, in the Augs burg Gazette, s ys :—" This town yesterday pre sented a most animated aspect, upwards of 4,000 em;gran.ts being colect , cl at the port io embark for the United Settes. They generally came from Holstein and Mecklenburg, and the mountainous districts of Cewral Germany." THE FICTITIOUS VALUE OF RAILWAY SHARES. PERSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE BATTLE. The following is the Persian aceount of the late action between the British and Persian troops, taken from the Teheran Gazette of the let rajah, 1273 (25th February, 1857) : " Souja-001-Meulk communicates to us in haste the following news, dated Bth February :—The 7th inst. five English regiments, having with them 10 pieces of cannon, had occupied the Djah-Koutah, situated at four leagues from Bushire, with the in tention of causing our troops a check previous to their complete concentration at head-quarters. Souja-001-Moulk, having desired to anticipate the English in their plan, took with him 3,000 regular infantry, 300 horsemen, and 12 pieces of cannon, to attack the enemy's camp during the night. He marched the same night. After he had left Bou raze-Jan a league behind him rain began to fall in torrents. The English who had left Djah-Koutah a league behind them retreated at the approach of our troops, and sheltered themselves behind rocks and in caverns, while our troops being in a great plain without shelter, and exposed to heavy rain, with drew to their camp. The English troops, thus pre served from the rain, hastened to reach Bouraze- Jan before daylight. Souja-001-Moulk pursued them with his 3,000 picked troops and eight pieces of cannon. The English advanced guard an nounced the arrival of our troops by a shot. The English, seeing that they could not transport their ammunition on camels, in consequence of the mud, burnt it, and retreated towards Bushire. Our troops pursued them to within four leagues of that place. [n the meantime, two other English regiments and 400 cavalry, with 10 pieces of cannon, came from Bushire to their assistance. After the arrival of this re inforcement the English turned round, and the battle began. Although the number of our troops was much inferior to that of the enemy, they fought with great determination and courage. The battle commenced at daylight, and lasted four hours and a half without intermission. Our troops showed the greatest bravery ; twice they penetrated into the enemy's ranks and broke them. We had hearel that Stack'. r, the general who first arrived at Bushire, was killed in the battle ; but that ac count is not true. On our side the Sartip Ma hommed Kouli Khan lavan-Schir and the Sartip Ali-Khan, Kara-Quozlou, in penetrating into the enemy's lines were wounded, the first with grape shot and the second with a sabre-cut, but their wounds are not serious. During the entire battle the rain never ceased to annoy the combatants. It fell with such force that the two parties were forced to separate, leaving several pieces of cannon in the mud. For the same reason the number of killed could not be ascertained. We are told that the English lost in the battle from 800 to 1,000 men ; our loss is from 300 to 600. We daily expect more details from the illustrious Ma hommed Khan, Commander of the Guards of his Majesty the Shah, who, when we are going to press, should have arrived at the head-quarters of our army, and who will not fail to communicate the TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —The movements of the Stock Exchange have always been a mystery to the " outsider ;" will you, there fore, allow me to ask one of the "insiders" why railway shares are so extraordinarily high whilst money is worth 61 . per cent, and more for the beet bills ? Take, for in stance, Ea:4nm Courries, which are quoted at about nil., the div. of which for the last year amounted to but 7s. Great Western paid last year 555. div., and are quoted at abcut 671. per share ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc.dnshire paid 15i. for the whole year, and their shares are about 401. ; and many more lines are quoted considerably beyond the reasonably proportionable rate of interest. Ordinarily people invest to secure a remu nerative percentage of interest per annum—say five — which woul l make the relative value of the above shares stand thus : Eastern Counties paid !'s. per share, worth £7—quoted at £lll Great Western „ 555. „ „ 55 „ 67 Sheffields „ 15s. ,„. 