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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E

after 'a careful consideration of the sub-
jcct. These opinions will thmbtless be very
valuable. The Hon. Gentleman not only pos-
sesses abilities of a high order, but also influences

a considerable proportion of the independent
Liberals. His adhesion to either side is there-
fore a matter of no ordinary consequence, more
especially as he will unquestionably deal with the
matter fairly and justly without looking to its
consequences, either for or against the Cabinet.
He looks to measures, not men ; ani:s.' would cer-
tainly not join in any factious movement, in order
to substitute Lord PALMERSTON or Lord JOHN
RUSSELL for the Earl of DERBY.

The matter has been fully ventilated, and
thoroughly discussed. Every Right Honourable
and Honourable Gentleman has had ample oppor-
tunities for obtaining complete information on
all pointA, and calmly and attentively deliberating
on the knowledge thus acquired. It is seldom
that any question can be discussed under such
favourable conditions, and we may therefore hope
that the enactments that may eventually receive
the Legislative sanction will be worthy of the
magnitude of the interests at stake.

Until the present session the affairs of India
never received proper attention in either House.
The moment the subject was introduced there was
a general clearance, and matters of vital import-
ance were debated before a " beggarly account of
empty benches." It was the constitution of the
Government that produced this anomaly. There
was no Ministerial responsibility, and conse-
quently no Parliamentary interest on a subject
that would be shuffled off ou other shoulders
None could ascertain " under which thimble the
pea could be discovered," and they could not
listen to the prosaic harangues of Sir CHARLES
Woon, or the petulant effusions of Mr. SMITH, of
Cannon-row ; although he contrived to shirk the
most important part of the duty confided to his
charge, and to permit the Indian Budget to
remain hermetically sealed from the time of his
accession to office. But, now all this will be
changed. There is a competent and fully quali-
fied nobleman iu office, and he will be entirely
responsible for every act relating to India. There
will bo a strong muster both far attack and
defence. Every legitimate piece of Par-
liamen tarp strategy will be resorted to,
and the affairs of India will henceforth
he regarded as the source of the most interesting
and important matters that can be brought for-
ward in either branch of the Legislature.
The debate this evening will indicate the spirit
in which the chosen Representatives of the people
will deal with the all-important topic ; and we
hope and believe that it will bo such as to reflect
honour on the Commons 1:1::use of Parliament.

The state of that which was once "the silver-
winding Thames," a theme that attracted the song
of gifted poets, and the admiration of the inure
prosaic members of the community, has forced
itself on public attention. Members of both
Houses of Parliament, notwithstanding the efforts
at deoderisation that have been made on their
behalf, and the chloride of lime and other disin-
fectants resorted to, are loud in their-complaints,
while the Bench and Bar in Westminster Hall
feel that their arduous duties are greatly enhanced,
and their health endangered, by the foisted nuisance
Lo v,II:c:: they are go improperly exposed. In the
Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief jusLiee of -E,gl.:nr?
offered to adjourn the Court in consequence of
the poisonous state of the atmosphere. A re-
spectable medical gentleman who happened to be
present stated, on oath, that he " had been three
times compelled to leavtlthe court in consequence
of the bad smells—that the atmosphere became
irrespirable, and it was quite as bad in the pas-
sages." He declared that "it was dangerous to
breathe the atmosphere, and that it was danger-
ous to the jurymen, counsel, and witnesses to re-
main, and that it would be calculated to produce
malaria and typhus fever."
In the Court of Exchequer, the Lord Chief
Baron found it necessary to cut short his " charge,"
"as from the intolerable state of the river, he felt
sure that the jury, in common with all who did
business on its banks, would be only too glad to
got away at the earliest possible moment," adding
that " he deemed it his duty to notice the con-
dition of the river and its effect on all around ;
that it was impossible to conceal the fact, that the
Court was sitting to try a most important
cause in the midst of a stinking
nuisance." The administration of justice is thus
impaired. The parties concerned cannot discharge
their important duties without injury to their
health and comfort. Nor is this all. There
has already been loss of life. A waterman
died of cholera, engendered by the pestilential
odours, and an unfortunate young woman, who
flung herself into the river, although rescued, was
nearly poisoned by the horrible dose.
Perhaps, when a plague has commenced, some-
thing will be done. When thousands, and tens
of thousands of our fellow-citizens have perished,
when many widows and orphans have been con-
signed to the tender mercies of the Union Work-
houses, Mr. TIIIVAIT ES, and his coadjutors,
may be stimulated into some appw.rance
of activity, and the disgrace and odium of such
an atrocity may be removed from the British
metropolis. It is now a question of health that
affects "the select upper crust," the ten thou-
sand who call themselves "the world," as well
as the less wealthy members of the community.
It raly therefore be hoped that something will be
done, and "if 'were done well, 'twcre well it
were done quickly."

