The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-26 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, THIIRSDA.Y.
The Anglo-Saxon, belonging to the Montreal
Ocean Steamship Co.'s line of screw steamers, ar-
rived at this port to-day, with the mails from Ca-
nada. She left Portland on the 13th inst., and
brings 38 passengers, but no specie.
The Canada, hence, arrived at Boston on the
12th March.

On the 18th inst. the Anglo-Slxon received from
the French barque of Granville, the crew of
the French schooner, Joseph Portier, from Swan-
sea to Honfleur, which vessel foundered March 3,
off Land's End.

We have news from Belize, Honduras, to the 18th
ult. Mahogany scarce and high. The supply of
logwood was large at the nominal price of 16 dols.
Dry goods and provisions were very dull, and
there was very little money in circulation. No rain
had fallen from June, 1857, to date. The Legis-
lature bad met in sessiou and passed a law for the
importation of a thousand coolies or sepoys, if to
be bad, from India. The small-pox was spreading
in the town. Two thousand Indians, from Yuca-
tan, had visited the mahogany cutters on the Rio
Honda, but they retreated peacefully.
Mr. Bernbisel, the delegate to Congress from
Utah, has not very lately received any despatches
from Brigham Young on any subject. The rumours
that belligerent letters relative to the United States
troops had been sant to him from Utah are there-
fore incorrect.

The Council Bluffs Bugle, of the 3d, says that
a Mr. Wingate had just arrived from Salt Lake,
Jan. 25, and reports that there is no snow in Salt
Lake Valley, and very little in the mountains.
He came by a route known only to the Mormons,
through the mountains, by which only horse-
men in single file can pass. The army has
not discovered any trace of it. The route passes
through perpendicular rocks for thirteen miles, in
many places only three feet wide, and is completely
covered by a roof of rock. Mr. Wingate says that
the Mormons are manufacturing small cannon, with
percussion locks and telescopic sights, which will
carry a two-pound ball, with much more certainty
than a common rifle, one hundred and twenty yards.
They are also making five hundred revolvers, and
manufacturing a coarse kind of gunpowder for
mining purposes. A skirmish had occurred between
a party of Mormons and a picket-guard of the
army, in which two of the former and four of the
latter were killed. Mr. Wingate says that Brig-
ham Young is willing that the civil officers shall
come into the territory, and enter upon their duties,
but if the Utah army attempts to enter the valley
they will be resisted. On the 24th of January,
Brig Ham Young preached to 9,000 people, all of
whom arose when he said, " All in favour of g:viug
the troops hell, rise."

COMM ERCIAL.

NEW YORK, blAuca 12.

Stocks are dull and lower. Money vary abundant
and active, at 4to 6 per cent. on call. Sterling Ex-
change nominal at 1081,. Cotton is drooping ; sales
1,600 bales, half in transit. Freights—To Liverpool,
were aotive and firmer ; cotton at 3-16 d. ; grain, 70,000
bushels. Corn at qi. to 41. in bulk ; for ships to had
cotton at New Orleans for Liverpool, id. to id. now
asked, and firmer.

THE F.RSNCH PASSEORT SYSTEM.

(From, yesterday's Moniteur.)

" Complaints have been made against the mea-
sures recently taken by the Emperor's Government
respecting the regulations for granting passports
and the visas thereto. Yet it is simply a renewal
of the regulations of 1791, 1807, 1810, and 1816
revised and totally renewed in 1833. Those regu-
lations contain the following enactments :--
" 'French diplomatic and consular agents can
only grant passports to their countrymen when
their identity is proved by two witnesses.
" These agents are not allowed to grant pass-
ports to foreigners.'
" This is a fundamental principle which had
been lost sight of in England. The British Go-
vernment, having itself recognised the incon-
venience of this mode of proceeding, bas
taken steps so that in future its subjects
need not apply to foreign agents, and must get
passports from English authorities.
"The French diplomatic and consular agents
retain the right of seeing the persons for whose
passports their visa is required. This right is an
evident result of the existing laws ; but the obliga-
tion imposed upon travellers is not absolute, and
every latitude is given to the agents of the Empe
ror to make exceptions, who, moreover, are au-
thorised to give their visa, without insisting on
seeing the bearers, to passports granted by the
competent authorities of foreign States to their
, own countrymen, whenever such passports are
addressed to the agents by the Governments of
those States with a special recommendation under
theip responsibility.
"Finally, independent of these facilities, and in
virtue of regulations which prohibit our viee consuls
who may be foreigners in the States which border
upon or are near the empire from granting pass-
ports and visas—a prohibition justified by the abuse
that was made of it—the Government of the Em-
peror has already established, and intends to esta-
blish, according to the wants of the service, on the
points nearest our frontier most frequented by tra-
vellers to France, French consular agents autho-
rised to grant passports and visas so as to avoid
giving travellers trouble and delay.
"The above brief explanations will show that if
the interests of public tranquillity have rendered
it necessary to enforce the regulations, the Govern-
ment of the Emperor, far from increasing their
rigour, has, on the contrary, endeavoured to re-
move such obstacles as might really be an impedi-
ment to intercourse between France and foreign
States."

