The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

rEE SUN, LONDON, SIATURDeAY EVENING,' APRIL 11, 1857. JJEIt MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1857. The THE A.TRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April 14, when will be press. mtsd Donizetti's Opera of LA FAV ORITA. Leonora ' 1‘1? ille. SPEZIA. Baldassari) Fernando Signor GIUGLINI. To be followed (first timA these 10 years) by the favourito B'allet of LA ESMERALDA. Founded on Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris." La Esmeralda lVladlle. POCCHINI. Claude Frollo Signor RONZANI. AND Pierre Gringoire M. MASSOT. All the Boxes and Stalls having been disposed of for the Subscription or Opening Night, the same Opera and Ballet will be Repeated on THURSDAY, April 16 (it being an extra night not included in the subscription). A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. The doors will open at seven ; the Opera commences at half-past seven. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. On EASTER MONDAY will be performed OTHELLO. Mr. Charles Dillon and the Lyceum Company. After which, CONRAD AND MEDORA and SEE SAW, MARGERY DAW. Mrs. C. Dillon. Miss Woolgar, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL On EASTER MONDAY, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. K , an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, Er AYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. On EASTER MONDAY, and during the week, the new rama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp ton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter. Fitzwilliam, After which, for the first time, a Classical Love Story, un der the Applc-lation of ATAL A.NTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear ; also Miss M. Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Ternan, her first appearance in London. Concluding with GRI\ISHAW, BAGSIIAW, AND BR A DS II AW. Mr. Bnekstone. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), fis. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s, d. Dress „Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Bogs Pit . Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery ... 0 6 Upper Galldry 0 f No half-price to Upper Gallery. ing upon him at last, upon any subject, for two evenings together. A very different man—" this HOGG," as he was scornfully termed upon a me morable occasion, by one of the NAPIERS (the greatest of them), Sir JAMES WEIR, has been abruptly turned to the right about by the electors of Honiton. Then, again, a very notable Fox —WILLIAM JOHNSON, to wit—has been no less suddenly dismissed from Oldham, receiv • ing a punishment as condign as any that Mr. PANCKS (even if armed with a pair of scissors); could have inflicted in a moment of supreme wrath upon Mr. CASEY, the long-haired Pa triarch ! The Right Hon. EDWARD CARDWELL, again, down at the City of Oxford has been in , continently left in the lurch by his quondam supporters—disgusted at the recent " trimming" of one of the most promising of PEEL'S Boys ! Rochdale has rid itself for once and for all of a namesake of his—Mr. MIALL, the very " type" of Nonconformity ! And Lanarkshire, strangely enough upon the very day Lord DOUGLAS dies, throws overboard—a veritable political JONAH— ALEXANDER BAILLIE COCHRANE, heretofore the favourite, as well as the representative, of that Conservative Constituency ! These are among the list of the Rejected Notabilities—a catalogue brought to a climax by the bowling down of the Two Tellers, as coolly as a couple of ninepins, by the sure aim and the starn resolve of the electors of Manchester and Huddersfield. Perhap3 there never was at any General Election before such a clear sweep of conspicuous delinquents. It is universally felt, not only in this country, but in all parts of the Continent, that Austria committed a great blunder in the abortive demon stration against Sardinia. An Ambassador should not be withdrawn on trivial or insufficient grounds. Generally speaking, it may be regarded as a dt I berate and wanton insult, analogous to the cut direct in private life. The suspension of diplo matic intercourse is the first step towards hosti lities. It is true that exceptional cases may arise. There may be special causes which, with ample explanations, might justify or extenuate the measure. But there is nothing of the kind in the present instance. The Cabinet of Vienna chose to sulk on three points, viz.—the protection afforded to political refugees in Piedmont ; the for tifications of Alessandlia ; and the reception of subscriptions from other Italian States for that purpose ; but chiefly on account of the freedom of the press--a matter which is regarded by Austria with a peculiarly evil eye. The admirable answer of Count CATOUR, to which we have already directed public attention in The Sun, completely removed this ground from under the Austrian feet. But although' it cannot be so prominently put forward, it still rankles in their heart , , and may be regarded as the real lapis offensionis—the veritable grievance which they would endeavour to remove by any means that did not involve Austria in hostilities with any of the Great Powers of Europe. Were the matter to be decided between Austria and Sardinia alone, it is probable that other steps would rapidly follow that already initiated. But VICTOR EINIMA.NUEL, by his chivalrous conduct during the late war, has earned for himself a name and a position which would not permit France and England to stand tamely by while their faithful and efficient ally, was unwarrantably assailed. Austria knows this well ! and although she may, to gratify her petty spite and vindictive feeling, venture on a paltry affront, she could not so far "screw her courage to the sticking point" as to unsheathe the sword, and proclaim war against the recognised " champion of Italian THEATRE ROYAL, A D ELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. On EASTER MOND kY, will be performed the new and orizinal domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wrizlit, Mr. Paul Bedford, &e. Followed by TILE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will make her first appearance After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. TRAND T FlEA.TRE.—Mana(rer, Mc. T. PavnA.—On Easter Monday will be performed RITTEI OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, &c. To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6(1. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. Alfred. Wigan. On EASTER MONDAY, a new drama, called DADDY lIARDACRE. Mr. Robson, The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, drc. Commence at half-past Seven. eIANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— ‘,_} OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of selections from all the populn7 Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, &c., viz.: Miss E Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brinell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Harker, W. Melling, P. COrli, Senor Antonio M. de Soil a, and E. L. }Time ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corgi; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J, Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre• cisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. IIGR WATER AT LONDON BRTDGE. Tam DAY—Morn. 6 min. aft. 3 —Evening 20 min. aft. 3 Tn-14fonnow—Morn. 33 min. aft. 3—Evening 48 nin.aft, 3 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 59 -highest einee noon yesterday' 49 lowest this morning and during the night. 47 -thin day at noon. BAROMETER, down to 29 . 42—n0w up to 29'55. WIND, from N. to N.W.