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THY, ibtrpool trinbarb. TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1855 LORD SHAFTESBURY'S BILL. AM, ,N. - ; the, many things which we hare to be thankful for, we may certainly include the House of Lords ; otherwise, Lori SIIA.FTESB URY'S Bill would have-been- by this time law ; and a more mischievous law we can scarcely conceive. We owe it to Lord DERBY, — and we take a pleasure in recording the this bill has been arrested in its course. Smuggled through the House of Commons in a most marvellously silent and secret manner,—the divisions being taken after twelve o'clock at night,—and introduced with as few words as possible into the Lords, Lord SHAFTESBURY thought to get it quietly and silently made law. That the bill means a great deal more than lies on the face of it, no one who watched the noble Earl's nervous and excited manner, his dread of investigation, can doubt for a moment. Concealment was his prime ob iectL-exposure his terror. This looked suspicious ; but his speech confirmed the suspicion. One set of facts completely contradicted the. other ; but both he contrived to make to serve his purpose. One time he aid that this bill would not give a layman any more power than he now had ; another, that it was neces sary, in, order to enable a pious layman to read and expouild the Scriptures to his friends. One time he said it was necessary, in order to legalise the meetings of the. City Mission ; at another, he said that the City Mission held its meetings without hindrance from the existing law. Evidently none of these were the true reasons : there were some behind that he durst not make public. 'We shall tell our readers what they are. As the law stands at present, no one can call together more than twenty persons, besides his own household, for prayer or preaching ; at least, if he does, he is liable to indictment. This has proved a very awkward restraint on some of Lord SHA.FTESBURY'S "pious laymen"—that 'is, persons who have manifested their piety by quarrelling with their clergyman, either on personal or doctrinal grounds. A country squire, who owns almost the whole parish, quarrels with the parish priest ; he goes, perhaps, to another church, but his tenants still go to their own church. A manufacturer objects to the doctrine of the Incumbent of his dis trict; he, too, goes to another church, but his factory people still attend on the ministrations of their proper pastor. This is disagreeable : they want to put down the clergyman, and make him come to their terms. It will not do to open a dissenting meeting-house, because these men profess zeal and attachment to the Church ; and they know their people are Churchmen. If they could only open a room near the church, a work-room in the factory, an empty barn in the farm yard, where they could make their foreman or butler read the Church service and a lecture, then they could plead attachment to the Church, and show inde pendence of their Church's minister at the same time. The urgency for some such scheme is pressing at this time ; for, in spite of all his efforts, in these last few years Lord SHAFTESBURY has found that Church doctrines have been making steady and un doubted progress. Clergymen have managed to sur vive agitation, and to surmount prejudice; people are better Churchmen, more attached to - the Church than ever. This is diametrically opposite to what his Lordship expected. Another favourite scheme has also in a great measure failed, viz., that of effect ing a powerful union between a certain class of disaf- fected Clergy and Dissenters. He sag• something must be done. This bill, if it passed, might do a great deal. Thus, any influential layman, landowner, or manufacturer, could hold this bill in terrorent over the clergyman's head. "If you don't preach as / please, or conduct the services as Iliac, I will open a meetingrhouse, and read the Ch.# Service, and make my people attend ; then, what will von do ?" Again, many Dissenters admire the Church Service, and, indeed, very much prefer it to the extempore effusions of their own ministers ; but they dislike the sacerdotal character of the clergyman, and the autho- ritative position of the Church. If they could have a layman, or one of their own ministers to officiate, they would condescend to attend. Here is the basis for a union of Church and Dissent. These are the real reasons of Lord SHA.FTESBIIIIY'S anxiety about the bill; both his wish that it should pass, and that without too close an inquiry. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. - -4---- MONDAY MORNING. t:NEASY popular feeling and - ominous general surmise have so frequently been experienced:4,: the harbingers of public calamity, as to have given rise to •a common belief in their prophetic value; and the Writs, the, knowledge of which has been Crowded into the past week's history, go far to coun tenance the prevalent impression. The capitals of France and England were both overclouded by a brooding apprehension of misfortune during Wednesday and Thursday, on the latter of which days it took the' form of Whispered rumour of defeat to the Allied arms before Sebastopol ; but the rumour was so vague, and seemed so baseless, that its retailers scarce gave utterance to their thoughts, leaving them only half breathed out. On Thursday, the impression was widely prevalent, and broadly stated, that Government was in receipt of intelligence, "announcing reverses to the Allies, with great loss, before Sebastopol." The assertion thus substantively put for Ward, received the same evening an official contradiction. So strong, however, was the presentiment of evil which had taken pos session of the public mind, in connexion with the subject,. that men, though willing to give credit to the contradiction, found themselves resistlessly impelled to disbelieve it. In the (lead watches of the night, the uneasy feeling, which had been im perceptibly engendered, was reduced so far to a distinct cer tainty by a telegraphic announcement at the War Department, to the effect that an attack,made simultaneously by the French and English, oa the Redan and Malakhoff Batteries, had been unsuccessful, and that the assailants of both points had been repulsed with great loss. This sorrowful intelligence was speedily communicated to the telegraph in London, and within an hour the unwelcome tidings were disseminated all over the British Islands, spreading a deep gloom and dark dismay wherever they were heard. Lord PANMrRE'S brief but tmphatic despatch consisted of only 39 words, but in their dire import these seemed winged with fate. The weight of the blow which they inflicted was oppresssive and the very vagueness of the intimation, connected with its heavy import, staggered the boldest as it bewildered the most clear-headed and dis passionate. All that was to be gathered from the unwelcome message was the fact that, at daylight on the morning of the fortieth anniversary of the glorious victory of Waterloo, the Standards of those hosts who that day met in deadly conflict on the Belgian plain, were borne in concert against the com mon foe, and, unlike the fortune of that memorable day, these 'Standards were both driven back defeated. The extent of loss Was not stated nor even indicated, but, as in all such cases conjecture did its utmost to realize the worst of fears. At first all presented - to the mind's eye seemed a chaos of commingling disaster and defeat; a steady gaze on matters as theycould be guessed at through the misty medium of contemplation presented, tended in no small degree to reassure the most desponding and to rekindle the hope which had been all but crushed in every bosom. The despatch spoke, indeed, in terms sufficiently impressive, of an attack repelled, but was silent as to the loss of any advantage previously achieved ; and, though. mournfully eloquent as to the sustained in the :Parthhelar e i nterprise referred to, was encouragingly mute as to fatal casualties on any other point in either of the allied works. From the glimmering ray of hope thus permitted to Illumine the darkened picture,. men were enabled more im partially to scan its limning.. The inspection showed that, deeply as the misfortune is to be deplored, it is not such an occurrence as to take it in any degree out of the ordinary cc - currencea of war. Deeply as this, the. first, repulse of our attack upon Sebastcpel is to be lamented, it is not such as ought iu any degree to dishearten a great and gallant people. Such reverses have happened before, in numerous instances, to even the bravest nn'd best disciplined troops when 'led by the most skilful generals. Our annals tell us that WEL ZINGION cr,)erienced similar checks before Burgos and Badajos ; and his invincille army was much worse handled at Ciudad Rodrigo and Son Sebastian ; yet all of these plaCeS fell before his victorious arms. From such details as have been permitted to transpire, it would seem as if tileteoeasy eonquast of the Mamelon and the