The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

Madame ALBONI, Mdle. MARIA SPEZIA Mdle. BAILLOTT, Madame FRANCIII, Mdle. BERTI, Mdle. POMA, (Of La Scala, Milan ; La Felice, Venice ; San Carlos, Lisbon, &c.—her first ap pearance). 31,11 e. TRENETA RAMOS (Of the Teatro Regio, Turin —her first appearance), Male. ANGIOLA ORTOLANI (Of La Scala, Milan ; L'Ori ente, Madrid, &c.--her first appearance), AND Mdle. PICCOLOM INT. Fig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI (Of La Scala, Milan ; Carlo Felice, Genoa ; San Carlos, k.e.—his first appearance), Sig. JACOPI, Sig MERCURIALI, Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa, Etc.—his first appearance), BELLETTI, Sig. TIENEVENTANO, Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI, Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI Director of the Music and Conductor—Sig. BONETTI. Sous-Directeur and Maitre du Chant-- 7 Sig. VASCHETTI. Snggeritore—Sig. FONTANA. BALLET. (Of La Scala, Milan, and Italian Opera, Paris, &c.— his first appearance), Sig. BAILLOU, Sig DE SOROS, Sig. GARIBOLDI, AND Si;, FILIPPO VIALETTI (Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fe• nice, Venice ; L'Oriente, Madrid, &c.—his first ap. pearance). tMdle. CAROLINA BOCCI:11NT (Of the Karnther Thor, Vi enna ; La Scala, Milan ; San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo Felice, Genoa, &c.—her first appearance). Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI, Mdle. BOqCHETTI, Mdle. KATRINE, Mdle. TERESA ROLLA (Of La Fenice, Venice—her first appearance). Mdle. LUIGIA BRUNETTI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa— her first appearance), Mdle, ELBA SALVIONE (Of La Scala Milan—her firsi appearance), Mille. GIUSEPPINA MORLACC H I (Of the Teatro Turin— her first appearance), Mdlo. ISAB FIALA KAR LISKI (Of the Academie Imperiale, Paris—her first appearance), Mdle. CAROLINA PAS QUALI (Of the Imperial Theatres of Vienna and Milan her first appearance). And Madame ROSA.TI. M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig, RONZANI, M. CHARLES, M. PIERRE MASSIT (Of the Oriente, Madrid—his first appearance), FILIPO BARATTI (His first appearance), Sig. CAgARE CHECCHETrI (His first appearance), Signori RAFFAELLF. GAM BARDELLA, LLTIGI VA RINI, LUIGI TITRBINO, and PIETRO BUZZIO (of the Teatro Regio, Turin, and Carlo Felice, Genoa— their first appearance). Maitres de Ballet— M. PAUL TACLIONI , Sig. RONZANI, and M. MASSOT, Regisscur do la Dansc—M. Master of the School of Instruction--M. MASSOT. • Madlle. PICCOLOMINI Will arrive early in April, and, in addition to the characters which last season she made her own, will appear in a varied ndattractive repertoire. !Madlle. SPEZIA Will have the honour to appear for the First Time at the Opening of the Season in Donizotti's Opera of LA, FAVORITA. Immediately after Madlle. ORTOLANI Will make her first appearance as Elvira, in Bellini's Opera of I PURITAN'. Elvira Madllo. ORTOLANI. Arturo Madame ALBONI Will arrive before the Ist of May, and will make her first ap pearance this Season as Azneena, in Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. Tho Union of Three of these distinznished Prime Donne, Madlle. SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Madile. PIC• COLOMINI, [Will be effected in Mozart's Opera of IL DON GIOVANNI, _ _ Which will be produced with the perfection of ensemble and details necessary to realise the intentions of its great author. All the great Artistes of the Establishment will join in aiding the efforts of the Director to do honour to the noble work of the Shakspeare of music. Signor GIUGLINI, This charming Tenor will have the honour of inaugurating the opening of the Theatre, and will make his first appear ance as Fernando, in the Opera of LA FAVORITA. The disting,nished Basso Profondo, Signor VIALETTI, Will also make his first appearance at the opening of the Theatre. The admired Tenor, Signor BOTARDI, Will make his first appearance early in the season. Besides the principal executants of last year, the Or chestra has been strengthened by the engagement of, amongst others, Signor PEZZE, First Violoncello of La Scala, and Signor GIRALDONI, First Contrebasso of Bergamo, LI. Scala, dm. The Chorus will be numerous and effective. In addition to tho union of operatic talent at the opening of the season, the inauguration of the Ballet portion will bo made by the fascinating Artiste, bfadlle. NkC7TINI. The most successful Ballet, LA ESMERALDA, Will be revived expressly for her debut. Early in the season, Macille. i3OSCHETTI and Madlle, KATRINE will appear !Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONi Will arrive early in May, and will shortly afterwards appear in a New Ballet, composed expressly for her by M, Paul Madame ROSATI Willa ppea r in a Ballet Divertissement from Auber and Scribe's New Ballet of Now MARCO SPADA, preparing for her at the Acaiemie Imperiale Paris. Principal Artist to the E-tablishment Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL. The Costume Depa' tment under the sole direction of I Mine. COPERE. Execu t e d by M. LAUREYS and Mrs. MASTERMAN. Principal Wachinist— Mr. D. SLOMAN. !Head of the Property Department Mr. BRADWELL. The Subscription wiil consist of Thi rty Nights, and the terms will be as forow : Pit Boxes .................. Grand Tier .............. One Pair Two Pair Pit Stalls •• 150 guineas. ..... 2O 150 +• 100 " 25 wh ©u The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April U will be presented Donizetti's Opera of . - LA FAVORITA. Leonora Baldassare Qi gnor VIALETTL Fernando Signor GILTGLINI. To be followed (first time these 10 ye4is) by the favourite Billlet of LA ESMERALDA. Founded on Victor Ilttgo's "Notro Dame do Paris." La Esrooralla Madll4l, POOCH I NI. Caude Prollo . • Signor RONZANI. Pierre .............. M. MASSOT. Applications for Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Opera Box-olce, Colonnade, Haymarket. T HEATRE ROYAL, 'ADEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new Piece do Caractcre, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs. Bar ney Williams. Followed by THE fTAPPY MAN. Mr. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. To which will be added OUR GAL. Mrs. B. Williams. BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar. Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND MEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. The box-office open datly, from 11 to 5, under the super. intendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties La the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespore's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. iHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING-, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bucks%one, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil liam, &c. Atter which, A WICKED WIFE. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. OYAL SURREY THEATRE IWO Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIMS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, &c. To conclude with TWO COLLEGE FRIENDS. STRAND T HEAT RE.—Manager, Me. T. Payne.—This Evening will be performed TOM TIT, THE SLAVE BOY. After which, DO SUAKF, HANDS. Followed by COUSIN CHERRY. To conclude with NO SONG NO SUPPER. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, k."l- Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspere's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with the highly successful equestrian illus trations invented and arranged by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hot spur, Mr. James Holloway ; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff, Mr. Anson. After which, a combination of Skill, Ease, and Elegance, and the Equestrian EXERT ISES in the CIRCLE To conclude with A MORCEAU CHOISI of an amusing nature. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress nneg, 4s. ; Upper loxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 1/., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, O. !;ox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Ir. W. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBIT RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING. —The follow h 7 , company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of 'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, ezc., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. .'aulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Rime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and (Joni ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; Hrector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock prc cisely. Suppers, dtc., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. NIS DAY—Morn. 23 min. aft. 3 —Evening 42 ml 4. aft. 3 M-Mossovi—Morn. 2 min. aft. 4—Evening 23 min.aft 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAIE. 51—highest singe noon yesterday 44 -- lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'05. WIND, E. to E.S.E.—Moderate, with fine weather. r 4 ;4: it • 1 et . AA,AN LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1857. The Celestial EMPEROR thinks rather differently in regard to Commissioner YEH and his subordi nates—well, yes ! rather differently from Her MAJESTY'S Opposition. The Imperial Master of the Governor of Canton, it now appears, through our latest ad vices from the East, was actually pro nouncing, in a formal manner, his DISAPPROV'AL of Yut's proceedings against the English Resi dents at the very time when the "fortuitous con currence" of a Majority of the House of Commons, was pronouncing those proceedings to be just and dignified—to be marked by moderation and by temperance • The intelligence thus opportunely brought to this country, while we are in the very midst of the General Election consequent upon that most unpatriotic and illogical decision of the last Par liament—justifies, in a most remarkable manner, and to the utmost possible degree, the course pursued throughout these transactions by Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. It demonstrates in a signal way the accuracy of the judg ment arrived at from the very first and subsequently acted upon with uniform and un wavering consistency—in regard to this Canton Question—by the members of the present Admi nistration. It proves, beyond the shadow of any further doubt, that the conduct of Governor YEII from beginning to end was altogether—entirely, flagrantly, notoriously—unjustifiable! That per_ , sonage, we now learn—after all that has been said in his favour by the eccentric eulogists of Chinese barbarism both in the Lords and in the amnions —has been authoritatively condemned by his own Sovereign. We find that he has been distinctly reprimanded by the irresponsible head of his own Government. We understand—now that we have actually realised the result of the Majority of Six teen in the agitating consequence of the sudden Dissolution of the British Legislature —we under stand now, after all that we have seen and heard, in the midst of all that we are at this moment seeing and hearing, that YETI'S proceedings are absolutely repudiated by the very ruler in whose name and in whose behalf they were adventured upon by this Canton Commissioner is his offi cial capacity as tie Celestial EMEEROR'S Repre sentative ! It may appear very extravagant, very illiberal, and very exaggerated to those phlegmatic English men who are the sympathisers with, or the apologists of, the late extraordinary Parliamentary Opposition—when the Prime Minister speaks of YETI, as he spoke of him yesterday in his speech on the hustings at Tiverton : namely as " that inso lent barbarian, who unites in his person all the obstinacy, cruelty, and perfidy ever collected in one single man." It may seem no less extrava gant, no less illiberal, no less ex tggerated to com ment upon him, as Mr. D UNCOIL BE commented upon him about the same time from the hustings at Finsbury : where lie observed, in so many words, " Commissioner YETI is the greatest miscreant on the face of the earth—save and except the King of NAPLES." All this— applauded, remember! enthusiastically applauded, yesterday, both at Finsbury and at Tiverton— may appear to be singularly harsh and monstrously exaggerated in the estimation of the sy in pathisers with, and apologist; of, the lat 3 very curious combination of parties in the Oppo sition. But—what are the facts ? Why, the facts are simply thes e —th at YER does a very great deal more, in the way _ of aggravation, than simply insult the British flag in a most flagrant manner, by having it hauled down from the mast- head of the Arrow lorcha ! Thou7,ll he does that too in the first instance, does it, more )ver, most insolently and without the slightest pretence eve/4 lIHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY LIVENING, MARCH 28, 1857. of provocation I Beyond this—YEA issues inflam- ' matory proclamations to the Cantonese, exciting them to all kinds of brutal outrages against the British residents 1 He sets a price upon the heads of Englishmen—tempting, with the aid of blood-money, the most infamous assassinations ! He so nurtures a feeling of hatred amongst the Chinese against our fellow-countrymen eighteen thousand miles away from their fatherland—that their houses and factories are burnt to the ground ; that they are brutally murdered in cold blood by the knives of hireling cut-throats ; that they find themselves suddenly and simultaneously assailed by the drugs of poisoners, and the daggers of assassins, and the torches of incendiaries! Go • vernor YEA, after setting which hellish game afoot—is ultimately, we find, condemned, in an official manner, by his own Sovereign ! A justification, all this, we maintain, a com plete and perfect justification—of Sir JOHN Bow- RING, of Consul PARKES, of Admiral SEYMOUR, of Lord PALMERSTON, and of the Noble Viscount's colleagues in the Government ! A signal and decisive justification ! Why—here were Mr. COB DEN and his supporters formally commending Governor YEH for conduct which Governor YEa's own Sovereign conceives to be entitled to distinct and deliberate condemnation 1 The Chi nese EMPEROR actually disapproving of the very proceedings of his own Envoy and Representative —the very proceedings which, by a strange per versity of judgment, are pronounced to be only right and reasonable by the British Parliamentary Opposition I Nothing, in truth, could be more startingly opportune for the interests of her MAJESTY'S Ministers than this extraordinary budget of Oriental Intelligence. It " turns the tables," with a vengeance, on the Opposition. It exone rates Sir JOHN BOWRING at once and for ever (in the matter of this Chinese difficulty) from the charge of precipitancy. It testifies in the name of the Celestial EMPEROR himself, the wholly unjustifiable nature of the policy of his own Official at Canton. It sots a seal to the popularity of the chivalrous and patriotic, the dignified, manly, sagacious, and consistent course pursued throughout the whole of these trans actions by Viscount PALMERSTON and his Go vernment. tails upon the hustings —the Prime Minister must perforce be perfectly outspoken upon the subject directly the New Parliament shall have as sembled in solemn conclave in the legislative Palace at Westminster. That is one consola tion. That is the compensative mitigation of that which is, after all, merely a tem porary disappointment. Ministers must, then, descend at last from generalities to particulars. Then, but obviously not till then, the Country will learn what Lord PALMERSTON really means by this comprehensive and reiterated phrase of Progressive Improvement. LATEST N E WS. MAGISTERIAL CLERGYMEN. Progressive Improvement That is the sum total of the Home Policy of Ministers. They won't budge one inch beyond it. They refuse to particularise. They compel us to content our selves, as we best can, with the mere generalised phrase—(nothing more)—" Progressive Improve ment." A Home Policy like this is, of course, the merest Outline. As much of a mere Outline, in its way, as any one of MORITZ RETZCEL'S famous Schillerian or Shaksperian " Sketches." We are left to imagine the details—to fill up the shading within, according to our own fancy. All that is done for us, is done solely in the way of artistic " suggestion." But then— as those wonderful sketches of the Great German Etcher have shown to the world—how much can be accomplished by a really master hand guided by a really master-genius—simply, solely, and exclusively through the merest Out line 1 The subtle twists and turns of the pencil in those marvel-working fingers of the true Poet- Draughtsman—what a wonderful significance they have, to b 3 sure 1 To modify very slightly ame morable couplet of ALEXANDER POPE in the mere application, we may exclaim, without any exagge ration, of a Genius of this