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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1858.

ambition—ambition of doing something showy— can use no more dignified word—has the House
something which should be remembered as Lord of Commons been hindered from sending up the
JOHN'S works combined, perhaps, with a pettish Bill, whih it approves, to another place. When a
aversion to seeing the smallest real improvement question in which much more than half the con.
in our representation effected by any other hand stituenoies feel a personal interest has obtained
than his own. this position, the Lords must soon yield. They
may reject, with ignominious obstinacy—an ob-
The Oracle shouts aloud "to Reformers, stinacy
Radicals, and Chartists to come on with all their for which they will soon smart—the an-
crotchets—because there is now no Government."
knowledgment of Jewish Rights. The injured
We call upon them, too, to come forward,
ment. but it b
are so few that the raveescendants of the Nor-
is because there is no sham Reform Govern mans can venture a tilt at the poor Israelites and
The Times is right enough in its advice ; but, keep their saddles still. They will find it quite
like the oft-quoted judge it should not give its another thing to fight it out with those who hold
,
reasons. Reformers will do well to make their the keys of office. Office-holders must please the
hay while the sun shines ; but it shines becaus® constituencies of England, and the Rouse which
represents its own members only, will find that it
an obstructive sham Liberalism no longer beclouds
it. We have assuredly now no Government, must give way to the House which represents the
which a year ago promised a Reform Bill ; which nation, and which really chooses the Government
obstructed Mr. LOCULE KING last year for that of the day. Lord DERBY'S promise that the
reason ; which promised it again last Christmas ; Church-rate Abolition Bill should be thrown out
and which now, when asked for a bill that was a in the House of Lords is idle talk. What care
third time promised after Easter, replies, we had the Abolitionists about a campaign or two, and
none—a Government which has traded for some it will not be more, with their Lordships ? Let
two years on a professedly large capital of Reform, the Peers fight ; the electors of England know
and which, when wound up, had literally no also how to fight. We shall have all the better a
Reform assets whatever 1 To restore trade to Reform Bill when it is seen that we require a
soundness, it seems to be necessary to shatter the more Radical House of Commons to carry out the
accommodation bill firms ; and to let honest nation's wishes. And very soon we shall hear
Reformers have a chance, it is equally neces- again of relieving the Right Hon. Fathers in GOD
sary to get rid of Reform Ministers who of their duties as obstructors of all popular w °s-
have not a single reform project in their
desks. Yes, we too say, " Now's your time
Reformers, Radicals, Chartists ;" but we say so
because insincere Reformers are learning in oppo-
sition to bid for the support of honest men by
honest performance of their promises.
Of the equity of enfranchising the class of per-
sons in counties, parallel with the class which

cures.

We incline, moreover, to the opinion that
he independent Liberals have made up

their minds.

They can and they w:

render impossible the election of any Government
for any length of time that will not make Cabi-
net questions of Church-rates and Jewish Eman-
cipation. And we must say they are right ; they
have had patience enough. The two measures
may not be of the highest moment in regard to
the pecuniary interests involved, or to the num-

possesses the franchise in boroughs, there can be
no doubt. And if the parallelism be on the basis
of rental or rating, it is undeniable that the same
rent in the counties represents a higher class than
in the towns. The contrast, indeed, between the
very numerous voteless tenants of good houses in
the counties, and the ten-pound electors in towns
is too ludicrously glaring to be defended for a
minute. Mr. DISRAELI feels this, and therefore
falls back upon his old argument of the inequality
of town and county representation. Half a
million county voters return but one hundred
and fifty or sixty Members ; less than half a
million borough voters return three hundred and
thirty Members—therefore, says Mr. DISRAELI,
if you extend the county franchise you make the
disproportion between electors and representatives
yet more unfair.
But no one knows bett©r than Mr. DISRAELI
that this is a mere piece of ingenious special
pleading. The great injustice is, that tens of
thousands of most respectable persons in the
counties are deprived of a vote, while their infe-
riors in towns have one. How is this injustice
remedied by Mr. DISRAELI'S' theory of propor-
tions ? Each of these persons would tell him
that the exclusion was an infinitely worse injus-
tice than any disproportion ; that that could be
talked of afterwards. The first thing is to admit
those deserving of it within the pale of the con-
stitution. If, however, Mr. DISRAELI really
wish for equal electoral districts, or for very large
constituencies and members proportioned to them,
we should be quite willing to go into that ques-
tion with him. London, Manchester, South
Lancashire, and Yorkshire, W.R., would also by
no moans object. One condition only is wanted,
that which Mr. DISRAELI himself told the electors
of Marylebone was an essential to an honest re-
presentation. We have a strong suspicion that
Mr. DISRAELI still believes it to be so. The
Ballot has not changed its relation to honest
voting, although Mr. DISRAELI'S position may
have changed. Let Mr. DISRAELI reassert his
old position, let him emancipate the counties by
the Ballot, and we are quite prepared to adjust
representation to members throughout England.

ber of persons affected ; but they have become
the testing demands of liberalism, and Liberals
will make themselves contemptible if they refrain
longer from enforcing them. The language of