eornparativele ra p id capture - of.the Oi•ens'lnd Quarry-works had rendered the commanders of both armies totAangaine of an easy victory; forgetful that to obtain posseltiion of these important points, which would completely command the fortress, they must expect a stub born and a sanguinary opposition, which they appear to have been but indifferently prepared to overcome. So far as can be gathered from the very imperfect data hitherto made public, it would seem that, in accordance with a preconceived plan, the French were to attack the Malakhoff, and the English the Redan, at day-break on the morning of the 18th, and this attack they spiritedly made at the time and in the manner agreed on. To understand the nature of this combined operation, and its importance, it will be well_to bear in mind the following explanation. The Malakhoff is a strong fort constructed on an eminence to the east of the town, which it completely oyarlaaks,.cpmmanding the inner harbour, and with its guns sweeping the whole of the town proper, enfilading Fort Nicholas, and traversing the eastern or. military portion of the town, and according to some authorities holding within its range the Star Fort, on the north side of the Great Harbour. In short, it is placed so as to pour destruc tion over nearly every portion of the devoted city. The Redan is another strong fort, also crowning an eminence at a short distance to the south-west of the Malakhoff, from whioh it is separated by a deep ravine. The Redan is on a level con siderably lower than that crowned by the Malakhoff, and is commanded by it. In front of the Malakhoff the Russians had-constructed and fortified the strong out-work called the Mamelon, from which the French dispossessed them after a sharp and sanguinary struggle ; at the same time, the English took possession of the Quarries. .Both these important out works were held by their respective conquerors ; and from them it was agreed they were to sally forth in quest of the new advantages they sought, which, if obtained, would have given them virtual command of the whole south side of the Great Harbour. Within the exterior defences of the Redan, the Rus sians had constructed an additional battery, so that if beaten from the main work they might still be able to check the storm ing party in its progress towards the town, and in front of this inner battery they had dug a deep and wide ditch. The attack on both the Redan and the Malakhoff were made simultaneously. After a severe, although not very protracted struggle, the British storming party carried the maiuworks of the Redan, but were brought to a stand at the ditch which defended the inner battery ; they had no planks.on which to cross this formidable obstacle, nor were they provided with scaling . -hidders to surmount the wall, and they were conse quently exposed to a severe and murderous fire from the guns of the inner fort. The French also advanced gallantly in their attack upon the Malakhoff, the outworks of which they had barely reached when a 'mine was sprung beneath them, causing instant and wide-spread destruction. The recoil of the attacking column was immediately followed up by a vigorous attack of the Russians, in such force as to bear down the staggered and broken batta lions of the French, whom they succeeded in driving beyond .the Mamelon, which they held with desperate tenacity, not withstanding the repeated and brave efforts of the French to regain their lost position, which efforts were not crowned with success till night. Consequent on this partial success of the Russians, the newly-acquired position of the English became eminently perilous. They were exposed to a dreadful can nonade from three different points, viz., from the inner battery of the Redan, from the Malakhoff, and from the recaptured outwork of the Mamelon ; to none of which could they reply with anything like effect. From this exposed situation they were at last compelled to retire, but not before they had sus tained a loss, it is said, of between 4,000 and 5,000 men in killed and wounded, including 20 officers, amongst whom were Sir Joirs CAMPBELL, Lieut.-Colonel YEA, and Colonel SHAD FORTS. The French behaved with their customary bravery in the desperate conflict. In the first burst of the strife they gained a partial footing in the Malakhoff works, from which they were driven by the springing of the mine referred to, which, by its destructive effects, secured for the Russians a temporary triumph, and an additional means of galling the previously victorious English. After repeated struggles of a dre - adfully sanguinary character, the French succeeded in dis lodging the enemy, and before night-fall were once more per- manent possessors of the dearly-bought works of the Marne lon. In accomplishing these efforts, however, they suffered severely, and lost, it is said, two general officers in the contest. No estimate has as yet been transmitted of the absolute num ber of their killed and wounded, nor of those who fell on the part of the enemy, the latter of whom must also have sustained a very severe loss. Such, according to the meagre accounts received, has been the nature of the great and sanguinary conflict, which resulted in the first check as yet sustained by the allied arms. Deeply to be deplored as it unquestionably is, it presents few features Which ought to dishearten the Allies, and it exhibits no characteristic, except the indomitable courage of the attacking troops, if that be an eiception, which ought not to have been looked 'for in so arduous an undertaking as that in , which we have been engaged. The works assaulted are evi dently of the last importance to the besieged, and conse.. quently a resistance proportionately desperate was to be looked' for. The disaster, for disaster it unquestionably has been,. like that which was the precursor of the French successful' attack on the newly-constrncted• works thrown up - by the. Russians to the. westward of the Flagstaff Battery; will, there is reason to hope, prove only the harbinger of a decisive and victorious effort to carry the works of which partial pos session had been obtained. Profiting by the dear-bought knowledge they have acquired, their martial " virtues rising will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall, And trust themselves to fear no second fate." Indeed, even among those but little tainted with an over sanguine disposition, there are not wanting many who believe that the assault will have been made, and that successfullyi, before these lines shall see the light. Expectation is eagerly on the stretch—time presses for the issue, unless we mean to see our gallant armies melt away before the debilitating influ ence of a Crimean summer, not less fatal than the winter campaign whose miseries and desolation all classes have joined so feelingly in deploring. Mention of the winter campaign recals to memory that the famous committee of inquiry into the disasters of that periode more fatal than the unsuccessful attack which is now the cause of such general and acute regret and grief, delivered its report to the House of Commons on Monday night. It is a long and somewhat pointless document; from Which, nevertheless- 5 . some good may ultimately be extracted. It is understood to have been the result of so much wrangling—the offspring-of so little unanimity, as to be practically a mosaic in which each • individual member has placed his little bit of tile after it ins• been ground, and pared, and chipped, and trimmed, and fitted to its particular opening by the combined ingenuity of allahis colleagues. As good not unfrequently comes out of evil, so-in the case of this committee and its report, in which censure has been so refined and attenuated as to have lost all but the semblance of condemnation, a substantive motion has.been carved out and notified to the house by Mr. RoEnroxecalling upon its members collectively to pass a censure upon all the. members of the late and present Government, with: the exception of three members of the present, of which. exception neither Lord PALMERSTON nor Lord Jolter RI/SSE - id, is- one. The motion has been fixed for the 3rd of July e and.if it do not, as in the case of several of its predecesaces e .give-rise alone to endless and seemingly aimless speechmaking,- it may be productive of some benefit. The metropolis and the nation, and indeed its may. be said the whole of civilized Europe, has been., struck breath less with indignation, by the accounts received. of that atrocious outrage which the Russians have , perpetrated at Hango, in the Baltic. There, as all the world knows by this time, some four or five hundred Russian. soldiers attacked and most inhumanly murdered a boat's-crew belonging to the English ship Cossack, which under cover of a flag of truce landed for the purpose of setting at liberty some Rus sian prisoners. ..The affair was brought before-the House of Peers on Thursday, by the Earl of MA.I4I}IFSBIMT, who, in em phatic, yet measured, language, denounced it as a deed