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emi-
grant ship Joshua, 804 tons, Captain Fowler, which
sailed from Southampton on the 31st of December, in
charge of Surgeon Superintendent Wlia-n Arpthorpe,
with 30 married couples, 100 single men, 88 single
women, 21 boys between the ages of one and 12, 20 girls
between the same ages, and four male infants—mahing
total of 293 souls, equal to 268 statute adults—
arrived at Sydney, New South Waies, on the 6th of
April. One death (an infant) and one birth occurred
during the voyage.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
_POST-OFFICE BUILDI3CIS,

LOMBARD STREET.—The public have for a long time past
been greatly inconvenienced by the nnbusiness-like
manner in which foreign letters have been received,
letters registered, and postage stamps sold at the Post-
office establishment in Lombard-street. All who did
business in Post-office-court had to stand outside, what-
ever the state of the weather, and scenes of annoyance
and confusion have frequently occurred from the influx
of people at particular hours of the day, of which the
improvements just completed there will prevent a recur-
moo. A spacious room has been erected running
parallel with and having two entrances from Post-office-
court, containing a longitudinal counter, guarded with
braes wire, behind which the clerks are enabled to ply
their business with alacrity and despatch. At this
counter there are four compartments for the reception
of foreign paid letters, one for the registration of letters,
and one for the sale of stamps. The receiving boxes for
foreign, colonial, and inland letters at each end of Post-
office-court in Lombard-street, and King William-street
remain without alteration.
THE. ADELTIII ARCHES AND THE THAMES.—L3UcI com-
plaints are proceeding day after day from the inhabitants
of the Adelphi, who are seriously affected by the pre-
sent pestilential condition of the Thames, as mach per-
haps as any class of persons residing on the banks of the
river. For some weeks past the river between Waterloo
and Westminster bridges has been in a most filthy state,
arising out of the enormous amount of sewage and de-
cayed matter of a.l sorts which find their way into the
water through that worse than plague-spot, the dark
Adelphi arches. Seine months ago the inhabitants of
Adelphi-terraeo prosecuted a man who systematically
brought his filth to the wharves beneath and there
packed it off in barges to poison people somewhere else.
Teis for a while stopped the nuisance, a conviction hav-
ing been obtained. There seems to be little doubt in the
minds of those who reside in the neighbourhood, and
who are subject to the pestilential atmosphere which the
vast amount of filth conveyed through the dark arches
every night engenders, that very much of the horrible
condition of the Thames between the two bridges owes
its origin to the foul trade which is carried on in these
choltra-breeding subterranean passages. The parochial
authorities of St. Martin•in-the-Fields have for a long
time past done their boat to remedy the evils complained
of by :ending large quantities of water down the arches;
and this, though an advantage, is one which does not,
of course, at all affect the river, and there is no cheek
at present to the vast quantity cf putrid matter which
is every night thrown into its water.
THE AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY.—YeErerday a nieeting cf the elearehulders cf
this company was held—Mr. It. Sheppard in the chairr.
osher. the report was adopted, and a payment ordered
of ss. I;er share in addition to the 41, previously re-
turned. Since the last meeting t eso of the remaining
chips have been sold, Laving on►y the Victoria and Ade-
laLle. The former is still in the employ of the European
and .Australian Iteyal Mail Company, and the latter
has just returned to England in a high state
of efficiency. The amounts standing under the
head of assets cf doubtful value, consisting chiefly of
balances due from the estate cf the late Melbourne
agents, as well as those under that of Government mulcts
have been written eff, as, after making every endeavour,
the directors are of opinion that no further aunts of In-
octane) will be rsceived to the credit of these items.
With the view of simplify in' the accounts, the reserve
fund of 27,630/. has ales been written off in the balance
sheet, thereby reducing the cost of the two ship; from
104,4211. to 76,791/. Some discussion took place upon
the ameuet to be returned per share, and an amend-
ment to tneka it 10e., and afterwards 7s. 5.1., Was re-
j:.,ctecl by an overwhelming mejerity. It was explained
*drat, although the cash in hand en deposit, &a., amounted
on the 13th of May to 26.4C4/ , the sum at present
iiimeiiately available for distribution is 17,4621,
end that the directors cenzider, under all the cir-
euerstauces, with one of their v,ssels at the antipodes,
constantly driven at her fullest power, and working on
a service where so many vessels have broken down, it is
not prudent to tetain a emader balaeee than 10 000/,
With a larger payment than ss. this cannot be effaeted.
A. month's hire of-the Victoria has also been kept back
fur a period when she was hid up for repair. The final
wieding up of the concern has not been lost sight of, and
every exertion will be made to scure that deirable