very peculiar descrip tion, the Genius, we may call it, of Suggestive ness— "The Artist's sense, how exquisitely fine, Feels at each touch, acs cues along ute line Along the one subtle and delicate Outline. A Home Policy, pencilled after the manner of MORITZ RETZCII, is the only one sketched out for us by Viscount PALMERSTON. But it is sketched, as in the instance of its artistic prototype, by a master-genius guidicg a masterhand We must admit !that much in the midst of our very disappointment. The Ministerial Outline of a Home Policy is exceedingly suggestive. It is also, at the same time, wonderfully comprehen sive. It admits of any "filling up" that may be deemed requisite by the New Parlia ment. That—precisely—is its merit. That is what renders it, to our mind, in any way acceptable. And so far, in fact, we regard it as very acceptable 1 So far, we deem it to be the very policy of all others the most acceptable ? A policy that can be modified, and enlarged, and improved ad libitum, according to the good-will and pleasure of the New Parliament 1 A prospect all the more encouraging, seeing that the House of Commons, now in course of selection, gives the most exhilarating promise of proving when complete—what we hoped all along it might prove—a really Energetic and Reforming Parliament. Observe, iu tes timony of this, the positive "gains" already recorded on the aide of the Ministerialists A. Gain of one at 11%ton, of another at Cardigan Borough, of another at Devonport, of one at Dudley, of one at Great Grimsby, of one at Leominster, of one at Retford, and of two at the twin borough of Penryn and Falmouth ! A gain of nine Liberals out of the first hand ful of returns, just to begin with ! A. House of Commons so elected, elected under such auspices, auspices so liberal in character and in tendency—cannot but "fill up" the Mini sterial Outline of a Home Policy most judi ciously. To the new Parliament will be entrusted the supreme responsibility of watching over the development of Reform under the ready hand of the Leader of the Government. Upon the Legislature, when at length reassembled at Westminster, will devolve the duty of giving a shape and substance to the as yet little else than vapouriform view of " Progressive Improvement" conjured up by the magic voice of Lord PALMERSTON. Yesterday upon the occasion of his unopposed re-election at Tiverton, the Prime Minister dis- tinctly avowed his reluctance to make any formal promises in the way of explaining to the whole world what he really meant by progressive im provement. " Those who know" said the Noble Viscount, " what is the position of men in office, but more especially what is tlie position of the head of the Government, must see and feel that I should be acting a very unbecoming part if I were to personate the character of a young candidate appearing for the first time on the hust ings and endeavouring by clap-trap pledges to en list stray votes, and going headlong to anything which one or two persons might toll him would increase the majority which he is endeavour ing to maintain." Adding a little further on—after a very grandiose yet inspiriting pane- gyric upon the Oonstitution—" But, gentlemen, I ain sure you will see it would be unbecoming in me to enter into detailed pledges, and to hold out pro:nises with reference to subjects on which some of you feel an interest ; and there fore, however I may disappoint the expectations of some, it is my duty to do so, and that duty, like other duties, I feel it imperatively necessary to perform." A marvellously convenient duty, by the way, as it happens ! Though how " A Duty," in any way, altogether surpasses our comprehension under the circumstances I Silent in regard to de scriptions opened in Prussia for the royalists of Neuchatel now in exile have been frequently talked of; hut do not appear to have been attended with any satisfactory iesult. We learn, in fact, that the wealthy royalists of Neuchatel have been lately obliged to advance a considerable sum to assist their countrymen who are less favoured by fortune." SARDINIA. The Chamber of Deputies at Turin was still engaged on the 24th in the discussion of the bill for the partial abolition of the punishment of death. On Art. 2 being read, providing that infanticide should be punished with hard labour fur Ife instead of with death, _M. G-enina moved that a distinction be made between unpremeditated and premeditated infanticide, such for instance as the murder of an infant for the purpose of obtaining an inheritance. After some discussion, the words " provided there have been no premeditation" were added to the article. Art. 4, abolishing the punishment of hard isbour in the case of blasphemy of God, the Virgin, and the saints, and substituting imprisonment not exceeding three months instead, was the subject of a long dis cussion, some members being of opinion that it ought to be expunge.' together with Art. 162 of the Code, which inflicts hard labour fur that trans gression ; others, on the contrary, maintaining that a three mouths' imprisonment was much too little. At length M. Deforesta proposed the fol lowing wording :—" There shall be no penal action in the ca , es contemplated by Art. 162 of the Code, except when the blasphemy has been publicly com mitted ; and in that case the punishment shall be imprisonment not exceeding three months." The article was adopted under this form, and the Chain ber also voted Art. 5, diminishing all punishments by one degree in the case of extenuating circum stances. MARKET NEWS.--(This Lay.) COVENT To-day's market was scant of produce, and the trade ru] rency. Pine apples, per lb. 6s 03 to lOs Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per 1b...12s Od to 20s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each ....3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 8s Od Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 88 Od Pears, per d0z....8s to 10s 0(i Oranges, per 100. 5s Od to 12s Lemons, p. doz. is Od. to 2s Od Apricots,p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od -ARDE/T. ily supplied with most kinds led steady at last week's cur- Filberts,per lb ls to is 4d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walputs, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ... Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums. per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages,do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. 0,1 to Od VEGET. Greens, p. doz. bun. 3s to 3i 6d Cabbages, per doz. is to is 9d Savoydo.,p. do. is Od to 2s 0d Cauliflowers, do.2s Od to 5s Od Brocoli, p. bun. is Od to is 6d Potatoes, per ton 603 to 130 s New do., per do Osto Os Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Turnips, per bunch 21d to 5d Carrots, per bunch 5d to 7d Cucumbers, each 2s to 4s Od Garlic, per lb 6d to Os 8d Sorrel, per sieve Od to 0 , Spinach, p. d0...2s Od to 2s 6:1 Brussels sprouts, per half do 25411 to 2s 6d Onions, p. bush 2s 6d to 4s Od New do., per bunch 4d to 6d French beans, per 100 2sod to 3s Od Leeks, per d 0......... al to 4d ABLEb. Shallots, per lb., 6d to 81 Horsera,ddisia, p. bun. 2s to Is Parsley, per do. 6d to 8d Celery, per do Os 9d to 1s 6d Beet, per doz. Is Od to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. is to 29 Gd Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushrooms, p. ptl. 1 s 3 dtols 6d Artichokes, each 4d to 81 Lettuces, per score 9d to is 01 Endive, per score is 6d to 4s Radishes, per bunch 21 to 3d Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to Os 01 Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Chillies, per 100 is Od to is 6d Capsicums, per 1001 s 01 to 2s Rhubarb, p. bun. 8d to is 6d Asparagus, per 100 Gs 01 to 9 s Sea kail, per pun, is 3d to 3s Turnip greens, per II bush is bd to is Gd D LEADENHALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lt is very desirable that the question should be considered whether clergymen should be placed in the Commission of the Peace. I reside in a parish consist tig of many thousand inhabitants; we have only one clergyman to attend to the whole of the spiritual duties of the parish, and, unfortunately, he is a county magis trate, delighting in quarter sessions and magisterial meetings, to arrange county expenditure, as well as sit ting twice in the week to try cases of affiliation, assaults with intent, &c., and all sorts of other cases. He bas a thorough contempt