—Fresh, with heavy rain and dirty, cold weather. freedom I" But there are reasons why Austria fancies Abe can indulge in a little fluster and " bunkum," as our transatlantic brethren term it. She knows that Louis NAPOLEON par ticipates in her feelings of abhorrence against the liberty of the press, and that he will Rot be likely to object to a course which naturally follows in the track of Count WALEWSKI, who, as President of the Conferences at Paris, thought it consistent It is really something remarkable to note the with his dignity to fulminate threats againab the extraordinary vengeance wreaked upon those who journalists of Belgium, or of the official scribe in voted in favour of Mr. COBDEN'S motion, by the the Afoniteur who assailed the English Press. He constituencies. Out of the 265 Ayes, or " YEECS " fancied she had even more certain guarantees in (including the T e ll ers ), w h o wa lk e d i nto the lobby, England ! Th e i n fl uence o f "U nc l e L EOPOLD " or, as the saying is, p er f orme d th e k otoo i nto i t, was strongly relied on , an d th e preva l ence of as so many atoms in the fortuitous concurrence " Germanism" at the Court of St. James's. But t (increased to 289 by the 24 wh o P a i re d . aga i nst those who calculate t o o hi g hly on suc h e l ements Government) ninety-ei g ht are w ith ou t sea t s i n t h e may possibly re c k on w ith ou t th e i r h ost ! It is true that King L EOPOLD , w h o i s c l ose l y connected new Parliament. Ju s t exlc t'y t wo s h or t o f a clear hundred ! Thi r ty n i ne h ave " ret i re d " by marriage with F RANCIS -J OSEPH, i s also the uncle modest gentlemen ! F i fty- n i ne h ave b een 4‘ re _ not only of th e Q UEEN , b u t a l so of the Prince jected," some of them twice rejected—by different Consort, and that he is regarded as the constituencies ! A cur s o r y ana ly s i s o f thi s me l an- very Ulysses of the Ho use o f C o b urg, t h e chief choly cat dove shows that cut of these " thirty- adviser of the policy pursued at Gotha. But Lord PALMERSTON is not m ere ly th e Mi n i ster of nine " retirem en t s --" one " has been in I re l an d , " three " have been in Sc tland, and cc thi r t y _ the Crown ; he is also the Minister of the People five" in England ! While of the "Fifty-nine " of Great Britain. The spirit so recently exile. Rejections—" three" have been in Scotland, t bited on the several hustings throughout the " eight " in Ireland, and "fifty-one" (" Think of length and breadth of the land must guide and that Master BROOKE !") in England. Ninety- direct him on his course. It was not merely for eight altogether, scornfully " walked out" of the the person, but for the policy of which he was Legislature by their indignant Constituen_ supposed to be the representative, and any back cies ! Thirty-nine—shown the door ! Fifty. sliding on that point would inevitably be attended nine—kicked out of it I That is literally with very untoward results. Whatever may be the fact : and it is a fact in every way the views of Austria, or even of France, England worth noticing. That, we maint lin, according to has no alternative. She must support VICTOR a popular idiom, is about the size of it ! Viz.— EMMANUEL, so long as ho is deserving of assist " Ninety-eight !" According to the fatuous war ance, and there is no grave mistake on his part, song, or insurrectionary ballad across St. George's or on that of his efficient and patriotic Minister, Channel, we may now ask— Count CAYOUR. "Who fears to speak of Ni ne ty-Ei g ht?" England, how ever , i s b rought into the scrape, Assuredly, if any one, the Yehites or Cobdenites chiefly through the unfortunate system of Royal —every individual Parliamentary a t om i n th a t Marriages. Sh e "h as no cousins " —but unfor ever-memorable fortuitous concur rence ! F or it tunately those wh o are b rought into the country, is a magio number, symbolical at once of ven- and who exercise an unconstitutional influence, have. The present diffi cu lt y would not have geance upon th emse l ves an d o f t r i ump h t o t h e i r oc great antagonist, Lord PALMERSTON ! curred but for our unfortunate matrimonial "Ninety-Ei g ht—th a t soun d o f f ear , alliances, an d now that another is on the tapir , Unpleaeing in a Yehite's ear !" that it has been decided on, and arranged w And out of th at " Ninety Eight " —how many without the a d v i ce of Parliament, it is celebrities, small and great, good, bad, and in- ' essential that the utmost care and vigilance different, have gone the way of all who are should be exercised. The House of Commons inconsistent. The Lords, and Baronets, and may not be enabled to prevent the inausp . • minus Honourables, and Right Honourables who have union that will render the PRINCESS ROYAL of been thus summarily given the "go by," we have England the future QUEEN of P russ i a, the first already, upon a former occasion, enumerated. Be- cousin of the AUTOCRAT. But it should not en yond these, however, there are sundry notabilities courage that which will be regarded with sorrow worth specifying incidentally. Foremost amongthe and regret by every true-hearted Englishman. It Political Suicides, every one will note with a car- should not only refuse t ) sanct'on an extravagant tain feeling of chagrin —we ourselves observe dower, but to bestow any dower whatsoever. with a mingled sense of regret and indignation-- It would, of course, exhibit its wonted liberality, the "Hon. Member for Nineveh," as Punch calls of which so many startling proofs have been him, AUSTIN HENRY LAYARD—WIIO has pulled afforded, to German connexions, if the marriage himself down, and tumbled himself in the mire, met its approbation. But when all the objections and wilfully and perversely subjected himself to to that most unfortunate procec ding are taken into all sorts of i g nominious treatment down at Ayles- consid erat i on i t would be merely vindicating its own bury, and afte rwa rds down at Wigtownshire. We honour and character to refuse any participation don't know when we have been more egregiously therein, or if it granted an appanage to couple it disappointed than we have been in the instance of 1 with conditions that any future contingent right Mr. LAYAB,D-...a young Politician who promisci to the British Croen should be permanently sur who entered rendered. We cannot contemplate the possible so well and failed so deplorably— the p e e, annexation of Great Britain to Prussia without the House of .Commors as A ver y , terror. The Government of England, through and left it as the Little Pickle ! I a Prussian Viceroy, would occasion fearful good Antiquary, and Archaeelogist, and Topegra eelamitie3, and the danger should be averted in pher, no doubt of it, but a wonderfully bad Par liamentary Pepresentative. A Reformer so full g the first instance. Th ere s h ould be no temporising of whims, and crotchets, and t w i sts of judgment, l on such a point. Prince ALBERT ought to have, ample mea ns t o and warps of prejudice, that there was no count- i and we believe actually losses s, A... 4 TT I _ - LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1857. provide for a daughter in a match exclusively of . his own making. He is in the annual enjoyment of some Forty Thousand Pounds sterling of British money, and, considering his other perquisites, he cannot have much less than half-a-million already accumulated. If, then, he desires to dispose of his eldest child in opposition to the wishes of the English people, he should himself provide the dowry. This is a question that will probably come before the new Parliament ere many months have elapsed, and