15— „ 40 I have male several inquiries, but no one can give me satisfactory explanation : the general opinion for the ael ition of the mystery is that of " prospect" of an in creasing traffic, and 1 have heard " two years hence" named as the probable period when this expected in crease will be fully realised. The argument is obviouely absurd, f.r the traffic of " two years hence" cannot possibly be assumed, the "causes" producing a diminu tion or an increase being inscrutable, and beyond the power of human calculation. It appears to me that the main impulse to this rise in railway property has been given by a certain journal, in its annual review, by assuming a continuous increase for the future on the baste of the earnings of the last few years. The fallacy of this assumption Las already been proved, as every one may see by the weekly returns of traffic which exhibit many a " decrease" as compared with the traffic of the corresponding periods of last year- Journals priding themselves on their " influence" s hould always be cautious in hazarding such calculations, too seducive, too speculative, but less reflecting minds--oe the merit of such statements, or rather assumed pro sperity. There are, no doubt, some lines whose position is improving, and who would deserve attention but for the state of the monetary affairs all over Europe. All along I have been and am still of opinion that money must remain dear for a considerabl e time yet. Besides the payments in the East, some the causes immediateusesofitsscavricciituyitymaoyf Europe. The enormo ug be easily traced and foun d in gold discoveries within the last six years have stimula ted enterprise much beyond the belief of many people. 00 the Continent they are innumerable. Bank', joint etoei‘ and private ones, and Cr6dit Mobiliers, bare been e 9O. blished almost everywhere ; foundries have been erected' w i n ing companies formed, and railways brought out, all of which absorb immense suttee, which for the most par t are hoarded up in the respective localities whilst in the course of making. Their reflux to the ordinary or acco s ' touted channels of commerce is thereby naturally ja r peded, and it may be fairly presumed that it will ncl take place until thos e un d erta ki, gs are comp l e t e d o ' 4 fully developed. --I remain, sir, your obedient servant, Manchester, 22d April, 1857. ASTLEY'S THEATRE.— The new grand military sP eC i tads entitled "Th e F renc h i n Al g i ers , or th e Battle °, Cont.tantine," AP continues to attract immense audiences I . this theatr e . L as t n i g ht th e th ea t re was crowdetl,„,„ lll every part, an d t h e a p p l ause e li c i te d was i mmens e. 1 f 1 ; ever new scenes in the circle followed the spectacle. 1 4 11 ., Kate Cooke appears in one of her favourite equestr la r acts, and was applaud e d t o th e ver y- ec h o . It is gre' l, lying to observe that the efforts of Mr. Cooke are 21P preciated and rewarded. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SDRGEoNs.—The following g en ; tlemen, having undergon e th e necessar y exam i na tion for the diploma, were ad m itt e d mem b ers o f th e Colleg e h at the meeting of the C our t o f E xam i ners on the 20th inst.:—Messrs. Samu e l P ra ll , R oc h ester, Kent ; . I°i 1- Humphreys, R.N. ; J o h n Timperley Gray, aexhs7 ; Northumberland ; J ames T eevau , Killeehandra, f Cavan ; John Edwards Jones, Dolgelly, Merione` - d shire ; Edward Miles Coverdale Hooker, Sheeruesol an Astley Cooper, Plymouth. THE AMEER ALI MORAD,--Papers relating to the fiscation of the territori es o f th e A meer Ali Mora" bfge been published, on the mo ti on o f M r . I saac Butt, - d o s member for Youghal in the last Parliament. It inel u r 0 a mass of correspondence on the subject. It sPP, e o f that the Ameer fraudulently altered the treatJton Nownabur concluded between himself and Meer gooothe and Meer Nusseer KliAn, so as to substitute, among i be . possessions to him ceded, instead of the village of DV'hur. lab, the pergunnahs of Meerpoor, Mathele, and lkie" co . kee. This flagrant offence was held by a special Goo mission appointed to investigate the matter to be Ali proved, and a subsequent memorial of the M . elvgb . Morad in nowise shook the evidence on which bo . a ter ne,s was convicted, and mulcted of a portion of his l i o n ritory by way of punishment. The memorial in V e 40 is a formidable affair in point of leng h, oceupY . '" d t r y pages of the paper before us. The revenue obtaineoAc the augmenta' ion of territory arising out of the t ra tio et o tiona wiih his Highness amount s to 2,61,0 48 r r (net). ~ Plu s ' UHIFIESE ATROCITIES —A very curious li tt l e ego . e• trated brochure h a s j us t b ee n published by . 14 on to Dorton and Co., euti led, "The Criminal Pu nO T It I,, u se of the Chines e : d rawn on st on e by Percy Cra in _ r tibt. from original drawings by Yoeequa, a Chine se .7 .0 10' To this picto r ial p am phlet i s prt fixed an earnesb, 40d natory introduction, penned by that ever:Tel:7ooc, vig .runs wielder of quill and pencil, George G . ru l ke "Tne Chinese," he observes point-blank, In tu , ar ieogr first sentence, desigeete all foreigners as bar b s s e e —includir g Eur:peans and Americans—who 4 of A end throw hack the aspersion on the Chinese. went adds immediately upon this, with that qua!" r" yes; .te su ke n oommonse view of things wh i ch im pa..