Mr. ROEBUCK and of Mr. BRIGAT is now decided.
They will tolerate shuffling no longer; it is, there-
fore, for the three leaders, who are struggling to
keep or to obtain the good things of office, to
choose their own course. The advanced Liberals
will mako footballs of any Government which will
not enforce the will of the Commons on the Lords
—in regard to these two points, at least.
Last Tuesday's debates must convince all ob-
servant men that the abolitionists have it. They
are too numerous to permit the success of any
compromise. Three precious offers are now before
the House, but the whole party of compromisers
are in a considerable minority, as comparel with
abolitionists, and this minority is at war with
itself. What can be their hope ? The House of
Lords—of Lord Bishops—perhaps ; we need not
repeat our warning. Mr. PULLER would assess
hereditaments legally liable at present to
Church-rates, in the way of a rent charge on the
proprietors. We wish him joy of his battle with

In another part of our impression we give a
leader from the Morning Star, which is well
worthy of perusal. It points out the real differ-
ences existing between the various sections of the
Opposition, and the great difficulty, if not impos-
sibility, of Lords PALNIIMSTON and Jorrer RUSSELL
working harmoniously in the same Cabinet, or the
parties of which they are the recognised leaders,
pulling together while one is enjoying the sweets
of office, and the others wasting their sweetness
on the desert air. The noble Lords have respec-
tively tripped up each other's heels on
several occasions. The summary dismis-
sal from the Foreign-office in December
1851 was summarily avenged early in 1852, on
the Militia Bill. The overthrow of the ABERDEEN
Cabinet, of which Lord PALMERSTON' was a lead-
ing member, through the instrumentality of Lard
JOHN, was recompensed by the hint that his resig-
nation, after the Vienna mull, would be
gratefully received and thankfully accepted.
Both the political gladiators are now watching
each other's movements with grim ferocity, and
, either would infinitely prefer Lord DERBY to his
immediate rival.

the luif of the population, composing the most
influential towns in the kingdom, which have
thrown off the impost already. However, a mino-
rity of 54 against 317 must have satisfied the
worthy Membsr that a rent-charge would not suit
many besides borough Members. Then came Mr.
BUITON, he of the Isle of Wight. A Quaker, we
believe he should be, but he seems now to quake,
chiefly for the Church which seized the goods of
his immediate ancestors, and he would, in ,
" some parishes," odd legislative phraseology that,
lay-an additional charge on the tithes, to make
' matters, if passible, pleasant I Tithe-payers, how-
ever, grumbled so much at the very mention of
the thing, that poor Mr. BUXTON was fain to

What wisdom is learned in adversity ! Lord
Jour? RUSSELL, the old, the relentless opponent
of "bit by bit Reform," the introducer of, we
forget how many, cimprehensive Reform Bills,
Lord JOHN litussEnn, in the cold shade of Oppo-
sition, was found, on Tuesday night, arguing quite
in our own Radical style, not only for introducing
Mr. LOOKS KING'S Bill for extending the county
franchise, but in opposition to Mr. DISRAELI, for
" bit by bit Reform," as distinguished from his
favourite wholesale Reform. In opposition to
Mr. DISRAELI, and not to be outdone by Lord
PALMERSTON, as represented by Mr. LABOUGHERE,
--yes, that is the secret. But, for the necessity
of conciliating the Independent Liberals, and of
differing on Reform from a Conservative Govern-
ment, Lord JOHN would have been the last of
men to consent to a proposal which, if 3UCCOSS-
fuI, would abstract from his future Bill, should he
ever have the chance of introducing one, one cf
its most important points. Lord JOHN is, we
acknowledge, in favour of extending the county
franchise. He has every reason to be so, for it

Sundry soi disant Liberal journals are clamour-
ing at the postponement of the factious op-
position which they are so anxious to see
inaugurated. The Palinerstonians are pining
after " the loaves and fishes." They cannot
observe even common decency under the painful
privations they are enduring. Their howlings
are truly deplorable. The Times, that from the
very commencement, has strained every effort to
displace the Government, declares that as yet
there has been no reason to complain of anything
unfair or factious ; but it is manifestly striving
with all its energies to produce an entire change
in that respect. And it is followed, sed
,longo intervalio, by others of inferior rank.
Not only are the Itussellites, but the large body
of independent Liberals, completely ignored. It
is gravely assumed that Lord PALMERSTON is the
acknowledged leader of all who have not assumed
the Derbyite cockade. The true Liberals would
infinitely prefer Lord DERBY to Lord PALMERSTON;
should he iatroduee bad measures, which they
cannot approve, they wilt oppose them, but tem-
perately and fairly. They will certainly not join
in any factions the object whereof is toeonfera
virtual dictatorship on the Noble Viscount,
and to bring in his train CLARENDON, and
CLANRIC A EDE, LEWIS, WOOD, and
with GREY, LABOTJOHERE, and PANMERE, and the
others who constituted the late Government.
Any consummation would surely be hotter than
that. No Cabinet can be constructed of the effete
materials : there must be the introduction of
new and more vigorous blood. If the Whigs
again hope to grasp the reins of power, they must
consent to a very considerable enlargement of the
family circle.

withdraw his amendment. Last came Mr.
LYGON, wishing to free Dissenters from payment
of a Church-rate ; if they would but label them-
selves nonconformists, and leave the unlabelled
under the vestry harrow. He could, however,
gain no consideration at all, and had b give up,
and try his luck another time.

