The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-16 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original drama (fifth time), entitled JOSEPH CHAVIGNY.; or, finder the Thumb. Ban. Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Cele.tc, &c. Followed by a new _Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEI,DIALS. -" TO concindoYFiih the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRA.NGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedfcrd, &c. ir t LOYAL SURREY THEATRE, Losseog, Mosgrs.. Shopheri an') Cr.esrrick. THIS EVENINTG will be performed MATT-TILDE. fter which, THE THREE WONDERS OF PEKIN. To conclude with 102 ; or, The Veteran and his Pregany. Mr. Widdieomb, &c. 11) 0Y AL OLYMPIC THEATRE, .217 Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING will he performed a new drama called D D i HARD ACRE. Mr. Robson, Bre. To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs Pobs•j^, G. 31 array, are. Commence at half-?ast Seven. CTR AND T HEAT RE.--l'an3.tzer, Mc. T. • Pavne.—THlS EVENINC4 will bp performed M.IItRIED DAUGHTTaI AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Y.lior.reJ by OVER, THE WAY. TJ conclude with THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. Commence at &wen. Stalls, 3s. ; Bores, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; rancry, 64. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. 1. - R- Lesiee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Oa Monday text will be produced Verdi's far-famed Opera of IL TROVATORE ; cr The Gipsy's Vengeance, with Equ,strian Illustrations, and, supported by the FIRST OPERA TIC ARTISTES OF THE DAY. To be followed by a matchless routine of SCENE 3 IN THE ARENA, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. To conc:udo with a Ri-ible Farce. CornrneLce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper B saes, 35.; Private BoSes, from IL, no charge for booking ; P.t, ; Gallory, Is. ; Uppar Gallery, &1, office open from Eleven till Four. . Stage Manager, mr, V. West. Epostriaa Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jan. rtiNTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— kJ OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow in; company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of `'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, ac., viz. Miss E Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; ,Mr. Fierr F. Jongurnans, Ti. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jo , ,es, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. corri Senor Antonio M. e.e ;Sella, and E. L. Hirne Masters Bennett and Corri; Mei - srs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Hackney. 1T , c1:3; harmonium, J. Canlfielfi, jun ; lirecter, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre ciicly, Suppers, tic., until twelve o'clock. OYA r, o 7.IvI:)RNE GARDENS. Open !kJDaily nission la.—The sea•on o 1457 will ba inatu - wa ed an MON!" , ,Of neat, %lay 14. by a valid , ) , 1.17 and NITWIT FETE, sviddi will be suor:oried in its various f.sl fresco charactee by paritm • lar general talent In every de artment of this lio4idy attractive &Ace of amusement. Toe alteratinns and improvements mrs e dur. n t; thc , rrc , ss w,ll be faun' to c .mine artistic eic.ganee With , in creased ennvcnlence. and are ca!eq:ate: to advance the igh charm', te, thi•e4iabl,vu - nolt has for year past ma main 4. Tire musical are ng,:ment q are under and the or:btstral stye gth mi 1 in.da .e Sri=s G. F.l:is, Mrt. A. al Tyne, Mi‘s Rrottel, Man.l3;aa Blattini ; lalet , srq. Bart!curia Wake:* (=ct , ge, tiers. For t, r dirrion, and othe s. A new ura,al tl,llet wa I be preir-nied, cut tled..The Gip•ry Girl. which. tor choreo raph , e tai , -nt, comic tar•rdents, and scenic off.ct , , will f.r outvie any for:nor elf •rt of M. Milano. X 'Southera Troape of' real S : tn , e 11arrnonists are a'so engarpd wilds • talented comi cal tie 4 es Imitators and steers are asitrnitted„b, be moat effee ti v, and anrism,r. The Draw;nz-r - norn Peri° mere are eel ct.ed from gymnast: an 1 artistes of contonental celebrity. A troupe of perftrmin./ dogs, and the learnrd doe T h e, whose sagacity has been admired by mott of die e;overeleannt of Korona, hat been secur,d. rine . thinZAng writ commence at the usual hair on the newly deco r ttc,l cryrt .1p atform, the it uminat v. ofwh ch is ...elm w le Iged t, he a f,ature ttneTiallnal in 21113 o^ arty other co in ry, and 1 1 F , ueneral illuminations arc of that varied and effective character which mns prove h rirly attr active. The .pyrotechnic display, by C. Mornrash wilt on a stale of great ma nitn.ic and will tate Made Shortly after lr.). thle , .•Vre C.rsmoramie Views, American Bowl nit !Aalcum, R Ile Gallery, Ch!nese, Games, Air ',nil Shooting, Hermit's Cave, flipsyN (lr,to, Statuary, River Esplanade, Sea Ele ph,,,,t4. M a ze, &c. pen Oct Sundays fur promenale by re fresh:tient. 'rabic d'Uote at 6 ric , oci:, 'ls. 6d. rhe grand Cirque opens on Welt Monday, and the elegant ravillon for the Marionettes In the course of a (ant-tight. I!Qri 1 7.rATE'R AT LONDON BRTIWI-. T .is DA --Mom. 20 min. aft. 6 —Tvening 47 tuld. aft. 6 i1...,:e5-attow—Morn. 18 min. aft. 7—Evaaing 55 win. aft 7 TaE v:EATITER—SUN OF2IOI, MAY 16. TEIZRMONETEB, IN THE SEZADE. 72 --11Igheat, aline noon yesterday. 57 -lowest this morning and daring the night. 71. —this ...lay xt noon. BAROMETRE, 30.18. WiNr, W.N.W; light, with Eno weather. +ll l' Ar ry j 4-,. , _ , LONDON, SATURDAV, MAY 16, Ic-467 Lord PALMERSTON ha 4 gracefully apologised t Lord JOHN RUSSELL for taking out of his hands an important queAion with which his name has been peculiarly associated, and t ) which he has devoted much time and attention. The great fa cilities pomes39d by the Government for carrying any bill to a satisfactory termination, are, how , ever, so notorious that it scarcely r equ i re d t h e recognition of the Noble Member f,r the City of London, to be assured that he would Willingly transfer what might almost be termed his " copy right," to the Premier! Mr. EIEN2./ . BERXELEY would feel grateful for a similar act in reference to " the ballot," and even thankfully relinqui s h his paramount cl liras on that important point. In like manner we may venture to speak of the Marriages Affinities all and others which have obtained a locus stanch in Parliament, and been repeatedly sanctioned by large Trivit ju ritics in the representative branch of the Legisla ture ! The Honourable Gentlemen whore re spective names are creditably connected with those various propositions will unbesitatinAy surrender their leadership to the tried and expf rienced general, whose very nanlo will give an assurance of complete and signal triumph. It is not, however, merely a " Jewish Relief HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Night of a new Ballet, Acalista. EICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLETTI. THIS EVENING (Saturday), May 16. LUCIA. DI LAMIAERMOOR. Lne.ia, Piccolmini • Edgardo, Sig. Giuglini. After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expaessly for her Atajesty's Theatre by M. Massot, entitled ACA For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Ualf.circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and m:y be had on app'ica tion at the Box-office at the Theatre Co onnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAME,'S THE NTRE. FIRST • REPRESENTA TION,. WEDNESDAY, May 29. —l. M'SIEU LAN 'RY, Operetta, 1 Act°, -2, LES DEUX AVEUGLES, Bouffon, nerie, Musicale, 1 Acte. Mus'que de Offen'aach.-3. BA-TA CLAN, Chinoiserie Musicale, 1 Acte. Musique de Offenbach. Principal Characters by Messrs. Pradean, Gnyot, Gerpre, and I,,once ; Mesdiles. Dalmont, Marechal, Belnoir, and Mace— tl.eir first appearance in this country. The OrChestra of the Theatre des Bonffes will ace mpany these Representations, tinder the direction of the popular composer, M. Offenbach— To commence at hale-past 8 o'clock.—This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given Every Even ing.—Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. T FLE A T RE-R YA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T: Smith. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direltion of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, Is; Mes, 2s. 6d , 25., and ls. 61. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open a t half-past 7. Commence at 8. Opens This Evening, Saturday, May 16. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : Madame Schap lain, Madame Neusome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Mi?s E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, an , . and Marie, Misses Neusome. Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter. Jen ines ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks perian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Perforthances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. f) OVAL - PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be perfunued Shakcspore's tr,gedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. Ring Ricbard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. THEATRE ROYAL., 11A.YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEZ.IENT OF PRICES OF P OMISSION'. THIS EVENING (M 0..; 15) to commence at Seven o'clock, with A LIPE S TRIAL. After wilier!, the successful Classical Love Story, un der tile Apple-lation of A - AL ANTA ; or, The Three Clllden Apples : in which Miss M. o:iver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. To conclude with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS, In future the prices will be : Orellestrt 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 17" MS Boxes 3 0 IT p „er 3 0 Upper Boxes... ' 2 0 Pit - 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 tNo half-price to Upper Gallery. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY Bill " which Lord PALMERSTON' has introduced. or in the colonies, as considerations of economy He intends to remove a serious stain from and expediency may dictate :" thirdly—" To the National Statute Biola—to abolish tin- provide in all cases fur the moral and religious necessary and almost impious forms ! We are ; instruction of each criminal, with an allowance of teld on the highest authority that " The LORD will food, bodily comfort, rest, and recreation, corre not hold him guileess, who taketh his name in I spending in character and amount with his con vain !" And yet that awful 'name is wantonly `duct and industry in confinement, so as to excite invoked. Pereons are required before they can motives, powers, and habits of industry, self-rc dise4arge the important duties confidA to their ham-, and self-control, and thus render criminals charge, by the deliberate choice of influential and the voluntary instruments of their maintenance, privileged bodies of their fellow - subjects, to swear punishment, reformation, and release." Theme not merely as to matters of fact, but to questions of law, to declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. Now that is, simply a matter of opinion. We know that such pre-eminence and autho rity, is not only actually claimed, but ex ercised, and although we ourselves may not recognise it, it is effectual with a numerous body of our fellow-citizens. It is, therefore, something more than a mere oatit of supererogation, and we regret that Lord PA LMERSTON should have in grafted it on that which ho proposes to ret sin. There can be no possible difference of opinion as to that portion of the oath that refers to the descendants of the " Pretender," as ho wal formerly termed, or in other words, the son of JAMES 11. It is notorious that there are no such persons in existence ; and, as Lord PALMER STON remarked, we might as well " for all prac tical purposes abjure our belief in the Heptarchy." This is, indeed, " frivolous swearing," and every honourable gentleman who has been called upon to pledge his faith to such absurdities, must be desirous to abate the social nuisance. boldly indicated and clearly expressed suggestions really and truly contain within them the gist of the popular aspirations in relation to the whole scheme of our criminal legislation. Rapidly hinted under these three headings, they were aft Twards eleborat3d in four well-considered re solutions, proposed by Mr. DAVENPORT HILL, and sec)nded by Mr. GEORGE CRUIBSHANIC. The adoption of these resolutions, we are satisfied, was only postponed by the ad journment. That adjournment, we believe, will prove to have been only preparatory to their more earnest and cordial acceptance ; for the resolutions themselves are, in truth, most dis tinctly expressive of thoughts and hopes long cherished upon this vital question in the Popular Heart. They mean—only they express their meaning in mere conventional language—precisely what a very blunt and a very snubbed amend ment (proposed yesterday, but not seconded) de clared to be its meaning, point blank !—namely, that with a view to constrain men . into habits conducive to self-denying industry, and to deter them from robbery and violence, Criminal Disci pline should be based on these two Principles— Firstly, " in respect of food, clothing, and all bodily comforts, they should be made less desirable than those which honest men enjoyed—who sup ported themselves and famiPes by labour ; and, secondly, that the practical result of all that had been done for the criminal was to place him in a better condition than the self-supporting labourer; and, therefore, the encouragement given to crime was attended with the most disastrous results, and disgraceful to a Christian and civilised nation." Just a trifle too plain spoken; Mr. ELLIOTT—onIy too plain spoken ! We alt of us believe precisely what you say—but it won't do to say so in plain terms and without a little amiable and courtly circumlocution. Wherefore—of course—as we have said, the amendment was not even seconded; but was coolly allowed to pass sub silentio. For tunately, the original resolutions enunciated, however, the very same truths in other words— words not so rudely exact perhaps, but quite as significant. It could hardly have been otherwise, in - f Ac`, for the feeling upon this subject through out the country is earnest and all but unanimous. We should have been bettor pleased. if Lord PALUERSTON had proposed altogether to do away with oaths. They are, in fact, merely snares for tender consciences. Those who may be exeluded are precisely the very men whose services would be most valuable to the community at large. The title of our Most Gracious SovEnzra-N to the sceptre which she wields with so much credit to herself and advantage to the community at large rests on too firm a basis to require such props, and we believe that no person who dared to contem plate any disturbance, either to the present occu pant of the Throne or her lawful successors, would be deterred by such "airy nothings" as the pre sent forms. There are, unquestionably, matters in which oaths are indispensible ; and since the leading case of OITICHUND v. BA.RKEE, it has been wisely held that they should be taken in the form which the party declares to be most binding on his conscience. lie who invokes the DEITY to witness the truth and accuracy of his statement would, if an honest man, detail the matters within his knowledge on a simple declaration, and if a dishonest one would merely regard the temporal penalties attached to wilful and corrupt perjury. But whatever value may be attached to the adjuration, it is obvious that it must be diminished by constant repetition. There is much truth in the copybook aphorism, that "familiarity breeds contempt ;" and what is almost of daily occurrence ceases to exercise any fnfluence over the imagination. We all know the utter failure of what were designated as eastern house oaths. The swearing did not in the slightest degree interfere with the illegal traffic, which flourished the more because the impious forms were substituted for more salutary means of repression. The Coast Guard has done more to check smuggling than all the oaths that ever were framed. And landlords may repose far greater faith in the various powers granted by law for enforcing their rants, than if authorised to administer an oath to each tenant that he would duly liquidate the demand ou each successive quarter day. The Eail of MALMESBURY actually grudges 12,0001. or 16,0001. expended in the improve meet of St. James's Park, but with admirable consistency cannot find it in his heart to regret 'T6,000,000/., or call it in round terms, 100,000,0001. sterling squandered—to no avail whatever—upon the late sanguinary