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gonuntrcini 2aTes. THIS DAY Tare PAY, the 25th instant; at Tivelve o clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 0 dhall-street, 120 Tons LIMAWOOD, • now landing ex F. Gerstacker, Queen's Dock.—Apply to Messrs Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants ; or to JOHN BARON and SON, Brokers. Tins DAY, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the •Brokers' Office, 3, Exchange- a ll ey North, Chapel-street, 25 Tons LINSEED CAKE, ex anti Meyer, from Venice.—Apply to THOMAS SILL, Broker THIS DAY, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 1,304 Bartels American ROSIN, now landing cx Chancellor, from New York.—Apply to Messrs Guion and Co., Merchants; 'or to I. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. 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We have given very ample details in another part of ear paper, this morning, from which, it will be seen that, Although there is not any abso lutely new fact, there. is too much reason to apprehend that matters have arrived at that point from which it is difficult to escape the calamity cf war. Some of the telegrams give N - ague , reports of new measure of a pacific character having been taken by some of the powers, but very little faith seenuto be placed in them. Both correspondence and: telegrams from Paris show that the greatest excite went prevails there, and that most active and comprehen- sive arrangements are being carried ,out for the the conduct of the war. The Emperor takes the chief command of the army. General .Canrobert left Paris of Saturday morning to assume the com mand allotted to him. Large numbers f troops have already idt Paris, asd ov.;t.k.eir departaire were cheered by the people. The most enthusiastically Paris Moniteur 6f yesterday announces that Prussia, like England and Russia, has protested against the conduct of Austria. The Russian Cabinet, ,it is stated, has declared its intention not to advance troops so long as Germany also refrains Isom so. doing, otherwise a corps of observatiin would ,be placed on the Austrian frontiers. The following may be taken as a concise statement of what known and done in Paris up to Friday " Last night a large division of the Paris garrison ,left at ten o'clock by special trains for Lyons, some add for Toulon. The whole line of the sub-Alpine army at this moment is moving into Piedmont. Before this the telegraph has signalled the fleet of transports at Ajaccio to proceed with the foreign legion and the troops in Corsica for the Italian coast. At Toulon and Marseilles the steam has been up this many a day, and the army of embarkation in constant readiness to step on board. Marshal Randon is named to command the marching division of Mount Baraguay d'Hilliers is gone off to the Lyons army. Canrobcrt came up to Paris to day from Nancy. sight Cenis The war 'gratificatio: A % in cash, was givn to all officers on war duty to-clay. Prussia, by telegaph, announces a strictly defensive attitude. The University at Bologna has been closed. The legate has abandoned Ferrara city, which. was entirely occupied by Austrians. They have sent troops into Modena, and are march ing on Florence. I mentioned on Thursday that ' holy week was the day fixed on for the Austrian advance,' and I had scarcely posted my despatch when the telegraph informed Paris that General La Marniora vvrts loudly calling for help, as the foe was in motion nil along the boundary river, and he was in hourly expectation of an attack. The race is now for Turin ; but the long odds are in favour of the French reaching that point a week before the invaders, both by rail from Genoa, and by the Savoy and Suza line; as the Mount ,Cenis is now only a twenty-fours' march to cross, you may may look for preliminary battle under the walls of Alessandria, or at'Casal or Asti, in Easter week." . Great dissatisfaction has been produced in Paris by the . policy of the British Government,' and par ticularly by the speech of Lord Derby in the House of Lords on Monday last. A Paris writer says : " The whole Parisian press has but one voice to stig matise the tenor of the Premier's speech on the eve of the.dissolution. They pronounce it most insulting to France, particularly that passage where he con jured up the phantom of a general European confla gration as the necessary consequence of any effort on the side of France to do justice to Italy. Such language is intelligible from Count Buol, and its motive would be obvious in his mouth, but England has, or ought to have, no national interest in the per petuation of a country's bondage. The general elec tion will take place with accompaniment of distant thunder, and it is doubtful whether more interett will be felt in the successive war bulletins from Lombardy, or in the telegrams from the various hustings. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that the Emperor is expected to take the command of his army in person. The officers of his military house hold have received notice to be ready. The marshals have received their orders from the Emperor. The field pay has been already issued to the troops. A new division of infantry is immediately to be formed at Lyons. A division is under orders for Toulon, where the troops embark for Genoa.. The Herald's correspotdent says the gloom in Paris deepens every hour. The 4th division was to have started on the night of Thursday, but had the portion left taken its departure Paris would have been left without an adequate garrison. The third division, which is quartered chiefly at Vincennes, to be moved into Paris to replace the troops that have left. The Piedmontese troops have been advised from Paris to retreat slowly, should the Austrian army advance, and not to hazard any , engagement until the French troops come up. A supplement to the London Gazette was published on Saturday, with the proclamation dissolving the Parliament. The writs are made returnable on the 31st -of May It appears from a parliamentary return issued on Saturday, that in 1858 there was an increase of 793 in the number of persons employed in the various public offices and departments, of 134,204/. 