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IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.—At the Ber-
;Tic's Ceunty Court' last week, a Mr. G. A. Gee y sued
the North Eastern Railway Caaipany f 3/. 3 being
his charge for a loss sustained by him in beiag, di tamed
on his jeurney to the. south through the delay of de-
fendants' conveyance. It appeared that on the Bth of
aaril el,ietiff 1s ft his home to proceed from C
statiou ay eats:eerie:a' tat.h, t Te-ed7eentli, •ebere
he
proposed joining the express train toteaded to ee
south, The train should have left Cernhill at 10'30 a. 113.
in terms of defeadante' time table, and arrived at Tweed-
mouth at 11.10, the express leaving at 11.25. The train,
however, did not, leave Cambia till 11.40, and did not
reach Tareedmouth till a period too lute for plaintiff to'
obtain the express, in consequence of which his numerous
arrangements of conveyance and bu,iness were alt frus--
trated, and though ho peon:eclat] south by a lt,t,r train
he could not succeed in his of j et. LI the defence
it was stated that the company did not guarantee to
passengers that they would he forwarded to join
eny particular train on another line. The delay
had ben occasioned by an accident which
had occurred on the North British line, at
about a mile north of Galashiels. Here the axle-tree
of the engine bad broken, and though the servants
had telegraphed to Galfishiels far another engine they
could not obtain it early enough to enable them to keep
their time. The delay of half an hour on the Kelso line
would lose the express to a passenger. The judge did not
think that an accident on the North British line was a
sufficient :excuse for the non despatch of the train on the
North-Eastern line. He therefore gave judgment for the
plaintiff.—Scottish Press.
SCOTTISH LAW APPOINTMENTS AND CHANGES.—
Mr. Baillie, the present Soiicieer-General for Scotland,
will succeed Mr. Inglis as Lord-Advocate, and doubt-
less as M.P. for Stamford. Mr. Baillie is aristocrati-
cally cetmeeted, a respectable lawyer, and of gentle-
naaely appearance and manners, and, having said this,
we have said all. His weight in the House and with
the barewdl be simply that of his party and high office;
but from Es hands vie need expect no social and legal
reforms like those inaugurated by his predecessor, and
we fear in Parliament he will be deemed a very common-
place gentleman. The fact is, the Conservatives held
only one forensic honour in their hand, and they have
played it., and now they must work with small cards.
Mr. Baillie was the best man they had, and he had the
first claim • but the learned gentleman must not
feel annoyed although he sees numerous inquiries in
the newspapers, " Who is Mr. Baillie ?" These changes
will probably lead to, if they do not necessitate, others.
It is not likely that Lord Murray choose to
continue on the bench under the presid-ncy of one
whom he has known as a boy ; not from any
unkindly feeling, but from an apparent incongruity
which every one perceive. Lord Wood will feel a
natural plea in the elevation of his son-in-law even
over his own head ' • but his lordship wal understood to
have consented to delay his retirement only until after
the summer session, that the second division might have
the benefi of his opinion is some important proceedings
which be had maturely considered. Should these re-
spected judges retire two Lords-Ordinary will be trans-
ferred to the benchof the second dlvi.iion, and two gowns
will be at the disposal of the administration, With re-
gard to the Solicitor-Generalship, the appointment is
chiefly important prospectively iu its bearing on the
bench or on the office of Lord-Advocate. In the latter
respect it is important at present, as, unleas a stipula-
tion to the contrary be mare with Mr. 13ailie, be will
undoubtedly claim the first gown, Laving Patliammt
and tile party to talea care c f themeelvee. The catdi-
dates are sell to be Mr. Archibald Boole, a eon of the
late venerable Lod Preddeut, Mr. D. Mare, Sheriff
Moir, and Mr. Georo Patten, We le,lieve that Government might f afily toss for the wirincx; all of them are
respectable lawyers—Parliament House cleitzs will even
assures you that you may sleep scunelly with such men
for counsel, but nimporte, Seeli may be taken as a
rapid sketch of the enaeges of which the death of the
late Lord Justice Clerk will be the OCCaliOn.—Scottish
P.-ess of Tuesday.