Now, really, we cannot conceal our disgust with
all this paltry contention about a few thousand
pounds-314,0001. being the outside of what is now
collected. Well—deduct what is raised to pay
the interest of borrowed money, which the aboli-
tionists are all willing should be collected, till the
principal is wiped off—deduct also the amount
now raised for other purposes than repair of the
fabric of the church ; and the sum is insignificant
indeed which is now collected for the purposes for
which it is proposed to continue a rate in some
shape. Verily, if we took our opinion of Church-
men from the House of Coinnaone' discussion, we
should think them the meanest of men among
the religious sects of the land. To hear well-to-
do Commoners blubbering like schoolboys who
have lost their toy-money, and wondering how in
the world they are to scrape together some few
thousands of pounds to keep their churches wind
and weather tight, if they lose the power of forcing
one another, if not Dissenters too, to pay Church-
rates under some name—it is worse than ludicrous,
it is contemptible. One would imagine those
could not all be gentlemen who
possessed a bona
,reproperty qualification for the House, or they
might, amongst themselves, especially if they took
the Peers into partnership, subscribe almost
enough to keep in repair half the churches in
the kingdom.
We confess we do blush for our Church, or
rather for her mean-hearted children. Time was,
when, by private benevolence, when population was
so much smaller too, than it now is, all the noble
parish churches were built which her degenerate
sons cannot afford even to whitewash ! What is
there in Episcopacy and the Prayer-book to have
taught Churchmen such shabbiness since the
times of the TUD9IIS and STUARTS ? assentera
do not go about with long faces mourning over
their chapels in ruins, or about to be ruined,
because they can force neither each other, nor
their church neighbours, to keep them in repair.
Good Churchmen will at once, perhaps, exclaim
—Oh, it is not an " Apcstolic Episcopal seces-
sion," nor our " incomparable liturgy" that have
taught us to rely on forca--it is the State
Church principle ! Oh, that is it ! Well, then,
the sooner you unlearn the lessons of such a
teacher the better ; and since, as Lord STANLEY
says, all will be Voluntaries in the next genera-
tion, we had batter take our Hornbook lesson
now by the abolition of Church-rates.

would be advantageous to his, section of the
Liberal party ; but he wants to have the credit of
it as a part of his own second great Reform Bill.
Arguments, however, are not like testimony,
they avail by their own weight. And our old
reasons are just as forcible, when discharged by
Lord JOHN as by any of us ; and he has the luck
of a position from which on a large class the same
arguments will tell more. Hear, then, all ye
professed Reformers of every creed, shade, and
degree--hear what the Whig Lord in opposition
tells you of the vast difficulty of carrying a com-
prehensive Reform Bill ; be no longer deluded
with the notion that such a bill will ever be carried
in our time, by Lord PALMERSTON, or Lord JOHN
_RIMEL; or Lord DERBY, or by Lord ANYBODY.
Truly enough, his Lordship of Chesham-placa now
argues, in a comprehensive bill you have one alte-
ration which some fifty gentlemen think affects
their seats ; another, which a score or two imagine
will endanger them, others tremble at other
changes ; and all these frightened ones, opposed
perhaps otherwise to each other, club their objec-
tions, and easily defeat you. Even those who aro
really anxious for Reform find some parts in a
IP_ eat bill which thwart their private views, and,
by their cross action, play into the hands of the
°PPonents of all reform, and the bill falls through.
Marvellous I Lord JOHN has at length thei.
n
discovered that there is truth in a proverb which
it is not profane to apply to politics,—" What-
soever thine hand findeth to do, do it with thy
might." The Jewish monarch had seen enough
of the mischief of deferring a good deed under
pretext of doing something yet better. Lord
JOHN sees it now, and quotes for hi •
s "(a pur-
pose a homely English proverb which true liberals
have so often pressed upon him—that cg a
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." ye,,
it is. We knew it when we were schoolboys ; but
how is it then that Lord JOHN has always let the
bird in his hand fly away hitherto, while run-
ning after the birds in the bush 7 The answer is,

The magnificent donation of 2,5001., not long
since paid over to the Cmiraitteo appointed fcr
the Pre3ervation of the little tenement known as;
the birth-place of our great national poi t
at Stratford-upon-Avon, we very well
rc-
member to have eulogised at the time
as a gift in every way worthy of the name of the
patriotic and munificent donor—an English c-iun-
try gentleman—Mr. Joir.,T SIIAKSPE:E. It is
satisfactory to know that the committee have
proved themselves, iu their turn, not unworthy of
being the custodians of the money of this true-
hearted SHINSPERE with a view to their being
more effectually the conservators of the home of
his immortal namesake. The old house.in Henley-
street isby this time, thanks to their energy more
securelyguardedagainst mischances of fire by being

Church-rates are doomed. A majority of
53 for the second reading has settled that
point ; and, but for Mr. PACKE'S factiously
talking against time, an increased majority,
one of not less than 70 in a House of 450
members, would have affirmed the first—the abo-
lition clause—of Sir JOHN TRELAWNVEI Bill. By
nothing but the most discreditable dodges—we

THE SUN, LON_DON, THURSDAY 7-"'EVEININ 0, APRIL 29, 185 g.

at length entirely separated on either hand from
its immediate neighbours. A substantial pave-
ment, moreover, has been already laid down
front of it ; and arrangements are now in rapid
progress for the laying out of a quaint old-
fashioned looking garden around it, and for the
surrounding of this garden, as:completely as
if by a ring-fence, by means of a yew hedge in
keeping with the structure itself and its antique
associations. Although these " doings" are
local and simply in progress—we regard them at
the same time as so wholly national and so entirely
satisfactory that we direct attention to them with
a pleasure quite unalloyed, and with a sense even
of unaffected exultation.

