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rnE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENEIG, MARCH 31, 18M,

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ing to call out the militia when required, in conse- (!onnea ted with the St. Giles Workhouse." This
quence of these legal embarrassments. The is one of the strongest censures that has been given
suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act has beenposi-
tively objected to by the Congress, but 'JEFFERSON
DAVIS still regards it as imperatively necessary. He
points out to the objectors the peculiar circum-
stances of the time, and asks what can justify the
exercise of a power expressly conferred by the Con-
stition if the urgency of this time does not do so ?
It is quite evident, he observes, that the people
of the South must choose between an abject submis-
sion and the prosecution of the war to a successful
issue. No possible doubt can remain of the feelings
of the North after the recent attempt at negotiation,
and it only remains for the people of the South to
preserve their courage, their devotion, and their
patriotism unshaken. Such words are worthy the
leader of a great nation at a momentous crisis, and
we trust they will have due weight with the selfish,
the timorous, and the wavering, who have already
retarded the day of triumph by their too successful
opposition.

for some time, and doubtless the effect of it will be
to enforce more attention on the part of workhouse
officials generally. The jury also appended to their
-verdict a resolution which very properly complained
of many union matters relating to the management
of the sick at St. Giles's. The state of the ward in
which the deceased was confined was very faulty ;
it is deficient in lighting, ventilation, and proper
accommodation, and the jury record their opinion
of its demerits when they say that it ought to be
closed. The dietary is also not of a proper cha-
racter, and the patients are allowed to go without
food from four o'clock in the afternoon until
eight o'clock the next morning. It sounds to
sense that this is a barbarous custom, and
doubtless many weak patients sink from exhaustion
during the lapse of these sixteen hours. The ques-
tion of paid nurses is again alluded to by the jury,
and it is to be hoped that this oft-reiterated com-
plaint of pauper nurses will at last take effect, and
be received with the attention it merits. One thing
is certain, that until due heed is paid to this subject
the poor will not find their condition ameliorated.
It is satisfactory to notice that the jury begged to
express their thanks to Sir TIIO3IAS lIENRY, the
chief magistaate at Bow-street, " for the prompt at-
tion he paid to the information he received of
RICHARD GissoN's illness, without which the pre-
sent inquiry would not have been held." This is
true, and the worthy magistrate is entitled to the
acknowledgments of all those who take any interest
in the welfare of the hosts of the distressed who
crowd our unions, and undergo such dreadful misery
in their sad experience of the charity of Poor Law
officials of all kinds.

Austria is evidently determined to resist the
attempt of Prussia to make her nobody, and hence
the solution of the Schleswig-Holstein problem is
as far off as ever apparently. It is certainly a just
retribution to all the parties concerned, and fur-
nishes a striking instance of the vanity and vexa-
tion that ensues from such grasping and greedy
conduct. Yet it must be admitted that the con-
sternation now reigning in the Cabinets of the
great German Powers exceeds expectation, and the
confusion worse confounded of the wily statesmen
who rule affairs in Berlin and Vienna surpasses the
prediction of the least sanguine lookers-on of last
year. The remarks made by Count MENSDORFF in
the Lower House of the Reichsrath, prove that
however cautiously they may act the determination
of the Government is a settled one, and they will
hold their ground against all the attempts that may
be made by the Prussians to put them out of pos-
session of their rights. Slowly but surely, cour-
teously but firmly, the powers at Vienna are adopt-
ing a new tone, and taking a decided stand, an
attitude and aspect which cannot but prove very
distasteful to the Berlin plotters and politicians,
There is great truth in what the Count says re-
specting the claims of Austria in relation to the
Duchies ; he says that the " possession of the
Duchies gives equal rights to Austria and Prussia,
a too hasty policy might have brought about an
intervention on the part of foreign powers." The
sitting of the Federal Diet at Frankfort does not
promise to be a very easy undertaking, and in all
probability in the course of its discussions
we shall hear of a great deal that will
be edifying and instructive concerning the policy of
the various States of Germany. At all events, we
shall then learn more of the course pursued by the
allied Powers in relation to each other. The aspect
of affairs in Prussia is also very threatening at pre-
sent to the ministerial plans ; an amendment which
was suggested for the purpose of reconciling the
Government and the Chamber concerning maximum
strength of the army has been rejected. The com-
mittee have also thrown out the general military
estimates. All these things augur ill for the further-
ance of the ministerial measures. It would be diffi-
cult to decide which is in the most insecure or un-
settled position at present of all the conspirators,
as they may be fairly called. The Duke of AUGUS-
TENBURG and his party are in a very awkward fix
just now, and, with all their skill, it is not likely
that they will extricate themselves in a very satis-
factory manner. The Duke has been made a regu-
lar cat'spaw of by Prussia, and it is not surprising
that he and his party should resent his treatment.
At present, however, there is but little probability
of any one party gaining its object, for Prussia,
unquestionably the strongest, is unexpectedly
brought to a standstill. The more we study this
subject and the longer time that is afforded for
reflection upon the past, the more certain does it
appear that a firm demeanour on the part of the
other Powers of Europe last year would have pre-
vented an incalculable amount of harm, and in the
end have rendered the best service to the parties
immediately concerned, who now are reaping the
bitter produce of their iniquity.