Trim NsiaIiCHESTRII PoST,ITICZ..—The great question
of local interest in Manchester :at present is, " Where
shall the new post-office be 1' Tue business of the pre-
sent post-office having outgrown the conveniences which
the pralines in Band-street afford, ;he Postmaster-Ge-
neral determined some months upon the erection of a
new building, and the selection of a proper site was
given to the corporation. The question led to a fierce
party struggle in the Town-council. An influential party
in the Council suggested that the Town's-yard, now
used its a station for the firs engines of the city, should
be sold to the Government, but the maj rity were of
opinion that Marsden square, Market-street, was the
best site, and in order to defeat their opponents refused
to allow the Town's-yard to be sell Throughout the
controversy the gene:al opinion has appeared to he that
Marsden-square, being in the principal thorougbf.ere of
the city, was unquestionably the be't site, but the op-
ponents of the scheme relied upon the fact that a 3 much
valuable property would have to be taken down in Mars
den-equar.., the cost of this site would deter the Govern-
ment from undertaking its purchase. Ex:ra.vagant esti-
stuates of the value of this plot of land and ga
made it appear that the c:st would be 75,0001. to
80,0001., and the result was that the Governmer t, as
theyse selection nt
had been anticipated, witlarew fro n the treaty ; but
oofn
tlyhedsidite tihriosea, butthe Tdoewcird...e3d;utcocilw, withdraw
into treaty for the purchase of a site in John Dalton-
street, r w
rr tetrehd
rear the I.la-
reroft.s.reet plot. Mr. Alderman
Heywood, on this courin being adopted; gave notice for
a motion in the Council for yeaeiday that the Mars-
den square site should be pureha‘ e.l by the town and
offered to Government fur 40,0051. Tbie motion was
brought forward yesterday, and Mr.
hey wood said that
the property could be bought for 55,0001., and as a por-
tion of is would be for re-sale, and other portions would
be required for improvements of the town, to be paid
for out of the gas profits, no loss would fall upon the
corporate fund?. After a long debate, however, it was
agreed that both sites should be withdrawn arid an en-
deavour should be made to fix upon a new one. It is
probable, therefore, that the question will not yet be de-
cided for some time, and the agitation on the-question,
which was beginning to exoite strong feeling in the
town, will for a time eubaide,

L &TEST NEWS.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

(BY ELECTEIO TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING.