MISS ARABELLA
CO GODDARD'S PIANOFORTE
NCERTS.

We had the pleasure of attending the second of
Miss Arabella Goddard's soirees -at Willis's Rooms,
last evening. It is almost superfluous to dilate on
the perfection and finish of this lady's execution.
She is not merely a great manipulative player,
whose chief excellence lies in astonishing an
audience, but she exhibits that degree of mental
taste and imaginative conception which satisfies
the senses of all who are able to estimate the ele-
vated and poetic intelligence of music. We are often
met by " extraordinary " performances, in which
volleys of harmonic thunder, showers of chromatic
comets, and corruscations of modulated borealises
are the imposing constituents, but Miss Goddard
is an artiste of a higher and nobler school—inter-
preting the finest productions with acute delicacy
and Ippropriate expression.
The following' prpgramme will convince our
readers that the lady's task -vas no light one,
but the difficulties of " Woelfl" and " Dussek"
were mastered by Miss Goddard in a manner which
can only be attained by a true musician
PART. I.

ATE

EWS.

TURIN, APRIL 27.

The Chamber of 13eputie3 Voted. yesterday, by a
great majority, the second article of the projet de
loi on conspiracy against the life of a foreign So,
vereign and on the constitution of juries,

CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 21.
A heavy snow has fallen, and severe storms have
caused many disasters in the Black Sea.
The Lloyd's steamer Ferdinand° has been
wrecked at Varna.

Sonato Duo in A, Pianoforte and Violoncello
(Op. 32), Miss Arabella Goddard and Sig.
Piatti . S. Bennett.
Grand Sonata in F, " No Plus Ultra,"
Pianoforte, Miss Arabella Goddard
Prelndio con Fuga, in A Minor, a la
Tarantella (by desire), Pianoforte, Miss
Arabella Goddard
PART, 11.
Grand Sonata in A. Flat " Phis Ultra" (Op.
71), Pianoforte, Miss Arabella Goddard Dussek.
Grand Quartet in B Minor, Pianoforte,
Violin, Viola, and Violoncello, Miss
Arabella Goddard, M. Sainton, Herr
Geoffrie, and Sag. Piatti
The " Grand Quartet,' by Mendelssohn, was
admirably given, and duly acknowledged by the
delighted hearers. M. Saiston, Piatti, and Flerr
Guffrie rendered their valuable assistance, winning
their usual "golden opinions," and the whole en-
tertainment was earnestly enjoyed and rapturously
applauded by a numerous and discriminating with-
eisce.
Miss Goddard will give her last soiree on Wed-
nesday, M.A.y 12tb, when Beethoven's " Grand
Sonata in B flat" and Webet's " Grand &mato, in
E minor" will be performeJ, with a selection of
exquisite Preludes and Fuges from various authors.

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The Conference assembled to-day to receive a
co nmunication of the treaties between Russia and
Turkey relative to the Asiatic frontier.
Haider Effendi has received special powers from
his government for the purpose.
The four points to be settled are the following :
The new Boundary Line between the Asiatic
possessions of Turkey and Russia.
The sanction of the regulations for the naviga-
tion of the Danube agreed to by the Riverain
States at Vienna.
The reorganisation of the Danubian Principalities
on the basis of ancient treaties and the report of
the Commissioners of the Great Powers. _

The Vocal Association of 300 voices will give a grand
vocal performance at St. James's-hall, Regent-street and
Piccadiry, on Friday evening, April 30 (to-morrow). The
programme will be of a most interesting character. Messrs.
Benedict and Sloper will perform a duet on two piano-
fortes, and other instrumental works of importance will

be introduced, comprising, among various attractions,
some of the most celebrated part songs and glees corn•
peed by Webb, Bishop, Ilordey, and Elliott ; and Men.
delssohn's " Otett," for eight' stringed instruments.
Such a performance will fully sustain the eclat which
distinguishes the musical entertainments given at this
beautiful hall. . .

The disolution of the International Commission
on the navigation of the Danube and the devolve-
ment of its powers on the Riverain Commission
sitting at Vienna.
The conference which took place yesterday at
the Hotel of Foreign Affairs, relative to a compen-
sation for M. Morse, the inventor of telegraphic
improvements, did not produce any results, as the
representatives of the Powers had not received in-
structions from their respective Governments.
It is stated by parties who occasionally have
access to official quarters that a considerable relaxa-
tion in the present system of administration is not
merely probable, but certain. What is meant by
a " considerable" relaxation is not known ; the
relaxation some may consider important, others
may think very slight. The riew law, which in
reality places the liberty of the citizen at the mercy
of a Minister, is still severe, and still odious ; and
it is doubted whether the change anticipated will
comprise its abrogation.
The Privy Council of Regency met yesterday,
and the subject of their delibratiou is said to have
been the internal condition of the country Pro-
bably it was on this occasion that the retirement
of th© Minister of the Interior was discuzsed. At
all events, since then it is regarded as certain. Two
or three persons are spoken of as his successor,—M.
Vaisse, Prefect at Lyons, a good deal ; M. Ernest
Le Roi, Prefect at Rouen and senator, somewhat ;
and M. Haussman, Prefect of the Seine, very little.
Prince Napoleon is said to have accepted the post
of Governor of Algiers, under the title of Lieu-
tenant of the Emperor, instead of Viceroy.
An Imperial decreP, dated yesterday, jrolongs
the sitting of the Corps Legielatif from the Ist to
the Bth May. •
BOURSE, April 28.—The following were the
closing quotations
41 per Cents 93 10
Do. end month_ 93 20
3 per Cent. ..... 60
Do. end month 69 60
Bank Shares..... 3120
Credit Mobilier 720
Do. Account 717 50

