The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAIY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1857

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MAJESTY'S THEAT R E. as " the invention of a new species of divorce, be-
TUESDAY EVENING.
ALBONI, BOTTARDI, VIALETTI, BELLETTI, and
BENEVENTANO.
TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, JUNE 9,
IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA.
Basins, Madame Alboni.
After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in
Two Tableaux, composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre
by M. Maasot, entitled

ACA LISTA.

FIRST TABLEAls—Terpsichore, Madlle. Rolla ; Acalista
Madame Perea Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle
Michelet, Mdlle. Karliski, and Mdlle. Brunetti ; Amyntas
Y. Daratti.
SECOND TABLEAU—(Tho Vision Realised).—Seville.—
Acalista, Madame Perea Nena; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls.
pasquali and Morlacchi; Pepe, M. Gambardelli ; Manolo,
Massot. Spaniards.
For particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica-
tion at the Box-office. at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.
The Second Morning Performance on Monday, June 29,
with all the principal Artistes of the Establishment. Full
particulars will be duly announced.

LES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S
THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the
FRENCH PLAYS.

- - -
THIS EVENING (MONDAY), Juise 8, the entertain-
ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by
the production of (for the sixth time in this country), the
new Operette-Militaire, en un Acte, DR \GONE fTE. M.
Gnyot, M. Tajau, M. Leonce, and Mdlle. Corally Guffroy.
After which (for the fourth time), Chinoiserie Musicale,
in tin Acte, BA-TA-CLAN. Musique do Offenbach. Princi-
pal Characters by M. Pradeau, M. Mesmacre, M. Guyot, and
lidlle. Delmont.
To conclude with Buffonneris Musicale, en an Act, LES
DEUX AVEUGLES. M. Pradean and Mesmacer.
The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will accom-
pany these Representations, under the direction of the
composer, M. Offenbach.
This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances
will be given EVERY EVENING.
Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's
/Loyal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.

OPEN EVERY EVENING.

GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL
COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella.
Prfces—Pit and Promenade, ls ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and Is.
6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence
at 8.

First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap-
lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti,
and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J.Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and
and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen-
nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E.
Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti,
Mons. Becq. Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom
Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks-
pz•ian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of
Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr.
Stakes, Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling.

ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING will be performed
Shakespere's tragedy of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called
AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with
a new drama, in two periods, entitled TILE HUSBAND OF
AN HOUR. Mr. Buckstone, &c.
_ Followed by A PRETFY PIECE OF BUSINESS.
After which' the muccessfu' Classical Love Story. un-
der the Apple-lation of ATAL 4.NTA : or, The Three Golden
Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M.
Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan.
In future the prices will be:—
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d.
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery • . 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of
GEORGE DA RVILLE, in which Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr.
Wright, Mr. Paul Redford, and Madame Celeste will perform.
After which, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG, in
which Mr Webster will app-ar.
To eonclude with A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL. Mr.
Wright, Ste.

11) OYAL SURREY THEATRE,
L. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresvriek.
THIS EVENING will be performed LA TRAVIATA.
Ilfr. Haigh arid Lucy Eacott.
To conclude with DEEDS, NOT WORDS. Messrs. Shep-
herd, Widdicomb, and Miss Eburne.

STRAND THEATRE.-BOSCO will APPEAR
THIS EVENING, in his Fairy Temple of the Magi, in
his wondrous Entertainment of Natural Magic, Music, and
Ventriloquism, illustrated by gorgeous paraphernalia and
superb display of vertu. Stalls, 3s ; boxes, 28 ; pit, is ;
gallery, 6d. A Morning Performance on Saturdays, at 2.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP
IN WOLF'S CLOTHING.
After which, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE,
)fr. Robson, &c.
To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL.
Commence at half-past Seven.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE
AND OPERA HOUSE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness
Prince Albert. r. I
The encomiums of the press and the approbation of de-
lighted audiences justify Mr. William Cooke in announcing
"Il Trovatore," with Equestrian Illustrations, every Even-
ing, until further notice.
THIS EVENING (Monday, June 8), Verdi's far-famed
Opera of 'IL TROVATORE ; or, The Gipsy's Vengeance.
The whole of the Music as performed at the Italian Opera,
and Equestrian Illustrations.
Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus Brabam,
Miss M. Somers, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler,
and Mr. Francis Kirby, and
Miss Fanny Haddart. Mr. Borrani.
Conductor and Composer—Herr Meyer Lutz.
With a powerful Band and Chorus.
Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus
Brahaw.
After which, Mr. Wm. Cooke's Inimitable SCENES in
the ARENA, supported by the Unequalled Troupe of Eques-
trians.