for mere parochial duty, cur s'quently the sick are unvisited, the education of the children totally neglected, and the parish the abode of ignorance, sottishness, and depravity. A. MAILS FOR SWEDEN. Information having been received that the steam-ship London, under contract with the Swedish Government for the conveyance of mails between London and Gotten burg, is about to recommence running, mails will be made up at this office for transmission by this vessel, on each occasion of her departure from London. Letters forwarded by this route will be liable to the same rate of postage as letters sent rict (Mend, viz . :— is. 2d. for a letter not exceeding half-an-ounce in weight ; 2s. 4d. for a letter above half-an ounce but not exceeding an ounce ; and so on, according to the scale for charging inland letters. This postage may be paid in advance, or the letters may be sent unpaid, at the option of the senders. Upon newspapers a rate of one penny must be paid in advance. The London is appointed to sail from London every three weeks, the first departure being on the morning of Sunday, the 29th instant, and letters posted up to the usual hour on the Saturday previous will be in time. All letters and newspapers addressed to Gottenbnrg and Uddewalia, which are in this office at the time of making up the mail, and are not addresssed to be sent otherwise, will be forwarded by the London ; but letters and newspapers for other parts of Sweden, intended to be forwarded by this vessel, must be specially addressed "per steamer, London." By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, 26th March, 1857. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, with the Princess Alice and the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, took a drive in an open car riage and four yesterday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitz roy and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros attended on horse back. His Royal Highne.s the Prince rode on horseback in the forenoon with the Prince of Wales. The Duchein of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Princess Amalie of Bohenlohe Schillinfurst, visited her Majesty. The Princess Royal and the Prinoess Feodore of Ho benlol'e Langenburg, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington an the Earl of Caithness, visited the British Museum. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louiea took a carriage drive. Her Majesty and his Royal Highncss Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence in the evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Earl of Caithness, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and. Captain the Hon. D. Ros. The Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily Cath cart have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Gor don as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her M jesty. The Royal Commission for determin;ng the site of a new National Gallery met on Thursday at 17, Great Queen-street, Westminster. Present—Lord Broughton (chairman), the Dean of St. Pr,fessor Faraday, Mr. Cockerel!, and Mr. Richmond. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the North American provinc s. Accounts from Dresden of the 24th state that the Princess Sidonia is suffering from scarlatina, The ceremony of the betrothal of Prince William of rsesse Peilippstbal.Barszhcsid to the 1 3 -;eeeee M.. r y of Hanau took place on tbe 19th at Cassel. The Count de Flandre accomplished his 20th year on the 24th. A family fete took place on the occasion at the palace. The regiment of the Guides, of which the Prince is colonel, was exempted from they on the day, and all petty punishments for breaches of discipline were remitted. Intelligence from Hanover of the 25th states that a royal message had been addressed to the Chambers, ap proving of the amendments proposed by the latter in the budget. Oa the 24th the two Chambers adopted the government proposal to abrogate the law of 16th of April, 1848, which obliges the communes to pay - for in juries to property caused by insurrections. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon will give a grand entertainment to his Excellency Ferukh Khan, the special envoy from the Court of the Shah of Persia, on Tues day next, in Grosvenor-crescent. Admiral the Him. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., who commanded the fleet in the last Baltic campaign, has been appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in succession to Admiral Richards, now a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. Admiral Dundas will take rank at the Board after Admiral Berkeley and before Admiral Eden. WINDSOR, Friday.—Yesterday being the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, bora in 1819, and who consequently attained the age of 38, was celebrated here by the ringing of merry peals, from the Chapel Royal of St. George, and St. John's Church, and other demonstrations of loyalty and respect. Miss Nightingale, accompanied by Sir John Lidd e ll, paid a visit on Wednesday to the hospitals at Chatham. She was attended through the Military Hospital by De puty Inspector-General J. R. Taylor, C. 8., and Dr. Tyce ; and through the Naval Hospital by Deputy In spector-General Dr. Drummond. The visit lasted several hours, and Miss Nightingale expressed much gratifica tion with the various arrangements. THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. —The Peninsu lar and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, Captain F. Christian, left to-day, with the Peninsular mails, 30 passengers, specie for Lisbon -value 6,241/ , and for Cadiz value 44,5091., and a full cargo. Among the passengers are Mrs. Ross, for Cadiz ; Sir S. M. Peto and friend, for Lisbon ; Major Green, Lieut. Massey, Messrs. Henry, Chevel, Delwin, and Reade, for Gibral tar, ite. Her Majesty's screw steamer Himalaya ar rived in the river this afternoon from Plymouth, and will be taken into graving dock to-morrow (Saturday) morn ing, to have her bottom cleaned before proceeding to China with troops. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—The United States steamers Niagara and Mississippi have been ordered to procee 1 to England to assist in laying the Atlantic tele graph. The Niagara is a screw propeller, and is said to be the largest steam vessel of war in the woild, while the Mississippi is the most powerful paddle-wheel steamer in the American navy. The English Govern ment, it was understood, intended to furnish two ships of similar character, the two propellers being designed to receive the cable, and the paddle-ships to attend them. Is soon as the cable is received on board, the four ships will proceed together to the middle of the Atlantic, whire the cable in the two propellers will be united and submerged, the English vessel paying ,out one-half till it reaches Ireland, and the American vessel the other half till it reaches Newfound and. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' CoußT.—Yesterday Mr. Chas. Mathews made another affi lavit, as requested by Mr. C)mmissioner Phillips, and the rule • obtained by Mr. Allcroft was discharged. The affidavit was sworn at Bristol on Wednesday. Mr. Mathews swore that his only means were derived from his salary, and that he never bad 801. a week from Mr. Smith ; and further, that he had not concluded an engagement for next season. He had devoted part of his income to pay debts, from which he had not been discharged. THE BALTIC MEDAL.—A number of medal-, awarded to the offiJers and privates of the Royal Marine Corps, who were in active service during the late Baltic cam paign, have been received at Woolwich, 190 of which were distributed on Tuesday by Lieutenant and Adjutant Fraser, and on Wednesday morning the remaining 100 were disposed of. This completes the total list of the recipients in the Woolwich divisions entitled Co t'ie Balt c medal. THE Vicrontit Cat:mg.