The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-01 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT, THIS EVENING, May 1. PICCOLOMINI, GIL/GLINT, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI 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 ttae public, and may be had on ap; plieatiou at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Second appearance of Madlle. ORTOLAN'. GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, BELLETTI, POCCHINI. TO-MORROW EVENING, May 2 (the second time these seven years), Bellini's Opera of I PURITANI. Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani (her 2d appearance in England); Arturo, Sig. Giuglini. After which, the Third Tableau of LA. ESMERALDA. In which will be introduced an entirely New Divertissement. La Esmeralda, Madlle. Pocchini Far 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 applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. L ES BOUFFES PARISIENS (French Plays), ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that the Entire Company of Les BOUFFES PARISIENS, from the Theatre des Bouffes, in the Champs Elysees, and the Theatre Comte, Passage Choiseul, Paris, will have the honour of appearing at the St. 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 t ) 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 the entire orchestra attached to their establishment, under the able direction of the composer, Monsieur Offenbach. Mes sieurs Pradeau,liiicyot,Gertpre,drc., Mesdemoiselles Dalmont and Marechal, will have the honour of making their first appearance in this country. The performances will be selected from the following r 6 pertoire : LE VIOLONEUX. M'SIEU LANDRY PANTINS DE VIOLETTE Musique de M. Offenbac'/. „ Duprats. „ „ Adol; he Adam, , „ „ Bizet et Lecocq, „ „ Offenbach. „ „ Mozart. „ „ Off,:nbach. „ „ Offenbach. it 75 Offenbach. LE DOCTELTR MIRACLE.... PEPITO L'IMPBESA.RIO LA BONNE D'ENFANTS, „ Offenbach. Onnhach. Offenbach. „ Offenbach. „ Jonas „ Offenbach. BATACLAN, LE ROSE DE ST. FLEUIt CROQUEFERS, LE DERNIER DES PALADINS LES DEUX AVEUGLES , TROMB-AL•rAZAR SIX DEMOISELLES A MARIER LE DUEL DE BENJAMIN L/ NUIT BLANCHE Rzc., &c., die._ - - 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 Tueslays, Thursdays, and Satur days. Tho entertainments will be arranged to commence at half past S o'clock, and terminate about 11. Subscription to St-ills, for 12 representations, 5 guine.is ; Private Boxes, 30 and 10 guineas. By the night—Stalls, 10s. 64.; Public Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 2s. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets Tilly be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's lloyal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. IpOY AT, 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. THEATRE ROYAL, Er AYMA.RICET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. New ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new DI ama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buekstone, Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter, Fitzwilliam, After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A rALANTA : 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:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole or the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes Pit ... ............ 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed LIKE AND ITULIK E. Chara,:ters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, &c.; Madame Celeste, Miss Windham, &c. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform To conclnd• with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, ke. _ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING will bo performed BRUTUS. Brutus, Mr. Creswick. After which, OUR NELLY. Nelly Bell (with songs), Mies Poole. FoOwed by TfIE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will ! , e . porrormecl a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &c. Commence at half-;past Seven. STLEY' S ROYAL AMP MT FI E A.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (continuc , l Sucecss , , the highly success fill Military Spectacle, called THE FILENCET IN ALGIERS ; or, The Battle of Constantine. Novel and effective situations by Mr. W. Cooke's beautiful Horses, trained by him. After which, the inimitable SCENES x n the • 1. 7 .:1E, in troducing Miss Kate Cooke on her beautiful charg .• inow d:op. The performance of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with A MIRTHFUL FARCE. Commetco at seven o'clock. Dress 11.)xes, 4s. ; Upper Roses, 35.; Private Boxes, from 11., no c4argo for booking ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Box-oftice 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 :•eloctions from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, die., viz. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonglimans, It. Grover, T. Tarrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri. Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, juu.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pro cisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. 1I(E{ WATF,R Al' LONDON RRIDGp.. IS DA',. --Morn. 6 min. aft. 7 --Yvaning 41 min. aft. 7 ..orotov.—Morn. 2•; min. aft. 8 —Evening 9 win. aft 9 THE WEATTIER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 1. THERMONIETER, IN THIt SHADE. 52;;chest singe noon yasterdsy. 43 -lowest this morning end dunng the night. 51 —this day at noon. BAROMZTEP., 30'13. WINn.—N.N.W. to N.N.E. ; light, with dull weather, and partial rain. It rained rather sharply last evening. xtr LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1857 The Russian Railway scheme—the designa tion is peculiarly appropriate in the present in stance—has been duly launched on the Stock- Exchange, and shares are quetlfi at a nominal premium of to 1. It is more than hinted, however, that few, if any bona fide English ap plications for allotments have been made. The speculators have, much to their credit, refused to touch the unclean thing, a n d even the prospect of gain, usually so alluting, has been insufficient to induce them to permit their names to be CJIII- promised in such a transaction. 