THE NEW K.C.B's:

Colonel Smton, of the 35th Bengal Native
Infantry, is a ve•eran of 35 years' duration, his first
commission as ensign dating from Fetauary 1823.
He was present at the capture of Bhurtpore, for
which he has received the Indian medal. He also
served in Affghanistau in the campaigns of 1840-41
and 1841 42, and took part iu the forcing of the
Khoord Cabul and Jugdulluck Passes, and also in
the re-occupation of Cabul and the actions in the
Mazeena Valley, for which he bears the usual
medal. He has been frequently mentioned in the
despatches for his gallantry, and our readers will
not have forgotten the recent services of "Seaton'ts
Column," which wasmade a light infantry regiment
(the first, we believe, in the Bengal army) for its
services at Jellalabad. Colonel Seaton is the son
of a merchant at Clapham, and was born in 1806.
Colonel Sydney John Cotton, of the 221 (Che-
shire) Regiment of Foot, is a relative, we believe,
of Field Marshal Lord Oombermere, G. C. B. He
entered the army as cornet in a horse regiment in
1816. He is about 63 or 64 years of age. He
became brevet-lieutenant-colonel in November,
1841, and lieutenant-colonel in January, 1843. He
has served iu various parts of the world for 45
years on full pay, but Hart's Army List contains
no special mention of his services.
Colonel William Rose Mansfield, of the 53d
(Shropshire) Regiment of Foot, would appear to be
a much younger man than either of his colleagues
in honour. At all events he entered the army as
ensign so recently as 1835, and it is rafter singu-
lar that so lately as in 1854 his name stood in the
Army List as lieutenant-colonel next above that of
plain Major Henry Havelock, C. 13., whose first
commission bore date from 1815, just twenty years
his senior. However, the services of Colonel Mans-
field have not been few, nor undisguished. He
took part with the 53d Foot in the campaign in the
S utlej in 1846, and was present at Buddiwal, Aliwal,
and Sobraon, at which last engagement he acted as
aide-de-camp to the Commander in-Chief, Lord
Gough. He commanded that legiment also in the
Punjaub campaign of 1849, and tork part in the
battle of Goojerat, for which, as also for Sobraon,
he bears the medal and claps. He was also con-
stantly employed on the Peshawur frontier in
1851-52, whether his regiment was in the field or
not, and was present at the affairs of Nawadaud,
Prangpur, and Skealkote, where he had his horse
shot under him.

THE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—At the South
Lancashire Assizes, yesterday, the grand jury found a
true bill against John Anderton Christie and James
Millard for the murder of the Portuguese seaman named
Roderigo, on the high seas, on board of a British ship,
while on the voyage from the coast of Africa to Liver-
pool. The trial of the prisoners is expntel to come to-
day (Friday).
ASSASSINATION OF A TRADESMAN AT PORTSMOUTH.
—The inquest upon the body of Mr. Daniel Howard,
alias Hart, draper of Port mouth, who was shot dead
with an air-gun last ThurFda,y evening at the door of the
house of Mrs. Vick, with whom he lodged, was c n-
tinned ol Tuesday evening, and again adjourned to
Wednesday, but the evidence given by George William
Vick, the landlady's son, and Richard Barnes, a lad
in the employ of the deceased, did not much serve to
clear up the mystery of the affair. They corroborated
Mrs. Vice.; stat”unent as to the manner in which the
deceased received his death wound, and as to the stranger
who bad called him into the passage. It appeared that
the younger Mrs. Vick, the son's wife, had a quarrel
with the deceased on the Ist of March, when he called
her a street-walker and sha called him a bastard, but
George Vick states that be laughed at it as a trifling
matter. The deceased was executor to the will of the
late Mr. Vick, who, however, did not leave any pro.
p-erty,

THE NEW FRENCH AIIBASSADOR.