T. conclude with the musical farce of THE WATER-
MAN.

Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, l.s. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
Notice—During the Opera Season Half-price will take place
at 9 o'clock.

Box-office open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. W.st. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing comptny of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
42elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, H. ;Grover, T. Farrant, S.
.Tones. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri. Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri;
Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte,
Mr. Cecil Hicks ;harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director,
Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence r.t Seven o'clock •precisely,
Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock.

ing neither separation a,„gleipa et thoro, nor
divorce a vinculo matrimonii, but partly one and
partly the other, taking the defects and imperfec-
tions of both. It was partial and imperfect, like
the divorce a mensa et thoro, and irrevocable like
divorce a vinculo 1" * * Substantially treated the
invention left the husband free, but with the usual
imperfection of all unnatural productions it left
the wife not altogether free, nor altogether
fettered. Part of her chain was removed,
but some links were left clanking round the
rags to which they were pleased to reduce
her. She was not to marry again—she was re-
d uced to the alternative of prostitution or want—
of sinning or starving—of the streets or the
workhouse."

What answer can be given to this plain
and straightforward statement ? How is it
consistent with the charity of Him who told the
offender "to go and sin no more." Surely, as
we recently stated, it is " a refinement of Mezen-
tian cruelty to chain a helpless woman to one
who is nominally, but not really a husband," and
still worse is it to bind her irrevocably to one who
may become the husband of another wife ! Besides,
there is no reciprocity I It is solely directed
against the weaker sex, who in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred will be the parties subjected to
the unnatural and impolitic prohibition—a pro-
hibition which renders repentance impossible, and
permits nulls vestigia retrorsum. The woman who
has once sinned, under the strongest temptation,
—who has given such fearful proof of the violence
of her passion, will not abandon herself to the
dreary seclusion of the cloister, but will enter into
open and unblushing crime when the hope of
amendment is taken away.
But the proviso is as strongly opposed to expe-
diency as it is to morality. So far from discou-
raging the chief offenders, it will, as we declared
when the amendment was carried by an Episcopal
majority, directly stimulate them to the Commis-
!
I sion of the social outrage. The man was in
the vast majority of instances the principal
offender, and this removed almost the only
check that has hitherto existed by " giving him
an Act of Parliament guarantee against having
to take to his home the accomplice of his guilt."
There are many considerations affecting the female
—that must induce her, at least, to pause before
she abandons herself to sin and shame. She will
be driven from society—for ever forfeit her status.
Her children will be for ever separated from her,
no trifling loss to a mother. Everything dear to
the female heart must b 3 surrendered, and those
sacrifices afford much better security than the pro-
visions so "unjustly, uncharitably, and inexpedi-
ently," added to the bill.

We trust, then, that the opportunity of recon-
sideration which still remains may not be neg-
lected or misapplied—that their Lordships may
yet exclude the clause, before the bill is trans-
mitted to the other House. We have not the
slightest doubt that it will be expunged in
the Commons, but we should regret to see a con-
flict on such a point, between the hereditary and
representative branches of the Legislature—a
conflict which must operate so unfavourably to
their lordships, and R hich may revive the ques-
tion—should bishops be permitted to have seats
in Parliament I

We are glad to find that the Times has come
round to the views which wo put forward on Sa-
turday, respecting the effect of the payment of.
the 1,125,0001. to Denmark for the redemption
of the Sound Dues, on the monetary condition of
the country. On that day the Leviathan rejoiced
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer " re.
quired no borrowing powers "—that he was
enabled, in consequence of his own miscalcula-
tions, to pay off the entire sum at once. It was
totally oblivious of the fiscal injustice to the over-
burdened taxpayers. The more that could be got
of poor JOHN BULL'S pocket, the greater the
impediments to any remission of the national
burdens, the better. All was couleur de rose, and
Sir G. C. LEWIS was entitled to credit for his
" tarnation sharpness" in obtaining, by something
almost amounting to false pretences, the imposi-
tion of• unnecessary duties on tea, coffee, and
sugar, and thereby the means of paying off a sum
that might more properly have been spread over
a succession of years.

