The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

.f r IL;1) • ATl't ••-• Loy DON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, lBt7 H UDDERSFIELD.- • "Death Tokenage."— Fall of Gall ery on Pit. MEMORANDUM..—Move hurl y wax-flarne " to and fro' " ender the nostrils—the mozrtt t to be kript shut —in or 'er for keeping the rills of the nose er pen, for breathing heat-liquifi cations of the coagulated jai, e's now under shock-fall. If the ina , i's in bed put the wax-ila: me in a small jug, covered with a bit of tin pierced with for er or dv e holes ; place the steam power by the man's car ; co ver him and the In-jug'd flame w ith a cloth. The warm dry air attl . rr ,cts the foul moist, and re stores the nasal-soul breath of 11' ,e for sleep, and prevents the cough-spitting of wurrn and Ted blood. This paid-f ur no ti ce is offered in God's name bytare Park" C ptain ACIERLEY to the forty families, sufferer by a truck s y s t em an d " pit fall " treachery. Same-wick c l ose of the common candle, snuff the N,13.—1f to the use an inch .eish, to prevent smoke. b_lt , London, March 2 0, Ho ROYAL THIS E'R P. INC ESS'S THEATRE, V'ENING, will be performed Ar ikespere's tr Igedy of Kr.,(6,, RICHARD THE SECOND. King Blau,:a ILL., Mr. C. K an; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by Y.USIC MATH CHARMS. OY A L LYCEUM THLEATRE. Lessee, Mf.. C. Dillon. THIS EV ENING, 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 da?ly, from 11 to 5, under the super istendenee of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties 1.1 the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET . THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bnckstone, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil. Hata, drc. After which, A WICKED WIFE. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Les4ee--Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EV'ENING, will be performed the popular drama of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pawl Redford will appear. BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. Followed by a 4ew Piece do Caraetero, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, .IAY Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTI VIS, Mes , rs. Creswick, Shepherd, &e. After which, an original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS YOUTH, To cowhide with the Spanish ballet, EL DESCINDADO, Sancho,, Mr. Buek. STRAND TF l EATftE.—M'anager, Mc. T. Payne.—Thi9 Evening will be performed DO S-lAlO'. HANDS. Affer which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which the Iroerard Family will appear. Followed by COUSIN CHERRY. To conclude with THE BLUE JACKETS. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, (a new farce, called THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, (Ste. Th• new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., sailed A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. Ind A BLIGHTED BEING. Mr. F. Robson, he. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager , Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (first week) Shakspere's Play of KING HENRY" THE FOURTH (Part First), with novel and effec. tive equestrian illurtrations invented by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway. Aldo, a number of amusing Ente r tai nmen t s, conc l u di ng with a:Brilliant Display of Equestrian SKILL and SCIENCE, by first-rate artistes, in the SCENES in the CIRCLE Commetce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper /loxes, 3s. • Private Boxes, from lt., no c h arge f or b oo ki ng ; ?it, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, ficl. Rox-offico open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pi.inofort , l, Mr. C,cil Flicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, ac., until twelve o'clock. ~IIC ti WATER AT LONDON BEIDGM. TFIIS DAT—Morn. 30 min. aft. 9 —Evening 18 mid. aft. 10 l'n-Vrmvow—Morn. 3 min. aft. 11—Evening 45.n1n.v.1i, 11 TIE wEATHE::—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 21. TIIERNIOMPITR, IN THE SPJAbit. 52 - ,, irhest ginsc noon *yesterday. 37 -lowest this rfionting and dining the night. 41. -this day at noon. BA`tOKRTBR, 30'07. Wmr, S.E. to E. S. E.—Strong gale, with fine, cold weather. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. Her ALAt ar,ci.)ll3 MAJESTY has, in the fol -1 rwing grins, annourice 1 to her Fourth Parlia ment the fact of it 4 dismissal. Triat Parliament, convoked on the 4th of November, 1852, has now, therefore, on the 21st of Msrch, 1 857, been summarily pror )gued—its prorogation being, of course, only immediately preparatory, pro formd, to its Dissoluti.yn. Mr. Speaker LEFEVRII has t3rminate4l his official career as Chairman of the House of Commons. The Oppisition have got a great deal more than they wanted. The apparent 'Victory of the Sixteen has proved a t3tll Defeat in its consequences. The majority, like unskilled boinbardieri as they were, are fairly " hoist' with their own petard." Sir Jour; BOWRING is Vindicated. Mr. COTISUI PARSES is justified. Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR is effec tually supported. And her MAJESTY'S Mi nisters have already avenged themselves upon the Corn —we beg pardon —upon the "fortuitous concurrence !" All this is for mally announced to the country in the intimation made to the two Houses this afternoon, by order of her Must Gracious MAJESTY, in the words here immediately subjoined MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by h er M :+ j vs t y to i nform you that, in rele 'sing you at this early period from your attendance in Parliament, it is her Majesty's intntion immediately to dissolve the present Par liament., in order to ascertain, in the most constitu tional manner, the sense of her people upon the public affair s . present state of GENTLEMEN OF THE Huss OF COMMONS, We are commando I by her Majesty to th ank 3 ,: m for the liberal provision which you have mad e f or the exigencies of the public service during the period that will elapse before the new Parliwn ent, which Ler Majesty will direct immediately to be called, shall have been able to give its deliberate attention to these matters. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by her Majesty to express the satiefaetion which she feels at pair having been able during the present ses-i..n mAteriAlly to reduce the burthens of her peop!e. lier Majesty commands us to assure you that it is her fervent prayer that the several constituencies of the United Kingdom, upon whom will devolve the exercise of those high functions which, by the Con stitution, belong to them, may be guided by an all-wise Providence to the solectou of represen tatives whose wisdom and patriotism may aid her Maje,ty in her constant endeavours to maintain the honour and dignity of her Crown, and to pro mote the welfare and happiness of her people. Lord PALMERSTON has spoken—and already Parliament is virtually dissolved. These con stitute, as a matter of course, the crowning political events preparatory to the appeal to the constituencies. The Alpha and Omega of the period of transition. The Be-All and the End-All of the late most mistaken movement on the part of Her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Lord PALMERSTON has spoken—and, so far as he has spoken, he has spoken admirably. Although we should have preferred something more explicit —something more detailed something more minutely and