of mar-. der demanding the execration of the civilised world—as a deed of ruthlessness unparalleled in English history. The spirit of his lordship's observations was promptly taken upend reiterated by a large number of the peers assembled. Lord BROI GE*3f, with.his characteristic energy,.refused to be satisfied with a mere disclaimer of participation by the Russian Government, and called for " punishment on the perpetrators of a, deed so extraordinary and so cruel. If ever the land called for blood," said his lordship, "it is now." The details of this sad tragedy are now widely known, and universally condemned and exe crated. In the field our countrymen have met and beaten the Russians with a disadvantage of eight to one;; on the wave they have not dared to show an adverse prow ; but at. Hango they had the fo e rfune to find thew s elves in a M 3, jority of between twenty and thirty to one, and the oppor tunity'was `toe; good to'. be let slip.. The leader of these murdering, .. - miscreants, elated with his overwhelming numerical , auperioeity, e,xclaitned in savage exultation, — "We will show you how Russia us fight." And he did so. He showed how Russians can fight when fire hundred have to wage unequal conflict with eleven ! the smaller party, trusting to, the usages of war - and their-own message of mercy for protection, being altogether unarmed. The victory in such circumstances was indeed suited to the genius of Russian bravery. In treachery and wantonness it surpasses the butchery of Sinope, and will, without doubt, be rewarded with a similar meal of public approbation at St. Petersburg. Indeed, it has already met with Russian praise. According to the Russian account of the atrocity, the:crew of the Cossack's boat are said to have landed in arms, and, consequently, the deed is exalted into one of patriotic heroism; but the amount of slaughter is cencealed, and the majority of the crew are said to be only " caged." Such is the Russian phrase, but what it means it i not easy to conjecture. The falaeheed of the Husain THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. statement is, however, apparent from various circumstances: The boat'screw are represented as having landed in arms,and in the same account the arms of the men are said to have been found in the bottom of the boat. Next, the Russian version of the story tells us that the boat was sunk, although all the world besides is aware that JoriN BROWN, as he himself believes, the only survivor of the barbarous tragedy, escaped in the boat which was picked up at sea, and with himself was taken on board the ship. The boat, in its upper planks, is found riddled with bullet-holes, sufficiently proving that the men were fired on before they landed, or in the act of landing—or that, after .those.who had.landed.had beea murdered on shore, care was taken that none should escape to reveal the particu lars of the horrible massacre. The dismal tragedy enacted at Hango was.indeezl a sictory suited to the genius of that Rus sian warfare which Murdered the wounded at Inkermann, and butchered those who brought succour to her wounded sons on the heights of Alma—it is in every respect worthy of their false pretensions and their felon arms. It shows how such men can fight, when there is no resistance•—when the achievement of victory depends alone on safe butchery. The musical world of London has just received intelligence of the death of one of its oldest and most deserving fovourites. On Friday week, ROBERT LINDLEY, the veteran and most accomplished of English violoncello-players, -died in Percy street, Brighton, at the advanced age of 83. It is bat a few years since he retired from the public practice of his profes sion, and all those who can extend their recollections to the Royal Italian Opera and the best concerts of ten years ago, must have a vivid and pleasing remembrance of the comely old man whose entrance into the orchestra was the invariable signal for a hearty welcome. For more than half a century LINDLEY was a popular idol, his claim to adoration being founded on the expressive delicacy, yet strength and vigour of his tone. In his hands the violoncello could do anything but speak, or yield unpleasing sounds. He was of an urbane, gentle and kindly disposition, and was a great favourite among his younger professional brethren, while with the distinguished of the elders he enjoyed a lively friendship and a welcome brotherhood. LINDLEY was a native of Rotherham, in Yorkshire, where his father was a teacher of music. Early in life the son gave unmistakable token of musical aptitude, and so long ago as 1794 be received the appoint ment of first violoncello in the orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera, which position he retained till his retirement from public life. The theatrical world, as is usual at this season, continues to whirl with liveliness, if not with vigour, in its gas-lit orbit. At the Adelphi, Mr. ToM TAYLOR has produced a drama under the name of " Helping Hands," which has the great merit of having achieved success, The interest of the piece is centred in the - excellent acting of WEBSTER and Madame CELESTE, aided by the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY—to literary merit the piece has no claim. CHARLES MATHEWS is distributing his theatrical lustre at. the City of London Theatre, where lie has been engaged, and in which he has been delighting the City folks with some of the vagaries with which he so long and so successfully enliVened the frequenters of the Lyceum. At the. Princess's, CHARLES' KEAN Still gaily keeps the field with his gorgeous reproduction of King Henry the Eighth. At the Standard, Messrs. WRIGHT and PAUL BEDFORD have become the leading stars, in the absence of Miss GLYN, who has just made a most gratifying and success ful debut as Cleopatra in a revived set of Shakspeare's Anthony and Cleopatra. Of her performance of the "fair witch of Egypt," which was witnessed by His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, the Dublin critics speak in rapturous terms. To return, however, to the starting-point, the gentlemen named as leaders at the Standard have proved very attractive.- The two great houses still continue rivals in Opera. At Old Drury, respectably performed operas and gay ballets are . offered by Mr. SMITH, at circus prices, and are meeting with . a fair share of patronage ; while Covent Garden rejoices in the melodies chaunted by Guist and Kum ; by TAM , BUEINI and LADLACHE ; and these veterans are aided in. the general corps by several celebrities of newer fame, why pro: mise fairly to deserve a large share of popular applause. THE NATIONAL SOCIETY and the (SO-CALLSM CHURCH of ENGLAND EDUCATION SOCIETY.- TO THE EDITOR, OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—Mr. Colquboun's letter, ira defence of the society o which he is a leading member, requires some notice; thought the transparent fallacy of argument needs only a clear state ment to be plainly seem Whether the letter is a judicious one, is a matter of opinion ;: that: it ie a valuable one, there • can be no doubt, sinceit sets forth intadmirablc simplicity the tactics of the party to which the writerbelonp. Mr. Colquhoun's.objections- to the-National Society are two fold. Ist. It gives help only to school , building, and sup porting of training. colleges ; not to- the support of schools already established. The answer tolhisis almost too obvious to need setting down :—lncrease the - funds; and the society will increase its- sphere otoperations, - The second objection requires az little more. notice. It says:—" The second. characteristic of a- National Society of Education is,-that it shall combine in:its management the two leading sections of the-Church of England?! Truly, this is a most delectable characteristic ! I have often heard of . the pugnacity of John Bull; the noble art of sparring, -which is, I believe,. peculiar to , him but I certainly never tlidunderstand before that the exercise -of this art was -necessarY to his reli gious well-being.; and that no society - had -any titleto the term" National," unless 'it contained -in itself the elements of discord, and the whole apparatus of dissension. The pc-rfection of a National Society is, according to this: view, when it con tains two parties eqUaliy balanced, each opposingantl thwart ing the other. And, se completely- is • this -the view of Mr. Colquhoun and Isis , party, that, having attempts.4,-. and- failed in introducing into , the Committee of the National Society the element of discor4he thought it absolutely necessary to the well-being of the. ehurch at large to. establish a rival and oppo sition society, which was to act mere -extensively and more publicly against the-Nitional Society- This schismatical pro ceeding he considers essential to any national' institution. But, in endeavouring to- establish his position„he proceeds to make the monsttous- and malignant assertior„.that—all the sixteen elected members of the Committee el the National . Society, with the exception of tices-are Tractarians; .! !