The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-17 00:00:00

THE VOTE OF CENSURE.

The adjourned debate will be resumed to-day
by Mr. Roebuck, who will speak in support of
Thor M,jesty'a Government.

There never was a question which excited more
ge►►eral interest, and the result of the division,
forms the subject of many conjectures.
In the Clubs yesterday, it was generally
believed that the prospects of Ministers were im-
proving since the debates of Friday, iu which
they certainly had the advantage. A great deal
will depend upon the course which Mr. Gladstone
may think proper to adopt.
In society, the resolution is treated as a per-
sonal question, and Lord Canning's friends and
relations, foremost among whom is the Clauri-
carde clique, are making great efforts to organise
the opposition to ministers. Unfortunately for
these petty politicians, tlien3 civilities and Hay-
terite dodge=, although they may hope to seduce
members, cannot give eloquence to the dull, so that,
each night of the debate, we shall witness a
moral defeat of the Palmerstanian intrigues.
Several of our contemporaries give lists of the
Cabinet which Lord Palmerston might form were
he sent for by the Queen, and as those journals
are in the confidence of the noble Viscount's
friends, we may conclude that our statements as to
the maturity of the plot were not at all exagge-
rated. •

Our contemporaries find it cenvenient to drop
some unpopular names but we have every reason
to believe that we were correct in informing our
readers that Llrd Clarendon would return to the
Foreign•oface, and that the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde would again have a place in the Cabinet,
although not as Lord Privy Seal.

Lord John Russell would bring with him a
small contingent, for whom provision would be
wadi. Thus, the Eal of Minto, father-
iu-law of the Noble Lord, would be a mem-
ber of the Cabinet ; his son, lArd Melgund,
would b 3 Chief Sacretary for Ireland ; and Lord
John's nephQw, Mr. Arthur Russell, would be-
come an Under-Secretary of State.

Mr. Smith, with a Peerage, has been promised
the office of Lord Privy Seal,

One of our contemporaries says that. Mr. Head-
lam will be appointed Solicitor-General in the
embryo Administration. This is a place
worth 5,0001. a-year. Mr. Headlarn's value
seems to increase rapidly. At the begin-
ning of last week he was " quoted," in Hayterit e
circles, at 1,200/. a-year.
It will be remembered that the honorable and
learnel gentleman was the chairman of the
melting, at which the Inclependext liberals decided
that the next administration should be estab
hailed on a " wider basis." •

We think it our duty to keep our readers
informed of all these projects ; but there can
now be Etat doubt of the intriguers being baffled,
if not by the House, at any rate by the country.

All that va hear confirms our belief that the
announcement, which we were the first to
make, is correct, and that a factious vote
of the Rouse of Commode will be fol-
lowed by an immediate dissolution. The
Palmerstonian intriguers, of course, eny this,
but we trust that our Liberal friends will not be
thrown oft their 'guard by such artifices. A
dissolution of Parliament is imminent.

THq SUPPRESSED LETTER.

MOM DISCLOSURES EXPECTED.

Tao ungentlemanlike conduct of Mr. Smith, in
combining with Lord Palmerston to keep Lord
Ellenborough in ignorance of Lord Canning's
communication, is still the subject of Much ani •
madversion. We have reason to believe that the
extraordinary revelations, to which this episode
has led, are not yet exhausted, and that the atten-
tion of the House of Commons will shortly be
called to new facts, which will establish a conclu-
sive case against the late Ministers of the Crown.
Important documentary evidence is already, it
is said, in the possesSion of some, who will not
hesitate to place it before the country, and the
people of England will soon learn the full enor-
mity of the base intrigue, by which Mr. Smith
and his friends have sought to embarrass Lord
Ellenborough and to secure their restoration to
office.

CHRI3TY S MINSTRELS-ST. JAMES'S HALL

Oa Teursiay morning this celebrated company, who
have nharaied the levers of good music and delighted all
who enjoy fun and frolic, will give a graad performance
in the newest and moat successful temple of harmony,
S.. Jan es's Hall. The performances of Christy's
MinArels are too well known to need criticism.
They are humorous without being coarse, comic
wicLoot being tediou., and pathetic without
affected sentiment. Their musical capabilities are
great; they rank among their numbers some
singers of eene;derable ability, while the manner in
which they render their choruses might set a beneficial
example to ns re ambitious associations. St. James's
Hall offers every poeeible accommodation for tbe musi-
cal put,' c, and we have no doubt that a large audience
will avail themselves (f Ibis favourable opportunity to
hear these clevtr performers. The entertainment will
cormaeuce at three o'clock, and the scale of prices is
adapted to musical amateurs of every elies.

THE AMERICAN MAlLS.—Liverpool, Saturday.—The
British and N rth American Royal Mail S:eam•ship
Africa, Capt. Neil Shannon, wa,i despatched from this
por for Nuw York, at noon to-day, with the weekly
mails fur the Unite] States and British North America,
72 passenger", a largo cargo of fine goads, and 24,0001.
in sdecie.

L &TEST NEWS.

INDIA.

MALTA, MAY 15.
The following has just come to hand by the

Sultan.

The Panther is also signalled from Alexandria.
The Valetta, with the overland mails, arrived
from Marseilles last night, when the Para left for
Alexandria.

Despatches received from Bombay state that Sir
E. LugArd relieved Azimghur on the 15th, losing
only one officer and fivo men killed of the 10th
Foot.

General Grant hal marched from Lucknow on

Fyzabad.

The Commander-in-Chief had sent his staff to
Cawnpore on the 12th, and was to march to Fut-
tinghur.

Brigadier Seaton had defeated the rebels near
that station ; they were totally routed, lost two
guns, and all their ammunition. Our loss was
slight ; the enemy had some 300 killed and
wounded.

Sir Hugh Rose when last heard of was at
Esaghur (?), in the Gwalior country.
The Kotah fugitives are endeavouring to make
for Calpee. The Rajah of Kotah had been tried
for implication in Major Burton's murder, and, it
is believed, had been acquitted.
A small Bombay force has defeated a body of
rebels in the Maltpoora mountains ; otherwise all
is quiet in the Presidency.
Prices in the Bombay import-market have gene-
rally declined.

Exchange on London, 2s. 1:d. for credit bills ;
24. 11d. for scrip.

The following telegram, dated Malta, was re-
ceived at the East India-house on Saturday, May
15, 7.37 p.m. :

To J. D. DICKENSON, ESQ., INDIA HOUSE,

LONDON.

Sir H. Rose's advance on Calpee has been de-
layed by the fear that the Kotah rebels will fall on
Jhansi. Orders have been issued to General
Roberts to advance to Kotah, to co-operate with
Sir H. Rose. This military movement is reported
since the capture of Kotah. The Rajah is on trial
before a commission for not having saved Major
Burton and his sons from being murdered.
The Sikh (9) force, under Major Evans, after an
obstinate battle of some hours, inflicted a severe
defeat on a large body of Bheels and Mekrivee (9)
in the Santpore Hills on April 11. Sixty men and
400 women were captured. Our loss was severe,
71 killed and wounded ; among the latter five
officers—Captain Birch, Lieutenant Basevi, Lieute-
nant Blair, Lieutenant Atkins, and Lieutenant
Paurent (?).