we earnestly hope that every member will justify the confidence reposed in his fidelity ; and that if it be impossible to prevent a Prussian marriage, he will, at all events, to the best of his ability, pre vent a Prussian dowry, which would be regarded as a testimonial of the approval by the British people of the ill-omened alliance. could do it. But to "cook" an extended suffrage with the Ballot would be very much like drawing water with the sieve of the Danaides. Let, then, the friends of the Ballot bestir themselves. Let them ask to be as free as their cousins and bro thers in Australia. It will be hard to resist such a demand, though of course resisted it will be with all the pertinacity of men fighting for the great stronghold of aristocratic despotism. The outposts, however, have been carried in Victoria ; the greater victory is now only a question of stra tegy and time. We have now before us a copy of the VICTORIA ELECTORAL LAW, being a return made from the Colonial-office to the House of Commons. It con tains many provisions well worthy of attention here, but it is the clauses relating to the Ballot which we would commend to the impartial con sideration of Mr. DISRAELI, Lord J. RUSSELL, and others, who pretend that neither France nor Ame rica are examples for us. It is rather wearisome, to be sure, to be obliged to hunt up illustrations of the successful working of the Ballot, and as we bring them forward, to have them one after another pooh-poohed, as if there was nothing in them. It makes one believe that the fault lies not in the examples, but in the thing. The executioner, to whom the Irishman under the cat-o'-nine-tails cried out, " hit lower," " hit higher," " not so high," and so forth, exclaimed at last, as the story goes, " why, I cannot please you, hit where I will I' , and we rather think the Ballot will not please Whig and Conservative statesmen, let our example be where it will. Great States or small ones, Republican, Constitutional, or Despotic, if it be but the Ballot they wince under, it is just the same. France or America, Belgium or Sardinia, it is all the same ; it does not work to their satisfaction. That we quite believe. Still we cannot let these gentlemen rest. Those who are on the right and the winning side can afford to be good tempered ; so, although it is a kind of surplusage, we now give them another example. One which her Gracious MAJESTY approves, and which they as loyal subjects will approve therefore also. We point them to the Victoria Electoral Law, and invite their special attention to clauses XXXV., XXXVI., XXXVII., and XXXVIII. Also to schedule F (the form of the Ballot paper), and certain other subsidiary clauses. These clauses establish the Ballot in Victoria. Indeed at the very opening of the Act, it is declared that the words " poll" and " vote" shall apply to and include taking the voices or votes of electors by The plan is very simple. The returning officer is to provide a room, supplied with pens and ink and a ballot box, into which no one but the officer or his deputy, the scrutineera of each candidate, and the voter may enter. Any other person en tering is liable to prosecution for a misdemeanour. Each scrutineer has to make and subscribe a de claration, that "he will neither attempt to ascer tain for whom any elector shall vote, nor, by any word or action, directly or indirectly, aid in dis covery of the same." The officer has ready a number of printed forms of the balloting paper, signed by the returning officer, and containing the names of all the candidates. The elector, on answering the questions reluiste to identify him with his name on the register, has one of these handed to him. The officer, however, first terites on the paper the number opposite the voter's name in the register. The voter takes the paper, and erases the names of all the candidates but those for whom he intends to vote, folds it so as to con ceal the erasures, and passes it through the sli in the ballet box. It will be observed that it is not rendered abso lutely impossible to discover for whom the elector voted ; but it is quite impossible for this to be discovered unless a scrutiny should be demanded. All the parties present are solemnly, indeed, under the penalties of perjury, bound to secresy. Even did they break their oaths, and attempt to dis cover for whom any one had voted, it must be a very difficult, almost an impossible, thing to re member the number opposit3 a voter's name in the register, to bear it in mind till the papers were counted over, an;i by it then to identify the vote with the persoia'. Every precaution, moreover, is taken. The deputy in each district has to seal up immediately all the papers, and forward them to the ramming officer ; in like manner, after count ing up the votes before the scrutineers, the re turning officer has again to seal them up forth with, and transmit them to the Clerk of Council or Assembly, by whom they are to be kept for tv; o years; then, we presume, to be destroyed by hin3. Such is the system of voting which is now law in Victoria. We have already heard how satis factory was its working at the last election. Nor is this merely a partisan account, for having tried it at the general election, they like it so well that it has been adopted at the municipal election also ; and even at Sydney the new corporation is to be elected in like manner. We might have preferred to make it impossible to identify the vote of the electors even for legal purposes ; but we have known honest friends of the Ballot, persons who. I would vote for it, and who yet thought its greatest drawback was that in no case, however villanous, could the culprit be brought to justice, or the personated votes be deducted. It may be worth something toremove the hesitation of such persons. We must own that the arrangements to meet cases of personation are - eery good. All votes tendered for persons supposed to be dead or ab. sent are to be placed by themselves and sealed up separately. Here, then, we have at length a 13allot Law in British dominions, a l aw made r end c:aTied ou t by Englishmen, and endorsed by the Home Go vernment. The excellence of 'its worki ng i s not denied ; a n d it i s a plain, tar ,gibi n E ng li sh f act. The inh a bit an t s o f Victoria. resemble us more nearly than those of perha- d e any colony. They have indeed but just left atm shores ; they are a part of thi s generat i on, a pro t, in fact, of ours e l ves . If the B a ll o t will work work well h ere. Ono s teat) -well in Victoria, it will prior to uni versal adc experiment e way , of exam pl e or ex?er only further is it pos sible to go i n th ); th e nex t f ew b oroug h or )tion of the Ballot. That would be, t ry i ng it county elections. T his wou ld a dd noth i ng to our knowledg e ; b ut i f, any, we say, with t would sa ti s f y t h e scrup l es of RUSSELL and DIST " t a A l E l L O l ll e r an he h a a r y t e s, b t u r t y oint.e objection MeasM eas rs. —that the trial would con v i nce the nation, and settle the quest' ion. THE GENERAL ELECTION.-GAINS AND LOSSES. Of the 654 members who will form the new House of Commons, 630 have been already re turned, leaving 12 Irish counties to select the re maining 24 representatives. The English and Welsh boroughs, including the Universities, return 335 members, and have exercised their privileges by selecting 223 Liberals and 112 Conservatives. The English and Welsh counties have returned 56 Liberals and 103 Conservatives, there being a double return for Huntingdonshire, while Scotland has contributed 39 Liberal members to the new House of Commons, and only 14 Conservatives. In Ireland parties have been more evenly balanced —39 Liberals having been elected, and 42 Conser vatives. The relative gains and losses by each party stand as under Liberal Conservative in . gains. s. English and Welsh boroughs ... ga 37 .. 