—The Medical Tinto and Gazette, commenting on the fact that no medical officer has received this decoration, says—" One surgeon went out of the advanced trench before the Medan, and carried in the body of the Colonel of the 34 Buffs, under a tre mendous fire. Another assisted wounded officers of the Light Cavalry Brigade at Balaklava, far in front of the advanced picquets of the French Chasseurs, and at the most imminent personal risk. A third saved the life of the Duke of Cambridge at Initerman, in a hand to hand conflict. A fourth assisted Captain Oust, at the Alma, when severely wounded in the veey thickest of the fight. And these were no isolated examples. No danger kept back the medical officers from the performance of their duty ; and surely, to say the very least, there was as much valour shown in assisting a wounded man under a heavy fire as in joining in the conflict. One reason we have heard assigned for not giving the Cross to medical officers is remarkable, and we may add that it was kiven us by a gentleman in a high official position:—" It is not considered advisable to encoura ge medical offi c ers to dis tinguish themselves for valour. They are quite ready enough as it is to volunteer for dangerous duty, and if we were to reward them as we do others, they would all be killed, and we should have no doctors left for the troops." This may be complimentary, but it is not en couraging. IMPORTANT FROM PERSIA AND CHINA. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA AGAINST THE WAR. GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN THE PER SIAN AND BOMBAY CAVALRY. The Admiral at Malta to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 24th March, 1857. (From Agent at Suez, 20th March, 1857.) The Bombay brings no news of the Hindoostan. The passengers reported that the night before they left Bombay a telegraphic message was received from Calcutta stating that the Em peror of China disapproves of the proceed ings of the Governor of Canton, and had given him orders to conciliate the English. Also that a battle was fought on the Bth February, about 40 miles from Bushire, between the Bombay and Persian cavalry, which ended in the total rout of the latter, with the loss of 800 killed. The ion on our side was 10 killed and 62 wounded. KO ENISBE RG, MARCH 27. The Hartung Gazette announces a diminution in the Russian Customs Tariff. Woollens and cottons are reduced by one-half ; ribbons of all kinds from 4 roubles to 2 roubles ; cloth from 1 rouble to 40 kopecks ; silk goods and printed silks remain at 4 roubles ; articles of linen are reduced from 60 to 35 per cent. ; linen cloth is increased by 25 per cent. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 27. A note from France has been delivered to our Government, proposing that the Holstein Lauen bonrg dispute with the German Powers shall be referred to a European Congress. VIENNA, MARCH 27. The Piedmontese Envoy, the Marquis Cantono de Cevas, .who is recalled by his Government, is making preparations for his departure. BERLIN, MARCH 27. Advices from Konigsberg state that Russia has reduced her Customs' tariff considerably. The duty on cotton and woollen goods is to be reduced one-half. The duty on silk is unchanged. The duty on linen is raised. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. A decree in the Moniteur promotes Baron Rodier, councillor at the Court of Accounts, to the rank of president at the same court, vice M. de Gascq, who retires on a pension ; Baron Rodier is succeeded by M. de Chabrier, ex-director-general of the Archives, whose appointment we have &ready announced. By another decree M. Duflos, councillor 2d class of the Court of Accounts, is pro moted to the Ist class, vice M. de Vienne, who re tires on a pension ; and M. Barre, chef du cabinet of the Minister of Finance, is nominated councillor of the 2d class, vice M. Duflos. The Moniteur says Several foreign journals, led away by party feeling, or deceived by malevo lent correspondents, have represented the proceed ings instituted against the Bishop of Moulins, be fore the Council of State, as the effect of political rancour. It would be unworthy of the Govern ment of his Majesty to discuss such insinuations, which are so contrary to its sentiments of modera tion and good faith. The truth—as the whole of France knows—is that the prelate, against whom the proceedings have been directed for abuse of power, has excited in his diocese by his imprudent conduct the deepest sympathy, and has thus compromised both the interests of re ligion and those of public order. The inhabitants of the department of the Allier have remonstrated uL,b, mid their rebregrmtabiT es, the highest and the most honourable, have not hesi tated to unite with them. The Emperor has him self received two petitions, signed by more than 3,000 inhabitants of Moulins alone, and these do cuments attest the serious differences which exist between the bishop and his flock. The Govern ment, in presence of such serious complaints and such reprehensible acts, had to fulfil a duty of sur veillance and protection. It has therefore made use of the only means of protesting which is sanc tioned by the organic laws of France, at the same time that it has represented the state of things be fore the Holy See. It has acted without passion as well as without weakness." BOURSE, March 27.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. fr. c. 44 per Cents per Cents 7O 30 End of Month. --fr. 70 55 New Loan — Bank Shares 4175 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,457 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... ... Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) _ 90 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH, fr. c. it c Orleans . 1,512 50 Western Northern 1,022 Strasburg Lyons 1,510 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,070 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi MOLDAVIA. A letter from Jassy of thei 14th, in the Ost Deutsche Post, gives some details concerning the entry of the Moldavian troops into the new territory ceded by Russia, the bare fact of which has been already mentioned by telegraph. " The detachments of Moldavian troops (says the letter) were put in movement yes terday, at 11 o'clock, with band playing and co lours flying, to take possession of their new guar tars. At three commenced the passage of the Prutb, and in less than an hour the whole of the troops had arrived on the opposite bank. This operation was effected in presence of the principal Russian functionaries, in grand uniform. The posts -on the frontier, as well as the minor functionaries, had all been withdrawn in course of the morning, At Rene the clergy came out in procession; and chanted a Te Deum in the market-place, as the troops marched into the town, in the presence of a vast concourse of people. The troops were well re ceived, and the population seemed pleased at the change of masters." AUSTRIA. The Vienna Gazette states that the Emperor, in an autogragph letter announcing to Count Frede rick de Thun his removal from his functions of ad tatus to the civil administration of the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, expresses his high satisfaction at the great services rendered to the crown by the count in the above capacity. It results from Vienna letters that Austria is now in favour of a new diplomatic examination Of the Holstein question, and is opposed to its being im mediately brought before the Frankfort Diet, as was at firbt intended. _ _ Another Vienna letter, in the Bourse Ga my, coronation of th e zette of Berlin, Emperor is again talked of in a rather positive manner, but the rumour is still premature, as the coronation cannot take place until all the pro -1 vincial statutes shall have been published and the high hereditary officers of the different countries of the Crown duly constituted. It is true, however, that the ceremonial has been under consideration. There will be only one coronation, which will take place at Vienna, but all the countries of the Crown will be there represented by special delegates." The Cologne Gazette, under date of Vienna, 23d, says :—" The statement that the construction of the railway from Novara to Milan has been sus pended from political motives, is completely un founded. It is said, on the contrary, that, not withstanding the rupture of diplomatic relations, both it and the other international works will not experience any interruption." PRUSSIA. The Minister of Finance of Prussia has just pre sented to the Chamber of Deputies a return of the public functionaries and Government employes, with the amounts of their salaries. It appears from this document that there are 35,724 with a salary of 400 thalers (3fr. 75c. each) and under, receiving together a total sum of 7,642,000 thalers ; 2,300 at from 400 to 500, 1,055,900; 4,500 at from 500 to 600, 2,437,000 ; 2,200 at from 600 to 700, 1,437,000 ; 3,100 at from 700 to 800, 2,377,000 : 798 at from 800 to 900, 672,000 ; 824 at from 900 to 1,000, 781,000; 1,996 at upwards of 1000, 2,576,000. _ _ A 'serlii letter, in the .Debats, says 8u1). NEWGATE AN Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od ; Geese, 5s Od to 6s 6d each ; Ducks, 3s 0.1 to 5s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od eac'i ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; Pigeons, 6,1 to 10d each ; large Surrey Fowls, 63 to 12s; barn•door do., 48 Odto 7s; Chick ens, 58 Od to 9s Od per couple ; Capons, Os Od to Os ; Hares, 2s 0 1 to 3s Od ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s Od eac%; Pheasants, 3s to 4s Od ; Partridges, is 9d to 2 3d ; Woodcocks, 3s Od to Os Od ; Snipes, Od to is 6d; Teal, is 3d to is 6d; Wild Ducks,-is 6d to 2s Od; Widgeons, is to is 6d; Plovers, is Od to is 6d each ; Guinea Fowls, 6s to 6s 6d ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 9s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to — . 