But now " a change has come o'er the spirit of
its dream." When its attention has been directed
to the point it perceives that the time is rapidly
approaching when " the last straw " may be
heaped on the patient animal. It was some time
since unwillingly obliged to confess " that
a return to cheap money cannot be an-
ticipated for some years." Every effort that
could be made was inadequate to meet the wants
and exigencies of the nation, occasioned by the
unjust and impolitic act of 1844. It has at
length discovered that " the fact that the
1,125,0001. to be paid to Danmark in redemp-
tion of the Sound Dues will have to be paid in
specie, or ita equivalent, within three or four
months, must constitute a new element of distur-
bance in the monei•market." Why of course it
must, that was what we explained, and the
Times ignored, on Saturday. There can be but
little doubt that Danmark will avail itself of the
favourable opportunity to retain so valuable a
deposit. It is but a specious fallacy to suppose
that the money thus recklessly parted with can.
find its way back " through the ordinary channels
of trade." No ; we may learn wisdom in time,
but unfortunately it will be too lute. It will be
another illustration of the folly of" shutting the
stable door after the steed has been stolen."

Large sums are to be paid by other States, but
(as the Times sagaciously remarks) they " will
doubtless avail themselves of the privilege of
making the payments in half-yearly instal-
ments, Spread over 20 years, with interest
at 4 per cent. Of course they will. They can-
not boast of such brilliant financiers as Sir G.
C. LEwl3 ! They have ministers who look
before them, and do not leave the interests
of the. country, which they represent to mere
chance. The " disturbance of the Money Market"
was an obvious result of the operation which every
man of ordinary capacity must have foreseen.
Well, we suppose that we must submit to the
evil with the beat grace possible. The day of
reckoning must come earlier or later, and the
sooner the crisis is encountered the better. Not
all the Australian and Californian discoveries
have sufficed to bolster up the system. We
must then at last take the bull by the horns,
and strike at the root of the grievance. We may
well endure an addition to the evil, in the hope
that it may lead to a speedy and permanent re-
lease from its exciting cause, the iniquitous
monetary code under which the nation has so
long been oppressed, and under which the welfare,
bappiness,
and prosperity of its people, as well
as its commercial and manufactuting supremacy,
are gradually but steadily passing away.

A curiously timely and startling illustration of
the necessity for the Sale of Poisons Bill• to which
we directed attention in our Saturday evening;e
impression has just transpired. The child •of a
Liverpool merchant having fallen a victim to Os, e