- _ to every t e whether of pen or etching-neenT:oo3e9 in the bands at Geoige Cruikaliabli—,6 tb,:nurect,elf, a questiiin as to who really are the barbarinns. F or, And it is for the purpose of furnishing a slue '„ ute , tion of this problem that these remarkably s hall': n ' eph ov,_ the Chinese have been given by Percy Cruiksba. k. Aided by a n ative orn e . o Yoe-qua, be gives uA a few frightful g liropies _" bsy lot ,l l the must hideous (and one or two of thorn I t n . the Cruiks.bank on e , by diabolical) -tie the Chinese shutspuni(iteeots. hea d) 1 . g3 Starvationd to a post or (all but tb ,, e sprii 3,l? box! Death by Flaying l" Death by ,, Cut in with Boilin g 1:),I !" By havieg the body By being " Di: jointed I" einhowedir.g !" By " Tearing the B( s ei ) l ' jg "The drawlog- are labograpried by iti_y "u h their - By "Strangle,,g ! George Cimilishan;:, " I can , vouch to bt they are, present P r it—for these drawings, as faithful copes of the o rigiiials.' We ' B _ ° F r n lY ectac le the most revolting savagery. .ENDER Or THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST." Mr. HENRY PEASE, the recently elected Mem• ber for South Durham, and one of the few repro sentatives of the Manchester School that has ob tained a seat in the Legislature, has preferred a serious bill of indiament against the English Press. He is but following in the track of his leader, the ex-M.P. for the West Riding. It is not - Jrious that Mr. COBDEN thought that the sole business of public journalists was to give elaborate reports of the speeches of himself and his disciples—that they had no right to in dependent thought or action, but should merely record his and their sayings and doings. This was his notion respecting the " mission of jour- nalism." Fortunately that opinion has not been endorsed by the community at large. They are still proud of their Fourth E-t tte, and consider its independence and freedom one of the great Palladiums of national liberty. Mr. HENRY PEASE thinks otherwise. He acknowledges, and we thank him for the admis sion, that there is probably no Press throughout the civilised world conducted with the same ability, or that is managed with the same regard to the Maintenance of the constitutional rights of the people, as the press of England. But there is still a heavy drawback. They venture to think for themselves. They " may go too far" —venture to " make.up a budget for the Chan cellor of the Exchequer—endeavour to make up or unmake a Prime Minister for the QUEEN-9r about the making of war or peace—and are dis posed to institute a theology for the Christian world." Now we venture to remind Mr. PEASE tha BENNET'S OWn." But the grand flag—the blue flag—(do the Conservatives look blue since the election ?)—the " No Surrender" flag—it puzzled us not a little. Had it been no surrender of Toryism to the Tory chief of a Radical Cabinet, we could have understood it ; but no surrender of the " agrieule tura/ interest"—who in the world, we asked, is attacking the agricultural interest ? Where is the investing army ? Who aro its leaders? COBDEN —BRIGHT—GIBSON—they are all hors de combat ; moreover, we were told by one speaker, Sir R. BUXTON, that they were clever, honest fellows, and ought to be in the House ! Only think of country gentlemen talking thus—learn mutati I we ex claim, indeed. It was not, then, the Freetraders who were attacking the agricultural interest. The Free-trade prices seem to have pleased the Suffolk yeomanry so well, that could they have voted at M tneheater and Hudderafield they would have voted the League into power. Still, we feel sure, there must be some redoubtable foe in sight. A Captain bold, and his bold retainers at the feast, were not the men to hang out the blue banner in mere bravado, or to talk big of " No surrender" when no herald made the demand, and when no foe appeared even in the distance. The Agricul tural interest must be in real danger. Was it the gradual fall of prices against which the Captain was to lead his yeomanry? No: they aro content with the present prices of wheat and meat together—and well they may, as we know to our cost by our butcher's and baker's bills ; besides, they were " sorry that GIBSON and BRIGHT were ousted." Do they dread Sir G. C, Levers and an Income Tax after 1860 ? That, however, is every one's interest—imposition of A. Cabinet C,eincil was held yesterday afternoon a Fire Insurance duty on Farming St )ck, which the the official residence of the