1 , English and Welsh countie s * ... 23 ... 1 Scotland .. ... ••• •.. 5 . 0 . Ireland, at present ... ... 4 .... 7 Total ... 69 ... 27 Leaving a net gain of 42 seats, equal to 84 votes, in favour of the Liberal Filly. The new Parliament will comprise 171 gentlemen who had no seats in the last House of Commons. Of the displaced members 105 voted or pairad upon Mr. Cot►den's motion, which produced the dissolution. Of that number 62 voted in the majority and 43 with the Government. * Huntingdonabire double return. We strongly advise ,our friends to take their stand on the V Tictoria Lavv and Schedule F. There it stands—a , great fact ; a thing accomplished. Let the uni . rersal demand ba for a Schedule F. No Reform an will be worth having without it. With it ar ly Reform 13'11 must be worth fighting for. We d o poi, ignore extension of the suffrage ; but all a grea in that. Without the &Hot, how ever, nc oing is easier than to " cook" an eaten. sion of DISRAELI could do it ; L or d joir ale ori ff rage. Russgo, could do it. Almost any of us HOLY THURSDAY IN PARIS. PARIS, FRIDAY.—The ceremonies of Holy Thurs day were yesterday celebrated in the churches of Paris with more pomp than usual. The attendance wa:, great everywhere from morning till late at night, and iu some places the tide of human beings leaving one church to perform their devotions in others hardly ceased for a moment. At the Madeleine, St. Roche, Noire Dame, St. Sulpice, Abbaye-aux- Bois, and Notre Dame des Victoires the attend ance was particularly numerous. Most of them were fitted up magnificently. Representations of the events connected with the Passion of the Saviour took place in several of them, but that of Calvary, at St. Roche, particularly attracted atten tion, and was the object of general veneration. Amid the sharp rocky eminences arose the cross, half covered with black cloth. A number of lamps, partly concealed among the crags, shed a " dim re ligious light" over the chapel in which the tomb was erected, while the cross itself, on which the brilliancy was skilfully thrown, came out in bold relief. At the Madeleine the tomb was erected in one,of the side chapels, but the• effect, however in harmony with the rather ostentatious ornaments of the inte rior of that church, was not so striking nor so solemn as at St. Roche or St. Sulpice. The coffin was covered with velvet embroidered in gold, and above the whole rose a canopy of crimson velvet surmounted with white plumes. At St. Eustache the tomb was placed in the embrasure of the prin cipal entrance beneath the organ. At the doors of all the churches ladies belonging to various charit able societies were stationed for the purpose of making collections, and it was evident that the ap peals on behalf of the poor were not made in vain. This day the same crowds throng the churches, and in all of them there is preaching. LATEST NEWS. THE INDIA MAIL. The steamer Bombay arrived at Trieste on the 10th of April, at 11 o'clock, in 117 hours from Alexandria, having left Alexandria on the sth o April. The India mails left Alexandria on the sth, with advices from Bombay to the 20th of March ; Cal cutta, to the Bth of March ; Madras, to the 13th of March ; and Bushire, to the 25th of Februazy. General Outram was about to send an expedi tion to capture Mohammerah, on the Karoon. The embarkation of troops had commenced, and an attack was expected to take plac3 about the 15th or 20th of March. The Persian army was again collecting at Burar- Joon. Another and more serious mutiny among men of the 19th Native Infantry at Moorshedabad had been suppressed by the presence of a small force of cavalry and artillery. At Bombay the money market was easier. In terest was reduced one per cent. The import mar ket was less active, owing to the holydays. Ex ports steady ; freights advanced ; exchanges 2s. lid. At Calcutta the Bank rate of interest was reduced 2 per cent. The import market was very firm ; ex ports were generally steady, but the demand for indigo was rather less active. Exchange, 2s. 2id. At Madras grey shirtings and mule twist in good demand ; other, articles less active ; export un changed, freights looking up. Exchange 2s. 2kd. BERNE, APRIL 9. The Berne Gazette contradicts the assertion made in some foreign journals of an indemnity of 60,000 f. having been offered by Switzerland. Public opi nion is not absolutely opposed to the payment of a sum of money, but it protests with energy against any title being assumod by Prussia. Intelligence has been received from Constanti nople to the 4th. The investigation relative to the landing of arms on the coast of Circassia has been terminated. The Sultan will decide the punish ment for such functionaries as are involved in the matter. Ten steamers have been ordered in Eng land for the coast service of the Black Sea. The town of Khulkal in Persia has revolted in conse quence of a scarcity of provisions. The governor was obliged to take to flight. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. General Todleben, accompanied by several Russian officers, yesterday visited the Hotel des Invalides, where he was received with much cour tesy by the staff of that Establishment. The general, who speaks French fluently, conversed with several invalids who hadserved in the Crimea. M. Emile Pereire, president of the board of di rectors of the Southern Railway Company, has been promoted to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour. The commission nominated last year on the monetary question, composed of MM. Magne, Schneider, Elie de Beaumont, Michel Chevalier, de Parieu, Boinvilliers, and Ernest Andre, met yesterday under the presidency of M. Schneider —the Minister of Finance, M. Magne, being prevented by other occupations from presiding. The commission has ascertained from official re turns that the arrivals of the precious metals in France exceed the exports by more than 1,500,000,000 f. ; and from inquiries made of the receivers-general and their financial agents, it ap pears that never was there so much specie in France as at present. In the departments where the ex pen es have not increased so enormously as at Paris, the quantity of coined money is stated to be immense, and the peasants who formerly carried about them, or concealed, a piece of 20f. now do the same with 100 f., or even in a greater propor tion. That fact tends to explain bow it is that with a larger amount of the precious metals com ing into the country specie is anything but abun - dant. "Several forei g n journals," says th e P ays, "h ave announced that Piedmont is about to form a camp of 20,000 men at Alexandria. Our letters from Turin do not confirm this statement. The adoption by the Minister of War of the necessary measures for the organisation of the manoeuvres which take placa every year for the construction of the pupils of the cavalry school of the Veneria Reale, having been mentioned by the Military Gazette of Turin, gave rise to the above-mentioned incorrect announcement." BOUUSE, April 10.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. tt. c. 44 per Cents was engaged with the Government in negotiations for the continuation of the Santarem Railway. When the Lisbon correspondeut closed his letter the House of Deputies was engaged in a very ani mated debate respecting the legality of the forma tion of Prost's Credit Mobilier Company, which had given rise to Some disturbance in the house on the previous day. 3:ier Cents 69 45 End of ln-onth. -fr. --a. 91 75 New Loan Bank Shares 4,185 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,410 Austrian Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASEI. fr. f r c Orleans 1,485 c. Western_ 79a Northerni lOl5 Strasburg Lyons . ..... 