carelessness of a chemist's assistant in making up
a dodoes prescription. Interrupted in the pre-
paration: of this prescription by the entrance of
another customer into his employer's shop, the as-
sistant, it appears, on returning to complete the
very simple task he had already commenced, in-
stead.of mingling sugar with the medicine, mixed
morphia with its ingredients, by a fatal inadver-
tence—the result being the poor child's death
upon the following morning. Now, this is just
precisely a case in point, as evidencing the neces-
sity of the humane measure now rapidly passing
through its last stages in the Imperial Parliament.
It was a case that occurred, not last month or last
year, but only the other day. It was no further
back than on Friday that the lamentable casualty
was under an investigation before the Coroner's
Jury at Liverpool—the case being adjourned for
analysis--so that it can scarcely be said even now
to have actually terminated. That we regard it as
anything but an exceptional case, may be seen at
once upon reference to our remarks upon Satur-
day on the need of the Sale of Poisons Bill now
being rapidly transformed into a legislative enact-
ment. We then spoke of the accidental admi-
nistration of poison, as of an evil the frequency of
which it has long been absolutely appalling to
contemplate. We observed of the fatal conse-
quences resulting from this evil that they might
only too readily be counted up, so to speak, by
wholesale. And now, scarcely have we so re-
marked, when another melancholy testimony of
the fact comes to our knowledge !
According to the regulations to be hereafter
enforced under the new enactment regulating the
sale of poisons throughout the United Kingdom
—no poison whatever will be sold except to an
adult, and that, moreover, in the presence of wit-
nesses. Had any one been looking over the
shoulder of this chemist's assistant down at
Liverpool at the time he was making up the
fatally bungled prescription, it would have been
impossible for him to have mixed up morphia,
instead of sugar, with the medicine. Another
security will be ensured to the public through
the Bill new hastening to its completion ; it being
enacted thereby-that no poison shall in future be
procurable except upon the certificate of a cler-
gyman, of a justice of the peace, of two house-
holders, or of a medical practitioner. An ex-
emption, of course, being always made in the case
of a medical prescription—that of itself consti-
tuting in a manner the formally authen-
ticated certificate of a physician. Moreover—
beyond all these precautionary arrangements prior
to all future sales of poisons after the new statute
shall have come into actual operation—the ven-
dors of all deadly drugs of this description will be
required by law to keep a precise and minutely
accurate account of the date, of the person, and of
the quantity, in regard to each separate sale of
these poisonous commodities—the date of the sale,
the person who was the purchaser, and the quan-
tity sold to him across the counter. An admirably
judicious provision—one that will render Secrecy
henceforth almost impossible to all would-be
Poisoners ! Besides the preventive arrangements
already here enumerated—there are others, how-
ever, the necessity for which may be presumed at
once to be still more glaringly apparent. It must
be perfectly plain to every one that access to poi-
sonous drugs ought, in reason, to be rendered in
the chemist's shop itself a matter of some little
difficulty. It might even be advisable to require
that no poisons should in any instance be com-
prised among the stores in the outer room of an
apothecary—that they ought invariably to be kept
as a matter of form in the inner room, in the
room behind the shop I And that, wherever kept,
they sho'uld always be kept under lock and key.
A few simple regulations like these might be the
means of saving many lives in the course of a
single twelvemonth. Hot, many those may con-
jecture for themselves, who will muse for a few
passing moments over the frightful statistics men-
tioned by Lord GRANYILLS, and to which we
referred in our remarks on this subject in our
impression of Saturday !evening. It must be
satisfactory to everyone to note the emphatic
commendation pronounced upon this new mea-
sure for the regulation of the sale of Poisons by
Lord CAMPBELL, who observes that he is strongly
inclined to think that the Bill will do much to
prevent the sale of poisons for improper purposes,
and that, indeed, as far as he can see, it accom-
plishes all' that legislation can do in the matter.
That, however, we do not pin our faith to. But
we accept the measure for such as it is, and we
accept it gratefully.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty will this even.
Log honour the performances at this fashionable theatre
with her presence.
Tun DOVER MAIL PACKET COMPANY.—The vessels
at present employed in the mail contract service from
Dover are the Queen, the Ondine, the Vivid, the Al-
liance, the Imperatrice, and the Garland. Their power
varies from 80 to 120 horses, and their tonnage ranges
from 250 to 308. They are only partly manned by
British seamen, except the Vivid.
DEALH of JOHN HAMPDEN NoRTHHOUSE.—On Sa-
turday we had the melancholy task of recording the death
of Mr. J. H. Stevens, the architect. The same day ex-
pired the chief associate of Mr. Stevens in framing the
details of the grand plan, attributed to Mr. 8..8. Cab-
bell, for enabling the working classes to sustain them-
selves when temporarily out of employment, without
undergoing separation from their wives and little ones,
through the " tender mercies "of the New Poor Law.
Young Mr. Northhouse possessed rare qualities of head
and heart. His intellectual grandeur as a writer and
speaker had few equals. His success is attributed to
his adoption of the maxim of Vie,esiinus Knox—" Never
even in jest support that which you believe to be wrong."
Hence his firm earnestness went right home to the con-
viction of those he addressed, and he never was de-
feated. Called John Hampden from his birth, on the
night of the illumination for the passing of the Reform
Bill, after his father had rescued the borough of Stam-
ford from lordly domination, he felt the significancy of
the name, and his mind being stored with the lora of an-
cient Greece and Rome, be luxuriated over the charac-
ters of Leonidas and Miltiades of the one, and of Cato
and Regulus of the other. With a burning hatred of
despotism and oppression he united the gentlest sympa-
thies. All who admired him, and they were all who
knew him, loved him. His ad words, after having
heard the 14th chapter of John read to him, and awaking
from a transient delirium, were, "What beautiful things
I have been reading. I shall read more in the morning
when it is light." The morning broke—it was light,
and he did read, in another world, his " title to the
skiee.--Correspondent of the ,Morning Advertiser.
TUE GREAT EASTERN.—During the banquet given by
the Institution of Civil Engineers on the occasion of
presenting a very handsome testimonial, valued at
2,0001., to Charles Manby, Esq., their retiring
secretary, Mr. Glyno, having proposed "Success
to the Great Eastern steam-ship,' coupling with the
toast the name of "dr. Scott Russell, Mr. Scott Russ
sell said he was undoubtedly proud of being the builder
of the great ship, and should feel still prouder if she
achieved .the su•Joess he ventured to anticipate. The
most remarkable feature connected with it was that
body of men should be found who would subscribr
700,000/., for an undertaking the success of_which was
deolared to be very problematical ; that feeling would,
however, be diminished when it was known that three-
fourths of the shares in the undertaking were held
•by members and associates of the Institution of Civil
Engineers. That fact alone spoke volumes for the
safety of the structure. Mr. Brunel, who must
be called the father of the project, had desired
to have the smallest ship capable of carrying its own
"fuel to Auatralia and back, and conveying such a cargo
of goods and passengers as should be remunerative.
Calculation showed the actual dimensions to be neces-
sary, and the system of cellular construction adopted
at the Britannia-bridge afforded the strength for these
vastly increased proportions which had at first surprised
even English engineers, with their habit of, regarding
everything as possible. The site did not now, however,
astonish even the merchants, who contemplated finding
cargoes for her without tiotible. • It would be a proud
day, both for Mr. Brunel (whose absence he regretted)
and fur him, when the Greit Eastern was committed to
her proper element. The ship was a specimen of what
the combined qualities of men could produce, and it im-
pressed upon all beholders the advantages of such union
as the institution afforded the means of encouraging.
United, they could do almost anything, and their efforts.
must benefit their country, and be conducive to their
own good.