=that.. this was the case-when he was amember of the eommittee,..i and that it is se -now. Of courses.the very monstrosity of an assertion carries its own refutation : no man, of sound judg, meat could for a moment believe this, But, as proof is moca-i satisfactory than :mere denial, I mill give tile names of. the committee, so that every one may judge for -himself.. I have before me the Reports of 1849 and 1850—tha other three yeks I cannot find.. As, however, Ilnow that the committee has changed very.; these two yearn will, be quite 5a.11,-,- I dent for the -purpose :--Ar,Adeacon Ha=ison, Revs. IL. H. Milman, J. Jennings, Mr. Mathison, Pi'r. H. Norris,. Sir.-1 W. P. Wood,. Mr. Colquboun, . Sir Thomas Phillips,. Mr. Acland, Lord Lyttelton, Adderley, Hon. J. Talhot,..Mr, Cotton, Ray. Lord J. Thyane, Mr. Twining, Mr. Davis, Rev.. l W. Short. Here is. Mr., Colquhoun'a. list of Tracrians Truly, some of these ge4lemen will lie proud of the; -honour; of being nicknamed by Mr. Colquhom ! I should like to see. their lock when they were told so: Now my idea of a. national society is, that it is. associety which is not a. party society, whose members are not party men ; and this is exactly the characteristic of the National Socie4 for Edueatica,. None of those men above-mentioned, excepting - Mr. Colignhoun himself, is a party man ; and it is plain. from Mr. Colquhoun's letter, that it If because this, society would not lend itself to party purposes, that he has. left it, and set up another. Mr. Colquhoun confepes—con, fees without a blush of shame—that he ancUis party tried: to get the Archbishop of. Canterbury to lend himself to, his .latrigues nay. ; .raore, he dpes not hesitate to father on, the Archbishop the scheme itself. lam sun, and, all readers will agree with,me, when I say, that the Archbishop: of Can terbury is incapable of such tricks. I must say. a few more words about this. Tractarian Com mittee. let it be known, then, that a. committee is elected, according to a certain cycle, by the Jubscribers sf agseinea to the society,.at their- annual meeting. .Anything less exclusive than this,-it is imaossible to conesiv.e :at the same time, any thing- more. completely crushing to Mr. Colqulioun's slander, that it is a " party society, ', is. as difficult to. imagine ; unless it .he. this, TEAT EVERY ONR OP THE- Bxmori is, ex officio, A MEMBER OF TILE COMMITTEE. Neither are any more words needed to prove that the society is what it professes to: be—" Tut NATIONAL SOCIETY for the Education of the- Poor in the Principles, of the Estobliehed church." A careful perusal of Mr. Colquhoun's letter brings me, to the conclusion, that the only point in which he attempts to substantiate the charge of Traetarianism is the College of St. Mark's, Chelsea. Yet he acknowledges that it is governed by a council of its own,' and not by the National Society : the society makes grants to the college, but so does the govern ment ; if the.National.SoCiety is Tractarian; because it grants money to St. Mark's College, so must the Privy Council on Education, for it does so too. I shall not enter into a defence of that college, or of the matter concerning Mr: Pay mond e since you did that effectually in your two articles; I will only mention one fact, which will tell - more than all argument : that this year the Counciiik the Cheltenham Training Col lege, which has the repots fiNi of belonging exclusively to the Evangelical party, applied to St. Mark's for a method master, and the offer of this office was made to Mr. A. C. Daymond, a St. Mark's man, and brother to the gentleman of whom Mr. Colqubouu so bitterly complains. E. A RCLE for a new trial has been granted, on the application of the defendant, in the ease of Boyle r. Wiseman, on the ground of the improper admission of secondary evidence of the cardinal's handwriting. MR. TURNERELLI'S LECTURES ON RUSSIA. " WHAT KIND OF MEN OUR ENEMIES ARE." Seen. is the title of a course of lectures, the first of which (on the Russian nobles) was delivered- last night, at the Mechanics' Institution in this town, by Mr.'Edward Tracy Turnerelli, the author of some well-known wes'as on Russia and its People. Mr. Turnerelli, who, we learn, is the son of the celebrated artist of that name, sculptor to their late Majesties George 111. and IV., first visited Russia in the year 1837. Ills travels in that country were not confined-alone to the two capitals, St. Petersburg and Moscow, for he explored the whole of the Volga down to the Caspian sea; sojourning, as he advanced, for weeks together in the principal towns on the banks of that river ; one of which, Kazan, the ancient capital of the Tartar Khans, he has described in two interesting volumes lately published in London by Bentley. During this journey, which lasted five years, he travelled through 17 pro vinces of the Russian Empire, a feat which, we believe, few English travellers can boast of having accomplished. Mr. Turnerelli enjoyed the personal favour of the late Emperor Nicholas, who patronised his works in a very liberal manner, and assisted him in various ways in his travels. This advan tage joined to an intimate acquaintance with many of the nobles, induced Mr. Turnerelli to prolong his sojourn in Russia upwards of sixteen years; and it was only at the commence ment of the present war that he felt it his duty to leave that country, to which, he candidly tells us, the kind treatment he received from all classes had in many ways attached him. As Englishmen, therefore, we could duly appreciate the feeling which induced Mr. Turnerelli to remark that as much as truth would permit him (for no sense of gratitude would induce him to say a word that was not truth), 1:e would, although we were at war with Russia, tell all the good he. had observed in that country, and tell it too with heartfelt pleasure. The Russians, he said, had many imperfections in their character which were generally known; but they had, at the same time, many gseat and remarkable national virtues, of which few travellers had spoken. While he painted, therefore, faithfully, the darker side of their character, he would most certainly not conceal the fairer traits ; and this was a duty he owed not only to the Russians, but to his countrymen and to himself. He began his description of the Russian nobles by depictin ,-, the peculiarly Muscovite manner in whi c h P e t er th e Great, by the aid of a host of French tutors, governesses, nurses, hair= dressers, dancers, teachers, valets (all French), whom he imported in ship loads into the country, introduced civilisation among his gaunt Boyars. They wore long beards, which Peter ordered them to shave, but the &Tara rebelled at this order, and the mutiny it raised nearly cost Peter his life. The latter settled the matter by fixing a tax upon his subjects' beards, and the Boyars—preferring rather to part with their beards- than their roubles—finished by keeping Peter's order. By degrees the Muscovite Boyars assumed a very polished appearance, and at the present day, a Russiananobie is as polite - and civilised a man as any aristocrat in Ilerope. The stamp of civilisation, however, retains the impress -of its-origin; the Russian nobles, still imitate. the French in their habits, manners, dress, and tastes; nothing but French is heard among them, and by some of their enemies they have been called des Francais p'ate's, or spoiled Frenchmen. A pre ference for the French people was strongly marked: in the Russian character; but they liked all foreigners, patticularly when they happened to belong to the softer sex. A pretty actress or dancet,. was sure to make a rapid fortune in Russia,. though it is not necessary to enquire too closely into' the' means employed to do so. Uadlle. Jenny Falcon came to'St: Petersburg a poor girl e in a few months she had a palace - to live in, and droveabout the town in a carriage and four; ever- body was dying for her, and one poor fellow did die,—a youage Russian officer having shot himself for Jenny's sake, when she refused to marry him. This passion for foreign artistes was carried so far as. often to lead- the young Russian' noble into the meet ridiculous excesses. For instance, when Mademoiselle Taglioni quitted: St. Petersburg, she left a pair of slippers- at the hotel.- The landlord soon made his good fortune . known, and 50,. 