definitely explanatory from the Noble Viscount, considering the really extraordi nary nature of the existing emergency—we must nevertheless, perforce, acknowledge that what he has said he has said well. He has spoken words worthy of himself, worthy of his position, worthy of his historical character, and of his chivalrous and patriotic reputation. It may be that the occasion which yesterday afforded the Prime Minister the opportunity of formally ad dressing himself to the general commu nity in reference to the present juncture-- precluded him in a manner from resolving his remarks into an elaborated exposé of his policy, rendered it unbecoming, if not actually impractic able, for him to issue his formal Manifesto to the Country in the shape of an after-dinner oration at a civic banquet, given by the Right Hon. the LOUD MAYOR to Her MAJESTY'S Ministers. It was scarcely the fitting . opportunity. And so far, we find a solace in our temporary disappointment. The Premier's Manifesto must come before the community a little later, under the sedater guise of either a written or an oral address to the Noble Lord's Devonshire Constituency. Meanwhile we may enjoy the precursory satisfaction of conning to our heart's content the eminently patriotic sentiments to which, upon the festive occasion already speci fied, Lord PALMERSTON yesterday gave utterance. " There be pippins and cheese to follow," of which in due course the country may have more than a nibble at the hustings of Tiverton. Without waiting for this, however, in altogether famished expectancy, we have been enabled, as the President of the Council facetiously intimated last evening, we have been already enabled to stay our appetite for the time by a little wholesome food for re fection, rendered peculiarly zestful, piquant, and savoury by a flavouring of the new " PALMER STON Sauce I" What a smack it has—what an aroma Reminding one in its relish of what the Epicure, in the Al,nanaeh des Gourmands, says, with such horrible gusto, of a very notable condi ment—" With this sauce, one might eat one's own father 1" The genuine "PALMIIIIITON Sauce" —which some three hundred picked guests, at the table of the LORD MAYOR yesterday, enjoyed the opportunity of appreciating flavoured for the most part the whole of the remark able food for reflection there and then proffered, through them to the country at large, by that very skilled and popular Chef, the First Lord of the Treasury. Here is just a taste of it. Alluding to the immediate cause or provo cation of the dissolution (the Opposition Majority of Sixteen condemnatory of the Chinese policy of her 111141/BBTY I B Government) Lord PALMERSTON observes—" We [Ministers] felt that our fellow countrymen in a distant part of the globe had been =posed to every sort of insult, outrage, and atrocity ; that the treaty rights of this country had been broken, and that those who were locally charged with the defence of our interests were not only justified, but were bound to resent it in as far as the means under their command en abled them to do so. We felt that we should have been basely betraying the trust which our Sovereign and the country had reposed in us if we had not approved of proceedings which we thought to be right, and tehic% we, if we had been placed in similar circumstances, should certainly have deemed it our duty to take." Forcibly put —so forcibly that we wonder not at all at the cordial cheers those gallant words elicited ! Nay, further, Lord PALMERSTON added to all this somewhat later—a little more hotly, a little more pungently—" Why my Lord Mayor and gentlemen, if those who concurred in that vote [The vote on COBDEN'S motion] had risen to power, what, by logical and inevitable conse quence, ought they to have done to give effect to that vote I They said the proceedings we took were unjustifiable; they must have sent word, then, to the Chinese barbarian that they apolo gised for the wrong that had been done him. They must have rebuilt the forts which our gallant sailors had destroyed. They must have sent from Woolwich fresh cannon in lieu of those which our .ailors have rendered unserviceable ; and I pre sume that, in order to complete the apology, t'ley would have repaid him the rewards which he had given for the heads of our mur dered fellow-countrymen, and the expense of the arsenic by which our people have been poisoned. Gentlemen, I cannot envy the feelings of those men who could witness with calmness rewards offered for the heads of respectable British mer chants abroad—murder, assassination, poisoning, committed upon our fellow countrymen abroad— and who, instead of feeling their blood boil with indignation at proceedings like these, would have gone and bent the knee in abject submission to the fiend-like barbarians by whom those atroci ties were committed." Logically, earnestly, eloquently, patriotically spoken, Lord PALM6R STON ! Let those words go to the country—let them plead to the sheer "common sense" of the Electors—let them appeal to the conscience of the Constituencies A. B to what the Prime Minister said a little further on, when referring to the electioneering programme put forward by some of the more con spicuous leaders among the ranks of his antago• nists, to this effect—" Gentle men , we, too, are for peace abroad and progressive improvement at horse "—Thai we look upon simply as another illustration of what we hare more than once stigmatised, of late, under the title of mere - Vague Generalities. That is precisely the very point upon which we still want through L)rd P LLMER STON' s long •looked-for M inifest)—that is precisely the very point upon which we want a full and satisfactory explanation. We all know perfectly well, for example, that, as the Noble Premier says, "The peace which we want is peace with honour—peace with safety peace with th e maintenan ce o f our na ti ona l rights— peace with s ecur it y t o our fellow-countrymen abroad.'' Indeed we scarcely required to receive fron4 Lo r d r r% the day AL MERSTON the assura nce th a t—" If shall come when a different doctrine shall p edaecgera s a t i t o o n b e the a c c c o o m u n p l t i r s y h e cl by humiliation and must prevail, when' will not up that now say w h ere—.l elsewhere -1 l eave you to fill gir —the couu try, I sa y, must look elsewhere for instru degradat:on and ments for the national dis grace." Nevertheless that otherwise almost super fluonsassurance comes to us, we will a d m it , i n a manner rather consolatory in its way—b ear i ng , in mind the last Peace, the "Precious Peace," the miserable and unsatisfactory Peace, in the arrange-1 ment of which the Premier himself participated, together with most of the leading Statesmen of our time—the discreditable and disgraceful Peace implicating in the odium attaching to the fact of its Acceptance, or in that of a mere con nivance at it, all Parties, in the Lords and in the Commons, indiscriminately ! But—looking "at home," instead of `'abroad" —how about the " progressive improvements ? " It is all very fine, and very witty, and very humorous (not one moment's doubt of it !) to hear our vivacious Prime Minister, at seventy three years of age, winding up a brilliant and chivalric oration with the assurance that " So long as we [Ministers] feel that we are to be backed up we shell set at defiance the accidental concurrence' (loud laughter) of unconcerting and uncommunicating gentlemen (cheers, and laugh ter), who, by