RAILWAYS.-
Orleans
Northern

Credit Fonder
Belgian
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 384
--Fon CASII.

New Ditto 7BO

Midi
Western 615
Strasburg
Crawl Central ...
Sardinian
Austrian

Lyon and Mediteran. 820
New Ditto 7.0
Geneva

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--The great event of next
we k will be the revival of " Trovatore," which has ex-
cited the interest and curiosity of the musical connois-
seurs of London. lirldlle. Thiene will sustain the part of
Leonora, which is admirably adapted to display her
brilliancy, as a vocalist, and her genius as a tragedian.
Madame Alboni will appear, for the first time this sea-
son, as Azucena, the character which by uuiveraal con-
sent she has pre-eminently made her own. Signor
Ginglini resumes the part of Manrico.
BEGINNING THE WORLD.—His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wake will leave thwn to-morrow for the
White Lodge, Richmond-nark. The establishment of
the heir apparent is partially harmed, and within the last
few days the mg.:cabers of hie Royal Highness's house-
hold have taken up their residence at the lodge.
The marriage of Viscount Castlerosse, M. P.. eldest
son of the Earl of IC.ehmat:':; with Miss Gertrude II ,rrist
Th rnue, only daughter 0' L ,rd Charles Tbyene, and
gra,
ral d daughter of the Lite Marquis of Bath, was
so:emni •ed yesterday pith great pomp, at St. Mary',
R.)maa Catholic Church in Chelsea.
___. . . • - •

PRUSSIA.

The following is the speech of Baron MaTiteuffel
on closing the session of the Prussian Ciiambt,rs :
" Gantlemen,—Your deliberations for the legi,litivt
period of this year are over. You have carefully ex-
amined the preposals submitted to you by the Govern-
ment, and, as regards most of them, the desired result
has brew obtained.
"By placing at the disposal of the Government the
oecePsary funds for the con,truction of a railway from
Konigsberg by Insterbourg and Gumbinnen, and which
will join the Russian net xork, you have enabled it to
commence at once the works destined to complete the
line of railways to the eastern frontier of the monarchy.
From the execution of the Eastern Railway we may ex-
pect a beneficial influence, especially on the commerce
I and produc 3 of the provinc of Pru,eia.

" by approvniz the treaty of commerce and friend-
s'iip with the Persian Government, and the treaty of
commerce and navigation with the Argentine Confedera-
tion, you have responded to the efforts of the Govern-
ment to procure for German commerce, even in die ant
and transatlantic countries, necessary protection and
ulterior advantages.
" You have given your constitutional consent to the
convenion agreed upon between the Government of the
Customs Union and relative to the duty on home-muds
sugar, and to the important deities oa sugar and mo-
lasses of foreign produce, and by that vote you recog-
nised the right and the necessity of increasing in a just
proportion the duty on beetroot sugar as much as in the
interest of consumers as in that of the public Treasury.

Lady Havelock and 'Miss Havelock have, within the
last week, taken up their residence in Brusseli.
DEATH or SIB PHILIP CRAMPTON, M.D.—DUBLIN,
Wednesday Evening.— Sir Philip Crampton, Bart.}M.D.
died this evening, at his residence Merrion-square. The
deceased baronet war Surgeon-General to the Forces,
and Surgeon in Ordinary to her Majesty in Ireland.
He was 70 years of age.
DEATH or SIR JOHN DODSON. —We regret to announce
the demise of the Right Hon., Sir John Dadson, who
expired on Tuesday night, at his residence in Seamore-
place, Mayfair, after a short Hines.. The death of this
learned gentleman will be deeply lamented by a large
circle of professionel friends. Ile was the eldest son of
the late Dc. John Dodson, of Herstpierpoint, Stistscx,
1 and was born in 1780. He was educated at Oriel Cillege,
Oxfard, where he gearinated B.A. in 1801, M.A. in
1804, and in 1808. He was appointed Advocate
of the Admiralty in 1829, and Advocate-G;nerrl in
1834, when ho was knighted. Oa her Majesty's act
cession to the throve his patent of appointment was
renewed. In November, 1841, hs was appointed Master
of the Faculties, and, in 1852, Judge of the Prerogative
Court of Canterbuiy and Dian of the Arches. The
learned gentleman was M.P. for Rye frJat 1819 to
1823. •