First L , rd of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, being so enamoured in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Via of this duty, has talked of—well, that would be count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl an assault as far as it went, but hardly one for of Clarendon, Mr. Secre'ary Labouohere, Lord Pan which they would hang out the "No surrender" mure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles flag, it being rather awkwari to prove that Wood, the Right'Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley farming stock should not pay Government duty, of Alilerley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. at least as well as other property for which the DEPARTURH OF LORD ELGIN. His Excellency the offices charge the same rate of premium. Horses Earl of Elgin took his departure for Paris on Tuesday used in agriculture have not been threatened with afternoon, accompanied by the Countess, and would the same tax as all other persons' horses that we reach the French capital yesterday afternoon. The gen tlemen associated with the noble earl in his mission to have heard of. There is no talk of repealing the China left London on Tuesday and yesterday, to meet law which exempts manure carts from turnpike his Excellency, and then proceed via Marseilles to Alex tolls. What on earth can be the dreaded enemy andria. The Earl of Elgin intend.' to stay two or three against whom the old Protection flag is brought days in Paris. The countess will then take leave of out, with the name of Captain BENNET ? him, and return to town in the early part of next week. The gentlemen attached to the mission are the Hon. F. Perhaps the speeches may enlighten us. It was Bruce, Mr. Oliphant, Mr. Cameron, and Mr. Fitzroy. somewhat of a funereal feast. While it commeme- The Duchess of Sutherland and Lord Albert Leveson rated the unopposed return of two staunch Tories Gower hare left Stafford-house, for Castle Howard, fur West Suffolk, the speeches began with a tribute Yorkshire, to visit the Countess of Carlisle. The Duke and Lord Ronald Lemon Gower left the same (Tees to the fallen at the late election. Twenty - two day) evening, for Cliefden-park, near Maidenhead. trusty Knights of the Shire, it was announced, The Duchess Dowager of Norfolk, accompanied by had fallen in the late election conflict ; the House Lord and Lady George Manners, left town yesterday, on of Commons would see theta no more ; and their a visit to the Duke of Sutherland, at Cliefden, Bucks. places would be filled by mon who called them- The Duke and Dacheas of -Argyll left Campden-hi 1, Kensington, last evening, on a visit to the Duke of selves men of progress. At this announcement Sutherland, at Cliefden. the defiance began. Lord PALMERSTON must, to Major Ord bad an interview with Mr. Secretary La. satisfy his new supporters, positively must, bring bouchere yesterday. Dr. Sand with and Mr. Stevenson had also interviews with the right hon. gentleman at in some measures of political reform ; then the the Colonial-office. present members for West Suffolk would not be The bar silver brought by the last West India packet was sold yesterday at 61f3. per oc—the same rate as able to walk over the course as they had just that obtained for the last arrival. done—then would come the tug of war—then— STRYCHNINE.—Some weeks ago a curious Enstance of the e .4 d t r e y a c d h l deadly power e t r o thatiolao plates a vegetable w e and the speaker thought it might be soon—thent ll a poison,on nan;"NvoTiineae' Notting let them fight for the agricultural interest to the ham. Rate infested the premises occupied by one of cry of " Captain BENNET, and no surrender I" the game-keepers in the employ of Lord Middleton to such an extent that the keeper destined it advisable to Now all is plain. The agricultural interest have recourse to the poison above-named, which, of means the " things-as-they-are" interest. The course, had the desired effect. The dead bodies of t he rata were thrown up in a heap of manure, and when in a right of landlords to demand their tenants' votes, state of decomposition were partly consumed by the and to have them recorded in certain well• known keeper's poultry, which immediately fell a prey to the power the poison and died. This instance of the books, that they may see how their tenants have strength of the poison remaining in the dead bodies of done their duty. The right of tenants at will and its victims for the BO ling a timeoughtto forty shilling freeholders to vote in counties, and inciden t srning to its c public, si n since . t chows n it body after death e a sh n o g u er l; of no one else who has not some property in land be guarded against with the utmost carefulness. Any to join