The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1857. First appearance of Madlle. PICCOLOMINI.—BOTTARDI, BE LLETTI, POOCH 'NI, THIS EVENING (Tuesday), April 21. LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Marie, Mdlle. ' Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Pocchini. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. La Favorita will be repeated forthwith. Mdlle. Ortolani bas arrived. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY, April 23. LA TRAVIATA. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI, Opera—LA TRAVIATA. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. For particulars, see bills. WA 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. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespero's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. Xing Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean Queen, Mrs. C. Kean, Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Me s d ames Reynolds, Poyn ter. Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, for the sixth time, a Classical L ove Story. un der the Apple-lation of ATAL kNTA : or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Concluding with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes.. 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery .. 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI, Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. TRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. 077 Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed RUTH OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, &c. To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. .11110YAL SURREY THEATRE, it. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, the new drama of FLORENCE; or, The Fatal Errlr. Characters by Messrs. Creewick, Norman, Charles, Miss Mortimer, (Sze. After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with sons, , s, Miss Poole. To conclude with THE DtTMEI SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY; The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed 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, eze. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lease° and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (2d week), the highly successful 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 performance of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with A RISIBLE FARCE. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper 3s. • Private Boxes, from It., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Rex office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBIT RY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. leg company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popnlar Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Hiss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. 3felling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. do Solla, and E. L. Hime; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAT—Morn. 40 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 min. aft. 0 TA-Idoitnow—Morn. 5 min. aft. 12—Evening 23 min.aft 12 THE WEATHER—Sum Omar, APRIL 2' THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63 —highest sinse noon yesterday. 47 —lowest this morning and during the night. 60 —this day at noon. BAROMETP,II, 30'28. WIND. —W. N. W., to N.W. ; light, with fine weather. CPI) , . • r SM o LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1867. and actual expenditure well know how very mo derate and usual would be such a change, the rate The principal merit, as well as the conspicuous characteristic of the Commander-in-Chief of our forces in the Crimean War—so far as wo have ever been able to understand it was his Amia bility ! It is very ridiculous, of course—but it was so I Fancy an amiable Commander-in-Chief ! . Amiability his principal merit—his conspicuous Flattering pr om i ses may b e h e ld out, and shares eharacteristic. Really the no ti on o f c h oos i ng a man to conduct a great arm y t o b a ttl e b ecause he may at prese n t b e quote d at nom i nal premiums I happened to be particul ar ly suave an d agreeable, But all th ese mat t ers must b e taken cum grano has from first to last in thi s ma tt er appeare d to us says. All men w h o h ave attained middle life to be in its way about the ut mos t p oss ibl e stretch recollect something of th e i n fl ated calcula of absurdity ! One might al mos t as well go in bons atta c h e d t o every prospectus brought under their no ti ce . I n many instances the quest of a Great Captai n t o th a t cur i ous place somewhere upon the Rhi ne , d escr ib e d so promoters might not h ave i ntended to d facetiously by the M on t Bi en L ec t urer, w h ere deceive the p u bli c , or t o h ave o b tained money everybody is remarkabl e f or b ow i ng t o every b ody by fraudule n t represeetetions. Natur a lly o f san else I And wh e r e , if y ou on l y c h ance to lounge guine temp eramen t s th ey m i g h t have believed that the results w ou ld h ave f u lfill e d t h e expects by, any fine after noon i n th e w h o l e season--your self a total stranger, ob serve , t o every one i n the tions they exc it e d. B u t st i ll they were always w crowd—the people are flo ur i s hi ng th e i r h ats i n willing to strai n a p o i n t so as to place their the air, in your especi a l h onour , f or per h aps favourite schemes in th e b es t li g h t; and, as twenty minutes at a s t re t c h. I n f ac t, l ong a ft er 'lludibras" long si nce deposed— you yourself are far away, a n d ou t o f s i g ht ! Why, "You must k now th e diff erence i s i mmense really this does a pp ear t o us to b e t h e very p l ace, Between a s i mp l e li e and false pretence. " of as it has been popularly 'of all others in th e w id e wor ld , where the Genius of the Ho r s e G uar d s s h ould go a-bunting in termed, is not a l ega l cr i me ; but still very serious search o f th e o ld approved kind of a model- consequences may f o ll ow t o those who improvi dently part with their money and render theta amiable Commander-in-Chief l Quite a het-bed, we should con j ecture, for the cultivation of Great selves liable for future p a y ments on highly Captains of the stamp of the RAGLANS, the coloured statements. &mesons, and the CODEINGTONS ! " Rigging the market" has been resorted to on Well—Amiability had its day under the NEW- previous occasions, and, to say the least of it, is CA3TLE regime. And now it seems that another possible in the case under notice. It was usual hardly less astounding quality is to have its day, to devote a certain sum to buying up letters of in turn, under the PANMURE Dispensation. That allotment, and keeping scrip at a premium in order quality being—Discretion. A discreetly -amiable to induce the general public to pay. The "stags" Commander-in-Chief—an amiably-discreet Com were necessarily propitiated ; and men subscribed, wander-in-Chief—put it which way you will, this not with any intention of fulfilling the contracts then is simply ridiculous. Yet Discretion and they entered into, but merely of selling Amiability are actually to rule the choice und er on the first favourable opportunity, when a - 'the astounding War system now in v ogue among few shillings, or even a few pence, per share our admi n i s t ra t ors . A w e se e...unde r the guidanc e ceuld be realised. But