"The project of law cmccreing the closing of banks
of interest has been adopted.
"The decree concerning the suspension of legal re-
strictions of the rate cf interest was subiecoently ap-
proved by you in consideration of the pressing circum-
stances which justified its promulgation.
"The budget rf the State has been in all its
branehee the subject of a searching investigation.
In consequence of that investigation. the credits which,
according to the estimates of the Government, were
asked fer the public service, were granted without
redaction. You have approved the final settleineut
of the budget of 1855, as also the excess of
expense and ex raordinary expenses, and you have sanc-
tioned the same.
"At the close of the present session the fourth legiele-
tive period has also reached its term.
" If we cast a retrospective glance at that period, we
find there reasons for gratitude for the protection and
blessings our country has enjoyed, Joy God's grace,
under the paternal rule of his M jetty the King.
The threatening dangers of war hive been removed
from cur frontiers. Public prosperity has made visible
promrese, despite the obstacles thrown in its way by
the dearness of provisions, which, after having hated for
some years, has now in a great measure disappeared, au d
despite the ur.expeeted etagration of foreign trade. By
the confidence with which the Government and the
Parliament have, met each other and given each other
mutual support at critical moments, we have powerfully
contributed to the consolidation and union of our
country. _
4, If, after this, our satisfaction is overshadowed by the
sorrow we feel at the sufferings of his Mejesty, which
have not yet completely subsided, we may at least be
allowed to entertain the well-foundei hope that the
King, our master, may, with God's blessins, in conse-
quence of the progress of his convalescence towards com•
plete re-establishment, resume the reins of government
with renewed strength, and to the joy of all his faith-
ful subj “3ts. At the same time all hearts are penetrated
wieh the profound gratitude which his Maja ty the
King has expressed towards his Royal Highness the
Prince of Prussia for the devotion and fidelity wi.h
which his Royal Iligimese accepted the delegation
of the Royal powers, and has directed the regular
march cf the affairs of Government for the welfare cf the

Comm, April 10,—Another large Turkish steam-
frigate touched here on the 21 instant, with troops to
act against MuntenCgro. licr Majesty's ship Vigilant
arrived on the sth, aid relieved her Majesty's sloop
Ariel, which vessel, sailed for Malia on the Bth. We
are expecting the fidet here. The thermometer to-day is
at 67 deg.

AN EVENING- virtra THOILIS 1100D.-0a Monday
eveniog last Mr. G, J. Dawson lectured at the Pimlico

Institute, Belgrave-square, on the Writings of Thomas
Hood. The lecture was delivered in a pleasing and ef-
fective manner, introducing several of Hood's
choicest pieces, and gave much satisfaction to a crowded
auditory. Mr. Dawson bas delivered his lecture at
several of the L indon Institutions, and it is becoming
exceedingly popular.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—ELY, April B.—A melancholy
&id fatal accident occurred on the Eastern Counties
Railway here yesterday morning between eight and
nine o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Brock, who has charge of
a curacy in this neighbourhood, was walking on the line
near the station, at the time a train. bad jest left it for
Norwich. Seeing the train approach he stepped from
the down to the up line, when a luggage-train proceed-
inz upwards struck him, and injured him I o severely
teat he died in the course of an hour. He was very
highly eat eaaied, and has left a father and six sisters to
lament his sad lose.
DEATH IN BATH.-00 Tuesday afternoon an inquest
was 120:d in the boar:!-room of the workhouse of S. •
James's, Poland-street, Oefard-street, on the body of
David Co p3r, aged 25. Charles Hope said he was at-
tendant at the Pubic Bathe, Market-street, St. James's,
and on Sunday morning last the decee.•,ed came, about
six o'clock, to the bath. ; There hi,ing no one in the
swimming bath, and a large number of persons requiring
small baths, witness went to attend to them, and after
being assent only the
a few minutes, and while going up
steps to the swimming bath, he saw some clothes lying
on the ground. lie then looked for the person they
belonged to, and found the decea;ed at the bottom of
the bath. Dr. (Leer, who had made a post mortem
examination of the body, attributed the death to drown-
ing in Conjunction with a dieeaeed heart. The jury re-
turned a verd ct accordingly.
STEPPING INTO SIB COLIN'a SIIOES.—A. correspondent
of the Hark:gra,
to disprove a rumour that the Coin-
mandenin-Obief is, in a I,w and desponding state of
mind, relates the follawing anecotes of his excellency :
"The other morning, on Sir Colin Campbell returning
rather earlier than usual from his matutinal walk, he
entered his tent, and to his surprise discovered the chief
of the eteff trying on a very handsome pair of elippers
that. bad been worked for him (Sir "ii°) by one of
Scotland's bonnie lassies. His excellency did not exhibit
the least annoyance, but observed in his dry way, 'Sae
ye think be stepping into my shoes, do ye ? and are
practising a wee bit to see how they'd do, eh Mansfield ?'
When the Kaiser Ba was reported to have been taken,
turning to General Mansfield, gallant Scot cried out
with honest pride, 'By --, like Caesar, I can now
describe my victory
in tare() words—Nuns fortunatus
suns.' (The chief of the staff did net understand his
Ex iellency' jeke.) ' Why mon, dinna ye tteeig ? Nunc
fortunatus sum—rin in Luck now.'
THEATaICALs IN Tat" P.GOVINCES.—The Theatre Royal
in Macclesfield has been opened under the management
of Mr. J. W. Beeson, with a numerous and efficient corn-
PM', among whom Miss Leila Forester, of whom we have
frequeedy had occasion to speak in terms of commen-
dation, stands pre-eminent. In the "Bride of Lammer-
moor" Miss Forester acquits herself in the part of Lucy
Ashton very charmingly, and her personation of Mrs.
Haller in "The Stranger" was replete with pathos, and
distinguished by its truthfulness to nature. Miss Fores-
ter's success was complete, she quite carried with her
the feelings of her audience, and was honoured with loud
and repeatel marks of approbation, which, it must be
acknowledged, were richly merited
and moat deservedly
bestowed. We mark with pleasure the very rapid ad-
vance which this young lady is making towards the
highest position in her profession, which, we may safely
augur, she will before very long succeed in achieving.
Mr. Benson's Stranger was very effective, and the whole
performance was gooii.