3 Od ; English do., 15s Od to 188 per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 8s to lOs ; French do., 6s 9d to 7s 6d per 120; Leverets, 2s Gd to 3s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s tid ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; veal 4s Od to 5s 2d ; pork, 4s Od to 53 Od per Blbs., by the car case. WITITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per Blbs., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; Brills, 2s to lOs each ; Salmon is 9d to 2s 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 6s each ; Soles, 6d to 3s 6d per pair ' • Trout, is to is 3d per lb • Lobsters, is to 4a• 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; Whitings, 3s Od 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives 50s to —s per b s h. ; Mackerel, 60s to s per 100; Smelt s , is Od to 3s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per ib; Shrimps, Is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; rresh Herrings, 5s to (r) er 100: Spmph . 0,1 ; Sprats, 6s Od to Os 0.1 Oel bushel ; Doroys, ls Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 15s per doz.; Pike, 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 7s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to is 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to Is. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bran i in the metropolis aro from Sid to 9d ; of household ditto, 7d to 8d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, Nd to 5d ; 641 b to 721 b, sid to 6d ; 721 b to 801 b, Gd to Gid ; 801 b to 881 b, G. to 7d ; 381 b to 961 b, 7d to 74d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 741 to 7id ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Oct to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 10s Od to Os Od ; Calf skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Oct ; ditto full, Os 6d to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 103 Od to lls Gd ; Kents, 8s Od to 96 Od; Half-breds, 8s Od to 9s ; Downs, 6s 3d to 7s 6d ; Shearlings, Is 4d to is 5d ; Lambs, Os Od. • HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow ia;;iiio;io 41 Os ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at late rates. CIIMBERLA.ND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 11 lls per load. A moderate supply and a fair demand. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 11 lOs per load. Supply moderate and trade rather dull. LLOYD'S S►HIPPING.--(Tbis Day.) LONDON, March 28.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light airs and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 27.—Wind N.W. to W.—Arrived —Charity (s. tpt.), from LiVerpool. Sailed—Agra, for Bermuda, via Portland and Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, March 27.—Wind S. W.—Sailed—Heather bell, for Hobart Town; Bethen Court, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, March 27. Wind variable.—Arrived— Hindoo, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Tabma, for Malta. SWANSEA, March 27.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Grass mere, for Madras. SOUTHAMPTON, March 27.- 1 -Arrived—H.M.Str. Hima laya, from Portsmouth. PENZANCE, March 26.—Sailed—Helen Wales, for Quebec. NEWPORT, March 27.—Wind N.E.—Arriv-d.—Eras znus, from Rotterdam, for Singapore; Olme, Gloucester, for Quebec. Sailed—Raglan, for 4. John's, Newfound land ; Rebecca, Iquique; Free, Rio Janeiro; Cairo, Ha vana; Panmure, Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, March 26.—Wind N.E.—Arrived— Blanch and Lillie Spalding, from New Orleans. CARDIFF, March 26. —Wind N. W.—Sailed.—Abood, for Palma. SHIELDS, March 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived.—Juliana and Helane, from Bre - nen. Put back—Durham (s.s.), with damage, having been in collision with the Iduna, which has also sustained damage. *Hun, March 27.—Sailed—Jane Andson, for Monte Video. MILFOED, March 23.—The Rebecca Mary, of Bristol, from Gloucester, for Truro, laden with salt, was aban doned, leaky and with loss of sails, a heavy gale from the S.E. , on the 21st inst., off Cape Cornwall ; crew saved by the Oscar, arrived here. The brig Levante, of Aheryst with, was fouled by the schooner Sisters, of this port, while at anchor, damaging_ the bulwarks on the port bo w . AMSTERDAM, March 26. —According to a letter received from Harlingen, dated the 24th inst., the Dutch vessel Jacoba Christina, from London, for Harlingen, has been totally lost ; crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind E. ; very fine. , Arrived—Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Alarm, Mechanic's Own, Vesper, and Sabrina, Cardiff; Tautonia, steamer, Hamburg. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Grecian, screw steamer, from Corunna. QUEENSTOWN, March 26. Wind N.E. Arrived—Rising Sun, from Cadiz ; Genio, Callao ; Ade laide, Alexandria ; Lilly, Taganrog ; Charlotte Knutt, Rio Jineiro ; Isabella , Santo Antonio ; Glenlamer, Hon duras; Zone, Callao ; Blanche, and Lizzie Bp:tiding, Now Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITIS I TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.57 aJn, Wind calm ; tide last hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived, March 27—Wilhelm, from Rostock. Arrived, March 28 —Baltino, from Genoa. Sailed—Holland (s.), for Ostend; Ellwood Walter, Syd ney; Ywe, Mog,ador; Kinoo, and King Philip, Melbourne. DEAL, Saturday, 1).34 a.m. Wind W. N. ; light. Passed-- tuchuchali, for Greenock; Coral Quwen, Mon mouth ; Alarm, Genoa ; Ocean Bride, Cardiff; Gleaner, Guernsey ; Scotia, Halifax ; Aburra, Liverpool—all from London. Anchored—John Downie, from Shields, for Bordeaux. Sailed- Palestine, for Point do Gallo; Star of the North, Bombay—which ship is reported to have taken the ground in coming through the (Ault Stream yesterday, MINES.—We have had, as we ful ly anti cipated we should have, a particularly dull week in the sh are mar ket, and prices have shown a drooping tend ency, th ough on Thursday and Friday ther e were symptoms of im provement, and a demand for a few mines. P er h aps when the elections are over a chan g e may altogether some over the market, and we in"Sy have mo re b us i ness to report, and more ruining news to cbrDni t l e . J us t now the mining districts are either barren of exciting incidents, or the agents are too much occupied in can vassing to report upon them.