'rho p a t r i o ti sm that has induced them to stand aloof, will in this case meet with its own reward, an d they may be saved at some future time from very con siderable annoyance and inconvenience, and p-,p_ sibly serious losses in consequenv. " The policy of abstention " is certainly that which should 1 • pursued in the present instance, and it would be well if the Committee of tha Stock Exchange promptly came forward and passad, a resolu tion to the effect that the undertaking should not, under any circumstances, be quoted in the offi cial lists. They have already interfered in matters of far less importance, and a resolution such as we have suggested would be hailed with thanks by the entire community. It may seem strange to the uninitiated that the scrip or shares should be quoted or purchased at a premium when any appli cant could receive as large an amount as lie could possibly desire at par. This, however, is one of the mysteries of Capel-court. It is well known to the promoters of all kinds of companies that the shares will not be applied for or paid on unless a market has been made. A cert tin sum is almost invariably applied for that purpose ; and we believe that it is by no means unusual for the parties concerned to purchase the letters of allot ment which they have themselves just issued. A moment's reflection must, however, convince even the most credulous that there must be some object to be •attained that " premiums" are not so lavishly bestowed or so easily acquired as the proceeding may seem to indicate. They may rest assured that the trap is skilfully baited, and that those who enter into it with the de• sign of stripping others will be thoroughly plucked before they can effect their own escape. The first desideratum, is, as we have stated, to make a market. For this purpose sundry decoy ducks in the shape of " Clergymen at Brussels," and others, are used. They have received ample indemnities from capitalists, who, no doubt for sufficient reasons, are contented to remain in the background. The deposit is provided, and that is the main consideration ; but the lion's share of the profits —if any will be appropriated by the sleeping partners, who will not suffer their own names to be used. These men, then, are merely " decoys" to bring others into mischief—and with the first operation their dirty work is ac complished. Not 'so, however, with the vic tims. They may fondly imagine that when they have pocketed the original premiums the connection has terrain 4ted, but to their cost they will find that they are then but at the commencement of their misfortunes. The pur chasers will net have to execute any deed, or bind themselves to the payment of future calls. The Muscovite agents may not be contented with the mere forfeiture of unpaid shares. They may deem it expedient to institute actions against the defaulters, and the cervine flock may find "a rod in pickle" ready to administer a castigation, of the severity whereof they have but little notion. As a respected correspondent, "One of her MAJESTY'S Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire" —whose admirable letter will be found in another part of our impression—truly declares, "it is difficult to conceive how any respectable Eng lish house could be found to embark in any scheme so well calculated to advance and strengthen the most powerful, and certainly the greatest enemy England ever had." The BARING BROTHERS, however, have always been the agents of the AUTOCRAT, and a trans-atlantic element is largely mixed up in the composition of the House. One of the chief partners is, we believe, an American, and certainly we have seen enough of the tendencies of " Brother JONATHAN," to know that " extremes sometimes meet," and that the citizeniof the model Republic entertain a great veneration for the "model" AUTOCRAT, the largest slaveowner in the world. But that is no reason why England should lendlherself to the project, or part with her sterling coin for the aggrandisement of her "powerful and inveterate opponent.," who is merely biding his time, and striving to recover from the exhaustion occasioned by the late war, to avenge severely the thwarting of his traditional policy by England. We• must not provide him with the means to be subsequently used against ourselves He cannot be permitted to early out his demonstrations against the United Kingdom, with resources wrung from the hard hands of Btitish capitalists—even under the highly re spectable auspices of the BARING Brothers and Ce. It is, however, Englishmen who must protect themselves. A spirit ought to be exhibited, that would prevent any more from dabbling in the stock. As we have already explained, every shilling subscribed must be drawn in hard cis') from this country. The work will be constructed by means of " paper roubles." It will be paid for in sterling gold and silver, if Messrs. BARING carry their present intentions into practical execu tion. We are already suffering too severely from the steady ebb of bullion from our shores. While the present monetary code is maintained it will be impossibly to prevent that evil, but, if the Rus sian swindle prevails, the evil will be very greatly aggravated, and a crisis must occur far exceeding in intensity that of October, 1847, when there were awful days, during which industry was para lysed, and business virtually suspended. If Messrs. BARING choose to apply their own wealth in bc stowing it on the CZAR, we cannot help it, although we may greatly doubt the taste that induced them to give the sanction of their names to such a proceeding. But we call on all Englishmen who are not yet committed, to abstain from connecting themselves in any way with the matter. They must see that they have no adequate security that the estimates may not be greatly exceeded, or that the working expenses will be defrayed from the earthing- of lines in a country where there are so many restrictions on traffic as in Russia. We would, however, hope that they might be influenced by higher motives, and consider the injury that must be inflicted on their native land by so large a withdrawal of the pre cious metals, and so great an increase to the military power of our inveterate enemy, as must result from the construction of the Russian mili tary lines by means of British capital. America seems likely to realise the prayer of CALIBAN, for "all the infections that the sun sucks up from bogs, fens, flats," we may add from Salt Lakes and deserts, " fall on her and make her by inch-meal a disease." What with Mormons in the wilderness territory of Utah, slavery in the swamps of the Southern Stateg, and Missouri ruffians in Kansas, she has a mass of avowed social villany, of villany not only excused, but defended —not only defended, but even gloried in, which would be enough to shake almost any of the States of the Old World to their foundations. Probably the young Rqpnblic has growth and vigour enough to exscind, or to heal, or at least to survive all these maladies ; but maladies, and horrible ones they are, nevertheless. What the oldest of them can do, and how inveterate it is, we saw in the late Presidential election : what Mon monism will yet do, or the Union do with it, re mains to be seen. WE:, in England certainly owe much to Ame rica. A great part of the raw material of Mor monism has been drawn from this country. Latter day Saints do indeed set up little synagogues here ; and, to our personal knowledge, not only do Mormon men preach in these Mormon emigration oflics the blessings of the Edcu on the Salt Lake, hut Mormon females carry Mormon tracts from house to house tl teach our female servants the comforts of polygamy and the privileges of being spiritual wives to the very flesh-and-blood Saints of Utah. One of these female miscreants happen ing to call when we were at home, we heard of her errand, and after listening to a few minutes' preachment on the vices of the patriarchs as pre cedents for Latter-day Saints' debauchery, we, with quite as much pcliteneas as we supposed the rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MA Y 1, 1857 case required; told the missionary our opinion of a female who could preach such doctrines ; in formed her that we were not Jews but Christians; that we wished the inmates of our house to imi tate, not the vices of the patriarchs, but the vir tues of the Apostles of Christianity ; and that a repetition of her attempts to make proselytes in our kitchen would only insure her being consigned to the hands of the police. The fact, however, that at this time of day persons can be found to believe in JoE SMITH'S revelations and the utterly contemptible Book of Mormon, to believe in such a prophet and such a revelation, to believe to the extent of leaving a home, country, kindred, and sometimes property, to emigrate to the remotest wilds of North America, must be acknowledged to be at once a social marvel, and a painful re proach to our supposed advance in education, religion, and civilisation. America, of course, furnishes the larger quota to the Mormon state, and this may serve to assure us that American education is not so superior to ours as we have been taught to believe. The States had, how ever, the honour of giving birth to the prophet, and owing probably to this circumstance, and to the facility of finding a no-man's land in America, we have to thank her for becoming the Mormon sink of the world. Our readers probably remember the first settle ment of the Saints at Nauvoo, and the extraordi nary energy with which they were founding a community there ; also how they were driven thence, and their splendid city and temple de stroyed, their founder having perished in a way which seemed to compromise the good faith of the more civilised part of the community. • It was after this attack that they resolved to go far beyond the haunts of civilisation, and to commence anew, where the foot even of the Indian had hardly trod. They had scarcely, however, be come fairly settled on the Great Salt Lake when the discovery of Californian gold placed their new abode in the direct route of the overland emigration to the land of unt3ld wealth. They came thus once more under the direct notice of the United States' Government, on whose ter ritory they had been obliged to locate themselves, and were therefore treated as all similar districts are, which are sufficiently settled to form what is termed " a territory." They came under the direct management of the Central Government, by whom their governors and other principal officials were in consequence nominated. It would appear that BRIGHAM YouNo, the " Apostolical successor," as some here would say, of JOE SMITH, is the present Governor, and to him all the faith and submission formerly accorded to the arch-impostor is freely given. He is be lieved, however, to be not merely the channel of mystic power, the effects of which no one sees, but must believe to reside in a duly advanced priest ; he is held to possess a permanent inspira tion ; he is not even a cleric, or even a prelate, but a pope, and his not very immaculate concep tions are accepted by his Church as revelations ! The Government of Utah is, in fact, a theocracy, in the belief of its subjects. The Governor happens to be the high priest of the theocracy ; he is there fore obeyed, and therefore also the orders of the non-Mormon officers appointed from Washington are not obeyed, if they happen to conflict with those of Governor, and Apostolic Successor, BRIGH AM YOUN 4. It will have been seen, however, in our paper of Wednesday last, this is not the worst. So outrageous is the insubordination, that the judge Lppointed by the Attorney-General has returned in disgust, and in some alarm for his safety. In An official document, laid before the Attorney- General of the United States, and giving the reasons for his resignation, he states that BRIGHAM YOUNG is considered the only fountain of law, And that no law enacted by Congress is held to be binding ; that all the male inhabitants are bound by oath to acknowledge no law but that of " the Holy Priesthood ;" that persons are set apart by the Church to take both the lives and property of those who question the authority of the Church ; and that the Federal officers are constantly harassed, insulted, and annoyed, with out the possibility of redress. Acts of murder and rebellion are also dis tinctly charged on the Mormons. The records, papers, &c., of the Supreme Court were destroyed by order of the Church, BRIGHAM YOUNG openly sanctioning the deed. Criminals who had been duly convicted of assault with intent to murder, or of murder itself, were, in defiance of the Federal Judge; pardoned and taken openly by the Go vernor to Church. These men were Mormons. On the other hand, men who were merely emi grants on their way to California, but Anti-Mor mons, were convicted, though guilty of no crime against the law of the States, and brutally treated. Worst of all, the Judge states that he is compelled, after due investigation, to believe that the Mor mons induced the Indians to murder Captain W. GUNNISON and eight others with him ; that his predecessor in office was poisoned by order of the Church, and that the Secretary of the State was murdered by the order of BRIGHAM YOUNG. If them statements, deliberately made, or but the half of them, can be fairly verified, the United States Government will, of course, have to act with decision. The moral enormities of the Mor mons, none of them exceeding, we should say not equalling by much, the enormity and enormities of slavery would have afforded no ground for r ',- tack. The Union which can tolerate the violation of all divine and human laws of marriage in Vir ginia could not quarrel with a smaller infringement on them in Utah ; nor is it more antichristian to believe in the divine right of BRIGHAM YOUNG to call his harem of adulteresses, wives, than in that of planters and slaveholders to call human beings property. Murder, however, of some of the Go vernment authorities, and constant insults to those who are spared, is a rather different thing. Even that lover of quiet, Mr. BUCHANAN will probably have to move. To be sure there were infinitely worse violations of law and order in Kansas, but ruffianism and murder installed a pro slavery Government there ; this condoned every thing. Violence and bloodshed for PIERCE and slavery, and for BRIGHAM YOUNG and Polygamy might be equal in wickedness ; but the licentious ness and villanies of slavery are a "domestic in stitution ;" those of Mormonism must wait for Pennsylvanian votes, and till Pennsylvania can gain dollars by them. Organic Changes—those are the Reforms now demanded by the country from Lord PALMERSTON. Not merely superficial modifications—but really Organic Changes—Reforms complete and corn• prehepsive. It is as well to be as plain as possible upon this vital question, now that the Now House of Commons is upon the eve of commencing its i:tbours in earnest. The requirements of the time have been of late so very clearly indicated at the Hustings throughout the United Kingdom, that their character is, as we observed yesterday, already visible—and it must, before many days are over, be loudly audible—in the new Parlia ment. The political aspirations of the constitu encies are embodied more unmistakeably than per haps by any previous General Election in the per sons of their now rapidly assembling representa tives. And it obviously behoves the Leader of Her MAJESTY'S Government, therefore, to indi cate at once the precise length to which the Cabi net is prepared to go in the way of Reform without the smallest show of prevarication. Englishmen, now