in electin g the national representatives. A T o n o e s t o u gla n t t i o n v b e e t i e m r a m t e e d i o i i t d e 1 yg b r grumbler Above all, the agricultural interest, then, means says :—" There are no women now a days. Instead of the landlords. The men, that is, who represent flowers.woi ne, w You haveoo ssee towering milliner's i a fi r c g e e s a o d f v esritlilscing la v ee a ' n that themselves and their tenants too, much as sidles along with a rustling sound, and you are told s th ev a e t r i a t l is y n ar w ds ont o a f fl t ; he bu m t o a . s .t you e r o e b a s slaveholders in America get votes for three-fifthscannot r n u o c t t ion approach you cannot within of their slaves ; for whether the slaves are not tell what it is beyond .something that looks like an permitted to vote, or must vote as their masters e_ n o t s i e r d e s i h n o f f ront it e m a lly i motion iTe i v t e h , if l a t n h y e goodsmeaxn bid them, it comes of course to the same thing. P vrould open an exhibition, where one could see a woman, The right divine of landlords to county rule, and women t s o ue b h e a f s air s .? graceful,yeun gwdeallsp,roviphoerntiotnheed, andyusee the duty divine of tenants to be subject to th e everything that s lender, be r' autiful, instead of the animated O ounty powers that be, this is the agricultural wardrobes, and unrecognisable bundles of fine cl o th es that they now are—l really believe that an enterprising in.,`ereat. showmae like that would rapidly realise a large for 11.t last, then, we understand the new Banner ;1 tulle. —Punch, the Press did not enter on these grounds there would be but little use for that ability of which he speaks. " Paste and scissors' " men would only be required for the business to which he ap parently thinks they should be restricted. But we ask Mr. PEASE what harm can the discussion inaugurated by the well-abused journalists do ? Their arguments will only be t tken quantum, slaleant. Truth must be promoted ley dispassionate discussion, " The mythical we" will only remain tnluential so long as it is supported by the voice of public) opinion. Bat it has gone, with few and rare exceptions, against the Manchester School, and we must allow for the soreness felt by lasing parties. That school may not "be dead, but sleep ing ;" but they must be resuscitated to some pur pose before they can put down English journalism, Jr induce the British People to be contented with the " cheap and nasty " in preference to their established favourites, to those who have for a long succession of years faithfully and efficiently dis charged the arduous and important duties which ti,ey have undertakea with credit to themselves and advantage to the nation. HEALTH OF THE DUCHESS OF °LOU * C ESTER. The following bulletin was issued this morning : " Gloucester House, April 23, 9 a.m. " Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucestn has passed a quieter night. Her Royal High_ ness's general state remains much the same. (Signed) " FRANCIS HAWKINS, M. D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. " E. H. HILLS." TURKEY. A letter from CoDstantinople, of the 10th, says: " Doubt 4 are again entertained of the success o f the Bank, and it is said that the Ottoman Cabinet, begins to regret baying refused last year the project for a loan, which the French and Engli.h capitabsts, finan ciers, and others versed in public affairs had proposed. If the Porte had at that period accepted the proposition of Messrs. Layard and Yvan, its condition would be very different from what it iriw is, and it would have the means of undertakin4 works of public utility on a large scale, which are indispensable to it, and which, nevertheless, cannot be commenced. The statesmen of Turkey have hitherto been labouring under the greatest delusionS, and instead of imitating Austr;a and Russia, who give every possible encouragement to foreign capi talists, they have waited for capital to come to them." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING " The inhabitants of Plombieres," says a letter from Paris in the Nord of Brussels, "expect that the Emperor will ag ain visit them th;s year, and stay for a month. His Majesty, it is said, will not be accompanied by the Empress, but at the end of August will accompany her to Biarritz, where they propose to pass the rest of the season." The Monitear publishes a decree, promulgating a convention cuicluded between Francs and the Grand Duchy of Baden in February last, relalve to the strengthening of the banks of the Rhine. According to the provisions of this convention, when the works necessary for carrying the olject of it into effect shall necessitate tie permanent or temporary occupation of private property, the in demnity to be