The Sultan steamer, Captain Cook, has arrived,
bringing dates from Gibraltar to the 15th ;
Cadiz, 16th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Oporto and Vigo,
20th. She has 76 passengers, eight packages
specie, value 6,285%, and cargo of silk, fruit,

potatoes,
The Tagus, with the outward mails, was at

Vigo.

Fifty kilometres of the railway on the south
side of the Tagus, between Berrien and Vendas
Novas, were opened on the 15th to public traffic.
The line north of the Tagus, from Lisbon to
Oporto, was gaining great support from the inha-
bitants.

Exchange busiaess at Lisbon more active, bills
being in abundant supply. London, 53 for bills
at three months and 52k, transactions generally
at latter rate ; Paris, 5.44 to 5.40 ; Amsterdam,
411 ; hamburg, 461- ; Genoa, 5.38 ; Three per
Cent. Stock, 461. to 461; Registered, 451 to 46 ;
Coupons, 281 to 29 deferred ; Bank Shares as
last quoted.

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The Patric rakes up a question which created
much ill-feeling in its day, and which, we hoped,
had been definitively Abandoned—the " right of
asylum" question
"England," it says, " does not profess on the
question of asylum any principle that is opposed
to those acknoWledgecl by all civilised nations. In
no circumstances has she abandoned the right of
imposing conditions on her hospitality. Good
sense, morality, and self-defence would not permit
• her to relinquish that right. Is the moment at
hand for her to restore to her government the
powers confided to it up to 1826 ? This is a ques-
tion of home policy which has nothing to do with
the question of public right. England alone is
judge of the conduct which she ought to display
towards her neighbours, because she is alone re-
sponsible for it. We are acquainted with the deep
aversion entertained by the English nation for
everything that authorises Government act be-
yound the ord!nary legal course. But should re-
cent scandals be renewal, should the soil of Eng-
land again become the scene of infamous plots,
without entailing the puni.;liment of the guilty
patties, the sense and equity of the English people
would be aroused, and Parliament would not per-
mit British hospitality to cover crime with im-
punity."
The Pays follows in the track of the Co-Asian-
tionnel, and comments on whet it is pleased to
terns "the incorrect and lying assertions which
served as pretext for the calumnies and sanguinary
declarations of the British peers." It says :
" Franca is the civilised and generous nation, par
excellence ; this is known in Asia, as in Africa, and
America. No, it is not true that there existed on
board of French vessels, commended by officers of
the Imperial navy, chains and manacles for the emi-
grants; ro, it is not true that France inflicts on
the emigrant blacks a punishment which England
reserves for her solliers. . . . What is par-
ticularly to be re.greteed is that the Foreign Minis-
ter of England should have interfered in the de-
bate, and have, so to say, confirmed the false
assertions of the speakers ; and that, being ac-
qu.dated wit.h the truth of the case, he should
not have stated it, and have protected an allied
Government from such odious and undeserved
attacks."

The Constitutionnel stt.s that Marshal Randal),
Governor-General of Algeris, has been surnmonA
to Paris by electric telegraph.
The Anbsr, of Algiers, after alluding to the
VP:101r cDutraclic.)tory rumours which reach that
fl-v fr.-Irn Paris relative to the changes said to be
adds :—" What is certain, and what we state with
regrt-t is, that the presmt uncertain state of things,
in being prolonged, is producing a- complete crisis,
not only in the administrative services, but also in
landed and commercial operations, the progress of
which is already checked. The result' ha, been a
sensible ditniairion in some tranch?s of the public
revenue. A solution, whatever it may be, but as
prompt as possible, is earnestly to be desired."
BOURSE, June 23.—The following were the closing
quotations
per Cents 94

en(

month

3 per Cent. ...... . . 67 851
D. ena wonth 67 90
Bank Shires

Credit Mobilier 602 LO
Do. Account 607 50

RAILWAYS.
Orleans
Northern
Now Ditto 7lO

Credit Fonder
Belgian 41
Pithimontese (5)
Roman 9l
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 3Bl
Fox CASH.