that they have responded so generously to to the frank Appeal of the most popular of all their living Statesmen, expect to find in him no longer simply a First Lord of the Jokery, but a First Lord of the Treasury, who is prepared to give substantial evidence that his is indeed a Liberal and Reforming Government. It has been suggested by a provincial contempo rary (Norfolk ltews), whose pertinent remarks we give in another part of our impression this evening, that what may be called the minimum of the wishes entertained by the country in regard to Reform should be forthwith announced by means of a delegation from the borough oonstituencies. The I hint is not by any means one to be laughed away as merely chimerical. It is seriously entitled to con sideration. " Reform Resolutions" like those, would be a capital pendant to the " Chinese Re solutions" adopted at Mr. COBDEN'S suggestion by the soon afterwards Defeated Majority of the last Parliament. They ought at least to comprise amongst the "progressive improvements" im peratively required by the Liberals throughout the country—l. The Ballot. 11. An Extension of the Franchise. 111. An adjustment of the Electoral Districts from one end of the land to the other. The last-mentioned series of innova tions involving, of course, the nearest possible approach to the equalisation of representation. Numerically insignificant constituencies being clean wiped out of existence. Kensington and Chelsea, and such-like populous localities, being empowered to send one or more members (just as the case may be) to the re-organised Parliament. Householders down to five pound rentalled tene ments inclusively, in the boroughs, receiving the Franchise—the same boon being accorded to those in the counties down to ten pound rentalled tene ments. Operating over all those electors and all their constituencies, that }Egis of the Franchise, THE BALLOT ! That above all we take to be the keystone of the arch of these new Reformers—The Ballot ! It we regard as the real sine qua non of Reformers. Without the Ballot all would be the merest delusion. With it—everything in the way of desirable improvement afterwards would be readily practicable. Deny the country the Ballot, and we care not a straw for all your patchwork changes in regard to tho franchise and in regard to the constituencies. Concede the Ballot, and for this session we are contented. For having once secured that we be lieve every other reform would fo4tpw in natural and inevitable sequence. Again, therefore, we say that while Reform must be the actuating principle, the "Ballot" must be the ringing and inspiriting watchword of the new Parliament ! " Testimonials" we regard with feelings little less than contemptuous. Generally speaking, they are merely indicative of what may be called, without exaggeration, organized humbug and sys tematic adulation. But in this, as in other general 'stiles, there are exceptions. We don't think, of course, for example, that because a speculator has had the good luck to clear half-a million or so by a series of successful investments, that he of all men should be rewarded for his tact by one of these great gew-gaw testimonials. Much less are we disposed to concur in opinion with those who appear to regard as the most appropriate re cipient of the same Good Things, some enterprising individual, let us say, who has feasted upon the luncheons of a Broken Joint-Stock Bank up to the date of its Breakage, and immediately after wards is found (besides this) to have coolly swal lowed "a plum" not belonging to himself, but to the deluded shareholders. But there are, never theless, deeds of heroism, we do believe, really and honestly entitled to some signal tribute expressive of national admiration. Sir THOMAS Raman was worthily knighted, for example, in 1839, for his gallant conduct at Newport during the time of the Chartist Insurrection. Sir FENWICK WIL LIAMS'S defence of Kars, again, though unhappily rendered by famine and isolation only the prelude to a compulsory capitulation, was deservedly rewarded only the other day, as it were, by a baronetcy. Sir JAMES BROOKE, the dauntless Rajah of Sarawak, we regard as a man no less veritably deserving well of his country. His recent heroism at Borneo, we con ceive, entitles him to some conspicuous testimony of the national regard at the hands of his gra cious SOTEREIGN. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny are expected to town from Paris on the 16th instant. His Excellency the Russian Minister and the Countess Chrepto witch are expected to return to Ches ham House from Paris early in the week after next. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have arrived at Woburn Abbey from Carton House, Kildare, where they have been staying on a ♦isit with the Duke and Duchess of Leinster. Their graces will come to town about the middle of this month. Th e Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale have arrived in town from Yester House, Haddingtonshire. His lordship has taken a residence in Grosvenor• crescent, for the season. Frances Marchioness of Londonderry will return to town on Thursday next, from Paris. ✓ The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers will return to town to-morrow, from Portsmouth. The noble Earl returns to town to-morrow, from Middleton Park. The Countess Dowager Grey and Lady Georgiana Grey arrived at their residence, in Eaton.square, a few days since, from Hickleton Park, near Doncaster, the seat of Sir Charles Wood. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. We are authorited to state that Lady Palmerston's party for next Saturday is unavoidably postponed. Lord Lilford has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. L )rd and Lady Arthur Hay arrived at their new resi dence in Chester-square a few days since, from Strath fieldsaye, Hampshire, for the season. Colonel the Hon. James and Lady Sarah Lindsay have arrived at their new residence in Portman-square. It was rumoured at the clubs last evening that Lord Palmerston had promised to introduce a bill,into Parlia ment for the removal of the Jewish disabilities. We believe Mr. Massey will be appointed to the office resigned by Mr. F. Peel at the War-office. We have to announce the death of Colonel Manley Power, of the 85th Light Infantry, who expired at Bath on Monday last. He entered the service in 1819, and became a colonel in 1854. We have authority to state that, in consequence of the death of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gl)u• caster, the State apartments at Windsor Castle will be closed 01 further orders. W e are informed that Prince Albert, in consideration of the national importance of the occasion, will certainly be present at the opening of the Exhibition of Ar: - , Treasures at Manchester on Tuesday next. We believe that Captain Sayer, who recently vacated an appointment in the Adjutant-General's department, will succeed Lieutenant-Colonel Addison as Deputy- Assistant Quartermaster-General to the Forces, at the Wrse Guards. M. de Morney is now orrecttul in Paris about the 25th of May. M. Gonzalez Bfavo, Minister of Spain at London, has arrived at Madrid. MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—A St. George's, H an . over-square, Major Vincect Wi inz, Staff Battalion, Depot, Parkhurst, was married to Gertrude Elizabeth, only daughter of Lady Vane and the late Sir Francis Vane, Bart., of Hutton Hall and Artnathwaite, Cum berland. On the same day, at All Saint's Church, Knight4bridge, Thomas C. Leslie, E.q., youngest son 64 the late William Leslie, Esq., of Warthill, N. 8,, was married to Henrietta. Marion, youngest daughter of the late Sir Robert Dalrymple. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Day.) Their lordships met at two o'clock. The Lori Com missioners were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Harrowby, and Earl Spencer. The LORD CHANCELLOR then ordered Sir A. Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, to summon the members of the House of Commons to attend at the bar. In a few minutes afterwar3s Mr. John Evelyn Denison, accompanied by his mover and seconder, Lord H. Vane and Mr. Thorneley, and surrounded by a great number of new members, appeared at the bar. Mr. J. E. DENISON then addressed their lordships, saying that, in obedience to the commands of her Ma jesty, the House of Winn:ions had proceeded i❑ the exercise of their undoubted right and privilege, and had elected their Speaker, and he had to acquaint their lord ships that he was the object of their choice, and with all humility he now asked for her Majesty's most gracious approbation of the choice. The LORD CHANCELLOR raid—Mr. John Evelyn Denison, we have the command from her Majesty to assure yon that her Majesty is so fully sensible of your zeal for the public good, and your sufficiency to die charge the arduous duties to which you have been elected by the memhers of the House of Commons, that she fully approves and confirms you their Speaker. The SPEAKER expressed his profound revect and gratitude, and said he bowed to her Majesty's consumed. It now became his ditty, in the name and for the House of Commons of England, to lay claim, by humble peti tion, to the free exercise of all those ancient and un doubted rights and privileges —more especially those of freedom from arrest and molestation for themselves and their servants—freedom of speech in debate, free ac cess to her Majesty when occasion required it, and that her Majesty would be most graciously pleased to put the most favourable construction on all their proceedings and actions. For himself, he entreated that it he committed any errors, they might be attributed to him, and not to her Majesty's most faithful Commons. The LORD CHANCELLOR--Mr. Speaker, we have it further in command from her Majesty to assure you that her Majesty most readily confirms all the rights and privileges of her faithful Commons, which have ever been granted by her Majesty's royal' predecessors; and with respect to yourself, sir, thougha her Majesty is sensible that you stand in need of no assurance, her Majesty will ever put the most favourable construction upon all your words and actions. The SPEAKBR then bowed to the Lords' Commis sioners and retired from the bar. The Lords Commissioners shortly afterwards left the house. The Lord Chancellor, having divested himself of his robes as a Lord Commissioner, re-entered the house, and took his seat on the woolsack. The swearing in of peers was then proceeded with, and Viscount EVSRESLE; the late Speaker of the House of Commons took the oaths an d hi s sea t as a peer o f th e United Kingdom. The noble Viscount was introduced by Viscount Combermere and Viscount, Torrington. HOUSE OF COMMONS=(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 2 o'clock. The hon. gentleman did not wear his official robe. He was habited in full court dress, with a barrister's wig. The mace was laid on the table, and not on the floor, the form observed yesterday. Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD entered the house, and, addressing the Speaker, said the Lord Commis sioners desired the immediate attendance of the house in the House of Peers. The SPEAKER then proceeded to the House of Lords, accompanied by nearly all the members present. On his return, and having taken the chair, he said he bad to state that he had that day been to the House of Peers, where he communicated to the peers present that the house had proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and that its choice had fallen upon himself. The Lords' Commissioners on behalf of her Majesty confirmed the choice, and also her Majesty's most gracious approval. He had, on behalf of the beuse, laid claim to the ancient and undoubted privileges heretofore presented by the house, especially the privilege from arrest, the freedom of debate, and free access to her Majesty at all reasonable times when the house desired it, and that her Majesty would put the most favourable construction upon the words and actions of the Commons, and the Lords Commissioners had conceded the privileges. Having made this communication to the house, his next duty was to subscribe to the oaths. The oaths having been administered, the hon. gen tleman resumed the chair. _ _ The SPEAKER then informed the house that the members would be sworn in in the alphabetical order of the counties. The Clerk then commenced the list with Bedford county, and, having read about a dozen names, the re spective members advanced to the table and took the oaths in the prescribed form. THE RUSSIAN RAILWAY ROBBERY SCHEME. TO TEE EDITOR OP THE SUN. GLASGOW, April 24, 1857. Sir,—l consider the country deeply indebted to you foithe patriotic view you have taken in rela tion to the Russian Railway Scheme, and for the light you have thrown on the trick now playing off by the black-leg speculators of London and Paris, to aid Russia and relieve Messrs. Baring and Co. from the burden which they have thought proper to assume. How any respectable English house could be found to embark in any scheme so well calculated to advance and strengthen the most powerful, and certainly the greatest, enemy Great Britain ever had, puzzles me, and must puzzle most men who have any love or respect for the glory and honour of their country. But are the Barings really Eng lish ? I doubt it. Were they not originally Dutch ? Certainly one of their chief partners—Mr. Bates —is not an Englishman. He is an American ; and all the world knows the predilection our cousins have for dollars, titles, and despotism itself, provided the Autocrat or any crowned King knows how to administer sufficient doses of flattery to the recipient, mixed up with declara tions of profound respect and esteem for the United. States, and admiration of the government, institu tions, and intelligence of the "most enlightened people on earth." Ito man of sound judgment will believe that the late miserable, or rather diQgraceful p e a ce , can l as t ten years. er apology for the peace was, that Napoleon refused to continue the war; that be could not afford it. Now, the chief, if not all the expenses ' for another six months' campaign h a d been incurred ; and there can be no question as to the fact that Russia was on her last legs when we thought fit to re-establish her—much iu the same way as our unnatural kindness spared Odessa ; which piece of treason cost us millions of money, and the still greater loss of much precious blood of our best and bravest. We must all respect and love our noble French ally, but it is somewhat