paid shall be tegulated in each stale, according to the laws in force relative to public works and to expropriation for purposes of public utility ; the wors in either country are to be under the direction and protection of the respec tive authorities ; as, in consequence of changes which may be effected in the cuurie of the river, property now on the French side may be transferred to the Baden side, or vice versa, the local administrations are to use their endeavours to effect a sale or exchange, so as to bring each pro perty within the limit of t he territory to which it will then belong. The Council of State has commenced the exami nation of the bill against the usurpation of titles of nobility. The Leg!slative Body being destined to be dissolved immediately after the present ses sion, it is probable that the b 11 cannot he voted in the present year, and that, consequently, it will stand over to be dealt with by the new Legislative Body. BOURSE, April 22.—The following were the last quotations cteib. ft. e. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 69 35 Bank Shares 4,440 Credit Mobilier 1,335 Roman Do. Account 1,337 50 Austrian Belgian 41 Pied montese (5) 9l Home Debt ......... End of Month. 91fr. 69 30 RAILWAYS—FOR CASII fr. c . fr C. Orleans 1,485 Western ............... Northern Lyons 1,560 New Ditto ......•••• 792A — Mediterranean 9 ,130 Grand Centra l ..... 6004 Lyons Geneva Midi -* Sardinian ............. 580 83 C orn. 5 -- Austrian Co. .... 71% PRUSSIA. The Second Chamber of Berlin, on the 20th, re jected, in accordance with the recommendamotion of tion of the committee, by 15 4 votes to 102, the M. Mathis against the system hitherto pursued with respect to the press. It afterwards adopted, by 126 votes to 125, an amendment of M. Wagener and M. de Gerlach, to the effect that the liberty of the press shall be guaranteed by a law that the right assumed by the Government of withdrawing a concession of a newspaper as an administrative measure shall be set aside, and that the tribunals shall be always left to decide on the suspension of journals. These votes preduCed a great sensation. The signification of this double vote is evident—the Chamber, without wishing to blame the course hitherto pursued by the Government, being anxious to show that the present system should ho changed, and more serious gualautees given to the press in Prussia. The grand fancy hall of the Duke and Duchess de Brabant, which has been so long talked of, to'Ar place on Monday evening at the palace at Brucs-I. ' and was of a most brilliant descri p tion. The Duchess de Brabant figured as the of gold brocade Empress-Q.t ti t h Empress-Queen Maria Theresa , in a dress of silver b rocade w a c o rsage of blue velvet, a ma n t le l lined with erm ine, and her ha ir in powder ;rou• round her neck the p rincess w ore a in_ , !gnific nt set of ' diamonds, and diamonds in her hair, and attended by ladies of honour and pages in the c °swine of the time, the latter bearing her train. The Princess Charlotte wore the costume of a lady of the court of Catherine de Medieis„ resembling that of Eliza beth of Austria, wife of Charles por trait is in the Louvre at Paris • ' th l e X ci . , , v i a v g h e os w e asin' cherry-coloured dama s k, an d was almost entirely covered with diamonds ; the p e tticoat was embroidered with pearls,. and on the under petti coat were suspended festoons of diamonds, producing a charming effect ; a frill embroidered with gold, and a cap d ec k e d with diamonds, completed he costume. Both the princess and th duchess looked admirably, and the profnsion of diainonds worn by the firmer was brilliant in the extreme. ofhti• the lace , ,ra ‘ v va st s The Duke de Brabant word the costume of a Bel gian noble of the time of Louis of the richest tlescriptien, and thXclV. ; t asp was a bouquet of diamonds ; the great wig of the epoch completed the costume of his r..yal highness. The Count de Flandre figured as Charles V. in his youth ; his pourpoint was white and embroidered with gold, and was su ch as the g reat Em p eror wore solemnnn occasions. The Duchess d'Aremborg ap peared as her ancestress Sibylle de Larryirck, cif whim there exists a fine peril-AA tiy Martin do Ws, and the duchess's sons and ilaoght is were in ces tutnes of the t. me of Louis XIII. Lady Howard de Walden, wife ott'te Engle. eister, was as Louise d e Lorraine, in a miignifiient chess of crimson and gold ; Miss Ellis as a shepherdess of the time of Louis IV. and Lady Waller, wife of Sir T. Waller, tinder state Itvest Word Any c identii 40 ,00( !liiestii i 8 011 I: faCtior. Cet'.Bflll , ketior. 811Ppol k t ej hg eircuj a tie s, e cntmc .e ct, h Ipf orra 86111 d Th e 1 4 0 1nba b eat pa tuns. 95 7 241; The to this 114 ITII Th e /j ~.:~ bt4ci l