The general sense of the public will probably be
in favour of the decision arrived at last night by the
House of Commons respecting the new Palace of
Justice. There is no doubt that in a purely archi-
tectural point of view the Thames Embankment
offers many advantages. • The site is fine, the view
from the river would greatly improve the effect, and
the position is certainly of easy access from all
parts of the metropolis. But there are other and
more practical recommendations in favour of the
Carey-street position. In the first place the con-
venience of the members of both branches of the
legal profession surely deserved to be consulted in a
matter that concerns them so nearly, and their votes
seem to be nearly unanimous for the selection of
Carey-street. The solicitors have their offices in
all the nooks and crannies in Chancery-lane, and
its immediate neighbourhood, and round about
Holborn. They are naturally anxious that the old
position of the Courts should be in a great measure
retained, so that their time, which to men of busi-
ness is money, may not be unnecessarily frittered
away. The inconvenience and delay arising from
having their offices far from the courts, would be
very great, and they are eager to avoid the change.
The barristers of the Temple, and other Inns, are
also desirous of retaining the Carey-street site.
There is another argument of some weight respect-
ing the retention of the old position. Should the
Government decide upon proposing the Embank-
ment instead of the Carey-street site, the measure
must necessarily be postponed for another year.
In any case this may happen, as the Lords may be
disposed to regard architectural effect more than
public convenience, but it will be the certain result
of any change in the . plan before the Commons.
Mr. COWPER has undertaken that there should be
good access on every side to the new building—an
indispensable provision in such a crowded locality.
The question of expense came into consideration,
though that has really little .to do with a measure
of a national character. The destruction of the
wretched crowded and unhealthy courts and alleys
now intersecting one another between Temple-bar
and Lincoln's-inn will be a public benefit, and an
immense improvement to the neighbourhood, and,
altogether, the general features of the Bill commend
it to the support of the public and the favour of the
Upper House.

It is very satisfactory to notice that the jury
have given their verdict against the treatment re-
ceived by the pauper at St. Giles' Workhouse, whose
death has been the subject of recent inquiry. It so
often occurs that these examinations terminate in
the most ineffective manner, that it is doubly gra-
tifying when a decided step is taken and the cul-
pable negligence of parish authorities deservedly
rebuked. The detail.; of the case of MICHAEL GIB-
SON are most painful, and yet it is no isolated in-
stance of the degree of misery to which the victims
of workhouse management may fall into. In this
verdict the jury assert that the deceased died from
disease, but that the said death " was greatly acce-
lerated by the neglect the said MICHAEL GIBSON re-
coxed at the 4013 of the whole cg the Official

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Last evening Verdi's Il Trovatore was given quite
as successfully as it was given (and almost with the
same identical cast) last season, when we took oc-
casion to comment at considerable length upon the
performance. Anything like an elaborate criticism
upon the performance here, therefore, is purposely
abstained from, amounting, as that would necessarily
do, to a mere repetition. Herr Wachtel again
astonished his hearers with that wondrous
C above the line—ringing like a silver clarion
through the Di quella pira. An encore was
won by this rarely-gifted tenor in the dungeon
song, Ah the la morte : the like honour being, as a
matter of course, accorded to the delicious II Balen,
surely the loveliest air ever awarded by preference
to the barytone ! Signor Graziani last night was,
as hitherto, the baritone, Madlle Fricci being the
soprano, Signor Tagliafico resuming'the part of Fer-
rando. There was one notable de'buiitante, moreover
seeing that the Siebel in " Faust" of Tuesday night
was last evening the Azucena in "Il Trovatore."
Madlle. Honore's success in Siebel can hardly be
said to have been renewed by her impersonation and
rendering of Azucena. To-morrow evening Ros-
sini's immortal " Guiglielmo Tell" is set down as
the attraction.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 22.

According to the Levant Herald of to-day, Mr.
Laing's project has been the subject of several
further Ministerial meetings during the week, the
result of which has been some slight additional mo-
dification of its details. There made, we believe it
may now be safely stated that the scheme has passed
through its final stage of negotiation, and awaits
little more than the formal sanction of the Sultan to
place all doubt as to its acceptance at the end.
There is to be a sinking-fund of 1 per cent. This
concession—which, of course, reduces by one-half
the " economy at first promised by the authors of
the project—has been made in deference to a fear
as to the difficulty of carrying out the operation on
terms so unfavourable for holders of the to-be-con-
verted stock as those originally proposed. The
" gain" to the Porte is thus narrowed to about
£240,000 a year, against which is to be placed the
obligation of absolute punctuality in payment of
the new dividends, the greater part of which will
also be drained out of the country into the pockets
of foreign holders.
On the other hand, the public debt of the coun-
try will certainly be regularised, and the Porte will
obtain—strongest present argument of all—an ac-
commodation of £5,000,000, to be raised by the
issue of new 5 per cent. stock to that amount,
beyond the total required for the conversion of the
existing home debt. It is evident, therefore, that
when the time comes for a careful criticism of this
new reissue there will be much to be said both for
and against it.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 31.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pera, Captain Jamieson, with the heavy Bombay
mails, has arrived. She brings 147 passengers, 22
packages of specie value £36,473, also 17 packages
of valuables, and a general cargo, including 941
bales of cotton and 385 bales of raw silk.