strange to see Napoleon cottoning with Russia and Austria. It is no great honour to our Queen to see a Russian archduke received with like honours as berself. Did not Victoria recognise and acknowledge Louis Na poleon, while Russia, Austria, Prussia ' and all the kinglets of Germany turned their backs upon him ? There is no doubt, however, that he refused to carry on the war ; still I am satisfied that Great Britain alone could have carried on the fight with greater advantage than with the aid of any foreign Power— ' not with our gallant soldiers, for the barbarians of the north would have met us with a hundred to one of such savages as murdered the wounded on the field of Inkerman ' • and that, too, under the eye s of two of their Arch!Dukes But the " wooden walls" of England would easily have sealed up every port in the Euxine and Baltic, and effectually destroyed their commerce, leaving them to the en joyment of their own wilds and wastes. Indeed on the declaration of war, this should have been the game for Britain to have played—infinitely thebest mode of fighting a barbarous foe, under a ruthless despot, who can without compunction sacri fice his people, by burning their cities, and sinking flests afraid to meet an enemy even on equal terms. We talk of Yeh and the atrocilies committed by him at Canton, and the poison ad mi istered at Hong Kong ; but no man who has studied the conduct of Russia, in the last war, will allow that she is less cruel, or more enlightened and civilised than " the Sons of the Moon." Yet it is said, for I can hardly yet credit the report, that an English mercantile house of standing-one, too indebted to our Government (was not a peerage granted to one of them within the last few years ?) has undertaken to support and carry through, a scheme to aggrandise our powerful and inveterate enemy, a scheme which every high minded man, would turn from with loathing as an " 'unclean thing," and which Jew and Scot alike eschew. remain, &c., ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF ME PEACE FOR LANARKSHIRE. The Vimiera has arrived yesterday from Sydney, but is not believed to have brought any gold. Ferukh Khan ' who has been of late travelling about incognito, a f ew days back paid a visit to the manufac tcry of looking-glasses at St. Gobain, in the Aisne, and at the same time examined very minutely the fine ruins of the old castle. The object of his visit to the manu factory was to make important purchases for the Shah of Persia. . Lord Goderich lea; been in communication with the curious society at Sheffield, called the "Foreign Affairs Committee." During their meeting the ?tber evening, a letter was read from his lordship, containing the fol lowing passage :—"I am of opinion that crimin a l pro ceedings ought no; to be taken against Sir John Bow ring; S;r M. Seymour, .and Mr. Parkes, not because I wish to 'deal with a crime by a different process than that of the law,' but because I do not believe that they have done anything which the law would punish crimi nally. If they had, I should have been anxious that they or any other persons should have been duly punished by legal process. v S 14 _ 1 ^ r ,1-4 ATE 1 " 1/4-'"1 AMERICA (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The Liverpool and Philadelphia screw steam , ship City of Man s chester has arrived with advices from New York to the 16th ult., which have been anticipated by the arrival of the Ariel. She brings no specie. THE WEST INDIAN MAIL (BY BLECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTH A.MPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The West India steamer Magdaleua was tele graphed off Hurst at 11.16 a.m. She will be up here about 1 o'clock. BERLIN, THURSDAY. The entire bill remodelling the taxes uponmanu factures has been adopted by a mak rity or 187 against 87. The impost upon the shares of public companies was provisionally adopted. The tax upon transferable shares was to be applied to the stock of the Bank of Prussia. • FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived at Paris at 5 o'clock this evening. He was con veyed in an open carriage to the Tuileries, al ng the Boulevards. Prince Napoleon accompanied him. An immense crowd had assembled to see him pass. We are still without the answer of Prussia to the Neufchatel dispute. A letter from. Marseilles gave some particulars concerning the Grand Duke Constantine's proceed ings in that city. It says :—" On Tuesday morn ing, the Prince, accompa n i e d b y the awhorities and by his suit, went to the new port, where they em barked on board the Hermus steamer, and took an excursion in the roadstead. After having proceeded as far as opposite the Prado, the steamers turned round and steered towards the new port. When the steamer was passing between the Isles, a signal was given and the large mine of the Froul was made to explode. The detonation was made exceedingly loud, and a column of thick smoke was thrown up, which, for several minutes, comp'etely enveloped the part of the Ile de Ratonneau situated below the fort. This difficult operation was attended with perfect success, and it is calculated that the part of the bill detached was riot less than 150,000 cubic metres. An immense number of persons had embarked in steamers and boats to witness the operation. The Grand Duke afterwards pro ceeded to the port of La Joliette, and after having visited the-new docks returned to.the Hotel d'Orient. A little after three o'clock, bis Imperial Highness went to Mempenti, to visit the extensive foundry at that place. He was received by the director and other members of the company, and visited in de tail the different parts of the establishment. In the evening, the Prince and his suite vi4ted the theatre." The ko!lowing telegraphic despa,tches have been received in Paris : "MARSEILLES, April 20.—The representation at the theatre, in honour of tae Grand Duke Constan tine, was of a most brilliant description. To-day, after a religious service in the Greek chapel, the Prince left Marseilles, having made considerable donations. He will arrive at Lyons at a quarter past sit." " VIENNA, April 28.—An imperial decision has ordered the government to take into consideration whether it will not be advisable to suspend all new joint-stock enterprises during the present mon etary crisis. The result is to be published without delay.' " BERNE, April 29th.—The Federal Council has authorised unanimously the signing of the treaty. Two members proposed to submit at once the question to the Federal Assembly, with a recom mendation in its favour." " BEENE, April 30th.