1,577 i— New Ditto ...... ....: 817i — Mediterranean 2,140 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi - Austrian Cum. .... 7464 THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Etoile du Danube, which warmly support - the union of the Principalities, lays down the fol lowing as an admissible basis for the future Govern ment of Moldavia and Wallachia : " 1. A guarantee of the individuality and inter national rights, fixed by the treaties of 1393, 1460, and 1513, entered into between Rouman provinces and their Suzerain, and the future neutrality of the Moldo-Wallachian territory. "2. The union of Wallachia and Moldavia in one state and under one government. "3. An hereditary prince, to be chosen from one of the reigning dynasties of Europe, and whose heirs, born in the country, shall be brought up in the religion of the country. " 4. A representative government, with a single general assembly, according to the ancient usages, this assembly to be chosen by a single electoral body sufficiently comprehensive to include the in terests of all classes." A letter from Galatz of the 23d, in the Prussian Correspondence, says :—" The Austrian steamer Archduke Albert has finally left this port with the last of the Austrian troops on board. The Russian war steamer Andia also left a few days since. The Marquis d'Ostia, the Sardinian charge d'affaires, has received, information that the Sardinian war steamer that is to be stationed at Sultan has loft Genoa for her destination." AUSTRIA s A letter from Vienna of the 6th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" M. de Lokenbacher, who ho.s been for many years attached as ministerial coun cillor to the Governor-General of the Lo►nbardo- Venetian kingdom, left this city yesterday for Con stantinople on a private mission. He will pass the principalities in going, and through Greece in returning. The Archduke Albert is expected here to spend the fetes of Easter with his family, and at the same time to receive his final instructions rela tive to the joarney of the Emperor into Hungary. Count Lille Braila yesterday had a long conference with Count de Buoy, when he made known the cor cessions which Denmark was disposed to accede to on the subject of the duchies, but which the Aus trian minister is said to have considered as insuffi cient." PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, Arlin 10. The steamer Douro brings Lisbon dates of the 4th inst., when the following foreign vessels of war were anchored in the Tagus : The Brazilian corvette Imperial Marinheiro, and H.M. screw ships Exmouth, Capt. Hardy Eyres ; Princess Royal, Capt. G. Gifford. ; Colossus, Capt. T. T. Thompson ; and the steamer Plumper, CJM mander Richards, which had put in in the previous day for coals, being eight days out from Plymouth. The steamer Don Alfonso, which had left on the Ist for Glasgow, returned the following day, assist ing the English bark John Paul, Capt. W. Miller, with coals for the Mauritius, to tow into the Tagus the derelict schooner George Dean, ofJ ersey, laden with palm oil. The French steamer Ville de Lisbon is towing into the Tagus a full rigged English ship ; name not yet telegraphed. The Ville de Lisbon had only left Lis bon the same day (the 4th) two hours before she met with the ship she had in tow. The Tagus packet, from Southampton, arrived at Lisbon on the Ist, and left with the mails for Gibraltar on the 2d. Mr, Pete had arrived at Lisbon on the let, and AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, The Canadi an screw steam-ship North Arnf American has arrived with arlvices from Portland to the 28th ult. She brings no specie. The Royal Mail steam-ship Europa arrived at Halifax on the 27th ult. Mr. R. J. Walker had been appointed Governor of Kansas. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that Lord Napier had claims against the United States' Government to the extent of $4,000,000 for .the destruction of British property . at Graytown, but a similar demand by the French. Minister having been declined by the Pierce Ad ministration the British Minister had delayed opening the subject. The Tribune denies this state ment, but counter-propositions had been made to 'Mexico, providing for the acquisition of more ter ritory on payment of $15,000,000. The President continued unwell. The Legislature of St. John's, New Brunswick, had been prorogued, the Governor being unable to carry measures. At New York on the morning of the 27th stocks were higher. Money was easier, and more freely offered, at 7 per cent. on call, and 8 to 9 for short first-class paper. Sterling exchange dull. In the evening of the 27th stocks were hardly hs firm, and closed dull. Money and exchange ua altered. Chicago and Rack Island, 106 ; Indiana Rail way, 72k ; New York Central Railway, 103 ; Erie Railroad, 524. Cotton was firm at an advance of lc. Flour and corn better. Wheat, unsettled. Provisions im proving. Molasses steady; and iron and tobacco firm. At Charleston on the 27th the sales of cotton were 1,700 bales, at full prices. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Charlotte and Elizabeth, hence, hAs arrived at New O r l eans ; an d th e Clarissa Bird, hence, has arrived at New York. FRENCH' - AND ENGLISH INTEBNA TIONAL FAT CATTLE SHOW.- __— On Wednesday, the show" being opened to the public at 9 o'clock, a very large number of people assembled to inspect the best animals that France can produce, and to wonder at the fatness and comely proportions of the English cattle when com pared with those exhibited by French graziers. As far as we can judge at present the gathering is eminently successful. If, on the one hand, there is a falling off in some classes, particularly English sheep, on the other hand there are very many remark ably good animals,both of English and native cattle, while the show of pigs is both large and meritot ions. The French are not admirers of fat meat, but they are great consumers of milk and butter, so that we must not criticise their breeds with the predilec tions of an English grazier and stall-feeder. Still, we perceive among animals of tremendous frame, or coarse unkindly quality, many possessing elements of great improvement as regards their fatting capa bility ; and some of the crosses with English breeds show, in a very marked degree, the advantage as well as indicate the means of such improvement. The classes are arranged geographically, so that cattle of one breed sometimes appears in various parts of the yards, and each district has two or more classes for different breeds or ages. English breeders exhibited on this occasion, 64 oxen of the Durham, Devon, Hereford; Angus, Aber deen, and West Highland breeds, besides a number of animals of cross-breeds ; also 120 sheep, divided into 24 lots of the pure Dishley, long-wool, South down, Cheviot, and black-faced breeds. The French exhibition consisted of 215 oxen of the Flemish, Charolais, Auvergnat, Limousin, Garonnese, Franche-Comte, Le Mans, Breton, and the Landes breeds, and of crosses of the Durham and native breeds ; also 400 sheep, divided into 20 lots of the Merino, Metis-Merino long wo o l, an d common wool breeds. Of pigs, the show consisted of 28 animals of English breed and 37 of French. The French show of oxen and sheep displayed a marked improvement, both in quality and quan tity, over that of last year, and some of the ani mals, though young, were thoroughly fattened. This was the case with some 36 and 48 months old of the Charolais, Lemousin, Flemish, and pure Garonne breeds, which have hitherto not been considered easy to fatten when young. The follow ing are the prizes, let and 2d, accorded to foreign ers. The former are accompanied by a gold medal and the latter by a silver one :—Oxen brad in Eng land (short-horned improved), Durham Breed, Oxen not exceeding three years :-Ist prize, 1,500 f., the Duke of Beaufort, of Badminton, thirty-three months old, 1,030 kilos. ; 2d prize,. 