war with Russia ! The Noble Earl, when he'talks as he talked last evening in the House of Lords, is nei ther extending his popularity nor elevating his reputation. He was a vast deal better as Foraign Secretary, than he is now under the weight of his self-imposed responsibility, as Censor of the Minister of Public Works. It is very waggish, but at the same time very churlish, t) sneer at Sir B. ELALL, as BENJAMIN the Magnificent ! It is sc7.rc::ly fair to create a pother about 1,0001. hav ing been wasted upon the cleaning of CLIARLES I.'s statue at Charing-cross, when, as the President of the Conned explained in one brief sentence imme diately afterwards, 501. covered the whole expense of that very requisite operation ! But " to return to our mutton"—about St. James's-park and the projected (some of them the partially-completed) improvements ! Lord 'MALMESBURY wants to know the precise object of them, and, beyond this, their probable cost when finished. Wel!, he has his answer. The probable cost will be " under" 11,500/. The precise object of the works in progress, as their designation has inti mated from the firs`, is that of " Improvement." A most legitimate object, we say—and a most moderate expenditure. Really, if we went. upon the eld cheese-paring system to which Lord MALMESBURY appears desirous to sec the nation revert -we should then, if you like, talk as the Noble Etrl tdks now, about waste of the public money and extravagance of expenditure. For in that else we should have a very fair prospect of wit nessirig the erection of another National Gallery, surinerietA with vinegar ()mats and pepper castors ! And we should prob ably see some new statuesque abomination take its stand upon the . vacant pedestal in the north-west corner of Teafalgar-square—a monstrosity from some stone cutter's yard, worthy of vieing with three of the Len len ltoyal Statues, which (thank Heaven) are nowadays nowhore to be found " frightening the isle from it; propriety" in our public thorough fares ! I. The statue of CIIIRLES IL that for merly stood in the centre of a " charmed ring" of dead cats in the middle of Leicester-square-- and which the Member for Bedmin has b ee n so extremely good-natured as to re move out of public sight ! 11. The statue of GE. , IIGE Ir., formerly straddling, with his feet very wide apart, at King's-cross, to the horror of all the mere discerning omnibus horsEs traversing the purlieus of Battle-brici;e ! The statue of tier Most Gracious MAJESTY, once disloyally erected in Victoria-square, Pim- . lice, in close contiguity to the town palace of the very Sovereign that treasonous bit of masonry caricatured ! Sixpence spent upon statues like those, or upon public edifices like the present National Gallery, or upon the " things" iu front of it, the squirts of water having the extreme impudence to call themselves • fountains sixpence expended upon Works such as these, we do call waste of the public money, and Extravagance of expenditure. But we do not, by any means, apply the same phrase to an odd million or so spent upon the New Palace of the Legislature at West ' minster ; or to a fifty pound note paid for the cleaning of CHARLES I's equestrian statue near Northumberland House ; or to a few thousands sunk in such improvements as those which are now going on in St. James's Park, one of the principal pleasure-gardens of the people of Lon don. We call this a rational wad judicious em ployment of the public money, not a squandering of it. The Jew question has been long since ex hausted. It is manifest that tho , e who possess such large stakes in the welfare and prosperity of the country, would be the last to encourage, or sanction any disturbance that might depreciate the value of their property. Tbey have been tried in almost every capacity, and not found wanting. They have been exemplary jurors and magistrates, good husbands and fathers, and per formed their parts in the social drama with credit to themselves, and benefit to the nation. When the exigencies of the Exchequer required pecuniary aid, it was a Jew that came forward and placed his vast wealth and almost boundless resources at $ the service of the State, and contracted f.,,r the loan on more favourable terms than could other wise have been obtained. Away, then, with the cant of bigotry and intolerance, which, under the mask of caution, pre tends that such men can't be trusted. Setting aside " the Oaths" question—and that alone should ensure the success of the measure—it ought, as a matter of jthtice to our Jewish fellow-subjects, to be carried by acclamation, so that, as far as civil and religious liberl is c tn. cerned, the last blot (save one--li-d of marriage with a deceased wife's sister) might be removed from the national stature-book. An important meeting was held yealerday in the Mansion-house of the City of London, in re ference to Sir GEORGE GREY'S new 8.11 in regard to Penal Servitude. It was a meeting which was considered by all present to be one of Sn,cit im portance that (unusual though it might be under the circumstances) it was brought to a temporary conclusion by an adjournment. The Lord Mayor, as a matter of course, was the Chairman. And almost equally as a matter of course there appeared conspicuously among the number of those who addressed themselves to the consideration of the vitally important subject under discussion, two men who have long been labouring more strenu ously, perhaps, than any other to work out the problem to its solution—Mr. CHARLES PEaRsoN, the City Solicitor, and Mr. DAVENPORT HILL, the Recorder of Birmingham. Elsewhere in our im pression of this evening will be found a detailed report of yesterday's proceedings in reference to this new Measure, which is now in rapid course of being transformed into an Enact ment. A mere evasion of the difficulty, we have already in these columns shown that new measure to be—so obviously a mere evasion, that it may be described with literal accuracy as an almost unconditional transference of the enormous existing responsibility from the Legislature to the Home Secretary. Therefore, clearly and undeni ably a legitimate subject for extra-Parlismentary scrutiny, before so very vague and hastily con cocted a project shall have been passed through its remaining stages in the Legislature. The avowed objects of the meeting as expressed in the very terms in which it wad convened, were to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to introduce into Sir GEORGE GREY'S new bill On Penal Servitude; clauses materially altering the effect of its operatioc. Clauses, firstly, " To confiscate and apply to ,productive use, the labour, skill, and industrial powers of all criminals, during the full period of their sen tences secondly—" To empower the Home Secretary, in certain ca , e , , to substitute for fixed periods of imprisonment and transportation, 4 proportionate number of hours of labour, to be performed by convicted criminals iu this country , Tier Majesty held a Privy Council this (Saturday) afternoon, at Osborne, Isle of Wight. H is Royal Highness the Dnke of Cambridge, attended by 6ir Richard Airey, left town yesterday morning for liider , 4l;ot, where the troops encamped had a grand field da, ; atter witnessing which his Royal Highness returned to Locdon. No notice having been given of the field•day, few civilians were present. His Excellency the Arnbatsadar of France and the Countess Persigny return to town this evening from Paris. THE LATE DUCHESS OF GLOCESTER. —A. supplement to Toestlay's Gazette was published yesterday containing an official account of the c'remonial observed at the in ternPnt of the remains of the late Duchess of Glocester at Windsor on the Bth inst. The Marquis Townshend and Viscount Raynham have arrived in town for the purpose of attending to their Rirliatnentary duties. The ~Marchioness will not return to town this season. Frances Countess Waldegrave has issued cards for a concert on the 29th inst. Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived at A A TI L . 