The Constitutionnel of yesterday (Thursday) 1
contains the following semi-official article, signed
by its political director, M. Renee :
The late regrettable inc dents which have arisen
in the relations between Rigland and France had
produced an impression which the hoeonreble cha-
racter and conciliatory tone of the last despatches
have already in part removed. Tee present sub-
ject of preoccupation is whether the present
net can last ? Will Lord Derby find a majority
disposed to support him in the House of Commons,
or will some new Parliamentary convulsion again
change the situation, and open the door to new
complications and difficulties ? To this question we
think we may answer, that the Derby Ministry will
probably get through the session without any check
of sufficient importance to overthrow it—that
is the better opinion in England. The relative
situation of the parties composing the opposition is
not such as to prompt them to assume a hor Ile at-
titude at the present moment. The great struggle
for power will therefore probably not come on till
February in next year. The only thing which
might at once compromise the existence of Lord
Derby's ministry would be an alliance between
Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston. But to
this alliance there would be various obstacles :
the two names are of equal weight in the political
scale ; both these statesmen have been prime mi-
nisters, and in all probability neither of them is
disposed to take a subordinate part. Even, how-
ever, in the improbable case of these leaders uniting
there would be other difficulties to surmount. To
effect a fusion of their political friends would not be
easy. Lord John Russell is at the head of a rather
heterogeneous army. Since the time when a por-
tion of the Whig party fell away from him,
he has endeavoured to supply their placers by re
cruiting among the radicals. Lord Pelmet ston and
his whig associates would probably be but little dis-
posed to enter into a compact alliance with MM.
Roebuck and Gibson, and—although the history of
parliamentary peripatetic furnishes extraordinary
precedents for unexpected reconciliation—a sudden
union between Lord Palmerston and Mr. Gibson
and his friends at the present moment would be
something startling indeed. Lord John Russell
might, it is true, try another alliance—he might
turn towards the Peelites. But there he would be
met by obstacles of a similar kind MM. Sidney
Herbert and Cardwell.' and even Mr. Gladstone,
would not be much disposed to form part of a
Cabinet in which they might find themselves sitting
side by side with Mr. Roebuck. The situation,
then, so far as we can at present judge of
it, seems to guarantee to the Derby minis-
try a sort of truce during the present session.
To give battle without being in a position to profit
by a victory, and for the mere pleasure of fighting,
would be a dame scarcely worthy of reasonable men,
and one which might be dangerous to the adver-
saries of Lord Derby. If then, as we think probs-
ble, the cabinet should succeed in getting through
the present session and holding on till next year,
it will probably, in order to emerge from a pre-
carious position, have recourse to a dissolution,
with the view of reconstructing a great conserva-
tive party, not consisting of pure tories only. The
situation of Lord Derby's cabinet in rega, d to Eu-
rope seems to be pretty nearly that of the last
ministry ; there are but a few shades of difference.
It ii however conceivable that a conservative minis •
try may leanmoreread Hy to wards conservativeprin-
ci plea in Europe, and that its tendencies in regard to
liberal ide -s mail:l, less enthusiastic. a. example the
Derby cabinet may have more affinities f, r Russia
than its predecessor had ; eieverthrless, few ex-
amples are to be found in the history of England
of two administrations, so different in their origin,
being so very nearly agreed in their foreign policy.
Lord Derby, like Lord Palmers on, takes the
French alliance as the basis of his policy. There
can be no doubt that the present cabinet is exceed-
ingly well disposed towards this alliance. It is, in
fact, composed of men who were first to recognise
the empire. Other Governments thought thst the
recognition should be postponed, in order that it
'might be made simultaneously by all the states
of Europe, but the Derby Ministry would not
consent to these delays, and was the first to hold
out a friendly hand to the Emperor's G evernment.
It cannot then be doubted that Lord Derby and
his colleagues must have it at heart to real,se, for
the benefit of the alliance, and for the sake of jus-
tice, all that appeared equitable and opportune to
their predecessors. That confidence which was a
" little shaken" by the late incident will be gradu-
ally restored ; and unreflecting irritation will dis-
appear before the friendly and reciprocal feeling of
the tTo Governments. The Emperor, by his choice
of the Duke of Malakoff to represent France in
London, has desired to prove, in the strengest
manner, how much ho desires the maintenance of
the alliance. The Emperor's object in baking
choice of this illustrious man is to• dispel all toe
rumours of a disposition on the part of his Govern-
ment to ohange the character of its relations with