LATEST NEWS.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MAT 28.
The Sultan, owing to the exhaustion of the
Treasury,has imposed a tax of 32 piastres on Jews
and
Christians
of all ages, who may be exempted
from military service. He will further require the
tax to be paid two years in advance.

Diplomatic conferences were about to take plac
shortly between the Grand Vizier and the Repre-
sentatives of the Powers who were parties to the
Treaty of Paris, in order to agree on the interpre-
tation of the Firman for convoking the Divans in
the Principalities.

The Russians have opened the campaign against
Schamyl.
Prince Baryatinski commands the expedition.
M. Finck, Consul for France, at Tiflis, accom-
panies the Prince.

A telegraphic despatch has been received at
Marseilles, announcing the death of Gen. Outram,
the British Commander-in-Chief, in Persia. From
news already received this intelligence is looked
upon. as very doubtful.

The Spanish squadron is off the coast of Bar-
bary, and is expected to act against the Riff pi-
rates and the Moors, who have attacked the Spa-
nish posts on that coast.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur has a despatch addressed to the
Minister of War by Marshal Randon, dated Souk-
el-Arba, May 31, in which are given details, to the
effect that since the submission of the Beni-Raten
and Arb-Douela had been made, on the 28th
General Macmahon's division marched at an early
hour from its position, four miles in advance, as far
as Aboudt. Heavy fogs and rain prevented fur-
ther movements. The troops were in excellent
health ; and on the 28th. 29th, and 30th, various
tribes—the Beni-Fraoucen, Beni-Bou-Chaib, Beni-
Khellili, came in successively to ask aman (pardon),
and accept the conditions imposed on them. Fur-
ther, the Beni-Malunoud, who were last year im-
practicable, have sent hostages to the French camp.
Roads have been established or restored, and
the position of the French division is excellent.
The Siecle contains the following very suggestive
Paragraph concerning the elections :—" Are we to
consider the department of the Maine-et-Loire as
placed beyond the common law ? This might be
believed, for the Independant de l'Ouest, in its
number of the oth inst., affirms that it has been
prohibited from writing about electoral bulletins ;
that it has been officially invited to abstain from
any observation that might resemble a censure, a
blame, or even a praise of the functionaries of the
Empire ; finally, that it cannot interfere in the
elections, as silence had been imposed on it. After
the circular of the Minister of the Interior, and
when similar prohibitions, dictated by excess of
zeal, have been everywhere withdrawn, the posi-
tion to which the Independant de l'Ouest has been
reduced is an anomaly which cannot last, and to
which we now direct the attention of govern-
ment."