100, and even 200 roubles (£3O) were freely offered for the forgotten slippers. The landlord, however, finding the public enthusiasm in crease as he raised his- demands, peremptorily refused to part with the slippers under 500 roubles- (E 75). This sum being rather more than any individual appeared willing to givea 35 persons clubbed together, and purchased the slippers. They then wanted to know what to do with them. After many suggestions, none of which gave general satisfaction, it was- proposed by one of Vieapeculators, mere enthusiastic and original than his fellows; that they should- eat them? The landlord of the hotel pronounced the idea to -be excellent, and proposed to make a fricasee of them, -whichiwas accord ingly donee and the 36 enthusiasts, with the lettirrer as their guest, did actually eat TaglionitS slippers, and'' washed them down in bumpers of champagne; in which they drank to the health of the charming danse - Ae. The education of the Russian nobles was almost exclusively in the: hands of foreigners; and many of these were certainly littae - qualified for the task they tools upon themselves to perform. Allissisa . n prince a living na• the interior of Russia, was very proud of his daughters' . English; but, on being 'introduced to them, Mr. Turnerelli foutd - that they had been 'earning Scotchinstead of English; and for - aught be knew, their teacher might have been some needy bagpiper, wlaefound teachiiiga more profitable bug ness in Russia than playing his national , instrument. Tur nerelli related on this subject several other amusing anecdotes, which space wilrnote permit us to allude to. The great defects of the . Russian nobles were their extravagance, their* dis sipation, their love of change, their fondness for gam bling, and sometimes their want of honesty in their dealings: But,. on. the- other hand their hospitality,. courtesy, and charity- were beyond all praise. Each: of these characteristic - traits, Mr. Turnerelli illustrated by a variety of incidents-which had occurred under his personal notice, and which ii terestedf. strongly his auditors. Mastrof the nobles-in the interior kept open horse,. and the 'more - - numerous the droppers in toalinner the better pleased was-the. Pest. In a Worst the hospitality of the Russians was in many. owns the hospitzllty ortheliotel—without the bill at leav— ing; Of their courtesy Mr. Turnerelli related; several drums stances-which occmTed . foehinsself individually, while travel. - ling-in Russia. Their charitee and generosity to; foreigners in' distress was highly-creditable-to their feelings:. An appeal to-k the generosity of a 'Russian noble was seldom= made in vain a arid the-lecturer recorded 'several instances of poor foreigners,. who had 'died in lie-Russian capital when he wasliving there,. anti !whose families had been provided for br , -. the Imperial family. and the nobles., " - Charity," he hopeda therefore,; aright 'cover some of the sine'.' of the Russiar as With some remarks on the physical appearance, educatica.,..habits, and tastes of the Russian ladies.-MraurnereLli conch:tied his lecture, in which, we must do hhia thejkistiee to say, net - only he com nasnicated to us mach . novel information concerning the Rus siin people of a most interesting and useful deseription,-but Pict - ures bora.a character- of truthfulness,. hapartiality, and moderation vn-cannot too ;:iighly value. His second lecture on " The Ittisslan Serfs" wine delivered tomorrow evening.; and, when we reflect that it is with fOrty millions of these men :ire have to struggle in our ppesent contest, all us of must naturally feel moreor less inte rested to know the peculiar characteristics of that race of which we have so little-trustworthy iwformation ; and =iv, doubt , less, will avail themselves of the favorable opportunity af ierded them in this matter by Mr. Turnerelli's &scriptions, founded on a sixteen years' experience and a ache- study of Russian character. Mr..Turnerelli'S last lecture win be given en Friday evening; :and the subject, " The dead` and living Czar," promises -to be highly interesting—the more so, when we recall to mid Mr. Turrerelli's acquaintance -with the Imperial family.of Russia, whose .cionestic habits and. charac- ter he has probably had better-opportnnities of studying than any Englishman we could forward. His work,. very lately published, entitled, " INnow of the late. Emperor Nicholas and his. Family," ef. sithieh we have mad . several laudatory notibes in the Y Louden papers, confirms • its in this opinion; and we look forwardwith pleasure to that evening's entertainment. TJPR•• BANKBUPTI BANKERS. AT a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, &Co., . on Tuesday; it was stated that there is scarcely a , tradesman among the debtors under the estate, the legal. profession, through themselves or their alients,hein,g the principal sufferers. The two firms of Strahan,P.a.i.d, & Co., and Halferd & Co., are r be found in a mi separate -„ p bu osi t ti t o h n e is op c i o n n i c on n is ed th , l a i s iDe fa tt r ei asis posi tion than the former. On Wednesday Mr. Robert Meakm Bates,,the third partner :IN the firm, was plaeed.at-the bar of Bow-street Police-court,. Wore Mr. Jardine, to:answer the chargo of having, in conanuction with Messrs. Strahan, & Paul,. unl4wfully negotiated or otherwise disposed of certain deeds or securities to the value of 0000, which had been entrusted to. them. for safe keeping hy.'Dr Griffiths. Attempts, had been made, it was then stated, to apprehend the other two partners., Sir J. D. Paul was, indeed, actually taken into custody on Tuesday evening, at his-residence at Nutfieldi. neax Reigate: The officers found SiWohnnt home, and succeeded in serving: the warrant upon him, bukit being too late to return to Lop don the same night-, alilowed their prisoner to go to bed, sitting. up all night themselves-within view of his seem, Next morn ing they conducted.the prisoner to the Reigate station, arriVing barely in time tosave the train. Tickets. were procured hur. riedly for the three,.and, according to the. statements of' the officers, the train was-actually in motion when Sir Johntook his seat in a second:class carriage. The constables werefaow ing him into thesame-carria,ge, when a railway porter pulled them back, exclaiming, " The train is inanotion, and yea can't get in." 'The officers. replied, "We are-police-constables; he is our prisoner,.andwe must accompany, him ;. resist us at your peril." Tothis the- porters merely rejoined that they were only carrying out their orders, "to prevent any, oneontering a carriage while the. train was in motion," andhaving closed the carriage-doonagainst the officers, the, train went off without them. The constables state that they immediately represented the facts to the.superintendent and showed him their authority, but hie refused to "signal" the train, to stop, although consent. ing to send a telegraphic message to. the London station. This was done by desire of the officers, who proceeded to town by the next up-train, which reached London-bridge only ten minutes after the one they had. missed. On inquiry, however, of the. station-master at London-bridge if their prisoner had been detained, he replied that he did not know the person of Sir John Paul by sight, and, had taken no steps in the matter. The police - officers, who had. been in some measure disarmed by Sir John's suavity of manner, had thus the mortification of finding that their prisoner had effectually escaped, and through out the day no trace of him could be found. They were also unsuccessful in their pursuit of Mr. Strahan, who was expected to keep an appointment at the bank, but who did not make his appearance, although anxiously looked for throughout the day. Some formal evidence, respecting the disappearance of cer tain Dutch bonds belonging to Dr. Griffiths, and entrusted to the firm, being given, the prisoner was remanded. Since the examination of Mr. Bates on Wednesday, the other two partners have surrendered themselves to the author ities. Mr. Strahan gave himself up that same evening, and was briefly examined on the following day, when he was also remanded. On Thursday Sir J. D. Paul surrendered at Bow street police-court, declaring that he had no intention of es caping from the officers who captured him. The three defen dants were placed at the bar before Mr. Hall on Frida3, when Dr. Griffiths again gave evidence respecting the charge which he preferred against them. Securities worth £22,000, chiefly in in Dutch stocks, he stated had been lodged the bank for safe custody, Messrs. Strahan being merely empowered to re ceive the dividends, and lodge them to his account. The secu rities were now missing, and Dr. Griffiths deposed that Mr. Strahan had confessed to having taken them, togeth er w ith similar documents belonging to different parties, to the value in the whole of £lOO,OOO, to a discount house in the City, for the purpose of obtaining adv?nces., The only object being to take enough evidence to justify a remand, the further inves tigation of the case was postponed until to-morrow, Wednesday, and the prisoners sent to the House of Detention at Clerkenwell. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. AT t..a half-yearly distribution of prizes, on Friday, the Rev. J. S. Howson, the Principal of the institution, presided, in the absence of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. Interesting addresses were delivered by himself, atd by the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, Mr. S. Holme, and other gentlemen: The following is a list of the prizes : UPPER SCHOOL. Master's University Exhibition, Arthur ; Egerton Scholar -snip, Aithtirrilithhe ScholarShip;Writ.rht - ;Brown SCholar ship, Widdowson ; Sandoz' Scholarship, J. B. Moore. CLASS PRIZES.