1,2001., Messrs. Beveridge and James Gu laud, of New Town, Wemyss (Fife), thirty months, 900 kilos. Oxen over three years : Ist prize, 1,200 f., Mr. R. Stratton, of Broad Hinton (Wilts), 50 mouths, 1,150 kilos. ; 2d prize, Lord Leigh, Stoneleigh Abbey (Warwick), 51 months.—D evon Breed, Oxen n o t excee di ng rea years : Ist.' prize, 1,500 L, Mr. W. Heath, of Ludham Hall (Norfolk), 32 months, 6.50 kilos. ; 2d prize, 1,200 f , the Earl of Leicester, of Hokham, Norfolk, 33 months, 660 kilos. Oxen over three years : Ist prize, 1,200 f., Mr. J. Pother, of Wilton, near Birmingham, 54 months, 780 kilos. ; 2d prize, 1,0001., Mr. Heath, above mentioned, 43 months, 750 kilos.—Hereford Bread, Oxen not exceeding three years : Ist prize, 1,500 f., Lord Hatherton, of Jeddesley (Stafford), 34 months, 940 kilos. ; 2d prize, 1,200 f., Mr. Heath, abovementioned, 35 months, 920 kilos. Oxen over three years : let prize, 1,200 f., Mr. J. Naylor, of Welshpool (Montgomery), 48 months, 1,020 kilos. ; 2d prize ; 1,000 f., Mr. W. Shaw, of Far Coton (Northampton), 50 months, 1,010 kilos.—Angus Breed, Oxen not exceeding three years ; Ist prize, 1,500 E, Mr. W. M'C om hi e, of Tillifour (Aberdeen), 33 months, 850 kilos. ; 2d prize, Mr. W. Heath, above mentio ne d, 32 months, 750 kilos. Oxen over three years : Ist prize, 1,200 E , Mr. M'Combie, above mentioned, 53 months, 1,240 kilos. ; 2d prize, 1,000 f., to the same, 48 mouths. 1,040 kilos.—West Highland Breed, Oxen not exceeding four years : Ist prize, 1,200 f., Mr. T. Kuowlea, of Aberdeen, 48 months, 650 ; 2d prize, 1,000 f., to the same, 48 months, 720 kilos. Oxen over four years : Ist prize, 1,000 f., the Duke of Beaufort, above mentioned, 55 months, 820 kilos.; 2d prize, 800 f., Mr. E. Wemyss, of Wemyss Castle, Scotland, 60months, 800kilos.—Cross Breeds, oxen not exceeding three years : Ist prize, 900 f , Mr. J. Dudgeon, of Almond-hill (Linlithgow), 35 months, 1,060 kilos.; 2d prize, 800 f., Mr. T. Knowles, above mentioned, 36 months, 750 kilos. Oxen over three years : Ist prize, 800 E, Mr. J. Martin, of Aberd een , 59 mon th s , 1,200 Lilds. ; 2d prize, 700 f., Mr. J. Stewart, of Aberdeen, 38 months, 940 kilos. Prize of honour : A cup of 2,500 E value, the Duke of Beaufort, above mentioned, for a Dur ham ox, aged 35months, weighing 900 kilos. Sheep —Cotswold breed : Ist prize, 1,0001., Mrs. Sarati West, of Bletchington (Oxford), 9 months, 89 kilos; 2d prize, 800 f., Mr. J. King Tombs, of Lanford (Oxford) 12 months, 79 kilos. Southdown: let prize, 1,000 f., Lord Walsingham, of Medan Hall (Norfolk), 11. months, 61 kilos. ;21 rrize, 830 f. 0 the Barrie, 22 months, 77 kilos.—Cheviot : Ist; prize, 600 f., Mr. Robertson Sandbach, already mentioned, 21 months, 76 kilos ; 2d prize, 500 E, to the same. —Black-faced : Ist prize, 600 f., Mr. J. Stewart, above mentioned, 48 mouths, 68 kilos. ; 2d prize, Mr. Erskine Wemyss, above mentioned, 48 months, 68 kiios.—Cross Breed, Ist prize, 500 f., Mr. J. Bruce, of Eynsham. (Oxford), 11 months, 80-kilos.; 2d prize, 500 f., Mr. J. King Tombs, above men tioned, 12 months, 79 kilos.—Prize of honour : Cup of 1,500 E, Mrs. Sarah West, above mentioned, who obtained the first prize for Cotswold Breed. RAILWAYS IN PORTUGAL. LISBON, April 4.—Sir Morton Peto arrived in the Tagus, and is now, along with Messrs. Wilson and Lloyd, treating f u r th e formation of t h e pro posed railways. It is understood that Sir Morton intends to return to England on the 9th instant, and that matters most be settled one way or an other before then. The French opposition, repre sented by M. Prost and the Marquis de Laffras sang°, is very active, and these gentlemen are bAcked by the powerful influence of the Marquis de Lisle, the French Minister at this court, who manifests great interest i n th e matter . The Marquis de Laf frassange is no w here, and it is said that the offers he makes are,more favourble than those of Sir Morton Peto, although, it is said; he asks for accommoda tions, which are not m entioned in the English pro posals. Public opinion and the press generally are very much in favour of Sir Morton Peto. The pc- ,vailing belief is that his offers will in the end be accepted ; but it is premature to predict, for in Portugal the broad and general rules which obtain in oteer countries, and tend to infallible conclu sions, are by no means the order of the day, glad it is better not to say too much until the result be known. Sir Morton Feb() has had an interview with the who orpresse l approval of his proposals. It is believed that a final settlement either for or against will be made to-day. PROVIDENTIAL lESCAPE. (Prom the Malta Times and United Service Gazette.) Oa Wednesday last a fishing-boat, manned by six fishermen belonging tos i Casal Zeitun, left the port of Mar sascirocco at early dawn, to pursue their daily occupa tion of deep-sea fishing. At about seven a.m., when at a distance of three miles from the land, observing a squall threatening from the westward, they aban doned their fishing lines, and set sail for the shore. Be fore arriving within a mile of the land, the wind and sea had become so violent that they were compelled to lower all sail, and wait until the weather had moderated. The storm offering no hope of abating, and finding themselves every moment further out to sea, they hoisted their storm-sail in hopes by its means of gaining some point of the island, but no sooner was it presented to the wind than it was blown to shreds. The boat, in its perilous position, was descried early in the afternoon from the signal tower, at a distance of three miles off the land, between Marsascirooco and the point of Munsciar, and the Rear-Admiral Superintend ent being made acquainted with the circumstance, im mediately despatched H. M. steamer Shearwater. Mr. Heather, to its assistance. The Shearwater left port at about five p.m., and returned at half-past eight the same evening, after an i ne ff ectual search; and the fishingboat with its crew was given up for lost, it being firmly be lieved that no vessel of its size could possibly live in the high sea that was running at the time. Happily these fears were not realised ; for the same night, or rather at two o'clock the next morning, when forty miles E.S.E. of the island, they attracted the attention of the English barque Syria, Captain J. A. Low, laden with grain and tobacco from Latachia bound to Cork or Falmouth, and were taken on board, and conveyed in safety to Malta, where they ar rived at half-past seven a.m., on Friday. The poor fel lows were picked up by Captain L9W with great dif ficulty, lowing to the violence of the wind and sea; and, in all probability, would not have been dis cerned at all, had it not been a moonlight night. When taken, on board, they were in a lamentaole state of exhaustion, having been exposed to the fury of the elements for twenty-two hours, without vict:ual3 of any kind, and in momentary peril of their laves. They were treated in the most considerate And kind manner by Captain Low, who did all in his power to relieve their wants. Their boat was taken in tow of the barque for some time, but at length was obliged to be abandoned, in consequence of the high sea, and its impeding the ship's steering. We hear that a subscription has been set on foot to raise a sum sufficient to purchase a new boat and fishing im plements, for the suffering fishermen, most of whom have wives and families wholly dependent upon their fishing for support. CRYSTAL PALACE.