a strange fatality, may find them selves united to turn out the Government of the day. (Loud cheers.)" Capital, every word of it ! BUT " backed up"—for what I For "pro gressive improvement ?" For what " progressive improvement 2" Let us hear that, Lord PALMER STON ! That is why we are demanding so ear nestly and so perseveringly your Manifesto in ex planation 1 We may alike congratulate Europe and Ame rica on the great fact that Mr. PIERCE is no longer President of the 'United States ! He bid largely for a renewed tenure of office. He would gladly have endangered the peace of the world, could he thereby have retained the occupancy of the White House for a further term of four years. But all his convulsive efforts were fruitless. The very steps which he thought best calculated to in sure success proved ruinous to his interests, and the Democratic party unquestionably selected a far better candidate in Mr. BUCNANAN, and p4obably owed their success in the closely contested election to that circumstance. Mr. Bu- CHANAN was unquestionably their trump-card ; and it was played at the right time. Other wise the triumph of Colonel FREMONT would have been decisive ; and the Planters would have witnessed the inauguration of the Northern Stan dard Bearer in the position long held by their nominees. As it was, the battle was sharply con tested ; and although Mr. Bucruaralr eventually obtained a plurality of votes of such a character as to turn the scale in his favour, there is, we be lieve, no doubt that the actual majority polled for Colonel Fruntorm. The next question was as to the manner in which the newly-elected President would use his victory ! Great anxiety was naturally felt at both sides of the Atlantic for any decisive indications as to the policy which he should pursue. He had, by his participation in the "Ostend Manifesto," his advocacy of Filibustering principles, his avowed hostility to England, and protection of the " domestic institution," excited considerable and apparently well-founded apprehensions, both at home and abroad. Still, as a man of great expe rience and unquestionable ability, it was hoped and believed that he would subside into a milder tone when the necessity of "electioneering cries" had passed away, and he was comparatively free to act in accordance with the dictates of a sounder judgment The first point was the nomination of the subordinate members of his Administration The programme put forward might have been bettor, but it also migkt have been much worse. General Gess, the nominal Premier, had been apparently bitten by the Anglo phobia that so long prevailed in the States, bui the selection of Mr. COBB to the next most impor tant office, was certainly as good as could have been anticipate:], taking the very recent declara tions at the hustings into account. There was nothing therein to excite extraordinary hopes, or fears on either side, and the assumption of office --the inaugurating Message, was therefore awaited with intense curiosity. It was, in fact, by far the most important Presidential Speech since the proclamation of national independence. That speech will be found in extenso in another part of this day's impression. It is of a similar character to the Ministerial appointments, giving no great cause for congratulation to any side— but " just as good as could have been anticipated under the circumstances." The new President has profited by his European experience, and has ap proximated to the vagueness of a Royal Speech. He has not delivered himself of a short pamphlet —de omnibus rebus et quibusdant aliis-•-tn had been the habit of predecessors, but given a general outline of policy to be filled in according to the tastes or prejudicei of the readers. He commits himself to nothing, although giving some indin tions of his own views. At the very commencement he declares his deter mination of not becoming a candidate for re-election, thus setting aside any imputation of being desirous of resorting to any " dodges" for the sake of in fluencing future votes. This is an excellent an_ nouncement—one that affords the most auspicious auguries respecting the good conduct of the new Government, and inducing reasonable hopes that it will look rather to national than individual objects. It is a constitutional declaration which should be demanded from every future candidate. We know that such promises are easily disregarded —that events may occur to induce a change of sentiment. The advanced age of Mr. Bucnamur, however, gives additional validity to the pledge thus voluntarily given. At seventy years of age —which he will be at the termination of his pre sent Presidency—he may be well contented to retire into the enjoyment of the otiunt cum digni tate which he will have nobly earned, if his power during the interval be applied to the advancement of the welfare and prosperity of his fellow-men. He will hare attained the life al lotted to mankind, and need not desire to increase the labour and trouble that must inevitably fall on the se strong enough to live t 3 four-score years. The next topic to which he addresses himself is the cordial union that ought to subsist between the different States of the Republic. He •recog nises the full danger of the ordeal through which the Republic has recently passed, and desirc3 to remove, so far as practicable, the perils that threatened a separation. Under this view of the subject, the Kansas difficulty could not be passel sub silentio, and this, he declares, shall be solved under the simple rule that " the will of the majority shall govern"—or, in other words, that the majority of bona fide settlers shall decide the important question of domestic slavery in the territories. This is as much as could have been expected, and we willingly abide the result, satisfied that when the " border ruffians" are no longer permitted to overrule the free expressicn of popular judgment, the event will be in accord ance with the dictates of truth and justice. He wishes chat all agitation on the subject should cease, but that manifestly cannot be until there has been a satisfactory solution of the grand problem. generations. To put aside corruption in State affairs--te render the purity of the Government beyond sus picion, is a laudable aspiration, and we earnestly hope that he may be enabled to accomplish that great desideratum; which would entitle him to the THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1857 thanks and gratitude of the present and all future Mr. BUCHANAN has one difficulty. A well filled, we may say an over-flowing, Treasury. This is a matter with which not many of the old States are troubled. If properly applied it may be made a blessing to the community, but " jobbing" of all kinds must be eschewed. A surplus was the ruin of Sir C. WOOD ; but the new President is a man of a very different class, and his declaration that "no more revenue ought to be collected from the people than the amount necessary to defray a wise, economical, and efficient adminis tration of the Government," is just what it ought to be, and affords the best prospects for the welfare and happiness of the people committed to his charge. It only remains to allude to the foreign policy befitting " a member of the great family of nations." This is far better than could have been anticipated from the principal member of the Ostend Conference. He says "we ought to cultivate peace, commerce, and friendship with all nations, and