o atry.
On returning to your ho no, gentlemen, you will no'.
ceas3 to invoka the gra.c3 and blessing cf God upon our
beloved King and country, and we shall always Lel
united to you in those sentiments.
"By order of his Majesty the King I declare that the
session of the two Otiattibers of the Diet is closed."

A new and vigorous eff)rt is being. made by the
present English Cabinet to b-ing the King of Naples
to reasonable concensi-Jti, through the channel of
Prussian diplomacy. Austria is supporting this
effort with great urgency, under the appreh-nsion
that a closer alliance bstween Sardinia and France
may throw the whole Italian question into a new
phase.

respect is creditable to the Administration, but it
shows also that, with proper precaution and care,
the delays tr, which th ordinary transit passengers
:,ra oft._ 11 t( ;:. 1111107'
ev, ry wish to ina':,t dde allowl.ece • foj the difLu-
ties ag:.inst widen the Atin:Cuis:iation has to con
tend, with an unfinished railway, and a scarcely
organised service, it must be conceded that passen-
gers have, on more than one occasion, had just
reason to complain of the detentions to which they
have been subjected on the road.
It is doubtful whether any railway was ever con-
structed offering as brilliant promise of returns for
the capital invested in it as the line through Egypt
which, independently of its being the highway be-
tween two wealthy and populous continents—or,
indeed, between two hemispheres—passes through
the heart of one of the most productive countries
of the world, whose internal traffic alone, it might
be supposed, would amply suffice to reader
the road self-supporting. And yet it is asserted
that the line does not pay the expense of
administration. The statement may be correct,
and is partly explained on the ground that no ac-
count whatever is taken of the services rendered to
the Government of Egypt in the transport of troops,
material, and stores of all kinds ; but, be this as it
may, and without entering into any discussion of
the question, no doubt can be entertained that
with a moderately good management the railway
will yet become a most lucrative source of revenue,
besides being a real and valuable boon to the com-

merce of the country. That the public here is fully
alive to this fact is proved by the satisfaction with

which the announcement has been received that a

double line between Alexandria and Cairo has

finally been decided upon, and that, with a view
to its commencement, a portion of the material has
actually been ordered. The next requirement will
be a large addition to the rolling-stock, after which
it may safely be relied upon that not only all cause
for complaint on the score of inadequacy of returns
will absolutely cease, but that the Government will
also be in a pon to make such reductions in its
charges as will render the railway truly valuable to
the agricultural and commercial interests of the
country. At present the passenger fares are, per-
haps, higher than' in any other country in the
world, and the tariff for the carriage of goods would
elsewhere ba looked upon as amounting to an
solute prohibition, notwithstanding which, at all
the principal stations along the line may be seen
piles of cot on bales and of other-produce which the
railway administration, with its present means, is
totally unable to bring forward to the pout of ship-
ment.
Within the last few days there has been a dis-
pute between the Transit Administration and the
English engine-drivers, who have threatened to
strike, not, however, so much for an advance of
wages as for a reorganisation of their work. The
Government, it is said, have spoken of employing
natives in their stead, but it is in the highest de-
gree unlikely that so dangerous a proposal will ever
be permitted.
A set of new police regulations for more effec-
tually controlling and keeping order among
the increasing European population of Alexan-
dria and Cairo has been published by the Egyp-
tian authorities. The frequent recurrence of crimes
of the gravest description has long render. d some-
thing ofthe kind an absolute necessity ; but fears
have been expressed that many of the stringent
rules that have been introduced, and especially
those eeforcing upon travellers and residents to be
provided with passports and licenses, and the es-
tablishment at Alexandria and at Cairo of supple-
mental y police boards, with officers who are to
exorcise a special surveillance over Europeans, may
he more effectual in giving annoyance to respectable
members of the communily than in controlling the
evil-disposed. The regulations have been frame 1
under the immediate superintendence of the Euro-
pean consuls—in fact, the Viceroy hal left the
matter almost entirely in their hands ; but this has
not rendered the new measures less unpopular, the
prominent part taken by some representatives of
absolute Governments, and the appointment of a
French military officer as foreign police superinten-
dent at Alexandria, having spread fears among a
numerous class of setters lest the ends in view
should be of a politic J. nature as well as what they
merely profess to be. I am, indeed, credibly in-
formed that an attempt was made by some of the
consuls to introduce a rule which would have had
the effect of excluding from Egypt all persons un-
provided wi lr passports from their respective Go-
vernments, and that it; was only in consequence of
the prot st made by the British and American
consuls that a clause was added authorising such
persons to land on their receiving a permit from
the Egyptian Government. With the exception
of this abortive attempt, however, there appears to
be no great foundation for the fears that have been
so loudly expressed, but unless the police officials
have the good sense to use proper discretion 'in the
exercise of the right that is claimed for them to
exact passports from all passengers arriving in
Egypt before permitting them to land, and to enter
hotels and other public houses, at whitover hour it
may be, pour .y faire des perquisitions, their pro
ceedings will inevitably constitute an intolerable
nuisance to every English traveller who may land
in this cmtry, whatever may be his object.
The Red Sea Steam Navigation Company, under
the patronage of the Viceroy, has commenced active
operwions, A boat purchased in England is on
its way round the Cape, and on the Meiiterranean
side we have already ad one or two departure; ;
but the line has opened most inauspiciously.
of the steamers, the Suez, purchased in France by
Monsieur de Li,sseps, has been totally lost in the
roadstead of Jaffa, and out of 51 persons upwards
of 30 have perished. Full details have not yet
been received, but it appears that the whole of the
native crew succeeded in saving themselves by
swimming to the 1-hore, and theie reason to fear
that they abandoned the ship in a panic on the first
irrimation of danger, thus uepriving their officers
of the as-istarne by means of which the calamity
might perhaps have beernaverted.