—The Federal. Council has decreed the immediate publication of the treaty, as also of an annexed protocol, adding to it the tenor of the primitive demands of Prussia and the first instructions given to Dr. Kern." I heard two or three days ago (says the Times Paris correspondent) that the Prase would, .on the very day of the Grand Duke's entry, contain an article on the English alliance, and that this article would be, if not written, at all events inspired, by a personage of exalted rank, whose dislike of all that is Russian is very strong. The article has ap peared in the Presse of this evening, and the piper began to be sold at the very moment the Grand Duke was passing. It begins with this phrwe "The alliance of England and France is one of the fundamental bases of European civilisation. The day it is seriously disturbed the same blow will di-turb the en tire edifice. We must then take care to lay a hand on that corner stone, for its fall would be alike fatal to both coun tries. The community of their interests is evident, and it is the blind only who will not recognise it. Whoever sees 'and understands must not allow his eyes or his thougbts to be divef,ed from this great object by petty obstacles." This is the concluding passage : " Democratic France is the ally of free England. We recognise in this alliance the great political necessity of the 19th century, and we hail it as the pledge and the security of the future." BOURSE, April 30.—The following were the last quotations : _ Cash. fr. is. End of Month. 41 per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 70 68 90 Bank Shares 4,375 Credit Mobilier 1,280 Roman — Do. Account 1,280' Austrian Belgian 41 - Piedmontese (5) ' 90 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CAB$• tr. c• f r c. Orleans 1,470 Western Northern Lyons • 1,490 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,010 Grand Central Geneva, 7871- Sardinian Midi - 717 i SARDINIA. The Piedraontese Gazette of the 27th publishes a report addressed by M. Ralazzi, Minister of the Interior, to the King of Sardinia, stating that, contrary to the law of 1853, which fixel at 806,472 f. the sum which the city of Genoa is to pay to the royal treasury out of its entrance duties, the Communal Council of that city, at the com mencement of this year, only voted 90,000 f., thus refusing payment of nearly the whole of its share of the public burdens. That, nevertheless, the Minister, overlooking the illegality of this vote, and interpreting it simply as a desire expresqed by the communal council, contented himself with re-establishing the sum of 806,472 f. in the com munal budget, instead of having recourse to more rigorous measures ; but that this leniency, far from having the desired effect, led to a stormy debate iu the sitting of the 221 of the communal council, in which several members made motions tending to nullify the ministerial decision, whereupon the syndic and all the vice syndics resigned their offices. The report then recommends the dissolution of the communal council of Genoa, and is followed by a royal decree dissolving it accordingly, and appoint ing Advocate Visone to be delegate extraordinary for the provisional administration of the commune. until a new council be elected. • A letter from Turin of the 22d ult., in the Na says :—" For some days ttal a G m a o ze v t e te de o n f t ß h e as rlin b , P un observed on the Par mese frontier, and it is asserted at Genoa that arms and munitions are being secretly conveyed there by the Mazzini party. Forged lettets frOm Garibaßli, declaring that the Sardinian Government favours the movement, are said to he in circulation. That Government, on the contrary, is using all its endea vours to put down any agitation." SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 26th. Her Majesty, as a fresh mark of her solici tude for the poor, gave anoher sum of 20,000 reils to be distributed among the inmates of the Prin cess's Hospital, which was lately inaugurated. The last accounts received from the island of Cuba to the 16th ult. state that the most perfect tranquil lity prevailed, and that the sanitary state of the country. was satisfactory. A letter from Albucemas had been received at Madrid, giving an account of another outrage committed by the pirates of the Riff. On the 27th of March, the Moors intimated that they,had a boatload of poultry and provisions for sale, and four Spanish sailors and an interpreter went frrm a vessel to purchase ; but no sooner had they landed than a discharge of mus ketry was made by a party placed in arnhush, and the sailors were all more or less wounded, and taken prisoners. DENMARK. A telegraphic despatch from Hamburg of the 29th ult., in the ord of Brussels; says : _,cc Im portant news has arrived from Copenhagen ; Prince Christian, the heir to the throne, has left for Berlin on a private mission from the King to the King of Prussia." The same journal pubhibes a telegra phic despatch from Berlin, of the 22th ult., to this effect :—" After an eloquent speech from M. Stahl, th , s t pper Howe'aclopted. by 83 votes to 3 the mo tion of MM. de Below and Stahl, inviting the Go vernment to continue its efforts, in concert with its confederatqs, to cause the rights of Holstein and Lauenburg to be respected," MONTENEGRO. The Deutschland of Vienna, 26th ult.; says : " The Mont6negrin quesVoa has created a certain animation in diplomatic circles, and three confer ences have taken place between Count de Buol and Prince Kallimachi, the Turkish minister. The latter at first refused to consent to any subsidy being paid by the Porte to Prince Dauilo ; on the contrary, he insisted on the right of Turkey to claim a tribute from Montenegro. The represen tations of Count de Buol, coupled with the urgent request of the French government, have succeeded in changing the resolution of the minister, who has promisad to support the proposed arrangement in his communications with the Porte." Several journals have announced the intention of the King of Pru-sia to visit his sister, the Empress Dowager of Russia, at Rome. The Independance of Brusziels denies the c(Trectness of the statement, and suggess that it may have originated in the in tention of the King to visit the biuks of the Rhine and Carlsruhk.,, were his niece has married the reigning Grand Duke. Letters from . St. Petersburg, of • the 24th, state that the Russian frigate Aurora, coming from the Mantehou coast, having anchored on 'Marah 11 in the harbour of Hong Kong, some of the crew who went ashore for water were ill-used by the Chinese population. The commandant sent a company of marines to avenge the outrage. The same letters state that the Governor General of Siberia had sent a body of troupe to the Chinese frontier to main' ain tranquillity. TIIE 01101,1 T MOBILIER OF FRANCE. The Gener.l Meeting of tlie.shtreholdersof this Company was held at Pais on the 28 , ..h of April ; M. Isaac Pereire in the chair. Tue meeting being declared duly constituted, the President rosoand read the report : " It commenced by declaring that the difficulties experienced in the money-market during the past year had naturally restricted, in a considerable degree, the opetations of the Company. During the years 1853, 1854, and 1855, its duty bad been, in the midst of war and scarcity of food, to encou rage the industrial development of the country ; but in 1856, ow ng to the immense impulse given to all kinds of enterprises, when peace set in, its task was rather to restrain ian to urge forward. Be-idea, the note inserted in the Monitetcr on the 9th of March, 1856, showed that the wish of the Govern ment was to limit iu a very decided manner the issue of all new securiies. Still the company had very materially aided in forwarding useful works, and in enabling the country to support the mone tary crisis which broke out towards the end of 1856. It subscribed for 250,000,000 f. (10,000,0001.) to the Government :cyan of 750,000,000 f.; th e pur chases of