this not merely as the best mode of promoting our own material interest, but in a spiri t of Christian benevolence towards our fellow men wherever their lot may be cast. Ourdiplomacy should be direct and frank—neither seeking to obtain more nor accepting less than our due." Should he act up to these principles, he will erect for himself "a monument more durable than brass." He will be held up to generations yet unborn as the model President, and the name of JAMES Bu- CHINAN will go down to posterity as a benefactor of his species. We only hope that he may justify the expectations in this respect excited by his inauguration address. Time will tell—and we must await the testimony of that great witness before we can speak positively on the point, or know whether the history of JAMES BUCHANAN is to be written in bright or sombre characters. Lord Joint RUSSELL and Reform versus Lord PALMERSTON and no Reform. This is Lord Joy's own issue. Let us try it. Go back to the past, says Lord JOXIc ; look at the present, we reply. But the past is nine-tenths of my case, says the plaintiff ; but the present and the future are the whole of our case, we of the constituency reply. Nay, but you will not be politically ungrateful, says the ex-Premier. We are- very grateful for all you have done, we rejoin, but we have repaid you for all that, by our sup port while you worked for us. What l says Lord Joint, nothing more than that for all, from the Test and Corporation Act repeal, down to lowered Sugar Duties i It may seem harsh, we must own, but we can only say, that we will show our gra titude in any other way you like, but cannot afford to show it in appointing you our represen tative unless you still represent us. You did your duty as a public man ; we did ours as elec tors. Let us cry quits, and let bygones be by. gones. But will you let me drop through after PRIVY COUNCIL. Her Majesty held a Privy Council and Court yester day afternoon at Buckingham P . alace. The Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Lord President; the Mar quis of Lansdowne ; the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Privy Seal ; Viscount Palmerston, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home De partment ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Lnrd Panmure, Secretary of State for War ; Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, President of the Board of Control ; the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Chan cellor of the Ducby of Lancaster ; the Duke of Argyll, Postmaster-General ; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington, Masier of the Horse ; and the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stele to Prince Albert. At the Council an Order for proroguing Parliament from this day (Saturday, 21st) was approved. His Grace the Duke of Rutland was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. The Earl of Burlington *was sworn in Lord Lieutenan of Lancashire. sixteen years' service T We will not do it for the world, if you will but sit on your old stool of re form, and not attempt to sit half on the stool of reform and half on that of finality. Hard measure ! But let us try, then, the pre sent and the future I Lord PALMERSTON voted against Looms KING's motions for it. He voted against it once oftener than you did—that is all, But I put it into my last dear little Reform Bill. You did, with accompanying provisions which made us question whether Reform Bill the second was worth having. Still I voted for it pure et simple this year. In opposition—and Lord GRANVILLE says PALMERSTON' was prepared to vote for nine-tenths of it or BO ; we give you the benefit of one-tenth of that vote, but we.sub tract a tenth for your being out of offle^ —you and PALMERSTON appear to be equal there. Worse and worse. " But. then Church Rates ! Well, what of them ? Why, snow me a way to keep the churches in repair at the cost of the State and I'll abolish them. Oh—ho I Your religious liberty zeal is got so far as that, is it ? You say Viscount Milton was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of th• West Riding o Yorkshire. The Hon. - Ww. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the Court the Duke of Rutland had an audience of the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty the Ensigns of the Most Noble Order of the Garter worn by his father the late Duke. His Excellency Feruk Khan bad his first audience of the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty his credentials as Ambassador from his Majesty the Shah •f Persia. His Excellency was introduced by the Earl .of Clarendon, K.G,, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Captain Lynch, R.N., attended the Am bassador as interpreter. His Majesty and suite were conveyed in two of her Majesty's carriages from their hotel to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince tork a drive in the afternoon in an open carriage and four. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros attended on horseback; The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, the Princess of Hohenlohe Lan genburg, and the Princess Feodore, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, Lord Byron, .Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros. nothing about keeping in repair the other half of the places of worship at the cost of the State I Thank you for repealing the Test and Corporation Acts, but we want you now to repeal the Church warden and Parish Test Act, by which all who cannot swallow your Liturgy are to repair the churches for those whocan, and their own churches too, Thank you Lord Jowl*, but we are quite sure Lord PALMERSTON is as liberal as that. An equation again. PALMERSTON minus Church Rates equal to RUSSELL minus Church Rates. What then will you want next—the Ballot ? Certainly. Then, by France and America, you shall never have it I Then, by France and Ame rica, we won't have ye u. Not so fast — w ill L ord PALMERSTON give it you? You won't, and that's reason enough why we should not change on that point him for you. A tie again. PALMERSTON minus the Ballot equal to Lord JOHN RUSSELL minus the Ballot. But then the reduction of expenditure —you will never got that from him. Shall we g e t it f rom you in oncelucom I Taxx and Incom e We have got a pretty goo d lump off theoff the esti ma t es, under PALMERSTON. We have a shrewd suspicion that RUSSELL and WOOD, Or GLADSTONE, would not have 'Bone much better. But were you satisfied 7 No—but we question whether YOU---IN ornoE— would have satisfied us. "In office I" Oh the incredulity of electors I Is it fair to talk so to public men—" Ott of office." Oh 1 the splendid declamations on democracy of ex-Ministers. Is it fair to bamboozle electors? Well, then, what's the verdict on our future line of policy 7—Verdict—we say, six of one, and half-a-dozen of the other. Bat now, electors, let us be good tempered, let us at least toss up— PALMERSTON or RUSSELL--.—YICTORIA and Co.