the bona fide purchasers of this extraordinary principle, the Commander- ,suftered severely for the temporary benefits in in -Chief of our grand wa r like expedition against which they did not participate; and solvent sub the Chinese is Gen era l AsHnunNIIAM ! General scribers found that they could not, even at a heavy Who ? almost everybody will ask on hear- loss, dispose of the stock which they originally ing the name mentioned. And no wonder— took f or t h e purpose of immediate sale, not of s e eing that about the only thing ever brought i nvestment. under the notice of the publi c at large From the statement in the money article of the Times, whi c h will be found in • regard to General ASIIEGRN A5l, was the fact II another part of that once he commanded a brigade and that on the our impression, it appears that something very _ suspicious has already leaked out. That clergy occasion of the Battle of Chilli anwelleb. A con would not be more than can be obtained in Go- vernment 3 per Cents. at present prices ! need scarcely ask the most enthusiastic Philc- Muscovite in which of these securities he would prefer obtaining the same nominal rate of interest for his own capital. We test renowned among all our great contests in Hindostan as a Soldiers' Battle ! As much a soldiers' battle as the Battle of Inkerman Why, at Chillianwallah there was what is called no generalship—meaning ,literally very' bad generalship. It - Was a sanguinary Struggle, won in the end by sheer btute force—at the edge of the sword—at the point of the - bayonet ! A horrible hand-to-hand encounter, in which be it said, so far to his glory, our dauntless Com mander-in-Chief, the Lord GOUGH, then Sir HUGH GOUGH, bodily participated ! But in the midst of that battle—terrible and bloody though it was —General ASHBURNHAM maintained the command of his brigade with serene composure. And for this discretion be is now entrusted with the responsibility of conducting our troops against the Chinese ! He quits England invested with this magnificent appointment. The very first place he lands at, on his way to the seat of war—he is incapacitated. Of course, in this he is obviously the victim of unforeseen circumstances. A war like genius of the very first kind can protect obviously no one out of all the infirm race of man from the accident of being seized with fever immediately on reaching Malta. We are not arguing, of course, in favour of an absurdity. All we are maintaining is—that Amiability and Discretion are really ani truly, after all, not by any means the qualities we ought to look for first of all as among the principal merits and conspicuous characteristics of a Com mander-in-Chief. The Russian Railway scheme has been duly in troduced to the English market. Messrs. BAR ING; Brothers, and Co., are its Stock Exchange sponsors'. Like the redoubted MONTAGUE Tiaa, they have reduced their demands to the ridicu lously small sum of only Two Millions Sterling "Two Millions !" Why, the BARINGS can do it themselves without letting any of the of roXXot into so good a thing ; and it would seem as if, so far as the management were concerned, that was the case, for no other English name beside that of the Messrs. BARING is to be found in the direc tion. It must, however, be borne in mind that Two Millions is but an instalment. It forms part of the original twelve millions intended to be raised in the first instance, and is to be followed by other demands,. until the full amount of 43,000,000/., or such ether sum as may be required during the progress of the works, shall be duly paid up and satisfied. Messrs. BARING have a right to do as they will with their own. We should, however, have been better pleased had they ap plied their well-established credit and vast re sources to some more patriotic project, which would at the same time have proved beneficial to the interests of their own country, and more likely to render a remunerative return for the capital that may be invested therein. At present our duty is merely to persuade the community at large, and more especially the spe culators of the Stock Exchange, to inves tigate closely the position and prospects of the concern before they permit them selves to undertake any responsibilities in relation thereto. We believe that under any circumstances it never will become a favourite in vestment with the public generally. The reasons we have repeatedly and fully put forward will pre vent a result that must be regarded as a national calamity of no ordinary magnitude. The money subscribed will all be taken out of the country in. hard cash. It is one of the means by which other nations may be enabled to pay a handsome premium, far exceeding 6f. per mille, for English gold, and realise considerable profits by the irre. gular operation. An adequate remedy must, as we explained in our impression of yesterday, be applied to the flagrant grievance, and that of a nature that might press very severely on parties who had contracted to supply large sums to be sent abroad. But were it even otherwise, should Parliament still continue insensible to the legitimate demands of our own industrial population, no return to cheap money can be anticipated for several years. The Russian scheme must, then, necessarily par ticipate in the depression of securities, better cal culated to find favour in the sight of true-hearted Englishmen, and even of capitalists who look solely in the £. a. d. point of view. When a minimum rate of 6i or 7 per cent. can be ob tained in England, it is not likely that men will seek anxiously after investments in Russia at 4/ per cent., subject to all the contingencies of forfeit ure for the non-completion of the contract, or reduc tion from more being required than the Russian Government have guaranteed. If the increase were but 30 per cent., and those who have had any experience in the difference between estimates men have been asking for shares to be paid for, not with their own money-, but with that of wealthy capitalists, who are pleased, for reasons best known to themselves, to keep in the back ground. It is impossible to adduce a stronger proof of the estimation in which the concern is held by these " sleeping partners." It may have suited Mr. REDPATH to keep his stock in other names, and it was stated in evidence on his trial that other persons adopted a similar course. But, when it appears it seems to indicate in our judgment, at least, that the parties are desirous of having the opportunity of disposing of their stock before the bursting of the bubble. It may glitter for the moment, but it will as suredly fall to the ground sooner or later, and leave the unfortunate speculators ample grounds to deplore the undue credulity which induced them to part with their money in such a scheme, where they can have nothing to console them for the serious loss. Messrs. BARING are very influential gen tlemen, but we hope that their influence will, in the present instance, be insufficient to lead JOHN BULL into the trap so skilfully laid for his reception. The enactment of the Fugitive Slave Law con verted the Free States into hunting grounds for slaveholders ; but the late decision in the case of DRED SCOTT has converted them into slave States. There is nothing now to hinder the Slaveholder from setting up a slave factory, or commencing a slave auction-room in the centre of New York, or of Philadelphia ! No legal hindrance, we