3s 7d in 16s in emoluments, 13,3191. 6s 5d rios, 2,311/ in retired allowances, and 7,3781. 8s 4d in expenses, making the total money increase 157,213 14s 4d. On the other hand, there was a diminution of 44 persons, 4,467/. 9s ld in salaries, 2,057/. 8s 2d in emoluments, 10,6727. 17s 10d in retired allowances, and 63,442/18s in expenses, making the total diminu tion 80,640/. 13s ld. For the latest news we must refer to our " latest telegram" column We have to report ti arrival of four steamers at this port from America, namely, the Persia and Alps, from New York ; the Kangaroo, from the same port ; and the Nova Scotian, from Portland. The Persia brought dates from New York to the 13th instant, 201 passengers, and 1,209,829 dollars in specie; and the Kangaroo brought 292,508 dollars in specie. The New York papers are completely filled with the details of the trial, of the Hon. D. E. Sickles. The Herald for Europe contains over thirty columns of The trial had not concluded. the proceeding.: THE ELECTIONS THE Dissolution having been finally decreed by her Majesty in Council, on Saturday, and the writs for the new Elections issued that afternoon, the country is now fairly embarked in the great conflict, the issues of which are fraught with such momentous consequences to the highest interests of the Kingdom. Her Majesty has thus early, in accordance with the intention expressed in the Speech pronounced in the Royal name, at the prorogation, " dissolN ed the present Parliament, with a view to enable her people to express, in the mode prescribed by tke Constitution, their opinion on the state of public affairs. " Such is the acknowledged object. And it cannot be denied, that it is there correctly expressed,—that an appeal thus made to -the country is "the mode prescribed by the Constitution ;" and.that the appeal is really made to the constituencies of the Kingdom to obtain, through their votes for representatives in a new Parliament, " their opinion on the state of public affairs." Sir JAMES GRAHAM has complained, we see, to his lath constituents, the electors of Carlisle, that the Royal Speech made no mention of Reform. But the state of public affairs must be taken to include Reform. No one can form an opinion on such a subject with out taking Reform into aceount. Sir JAMES, how ever, considers that the real question at issue is, whether the people will have Lord DERBY without Reform, to rule over them, or whether they will have a large extension of the suffrage, and a re distribution of iieats. Well,—it may be all this ; or, at any rate, all this may be involved in the question at issue ; just as there may be involved in it, whether Sir Limes himself is,,or is not, to occupy a prominent place in the Reform Administration he expects to follow closeiy on the elections. But that would still, we opine, be quite consistent with the declaration made in her Majesty's name, that the Dissolution has been had recourse to .as the neces sary, the constitutional means of enabling the people to " express their opinion an the state of public affairs." The addresses of the candidates, on both sides of the (p.estion, continue to afford materials for thought, as well as for entertainment, A General Election is a time when not only have candidates to tell the people what they think, or, at least, what they wish it to be supposed they think ; but when the people themselves feel at liberty to speak their minds pretty freely. Nay, some of them, not con tent with speakinv freely, must needs be acting more freely still, In the metropolitan borough of Finsbury, f9T inStAnoo, t#. ll o peo* have been kicking up a row, because Sir MORTON PETO will persist in being a candidate against the will and pleasure of the-more noisy and liberty-loving section of them,—the said Sir MORTON not being quite up to the mark, in their estimation, as an advanced Liberal. Scenes of what the reporters grandiloquently call " unmitigated uproar" having been the order of the , day where ever Sir MORTON made his public appearance, the hon. gentleman appears to have modified con siderablyhis opinions as to the expediency of driving down the franchise much lower in the social scale. " The £lO franchise in counties," he has told them, " was the lowest he could admit. He could not desire to see a lower county franchise. With regard to the boroughs, he desired to see a lower franchise, but he told them frankly that he would not give it to those who had not proved themselves fit and proper persons to • use it. He would not consent to see the upper and middle classes trodden down by the unintelligent mob." Such uncivil expressions as these, in the face of the "unintelligent mob" itself, had the effect, as might have been expected, of adding fuel to the flame; and the result is, that Finsbury is made almost too hot for one of so Conservative a temperament as Sir MonToN---a temperament made more Conservative still by the conduct of the afore said " unintelligent mob," and which will doubtless constrain him to exclaim hereafter, when opposing too low a franchise, Experto crede ! To come from the metropolis into the country,— We find one of Lord PALMERSTON'S late Cabinet, Sir CHARLES WOOD, addressing the electors of the West Riding in behalf of the two Liberal candidates, advocating an arrangement which, we fear, would not go down in many counties,—not even in South Lancashire. " I wish to say," he observed, " that I, a landowner, in conjunction with the whole body of the Whig