— RUSSELL has it—BRITANNIA, PALMERSTON has it. Well, we hardly know PALMERSTON is in pos session, one thing—then there's foreign policy just now, another. Never mind, however—up goes —and—what's uppermost ? PALMERSTON and BRITANNIA. THE CITYELECTION-,SIR JAMES DUKE AND MR. SAMUEL MORLEY. Mr. Samuel Morley made an ungenerous attack the other day on S;r James Duke, iu relation to Sir James's absence from divisions in the house. For this assumed neglect of his Parliamentary duties, Sir James is destined to endure the cala mity of the loss of Mr. Morley's vote. Had not Mr. Morley been a stranger to what Englishmen consider fair play, he would have found the other two Liberal members for the City still more de serving his censure ; but that would not suit Mr. Moriey's book. It was ag a i ns t S ir Ja mes th a t hi s " excellent indignation" )mist needs be directed, his Liberal colleagues must be put m abeyan ce for t h e moment. An and therefore truth reg ar di ng honest man, seeking the truth only, would have published the list of divisions at which the Liberal would have stood thus : were present, and which Members for the City Sir James Duke voted on 44 motions. Mr. Masterman...., ..37 ~ Lord John Russell. .......... 29 So that Sir James Duke was actually present at 44 important divisions, while Lord John Russell— now suddenly, for some reason or other, become the god of Mr. Morley's id o l a t ry — was only pre sent at 29, being not much more than half the number of divisions at which Sir James Duke voted on great questions, We should like to see how Mr. Morley will attempt to reconcile his sup port of Lord John Russell, and his hostility to Sir James Duke, with these awkward returno.— Mornivig Advertieer. Her Majes+y the Queen will hold a Privy Council this day, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are expected in town to-day from Woburn Abbey. Lord and Lady Rokeby entertained the Duke and Duchess of Wellington and a select circle at dinner, last evening, at their mansion in Portman-square. Baron and Baroness James de Rothschild left town yesterday, for Paris. The Right Hon. H. and Lady Mary Labouchere are expected in town on Monday, from Taunton. We regret to announce the serious indisposition of Lady Graham, wife of the Right Hon. Sir Jas. Graham. We- are requested to state that the North of India Trammed Company (Limited) has now obtained its cer tificate of incorporation under the Joint Stock Compa nies Act of 1856. BOILER EXPLOSION AT BIRKENHEAD.—At half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning there was a tremendous ex plosion of a boiler attached to a stove, and used for the purpose of generating steam to steam planks, in Messrs. Clover and Royle's yard, Birkenhead. No one was killed, but several labourers were struck or scalded, and renaain in the hospital. TROOPS FOR CHINA.--ais Royal Highness the Gene ral Commanding-in• Chief will review the troops in Ports mouth garrison who are under orders for China on Mon day next. The town council of the borough met in special meeting on Thursday, for the purpose of resolv ing on an address to hia Royal Highness on his first offi cial visit to Portsmouth. MILFORD HAVEN.- - --NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. —Several memorials have been this week forwarded from Pembroke, Milford, Haverfordwest, Swansea, Cardiff, &c., to the Postmaster-General, for the estab lishment of a postal communication between Milford Haven and Waterford, now that private steam-packets ply between these ports in connection with the South Wales and other railways. LyCEDM THEATRE.—The attractive performances at this popular theatre will derive additional interest on Monday next, from being played for the benefit of Mr. Guiver, the obliging and very efficient treasurer of the establishment. The duties attached to this important post have never been more ably filled than by the bent ficiaire, and there can be no doubt his claims will be liberally responded to by the friends of Mr. Dillon and the public generally. EAST INDIES.—Sie H. M. Lawrence, agent at Raj• pootana, has been appointed Chief Commissioner of Oude, vice Mr. C. C. Jackson. Colonel St. George Lawrence has been appointed Agent of Rajpootana. Mr. W. Bell has been appointed an Extra Assistant to the Commissioner in Pegu, vice Mr. T. J. Fallon, pro moted.—Civil Service Gazette. - A discovery, which is of importance to manners, has just been made by Captain Estienne, of the Marie- Eugenie, schooner of Reunion. About 20 miles:from Madagascar he came quite close to a shoal of coral on a level with the water, and narrowly escaped running trio vessel on it. It is situated 17 deg. 58 min. south lati tude, and 47 deg. 20 min. east longitude. sl,The pensions accorded to the widows of officers in the French army are remarkable for the smallness of their amount, being the following :—Widow of a general o division, 1,500 f. a• year ; general of brigade, I,ooof. colonel, 750 f.; lieutenant-colonel, 600 f.; chef d'escadron (major), 500 f. ; captain, 400 f.; lieutenant, 300 f. ; and sub-l+eutenant, 250 f. WELLINGTON COLLEGE.—Prince Albert presided yes terday morning at a meeting of the governors of the Wellington College. His Royal Highness, attended by Captain the Hon. D. de Ros, arrived at the Palace of Westminster soon after 11 o'clock. The governors pre sent were—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole. S:r Alexander Woodford, Mr. P. R. Hoare, and the Rev. G. R. Gleig. Mr. Chance, the secretary, attended. The meeting broke up at half past 12 o'clock. EMIGRATION ra A 118TRALIA..—LIVERPOOL, Friday,_ The clipper slip Red Jacket, belonging to Messrs. Wil son and Chambers, White Star line of Australian packets, left the Mersey to-day for Melbourne, with a full con- Vement of passengers and a large cargo of merchandise. She also took out a ship mail. The ship Algiers, be longing to the same line, will be despatched for Mel bourne on the 27th inst. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OP AN ARTIST.—Late last even ing Mr. G. T. Brent, the deputy coroner, concluded an adjourned investigation at the Tavistock Arms, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, respecting the death of Mr. Ed win Henry Evans, aged 57 years, who committed suicide by p iison on Tuesday morning last. It appeared from the evidence that deceased had been for some time in depressed spirits on account of pecuniary difficulties, arid two days before his death had actually suggested self-destruction to his wife. He had been disappointed in not obtaining a lucrative situation he bad hopes of in a new company. Prussic acid was the cause of death. A verdict to that effect was acc , rdingly returned. Loss OF THE MADRID OFFICIAL INQUIRY. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The official inquiry was held this morning before two justices of the peace of this bo rough—Captain Robertson, of the Board of Trade, acting as nautical assessor. Evidence having been given that no rock was marked in any of the Admiralty charts, and consequently the practice of going in quite close to the shore, and also to the skill and care of the commander, Captain Bradshaw, the masistrates, after a short con ference, announced the entire acquittal of the captain, coneidering the rocks were not marked in the Admiralty charts, and that their existence was not known ; but that the Court thought it prudent to give a wider berth to headlands of any description. Captain Bradshaw's certificate was then returned to him. DISEASED MEAT IN LONDON.—Mr. J. S. Gamgee, in a letter, to the Lancet, discloses some rather startling facts as to the condition of the meat sold in the metro polis. Mr. Gamgee. says that he lately went to the New Cattle-market in Copenhagen-fields to inspect the live and slaughtered cattle. Among the former there were three diseased beasts. In the slaughter house be saw five carcases all destined for the City markets, and found that four out of the five were diseased. He states that the amount of diseased meat sold in London is enormous, and suggests that inspectors at ports and markets should be appointed instantly, The Lancet says that a greater question, the cholera excepted, never oc cupied public attention ; and that it is impossible tp aver rate its sanitary and economic importance. DOCKYARD REDUCTIONS.