From St. Vincent to Finisterre the Pera experi-
enced strong N.E. gales and heavy head sea ; across
the Bay and up the Channel fine weather.
Her Majesty's ships Procris and Racoon were at
Gibraltar ; at Malta, the Victoria, Revenge, Phoebe,
Royal Oak, Resistance, Enterprise, Magicienne,
and Firefly. The Gibraltar and Cossack sailed
from Malta on the 20th for Athens; the Caradoc
and French frigate Perdrise were at Alexandria.

GIBRALTAR, March 25.

The Austrian frigate Dandolo saluted the garri-
son with 21 guns, and the Austrian Consul with 9
guns. The compliment was returned from the
saluting battery.
Exchanges during the week have been quoted :
On London, 90 days' date, 491; Paris, sf. 24c. to
25c. ; Marseilles, 8 days' sight, sf. 17c. ; Genoa,
sf. 26c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, 1} to a dis. ; Cadiz,
3f to a dis. ; and Malaga, to f dis.
The following British vessels have arrived here
since the 18th inst. :—Steamer Cadiz, 8 days from
London ; steamer Ceylon, 4i days from South-
ampton ; steamer Meander, 8 days from Liverpool ;
steamer Tarifa, 7 days from Liverpool; schooner
Flying Fish, 14 days from Cardiff ; schooner Excel,
12 days from Milford ; brigantine Gwain Maid, 10
days from Milford; steamer Wyvern, 7 days from
Cardiff ; bark Paragon, 12 days from Cardiff ; brig
Atkinson, 23 days from Newcastle ; cutter Pride,
27 days from Liverpool ; bark Highland Brigade,
16 days from Newport ; brig Seaton, 12 days from
Cardiff ; and schooner Dreadnought, 9 days from
Liverpool.

In the meantime, we may add that, for every 100
of the existing consolides of all four issues, it is pro-
posed to give 120 of the new stock ; for every 100
mumbazes, 143 of the new ; and for every 100 of
the various derghis, 100. Holders who shall not
exchange their present bonds within four months
Will receive 10 per cent. less than their rates. Of
the 30,000,000 liras, as stated in our last, required
to carry out the conversion, £4,000,000 will be
offered in Europe at once, and £7,000,000 hereafter
in amounts spreading over the two years—the
balance being kept for issue in Turkey. The new
bonds will be £lOO each, and the interest will be
payable half-yearly in Constantinople, London,
Paris, and Frankfort or Amsterdam.
The Gibralter Chronicle says :—" The last ac-
counts from Melilla describe some difficulties
between the Spanish garrison and the Moors. The
Moorish Bashaw in the vicinity of the fortress had
prohibited the Moors of the interior from entering
Melilla, and had posted men at the different ap-
proaches to the garrison for the purpose of carrying
out his orders. The Spanish commander at Melilla
had, in retaliation, warned off all the Moorish fish-
ing-boats from the shore in the neighbourhood of
Melilla, and expelled the Moorish cattle from the
pastures of the Spanish territory adjoining the for-
tress. He also appears to have made a sortie upon
the Moorish territory for the purpose of cutting
down some trees and prickly pear plantations, and
destroying some fences. The Moors, irritated by
these acts, would, it was thought, retaliate by
attacking the Spanish patrolling parties, which had
consequently been reinforced.
It seems probable that the cause of the restrictions
placed by the Moorish Bashaw on the intercourse
between Melilla and the interior is to protect the
Sultan's revenue. The people of Riff, no doubt,
are free-traders in the widest meaning of the term,
and would altogether object to such an institution
as a Custom-house. The Sultan, on the other
hand, who has had some experience of the hand-
some revenue to be derived from duties on imports
and exports, would strongly object to unrestricted
trade between Melilla and his subjects of Riff, and
hence probably originated the order preventing their
visits to the Spanish fortress.

We observe by a Cadiz paper that the Queen of
Spain is about to make a present to the Sultan of
Morocco of a battery of four rifled cannon, with
their ammunition and field equipment. The guns
were cast at the Savilte foundry. They are to be
conveyed to Tangier by a vessel of war, and will
proceed thence to Mequinez in charge of a Spanish
captain and a lieutenant of artillery, who are com-
missioned to deliver them to the Sultan.