mean, for probably though is person bristled with bowie knives and revolvers he would find the cities of the north too hot for him ; and betake himself, after a very short trial, to his beloved " Yintuck" or " Old Virginny." The decision is one which almost takes away our breath in a land of thorough personal freedom. This " DRED" is, indeed, a tale of a Dismal Court, or we might as well retain the epithet Dismal Swamp perhaps, with only the difference of its meaning a moral or judicial swamp, instead of a natural one. Never certainly, in Christendom, has justice been so completely swamped as in the Supreme Court of the United States. There in the broad daylight of the nine teenth century, and in the face of the whole world, five Judges, if they deserve that name, have de cided that a man of African descent, although his American ancestors may date almost from the commencement of colonisation in the States, can never become a citizen of the Union, and can never sue in its Courts ! Not content with this, they have declared in their judgment that an ori ginal compact between Virginia and the other States, one entered into before the Union was completed, as well as the lately repealed Missouri compromise, were both of them null and void ab initio I That, in fact, every restriction on the exten sion of slave territory is unconstitutional, and therefore illegal; and that Congress has no rightful power to hinder the infernal pest of slavery from blighting all the territory which the consti tution places under its control I The smooth-tongued President well knew what he was saying when in his inaugural speech he told his hearers that he expected in a few days the decision of the Supreme Court, before which he should meekly bow himself ; and hoped all good subjects would do the same. Of course he was quite aware what that decision would be, and had he spoken out he would have told his au dience that in a few days the ',names of FitEz STATES AND SLAVE STATES must be dropped. That the law would render all the-States, Slave States; that the Union was to become, in law, one vast SnAvsltnpunnic, and that henceforth the stars must disappear from their banner, and the sig nificant stripes alone remain. Our readers may have noticed, also, his declarations about fair dealing with Kansas, and his determination to secure the free expression of their sentiments for the residents in that territory. This he has done by appointing as Governor there a man thoroughly after his own heart, a Mr. J. R. WALKER, whose antecedents are but too well known. He belongs to the class who, like Mr. BUCHANAN, know how to combine inflexibility on all questions respect ing slavery with a certain respectability of charac ter and propriety of manner. We had learned during the discussions on the SUMNEI outrage, that the Supreme Court of the United States had become a packed pro slavery court. Same persons had thought--influenced doubtless by the fact that the warmest politicians in England prove upright judges when elevated from the bar to the bench—that a packed bench, in the present stage of civilisation, was almost an impossibility. They are undeceived now. Five judges against two have concurred in the decision which has disgraced themselves and their country, and which has consigned, so far as in them lies, the unhappy negro to slavery through all genera tions Five judges, professing to be Christian judges, have pronounced that their dark-coloured , brethren, the creation of their common MAKER, and for whom their common SAVIOUR died, must remain mere goods and chattels, both they and their descendants, to the end of time I Can this moral enormity, thia blasphemy against Christianity, this perversion of the highest powers of the law to political domination, this insult on the common sense of civilisation —can it be allowed to stand ? True there appear to be no recognised means of setting aside the judgment. The Supreme Court is the revisor not only of all decisions involving constitu tional questions, but of all laws affecting them. Congress is powerless in its hands. Its judges are appointed for life, and they can declare any Act of Congress null and void. And assuredly these men of Belial, who could declare that a dark-skinned human being in the United States could never have civil rights, but must be a chattel for ever, ate not the meu who would shrink from anything necessary to sus tain their revolting and brutal judgment. The more intelligent journals in America totally deny the conformity of the judgment to law, but tl - s ey are perplexed as to the means of getting rid of it. There seems no power but that of Revolution which could redress this wrong. Public me e ti ngs, and even the decisions of the Legislatures of indi vidual States, are of no logal force. The judg ment of the Supreme Court overrides all. Were HEAVEN itself to sua 4 ,fe two of the un just judges with drsath this year, unless it smite the hea rt of Mr. BUCHANAN also with dread of the Free State?, or with dread of the murdered righi.s of man, two more prc. slavery judges would. fill the seats of those who bad gone to their .own place. In the ordinary course of things, - twenty or thirty years at least might elapse before just judges could possibly occupy the places of those who now disgrace the judg ment-seat. But in this tame slavery might be carried by the bowie knife, and revolver into all the territories of the far ‘-iirest We confess, then, aat the prospect is most dis couraging from the It a 1 and constitutional point of view. The only hope for America seems to be that of all despot-ridden countries, Revolu tion. It is in t' position of Hungary, Lombardy, or Naples. 2,1A2 oligarchy of slaveholders contiot everything.. They occupy the Senate, the Presi- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, A PRIL 21, 1887 dential chair, and the Supreme Court itself 1 The pulpit is their tool, and the Federal hrmy their Pretorian guard. Who can subvert the power which has successfully bribed or intimidated the soldiers, the clergy, the judges, and the Chief Magistrate of the country to do its bidding ? Will, then, the North revolt t We doubt it. Americans are sordid to the backbone. Of noble sentiments they know but little ; Slavery and the Almighty Dollar have extinguished that genuine love of freedom, which in the mother country shrinks from the sight of a slave. The North kicks, indeed, at Southern supremacy, but will not upset it at the cost of a few million of dollars. It has ample power, but is too mean to use it. The UNION, which makes Slave States of them all, makes cowards of them all. The old country could rise twice, could cut off one tyrant's head, and expel another, rather than live under a STUART and his Judge JEFFRIES. When will " The Union" have courage to cast off its domes tic tyrants, and its Judges of the Supreme Court in like manner We must leave the subject for the present, however. There are pecuniary causes at work which may effect wonderful changes for the better, but there are contingencies which seem quite as strong. One thing we shall never believe till we see it,—that anything like the sentiments which animated WASHINGTON, FRANKLIN, and their co adjutors in regard to slavery ; anything like the noble self-sacrificing spirit which inspired WILBER FORCE, CLARKSON, and, eventually, the English na tion to abolish slavery ; that, in a word, any of the better feelings of men and of Christians will move America to get rid of her greatest crime. As the American mind is constituted, motives of convenience, or of gain, or of public policy, may slowly extinguish slavery, but motives of Christf anity and philanthropy will not. We are sorry thus to write ; but it is merely a description of the kind of arguments employed by the American press generally. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester passed a quieter night on Sunday night, but continues in a state of very great weakness and debility. The following bulletin was issued yesterday morn ing : " Gloucester House, April 20, 9.30 a.m. " Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has passed a quieter night. Her Royal Highness remains much in the same state as yesterday. (Signed) "FRANCIS HAvvirms, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess of Hohenlohe•Langenburg and the Princess Feodore, paid a visit to the Royal Duchess yesterday. His Excellency the Count Chreptowitob, Russian Minister at this Court, left town last night via Dover for Paris. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Coun tess Bernstorff have left town for Brighton for two or three weeks. The Duke of Rutland, Mr. Andrew and Lady Eliza. bath Drummond, and a select circle, have been staying during the past week with the Earl and Countess of Scarborough at Tickhill Castle, Yorkshire. The noble duke returns to Belvoir Castle to-day, and will stay there until the meeting of Parliament. Lord J. Manners, M.P., is at Belvoir, and will continue there until the tOth inst. The Duchess of Buocleuch and the Ladies Scott, who passed through town early in the past week for Brighton from Bowhill, Selkirkshire, arrived at Montague House, Whitehall-gardens, on Saturday, for the season. The duke continues in Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness Vasconcellos have arrived at the Clarendon, from Paris. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers closed their visit to the Earl Bathurst, at Oakley Park, Cirencester, yesterday, and have gone on a visit to Lord and Lady William Powlett, at Bath. The Earl and Countess Howe and family have arrived in town from Gopsall Hall for the season. The Earl and Countess Cawdor have returned to town front visiting the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, at Hatehford, Surrey. The Countess of Kinnoul arrived in town yesterday, from the Continent. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland and Lady Rosa Panq come to town to-day, from Apthorpe, North amptorshire. roe Earl de Grey is sojourning at Dover for the 1- aenefit of his health. Lord Stanley of Alderley arrived in town yesterday, from Alderley Park, Cheshire. Lord and Lady Willoughby de Broke have arrived in town from Compton Verney, Warwickshire. Lord and Lady de Tabley, who have taken a mansion in Brooke-street, come to town at the end of this month. Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick and family are ex pected to arrive at their mansion in Curzon-street to morrow for the season. Mr. and Lady Catherine Wayland and family arrived in town on Saturday last from Gorhambury, and have taken possession of their new residence in Eaton-place. Her ladyship's accouchement is expected shortly. The Right Hon. R. Lowe has arrived in town from Caterhan'. Mr. T. L. Slane has left the Clarendon for Winkfield Park, near Windsor. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence on Carlton House-terrace, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Argyll, the Earl of Aber deen, the Earl and Countess of Elgin, Lady Harry Vane Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Colonel the Ron. Alexander and Mrs. Gordon, Hon. Mrs. Norton, and Sir Charles Barry. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester , day, from the Governors of Ceylon and Malta. NEW ELECTION UNDER THE METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. —ln May the next election of vestry men will take place, and subsequently every year in the month of May. The first election was in November, 1855. DIOCESE OF OXF ORD. — Yesterday, at a synod of the clergy of the diocese of Oxford, held in the University Convocation-hous e , for the purpose of electing proctors to serve in Convocation, the Rev. F. K. Leighton, Rural Dean, and Rector of Harpad en , Oxon, and th e Rev. C. Lloyd, on e o f th e bishop's chaplains, were de clared duly elected. A deputation from the Patent Wood and Fibrous Slab Company bad an interview, yesterday, with the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, at the Office of Public Works, Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. (chairman), Mr. Harrison, (vice-chairman) • Captain C. Claxton, R.N., Mr. A. Talbot, Mr. Bielfield, patentee (directors); and Mr. Chapman (secretary). PORTUGUESE EXPEDITION TO CHINA.—The inde pendence says.that the Portuguese G - )vernment is fitting out an expedition to China, oonsiatiug of one brig, one corvette, a steam despatch boat, and a transport vessel with reinforcements for the garrison of Macao, which is to be raised to 400 men. The object of this demonstra tion is to establish and confirm the authority of the Per taguebe Government in that settlement, which has for many years past been only nominally governed by Por tugal, a resident mandarin having exercised powers vehicle it is now intended to dispute. the New RECTOR OF MARYLEZONZ.---The Rev. 'Charles James Phipps Eyre, M.A., who has been ap- pointed to the rectory of St. Marylebone, was educated at St. Catherine's Callege, Cambridge, where he grad ttted in 1335, being 36th senior optirue in mathematics. His name does not appear in the list of classical hon ours. In 1843 he was appointed to the incumbency of St. Mary's, Bury St. E trnund's, which he has held up to the present time. On the resignation of the rectory of A I Souls, Langham-place, by Dr. Thompson, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, it was offered to Mr Eyre, who declined it. The new rector is a stanch adherent of the Evangelical party in the Church. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT LIEBROOK. —On Friday ay( ling the inquest on the two women, Bridget Fox and Julia Fl ynn, who were killed by the explosion of a boiler at the works of Messrs. Bagnall and Sons, at Lee brook, near Wedneiibury, as noticed in last Tuesday's &in, was concluded before Mr. Hinchliffe, one of the a). mars for the county of Stafford. The evidence went to show that the deceased were employed in washing " gleed," a species of cinder, at the works, when the boiler burst and they were killed by the flying debris. It appeared that the boiler which burst was one of three of very large size used on the premises, and that it had been placed in its position about three years ago. It was repaired a month ago, but one of the enginemen had reported to the manager of that works!, David Hill, that this particular boiler leaked. The engines were supposed to be at work at 191 b. r 20114 to the square inch, and Mr. Cartwright, one the engineers, gave his opinion that it would be s afe to work the boiler at a pressure of 501 b. to t he inch. A strict examination of the boiler has been made since the explosion by a practical engi neer, who reported that it bad been made of inferior me tefial. The jury, after hearing a number of witnest returned a verdict to the effect, " That the deceased met their deaths by the explosion of a boiler, which was solely caused by the inferiority of the inal:erial, and that when the leakage was reported to the wanapr be should have taken steps to ascertain the cause." LATEST NE WS. CAPTURE OF A RUSSIAN FORT. MARSEILLES, AFRIL 20. Accounis have been received here from Cons atantinople up to the 12th. At the close of the investigation into the affair of the Kangaroo, the Sultan pronounced Mehemet Bey, Chief of the Expedition, with Ferhad and Ismail, guilty, and has sentenced all three to banishment. The Journal de Constantinople says that Mehe met Bey is organising regiments, and adds that th. Russian fort of Salish has been taken, and the garrison put bo the sword. The villages of Dagbestan had sent in their sub mission to the Nail,. On the 13th of May will begin the operation• relative to the Turco-Russian frontiers in Asia. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Neuchatel Conference met to-day, and went through the important operation of reading the project of arrangement between Switzerland and Prussia. It is for M. Hatzfeld and Dr. Kern to accept, or leave ; and it is said the Plenipotentiaries will not be sorry to get rid of the affair. The numerous official relations which Feruk- Khan, the Persian Ambassador, has forme' since his arrival in Europe will detain him in Pari* until September next, when he hopes to return to Persia. It is stated that the Commissioners appointed by the Emperor to report on the expediency of removing the convicts from Guiana to New Cale donia have recommended the smell Island of Pines for the seat of the new penal settlement. It is ono of the same group, and is said to be remarkable for the salubrity of its climate. His Majesty yesterday received General Khere dine, who had been charged with a special mission from the Bey of Tunis, and who is now about to leave Paris. By order of the Emperor, Mr. Thomas Allan attended this morning at the Tuileries, for the pur pose of exhibiting to his Majesty bis electro mag netic machine at work. The Emperor, who is tho roughly master of the subject, both in its chemical and mechanical bearings, exami►:ed the novel ma shine most minutely, and deigned to express him self in very complimentary terms towards the in ventor. Mr. Allan had also the honourof explaining fully his new system of submarine telegraphing, which excited the lively interest of his Majesty. Colonel Fave, Professor at the Ecole Poly technique, and Dr. Conneau were ;present during the experi ments and were warm in their expressions of ad miration at the masterly manner in which Mr. Allan has, after years of indefatigable research, at length solved the veocata questio of the practical ap plication of electricity as a motive power. The Nord publishes a letter from its Paris cor respondent, in which it is stated that, notwith standing the assertions to the contrary, made by several journals, the affair of Neuchatel is in a fair way of being arranged. Count Walewski has, it states, proposed a middle course, which, the above journal declares, is likely to be accepted by all pukes. BOURSE, April 20.—The following were the las quotations : Cash. fr. c. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 69 25 Bank Shares 4,450 Credit Mobilier 1,357 50 Roman Do. Account 1,357 50 Austrian Belgian 44 - Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9li— Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. End of Month. 92fr. —e. 69 35 fr. c. /f r. c. Orleans 1,490 Western Northern Lyons ...... 1,570 New Ditto 1 — Mediterranean 2,1471 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi - Austrian Cum. ...... 7173 THE PRINCIPALITIES. A private letter froth Bucharest, of the 7th, gives some particulars about what is passing there "The absorbing topic of the day (says my correspon dent) was the replies given by the European Com missioners to the addresses presented to them by the deputations of the Boyards. Without the slightest partiality I may say that the speech of Sir Henry Bulwer is the most remarkable of all, and has pro duced the greatest sensation. Formerly in Paris a speech was called Ministerial when the speaker was M. Thiers or M. Guizot, and when it wag spoken out of office. We may call the speech of Sir Henry Am bassadorial, or even Presidential. Decidedly it is the eptech of a statesman, and in it we can perceive the master spirit that will direct the course of the sErairi of these provinces. The passage relating to Prince Alexander Ghika has been particularly rema-ked. The allusion to the historic fame which be ongs to that distinguished family which counts in eltven reigning Princes in Wallachia and Moldavia for the last two centuries, has given much satisfaction to those who are justly offended at the arrogant attitude of the Bibescos and the Stirbeys, whose low extraction, coupled with their inordinate pride, is a continual subject of raillery in Wallachia. What most satisfies us is the justice rendered to the integrity and high character of Prince Alexander Ghika. We have felt great regret at an act which we were far from expecting. Colonel Crez za esco has sent in his resignation as Minister of Public Worship, and has at the Caine time communicated to the Commissioners a memoirs containing charges of a serious character, though completely unfounded, against the Baimaikan and his Ministers. This step has been severely censured by the Commissioners, by whom the Memoir has been kept secret. The discourse of S r Henry i t a reparation for the conduct of the Minister of Worship. _ " M.. Talleyrand has left for Jassy. He goes, it is said, to watch the Kaimaikan Yogorides. I hope to be able to give you very soon accurate details of our situ ation, and of the tendencies of the public mind. At the present moment Bucharest is a continual round of dinners and fetes, and the Commissioners seem sur pzised at the luxury and wealth of the capital of Wal lachia. They have been overwhelmed with attention by the Kaimaikans. They are lodged sumptuously, have rich carriages at their command ; the most elegant boxes at the theatre are placed at their disposal ; and last, but not least, the expenses of their sumptuous table are all paid. That of the Turkish Commission costs nearly 600 f. per Jay." During his canvass on behalf of his brotherin-law, Sir Stephen Glyone, Mr. Gladstone appeared at Holy well, and delivered an oration, which was replied to by Mr. James Hall, manufacturer, formerly of Newtown, Montgomeryshire. He said—l have long been an ad mirer of Mr. Gladstone's talents. I have read his speeches and studied bine carefully. It has long been one of the greatest wishes of my heart to see and bear him. That wish has to-day been gratified, and lam free to acknowledge that all my expectations have been folly realised. (Cheers.) As an orator, I believe he has no equal in the House of Commons ; as a debater, h e is perhaps equal to any two or three of them. (Cheers.) Had I never known anything of Mr Glad stone before to-day, I should have been content, and far more comfortable to have remained silent. Gentlemen, I mu-t ask you to accompany me for anw minutes, while I examine a little of his past career. (Cheers.) The speaker then adverted to Mr. Gladstone's connec ties with the Aberdeen government, and to hie seces sion from that of Lord Palmerston. He continued—l tell you, sir, the nation trusted you, and you have de ceived her—(ebeers)—and I hope and believe the time is