—An order has been issued by Capt. Smart, Superintendent of Pembroke Royal Dockyard, to th e e ff ec t th a t o n the 21st inst. considerable reductions are to take place in this establishment. All war appointments are t o cease , an d joiners,, blacksmiths, and labourers, to a large number, are to be di-oha 'ged. T he contrac ;ors, t ao, are getting rid af many of their men. The quantity of work the old sive , muated shipwrights have aCCatni lish, dis astonishing. They have in an un u-nally short space of time put one of . the largest s hi ps into frame, as well as other of smaller d imensions. The Doris frigate (steam screw) is to be launched next week. Tire contract for the roof over the new slip just com pleted by Smith has been given to Mr. Turner, of Newcastle. The other contract w( rks are proceeding satisfactorily. HORRIBLE CASE OF INFANTICIDE—ARREST OF THE MURDERESS.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, held an inquiry in St. Pancras Workhouse, New-road, touching the death of a m a l e c hild , about eight months old, which was found murd ere d i n the Regerr!s Canal, on Tuesday eveni ng. The j ur y returne d a verdict of wilful murder, aga inst some person or per sons unknown. The coroner and jury bad only departed a short time when a man attended with a police con• stable at the workhouse. On sewing the body, he re cognised it as the child of his unfortunate sister in-law, and he then accompanied the police constable and the assistant overseer to St. Pancras workhouse, where they discovered the wretched creature, she having slept there the previous night as a casual. It appeared,. from the st a t ement o f the 'inmates, that she had been in a strange state of mind, and she at once c in fessed to the murder, saying she committed it after du-k on . Monday night. Aft er s t rang li ng the child, and throw ing it into the water, she said she was about to throw herself in aftrr it, when a policeman made his appear ance, and she ran off. She was at once taken into cus tody, and she will be committed to Newgate on the I coroner's Warrant. LATEST N E WS. Intelligence has been receive 1 fi orn Constanti nople stating that twelve hundred men, commanded by the Russian General, Scader Khan, have occu pied the forts of the district of Isar, in order to protect the rear of the Russian army and the population of Shirvan against a descent by the mountaineers of Daghectan and Leghistan, who are in possession of the important defile of Balakada. FRANCE, PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING It is said that the French Consul at Jassy has been summoned by his Government to come for a few days to Paris. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railway for the week ending the 11th inst. amount to 1,174,695 f. 62c., being an increase of 264,165 f. 87c. as com pared with the corresponding week of last year. The receipts from tie Ist January to the 11th inst. amount io 10,6 :4,878f. 29e., being an increase or 1,941,760. 48c. as compared with the corresponi ing period of the year 1856. BOURSE, March 20.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. tr. c. 44 per Cents - 3 per Cents B5 New Loan — End of Month. —fr. —c. 71 5 Bank Shares 4,175 Roman ---•- - - Credit Mobilier 1,450 Austrian Belgian Fives . Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) _ —-- Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOB CASH• tr. c. fr C Orleans 1 487 50 Western Northern 992 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,532 50 New Ditto - Mediterranean 2,042 50 Grand Central ...... 617 50 Lyons Geneva Cate 835 Austrian Corn. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. As was to be foreseen, says the Daily News, the Polish expedition to the Circassian coast, which left Constantinople on the 16th ult., under Colonel Bangya, hag been taken serious notice of by the Russian Ambassador to his Highness the Sultan. M. Boutenieff has signified to the Ottoman govern ment his surprise that it should, so soon after the conclusion of peace, permit any persons to make Turkey the base of movements hostile to Russia. The Turkiih Foreign Minister has disavowed all knowledge of the expedition. Colonel Bangya was in the service of the Sultan, with the title of Mehemed Bey, and, having left his post without leave, has been pronounced a de serter by the Turkish authorities. M. Boutenieff is not satisfied will this reparation, and insists that a commie&on of inquiry shall be instituted. The band of devoted men, who, mindful only of the enmity they owe to their country's de stroyer, have thus brought a Government friendly to them into difficulty, numbers about three hundred. They have with them twelve mountain howitzers, rifles, rockets, and ammunition, and ex pect to be joined in Circassia by their countrymen, fugitives from Russian oppression or prisoners of war, whom the heads of tribes promise to release. There appears to be no reasonable ground for doubting the assertion of the Ottoman Minister of War, that the expedition was carried out without anything like connivance on the-part of the autho rities, or that this will be shown as the matter is further investigated. The well-known firmness of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, it may be expected, will nevertheless be cared into play, as it is pretty certain that Russia will not lose an opportunity which seems made especially for her, nor omit to demand that restrictions be imposed on the liber ties which foreigners of all countries have hitherto enjoyed in Turkey. M. Boutenieff well knows that he may count on the diplomatic assistance of all the great powers, with one sole exception, in a work so grateful to the absolute rulers of the Con tinent. • THE NEUCHATEL QUESTION. The Independance Belge publishes the following telegraphic despatch PARIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, "The Prussian Minister has just received the instruc• tions which be awaited from his Government relative to Neuchatel. "They are to the effect, it is said, that King Frederick William will consent to treat upon the baser proposed by the Conference on the following conditions : ___. " 'The title of Prince of Neuchatel will remain attached to the Crown of Prussia. The benevolent in stitutions at Neuchatel shall be maintained and guaranteed. " g The revenues of the Royal Domains shall continue to be paid to the King for four years. The produce of "the Same, which amounts to about 100,000 f. a year, will serve to indemnify the Royalists for the sacrifices and losses they have undergone. "'His Majesty renounces the maintenance of the bourgeoisies. " Switzerland will have to proclaim a general am nesty, and the Royalists compromised since 1848 are not to be molested on any grounds whatever.'" AUSTRIA. A private letter from Jassy gives some account of the expense which the Austrian occupation has occasioned the finances of Moldavia, either the Principality itself or the municipalities. It com prises only the time between the 4th of September, 1854, and the Ist of November, 1856 : Piastres. 