44 IsT Claridae'4 Hotel, Brook-street, for the seasc n. 1 .11 Lady Sykes' ball takes place on Friday, the 221 inst., to which day all invitations for Monday, the 18th inst., are transferred. Sir Glynne and Lady Welby and family have arrived at ther residence in Upper Be'grave-street, from Denton Hail, Lincolnebire, tor thA B,a-mn The Earl and Countess of Portarlington at ri7A in town a few days since from Enio Park, fre:a• d, fur the season. His lordship has taken a house in Grosver.or- street. THE TRELT? WITH PERSIA. A telegraphic despatch • from Constantinople, via Trieste, states that the treaty of peace signed at Paris between Lord Cowley and Feruk Khan arrived at Teheran en the 4th of April, and was receirel with satisfaction by the Shah and his people. THE DUKE OF DEVONSaIRE.—We are gratified to have it in our power to contradict the st-tternent freely circulated by many of the j..urnals, that the Duke of Devonshire is suffering from impaired health. His grace is in the possession of exceLent heaith, and we rejoice t:) say is almost daily receiving select dinner parties at his palatial villa at Chiswick. Indeed the noble duke has never, since his attack of paralysis a few years back, been in more perf-ct health. INDIA-HOUSE.—On Wedesday last, the 13th inet , a Court of Directrtrs was held at the East India-house, when Captain George Greville Wellesley, R N.. C. 8., was swore in C , tnimander.itt-Chief of the Indian Navy. LIVERPOOL, May 15.—Th , auxiliary screw steamship Royal Charter, Captain Taylor, was cleared by the emi gration officers to-day, and she will take her departure at an early hour in the tnoreing far 11 , Itltourne, with 460 passengers, a large cargo of valuable goods, and a ship letter mail on board. THE TRIAL OF MISS MADELINE SMITH.—We learn that the trial of Miss Madeline Smith on the charge of poisoning M. L'Angellier will not take place during the sittings of the High C,urt next month, and that, owing to the diffieultiel attPndirg the investigation, it is pro bable that the case will not come on till Ju'y.—Scotnian,. SALE OF A HIGHLAND ESTATE.—The finely-situated Highland estate of Muirton, in moss. -shire, the p.operty of the latz W. Mackenzie, E.q., has been purchased by It. Ainslie, Esq., of Elvingston, a sportsman well-known in the Highlands.—The purchase price, we b=lieve, was 20,500/.—lnverness Advert;ser. A CURIOUS MISTAKE.—A crowded audience assembled in Dundee, a few evenings ago, to hear Mr. Henry Mayhew lecture upon the "Co idities of the London streets." Mr. Mayhew did ,not appear ; but, late at night, a telegraphic message was received from him, in which he said, "By mistake I have come to Aberdeen." MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL.---0 ti Thursday Mr, W. Carter, the coroner for E ist Surrey, held an inquest at the Marlborough Arms, Camberwell, on the body of Thomas Dale, a boot and shoemaker, carrying on business at No. 4, South-street, in the same parish, who committed suicido by hanging himself in the back kitchen, Verdict—lnsanity. TEE FAILURE IN SOUTHWARK.—With regard to the failure mentioned on Thursday of Messrs. Barker and Co., of Sluthwark, it is stated that, although they were de scribed as timber and stave ruerchaut4, they have not been in that trade for more than two years past, their business having been then purchased by Messrs. H. and R. Fowler. Messrs. Barker's liabilities, it appears, amount to 70,0001. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—On the 1-t of June next the postage upon letters conveyed either by packet by private ship, between the United Kingdom and the Canoed Good Hope, will be reduced to the following combined British The disturbances which have taken place in Persia are attributed to financial embarrassments. The following paragraph appears in the French Ministerial journal, the Pays : "We learn from undoubted authority, by a private letter fro:n Vienna that news had been been received there by the electric telegraph of Neriman Khan, the bearer of the treaty of peace, signed in Paris, having arrived at Teheran. We shall, comequently, soon know the true opinion of the Persian Government with regard to the treaty, and the course to be pursued by the Shah. A courier despatched by the Governor of Fars had communicated some days previously the ' capture of Mohammorah. This news circulated at Teheran at the. moment it was known that active negotiations for the conclusion of a treaty of . peace were being carried on in Paris, has produced an immense sensation at Teheran, and it was feared for a moment lhat the fanaticism of the population would produce violence. Tranquility, however, had not been disturbed." and Colonial rates :—For a letter not exceeding: I t oz. in weight 61., ditto, exceeding ,t ez. and not exceeding 1 oz. Is., ditto exceeding 1 ez. and not exceeding 2 oz. 25., and soon, increa-ing ls. for every additional ounce or frac tion f an ounce. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, May 15.—The mar ket hes shown little, if any, improvement this morning, the sales of cloth having been on a very limited scale and prices being maintained with difficnity, though there is more steadiness than last week. The difficulty of making sales applies to nearly all classes of cloth. In yarns there is rather more business. There are no important sales in any one class, but the demand applies to most kinds of mule and water, both for home con sumption and export. Tits LATE OXFORD CITY ELECTION. —A large and influential meeting of the friends and supperters of the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell was held yesterday (Fri day), at the Star Hotel, Oxford, to decide upon the pro pr:ety of presenting a petition to the House of Commons, complaining of the return of Mr. Laogstou and Mr. Neate, at the lste election. A ceernittee, consisting of seven of Mr. Card hell's principal supporters, was ap pointed to superintend the drawing uo of the petition, which must be presented to the House of Commons oa or before Wednesday next. UNITED STATES AND BRAZILIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.—Tue Royal Mail steam , hip, Arabia, Captain James Stone, will sail to-morrow aftarnoon for New York, with the usual meets and pass-ngers. Letttsrs must be posted here before neon, with late fees until 1 p.m. and the receiving house on the lauding stage will finally close at 2 p.m. The screw steamship Celt, Cap tain Cook, will sail to-merrew afternoon ferPernainbeco, Bahia, and Rio Janeiro. She will carrry a sealed mail, letters for which must be posted here before noon, and with late fees before 12.30 tom. to-morrow. A review of the D Division of nol'c.3 took plane yee , rerday in Regent's park. The differe.:t. companies were drilled by their inspectors ; Messrs. Jackson, Macleod, Branscombe, O'Brien, and Grant, and each company went through the drill process of "Stand at ease," "Attention," and "As you were ;" and after this they formed into close column, open column, and then in line, &c. The whole of the moveiuente as stated by some of the Chelsea Pensioners, who bad been under drill in an other part of the park, were done in a very creditable manner. SECONDARY PUNISIIMENT.—Yesterday, a public meet ing was, on the invitation of the Lord Mayor, held in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion-house, for the purpose of con sidering the provisions of Sir George Gray's Transporta tion Bill. The Lord Mayor presided. Resolutions to the effact that it was desirable to introduce clauses into Sir G. Grey's Transportation Amendment Bill, now before the House of Commons, empowering the Secretary of S:ate for the Home Department in certain cases to substitute for fixed periods of imprisonment and trems portat on a proportionate number of hours of I,heur to be performed by convicted criminals in this country or in the colonies; as considerations of economy and expe diency may dictate, were unanimously agreed to. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The powerful company of the establishment has been marehalled in the follow ing manner for next week :—Oa Monday, May 18th, all the artistes appear at Mrs. Anderson's Grand Morn ing Concert. Tee artistes inclade Piccalomioi, Spezia, Ortolani, and Alboni; the famour tenor, Giuglini ; Vialetti, the great basso ; and the two favourites, Bel letti and B e neventano. Oe Tuesday, 19th, the " del Reggituento,” with . Piccolornini as the fascinating Maria, and Belletti as the Seriearit. Thursday, 21st, " Ls Traviate," with Pic c ol om i n i as th e h em -no se , an d Giuglini and Beneventano. Saturday, 23d, "Il Trove tore," in whica Spezia, Alboni, Giuglir.i, Beneventano,, and Vial-ttti will appear. And on each night the new ballet will be given, with all the resources of the Terpsichorean phalanx. Nantsow ESCAPE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP Ex wourto—About 10 a.m. on Tuesday last, there being a very dense fog ' her Majesty' s s hip Exmouth, 92 guns, with 800 men from Lisuen, was slowly sailing up Chan nel with a south west wind. Off Gewgrease, or Soap rock Covt, between Pradartack Head and ICyzance (not tar from the Lizard) she came so close to the land that the crew fired several guns for assistance. Although the ship could not be seen, the guns were heard by S +mei Hitceins, a crabber, who went on board and gave teem va . uattle aid in a position of great dancer, as the ship was not for west of the " Stag" and "Man-et War" Rocks. After an hour's getting up of ste itn the ship proceeded on her course, leaving tier anchor; behind, and having, it is said, struck the ground several times, but without injury. It is reported that the captain left a letter with Hatchens for the Admiralty, who, no doubt, will reward him for his services. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—Yesterday this board was informed at its meeting, imy a letter from the oilice of the First Commissioner of Woi ks, that the three gentlemen appointed by him to consider en the main drainage scheme of the Beard of Works ail. not be able to present their report before the end of text month. Tue reasons assigned far this delay are the large number of plans to be examined, the :variety and extent of data to be collected, and the necessity of prosecuting original experiments, as well chemical as bydronamic. After the reeding of the communication conveeing this intelligence, it was moved that the letter be entered on the minutes, and that Sir B. Hall should be thanked for sending it. To this an amendment was moved that the communica tion be simply acknowledged. A warm discussion took place, Mr. H. L. Taylor denouncing the course taken by Sir B. Hall as " the unprincipled conduct of the most unprincipled man in England." On a division the mo tion was carried by 17 to 14 votes, THE CASE OF STARVATION AT RATCLIFF.—The in quest on Patrick Driscoll, who, it was alleged, had died from ne.tlect and starvation, was resumed yesterday rnoroing. It was given in evidence at the former in quiry that Mr. Steptenson, the medical officer, refused, or neglected to give, the starving man au order for meat. After a very prolonged inquiry yesterday, the jury re turned the following verdict :--`• The jury are of opinion that death was caused by bronchitis, and that, accele rated by the exertion he (the deceased) used in proceed ing to the workhouse while in a state of great , xaaus tion, caused by the order of Mr. Stephenson, one of the medical officers of the Stepney ?mien ; and the jury are of opinion that Mr. Stephenson was guilty of great neglect in not visiting the deceased at his own b o w l , instead of sending hiss to the workhouse while be was in a state of prostration, which was highly reprehensible and deserving of censure; and the jury are also of opi nion that the circumstances of the case should be laid before the board of guardians of the Stepney union, and that the summoning officer is deserving of great credit." A BOY KILLED BY LEECHES.—At the village of Mentigny la Mare, near Pads, M. Ler - tepid, a drug gist, lately established a nursery of leeches, for medical purposes, in a marsh or pond, where he was accustomed to feed them by driving an old worn-out horse, pur chased at a knacker's yard, every morning into the muddy water, and allowing the leeches to fix and gorge themselves with blood at the expense of the horses's legs. His son, a boy of 13, used to ride the horse into the pond ; but a few days ago, the boy having gone alone upon that errand, the family were terrified by the horse coining back without its rider ; its legs were bleed. ing profusely and covered with leeches that stuck to their prey. People went to the pond to look for time child, aed found him immersed there, struggling feebly to extricate himself from the mire, acid to defend himself from the hundreds of voracious creatures which had crawled under his clothes (far he wore no shoes or stoct ings), and had fixed upon every part of his body. H e bad probably been thrown off the horse's hack by the , restlessness of the tormented animal. The poor boy , was quite exhausted and speechioss when he was got out, and died in a few hours. MA Y 16 -,, .\.. t-i 7 , - gk'T c " *: ~~ ~~,~~, Li s THE CAUCASUS. A. telegraphic despatch from Constantinople an nounces that the mountaineers of the Caucasus, commanded by one of the sons of Shamyl, had de feated 4,000 Russians near Shalisch. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Monitattr says,—" His Imperial Highness the Grand Dime Constantine took his farewell of their Imperial Majesties on Thursday night, at ten o'clock. " The Prince will stay two days more ill Paris, and after having made an excursion to Crenzot, will go to Bordeaux, where he will embark on board the Imperial yacht La Reine Hortense, to visit the principal naval establishments on the Atlantic coast. He will devote several days to these interesting visits, and on quitting France he will repair to Osborne, Isle of Wight, the residence of her Majesty the Queen of England. " Their Maje-t es took a long ride in the forest to-day, favoured by splendid weather." It is thought that the tour of Prince Napoleon will have a happy influence on the affairs of Neu chatel, and that the Conferences, which are to be shortly resumed, will bring about a solution of the difficulty. BOURSE, May 15.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft. c. Ent of Month. 44 per Cents -92 fr. 3 per Cents 69 35 69 55 Bank Shares 4,450 Credit Mobilier 1,297 50 Roman Do. Account 1 ,294 75 Austrian - 88, Belgian 41 Piednaontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASEL tr. c. fr c. Orleans - 1,475 Western 790 -- Northern Lyons 1,485 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,010 Grand Central 4 — Geneva 51idi - Austrian Cum. ...... 710 THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, says :—" Several conferences have been held this week between Prince Callimhchi and Count de Buol, at the last of which Sir Hamilton Seymour was present - . In spits of the agitation in the principalities, no fear is entertained here with respect to the success of the partisans of the union, and the Cabinets of Vienna and London are en gaged in drawing up, in concert with the Porte, a reform of the institutions of tho principalities which may satisfy the , legitimate demands of that party. We learn, in fact, that Lard Clar endon and Count de Buol have come to an and r standing on a very liberal project, which, while maintaining the separation of the governments of the Principalitie 3, will provide for a joint military, judicial, postal, and customs administration. Above all, it is necessary to obtain the consent of Turkey to this plan, and she will not probably reject it." HUNGARY. The last accounts from Pesth state that in the evening of the 10th the Emperor and Empress of Austria attended a ball given by the inunicipAlity of Buda, and that the day after his Majesty ie ceived deputations, whilst the Empress visited the creche, the children's hospital, and. the charitable establishments of Pestb. His Majesty has given 35,000 florins to the Catholic Bishop of Grosswar dein to be invested, and the interest to be employed partly in developing elementary instruction among the Roumain population, partly in supporting charitable institutions. A letter in the Augsburg Gazette, says :---" We learn from a good source that the coufiscated estates of the Hung trian nobility will be res:ored before long. SPAIN. In the Spanish Senate on the 12th, after the read ing of the letter by which (as announced by tele graph) Marshal Espartero give in his resignation as senator, the president remarked that the step thus taken was so extraordinary a one that it would be advisable to nominate a spei.lial committee to report as to what should be done with respect to it. Gen. Cologne asked if the document in que•tion had been commupicated to the Queen, and if any resolution respecting it had been taken by her Majesty ? The President of the_ Council (Narvaez) said that the answer to the first question was in the affirmative, and to the second that it had been decided that the Senate should be consulted. It was then deter mined that the Senate should in its bureaux pro ceed to the nomination of a committee. The draft of the address, in reply to the speech from the throne was then read, after which the St7n tte adjourned. The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies on the 11th were unimportant. The Madrid journals of the 12th contain no news of political interest. in a circular to the nidi.ary authorities, the Minister of War had made known that as great inconvenience had arisen from un authorised persons reprinting ordonnance 3, regu lations, and other documents respecting the army, or extracts therefrom, such publtcations shoutd be prohibited. Se litious proclamations of a demo cratic character had been widely circulated both in the provinces and at Madrid ; they, however, only bore the signature of one Cowara, who is not much known. The Government had authorised the establishment of a bank of issue at Santander, with a capital of 5,000,000 reals. A Paris letter in the Independance Belge states that, according to recent despatchei received from de Conroy, French charge d'affaires in China, the Government of Pekin appears disposed to afford satisfaction for the murder of the Abbe Chapdelaine, and that a commencement has been mide by the fact of the mandarin who was res_ponslble for the murder having been disgraced. The letter adds that the Papal Government is organising religious missions for China iu anticipation of the success of the French expedition. MINES.—The market this week has taken a decided turn for the better, as regards the extent of general business transacted, and th more confident feeling ex hibited. Share have fluctuated a g ood deal in some mines, with a downward tendency, but in others a great demand has been kept up, with advanced prices. We fully expect to see a still better tone in the market, for, although money may keep tight for, a few months, the fine weather, giving promise of good crops, will have a tendency to counteract its effects, and, make mining business brisk. 0 eing to the decline weich has taken place in several shares during the season of depression, many good shay' e can now be purchased to pay 20 per cent,—Mining Journal, of this day. FRIGHTFL ACCIDENT ON THE SHHEWSBOY AND HERE. FORD RAILWAY —On Thursday, about noon, an accident of a fearful nature occurred upon the above line, at the IVlarshbrouk station, about 15 miles from Shrewsbury, whereby a man and a woman lost their livcei At this station is a level crossing on to the turnpike-road leading to Church Stretton, at which place a pleasure fair eas being held. Among the persons who were waiting to cross was an old woman named Bright, who was very deaf. Just before the express train came up, and which train 'does not stop at Marshbrook, she attempted to cross. While on the line the train came dashing along ; the driver sounded the alarm signal, but she appeartd not to bear if, as she proceeded leisurely. Seeing her imminent danger, a labourer on the line, a fine young fellow named Wil tiams, rushed forward and attempted to drag her out of the way of the speeding train. His gallant and humane effort was without avail, for the train dashed upon them, killing them upon the spot. Their remains were con veyed to the Station Inn to await tae coroner's inquest. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, 10, P.M. The new steamship Vandrirbilt, Captain Wilcox, arrivel at Cowes this evening with three days' later advice; from New York ; she sailed on the after noon of the sth, and has thus accomplished the voyage in less than ten days. She brings mails, 201 passengers and $400,000 in specie for South hampton and HAvro. She encoutitervd very foggy weather from New York to the S.E., edge ortfie backs of Newf rtn , qa.na, and strong gales from N.W. to N. E., with high seal thenc. to the longitcde of 11 d-grees. Pane I a large iceberg in ht. 43 . 45, long. 43. The Vanderbilt sails from Cowes for Ilavia at 8 o'clock on Sii:turd ay morning. In lat. 48, long. 10.30, she passed the British East Indiaman Princess Royal. The steamship Indian, from Liverpool, arrived at Quebec on the 4th. The trial of Mrs. Cunningham for the murder of Mr. Burinll commenced on the 4th inst., and will last several days. She was on her trial alone, she and Eckel having been charged on separate in dictment s. News from Mexico was to the 18th of March. The Archbishop of Mexico and several priests had ben arrested on a charge of being implicated in a Late attenpt at insurrection, and the Archbishop sentenced to banishment. _ . A despatch from Washington of the 4th says that the rumour of the rejection by Great Britain of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty was confirmed by the re ceipt of a letter from,Mr. Dallas to the President. Lord Napier was expected shOrtly to communicate the fact officially to the Government, when the subject would be 'considered by the Cabinet of Washington. Advices from Fort des Moines, lowa, to the 27th ult., received at St. Louis, state that a band of 500 or GOO Indians had crossed the river near Fort George. An attack on the fort, which was very weak, was feared. The recent heavy rains bad caused most destruc tive freshets in ihe Delaware and Lehigh rivers. The Delaware and Easton had risen 23& feet, and were still slowly rising, causing a great destruction of property. The disturbances on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were neatly over. Instructions have been issued by the navy squadron to the East India squadron to proceed to Formosa and investigate the circumstances attend ing the wreck of the American ship Higbflyer and the supposed murder of her crew. At New York, on the 4th, the stock-market opened and closed heavy. the tendency of prices was downwards, and at the close lower rates ruled throughout. At the first board La Crosse and Milwaukee declined & per cent. ; New York Central Railroad, ± ; Ede, ; Reaoing, ; Michigan, Southern, 1 ; Michigan, Central, ; Panama, ; Illinois Central Railroad, & ; Cleve land and Pittsburg, 1 ; "Galena and Chicago, ; Cleveland and Tult di), 1; Chicago and Rock Flans!, At the second board lower prices ruled all round. Reading fll off per ce-nt., Cleveland and Toledo, 1 ; New Y( rk Central, ; Erie, I ; Michi gan, Southern, 1. After the board a further de- Cline was reaized, and the market closed very heavy. The cotton-market was rather quiet on the 4th, att. buted. in part to the inclemency of the weather, while sales were confined to about 1,000 bales, without change iu prices. A private telegraphic despatch, dated New Or leans, May 2, gave receipts at 10,000 bale;; sales, 19,000 . defieiency of receipts at all the Southern ports 446,000 ; middling, at 14c. Market firm and crop aecounts unfavourable. Flour was firm, especially the higher grades, though the market was less • active without .hangs of moment in prices. Wheat was firm without sales of moment. Corn was firm with moderate sales. Pork was unchanged with sales of mess at $23 50c., and com mon uuinspected at $22 75c. The rainy weather checked sales of sugar, which were limited, while prices continued firm ; coffee was in good demand, and embraced 1,800 bags Brazil, and 1,300 di to St. Domingo on private terms. Freights exhibited more tone, while engagements were moderate. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 1. Cotton unchanged. Sales to-day 2,000 bales, at 14c. for middling ; sales of the week 19,000 bales, receipts of the week 8,500 bales, stock in poet 160,000 bales ; decreased receipts, as compared with the same time last year, 198,000 hales.- Decreased receipts at ,all Southern ports, 451,000 dads. Sugar active at 11c. ; flour advanc ing ; yellow cora 75c. ; white di to, 80c. Pork steady ; lard firm. Freights stagnant. MAY 2, Cotton quiet, awaiting steamer's advice.; ; sales to-day 1,000 bale 4, receipts 930 bales. Ohio flour is selling for 6 dols. 87c. ; coffee quie`, at Ric. for prime Rio ; sales of the week 1,600 bags, stock in port 81,000 bags. PHILADELPHIA, MAY 4. Stocks dull. Pennsylvania Fives,. 