far distant when you will have another oppor tunity. (Great cheering.) One grain of true patriotic courage will outweigh, in the estimation of the people of England, all your commanding talents, plausibility, and powers of persuasion. (Loud_ cheers.) sir, I tell you, and in doing so I disclaim all feelings of personal dis respect, that you aro a great political coward. (Great cheering.) I should think when you meet a man 'in a red coat, who has maintained the honour of his country, you will blush in his presence. (Cheers.) The humblest soldier who wears a Crimean medal on his manly breast is a patriot far above your mark. (Loud cheers.) Gentle. men, let me ask your attention for a few minutes.whilst I exhibit to you the awful picture of thes e p roceedings. The great vessel of the State is overtaken in a s t orm ; the thunders roll, the lightnings flash, and the sea runs mountains high. No matter—all is confidence on hoard. The gallant ship is seaworthy in all her parts, she is manned by an accomplished crew, and commanded by an experienced captain. (Loud cheers.) Sh e nobly g a Passen gers ? she leak, Where the a rethe boil ing tends with the angry element ; but h ar k ! Whatisctoh n e . cry has or received caeilavred injury.mwhich proceeds she h a from sa p r u the n waters are filling her hold. (Cheers.)each other in their crew ? Of course nobly vieing with efforts to save the gallant ship, some managing the ves sel, others working at the pu mps. View the - undauntedheroism of her chivalrous captain, the gallant Palmer ston. (Great cheering.) With the cocluess and courage which he only can manifest on such a trying occasion, he gives his orders f or t h e management of the ship— (cheers)—but what means that congregating together, and suspension of exertions on the part of the principal officers of the crew ? Why, you say they are deliberating over some new plan for her rescue. No ; it is not so ! What is the matter then ? There is a mutiny on board : part of the crew are offended that the captain- allows landsmen to work at the pumps. (Laughter and cheers.) It is contrary to the articles of their contract, (Cheers.) The captain remonstrates, urges the danger of the ship and her cargo; but all is unavailing. (Cheers.) Watch them —they are coolly putting on their cork jackets, and adjusting their life-belts; and now lowering their family life boat, they drop away, and leave the noble vessel and her undaunted crew to their fate. (Cheers.) N ew mark the unshaken courage of the deserted Palmerston. (Great cheering.) With en eye.calrn and confident, a bearing dignified and noble, he expresses to his crew his determination to stick to the ship—(cheers) —to guide her into port, or perish in the attempt. (Great cheer log.) The crew, with one unanimous and approving cheer, seconded his determination. (Cheer.) Trat vacant places of the recreant crew are filled up by some of the most eligible of the passengers, and the gallant ship is ultimately sailed into harbour with her unstained flag floating at her masthead. (Loud cheering.) Well, she is chartered for a fresh voyage, and the question is— Who is to command her ? (Cheers.) Metuinks I hear you cry with one earnest, indignant voice— Who saved her ? (Great cheering.) And then comes the answer— loud,and thrilling—P a l merston ! P almerston ! (Loud Weil, who do you thi n k are t h e can o sharp, ch g udates for the xnanagenceut of her ? (Looking at Mr. Gladstone) The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and the rest of the cowardly c;evy who deserted her in the storm. (Loud and protracted cheering) AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna says—" The visit of the Emperor and Empress to Hungary, which was to have taken place on the sth of May, is postponed to the second fortnight in that month. The guards, who had received orders to go to Pesth on the 28th of this month are not to leave until the 15th of May. Public works in Gallicia have been resumed with vigour, as have those on the fortifications of Cracow. A project for establishing steam navigation on the Tistu,a and a passa g e from Gallicia int o R uss i a h as b een sub mitted to the Government. A paved road from Tarnow to Uscia Zesnicky, the principal passage of the Vistula, is also about to be commenced." " The Austrian Council of Ministers (says a letter from Vienna, in the Silesian Gazette) is now entirely completed by the entry of Count Grunne, first adjutant -general of the Emperor, and Baron de Kempen, head of the police. The council is now composed as follows :—Count de Buol, pre sident ' - Baron de Bach, Count Leon d e Th un, Baron de Kranz, the Chevalier de Taggenburg, Baron de Bruck, Count Grunne, and .Baron de Kempen." ITALY. A letter from Piacenza of the 11th, in the Pen siero of Oneglia (Piedmont), says At last I have some news of importance to give you. Sixty pieces of cannon have arrived from Crema and Pavia. I do not know whether they are to remain here or proceed to Bologna, as some say. What is posi tive, however, is that Marshal Count Gyulay has sent orders to put the fortifications which have just been complcted outside the St. Antonio gate (to wards the Piedmont ese f ront i er ) i n a s t a t e o f de fence. Two regiments of cavalry, the Regiment Furstenwerther and the hulans of Count Grum, are expected here." MONTENEGRO. A letter from Cattaro of the 3d, in the Agram Gazette, gives some fresh details of the progress of events in Montenegro :—" Two days ago a letter written in Paris, was r ea d from P r i nce D an il o , publicly from a window of the Senate-house amidst the firing of cannon and other ceremonies. The letter announced the safe arrival of the prince in Paris, and described the favourable reception whi c h he had met with. The prince deplored the slate of matters in Montenegro, and pronounced a curse on his uncle, George Petrovitch, and his family ; he moreover ordered their banishment and the confiscation of their property. The letter con cluded by saying that the prince would return in the first fortnight of May. After the reading of this letter, some officials of the Senate proceeded to take possession of the property belonging to the family of George Petrovitch. The Woivode Pevie, wbo, during the last three yea rs , h a d fill e d t h e functions of Montenegrin consul at Constantinople, who was orderea-lome, has arrived here; he is ac cused of having defrauded several persons who cln- Ned Iry ney to hip care, also of having persuaded several hundreds of his counftymen (an evident ex aggeration) to enter the British foreign legion. In all probability he _would have been shot, but owing to the existing crisis, the return of Prince Danilo will be awaited before any sentence is passed on him." SPAM. The Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived. A bando of the civil governor had been stuck up in the exchange, foibiddingany unauthorised persons to meddle in the functions of stockbrokers, on! ering that the exchange swill be clear, d immediately on the closing of the day's operations, prohibiting transactions in funds in any place except the ex change ; and, lastly, declaring the transactions in mines shall not take place in the part of the Bourse devoted to the negotiation of pub lic funds.. The Sicilian ambassador at Madrid, whosa death has been announced by tele graph, was the Marquis Riario Sforza. The ceremonies of Holy Week have lx. en celebrated with extraordinary pomp at Seville, Ba'celona, Saragossa, Valencia, and all the other great towns in Spain. At Malaga, a French vessel of war, in accordance with the custom of the country and with the permission of the local authorities, fired a gun every quarter of au hour from Holy Thursdly to Easter Sunday. The progressists and the mem bers of the liberal union were labouring to effect a coalition. The Government apprehending dis turbances at Logrono, Burgos, Vittoria, and in all Catalonia, bad taken measures of precaution. The troops destined for Cuba are to be despatched from Cadiz at the end of th's month. A letter from Mentz, of the 17th, says :—" The Prince of Prussia reviewed the troops of the gar rison yesterday, on which occasion all the Austriln officers were presented to his Royal Highness. The day before yesterday a grand military fête took place here, to ratify the reconc ili at i on betwee n the troops. The order for the confinement of the men to barracks has been revoked, and no incident has since occurred to disturb the harmony now existing between the Piussian and Austrian sokliers. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha opened on the 16th the united Diet of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha, at the latter place, and in his speech pointed out the great inconvenience and ill effects attendant on the separation of the two territories for the moral and material prosperity of the coun try. His Highness in consequence requested the deputies to unite in the efforts of the Government o accomplish the complete union of the two duchies. A latter from Baden, in the Mannheim. Journal, says :—" It is p os iti ve l y stated that the Govern ment of Baden, following the example of Wurtem berg, has opened a negotiation with the Court of Rome, and that a convention will shortly be con cluded to regulate the situation of theßoman Catho lic Church in the Grand Duchy." TLIE INCOME TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As it does not appear to be generally un derstcod at what rate income tax should be de ducted from various descriptions of annual interest falling due on and after the 6th inst., I enclose y ou a copy of a l e tt er I rece i ved in reply to questions addressed by me to the Board of Inland Revenue upon the subject, in consequence of finding that only 7d. in the pound was to be deducted from the dividend upon Turkish Bonds due and payable on the 10th inst. If you deem the matter of sufficient importance, you will probably give publicity to the same in your columns.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS A. Ruses. 49, Charing-cross, April, 20. " Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, April 8. " Sir,-:—lnreply to your letter of the let, I am directed by the Board of Inland ,Revenue to state that the divi dends of the Turkish Lean fall within the rules of charge in schedule C of the Income Tax Act, and that according to such rules the whole of the dividends which will be come due on the 10th inst. will be liable to assessment for the year commencing the 6th April, 1857, at the rate made payable for that year by the 20th Victoria, c h ap . 6—viz., 7d. in the pound, in the same manner as the whole of the half-year's dividends which will be due on the sth July next in respect of the Three per Cent. Consols. " It is a mistake, however, to suppose that all annual interest which will become due subsequently to the sth inst. will be chargeable with the tax at 7d. in the pound only. In cases where such interest is payible out of profits and gains charged in part. by asses Anent for the year 1856 at the rate of is. 4d. in the pound, it follows that, in order that the person paying the interest may be reimbursed, he must make a deduction at the rate of ls. 43. in the pound on that portion of the interest which" accrued up to the sth of the present month, and at the rate of 7d. in the pound on the remainder. "Accordingly, the interest which will become due after this date on railway debentures will be subject to a deduction in conformity with that principle. " With regard to the interest of the Exchequer•bonds and Exchequer-bills payable in May and June, the in terest of the bonds comes under the rules of charge in schedule C, and will be liable by assessments to be made for the year 1857 to the tax at 7d. in the pound on the whole of the interest to May. A different rule, how ever, applies to the interest of th e E xc h equer- b ills, which is chargeable pursuant to a special provision in the act of Victoria 17, chap. 24, and ls. 4d. in the pound on the portion to the sth inst., and at 7d. in the pound on the remainder.—l am, sir, your obedient, servant, " T. SARGENT. Mr. Thomas A. Rush, 49, Charing•croas." MR. GLADSTONE ANSWERED. Laval and Italy Inteiligenoe. EXTRAORDINARY AUTO DA FA A body of iti neran t C apuc hi n mon k s l a tell ° vaded the town of Grasse, in the department 0 ; 0 1 Var, and th e r e enac t e d a scene w hi ch will ace, be credited as hewing occurred in France 11300,i04 nineteenth cen t ury, although if the venue laid in the St ates o f the Church or in Spa i n t, get! would be nothin g surpr i s i ng in the story. preachment of more sermons than were e ver P o ol at a Scotch "Holy Fair," a sturdy orator," Father Archange, mounted the pulpit and. 9 nounced a furious discourse against philos9 and romance writers. N o t on l y Alexander Daeo Eugene Sue, George Sand, and Balza°, but .0 MM. Tbiers an d Lamart e were denounced by' pr Among newspapers th e D e b c g s and Siecle mati,ed as unfit for Christian reading. . 41 . 1 ' o ,llk conclusion of a fie rce i nvec ti ve , th e monk j upon his heaters, as they valued their eterlMP, vation, to deliver up to the parish priest, witStoo hours, all books, pamphlets, journals, and F a ct papers whatsoever, not approved of by the P .. . ir 0 which might be in their possession. Purstw.4ol this mandate a large proportion of the poP u .,', of the town came by night to the church doe',..y there, through an aperture provided by 0 0 " fi ll they furtively threw down their sinful literstu t y an unfortunate mother deposits her offs ring box of a foundli ng h os pit a l . The next daY) W ihappened to be Holy Thursday, a gran d attPity ft fe was celebrated in one of the pu bli c p lab es fieJ town. The devoted bo o k s and newspaper packed upon a large funereal pile. Two , cor e ci vo l j e e c e s l s et one of "La Chu te ‘ ll LamaLti a ne co s m ‘ p ` Ange M. Thiers' " History the French Revolution," a very many voluraebi, Balzac, Dumas, and Eugene Sue ; a copy , 19 Senator Merimees' " Columba," M. Mie n t e le w orks, and Jules Simon's "Religion Nstur°' ol , were remarked among the collection, which c oo/ prised an immen se number of plays, vaude c or and illustrated p u bli cations. At nine in the e a ill ing, all being prepared, th e c l ergy , precede ro ge two infant choristers each bearing a silver. C o ti covered with a black veil, advanced in processl the place of execution. Some "bad books"whi°`',l in 17i been brought in at the l as t momen t were car rie beadles baskets bung with black. The O r hes marched sl ow l y and silently, lighted by tortied and wax candles. The beadles having 01 4 0 10 their baskets into the condemned mass of Jiro and papers, the holy fathers immediately S ev bigl! to the faggots, and as the flames burnt uP. 0 ,0 the cure chanted Farce Domine. The major' t it. the spectators Were utterly ignorant of the 1 0 of the entertainment, and would probably be etl thought it a better show had the Capuchins., 0 1 burnt instead of th e b oo k s . S ome few marl% 0 of the proceedings, and put h umorous questi°`' the priest s as th ey passe d by. • There cane°t be 0 1f the least doubt that priests of this kidney to o want the power to burn Latnartine, There, Th i cor Michelet, &c., instead of their books.