—CIass 1, prize, Arthur ; certificate, G. Rawdon ; class 2, prize, Sinker ; certificates, Edwards and E. H. M'Nelie, xq. ; class 3, prize, J. F. Rounthwaite ; certifi cate, Archer ; (modern) prize, J. B. Moore ; certificate, F. Rawdon ; class 4, prize, Clough ; certificate, Fairclough ; (modern), prize, J. Peel ; certificate, Newton ; class 5, prizes, T. Cartwright and Cordeaux, ; ; class 6, prize, F a ll oon certificate, W. Aked; class 7, prize, Makin ; certificate, Young ;. class 8, prizes, Forwood and J. M. Caw ; certificates, A. Ramsay, and H. Glynn. SPECIAL ParzEs;—Junior Divinity, 1. Jones, 2. P. Tarbet ; Clough and Fairclougb, Mg. Junior History, P. Ramsay and Clough. Junior Arithmetic, Parkin and Fairclough. French, J. B. Moore. French (Additional), B. W. Wilson, E. H. 161`Neile, and Webster; Newton, Pater, Clough, J. Brown, J. C. Brown, A. Wilson,. T. Cartwright, and Cordeaux. Writing, A. Wilson. Drawing, R, P. Aked and Peel. Draw ing (Additional), Parkin aad Jeffery; G. Maples, J. F. Rounth waite, L Glynn, Pater, and H. Rawdon. EXTRA Pnizns.—Donor, the Principal; subject, Latin Prose Translation ; prize, Arthur. Donor, Mr. Ellis ; subject, Latin Verse Poem ; prize, G. Rawdon. Certificate,l. Arthur, 2. Wright. Donor, Vice-Principal ; subject, Greek and Latin Grammar ; prize, P. Target ; Certificate, Ramsay. Donor, Mr. Porter; subject, Good Conduct ; prize, W, Aked, and F. Michod. Donor, Vice-Principal ; subject, Histo7 British Colonies ; prize, F. Rawdon. Donor, Stewart iker, Esq. ; subject, Divinity ; prize, Moore and Dove, equal. A prize has also been riven by the Principal, Vice-Principal, and Mr. Porter, to J. B. Moore, for distinguished answering in the examination for the. Brown Scholarship ; and ny Mr. Hilley to the head-boy in the. lower division of the Bth class. Certificates have been awarded in the preparatory classes , to Makin for writing, and ,Hum Glynor for -general improve , meat. MIDDLE SCHOOL. CLAW' PRIZE LIST.-Ist Cias; Pendlebury ; cert., Lobiy, 2d Class, prize, Clare ; Oath. 3d Class, prize, Dixon cert., Hall. 4th Class, prize, Wright ; cer t., A. Daly. f g-th Class, prize, Field ; cert., Greg-g. tith Class, prize, cee• l •C. DaTy - Daly. 7th Class, 'rite, Hughes • cert., F. • L Venn. 9th' Class , prize, Brock ; cert, s Cunningham. 9th Class, prize, Gibbons ; cert., Pilling. SPECIAL Pltr.a Lim—Divinity medal; Buckley ; cert., Coltart. Nthninatioli to the Upper Schoof,•lrendlebury. His torical and Geographical medal, Shaw. r : Tethematical and -Arithmetical rnedal, Pendlebury ; certs., T. G. Jones, Smith, Stubbs, Youd, and A. Daly. French medal, O'Sullivan ; certs., Garrett, Clare, ithu, and H. B. Holmes. Drawing medal, SWift ; carts., Pendlebitry, Cooper, H. G. Jones., and Fell. PenManehip medal, Newell ; certs., Nott, '.11.• B. Jones, Stafford, Daly, Fell, Gill,- Dawson, Crane, and Pearson, Ist 11`Neile scholarship, Lobley. 2nd M`Neile scliciarship, Swift and Dixon. Tyrer scholarship, F. G. Jones. Natural His tory prize, Dawkin. J. H. Cox's prizes for' French, C. Willis and A. Daly. Dr. Nevin's Prize for Chemistry, *ltochfort. Choral Union: Prize for Singing, Smith.- LOVrgit SCHOOL, SPZCIAL PRIZES. - Divitity r Ist Lawton, 2nd Witham.: cert., Green, W. History . ,- Bootle ; certs., Lob;by. and Coward: —lst -M`Neile Scholarship, Sirdefield ; certs., Lawton and Bishop. 2nd Ditto, Sirdefield„ transferred to Pi!arfipn - ; certs:, Witham and Parslow. Writing medal, Buckley,- W. ; certS,Manday and Wright. Prithmetical Medal, Sirddehl; ern:, Lawton, Pelham, Bradbury,. and Nicholson.. Nomina tion to - Middle School, Witham Hey worth Ditto, Parr; Bradbury. -Singing Prize . (by Choral Union), Eytcn, cert. ; - Pearson. CiasS•!Pittzt.s.—Class. 1, Ist IYrdYneux Scholarship, Sir: , l24! field; transferred to Lawton, W. 2nd Ditto, Coward, D. Class-2 -; Pelham,. J.; cert., Munday; -Bi- Class 3, Todd, 11ti cert.,Milliams,. J. Class 4, Nicholsen;M.• ' cert., Taylor, W. Class-s;Kidd„ J. A.; cart., Williams, Class 6, Franeeys, A. ; cert; Bates, F. Class 7, Bateselt:. J. ; cert., Rigby, P. Class Alsop, W. A.; cert., French and Walker. Class 9, Wells -T_ ; carts:, Igissack, 1., Quale, Writing certificates, for best each laes ; Class 1, Bishop : f*. - ; Wright; 3, Wilton; 4, Ward-; ' Goulding ;6, Wilby ; 7, Bateson; 8, Winstanley ; Bates Writing certificates, for greatest improvement ; Class 1, Sirdefield- auill Bootle ; 2, Mundatand Lee ; 3, Wil ton ; 4, Wird ;- 5; Rivenall; 6, Wilby andaidge ; 7, Wilton ; 8, Freneh • and !Skellorn. Mapping certificates: Sirdefield, Lawton, Piztiow, and , Coward. Certificates- for Ornamental Penmanetip - : - Pdhatn,Mitham, Parslow, Habsall,ancl Lawton. EXTRA SPECIAL PRlSTS.—Drawing, Parslow ; cents., Wit ham, L., Pelham, and. Anton. Euclid and Algebra (given by Mr. Evans) -Halsall, Examination of Half-year'S Work, Class _7, (given- by Mr. Harper), Turvey, J. French , (given by M. Sears); Ist Buckley ;-. 2nd J. Pelham ;!: cents., Parslow, Parker, Wright, and , Scholfield. NAMES 11 5 DROTIRA.RLY MENTIONED.—CIass--2; , Shaw Schol field, Wagden ; 3, E. B. Ewart, Ty rer ; 4, Salishiry„ Edwards ; 5, Hollis, Hallam, Hughes Lahy ; 6, Lea, Tell:eft, Leith, Bushell ; 7, Jones, J. Downes,. Hinde ; 8, French:olgaris, Wal ter, H. F., Brown, T. ; 9, Parry, Heywood. _MUSIC AND. THE DI?A_IWzi. AT THE Taineette-Royeas Miss Cushman hae-appeared on tare evenings daring the paseweek, vize on those of• Wednes day and Friday, and on both i occasions she was successful in bringing together large and fashionable audiences. On • 'Wednesday shn•performed her favourite and well-known character of Me-g , Merriliee ' ,in the Anima of' " - C-ay Nan - Tiering, and presented to , the.adaniring assemblage her per - sonation of the- - fine embodiment of Scott with all her-wonted energy of actiona and her wanted; vehemence of tleelaniation, ' both combined. and heighteeed: by the accompaniments of picturesque costamei• and studiechstage effect. As usual, she was received with- warm- enthusiasm, and her performance -throughout was !Lividly and freltiently applauded. On-;Friday she appeared as-the heroine of: a play somewhat new, to her, • and performed for the •first time- on that occasion , at this theatre. It is a:: new • version- of Victor Hugo's "'Angelo, • nratis de Padosses' 7 and was lare e • as it had been at the Hay • market in Londoneproducecl under - the title of " The , Aetress of Padua." As a drama, it ben piece of which no great amount of goodacan be , said ; dialogue it is commonplace, presenting few outbursts of poetical- attraction to redeem the fiat, bald language of exaggerated -though common. passion. It: is marked lass - no fine descriptive flights : and c' en those tinsel - ornaments-of the playwright—well-concocted. senti ments—are far *ben plentiful..inaits composition ; Bee Oast is meagre and unnatural, and theaneans by which that plot is wrought, out ace sadly deficient in ingenuity—aralnat , . its `4nouement thadrama leaves no.pleasing, no impreailig im pression on the minds of theeauditers, who, by its singular meat-ruction, Ilene been, long beforetbe curtai n falls a reduced to , the unpleaseint level of Mere.. .apathetic spectators.. The piny is composed with a vieweto• show the depravity . of the high'aristocraey of a highly artificial state of societyeandaby inference, although no contrast: is attempted, to exalt the virtues.of the Bumbler ranks. Angelo Malipieri, tiao tyran rjeal governor of Padua, under sway of the Tene:ian Yenpublic, is -married to • C &terrine, whom he cares .