—GOOD FRIDAY.—There were no less than 27,448 visitors yesterday, of whom 25,918 paid Is. each—leaking 1,2851. 183. Fraw ee and England are said to be of opinion that an indemnification ought to be give n t o th e Prussian Ceown for any private property which it may p ossess in Neuchatel. CROSBY HALL, RISHOPSGATE.—Prince Albert has ailewea himself to be named as patron of this institution for educational purposes ; and has also, unsolicited, for warded a subscription of 1001. towards the fund for pur chasing the lease of the said hail. Advices from Odessa of the 223 March state that Count Strogonoff, Governor of Bessar a bi a , h a d rece i ved despatches informing him that the journey of the Em peror to that part of his empire was now decided. The Emperor is only waiting for the return to St. Petersburg of the Grand Duke Constantine to set out. The Grand Duke will visit England ; his arrival in London will probably take place towards the end of May. THE LATE CASE OF STABBING AT ISLINGTON.—An inquest was held this morning, at the Marquis of Salis bury, Caledonian road, on the body of the unfortunate man Scott, who was stabbed a few days ago by one of his tenants, named Tripe, who occupied apartments belonging to deceased in Freeling-street. The facts have already appeared in The Sun. A verdict of wilful murder was returned. THE CHAIRMAN OF INLAND REVENUE AND THE DIV'. SION OFFICERS OF DUBLIN.—A. deputation from the division officers of Dublin colle c tion had an interview with C. Pressly, R eq., Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, during his stay in Dublin, for the purpose of expressing the gratitude of the service for the abolition of the rerneves, and of drawing his attention to the pre sent inadequate remuneration of the officers, and solicit ing his assistance in procuring an increase of salaries. The deputation were most graciously and kindly re ceived by the hon. gentleman.—Ciril Service Gazette. MINES.—The market opened this week with a more buoyant appearance, and we fully expected a larger amount of business would ensue than we have had to report upon for some time past, but the further advance in the rate of discount, and the apprehensions of stili greater tightness in the money market, caused general uneasiness, and b us i ness became dull and shares heavy. Wheal Margery shares have been in good demand, and a large business transacted in them, at prices varying from 161 to 14, leaving off at 17 ; Margaret shares have been largely dealt in at 774 to 80, but left off at 75 to 77 ; in Great Alfred shares there has been much fluctuation, and after reaching 9 they left off at 71 ; Wheal Trelawny, 24l to 25 ; Tincroft shares have been more in request, at 4i to 6 ; Wheal Edward, 41 to 41 f and left off firmer ; North Basset still flat, at 28 to 29 ; West Basset have falle n to 32, 33 ; Alfred Consols have been pretty extensively dealt in, at 22.1 to 22i, and leave off at 224 to 221, ex div., which is 12s. per share, and the same is expected next time ; Basset, 260 to 270 ; %Vest Caradon, 155 to 165 ; South Frances, 325 to 335 ; Collacombe shares have advanced to 50, 55 ; Devon Consols, 450 to 460 .—Mining Journal of We day. A HINT TO WIVES.—" If I am not at home from the party to-night at 10 o'clock," said a husband to his better and bigger half, "don't wait for me." "That I won't," replied the lady significantly—"l won't wait, but come for you !'' The gentleman returned at 10 o'clock precisely. THE BALLOT LAW IN AU,STRALI.4. A. copy of the electoral law of the colony of Vic toria as forwarded to England for the royal assent appears in the shape of a Parliamentary paper just isened, and in zccordance w th an address of the House of Commons. The following clauses in this measure refer to the vote by ballou, which has now become the law in Victoria : • Sec. XXXV. At every booth or poliiog place there shill be one or more compartments or ballot rooms provided- with ink and pens for the purpose of enabling the elector to mark the ballot paper as hereinafter provided, in which room no person other than the returning officer or hi 4 deputy, the poll clerk, and the scrutineers of the several candi dates to be appointed as heieinafier pi ovided., and the electors who shall for that time be tendering their votes shall be entitled to be present, and any person other than such returning officer, Pell clerk, scrutineers, and elec tors actuallyrecording their votes who shall intrude into such room, shall be deemed euilty of a misdemeanour. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the returning officer, and de puty returning officer, or poll clerk, to summon to his assistance in such compartment or room any member or members of the police force for the pur pose of preserving the public peace, quelling any breach thereof that may have-arisen, and for re moving out of such room any person or persons who may, in his opinion, be obstructing the polling or wilfully violating auy of the provisions of this act. XXXVI. The returning officer, or his deputy, shall provide a locked box, of which he eha l l keep the key, with a cleft or opening in such box capable of receiving the ballot-paper, and which box shall stand upon the table at which the returning). e' - officer, deputy returning-officer or poll-clerk, and scrutineers preside. And each elector shall, having previously satisfied as herein provided the return ing officer or his deputy that he is entitled to vote at such election, then receive from the returning officer, or deputy returning-officer, or poll-clerk, a ballot paper in the form in the schedule hereunto annexed, marked (F), and which ballot paper shall be signed on the back by the returning-officer with ,his name, and such elector shall in the compart ment or ba!lot room provided for the purpose, strike out the names of such candidates as he dues not intend to vote for, and shall forthwith fold up the same in such manner as will conceal the names of the candidates, and display that of the return ing -officer written upon thebacir," and deposit it in the ballot box in the pre:eace of the returning-offi cer, or deputy returning-officer, or poll-clerk and scrutineers ; and in case such elector shall be unable to read or shall be blind he shall signify the same to the returning officer or deputy returning-officer or poll-clerk, who shall thereupon mark or strike out the names of such candidates as the g elector may designate, and no elector shall take out of such room any such ballot paper either before or after he has marked the same, and any elector willingly infringing any of the provisions of this clause, or obstructing the polling by any unnecessary delay in performing any act within the ballot-room, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour. XXXVII. After the nomination of the several candidates for the province or district shall have taken place, the returning officer shall cause to be printed a number of ballot-papers in the form (F), which ballot papers he shall keep in his own cus tody, and before the day of polling he shall deliver to each deputy returning officer such number of ballot papers, signed by himself, as shall 'lee suffi cient for the electors who may poll at 