landed portion of the riding, am anxious to see a manufacturer as a colleague of Sir JOHN RAMSDEN, we are anxious to prove that our pros perity depends on you ; that agriculture, trade, and commerce are indissolubly bound up together. Peo ple deny that sometimes ; but do you send a proof from the largest constituency of Great Britain that a landowner and manufacturer are sent together to represent the joint interests of the riding—interests which are those also of the whole empire." Now, it is quite true that agriculture, 'trade, and commerce are indivisibly bound up together,—manufactures are quite as indissolubly bound up with them, too, for that matter. But that will scarcely be admitted, we think, as a reason why landowners and agriculturists should of necessity prefer a manufacturer to repre sent them, if they can• return one who, from being a landowner and agriculturist himself, may, in their opinion, be likely to sympathise all the more warmly with their interests. _ _ At Bristol, Mr. BERKELEY has raised a hue and cry against lawyers as representatives of the people in Parliament, why or wherefore, on this occasion in particular, does not very clearly appear ; save and except, it is true, that the hon. gentleman is being opposed by a member of the legal profession. " Well now, gentlemen," he says to the electors, " a barrister, no doubt, is very often understood to be a very clever man. But I remember the definition given of a barrister by the late Lord Thurlow, and it was to this effect : He said that the education f or th e l aw , if it felt upon a broad and expansive mind, would have a good effect upon the mind, for it would show the 'great power of the mind ; but if the education of a barrister fell on a narrow and contracted mind, God help the consequence! And so it is, gentlemen ; although we have great and distinguished men in the House of Commons, and although we have great and dis tinguished men on the bench, to whom I give every praise, and whom I respect, yet I do venture to say that counsellors in the House are a very great bore. It is so felt by every member of parliament. It is a fact that in any matter where there is a question of law mentioned, the barristers jump up on all sides. You never get rid of them ; they seldom debate in the fashion of the House of Commons : their quirks, quibbles, special pleading, dwelling on little points, and omitting the great ones have become perfectly tiresome and wearisome to the House." This was certainly cutting right and keft. For there are barristers of all parties. One of the most advanced Liberals of the day, the recent political hero of Marylebone, Mr. EDWIN JAMES, is a barrister. So -that Mr. BERKELEY'S anathema has at least the merit of impartiality. Where the Law Officers of the Crown are to be obtained, of course he does not stop to inquire. We have but room, at present, to notice one other amusing incident. Mr. FITZGERALD, one of the Under Secretaries, has made his late constituents laugh, by exhibiting the properties of mutual repulsion which prevail in Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. JOHN BRIGHT respectively. "Mr. BRIGHT," he declares, " has said of Lord PAL MERSTON that his meddling and quarrelsome policy is one of the greatest evils with which this country has to contend, and sooner than accept kim again as Premier he would take any other member in the House; and my Lord PALMERSTON has said of Mr. BRIGHT that he deals with every policy as if he were dealing in yards of cotton, and that the great ness of this country will be gone if ever the business of this country should be trusted in the hands of any man entertaining his opinions." And yet have we Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. BRIGHT apparently fighting in the same ranks, the great battle of Reform ! Such are some of the changes and chances of political warfare which are so apt to be manifest at a General Election. THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 25 1859 THE BALLOT AT THE ELECTIONS, THE advocates of Vote by Ballot are energetically urging this popular expedient upon all the candi dates who profess and call themselves Liberals ; but they do not appear, so far, to make any decided converts amongst the Whigs, who cannot be per suaded, it seems, to give more than a sort of passive response to their entreaties, and their remonstrances. We took occasion, the other day, to show how Lord JOHN RUSSELL had sought to conciliate them, — how, while he refused to assent to it, and rather denounced it as a pregnant source of mischief, he yet' counselled them to persist in agitating it, giving them to understand, virtually, that when he saw it could no longer be resisted he should then be ready to extend to it his support. But the Ballot &ciety have stepped in to reprehend this course; and to repudiate an attempt on the part of their President, Mr. BERKELEY, to obtain for fiord JOHN their support,—or, rather, to hand it over to him as a matter of course, notwithstanding his refusal to import it into his polical creed. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Society, attention was called to an advertisement of the Central Com mittee of the four Liberal candidates for the City, containing a letter from the Society's chairman, Mr. BERKELEY, M.P., to the chairman of the Central Committee, the object of which letter was to induce the friends of the Ballot in the City to support Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in spite, of his continued opposition to the Ballot ; and great surprise was expressed; by. the_ committee at this; letter, as an address to the electors of the City of London, advocating the oppoitite policy, was agreed to on the sth of April, and a copy transmitted to Mr. BERKET,Y, who expressed no dissent therefrom. It is obvious, therefore, that Mr. BERKELEY'S zeal, on this occasion, has outrun his discretion ; and to prevent any idea being entertained that the Ballot Society was a party in anywise to so unworthy a compromise, the Executive Committee deemed it necessary to adopt a resolution, as follows :—" That, diclaiming any intention of dictating to Mr. BERKELEY, or any other member of the Society as to his exercise of the electoral franchise, this com mittee declare that the letter of Mr. BERKELEY to Mr. INGRAM TRAVERS, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the four Liberal candidates for the City, recommending the friends of the Ballot to vote for Lord JOHN RUSSELL, was not written with their knowledge or concurrence." Sir JAMES GRAHAM, at Carlisle, has pursued a similar course respecting the Ballot to that of Lord JOHN RUSSELL in the city of London. He is opposed to it, and refuses to promise it his support, yet he appears, to rejoice exceedingly at the progress he believes it is making in all directions; and he calls upon the electors to return as his new colleague, not their late member, who, like Sir JAMES, is opposed to the Ballot, but his (Sir JAmEs's) nephew, a young gentleman, who is warmly in its favour. " You will then," says the right hon.- baronet, "show to the world, that what I declared in my place in the House of Commons was quite true, that the Ballot has made great progress among my constituents." , Now all this May be very flattering to the advocates of the Ballot. But will it serve to carry the measure in Parliament ? It is certainly very complimentary to them, and it bears testimony to the popularity, if not also the correctness, of their views. But this only serves to make it all the more odd, not to say inconsistent, that they who thus testify to the merits of such an expedient as •the Ballot, do not themselves adopt it as one of the articles of their Reform Faith. Some of the Whig-Liberals, however, not only persist in their opposition to the Ballot, but in discountenancing it altogether. Among the latest repudiations of it we have seen, is that of Captain ANSON, at Lichfield, who says to the electors of that borough—" I do not approve, and shall not certainly give my vote in favour of secret voting, for the simple reason that the Ballot is "contrary to the spirit of the English people, and has signally failed in every country where it has yet been tried." But such assertions as these are not likely to be very convincing in borough constituencies, although other circumstances may countervail to prevent their causing the rejection of the candidates who make them. There is another still more numerically powerful party in the country, apart from those who 'are confining. their attention more particularly to the furtherance of the Ballot cause, which, whilst not overlooking or undervaluing this cause, yet consider that the great question of a general manhood en franchisement quite absorbs all other objects and expedients, —we mean the unenfranchised, non electing legions of our countrymen. In an address to the whole non-electoral body which their friends have issued, they state that any practical benefit that is to result to those, who most need reform from the impending elections, must very largely depend upon the action taken and the policy pursued by the Non-electors themselves. "If you remain passive spectators," the address proceeds to impress upon them, "or if by indecision or irresolution you fail to strengthen the hands of advanced reformers : or, worse still, if you in any way countenance the can didature of anti-reformers, you will make shipwreck of great hopes ; you will cast away a great oppor tunity, and the cause of Radical Reform will, for our generation at least, be irretrievably lost ! But if, on the contrary, duly impressed with your own just claims to be considered in any future Reform Bill— you at once unite and work, and determine to be heard on your own behalf---depend upon it you will be heard, and your rights will be conceded Bear in mind," it adds, " that the question is not whether you will be governed by Lord DERBY, Lorcl PALMERSTON, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, or by Mr. BRIGHT ; but, whether you will any longer consent to be governed at all, or by anybody, through the medium of a par liament the majority of whose members are elected by 200,000 persons, out of a population of 30,000,000 — and that 200,000 the least intelligent and indepen dent of the electoral body, the most amenable to corrupt influences, and without the least sympathy for, or interest in, the great manufacturing, commer cial, and industrial pursuits of the empire." We do not now attempt to controvert the position thus taken up. It is not likely that so sweeping an assertion as to the comparative merits of the two bodies, the Electoral and the Non-electoral, will be assented to, in any considerable degree, out of the ranks of those who make it. But this aside, the power of so formi dable a body as those who are without the pale of the favoured. 200,000, is evidently being concentrated more and more upon practical objects ; and when once it has acquired any available portion of, that ascendancy which it seeks, the Ballot, if then it should be necessary, or ary other measure they wish for, would be carried as a matter of course. THE COURT. WINDS= CASTLE, Good Friday.---llis Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg dined with her Majesty yesterday, attended by Le Baron de Mayern, Le Capitaine de Reuter, and Colonel Francis Seymour, CB. Lady Caroline Barrington and Sir James Clark had 'the konour of being included. The Queen and Prince Consort, with the Princess Alice and the Duke of Saxe Coburg, attended divine service this morning, and received the holy sacrament. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. The Hon, Eleanor Stanley and the .Hon. Horatio Stop ford havo succeeded the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald as Maids of Honour in Waiting. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SCREW -STEAMER PRINCE ALBERT, which runs between Galway, Newfoundland, and Ned York, arrived here from Galway . yesterday, for repairs. A SEA -GOING V ESSEL AT WORCESTER, OR Tuesday last, the Queen, a screw-steam vessel of about 120 tons burthen, arrived at the Worcester quay with a cargo of timber, from Newport, Monmouthshire. The vessel, we understand, had had previously made voyages to Dublin, Liverpool, and London. Soon after discharging her cargo, she returned to Newport. NEW MAGISTRATES FOR THE COUNTY.---At the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions, the following gentlemen were sworn in as justices of the peace for the county of the southern division of Lancashire :---William Pilkington, jun., Esq., Sutton Grange, St. Helens; Ralph Fletcher, Esq., Atherton, Man chester ; James Bayley, Esq., Tyldesley, Manchester; Oliyer Barton, Esq., Tyldefil, Manchester. .41` 7 APPEAL, AGAINST A CONVICTION FOR POA At the Kirkdale Pessions on Paturday last, before Messrs, Green and theakstone, a man, named William Faulkner, appealed against a conviction by Mr. T. W. Rathbone, and other magistrates, for a - breich of the night poaching act. Mr. Saunders appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Cobbett tor the respondent: The evidence and statements of counsel having been heard, the magistrates confirmed the conviction. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Return fol the week ending April 23rd,' 1859. Admitted : in-patients, 33 ; out patients, 17 ; surgical casualties, 20. Discharged: cured, 24 ; relieved, and at own request, 14 ; made out-patients 5 ; irregular, 1; dead, 4 ; remain in the house, 165. For the ensuing week. Visitors : Messrs. C. B. Robinson and E. Gibbon ; physician, Dr. Dickinson ; surgeon . , Mr. Long ; house surgeon, Mr. T. S. Walker • jtmior house surgeon, Mr. J. Allen.; chaplain, Rev. H. J. Garrod, A.B. Robert. Hutchison, treasurer. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—These delightful suburban gardens will be opened for the season, this day. Mr. Atkins has this year outdone his former' exertions, for hie' arrange ments are more ample, the attractions more interesting, the scenes more_ gorgeous, and the variety of the novelties to be produced more extensive, than have ever been presented to the public. Added to the already beautiful scenes, are sixty splendid pictorial illustrations of popular places in our native land. The opening scenes will comprise a stupendous representation .of the volcano of Mount Etna, with a new diorama of brilliant effect. The are several able artists engaged; and the managerie has been augmented by some fine specimens of natural history. The musical and other arrangements are in keeping with the other attractions, and there can be no doubt that the public patronage bestowed on the spirited, enterprising, and courteous proprietor, will fully equal the exertions to please, amuse, and instruct our good folk during the season. KIRKDALE PETTY SESSIONS.—BEFORE MESSRS SAUL, HOLME, AND HALL.—Mr. Henry Murphy, the out-door Superintendent of the Local Marine Board, brought up William Hogarth Gerrie, late chief mate of the Jessie Millar, for refusing to proceed on the voyage. It appeared that the prisoner had been brought from Scotland, and had his fare paid; had £2 15s. advance, and the money sent to his wife. He signed articles to go in the ship to North America and back, and to be on board on the 18th. From the 15th to the 18th he was almost continually drunk, and on the 19th, when the vessel s a il e d, h e was in a stupid state, and absolutely refused to proceed in the ship, and the captain was obliged to send for Mr Murphy to procure him Another man, and the prisoner wa3 given into custody. The ship was at Garston, and this was the reason the- prisoner was brought before the County Magistrates. Their 'Wor ships censured, the conduct of the prisoner, and sent him to jail' for ten weeks, with hard labour. PAg - SENGERS per screw-steamer Nova Scotian, from Port land to Liverpool:—Mr. F. W. J arv i s , Mr. Wood, lady, and three children, Mr. G. Lomer and son, Mr. Oxley, lady, and child, Mr. P. Hunt and lady, Miss Jane Burgin, Mrs. Bailey, Miss Bailey, Mr. William Bain, Mr. A. W. Bailey, -Mr. E. Onsworth, Mr. W. Sladden, - Mr. C: W. Wilson, Mr. Fosberry, Mr. Brooks Lister, Capt. Ilopton -24 Cabin and 'd2 steerage. STEALING BY A SERVANT.—At the County Magistrates Court, on Saturday, before Messrs. Charles Turner, T. D. Anderson, and Captain Bourne, Elizabeth Richards, a woman who had lived in the employment of Mr. M.Guffie, chemist, of Castle-street and West Derby, was charged with having stolen a quantity of articles, the property - Of her employer. The woman had been eng . aged as cook, and. had, after some time, given warning, in consequence of which her service expired on Thursday last. Some suspicion having arisen, Mrs. M`Guffie demanded to have her boxes seached, and the woman consented, provided it were done in the presence of an officer. An officer was accordingly sent for, and a number of the articles were found in her boxes and among her clothes. The articles consisted of bottles of spirits, ammonia, and sauces ; loaf sugar, tea, an eyeglass, a quantity of gingham, some pocket handkerchiefs, &c., &c., which were all identified as the property of Mr. M`Guffie. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The court sentenced her to be imprisoned for six months, with hard labour. MUSICAL, __D_ N RAM E A N T v I s C , , A LLTE G R O AAY IP A , A . N D ARTISTIC There are to be French plays again at the St. Jam!' ,-_,Theatre this spring, to commence on the 2nd of May. 1_ The wizard Jacobs and his goblin Sprightly we see , ar I to appear at the Polygraphic Hall, Kang William-stre et, this evening (Monday). asMr. S i o m n s e e ß m e e e s t o h b a s e o s m o e f a t h r erecovered particular fr om h i s srtea cent illness e London concert rooms. that of the prince of virtuosi-proper on the piano-fort Among recent arrivals from the Continent maybe rec orde e d , Herr Leopold de Meyer. Mr. J. L. Toole, the comedian, of the Adelphi Theatre, availing himself of the Passion-week recess, has °ee l , delighting large and enthusiastic audiences in EdinbF,ga and Glasgow, with his -poptilar entertainment,e ntitle " Sketches of Life." It is stated,that the author of a scientific book of mer it having presented copies to the-Queen and Prince Consort, they were returned with a note from, Colonel Phipps stating that it was "contrary to rule for her Majesty and his Roy Highness to accept any articles offered to them." i • h Mr. Edward Murray, acting manager to the Royal Ellga s Opera Company, has been pre s e n t e d by Messrs. Wolfend e F and Melbourne, lessees of the Queen's Theatre, Hull, 'AI a massive silver snuff-box and gold Masonic pin, as a re f a p s .. of their esteem for his private and a pp rec iation of his Pr ° - sional worth. The Empress Eugenie was present at the last the Conservatoire. The finale of the third act of 21 0 8 7, and the " Inflammatus" of the Stalest of Rossini, weS e well executed, as to draw forth enthusiastic applause. , s composer was present, and seemed highly gratified at ta enthusiasm. Miss Balfe and Signor Morgini are to appear in La Sa l l ; nambula, at Drury-lane, to-night ; and Madame Lotti, La Gazza, at Covent-garden, on Tuesday. Mr. Gye, al announced, has engaged — Madame Penco for the ROL Italian Opera. Miss Thomson, the young English laul' whose singing in Paris not lone. ago made some sensation, is advertised as about to come to London for the seasa°' Herr Formes is coming back from America. An impression has been created (says the (Literary Gazette) that the sum of money which was offered, coal: wit tt tionally, for the endowment of a library in connection the Literary Fund, was the property of Miss Burl is Coutts. Wo are now authoritatively informed that such... aencerto.f not the case, and in so far as we may have assisted giving currency to the rumoar, we sincerely regret that we should have' aided in promoting it. sen t Among the enjoyments of h o lid a y f o lk s i n the prey ,t Easter week, a lecture on Gay's fine satire will be g iven the ' Cavendish Rooms, Martimer-street, Cavendish-aq ua L It will be illustrated with vocal and instrumental music, former by Miss Roden, whew musical talents are well kill e s ; The lecture will be followed by a concert, in which 3' l , Roden, Miss Freeman, and Mr. Thorp P e el will take P r " and r. Cooper will deliver the lecture. The Council of the Society of Arts have arranged for twa rl conversazioni during the present session : the first ° l .a Saturday, the 7th of May, at the Society's House, the e 3 for which will ad m it th e mem b er only ; the second, Saturday, the 28th May, at th e S ou th Kensington Musee or the card for which will admit the member and two ladies,e one gentleman. Cards for each of these evenings have b te d issued.- Members wh o h ave no t rece i ve d th em ar e reline!, to communicate with the Secretary of the Society of Lord The ' Irish Lady Mary W or tl e y M on t ag u, as 1 , 4 , ° of Melbourne called her, died, says the -" Town Talker the Illustrated News, in her well• furnished house, N°:, pa William-street, Belgravia, Sydn e y M ac Owe n, S 1"""" Owenson, alias Lady Morgan, alias Sydney Lady Aforg'ol;s Ireland claimed her for an Irishwoman ; but, as she sc s j born at sea—no date na me d -,halfway between Holy he and Dublin, England h as an equal claim to the Hono ur to her birth; and Stepney-on-the-Thsmes is, according naval custom, most unquestionably her parish. diet The question is not so much why Thomas Chan — ii Haliburton, Esq., has been knighted says the Critic, as at it came to pass that he succumbed to the dignity ? " has our glorious old friend, the wise, the witty, the hunter ° s clockmaker done to d es e rve thi s ? H e h as never les t a t fortress that we are 'aware of ; he has never worn CO livery ; he has never presented an address of congratulatio tx; he has not even been l or d ma y or . Why, th en , this prefl i the his name ? Thi n k o f th e i ncongru it y o f anno uncing clockmaker as " Sir Thomas Chandler Haliburton I ' l° o it not have been b e tt er t o h ave preserved the world - k n % appellati on , an d t o h ave knighted him as Sir Samuel Slie of The Exhibition of the Fine. Arts in the Paris Palac e fer Industry if open, say s th e B u ild er , an d th e r oom aPP; e a priated to En g li s h ar ti s t s i s emp t y ! Th ey h ave n ot refn in to send, but they h ave s t a t e d, th roug h a re p res entativ e Paris, that it will not b e p oss ibl e t o f orwar d works true. this country 'before the end. of May or beginning of t tTa, Coming, as th e i nv it a ti on f rom th e F renc h Fover nmen at the moment w h en our ar ti s t s were occupied in prepar i , for the Exhibitions of the season in London, this is ilab il d wondered at. The delay will enable some artists t(: ) ,'„ e- s, works for which room could not be found at the ACaa e ' - ' 6 .. but this will not tend to make the collection a proper reP sentation of our school. Some of the French journals sp crossly on the subject.. Amateur plays and actors, says the' Critic, seldom de se l more commendation than that' "it was very good for I le teurs." Not so a remarkable exhibition last week at pe t, residence of Mr. Salaman, the compo ser , a t 36, Bakee-stro'oa where we witnessed two dramas written by Mr. E. J. , T es man, and acted by the