- not a straw about, although he has-been . cruel enough to force her - into- the.' marriage, which she detests ; yet careless thOugh he appears to be, and is r in regard to her affections, he •ii-intensely Jealous of her. He ishirnself the slave of Tisbe, ethiS despises-him, and is greatly enamoured of RealeY, a bf' led lords, whose real name is Ezzetino, but wliza is frans tidally in lone with Catarinai to whom he was betintheda and he: treats and her affeetianoxith the most complete indif ference. A.nondescript called theiodei, a spy of the Council of Ten s , has. also been a layer, though a discarded one, .ofs Catalioa. He insinuates himself successfully into an under- - standing of the feelings - and desires of all the parties,- and. resolves towork upon them, all to gratify his MD. revenge. Meowing-the mutual inclinations of ItodoVo and ealarina,- he • Nimes to introduce the- former into the - chamber of the letter . in. the palace of her husbaud, and this en=gensenthe. contrive:. to fulfil thronglia the agency of !nam e whose jealousy he whets by promising to unmask Rasieffosin.thca chamber of his mistress and. her rival, without even binting who that rival is. Tisba s an actress, who has risen toemiss l nence from being a ballad-singer in the streets,. is-ascreatur-as of the most violent and: impetuous passion, yet she retains, ta hUrniv- affection for tlseeleineluess and love of heramother e al whom she narrates that on one occasion, when condemned. tea speedy death by the -caariee of a cruel noble, she was saved from her impending fate by the urgent entreaty. ofthat noble's daughter, to whom the rescued mother gives a rade -crucifix in token of her gratitude, For this benefit conferred on her now deceased parrot;- Zlisbe also entertains- a-feeling ofatlee liveliest gratitude,. and: determines to requite•it. Introduced surreptitiously into, tire- chamber of Catarina, by °Nadel, who but a few minutes. before had also introduced Itoeitaafo ; the latter, on the alarm caused by Titles. entrance, is concealed in anoratorio leading out of the-chamber. Tiebe is satisfied of rho s lover's concealment, although orly suspi- j eious as to who that lover is, and after smbraiding Catarina with her infidelity, and making such a disturbance-as alarms the jealous Argelo, discovers ihat. Catarina is. messed of the lost crueitix, and investigation satisfies.her that that lady is the child to whose intreaties her mother owed his' life. The filial love afTisbe is now stimulated,and she ingratitude assists in deceiving Angelo, and allowing the finsoured loser to escape. A letter- from RodoVo to Catarina falls into the hands of Angelo, and confirms his half-lulled suspicions as to the infide lity of his- wife, and he dooms her to. death. To prevent this, Tislht interferes, and advises him to poison her instead of I having her beheaded as he had at first intended, and she fur nishes the potion which is to do the-work of death, but sub- stitutes for it a sleeping draft, and has the sleeping Catarko , carried. to her horse. Somehow there was also conveyed along, with the sleeping draft a deadly poison which Angelo mistak ing. for- the other, swallows it,, and of course dies. nybe then introducing liodolfo t 4 his inamorata, whom he is now at liberty to marry, stabs herself with his poignard and dies, The character of Tis6e. was supported by Miss Cushman with fully more than her usual energy, and was correspondingly successful. As Catarina,Miss Anderton acquitted herself with gOod effect, and both theme ladies were called before the. curtain at the conclusion of the- piece and received loud plaudits as the reward of their exertion. The character of Angelo was fairly I rendered by Mr. Lorraine, as was also that of .Rosiotfo by Mr. I Villiers. The play was well put upon the stage, and had a faYourable reception on the whole, although it would be ha zardous to predict for it a continuance of that favour, which its character as a drama does not by any means entitle it to. AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, the chief attractions of the week have been the lively facinations. of Perea Nena and her eompanious of the Spanish corps. de ballet. They have each night delighted numerously crowded houses by their lively and expressive as well as graceful and characteristic dancing. As in London they have been very popular iu Liverpool, and have met with deserved success. On Saturday evening, Perea Nona took her benefit, on which occasion she was well patro nized and warmly applauded. The opening piece was Shi t ik o s i peare's favourite play of " As you Like It," the by Mr. Loraine. Of the former, it is only justice d rnannish,, and to her author to remark, that royster 1 1 111 1 ‘4 it little associated Rosalind being performed by Miss Anderton ; tliat swagger are foreign to the character, and t • of o j cl i e ra rs n e fi lf deli cacy of feeling and truly feninine o gi t - a f h c e e froward boy-man is assume even in masquerade the airs Srish national dances intro to mistake the character. The , I •characteristic eirminn in t intro duced in • the ballet were el e in the varied vet easy grace with its faithful personation. It is a hart of f ep se e n e tim m e t l h d ito, liveliness, as they were pleasing of their complicated evalutiente [JUNE 26, 1855. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIO • ~I . Newwhßi c Y h l t . a o h r r e r i i i . U v t e o n d i t t o h e n d e 1 5 S 3 t u a t Sunday and nearly $1,700,000 in specie. 3 t 9 the Exchequer of Canada, was a passenger by the K_.4 e 1 ;,0 0. ti.- t s l :id l\ to :. , de:44 614- -I government topn AvTo T denph h rime. nh e nnsima : Hajt aatoe n toiiiiii i ciiit t United \o vf.t States arrived heea, outymoi ernayl,ml on isitttutheesaeepn morningc- st appointed ho Inspector-General, a A en t oe l Atlantic, ab q yi t h, i e c : hice. l 3 l ht e :,),:311 1/ : e i c e c:.l.f i o t .o rr s : 1 1 . bes in ym st irla a il n o t ras . tien3 S gm h : e wsli b ei r P o hu:l: :; ahectii;:el'ealiCiPiss6ePtairieirf from admission into the Union because her co. sat . , u 3r ` of :1 and exclusive u e leievaneiya settlementti n i n g P g aohlf l i h 2it w nh e tthSee power uponriCoeffrittashwm'at-ehlotNl of Congress d:aues:uoiPribenen;Pegtt:cfiertP:starosesl nrfdpi:arr:Laiiefontsvairxi: ityd,sit,i rude a ; clas s i . ; ;_ a, : a C b:141 1r: : 1, 6; or does not recognise the institution of slavery is' 3 1 1 4 0 fi:f,; social system." The members of the committee ~..te,,,.., ti oAn Know-Nothingsuv would State of New York, the District of Columbia, and t :L e ea te , i!fi of Minnesota. Those who dissented from it rep= lc'' six New England States, New Jersey, Pen 1155. 0 07-- rJ notM i chigan, represented. Ohio, l l n t d l i i i ,a np p L il lf t j e d s ' a th rl ao i ci s, t tr t: E t r tstt; eP A. ID fo oe r ila t as h ,w, i a s asre p , latform were all from the slaveholdiul 7errip.:ft IA be cr" carriedul ry d s b t e orm % %yrawas ecaucus ut t :g h ehmeeert. meeting tio 21 . , e _ gor The anti-Maine Liquor Law party rzaction. At a mass meeting; at Lancaster, Vs- , ` 11 4 : 1,00 7 from wmdc oeee Alurnienvd ße eedx r ps a k calfnei ' rr s aeiodiodmi c pe o di u .n opinion nyt mileai l n a d t i at the hiee n: : tch. opeert In to ; • 3 v I n a s s ll s j a P c l i Choate, Elias Merwiri - ,..C. G. Loring, and SYdneY .T`cto '' unconstitutional in its most important proVi 2iC :,'' 9 ifillOT:;o The reports received front every section of t. , e , 1 .,,-;e ,l of the crops as promising a yield far oatot... ripPir 4 3 ' .n.o9 :' rates t less than i season. k axee i'" o ler ) under investigation ment. Thou e ucaeG preparedx.6:.:lh4px established oaorp.ot vessels vaiarntatxtb,ri.t}h,itteiehi.it.nssetioe s ohegamin e ,ne ds. it, l e tobii. 0: i m idf:lni: hsteei:K e baa.tqs d p ; nretsaa o t,citlreascibAenhd b lrii • dbtopsa l oioniou e nenrtfrie e i t e s tryloynt.httea , ea returnedoil .i Mates,aa n would,aafofrom e mn revenue ei ih :c :t issu o 0 enPtSti cutter r ri i i d: P 1 i r e ° r 3 net c jed b , s ' 1r 4 : 1 04 ii S 0 i t t 1.,0. 1 r :I v P r ,: a.o e,,,. t! , * S tt V ho .t a soha those carryt b h t ye i r n ie ieitgtdhtituoaleoecubnta?:eotir letters ,Irpe t eeod e erast t_ teehiaar3d,ya:tettlhotttr i, r. thel7i e s ; ac., - .,e.f. 1 ,b_tst bsub:e: it t i i! t ,:10 15 geoi e k ly • t o _ o frea 0 2,2 w '.., a i s'it likelyl i 4 m zii to un c i o t iw i. 1 h o p r2tii n i ps scpi . It was a i sTas . s erted that u ',, ° ratt' el ;-;,ieri . " ,ein s x h ute neiszunitthi Australia, s e. reaching c c c e ad e re d r: i ir r n i mgintehde i : G N o voe i : r a n : m g :on :l t a r , the culs toorve : e ,li i. ‘ o ; ,_r t a. : ": : ' ; : r i, ..: 0 : e soldiers es rals t ai l vv se feeorr ll yt t ae t ht i te t i) : , e.Bedeiwi S tti t iol a sn_ t ioi e r s k C fe llY f ; o es i o l° r rnb ik c °tV d t a n i r fhlhi ee i s s t a e rn ttsr e h k :: : l n C e i e: : : : ette e ' lso. t i: :. l" s r rt t ir :t f nbi l e nier y j ; se e l o n aY• ga irl r Y l ene ,p r: l,2 l::' :_ . i: f r i l: o loo e g °ll3l:l o : c ulidlij.:: l rere' for the lave trade, which appears ter hav 3 3 1d °lir,' jalns ,toeerllehijazgdennbceeerifrpoo.ikint:lt'stpv;:eiti.°;telatifrie:citr:3l..eljfertiiilrof:*/:;:i:10::-. p r o T T a i h c i e l l : oedfejtteahl"-lesLegion. b oo t o p h e o a l f d i ce t , h been tehe arrested captain of an a d vex C eril 4 0 n 1 , o ut ° were twelve Germans, hoisted sail and ste°r,e" , tb e stream. Fifty or more had departed previcnV;,oo.,filf Northern Light, Were , unimportant. Affairs'w%' adet e gg, In consequence of the-late rain the ruiners we r ` : IV ' 1 4,4 1 '; The anti-gambling law had given satisfactrotle„,d; line of steamers h a & co a se a runn i n r, Advic&''" obj e tie' state that the Indians had assembled for the VIL,T,; ,t e ing the troops, the emallness of their number ' also „. with contempt. •• It Ives feared reinforcements IN' i, rP : in time. v,,,vilo‘ j s tel f The steamship lillimii- ha;d arrived from s—os f 0 Kingston, with $49.3440-• in specie on freighttlseitig ship Sonora had arrived-at Panama from San ,t-,;05',,f 0 1 $692,851 in specie on freight, of which $187,2"." ot ' , :3; 3 dish account. The news- from. the isthmus wa s ' t A t 1. ,.. ! . importance. The steamer Golden Age Was at" te' (lei on the 23rd ult., and was 'R ar for innaedis to? Or l ei 6PS:en Francisco. • • 'Pr P ing t E s ' l l x wit ti at ra• iv f i c c o es .