HERAT.
Mohammed Yussouf, a man who some short time
back played a considerable political part, and who,
it may be remembered, assassinated the Prince of
Herat, has, in his turn, fallen by the hands of the
sons of the murdered man. A letter from Teheran,
in the Presse d'9rient, gives the following account
of the affair :

"Our readers must remember that Mohammed
Yussouf, after assassinating Seid Ali Khan, the
Prince of Herat, took possession of that place in
concert with Isa Khan, and maintained a siege
against the Persian army. Being closely pressed
by the besiegers, and justly alarmed at the fate
which would :wait him if he fell into the hands of
the Persians, blohammed fled from Herat. He
was, however, seized and carried to Teheran,
where, not withstanding hiscriutes, he was pardoned
by Nass-reddin-Shah. The children of Seid Ali
Khan had not,, however, renounced the idea of
avenging the death of theirfather ; they arrived at Te-
heran, and demanded justice on the murderer.
The Shah, not wishing that the pardon he had
granted to Mohammed should be a vain work, en-
deavoured to calm the resentment of the sons of
Seid Ali Khan, but all his efforts were In vain,
the murderer was handed over to justice, tried and
found guilty, and delivered up to the sons. The
Government being still desirous of saving the life
of Mohammed, offered a very considerable sum by
way' of ransom, but the offer was refused, and on
the Bth the sons of SeldAli Khan themselves put the
murderer of their father to death. The event has
produced a great sensation. The Persian charac-
ter rarely presents examples of such violent ani-
mosity and thirst for vengeance. The guilty
person is claimed, and the terror of punishment is
allowed to hang over him for a time, but blood is
rarely shed. The vengeance of families is generally
confined to taking the murderer to the spot where
the murdered man has been buried, where he is
ordered to demand pardon from the dead and to
pray for him. This philosophical vengeance did
not, however, satisfy the sons of Seid Ali Khan.

DENMARK AND GERMANY.
The following note has been addressed to Herr
von Steffens, Prussian Charge d'Affaires at Copen-
hagen :

"BERLIN, MAY 20.
"The Courts of Berlin and Vienna had, as you
are aware, on several occasions pointed out to the
Cabinet of Copenhagen how necessary it was, in
the settlement of the subject connected with the
constitution of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauen-
, burg, first and foremost to hear' the representa-
tions of the Estates with regard to those altera-
tions of their former constitutions that have been
octroy6 to them, and in this way afford them the
possibility and an opportunity of bringing forward
their grievances and their proposals.
" To this end the proposal was made towards the
close of last March that the Estates should be con-
voked as early as possible for an extraordinary Diet.
In reply to this proposal a despatch (copy of which
is appended hereto) was communicated to us by
Baron von Brockdorf, dated Copenhagen, 13th
inst.

" From this despatch we have learnt with satis-
faction that the Government of his Majesty the
King of Denmark, after having accomplished its
reconstitution, has resolved to follow the course re-
commended to it, and we sincerely congratulate it
on having adopted a measure that was called for
equally by its own interests and by the duties it
owes to the Duchies and the German Confederation.
" The Danish despatch contains the promise that
the provincial estates of Holstein shall be convoked
at the latest in August of this year, and a revised
draught of a constitution for the special affairs' of
the Duchy be submitted to them for due delibera-
tion according to the forms of their coastitution.
It contains also the further promise that this draft
to be submitted to them shall also contain those
provisions which shall define the scope of the spe-
cial affairs' of the Duchy of Holstein. Finally,
there was specially the express assurance given in
it, and to this we attach especial weight, that the
Assembly of the Estates should have ample oppor-
tunity afforded them of expressing themselves
freely and unhindered on the limits to be put to the
competence of the Estates. _ _