'the booth or polling place within such deputy's division ; and he shall also sign a sufficient number of ballot 'papers for the electors who may poll at the booth or polling place over which he shall himself pre side, and it shall be the duty of the returning offi cer, and deputy returning officer, to keep an exact account of such signed ballot papers. XXXVILL Before delivering the ballot paper to the ,elector, as hereiobefore provided, the returning officer, or deputy returning officer, or poll clerk, shall write upon each ballot paper so delivered to such elector the number corresponding to the num ber set opposite to the elector's name in the elec toral roll, and shall thereupon check or mark off upon a certified copy of the electoral roll such voter's name as having voted, and such numbers so corresponding as aforesaid shall be sufficient prima facie evidence of the identity of the electors whose names shall appear on the roll, and of the fact of their having voted at the election, at which such ballot papers were delivered. xxkix. The returning officer shall preside at one polling-place within his province or district, and shall appoint by writing under his hand a de puty or deputies or poll clerk to act for him and preside at each of the other polling places or booths appointed as aforesaid for taking the poll for such province or district or any division there of respectively, and a poll clerk for each compart ment or ballot room when there are more than one. XLl.—Each candidate may appoint one person to be scrutineer at each booth, or polling place, and in every compartment thereof at the election, and every person so appointed scrutineer shall, upon his appointment, make and subscribe the following declaration in the presence of the returning officer, or deputy returning officer :--- • "I, A. 8., a scrutineer appointed by C. D., a candidate at the election of a member to serve in the Legislative Council (or in the Legislative As sembly, as the case may he) for X., do hereby solemnly declare that I will faithfully assist at such election, and that I will not attempt to ascertain for whom any elector shall vote, neither will I by any word or action directly or indirectly aid in the discovery of the same unless in answer to any ques tion which I am legally bound to answer, or in compliance with the provisions of this act." SCHEDULE F. BALLOT PAPER—FORIA. Province (or district) of [here insert name of pro vince or district]. Candidates' names (here arranged alphabetically) —William . Brown, Henry Smith, Charles Stevens, John Thompson. The voter is to strike out the name or names of the candidate or candidates for . whome he does not intend to vote by drawing a line through the same with a pen. He must be careful not to leave uncancelled more names then are capable of being returned for the province or district in which he votes, namely (here insert number), names, otherwise his ballot-paper will be invalid. If he cannot read he may require the returning officer or deputy returning officer to strike out for him suchlnarne or names as be may designate. The"ballot-paper so marked by or for the voter is to be dropped by him into the ballot box. The voter is not to be permitted to take his bal lot paper out of the ballot room or polling booth. LETTER FROM SIR JOHN BO WRING. ( From the Western Times.) We last week published an extract from a letter re• ceived by a lady in Exeter, from Hong Kong, in which there was a very touching account of the poisonings, and a hymn of thanksgiving composed by Sir John Bow - ring, and sung in the service which had been offered up to the Almighty, in gratitude for his sparing mercy. We regretted to have to issue that noble effusion with out the opportunity of offering some remarks on it ; but the excitement of the pending election forbade it. We know Sir John to be a man of the purest benevo lence—a lover of peace from his youth upwards, full of the noblest and loftiest aspirations for humanity. We have felt that he must necessarily be right in this ques tion, whatever aspect it may bear; and the following letter, received by an Exeter friend of the right bon. gentleman's wi,l show that the same prinCiples which won him favour iu the eyes of the public still animate his judgment, and direct his councils whilst clothed with the responsibility of office : " Government-house, Hong Kong, 15th Feb., 1857. "My dear Sir,—l receiveregularly the Western Times, and thank you for sending it. Now and then I get a Devonian here to interest himself in it. At present we have here Captain Fortesque, who commands the Barracouta, and excellent service ho has done. The vessel is the terror of the enemy. " No doubt you,have heard of the attempt to poison the European resident of the colony. No one of my family escaped, and I had several guests, all of whom eat of the poisoned bread. Lady B. suffered much, some of the arsenic having got into her lungs. I hope my life has been preserved for some purposes useful to icy country and to mankind. It is a perplexing position to know that a price is set on our heads, that our servants cannot be trusted, that a premium is offered to any incendiary who will set fire to our dwellings to any murderer who will poison or destroy us. Yet re try to possess our souls in peace, and I have the fullest persuasion that all which is taking place is co-operant to good—to great and permanent good. "If my life and health be preserved, and I still am honoured with the confidence which is placed in me, I trust to rend er a goo d account of my stewardship.ire have many grievances to redress, and I will try to redress them; many securities to obtain, and I mean to obtain thew. lam sure we shall be accompanied by.the good wishes of good men. With kind regards to those who re member, " My dear Sir, most faithfully d jouyzioußrso,wßlNG.,, DESPATCH OF THE A USTRALIAN MAILS.--This day, the mails for %Vest and South Au , tralis, Victoria, Met bourne, New South Wales, Sydney, Van Diemen's Land, Hobart Town, and New Zealant', will be made up and despatched by the contract mail steam-packet Etna, via Southampton and the Isthmus of Suez. An additional despatch will take place via Marseilles, on the evening of the 16th inst. MAIL FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD 110PIL—ACCIDENT TO THE TRANSlT.—yesterday, by command of the Post master-genera!, notice was issued at the Chief Office, St. llilartin's-le Grand, that in consequence of the accident to the Transit, the mails on board for the Caps of Good Hope would be tran a iir ped on beard her Majesty's steamer Himalaya, to sail from Portsmouth on the arrival, of the post from London on the evening of the 15th inst. Supplementary mails will also be despatched for the Cape of Good Hope by the Himalaya. All newspapers and letters must be specially addressed "By her Majesty's steamer Himalaya. ' Th( closed Th( Jews]: fur tra "Tt have rc °irculati late inte for mo. 700, 000/ 1 60,000/ The I; the week factory c hibits ft Director . ; than has reserve o sterling, the. amou Saturday, mented ii balance s but it i s favourabl charges t] Active C Bullion . Rest . Public I Other 13 Seven-D; Governor Other Se It Notes tu The °Mc metals frm itg ThuraC Gold C silver ( On Thur R• James I suspended, solved to NI aPection, a: Purpose. A furthe ceived frot Copenhage I .Kiristi j Stock 3 Pcr ** nR ?, e Per Cent 4 W 3 per C India BOWLS, Ditto, undc Consols for A.c tchequor RIOC3 1:500 9mn11,,, Ditto Bond Ditto, 1914 t h iLICES OF Chillan Bondi Ditto 3 per ~•'.rdinian Boy '3 l ) anish Comp T a:kihh Rom Ditto Accoi Ditto Guar ?ranch Rente Ditto 3 per t utak Exelta Consols, ° Ditto foi