Europe. In selecting as his representative at the
Court of Queen Vic•oria the marshal who in some
sort personifies the alliance of the two nations, and
who is the living comment of their common glories
and dangers, the Emperor has male a choice than
which none could have been more significant, or
more flattering for the English Queen and people.
We have no doubt that the news will be received
with joy in England ; that the Duke of Malakoff
will be welcomed there as a brother in arms, and
will meet with a reception worthy of himself and
the great souvenirs which he represents.
The following is from the Dcbats :
" The departure of M. de Persigny has excited in
England a regret which is most creditable to the
French Ambassador. This diplomatist, without
ever having sacrificed the rights or the legitimate
susceptibility of his country, was a sincere and de-
clared partisan of the English alliance. The par-
tisans of the French alliance in England, who
happily are not so rare as it is now sought to lead
us to believe, had firm confidence in the views and
intentions of M. ale Persigny. It was known
beyond a doubt that he understood and appre-
ciated with a friendly eye the institutions, the
customs, and the policy ot England, and attached
the greatest vglue to tier friendship. We are per-
suaded that his illustrious successor will arrive iu
London with the same sentiments, and that his
liveliest desire is to contribute to strengthen that
alliance which is so essential to the tranquillity
and prosperity of the two countries. We a s hope
that England will interpret the mission of the con-
queror of Sebastopol iu the sense most favourable
to the alliance, and will only recognise in this
choice the wish to recall the period when the two
countries fought together for a just cause, and
were strongly united by a community of trials and
glory. If anything can contribute to pre erve the
alliance between France and England, it is a re-
flection, never ab-ent, of the advantages it h.l con-
ferred on Europe."
The reflections below proceed from the Pays :
"The English are correct judges of military me-
rit. They received with lively sympathy the old
commander who fought to the last against them
under the first empire. Marshal Soult was very
popular in London. The name of Marshal Pelts
Fier, the greatest military captain of the dry, will,
we are convinced, prove very agPeealle to our
neighbours, for it will remind them of the victorious
struggle which united the flags of Fr,noi and
England. The Emperor Napoleon could not, in
our opinion, hive offered the Engdsh nation a
highi-r proof of his esteem and of his atta, bra .nt to
the alliance than this appointment of the Duke
de Mal tkoff as his representative.
The Patrie says:—
" The new ambassador, inspired by the modera-
tion of the Emperor, will ceitainly persevere in
the mission of Count de Persigny, and will endea-
vour, like him, to maintain between Fiance and
England a confidence which is necessary for the
repose of the world."
The Gazette de France alone appears disatisfled ;
it says :
"In the absence of any official explanation in
the illoniteur of the motives of the recall ot M. de
Persigny, and of the selection of the Commander
in-Chief of the French armies in the Crimea for a
diplomatic mission, it is difficult to appreciate the
bearing of an appointment whic'i, in the present
state of the international relations, must be consi-
dered an important event.

MR. ALLSOPP AND THE GOVERNMENT.—REMAREABLE
OFFER.—We have been informed, on good authority,
that Mr. Allsopp has offered to surrender Lim-elfr
trial if the government will guarantee his expenses. Th,
part taken by this gentleman in the recent Parisian
tragedy has been entirely misconstrued by the public.
He ordered the grenades of Mr. Taylor under the im-
pression that they were to he used in legitimate warfare,
or iii so near an approach to it as an insuirectionary
struggle might be con•idered. Mr. Allsopp'e impression
was that the grenades were f et. the service of the na-
tionll party in Italy. He had no idea that asea.sination
was contemplated by his colleagues, or that the Emperor
of France has the person against whom their measures
were directed. So confident is he of being able to es-
tablish his innocence of the charge under which Dr.
Bernard is awaiting trial, that the above-mentioned
offer kai been made wi h the -condition stated. Mr.
Allsop is not in a position to encounter the expenses of a
Late trial, in which he could not recover costa if the.
suit went in his favour. When we hear that 20 0001.
has been spent by one side only on the British Bank
trial we can form an idea of what a man has to encounter
in the way of costs when be enters into a legal conflict
with the government. As Mr. Ailsopp is at present in a
place of safety, be is not likely to rub voluntarily into
so ruinous an engagement. But we believe be is quite
ready to surrender and take his trial if he can be en
cured against pecuniary injury. in case he satisfies the
country of his innocence,—ArnPngligin rkply Arcot.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

1858.—The following is the House List of Governors
and Directors of the Bank of Boglaud for the year en-

suing, viz. :

FOR GOVERNORS.
SHEFFIELD NEAVE, E-q , Governor.
BONAMY BOBBIE, E q , Deputy-Governor.

FOR DIRECTORS,

Thomas Baring, Esq.
Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq.
Henry Hulse Be, ens, Esq.
Travers Buxton, Esq.
Arthur Edward Campbell,
Esq.
William Cotton, Esq.

John Gellibrand Haber!,
Esq.
Charles Frederick Huth.
Esq.
Alfred Latham, Esq.
George Lyall, Esq.
James Mateoimams, Esq.
Thomas Masterman, Esq.
Alexander Matheson, Esq.
James Moiris, Esq.
George Warde ./4 orman, Esq.
*Edward Howley Palmer,
Esq.
Thomas Charles Smith, Esq.
Thomas Matthias Weguelin,
Esq.
* N.B. —The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk
s placed are new candidates for the Direction.

James Pattison Currie, Esq.
*George Joachim Goschen,
Esq.
*James Alexander Guthrie,
Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq.
John Oliver Hanson, Esq.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq.

The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will
be held at the Bank ou Tuesday, the 6th April, and for
Directors on Wed, esday, the 7th April, from ten o'clock
in the forenoon till four in the afternoon.