Lyon and Mediteran.. 747 A

New Ditto
Geneva

COS
Western 575
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived.
The finance committee of the Cartes, nominated
some time ago, re3olvel, says the Hojas, to recom-
mend that, in order to diminish public experses,
ministers plenipotentiary shall only be retained at
Rome, Lisbon, London, Paris, Mexico, Washing-
ton, and St. Petersburg, and that they shall be
charged wi!h the duties now performed by consuls-
general ; whilst consuls-general shall be nominated
to other places where there are now ministers and
charges d'affaires. The Archbishop of Sara-
gossa, Mgr. Gomez de las Rivas, had died at
the age of 88. The Queen had ordered that
medals to commemorate her visit to the fleet
shall be struck off, and be presented to officers
and men ; those for the superior officers are to be
ornamented with brilliants, those of the other
officers to be in gold, and those of the craws in
silver.

A letter from Teheran of the 10th ult., in the
Semaphore of Marseilles, says :--
"In a former letter I mentioned a report cur-
rent here that Omer Paella had it in contemplation
to send a body of troops from Bagdad to the fron-
tier of Petsia, and to force the Persians, who have
landed property at Kerbellah, Nedjet, and Keimoin,
to sell their estates. I know not exactly what
i
truth there may ba n this rumour, but it is very
certain that the Persian Government is at this mo-
ment seriously occup;el with the question of the
frontiers, and is making preparations to guard
against eventual dangers. In the Aderbaidjan, the
provinces situated on the Turco-Persian frontiers
are in a state of insurrection. Some of them hive
been invaded by the Turkish Kurds. The Shah
and the different foreign legations are about to
leave for the country. Each foreign legation has
a filed -encampment- for- Ilia- -411411r11 r, That,of
France forms an exception to this rule, and conse-
quently there results every year a difficulty which
might be avoided by a little fure iht. B,on
Pichon,therefore, found himself much embarrassed
to find sh;taVe spot for his.encampment, and the
Shah, having h-ard &lir, ordered his Ministers to
inform the French representative that the B3gue
Ferdaous (Garden of Pardise) was at his disposal
for this year. Such a gracious act on the part of tee
Sovereign of Persia's considered a striking proof of
his friehd:y feeling towards the French nation."
A Vienna letter of the 19th in the .New Prussian.
Gazette says :—" It was reported to-day at the
Bourse that Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian had
been invited by the Emperor Napoleon to be pre-
sent at the fetes of Cherbourg."

The annual fete in commemoration of the fouu-
dAtion of the Order of Maria Theresa, instituted on
June 17,1757,
The Empotor, the 'Archdukes, and the h;gh officers
has just been celebrated at Vienna.
of the Court, were present at the religious service
iu the church of St. Augustin:

The Thimburg News says :—" The Copenhagen
Cabinet lately addressed to the foreign powers a
memorandum on the qucition of the Duchies.
Denmark desires to bring ab an intervention of
Europe in the ma; ter, without reflecting, that since
those powers have not contested the right of the
Diet to take resolutions on that question, they eau-
contest its right of carrying them into execu-
t; on."

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The Piedmouteso Senate, in its sitting of the
19..1), voted the bill f.)r the execution of the
convention relative t ) the working of the sub-
marine telegraph between Spezia and Cagliari,
as well as beyond that point. The Chamber of
Deputies passed a bill for granting indemnities to
the sufferers by the grape blight.

A letter from Rome confirms the resignation by
Prince Oraini of his post of first magistrate, and
announces" his departure- for Naplcs. It appears
that only one Senator, Prince Aldobraudini, had