—mblino Journal, this day. CURIOUS CASE. A case unexampled in French jerisprudeeee, and which recalls to mind one recorded in Biblical history—two women claiming to be mothers of the same child—has just been subtnitt -d to the Civil Tribunal. A female named Flouron called on V e tribunal to declare her to be the mother of a boy named Alexis, born in 1843, and now in a board ing-school in the R ue d es M artyrs ; and i n support of her demand her advocate made a statement to this effect :—ln 1832 this female, who was V:en fifteen pears of age, and whose name was Perrine Gervais, came to Paris, and having made the ac quaintance of a bu , cher name l Dardelle, who was considerably her elder, she entered hi s serv i ce as cashier. Afte r a while he seduced her, and in 1834 she gave birth to a child ; but the child did not live. Her connection with Danielle having continued, she on the 17th January, 1843, gave birth to another child, who was registered as the son of Dardelle and of Perrine Gervais, and who was baptised as the son of M. and Mine. Dardelle. Up to that time, and for a certain period after, Dardelle had not allowed his family to know any thing of his connection with Perrine Gervais ; but she having attended him with great affection in a serious itness with which he was afflicted, he an nounced his intention of marrying her, and made his family receive Ler as his wife. Iu 1848 Dar dale made the acquaintance of a female named Palmyre Foulbceuf, and became smitten with her charms. This female, who possessed great powers of intrigue, and was well experienced in the ways of the world, wormed h erse lf into the confidence of Dardelle, and succeeded, by calumnies adroitly dis seminated, in' causing him to break off his connec tion with Perrino Gervais. The latter, however, solemnly called on him to fulfil his promise to marry her, but he refused, and she, in consequence, a few months after married one Flouron, who had been in the service of Dardelle, and was a very honest man. Alter her rupture with Dardelle, which took place in 1848, that person refused to allow the boy Alexis to visit her or to go out with her; but he permitted her from time to time to we here at Li, ohool. In-1853, Daidelle married Palmyre Foulbceuf, who since lus rupture with Perrine Gervais had lived with him as his mistress, and on the 29th Nov., 1856, he died, leaving a fortune of between 300,000 fr. and 500,000 fr. to his widow, with remainder to his son Alexis. On hearing of this, Madame Flouron came forward ae the mother of the boy ; but to her great astonishment, Madame Dardelle affirmed that it was she, and not Madame Flouron, who was the mother of the child. In prod of this she produced the register of her marriage, in which it was formally declared that " the boy Alexis registered, as the son of Perrine Gervais, was really the son of Palmyre Foulbceuf, that it was by error that he was so registered, and that she and Dar delle, his father, formally d ec l are d hi m to b e - the ir child, and meant to make him legitimate." Madame Flouron, knowing this declaration to be false, in sisted on being r ecogn i se d as th e mot h er of the boy, but her pretensions were opposed by the-Dar delle family, by Mme, Dardelle,- and by a person named de Sainte Croix, who had been appointed guardian to the lad. She was, therefore, obliged to bring an action to establish her right; and, in stir port of it, she relied not only on the register of the boy's birth, but on the facts that he had written numerous letters to her calling her bis mother, and that he possessed such a strong likeness to her as to prove him to be her son ; her advocate, more' over, urged various technical reasons to show that her maternity could not be disputed. - In answer to all this, the following statement was made :In 1842 Dardelle was very intimate with M. and Male. Foulbceuf, and as he was fifty years of age, they allowed him to go out frequently with their daugh" ter Palmyre, then only fifteen, thinking that he would treat her as a father ; but being a very li" centious,man, he seduced her. Becoming enciente she was ashamed to return home, and she was in due time secretly delivered of a male child. That circumstance took place in Jan., 1843, and the beg was the child Alexis ; but to preserve her repute' tion he was registered as the son of Perrine Ger; vais. She, however, and not Perrine, watched with the utmost tenderness over him, and when he was placed in a boarding school she alone visited him, and treated him as an affec tionate mother would do. Perrine Gervais having got into an intrigue with one of his men (Flourenr, whom she afterward s marr i e d), D ar d e ll e conce ived bitter hatred of her, and expelled her from his house. He then, after, a white, married Palmyre, Foulbceuf, and thereby re p a i re d th e wrong h e had done by seducing her ; they at the same time, as was natural, recognised the boy Alexis as their child, and declared him legitimate. In support of this s atemeut, it was argued that if Per rine Gervais had really been the mother of the child, she would, on being expelled by bi 4 father from his house, have certai n ly ereieseil him ; and that aft er her expulsion she would not, as she had done, have for years given herself no trouble about him, until she heard that he was entitled to a large property. It via l asserted likewise that the boy resembled Maclaine Dardelle, and not the other woman ; that he cow sidered the former as his mother, and had alvrail treated her as such ; and that Dardelle himself had written letters to Madame Dardelle before his mar; riage to her, in which he spoke of Alexis as " our child." On various technical grounds, moreover' it was contended that Madame Flouron's pretest' sions were inadmissible. The public prosecutor . said that in his opinion the tribunal ought to order a searching investigation into all the circumstance! of the birth of the child to be made. Judgment was in consequence postponed. CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL—The following distinctions , have been gained at Cambridge by pupils of this school during the present term :—Mr. J. R. Seeley, first chilli; cellor's medallist, and bracketed senior classic ; Mr. 5 -• Skelton, sixth wran g le r; M r . J. H . B r id ge, t we nty' second wrangler ; Mr. S. J. Lidgett, thirty-third wrans• ler. Five pupils of the City of London School have taken their degrees at Cambridge during the presen t term, of whom four have been thus distinguished. APOTHECARIES' HALL. —The following gentleme°, passed their examination in th e sc i ence an d pract i ce o f medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thiir day, March 26 :—John Tatham, Barton-on-Lonschile, Yorkshire ; William Brooks Pod, Canterbury, Sent; Herbert Sedgwick Barnes, Chelsea ; David Shorter Skinner, Headcorn, Kent ; George Fielding Blandfordo Fifield, Wiltshire ; John Narbert Casanova, London; Jarman Patrick, Kent ; Humphrey Purnell Blackmore , Salisbury ; William Edward Caird, Exeter; Samuel Prall, Rochester; William Dresser, Coventry; Williao Thomas Carr, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Charles J a mes Devonshire, Hampton, Middlesex; John Bridger, Newick, Sussex ; and Robert Leever, Army. THE POST-OFFICE EMPLOYES AND THE FRANCRISE.*: The following circular notice, signed by Mr. Rowland Bill, has been pel'ona ly served upon each person era' ployed in the service of the Post-office, and a receipt taken of the same To all postmasters, sub-post' masters, postmasters' clerks, letter-carriers, letter receivers, and others employed in the receivins collecting, or managing the revenues of the Post-office. Interference in election of members of Parliament. A 8 a general election is about to take place, I am directed by the Postmaster-General to remind you that no post master, clerk, letter-carrier, letter-receiver, or any other person employed in the receiving, collecting, or managing the revenues of the Post-office can either vote or inter fere in any manner whatsoever at the election for mem bers of Parliament, under the severest penalties, as laid down in the acts of 9th Anne, cap. 10, sec. 44; and 20 Geo. 111., cap. 41, sec. 1, extracts from which are an' nexed ; and I am desired by his grace to state that any officer of the Post-office guilty of this offence will be instantly dismissed the servic-, in addition to being sub jected to the penalties inflicted by law."—Civil Servi:e Gazette. THE EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVlCE.—lntelligence ha, been received at Bombay of the murder of Mr. H. Years, the newly-appointed deputy-postmaster at Ahmednug• gur, supposed to have been committed by robbers. The dead body of the unfortunate man was found near a vil lage about eight miles from Atimednuggur. The Secre tariate at Bo.nbay is, it is said, about to undergo several very important changes. The department of Public Works is to be amalgamated with the Military depart ment,of India have Banc meat, and placed under the control of Ci.lonel Melvill. siOonntehr of erencoangmeonodna,titohne Governmentof Ma j or Phayre, th e commie tinned an increase to theestahlishm en t o f t h e P rotestan t Church at Rangoon. — C ivil Service Gazette. CIVIL SERVICE —War Department. —Mr. F. G. Read, of the Custorns Watersid e and Warehouse Department, has e Chief Commissary Stor e ke e p er for China, e Tl ralty.