1. Fuel, candles, tallow, and straw.... 2,344,111 2. Hospital and barrack furniture 733,491 3. Rent of private houses for hospitals or barracks 4. Repairs of ditto after occupation 457,817 5. Building and repairs of stables 1,040,974 6. Establishment and maintenance of vehicles for the transport of troops 1,098,500 7. Extra expenditure, washing in the hospi tals, &c 7,294,691 In the foregoing are not included the wood taken gratuitously in the forests belonging to the clergy, - the salaries of the special employes for the army of occupation, the expense of lodging the military, in private houses, or billets (which are gratuitous) as also fuel, light, beds, clean linen, from the superior officers to the lowest ranks of the army, all whicl, have been at the expense of the inhabitants. The rate for a General officer is 500 Austrian ducats yearly (the ducat is equivalent to 11f. 75c.) ; for a colonel or a major, 390 ducats ; for a captain or a subaltern from 100 to 200 ducat 4 ; and for a private soldier, 20 ducats at the lowest. As to Wallachia one may have an idea of what the Austiian occu pation cost it when it is known that the Treasury encumbered with a debt of 22,000,000 piastres, which the last Administration left as its legacy to future ACninis t rations. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MARCH 19. The melancholy incident of the sudden death of one of the Deputies, while addressing the house, has produced a wide spread and painful sensation here ; the more so, as apoplectic and paralytic at tacks tire this year more frequent than usual at this season, in consequence of the unusual warmth of the weather. The circumstances under which this sudden death took place are, moreover, calculated to throw an additional interest over it, and will probably cause the deceased to be looked on by the less educated of his party as a martyr to his cause and his Church. Herr Otho was a pro minent member of the Roman Catholic party in the House o f Representatives, and on thi s occas i on was commencing an elaborat3 spee3h, on whi c h th e hopes of the party were rErted, in opposition to the Ways and Means proposed to be voted to the Minister of Public Worship. He had spoken as follows " Gentlemen,—l may assume it to be matter of noto riety what claims and demands with reference to the interests of the Catholics I and my friends have been striving for years to enforce on the attention of the house and of the Government. It will doubtltss be equally well known to you that our endeavours, with very few exceptions, have always been unsuccessful. The ma jority of these complaints have been directed against a state of things (calls of Speak louder'), which proceeds directly from the Ministry of Public Worship and it is this . ." After pressing his hand on his heart and repeat ing the last words in afaint voice, the speaker added —" Gentlemen, I grieve to say I cannot proceed," turned deadly pale, and sank to the ground. The members in his immediate vicinity and the Ministers all spring forward to his assistance, and he was carried into a neighbouring room. Three medical men, members of the House, gave him the benefit of their professional skill, and every attempt was made to restore him to animation. A priest of his own Church, who is ;,leo member for Cologne, was pre pared to afford him the last consolations of reli gion, but from his continued state of unconscious ness it was not possible to administer the sacrament to the dying man, and the offices of religion were confined to the administration of the supreme unc tion. With a deep sigh and groan he shortly ex expired in the arms of the priest, a s the latter put u the simple aspiration, "Father, into thy hands t) we commend his soul." PORTUGAL. By the arrival of her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington at Spith , ad. yesterday we have advises from Lisbon to March 12. After a fortnight's Miukiterial crisis, the failure of every etfoit to reorganise a new Cabinet out of the Progresista party, the Marquis de Loule and Viscount Sada Bandeira have formed a coali tion with three d , puties belonging to th,, Chartist or Conservative Constitutionalist party, and I am assured the Administration will to-day be officially declared in the Cortei as follows : The Marquis de Loule, President of the Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and, ad interim, of the Home department. ViSCOUnG Ss da Bandeira, Minister of Marine and, ad interim, of War. _ _ M. Antonio Jose d'Avila, Minister of Finance. - M. Carlos Bento da Sil va , Mi n i s t er o f P u bl i c Works. M. Vicente Ferrer Netto, Minister of Justice. By this reconstruction of the Loule Cabinet two Ministers went out—MM. Julio Gomes and Cunha Pessoa, and three new ones have taken office. M. Avila has formed part of several Administrations, but M. Carlos Bento, chief of the depa r t men t in y, the Treasury, and M. Ferrer, prof e s s o r i n the University of Coimbra, have not before been Mini sters of State, though they have co n ti nua lly b e en membes of the House of Deputies, and evinced considerable ability as debaters. It is very probable the new Ministry will, ovally with the last, have a good working majority in the Lower House, but it is extremely difficult to say whether this or any other combination of parties will be able to command one in the Upper House without the creation of a new bat 'h of Peers, so equally divided does that House appear to be, and so conscious is each pary of ite power to give a check to any Administration by suddenly sending for half-a-dozen of those Peers who are usually absent ; and thus, so long as the King allows it to be understood he will not crest* new ones, it does not appear this difficulty in legis lation can be overcome, and permit the appoint ment of an administration likely to carry on public affairs any length of time, which would be very desirable for the interests of the country. Admiral Dundas left the Tagus in the Duke of Wellington, and Captain Eyres remains on board the Exmouth, arrived on the 9th, as chief officer, with the Princess Royal and James Watt. AMERICA, THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL MESSAGE. THE AMENDED TARIFF. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDA Y. The United States' mail steam-ship Fulton, Cap tain J. A. Wof ton, arrived in C ,wes-roads this morning, and her mails were delivered here at noon. She arrived under the Needles at 9 o'clock last night, but was detained by a dense fog until 9 a.m. to-day. This steamer left New York at 4 p.m. on the 7th inst., and brings three days' later news than the advices per the Asia. She bas four passengers for England and 60 for Havre, for which port she proceeded after d;sembarking her mails, ctn., for this place. She has on board $12,200 in specie, 1,200 barrels of flour, and 21 packages of samples for Havre. The Hon. Charles Sumner, of Boston, Massa chusetts, is on board the Fulton, on his way. France, to improve his health. On the 9th inst. the Fulton passed the barque Fleet Eagle, of Boston, from the Cape of Good Hope. The steamers Atlantic and Persia, from Liver pool, had arrived at New York ; the former on the sth, and the later on the 6th inst. By the Fulton we have received President Bu chanan's inaugural Message, which was delivered at Washington on the 4th inst. Subjoined is a col/ of the speech Fellow Citizens,—l appear before yon this day to take the solemn oath