--Paris I respondent of the Daily _News. THE ELECTION OF SPEAKER. oP' In by gone ti mes it urea to be the regular e° st p e for the Speaker elect, while setting forth WO' duous nature of the office, and his own disqut e e3 cations, formally to pray t o be excused ; and t to oY is one c ase on recor d i n w hi ch the Sovereign 0$ the gentleman at his word, and sent the Cot: 0 ° 0 0 back to elect another Speaker. Sir John f°,. l) was the Speaker i n ques ti on, an d Henry 171;ilee0 King. In 1678 th ere was also a collision bet,ty the Crow n an d th e C ommons on the subject O p ted choice of a S pea k er. Ki ng Charles IL 'O,-;"„fa' some tool of hi s own t o b e c h osen ; but the L'Or mons asserted their independence, and elected o rs Edward Seymour. And as it was known tha t ' j i i§ his presentation at the bar of the Lordo,,i "excuse" would be received, he was instructs ot e the House not to make one, but merely t ° ti d nounce that he h a d b een elected nem. con. o e this he did, and instead of "I pray you haVe Jo : excused," he concluded his speech with these vrt/ r t/ sa " And now I am come hither for y our Mai° 'el approbation, which if your Majesty will be P le4B fon to grant, I shalt do them (the Com mons ) and Y e te the best service that I can." Thi s une xpe ba d harangue co efuunded the Lord Chancellor, w ll° .i c ot got a nice little speech prepar e d f or th e o ces° o o3o which was rendered useless. However, after ej r thought and consultati on w i th his low! h ijo commissioners, be told Mr. Speaker elect tlO OO - Ki n .. reserved him fo r " o th er services," at' dc t the mended the house t o c h oose another. B° was house persisted i n it s c h o i ce, and the matter t o 0 , not settled with ou t a prorogation, which - led do ot compromise. Thi s Si r Ed war d Seymour lox the ducal house of Somerset, and is said by ar liens to have la , en the prouuest, it not the ro o 'o rogaut, m an th a t ever li ve d ; and the f o g 0 ° 00 0 anecdotes seem to prove the allegation. 4913 , 0 0 occasion, wh en S pea k er , b e or d ered a Sf: l4 b er: Peuabert on to be taken into custody by th e s e ct geint-at-A rms for not paying him su ffi c ient reveler, on passing th roug h W es t m i ns t ei -H i ll . O n an when his car r i age b ro k e d own • t C wr i ng -er°-o .400 seized the ca rr i age o f a pr i vate gent l er nan ,/ , t his passing, and tur n i ng th e occupant out, to'.„ stir place ; and wh en th e gent l eman expresse d 1 ,7 sir, prise at such conduct, Sir Edward replied,, t han it is more proper f ur y ou to wa lk i n t h e streets d°n for the Speaker of th e H ouse of Commons, e to so." The Speak e r e l ec t no l onger prays to t he cused ; he now m e r e ly expresses hi s sense (3 t if it arduous duties of hi s o ffi ce, and adds—" T 1131,0 0, should be her Majesty's pleasure to disaPPr ° cill ria this choice, h er M a j esty ' s faithful Coln(d ls bo oB B at once sele c t some ot h er mem b er o f their,,.. o better qualified to fill the station than hinise' oq tr, ETON CoLLEGr.—Gibson and Whitting, C90 „ '060. and Stevens, oppidan, have been selected by tj' e glood E. C. H aw t re y, all., provost, and the Rev. o — doe' ford, D.D., head coaster, for the distinction of tb e jhiell cadetships in the East India Company's servic e, v: Col" have been placed at the recommendation of Et on f the lege by the Right Hon. V. Smith, President° o to Board of Control. These your g gentlemen, prev i°u fore final approval, will have to pats an examination 1)6 tie Board of Control. • The Queen, th e P r i nce Al b ert, the Royal dala tei and court, will arrive at Port mouth, en rout) Os ')errie Palace, I s l e o f Wlegli 17, on Oft 7 t h peoxil : The Fira Queen, tend er , M as t er Comtpander_, W. Paul, Queen, to Spith ea d yesterday 111°',1, ing with Captain Sir T. Maitland, eorninV! iii ing the Excellent, gunnery ship, to muster and speck the Furious, 16, paddle, Captain S. 03 11 ° The inspecti on was h ighly satisfact,ry, and til e t ship's company were paid two months' ado n ti wages. She sails to-day for Plymouth, en 0 11 ' for 0 - dna. The Glatton, 14, floating battery, is being,, o fr , sheathed with i ron p l ates, and coatcd with I" e j cock's compositi on , a f t e r which she will be 1)13", opposite Hardway among the steam reserve. The Camperdown, old 104 sailing Three-deck s , has been converted t o a ' coa l depot on hydrau:! principles. She is now near l y convict-,' b has all 1 , 1 , completed coppering, an d w ill h aul out l nextw' t e , ie Tne steam-yacht about t o be present:) w, Emperor of Japan w as thi s morning- uudockel,f Woolwich and t tken into basin, preliminary ti° dr removal to Devonport t o b e pa id d own a nd spatched to her destination. • The yacht compactly fitted throughout in the style of cen•P tio which usually p erva d es yac ht arrangements in present day. Her Majesty's newly constructed • steam e • • corvette. Scout, in the basin, at Woolwich, 119 , received h er nnsts, is ordered to h e f or warded Sheerness on Wednesday next to be fitted and up in the second class of st-am reserve. The cadets of the Royal Military College at with have been ordered to commence the 1 161 summer course of carbine drills. A party 01 , 0 k of these young offi cers was marc h ed to Plurawyee common this mornin g , an d pu t t h rough then d sary instruction by non-commissloued officer ° the Artillery. di• Captain W. F. Macbean, St. Helena Regon having compl e t e d a course of rifle instruction . s l G School of Musketry, Hythe, under Colonel v; t y command -Hay, has b een appo i nted to the command - 0 ; 4 depot of his corps at the Provis,ional Ba tt o N , Chatham, until t h e o ffi cers and men em b a rk join their bead -quarters, when Captain M ac 'thli will, be appointed instructor of ennelretry troops belonging to the St. Helena Regiment) are to be armed with the Enfield rifle.: v i One hundred an d thirty non-cornmisel°4 officers and men of various regiments s tatianeo Chatham, together with Lieut-nant Travers, •s:,O and Lieutenant Lepritnaudy, 53d Regiment, vj selected for the purpose of undergoing a co 3i i,: of instruction in the Enfield rifle at that g son previously to joining the head-quartel!y• their respective corps in India. The trcge r th, longing to the 60th Rifles, 61st Regiment,, e l , e l, Highlanders, and 86th R egimen t h av e co a , their course of i ns t ruc ti on a t Ch a th am i n the 115 that weapon. Commander W. P. Crozier has been proVe° to Captain on the reserved list. ' t er The followin g appo i n t ments were Made ye day at the Admiralty : , f• Captains—Chas. Wise, to the Vesuvius ;- G. a , deltih, to the Cornwadts. _ 111 , Commanders—W. P. C roz i er, to b e Captain elite Reserved Half-pay List ;E. Lacy, to the Advo, O a t, W. A. J. Heath, t o t h e A ss i stance, commissioned ' troop ship. Assistant-Su rgeons —J o h n H u d son, to the Bel f W. A. Turner, to the Rhadamanthus. Assistant- . Paymaster W. D. Broom, to the Tert°lPs Oh ‘ltit ba