"In all this, however, there is nothing said as to
how far the Danish Government will be prepared
to meet the claims to which thejpromises of 1851 and
1852 entitle the Duchies and the Confederation. On
this point we must wait for the results of the ap-
proaching deliberations of the Estate', and although
in respect to it we confidently reckon on the wis-
dom and justice of his Majesty the King of Den-
mark, all the rights must of course be reserved and
vindicated which flow out from the constitution of
the Duchies, and from the undertaking entered
into by the Crown of Denmark with Prussia and
Austria in the years 1851 and 1852.
"If, however, the opportunity be afforded to the
Estates, conformably to the promise made, of
speaking out their sentiments as to their rights and
claims, and duly to bring forward their grievances
and requirements, an appropriate basis will thereby
beobtained for the further treatment of the matter,
and in this way a suitable advance will have been
made towards the settlement of the constitution
question, on which the Cabinets of Berlin and
Vienna have felt themselves compelled to insist.
" Under these circumstances we, in common
with the Court of Vienna, find ourselves at the
present moment under no call to bring the matter
before the German Diet.

" It must be observed, however, that the Copen-
hagen despatch holds out an expectation of a draught
to be submitted to the Estates of Holstein only in
respect of the special affairs' of the Ducby ;of the
constitution for the common affairs' of the Danish
Monarchy there is no special mention made. We
neverthelesaconsider ourselves justified in assuming

,

that the Estates will be left at liberty, in addition
to the prat tised permission to deliberate on the
limitS to be assigned to the competence of the
Estates, also to bring forward their objections
and proposals with reference to the position oc-
cupied
the Duchies or their representatives
in the ' entire monarchy constitution,' and to
vindicate the rights that accrue to them from
the promises made to them in 1852, not only
with reference to the reconstruction of the special
constitutions, but also to the manner in which
the Duchies are fitted into the constitution of the
entire monarchy.' For, on the one hand, it is
beyond all doubt, as we have frequently adduced,
that it is the constitution of the common affairs of
the monarchy' which most vitally affects the
former constitution of the Duchy, and that, there-
fore, according to the terms of the constitution, and
according to the assurances which have been given
them, the Estates have a claim to be heard on the
subject of these changes. On the other hand, it
follows from this reciprocal relation between the
constitution of the entire monarchy and the former
constitution of the Duchies, and the alteration in-
troduced by the entire monarchy constitution in the
competence of the Estates, that any discussion as
to the limits of the competence of the Estates must
necessarily involve the question of their relation to
the entire monarchy constitution.
"Finally, the despatch of the 13th inst. does not
make any special mention of the Duchy of Lauen-
burg ; we presume this to have arisen from the cir-
cumstance that, as is currently understood, negotia-
tions have been opened with the Estates of Lauen-
burg, for we believe we may look on it as beyond
all question that the Government of his Majesty
the King of Denmark is prepared to recognise a
no less amount of rights as resident in the Estates of
Lauenburg than in those of Holstein.
" You are empowered to communicate the con-
tents of this despatch to the Danish Government.
Should our way of viewing the late overtures of the
Danish Cabinet, contrary to our hopes and expecta-
tions, not be in conformity with its views and in-
tentions, we should in that case venture to reckon
on a further communication on the subject, and on
the tenour of that it would depend how far we
should, under those circumstances, feel ourselves
in duty bound to submit the matter to the German
Confederation.

"From your last reports I observe that, in con-
sequence of the change that had taken place in
Ministerial arrangements in Copenhagen, you had
not communicated to the Danish Cabinet my last
despatch of the 10th inst., in which I informed you
of the intention of the Courts of Berlin and Vienna
to make a communication to the German Diet on
this subject ; you will, therefore, take an oppor-
tunity of bringing it confidentially to the know-
ledge of M. Michelsen, in order that he may learn
from it how firmly we abide by our hopes and ex-
pectations that the government of his Majesty the
King of Denmark wiil not close its ears to our
friendly counsel.

66 MANTEUFFEL."

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

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