that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend tbe con stitution of the United States. In entering upon this great office I must humbly invoke the God of our fathers for wisdom and firmness to execute its high and respons ible duties in such a manner as to restore harmony and the ancient friendship among the people of the several States, and to preserve our free institutions throughout many generations. Convinced that I owe my election to the inherent love for the constitution and the Union which still animates the hearts of the American people, let me earnestly ask their powerful support in anstaininT all just measures calculated to perpetuate these the richest of political blessings which Heaven has ever be• stowed upon any nation. " Having determined not to become a candidate for re-election, I shall have no motive to influence my con duct in administering the Government, exc ept the de sire ably an d f a ithf u ll y t o serve my country an d to liT6 in the gratef u l memory o f my countrymen . " We have recently p asse d th roug h a P res id en tial con teat, in which the passions of our fellow-citizens were ex cited to the highest degree by questions of deep and vital importance ; but when the people proclaimed their will the tempest at once subsided, and all was calm. The voice of the majority speaking in the manner prescribed by the constitution was heard, and instant submission followed. Our own country could alone have exhibited so grand and striking a spectacle of the capacity of man for self-go vernment. " What a happy conception, then, was it for Congreee to apply this simple rule—that the will of the majority shall govern—to the settlement of the question of do mestic slavery in the territories. Congress is neither to legislate slavery into any territory or State, nor to ex clude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof per. fectly free to form and regulate their domestic institu tions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States. As a natural consequence, Con gress has also prescribed that when the territory of Kan sas shall be admitted as a State, it shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission. A diffe rent opinion has arisen in regard to the time when the people of a territory shall decide this question for them selves. This is, happily, matter of but little practical importance, and, besides, it is a judicial question, which legitimately belongs to the Supreme Court of the United States, before whom t is now pending, and will, it is qnderstood, be speedily and finally settled. To their decision, in common with all good citizens, I shall cheer fully submit, whatever this may be, though it has been my individual opinion that under the Nebraska-Kansas Act the appropriate period will be when the number of actual residents in the territory shall justify the forma tion of a constitution with the view to its admission as a State into the Union ; but be this as it may, it is the im perative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the free and independent expression of his opinion by his vote. This sacred right of each individual must be preserved. This being accomplished, nothing can be fairer than to leave the people of a territory free from all foreign in' terference to decide their own destiny for theniselveoe subject only to the constitution of the United States The whole territorial question being thus settled upon the principle of popular sovereignty—a principle as a ncient as free governments itself—everything of a practical n ture has been decided, and no other question remains fo adjustment, because all agree that under tbe constitution slavery in the States is beyond the reach of any human power except that of the respective States themselves wherein it exists. May we not, then, hops that the long agitation on this subject is approaching its end, and that the geographical parties to which it has given birth, so much mewled by the father of his country, will speedily become extinct I Most happy will it be for the country when the public mind shall be diverted from this yes* tion to others of more pressing and practical importance. Throughout the whole progress of this agitation, which has scarcely known any intermission for more than 20 years, while it has been productive of no positive good to any human being, it has been the prolific source of great evils to the master, to the slave, and to the whole couetry ; it has alienated and enstranged the people of the sister States from cede other, and has even seriously endangered the very existence of the Union ; nor has the danger yet entirely ceased. " Under our system there is a remedy for all mere pc. 'Wee' evils in the sound sense and sober judgment of the people. Time is a great corrective. The political ea jet ti which but a few years ago excited and exasperated the pubic mind have passed away, and are now nearly forgotten ; but this que , tion of domestic slavery is of far greater importance than any mere political ques ion, be cause, should the agitation continue, it may eventually eneanger the personal safety of a large portion of our countrymen where the institution exists. In that event no form of government, however admirable in itself, however productive of material benefits, can compensate for the loss of peace and domestic security around the family altar. Let every Union-loving man therefore exert his best influence to suppress this agitation, which, ovitsdis. since the r e ce n t l eg i s l a ti on of Congress, without any legitimate object. It i s an evil of the times that men have undertaken to calculate the mere material value of whieh the Union. Reasoned estimates Staten andates and oncda h IF a e vi di beenasntfai romes n pr e se nted o w f ou t ld re sult pecun iary mltto dff , p r r e o p fi t profit s solution, and of the comparative injuries which such an event wouli infl at on other Metes and sections. Even descending to this low and na roe view of the -mighty question, all such conclusions are at f au lt. T he b are re ference to a s ingle consideration w ill b e conclusive on this point. We at relent enjoy a free trade through out our extensive and expansive country, oh as the world never witnessed. This trade is conducted on rail roads and canals, on noble rivers and arms of the sea, which bind together the north and the south, the east and the west of our confederacy. Annihilate this trade arrest Alta free progress by the geographica lines of jealous and hostile States, and you destroy the prosperity and onward march of the whole and every I art, and in volve all in t.ne common ruin. But such considerations, important as they are in theins , lees, sink into insigeifi canoe when we reflect en the terrific evils which would result from disunion to every portion of the confederacy —to tie No r th not more than to t h e S outh, to t h e E as t not more th an to the W est. Th ese I s h all not attempt to port a y, because I feel an bumble confideece that the kind Providence which in-pired our fathers with wisdom to frame the most perfec form of government and union e- ver oevis,d by man, will not suffer ic, to perish until it shall have been peacefully instrumental by its example in the extension of civil and rellOotis liberty throughout the world. " Next in importance to the maintenance of the con stitution and the Union is the duty of preserving the Goyerament free from the taint or even the suspicion of