85 ; Long Island Railroad, 128 ; Pennsylvania . Railroad, 481; Morris Canal, 15l ; Reading Railroal, 408, DEJTII OF GENERAL Slit JAMES MAC DONELL, 6'. C. B. We vgret to announce the demise of General Sir James Macdouell, who expired lait evening shortly before 8 o'clock, after a protracted illuess. The gallant general entered the army in 1796, and was appointed Lieutenant in the 101st Foot. He afterwards entered the Coldstream Guards, and saw much active service with that gallint corps— fact it wat while serving in taat re..-om , -nt that he derived his greatest honours. He first took parr iu the expeditian to Nap es and Calabria in 1805-6, and after ent-ring the Guards pursued a brilliant career in Porttiga l , Spain, France, and Flanders. It was at tne Battle of Waterloo, however, that he chiefly distinguished himself, being then a Lieut.- Colonel in th Guards. He was in the 2,1 brigade of the lsty division under General Sir J. Bing (now Field Marshal the Earl of Strafford), and on the evening priorto the memorable 18th of June it was decided that Lieut.-Col. Macdonell, with the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, should have charge of the building of Houe•outnont, while the late Lord Saltouu should had the orchard% and the wood. It is a matter of history how he gallant clficer held his position against the impetuous and almost overwhelming force of the French, and how w,th his int: epid body of guards he successfully withstood the repeated a:tacks of the enemy on that impottatit point. He was applauded by the Duke of Wellington, for h s emi nent services on that occasion. The gallant general was decorated with the order of the Bath, and, after taking the intermediate grade . of K.C. B. iu 1838, was, in 1855. created a Grand C o , s of that military order of iinighthoad. In 1837 he was made a Knight Commander of the Hanoverian order of the Guelphs. In addition to the Waterloo medal, he had received he geld medal for Maids, also the silver war medal and four cl isps for Sala manca, Vitteria, Nive le, and the Nive. He was decorated with the order of Maria Theresa, "and was a Knight (4th class)'of St. Vladimir. - In Feb ruary, 1849, ho was appointed Colonel of the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot. His erminissions bore da e as annexed—Ensign, Jatina!y, 1796 ; Lieutenant, 2d of Feb., 1796; Captain,loth Sept„ 1803 ; Major, 17th April, 1804; Lieutenant- Colonel, 7th Sept., 1809 • Colonel, 12th August, 1819 ; MajorzGeneral, 22 , 1 July, 1830 ; Lieuten ant-General, 23d November, 1841 ; and General, 20th June, 1851. The late General was third son of Mr. Dune In Macdonell, of Glengarry, and was born at the family seat in Inverness-shire. TILE SANITARY COJIMISSION BREAD. COIIIPANY. (From the Lancet.) Although Parliament may neglect to legislate for preventing the atrocious practice of adulterating the Bread of the People, yet it was impossible that the disclosures of the Analytical Commission, con - - firmed as they were by the labours, of a Committee of the House of Commons, could remain unproduc tive of important results. Accordingly, in this in stance, as in many other, while the legislature remains passive, private capital, energy, sagacity, and enterprise promptly advance for toe protection ofthe public health and interests. The half-poisoned inhabi; ants of this metropolis will rejoice to learn that a new and powerful company has been formed, under the Limited Liability Act, for the m anufacture and sale of perfectly genuine flour and bread. A mill of enormous capability has been already secured in an admirable situation, and the disgusting and un cleanly practice of kneading the dough by hand will be entirely obviated by the intioduefiou of a beautiful system of machinery, exposed to public view while in full operation. Tue new in-ti :u iou is entitled the Sanitary Cominisdon Bread Coat rany. Al! • the analytical arrangements will be under the immediate Feisonal 'supervision of Dr. Hassalf, who is one of the directors. A capitalist, an experienced miller, is so confident of the com mercial success of the company, that he has engaged to embark in it no less a sum than 50,000/. 141 n. LESLIE'S CHOIR.—Mr. Henry Leslie last n i g h t gave his first Subscription concert, .which thus admir able choir of ladle and gentlemen that goes by hi s „ amt , gave great delight ro a ir.rge as-ciubly at the Hanover square Rooms. The npp . au \e was frequent ad c , and was liberally awarded by a highly fashionable audi ence. The remaining concerts are fixed for the 29th inst. an,i the 11th of June, and doubtless they will prove BS attractive to all lovers of this truly old English portion of music as they did last season. THE ROYAL• BRITISH BAyK. (From tile rimes ) After the declaration of Air. Coinraisfioner Ilolroyd, it is difficult to cancLiva that Sir Richard Bethel, the Attorney-General, can so completely set at nought the obligations of his office as to resist tt:e appeal which has been made to him upon the Itlyal' British Bank. Mr . Goningbam plainly put the question last night in the Attorney-General, " Is it your intention to in. stitwe criminal proceedings against - these great. cri mhals ? Ay or n) ?" Feo. - n Sir Richard Bethel's an swer it is difficult to gather what his real intention may be. - Now, what can be the motive of this 'reluctance ? It is simply puerile to suppose that a man of the pro fessional eminence of the present Attorney-General can have any personal object to answer which shtml,l induce him to stay proceedings in so serious a matter. Sir R. Bothell ilas forty fears of big]) character at his back; • we dismiss any such supposition as unworthy even of a moment's discussion. But acquitting, as we do most en tirely acquit., the Attorney• General of any such imputa tion, it is difficult to understand why he t-hould for a mo ment hesitate to u , t) the powers which are plaried in his hands fur the puilic -ecurity. A man of hi, great ability can never give a motnent's credence to the a;sertion which be himself made 114 night :—" My reluctance will be due entirely to the i eports and statements which I find repeated day by day in the public newspaper s , which 'would render it almost impossible, where p e rs o ns I are indict d for an offence so ill-defined and so elastic as hat fur which these personm cln alone, according to my iersonal apprehen , ion, be ludic ed, that they can be fairly trie while the public mind remains in it. pre• sent rxcited state." Does our whole judicial ma chinery, then, break down in the moment of trial 1 Of course,_a greet crime, or even the imputation of a great crime, will always inspire a great meakire of public indignation, and God forbid that it should be otherwise, or in what a country should we be living ? But, accord ing to the AttorneyGenrral, an offender is not to be brought tO trial because theerime wherew.?th Leis charged is k•uch as to rou e the emotions of all honest men to a keen inspection of the nreceedings. Let Sir Richard calm his mine and dismiss all apprehensions of an undue decision. The difficulty here is not one of fact, but one of law. Now, the fifteen judges are not meu peculiarly liable to be swayed by transitory emotions, and the question is whether the Directors o the R , yal British Bauk have violated the law ? The 1 ,, gal point is one rather for the Bench than for the jury. The Attorney-General should remember, too, that if he mere motu chargashis conscience with the responsibility of deferring this inquiry, practically he standing alone and setting his judg ment or his timidity against the conviction and the resolution of the best criminal lawyers in the king dom acquits these criminals. Now Sir Richard Bothell is not the first criminal lawyer in the kingdom. His fame depends upon his pre-eminence at the Equity bar—surely enough to content the pride of any man. Why, then, should he shrink from acknowledging that the prosecution of criminals is a matter with which he has not been conversant. He needs but to give an intimation of his decision, and he can command the assistance of the highest professional skill which the country can afford. We repeat once more that this is one of the two or three occaeions in a man's life when his fame is made or marred. It is one of the occasions on which the Attorney-General must do his duty at any coat. His answer to Mr. William Conin.ham last night was shifty and flimsy in the Extreme ; it shou:d be read by the side of Mr. CommiSioner llolroyd's judgment. Titnes. TETE CONDEMNED CONVICT MANSELL.