author and a party of his relate s, and friends. Of the first of them, " What's in a Sa rtle r ie we can say truly that it wo u ld b e received with h e a nd approval on any stage in London. Admirable in pl ot iter brilliant in composition, it i s a wor k th a t oug ht to be b e s t i s known, and marks its author as the po s se ss or of drar ° ,l v o• genius that one day must make him famous. The ac", ) ; of it, too, was excelle n t ; a lt oge th er un lik e a drawinrr e i ; s t play. We have w it nesse d man y p r i va t e th ea t r icals, none that in real merit approached to these. The Irish melodies for which Moore wrote the words a re about to pass through a new phase of existence. Seventy three of the lyrics all those, in short, of which the ell e ; right has expired--have been re-issued with new symPb °ll e - i s and accompaniments by Mr. Balfe, perhaps too arrangements or retouohings of the airs ; many of w hich , r s; we know, were considerably modified and altered by l io and his original musical ally. The " New Zealander" have a hard task when he is called to decide on the pur i s 'i or impurity of this or the other version of " The Groves or Blarney " or " Kitty Tyrrell," since we infer fol u v r , advertisement put forth by another publisher, that Wallace is engaged in a similar service : and from om a t hirdh that Mr. Macfarren, too, is busy with his edition of sY n31 !"0 0 vies and accompaniments to the "dear, dear old tunes,' the blind harper called them. As usual, Passion Week, says the Atlteneeum, has bee n d with I' a gay week ; since, whereas the theatres are shut, a g e while, as we perceive, Licence has prohibited there the entertainment of Mr. and Mrs. German Reed, who are p e n - a in tTe t h h oher r on e dn a eig t rv r he i irsas diversion ittnuohrfee another sense of 'the word—we have e t r p e aentnioinotgekn, thepenitential acl a p p iu n t abblrliißecde_atoodri Reading laid oujadp opening her "Omnibus;" twice fights at the Alhambra, in Leicester-square .a The it w hninra h edden e em. r ooh e bftoehaa m srtsleslr u ealb.a sic of every kind, not merely qsolemnities s uch de c p h s h e na o a byi r inpydsinat playing, played eisr: ic a bte h uoi tob Baker, k n ls oite d enre a o,ge n f.l al a aint it i h e li ks, e i e , e n m ni r ß l aa c s , rd o bne n ua ye c it uy e r mp r e ttoo.;,hf a n d 11 jelCidiati LONG, LONG, Aoo."—This very pretty song, the word& by Mr. S. J. Meany, of the Daily Post, and the music by Mr. Frank Musgrave, of the Theatre Royal, has been issued to the public, by the celebrated publishers, Messrs. Boosey, of London. The sweet simplicity of the words, re calling to our memories the dear and loving time of " Long, long, ago," in the early days of our childhood, and then progressively advancing on through life, exhibit a fresh ness of feeling, a joyousness t gushing forth, to be likened only to thd dashing of the " silver-lake" o'er the bright and sharp rocks of some mountainous precipice : again, passing on to the brief but rugged period of manhood, when we look upon life in all its " stern reality," and "grapple with the world as we find it." To give expression to these ideas, Mr. Frank Musgrave has been exceedingly felicitous in his melody. Many songs, from their geniality of words to the human feelings, are spoilt for want of " taking music," but in this instance, the popularity of both words and music, the one as much as for the other, bid fair to become " familiar as household words," and with pleasure we commend the en tire piece to the notice of our readers. * LATEST FASHIONS. —We have no novelties in cloaks to notice beyond those described and illustrated in furmer num bers. The chilly weather which has recently prevailed, has caused the warm wraps suitable for the winter season. to be retained; instead of being aside for light spring man telets. Cloaks of cloth and velvet are consequently more generally worn than is usual at this period of the year. Silk will be a favourite material for out-door dresses during the spring. For. the promenade, dresses.of plain, chequered and chine silk will be fashionable. Brocade, moire, and plain satin, in bright hues, are adopted in evening cos tume. One or two jack e t s of a novel and elegant de scription have just been received from Paris, Some are com posed of black and others of coloured velvet, and they are beautifully embroidered in Oriental designs, with gold coloured silk and jet. The sleeves are wide and open at the ends ; they are lined with white satin, and a ruche of ribbon passed round the inner edge. In caps, the ming ling of white blonde with black - lace or tulle is still in favour, though not universally adopted. We have seen a very pretty cap of white tulle, trimmed with mauve-colour ribbon, and bouquets of ,flowers of various hues, intermin gled with pendent blades of grass. Another cap, intended for in-door neglige, has the crown of white tulle, lined with pink silk ; the front is composed of quillings of blonde, with loops of narrow pink ribbon intermingled. The trimming consists of pink ribbon. Mohair, silk, and cash mere are the materials which have been employed for some of the new dresses, for little girls. As milder weather advances, felt hats will be superseded by those compOsed of white or coloured straw, and trimmed with feathers and ribbon, or ribbon only. Cloaks of silk or cashmere are suitable for girls. A cloak of grey cashmere has been made with a cape ; the edge of the cape and cloak being trimmed with a quilling of blue ribbon. Until the age suitable for the adoption of jackets, boys' costume usually consists of the tunic or blouse and trousers.—Lady's Newspaper. PASSENGERS per Royal Mail steam-ship Persia, from New York to Liverpool :—Mr. Parker, Mrs. Green, Mr. J. A. Becker, Mr. G. A. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. L. Marguier, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sawyer, Mrs. Hoppins, three children, and two nurses, Mr. Van Rensselaers, two children, and a nurse, Mr. and Mrs. R. Sh eswe ll, M r. and Mrs. W:Paton, three children, and nurse, Mrs. H. Hoppin, Miss C. How land, Mr. and Mrs. S. del Valle, Mr. G. del Valle, Mr. J. Cazizas, Mr. Chas. Scott, Captain A. A. Enguist, Mr. Strange, Mr. E E. Kilbourn, Mr. S. M. Teyser, Mr. Chas. Rubens, Mr. J. Kelteimer, Mr. H. Levy, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brown, Mr. H. Hoppa', Captain and Mrs. Geo. C. Taylor, Mr. E. Granier, Mr. Wentworth,• Mr. J. M. Hof leigh, Mr: J. Carlinot, Mr. F. Piefrim, Mr. Victor Plise, Mr. B. Dash, Mr. N. R. Meseran and friend, Mr. R. S. In ent gol!isby, Mr. James Gitte rman , M r . W m. S e ll er, and friend, WEDDING IN A DEATH CHAMBER. A correspond ' Mr. W. L. Baker, Mr. D. S. Harris, Mr. C. Modie, Mr. writing from the West Union, on the North Western Peter Donald, Mr. H. Vermot, Mr. L. Bernheimer, Mr. B. ginia Railroad, says that a wedding recently took place In Uhlman, Mr. R. Sanydon, jun. Mr, C. Holyapfel, Mr. death chamber, at Spring-hill, near that Place. M r ' hu br Masard, Mr. J. E. Raymond, Mr. Ransom, Mr. G. and Miss Ripley were married while the father of the set roy, Curtis, Mr. E. M. Curtis, Mr. George S. Mad- was lying a corpse. It appears that the day had been_ ing roy, Mr. W. Lees, Mr. C. Von de Sautken, Mr G. for the wedding to take place. Mr. Ripley was sa e : s i % Dowman, Mr. John Ford, Mr. 0. Anderson, Mr. A. from consumption, and expired on that morning 3 ' oo , Van Kensselaer, Mr. Linder, Mr. R. Struthers, Mr. o'clock. The groom proposed to put it off for a few vre Tbe and Mrs. W. S. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. John Button, Mr. but the bride insisted on its taking place immediately. Backman,H. _ Mr. M. Siegman, Mr. E. Rosenwald ; Mr. wedding accordingly took place at nine o'clock, over the G. Speyer, Mr. T. M. Crowell, Mr. F. H. Salter, Miss E. corpse of her father. —New York Independent. so M. Banks, Madame S e y ran d , Mr. J. Gibbs, Mr. Thomas It appears that the f ros t which, a few nights back, d Brittan, Mr. Jame s B. Burnrill, Mr. C. H. Hutchinson, much injury in the Ch ampagne d i str i cts, h as extended to Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Welch, Lieut. J. W. Todd, M r . th e cen t re o f France, south of Orleans. The jo o,cons Jonathan Cordukes, M r . Robert Summon, Mr. A. W. d' I n d re - e t-L o i re states that serious damage has been (Lt Colgate, Mr. James Duncan, Mr. Robert Colgate Master to the vines in all parts of that department. The , T:"L' 00 S. J. Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. Ilorstman, Mr. and ' Mrs. J. du Loiret says :---" All the letters which reach 11 h ow B. Ball, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sturgess, Mr. A. P. Sturgess, Mr. various places of the Orleans vineyard district announceilli __ h , H. C. Sturgess, Miss Hurst, Miss Strange, Mr. and Mrs. the frost at thebeginning of thepresent week has caused suffered; W. R. Haigh, Miss Mo ore , Miss Waddrington, Mr. S. D. injury to the vines. The Gatinais has cruelly suffseiosot: Schuyler, Mr. John Sowetz, Mr and Mrs, C. H. Higginson, in the commune of Chain gy all hope of a crop loss is and maid servant, Mr. G. B. Wainright, Mr. C. Potts, Mr. ; and at St. Ay the disaster is complete. The A a ot be James Leigh, Mr. Oscar de Lisle, Mr. H. 11. Menke, Mr.. immense. In the Beangency district there will ,n tw o. H. Otersten, Mr. F. W. Schoofeld, Mr. W. G. Dunn, Miss any wine this year. The walnut and stone fruit M. A. Porcher, Mrs. E. Mortimore, Mr. and Mrs udes, :have also suffered greatly." • urner Mr. W. Dowd, Mr. E. M. Benfinnon, Mr. James B. Adriann, i A WANDERING PRINTER.—KarI Ungling, aJ° n g Mr. D. M. Babcock, Mr. W. Mr. 0. P. Dorman, I man printer, died at Detroit a few days ago, after wandermio Mr. U. Lavonssine, Mr. George B. Billing, Mr. and Mrs. ; over a large portion of the world. According to th W. P. Eaton, Mr. J. C. Meyer, Mr. C. M. Carpenter, I Statesman, he was banished from Baden, Germany, for par" Messrs. G. Jones, E. Feeris, H. B. Benners, H. Lewis, ticipating in the revolution of 1848. He reached:oif J. L. Hills, T. P. Chapman, George Cleasby, G. A. Wood- I United States just in time to volunteer in the Mexican watt rooff, W. G. M‘Guckin, M. A. Speir, S. Feyericks, E. J. I and was wounded and disfigured for life at the battle. of e to Bonsfield, E. F. Lebourn, C. Grifips, A. Moliner and Buena Vista. After the war, he travelled from Mail l n _.... brother, George Richmond, T. Simpson, T. M. Strange, Louisiana, and to the frontiers of civilisation, as a jour Chadrach Hill, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Caysen, Mr. and Mrs. E. man printer • commenced the first German pa per eve; A. Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cooper; Messrs E. Gignel, P. published in den Francisco, subsequently joined a theatrics Vidal, Jacob B. Morrison, H. de Blayviere and boy, Victor ' company in Cincinnati, and was everywhere known . as Thore, W. P. Leoni, S. Holmes J. Holmes, J. B. English, scholar . poet, musician, and wit. He never remained lon. S. Thomas, E. Simpson, B. 11. Hutton, A. Johnson, enough ' in one place to call it his home, but wherever,_ilnt; Ernest Dressel, Charles T. Hartman, Frederick De en s ' went he left friends who admired his extraordinary' t arn, ' Kennard, A. P. Palmer, B. Thomas, Alfred Salway, H. D. and his characteristic vagaries. He could spin a a ri k odei Seymour, John Coliolly ; Miss Moores and man servant ; write a poem, make a speech, sing a song,l?ring Mr. Talbot, Mr. C i H. Sheehan, Mr, Janes Moore, Mr. from a guitar, or tip a glass of lager beer with nog"' H. Gibbon], spirit and cosmopolitan elegance.