—A vacancy has been caused in the Depart men t A of the Accountant General. Prize appointed ay trid(:ni Branch, Somerset-house, by the death of Mr. Thomal Cuiliford Barrow, clerk of the first class. A vacancy in the Storekeeper General's Department has been caused .by the promotion of Mr. John Easthope, second-class clerk, who has been appointed Store Receiver at Woolwich-yard, vice Mr. P. Mergar; retired on superannuation. Lieutenant J. A rkwright bas been appointed agent in charge of mails in contract steamers. General Post-office.—A vacancy haa been caused in the Circulation Department, Dead Letter Branch, by the retirement, on pension, of Mr. Frederick Tillyard, Deputy-Controller. Customs—Mr. Henry Mill,.r has been promoted, from second to first class clerk in the Examiner's office, London ; Mr. Augus tus C. Raitt has been promoted from third to second class clerk in the Examiner's office, London ; Mr. Geo. Dudley has been promoted from fourth third-class clerk in the Examiner's office, London ; Mr. George F. Nedham has been promoted from fifth to fourth class clerk in the Examiner's office, London. East Indies-- Mr. C. K. Dove has been appointed to officiate as Post master-General of Bengal during the absence of Mr. Bennett ; Mr. T. Garrett has been appointed to officiate as .1% puty Postmaster-General in Ca'cutta in the room of Mr. Dove ; Mr. A. R. Young has been appointed Secretary to the Government of Bengal, and Mr. E. S. Liishington has been appointed Junior Secretary to the Board of Revenue,--Civil ISeiTiCO Gazette. II E R MAJESTY'S THEATRt. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LA NE.— SEASON 1857. DURING PASSION WEEK. In announcing the arrangements for another season, the GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT Director of her Majesty's Theatre cannot but refer, with sin- Every Evening, Friday Excepted. core gratitude, to the success which attended his efforts, un- Band of 50 Performers, including all the First Solo Players der very trying c ircumstances, in the season of 1856. of the day. Dramatic Opera, which in every foreign State is fostered by Conductor—Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Government aid, is, in this country, denied the support which is extended to other departments of art ; and it is to the R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. patronage of the upper classes, who have rallied round the establishment, that the country owes the prosperity of a Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. noble lyrical institution, which no unsupported individual THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr. efforts could maintain in a manner worthy of its old renown. Stuart, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar. In acknowledging the munificent assistance which enabled Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND him to conquer the unprecedented difficulties of last year, the MEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. Director cannot sufficiently express his grateful appreciation of the delicacy with which it was bestowed. Support was The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super. freely and nobly accorded for the sole purpose of insuring the intendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. prosperity of the institution, and the counsel which added to Carriages conveying parties ta the Private Boxes to set Its value was never accompanied by a word to shackle the down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. discretion or impair the authority of the direction. To tl is the success of the past season is greatly owing ; and from the ' R generous confidence w_th which the subscribers have renewed OYAL PRINCESS S THEATRE. their subscriptions for the present year, without awaiting the THIS EVENING, will be performed publication of the annual programme, the Director derives Shakespere's tragedy of the assurance that he has not altogether disappointed the KING RICHARD THE SECOND. patrons of the theatre, and that he may rely on the continu- King Richard 11., Mr, C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean, once of the cordial encouragement by which he has been hitherto upheld, and under which it is hoped still higher Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. triumphs may be achieved than were immediately attainable ------ on the restoi ation of the est tblishment. TM EATR E ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. The enthusiasm which welcomed the re-opening of her Ma- It THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, iesty's Theatre was not confined to the subscribers. The hearty interest and genuine appreciation displayed by the A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bucks',one, Compton, Howe, audiences who thronged the house ftom the first night to the W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil. closing farewell demand the warmest thanks of the Director, Ham, &c. which he will endeavour practically to express by renewed Atter which, A WICKED WIFE. efforts in the service of the public. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. The Director is most anxious to acknowledge how much he is indebted to Meddle Piccolomini and all the artistes whose 13 OYAL SURREY THEATRE talents contributed to the success of last year, not merely far those efforts of genius which won the sympathy and admire- itl ' Leagees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. tion of the subscribers and the public, but for that high THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND artistic feeling and honourable fidelity which secured the ITS VICTI MS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, &c, audience from disappointment, and enabled the Direction to To conclude with TWO COLLEGE FRIENDS, produce the entertainments promised for each evening with out a single change of performance--a fact without precedent S TRAND T HEAT RE.—Manager, M c. T. I n Operatic history. .. Payne.—This Evening will be pertbrmed The advantages peculiar to her Majesty's Theatre—its cen- 3 tral position, and associations now more than a century old TOM TIT, THE SLAVE BOY. —give to it a natural pre-eminence of which no occasional After which, DO SUAK F. HANDS. circumstances can ever permanently deprive it. These ad- Followed by COUSIN CHERRY. vantages will be turned to account by a Company combining To conclude with NO SONG NO SUPPER. the prestige of acknowledged genius with the attraction or Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; new candidates for the highest rank of their profession. Those Gallery, 6d. who last year won favour at the hands of strangers will ..re appear to claim the cordial recognition which an English ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, audience never refuses to established favourites ; and the Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. direction has been further strengthened by an accession of new aspirants of the highest order, whose merits are already THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DA DD V acknowledged on the stages of Italy, and who only await the HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. verdict of the subscribers and frequenters of her Majesty's The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq,, A SHEEP IN Theatre to confirm their fame. WOLF'S CLOTHING. Although, in an Establishment especially devoted to Italian Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq. Opera, the compositions of Italy will naturally predominate, called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. the gems of other schools will not be neglected. Commence at half-past Seven. Ballet will continue to be supported by the most famous of established Artistes and the most promising of those who are A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE ambitious of the same distinction, .L. X_ It is hoped that the organisation of every department will Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. prove completely worthy of that state of renewed prosperity THIS EVENING, Shakspere's Play of KING HENRI to which her Majesty's Theatre has now attained. THE FOURTH, with the highly successful equestrian illus. The following are the arrangements already completed : trations invented and arranged by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hot OPERA. spur, Mr. James Holloway ; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke inn • 17,1qt•Iff 'Ur A nenn y