— fr T om he s i,N t i e e a x m ccc e ; ll ,t ip ot o h riza e. tli b id a j a n r s r t ii:ed s n oto ; 4 • 9 ' l, 7l .o l; ', i i ret2t the 0 tx e ,2 : in approach.) , tt: a t p :l o s i a) n oe s fin e s : tT s siph i ar o iyeii r as : ofd o uan f ganel Z idrsts a oi i r e. bei c :sets a I r ewe a : , ,e ; tineit?cuAti however,. e ns : n. u rbat : i, r r e oftoelt.euipoArui:ririeiss,l, s e jo l t i i „ rep e 3 : , a ff : r d : ' l4. e ri'a& c ees om ifsm l t i e s md he N d . smallsr •-' i 4 - 0. gOireO l k : .01e . e • -: , and com pie.i g iellemneso u ro.tess a aGree.,ti st ,ei)h.lnl a ntg,er t lt e :lo- It .:orkpe a gethi t anu h :e.iit.seri r ,i,d2" e nioni : iviven),i,i l sirit : doLeel, ; oed.. t i . „.i.. o ci i ?l,fo3o: l l o e titoot r lit:lo.t E er:3,tirc : ll : ..oret:fis,il i , with 2,504 mem Several crati ,, armv s fi o v o e n lu t n ti dre m d m ve e t e e t ra sr i d n oa tl u le l h r ae s u de x a cr detaclvd from: the tort of 1- , : r ptd_„'% o of liOndaras. The existin Gevcrnment was in . t 10'.T4` . . wom a r nand monarchy systemic, ‘rnere. zatorsmince ha il ;kt. ' , marching R 7 ::: : :labe y io:atowhi ch it w Doti:as feared Leon had s fi G i r m a i na lci d a 7 chth a . was dreaded, e a s n et d, fi e ,e xc . e g P o t ve s r c i m nu e e p ut _r : e s P:4: l ,i cic t; ::: : ip_ ti4' adjourned; b p e o e w n ers ofeL C to o . l t .. h D e p . eace after ,ii is llziat,nhnvodeu chief s ign t i h n toi g fit eht hni the. p .ve 0 pp. resident li:n_ ~eof.t aß_in::::: : :: v iv i a t t.: i: , 1 , : :,, D . ,a3O : , : eigii: L :t. : in New- York, en route for Washington enezuen Mis s° ell - l iv ' to tha-Bird. Island, or guano dis u t' on Tt e ; i force r ' i lje fi ' • o e f uezuelans. So7lPilt , A 32 Mt I 0.1.• ••I ' h e • var . :6ns . repriblic, sl'''''a -04 a ° f st t a h t e : i er- yi l l ; lot d e .c• 610" is invasions by bt a Yn bo fP i l it t i e Ll -51 : °° ,, f P 1 : 5 0 ; '''',' C ar r e uz 7z i l o a a ect re ed ha w r i b t o h u f r e e a d rs a o nd f in of law hadbeen introduced in Cengrcs s expeditiOns in Peru. So severrelY , had.the fallen on the- cultivators of land iu iren ez :ls l :;abl. l " dill lo c: ' con--. ltrir'' l P r°. ,cr . Ica ing the- rates- of taxes now imposeduP° ll " ---r ' ---"--- -,.1.11,NCF'• 10;e4 COMMERCIAL INTELP-. 10' Not ° l 't i repo' 11'f EL F ` W fea ' _,, ,ot Mornr.y.,--In this market there is no ne s ' 0 oi.; t , , i i . Capital continues abundant, andthe• loa n ' - lo n er C e 7, e - tr. '-' - easily ebtained on first-class securities• at fi,, ve ,..,- ;'„ i t, l4 ' pamLo7 st l e :araiertei r rLowitraokar m ie; export of- gelid for the fortnFoilt 's iT' 4l '' '---- % '' '' ''e . tad 10 , D 800 , 0 oabou t ßoston. Rec '''' 1 ' erpts • frolo. -A tO 'l o ` i$ besides- an equal arammt estuoatu‘• I wi g , ' , r ei - ...: brought - „ by passengers. The business- in e%c ' l'i 'FO' lac was only to• moderate e xte f0i y0 13 , 0 , 1; general` Closed flatly. The quotations stood a ,i, , , 5 c 6f• 'd , ' sf. 12.1e4 60. days, and 51. Pala:, short sigl" ; 7-4 1. : , brig {l 744 0 1 ,/ 5 1?P'1,11. 1 0f li n g , ct -r for th:arataple, but prices arei--,.ithout q uotabf 13 0 1 i l v *oe other side at last account, . The - t: tac zc ... otttan now fully due by the Atlantic at this Port e ` - rul tij i ev itl lA:t l an , 9 l lsl f :lC° .o C:: ti rrit:' * :: '49' l , as til:oe A': lii io. o (, - , reported to have extended over • nearly the , 0 0 - 0 1, 0 0,ir STAMILMENT OF RECEIPT3ll::::.:;:p:or:t°Bs:.tT advicethsOfroratet;i:;ttifiso;tl)ol,. re 2 : 50 0 5 1. 980 1n view of .this- . fact, i t i 5 i iton r ille ar e s e ine xpeot e, - a l :l ur th l a a t st a caornesied.setria:e.w..qdu.aanttitcyBoooef the o ° „ 0 . r i, , • in the-interior can be got tre,market this se,r6 - 00 l'" ' ~1. tO 'l' , ein , 4 , market closing steadily. 10 or 4 .0w 0 j. Receipts. fat. Britain. to Nor. 83 , ' ~ 2,707 762 . • i qc • 1 83 " rillGreDip.. ' ' ,3(7 . --/ ' ' 57,50 Jg.: r - --:-__ ,51; !0 1 . i :1 11$4 # '1 t l o:h e ri i . :O b ' ete t 1 1- N re ihe Tha e in : : — .k g. . 19 ;Frankfort, disposed icrti oittni:nec ejs liulcodonekierit Friday Pr a)aot, considerably . r lyi i a ci therel , ,Ii ahsb t .. ..:. r-r• : i I PI t ;sayste' a l : hr e . s l bel. l ne n or:, r e : s r a.anh : 1 ieha,:i:3p apr r i e ' t 1 siit: s.o e c '-' ,,, , '1 3 0 '1 ii: rit.'".eii. cry net , c e i f , ; I f 3r° . 1 1 1A.0:;,. ' ,o, ' f. ' ;, 1 111 1 1 ,: i 1' , - ' awrease.. 201,782 - • • From - Messrs. TakvirT eirrulitr' " ic'eic - .15 , ' dated -" I ti.it'er!,i , 12;... - we extract the folkwing --" The sales of the' 4i ,i.* -- t b r te ,t estimate at 36,00g.b a i of e 3;. which about on3;11,: iloiel 3'log y on , h basis of *l.l-ie. ft ee2, 11 ,,,rtm Ir . P 4 ,ei 07 10 d, for raidilli:ag.' New Orleans. vw"-idil. d ow t o, . of parcels afloat, the business doing has been 0 ,,, , , k t ' 1 .st'' t e speculation, , lists clyt. Ling 4c. to lc. The awounta to hand since our 16; e ' fi ,ra0 , :,1 0 , 4 1 hands during the been ate the growing crop are- more favourable; eoP',l,ic,}l.,e..tri-it fallen in every section of the country Cron' ',ol.t l ' of:o. A ~,e-beard, beard, giving eneotiragingof cottO . ,i - ro'i 5 prospects ...., i ii - . 0 , ~,. erops. We are also. advised of p, rtial r,..5.r) °I ,ioie s southern rivers but whether it :rilllhe ternP°'7;;;ls o `.7. '"- dent . duration 'to, permit some of the cottsn- I s s ti' Li , previously dried-,up streams, to reach the-PP/' fai r u . will determine." .4 1, er . f, 10' to tile BRBADSTUYF " 1 , 5 . :I- 0 t broken - ,3 " - lite flour market ..o , - ' ~,f0 ' pa, t ile dower,,. the- decline this week ainoath' fal!' 0' .t: per barrel. Wheat. is somewhat l o wer 1-1 . , * scantiness ae._ t favourable harvest supply 10° . prospects. Indian :...aI•AP v.-- ~ I ( 10 to lOc. per. counterbalances. the c e 4110. tie, bushel lower since this day Wick , _ ,, ,, t 1):- e `,,,, 0. d ,,,74/' Puovl 2cv , 1 01'` o t sto - xa..-The receipts of pork.. Ind, o`..,:lioe',,ored rate, and. With a good home trade dentanni.-e,07- io'uet ; cents' .been established on old rncss-an d. 4 l3 itel ' i' ''':: r aell' e ? . t' on ' chai nm mess ; other descriptions_ are i '; --'-`1,01'.:,. the the stock is light for.t)le sego ° „o" - :ac t . 0 11 1 ' 1-' /C. It again slightly firmer, wittt a fair d?' - ‘ 4;et ‘ Vitt tirc.);,et i beef ,e- in moderate supply, and the 11 13 '. ,t e O r ,' ie ef e onovaincy previously noticed: Bacon l . ° L ana t f o ll. C .,,pe• lard there has been a speculatimeznoven leut ' an a u e r I"' ,i/ r . itlaintt important change. Butter is plen t ?", 10e. '‘) , o ',:, is. selling at sc. to 7c. for intere. and.l.lc• 1 " - 1 Wit jt i'i t " ' SALT.-There is some inquiry for Liv erP ?f e e . l9 dull' ' ` o ` proved rates. Bulk salt continues exc ess ' ii." 4 '41 9 augmenting stock. , tile r g ',tent e.A MANUFACTURED GOODS.-the tnove- aonl - ;.v. i t' market has had a favourable influence on` the a or . .01 ' market. All descriptions have either adauce,,ard>''' i • saleable at Very full prices, ant s , i i, considerable r . .0, 1 reported to have been inade'oz‘i speculation. e wi d ".i i l', A, „ 0 t...,,1r IRox.-The.recent advises from Eurclt'enrilltaovas. ~''''„ i 4 " , ,,'0 0 lating effect on the market, and some 1,. -- , A . 16,5 wejo),:,eti• here and to arrive .have changed hands av il 'iots.„ re!'" cash, and saB- to $3O, six months for snl3,e.redl°' t tl' English bars are scarce and wanted , $ 55 i 5 Dg °Le 'e, il' 1,1: but it is held higher. Sheet is without ells , ii0411,..t00,,,,, CoAL.,-Foreign is without improvement!.. t a l pat ..''.114 absence of arrivals, there is little or Don e 00 torlf, r er Liverool Oriel is scarce and wanted. ale , s ee 'a y , l it V pool gas cannel, in lots, $9,25. Hard s ' ii a ,I rates. FREIGHTS.-The market generally co"t, il l . ," e b ' o ci Zo lidt 4 3° i ft.' ,.,a llig li rates are without material change. VeisfilecultY j'i,ll., 0;1.. Britain continue to experience much d . e , l ta kL , A t , i ,e, the requisite quantity of heavy freight, whi I, !_z",,, r „oni_ e f o l o j : .,, low rates. Corn, in bulk, was taken fortobi"::titrPt re: cotton was taken at 4s. sterling; rosin , 94 ' e3 sure l ' ai' ll Al' te ls. to is. 3d.;_ . dead weight, Os. to Ss. ; ni is. , 1° ,13 0 0 Ct. 10S. to 12s. 6d. ; pork, ls. ; beef, in tierceN,3od Ilto • Cotton, 4c. To Glasgow : heavyO. tro s .ls oe t ment goods, 15s. to 17s. Q.:g_ , o ° ( ',',; 3 s , 4 itl i 0 pork, 2s. to 2s. 3d. ; beef, in tierces, 2s. du. " 4,et i 4 " 0 0 NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 12.-Our cott,eensten;;:,iff.llo/ vo o f change. Sales to-day 2,000 bales• selling at 000. Ereights : Cotton to LivorP°° 110Viere MOBILE, JvsE 9.-The rivers are navigah.le..,,,, 4 cotton, 6,000 bales. The price of ntiddling is i ' otr le 4 every prospect of more rain . ,r cott° ll 6 . - CHARLESTON, JUNE 9.-S tr i e t midt n: war at-12.1c., and m iddlins fair at 13-ic. ~.,~,"" I ti,"l