—MAIDSTONE, Frida .—Ttie ex cation of, this murderer is fixed for Nlontisy nrxt, the.lBte inst,, and up to this evening no respite has been received. It is very generally believed t h a t /ire , xill be spared. BRITISH FISHERIES.—Last night's (?azctte contains an order in council prescribing regulations for carrying out the convention with France, and the Act 6 anti 7 Viet., cap. 79. respecting fi , heries situated between the coasts of Great Britain and France. Tns ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.—Among the dig• tingui-hed vi-itora to the Ex iibition on Wedneslay were Lord JOhn Russell, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Northumberlai , d, Sir J ho Maxwell, and Lord Dud ley. The general attendance was not very large. PARLIAMENTARY BILLS.—It appears, from a return issued yesterday, that the sum .total paid to draft-men by the several public departments during the year for settling the drafts of pariiamentary bills, amounts to 6;3341, 7s. 2d. CRYSTAL PALACE.—OPERA. CONCERT DAY.—ADMIS. SION SEVEN SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE.—FRIDAY, May 15 —Admissions on payment, 1,008 ; ditto by seasoa icket', 3,212 ; total visit .rA, 4,220 THE PRINCE ,AND PRINCESS OF CHINA.—SOIIIO of the Chinese news we have, lately got from Paris is odd enoutib, but the oddest of that kind seems to he this "the Chinese prince and princes, who have been fur some time expected a% Paris, arrived to-day (Wednesday last). The prince is two feet high, and the princess a foot and a half. They took a prom-nade a10n2,. the Boulevards to-day in a carriage a la Dauntont, the carriage and horses being of a size corresponding to the stature Of their highnesses.' fhey will give audience to visitors every thy whilst they remain at Paris, imposing a small tribute in return for the honour of admission to their presence. - DEATH FROir SLEEPING IN A I3OILER Room.—At noon on Monday, a boy discovered a man named Brad bury lying asleep on one of the boilers at the Spring. flad Mills, Salford, and on arousing him found he was drunk. Between five and six o'clock he was seen in a beerhouse in the neighbourhood, still drunk. The next morning he did not appear at his work, and upon a search being made he Was discovered in a dark corner of the boiler room, close to one of tho boilers, quite dead. His body was dreadfully burnt in several Dlaces, and the flesh dropped off tha bones when touched. It, was stated by one of the witnesses that the heat at the sp , it where deceased was found was so great, that it was impossilde for any person to exist there for ten minutes. The verdict was, that the deceased died from auffeca.tion whilst in a state of drunkenness. EMBEZZLEMENT or B,oool.—Thomas Fox Linggy cashier to Messrs. Kershaw, Lees, and Co,, manufac turers arid merchants, Manchester, charged on Monday last with eurbezzing money t, a larae amount, was brought before the magistrates yesterday for reeexatni tion. In addition to the 2,000/. proved to be deficient in one amount on Monday, several others were gone into. There was an entry in the bank 1-dger in his handwriting of December 27, 1856, of 3 0001. received from the Manchester and Salford Bank, but there was no entry in the oash-hook in which he should have accounted for it, and he had never, io fact, paid in the money. There was another sum of 1,2001., received from the Bank of England, and entered into the bank pass-book ; but there was no entry of it in the cash.books Phe total deficiency in his cash is stated at upwards of 8,0001. The prisoner has not lived extravagantly, but appea,s to have lent the greater part of the money oe I 0 U's and promissory notes to a firm carrying on buei ness in Salford, so that there is some hope that a portion of it will be recoverable. The prisoner was committed for trial. THHEE RIVERS SETTLEMENT —This vast tract of country-50,000 square miles—is destined at no remote period to become of paramount importance, not only to the lumber inerchaet, but to the sett Lr. A. map a this hitherto terra incognita is being engraved for the Crown Lands Department, and the world will tbe o be better able to judge of its magnitude, One fen cure of this tract of country is its numerous lakes,,, When the lumberman ascends a tree to " prospect his eye is dr.zzleci with the glitter all around, and ja s-tne localities he may count from_one point of vie w as many as 50 lakes. These lakes are filled with the finest fish, from the perch to the muskinonge, ordinarili weighing 50 lbs. Besides the above, black bass, dorel white fish, and salmon trout abound ; of tho latter sorb I have seen some soh) in the Three Riv , rs market, which nave been might only 40 miles north 'from this place; weigh!ng 341 b. These fish are taken by the line an t` book, generally baited with a young chub or piece ef ° pork. When the arms of the fisherman grow weary hauling out his prey, he adopts a plan for hi= relief whicbo I question, never entered the brain of Izeak Waltoos He bends down a young Fooling, either beech or maple' which he fincls growing near the water's brink, an d ' attaching his line to the topmost branch, throws out his baited hook, which no sooner touches the surface th a° ,,, it is seized upon by some hungry cruiser; the sapling 'is allowed to rebound, and the captive is landed with j-rk.—Three Rivers Correspondent of the Canadian Nan. THE EXHIBITION OF GOVERNMENT .OFFICE D E srGl 4o i WESTMINSTER-HALL.—Th e WESTMINBTER-HALL.Th e fact that the Dul' e ,, o Buccleuch possesses a m ans i on i mme di a t e ly a Cij o i n ingt- a site to be treated, about to be enlarged or rebuilt, at' t, that Mr. Burn is his architect, may l e ad so me to assEr s by, and Gy, that p re dil ec ti on f or cer t a i n arrangere i et ,' t affectingpersonal conven i ence h as we i g h e d in the e e : v aim All, the judges, however, are understood to men of the highest i n t e g r ity, an d if th e y f a il i n n 13411 4l a correct selecti on , it w ill no t b e th roug h Want of /5 „.. to do wh a t is r i g ht. Th e t as k i s one o f grea v tc; e sponsibility, and, properly performed, will le u p. immense labour. Let. us hope that the judges are P. r pared to give that patient attention t o the matter vvb ie-b t a sk it demands. When we talk of the difficulty of the o ) f we speak from personal knowledge; none can judge„e it but those who have made the attempt to master various propositions set forth with pen and pencil by et various competitors. The intimation in our page s N s week, that we sbouid be glad to receive copies of aeYe an ports sent in with the d e si gns , h as b roug ht upon u oor overwhelming pile of pavers, to sa y no thing of th e pre .. respondence ou the subj ec t. W e a ll u d e d ill a of a vioui article to the f ac t th a t th e au thorshill v large number of the d es i gns was p er f ec tly well k_ ar t w ,sinco then, the anonymous has been for the ,00.4tptbey abandoned ; comp e tit ors c f an y poatioo felt that while tbe were disadvant age d b y rruniumg unkoown,' , h works of contemporaries were mentioned w' i ' oug h•• names o ; f their authors and the result is that t he o bor. ' out tile Hall reserve 1.109 disappeared, and th e a nd ship of nearly every design of note is knor do va publicly recognised. ' Thus to tame half iv the noticeable desi4ns to which w. shall not er r _ e lv n e to 111 r• course of the present article—No. 60 is given 9 9 to Knawies 76 to Mr. Lamb, 77 to Mr. GarV' sco tt, Mr. E. M. Barry, 112 to Mr. Kerr. 116 to M mina ble No PEW RENTS.— new Baptist chapesi at s cost 0 /3 1 144 t' Mr. Cockerell, and so on.— The ..Suilden of accommodating 1,000 persons, and erected Altbo u g . 4,0001, was npentai at Bradford yesteriay.„, pe _ vv „ ve ts ! there are pews in the chapel, there will be n ,, ► be i nn , o bo e t . the voluntary principle, "pore and simp le, P"De a its to be adopted for the maintenance of an • Bractior P . s 0 Tne•experiment is altogether new in all section work] , g will be watched with inttrest by a , Christians tt,„ t i ; ,~ ~~,~, ~ S . :..: ~, COL - • Other~blic Deg 11..( ep Int ev en• Day Dec Cloverntnei Dec Sher S ect In c: tee une T 1 Inc, ` 0 `° °Mei. ba et a i r ta ,, ,, 4 f ro i 4 nrSda Gold CO dll Gott bq Sil ver C, llR lztsi Ditto h --it,„ bitto WOW