LITERATUE!.

The Sepoy
_revolt: Its Causes and its
_Consequences

By Henry Mead.

Routled:e.

This work, it will be remembered, was published
some months ago, and takes a retrospective view
of the causes of the Indian mutiny. It tra ;es much
to tha mismanagement of the Company, and cen-
sures Lord Canning strongly for the dilatoriness of
his arrangements. In a preface to the second edi-
tion, the writer defends himself from some charges
which have been brought against his work, and
asserts the right of denouncing the conduct, which,
lie believes, has led to such disastrous results. His
long residence in India, -and his connection with
the Indian press, has, of course, given him many
opportunities of verifying his statements and prov-
ing the truth of assertions and rumours. These
circumstances invest his work with a degree of
authority, and secure-respect and attention for his
opinions. Though min), will disagree with the
extent of his views, his work in its present cheap
and convenient fsnm will be acceptable to a large
class of readers. . •

The History of England. By Lc' El Macaulay
Vol. VI. Longman.

The sixth volume of this excellent edition o
Lord Macaulay's admirable History is now issued,
As the public are already aware, the four larip
volumes of the first edition nil be reproduced it

seveu small ones, and this delightful and valuab'e
work will thus be placed withit, the reach of a large
circle of reader?. The type and binding are all that
can be desired, and we have no doubt that
the reading public will gladly avail thcmseives of
this opp .rtunity of securing the History, in a form
equally adapted to the library and the traveller.

Autobiography of Lutfullah. Edited by E. B.
Eastwick, F.R.S. Third edition. Smith and

Elder.
Tilis work is a curiosity cf literature. It is the
antAiography of a Mahomedan gentleman, written
in English ; and the ability with which he has per,
formed his task is testified by the ready circulation
of the.
book. It is now issued in a smaller and
more commodious edition, and will, no do u b , main-
t tin its popularity. His remarks on European
manners and society will amuse many readers more
than Ys descriptions of his own countrymen,
although they possess the attraction of novelty.
The bo,k is a very entertaining one, both as regards
the singularity of its authorship, and the fi esti and
original view it takes of life and manners among us.

PROFESSOR, WILJALBA FRIKELL. - Amongst the
numerous vh-itors who have rccently honoured Vie en-
tsrtair mtnt, Two Hours of Illusior 8" by their pre.scrce
are —Her Grace the Deeiess of Marlborough, her
Grace the Duchess of Grzif.on, his Greca the Duke of
WeiLngten, Marchioness of Downshire, Marchioness cf
Sligo, Countess of Gosford, Couritess Morella, Cuuntes,
of Stamford and Warrington, Count,sa of Dunmore,
Marquis a Salisbury, Marquis of LatiedownP, Earl of
Effingham, Earl ofaDaLbigli. Earl of Erne, Earl Stan-
hope, Viscountess Calming, Viscount Situcre, Viscount
Melgund, Lady Mary E4erton, Lady Villiers, Lady
Munroe, L-Aly Peel, Lady Caraw, Lady Vernon, Lad)
Mildred if:pc, Lady Caroline Townley, La ly Grey,
Lady Stracey, Lsdy Webster, Lady Ehrington, Lady
Curzon, Lard Paninure,, Lord George Beuclerc, Lord
A. S. Maur, Lord Ashburton, Lord Lovarne, Lori'
Talbot, Baroness Goldschmidt, Sir M. and Lady Choi-,
rnoudeley, Sir henry and Lady Rose, Sir Wm. any'
Lady Heathoote, Sir Thos. and Lady CunynghAm, Sir
Char. Napier, F. Co,,,ran, E q., M.P., M. Ricardo, Esq
Admiral aIIICAD, Admiral Cochrane, Colonel Fielding,
Colonel Tbesiger, Captain Masse, Mr. Hope, Mr.
Rawson King, Mr. Mirehouse, Mrs. Bradshaw, aul
Mra. Bates.