recite made by it to support the public funds amounted to 1,849,8161., representing capital of 40,000,0001. (1,600,0001.), the grea ter portion of which stock the company was still pos sessed of ; the sums which it had supplied to the war' ket at each set tlement of the account, to facilitate the carrying over of rents, might ba judged of by the fact that on one occasion it amounted to 95,00000 0 f. (3,800,000/0, and that the average was 44,000,00 01 • (1,760,0001) ; in addition, it gave similar accore" modation to railway securities, on one occasion to the extent of 29,000,000 f. (1,160,0001.), and the average being 15,000,000 f. (600,000/0 for every fortnight ; in fact, th 3 total of all such sums fur nished in 1856 was not less than 703,000,00 01 (28,120,0001.) ; and when at last the restrictiv e measures of the Banks of England and of France led to a crisis in the Money-market, the Credit Mobilier tended not a little to facilitate the tranai:' tiou towards easier times. When the moment of difficulty arrived (says 0 , 8 report) the Credit Mobilier not onlydid not diunni" l the credits which it was accustomed to make to rail way enterprises, but even augmented thew; nay, more, it offered officially two thongs "Ist, to purchase with the co-operatio a . of several foreian houses, the recite whitis the Bank of France possessed, so as •l e furnish that establishment with the means of eiwv; caciously augmenting its metallic reserve, a nd 01 continuing its advances on rents and railway shares; and, 2d, to provide for the wants of all the railway companies by subscribing to the e xtent 49 1. 300,000,000 f. (12,000,0001.) for the l oans which they had to issue in 1857,. the Credit Mobilier its di' ectors declaring that they were ready to se' gage themselves personally for that purpose for the amount of 200,000,000 f. if the remainder of 100,000,000 f. was subscribed for the other banking_ houses. These two propositions remained without result, and the Credit Mobilier being forced,- to renounce every combined measure was oblige d to confine itself to providing for the "%val ° of the companies whose business it was in V' e habit of transacing ; but it had formed a correct, judgment of the situation, and the sole fact of i t having made the proposition alluded to contribute: in no small degree- to calm down disquietude,' to strengthen public feeling, .and to demonstrate that unfounded terrors had been too easily given watt to. The crisis, although conjured away, had no less the effect of reducing in a very s t r iki ng maneer itself the profits on which the c om p an y th oug ht itBe,' entitled to reckon in c o n sequence o f th e sin 3 P „ amelioration of credit." The report then touches on the several en t e rprise ° which the company had aimed at carrying out e e its own account, and states that of its railway P r l; jects that of G reno bl e t o S t . Ramb er t, toWar' Lyons and Valence, had been sanctioned by 110% rial decree in March, 1857. Th e T r ansatlant l packets still remained undecided, but there vi! ° ,, every reason to believe that the question would b e before long settled in a manner to satisfy all O s , interests involved in it ; and the company bad A ° 3 t dolished a regular intercourse with the Ore' Mobilier of Spain, and would take part in the O r ; struction of the Spanish railways. The report 1 11 e,, speaks of the insufficiency of the capital of to_v Bank of France for the vastly increased bushe l,, of the country, and then examines the question t ' r how ifs capital could best be doubled in orcy .11. to meet its enlarged sphere of action, and Glares that when the proper time arrives it 11 , 1 0 give the preference to bonds of short date. I ‘P i i rrisort then touches on the financial situat'2 o of the company. Its movement of cash during t7 i yearhadhmounted to 3,085,195,1761 (123,407, 8 °1k' its account-current with the Bank, 1,216,686, (48,667,4511.) ; the company had re ce i ve d paYut i on 1,455,264 railway shares and :lends prodne''''' d 160,976,590 f. (6,439,0641.) an d had paid, eithe r 4 for itself or f r other companies, on 4,986,30, coupons of shares and bonds. The total of 1 '; profits of the y ear was 15,249,981 f. (609,999 o f I')' which would g i ve a di v id en d of 115 f. per s h a re, 23 per cent. for the year 1846. The meeting then gave its approval to the fit e ; port, and adopt e d' th e di v id end propose d. proceedings then terminated. The New Speaker has appointed the Hon. Ge °rg r Waldegrave as his Secretary, the Ref , . Thomas Garn_d as his Chaplain, Mr. G. K. Rickards as hi. Counsel T ir ~ Examiner of Election Reconisances, Mr. Robot 134 r ' s as his Trainbearer.—Mr. R. Beckerson, for many Y es ; the Inspector of Police attending the House of Comino ll t ; has been promoted for his efficient services to be'S ° P t e o intendent of the L DiviSion, and Inspector Bray, ° f "- A Division, is appointed in his place. The tran-ler bo,,ks at the Blnk wiil be closed to-cit for the hall-yearly balance, and it is a holiday a t Stock-Exchange. sc- Mr. Bright, ex-M.P., is at present at Turin. i o t , count of his peace principles he is not generally f o p in Sardinia. ntea It is said that about 55,000/., sovereigns, are e%P.e-the from the East during the next) fortnight through Ottoman Bank and the Bank of Egypt. 0 a re " The .Emperor and Empress," says the Patriev sf , expected to vi s it Compiegne on the 15th or 16th of %if with the King of Bavaria. Their Majesties well, "- said, remain there for a week. Accounts from Venice state that the Count de Lie lt s , borti, during his stay in that c ity, h as been visitors, very retired life. He received fewer foreign to particular French, than d ur i ng hi s previous visits Italy. On Tuesday afternoon, L or d L oug hb or ough vr a roi tertained at a public din ner at C upar by a large " 0d 7 for gentlemen who 'supported him in his recent col le t to the county of Fife. About 500 gentlemen sat dui" dinner. n• A deputation resp ec ti ng S m i t hfi e ld mar ket bad terview with the Cha nce ll or o f t h e E xc h eq uer Ye Ste d r ;p - v at his official residence in Downing street. Th e fir. tation consisted of Mr. H. L. Taylor (chairmef" gr. Deputy ßoss, th e llg t t y , Arcbite c _ v e M R l. ern . D em o b j r e a r n s c e e y r P , th D e e rit t y y. It is stated that up' to the present tune there 1 1-0: to 366 0 1. 0 . been scarcely any English applications made Baring for the shares of the Russian railway. 1 11 lor tation nominally remains at 4to premium. G st sterdam, the mar k et w h ere R u3s i an securities are el popular, they are extremely heavy at r Premium. w i c ic Signor Seib, the sx-Triumvir of Rowe, visited Fisotight and delivered a in•ture on "Italy as it is and as it tro o i t h o e b f e a , c " to o r n ie b s i a o n a d da o y th ia e s r t. bu G ild a l y ng fi s ag in s day, and Signor Seth was met by a procession, b ed by a band. British i' Vci ARRIVAL FROM NEW YORK. —We learn by , the Irish Magnetic Telegraph, from Liverro ) , tu a N e w t w h e e r e town displayeddtlrint At be 9 o'clock. The mails would be landed as soon as steam-ship y or k o tti City of o f f p a, w Manchester, aao ff with p dates l a f s r t o ri nk bpt oait. Bible. wri* , ...g . 1 f I Al ~li Mi P e Pe Te N e N E 1 Ne 3 F 3 Ne