The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATU'RDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1857.

said that the vote was carried by " impatient
acclamation." None of the chosen represen-
tatives of the people had the manliness
to propose a decreased allowance. It is
true that Mr. ROEBUCK objected both to
the amount, and to the manner in which it was
proposed to be paid, but even he saw that it was
hopeless to bring forward a substantive amend-
ment, for its reduction or modification, and there-
fore "the hard-handed, hard-working, and often
suffering people of England " are to be saddled with
the payment of 40,0001. down, and an annuity
of 8,0001. per annum for the life of the future
Queen of PRUSSIA.
We should have been glad to have swallowed
this nauseous dose at once and to have
been done with it, to have given 50,0001.
or 60,0001. and to have heard no more of
the unpleasing topic. But it pleases our rulers
to keep up the irritation, and to pay tribute for
some half century to a foreign Power which we
certainly have had no cause either to respect or
esteem.

It is not merely the addition to our burdens
that we complain of. We should willingly pay
the money, or even more, to the PRINCESS ROYAL
if she remained with us. But her connection
with England will speedily be severed, and the
constant payments to Prussia will keep open a sore
which should be healed at the earliest moment. It
is alike contrary to the interests of England and the
dignity of the House of Brandenburg, that these
payments should be made. Even the ULYSSES
of the House of Coburg, King LEOPOLD himself
did not consider it consistent with his position as
an independent Sovereign, to be the stipondiary
of another nation. We are aware that the Royal
Clicquot has peculiar notions on everything relating
to L. S. D., that " Non, olet nurnmus" is his
guiding principle, but we should hare hoped that
the future husband of the Princess Royal of
England was not actuated by similar feelings of
cupidity, that every other consideration would
not be merged in " the greed of gain."
But what is to be given in return ! What
is Prussia to settle on the young couple ?
When Marriage is reduced to a " Smith-
field bargain," in which both parties are
haggling over every shilling, there should be
some degree of reciprocity ! We should know
what we are to get for our money ! If Prussia
was a mere beggarly Principality, like some of
our German States we wot of, we might make up
our minds to pay for both sides, and to give an
allowance of pocket money to the brisk young
bridegroom. But it professes to be one of the
great Powers (!) to maintain an elevated position
in the scale of nations, and surely it should make
adequate provision for its future Monarch and
his spouse. It is not merely England that should
supply the means for a gorgeous establishment in
Berlin, or to enable the heir presumptive of the
house of Brandenburg to stand in the glare of
Russian magnificence and not be eclipsed. The
less we have to do with Russia or with Prussia the
better ! And we cannot regard without appre-
hension the possible results of the inauspicious
connection, which may place the English Govern-
ment in the hands of a Prussian Viceroy.
Mr. ROEBUCK mentioned that the annuity,
taken at 22 years' purchase, would amount to
216,0001. We are thus giving more than
a-quarter of a million to one of nine, and
establishing a bad precedent for other cases.
But there is another point of view in which it
should be regarded. An annuity of 1,0001. would
at compound interest amount in 14 years to
20,0001., in 28 years to 60,0001., in 42 years
to 140,0001., and in 56 years to 300,0001. Now
56 years is by no means an extravagant 'estimate
of the duration of life for a young lady of the
mature age of 16 years. The total amount, then,
to be levied on the tax payers of the United
Kingdom, should she enter on her seventy-third
year under the annuity, will be 2,400,0001., and
if she should be so strong as to reach fourscore
and six, 4,960,000/. This is something worth
thinking of, when the dose is to be nine times,
aye, perhaps a dozen times repeated. We want
to get rid of the question. If it was one of the
Serene Paupers, with an unpronounceable name,
who was the pensioner on our bounty, we might
submit, albeit with a bad grace. But it is very
different with Prussia, who could and ought to
i bear the expenses herself without any dip into
1 the English Exchequer.

There was no allusion made to the possibility
of the British Crown falling to the lot of the
Prussian King. We have no hesitation in saying
that such an event would produce the most cala-
mitous results. Sir G. C. LEWIS told us that the
Prince of Prussia was within the act of settlement,
and might himself be the inheritor of the
British sceptre. Thank GOD that catas-
trophe has been avoided. We should not
wish to speculate on the probable results
of such an event. But unless adequato means be
now adopted, they may arise. We must not for-
get that Queen VICTORIA is the daughter of the
fourth son of GEORGE 111., and with such an un-
natural law in operation, as the Royal Marriage
Act, it is by no means a violent presumption to
suppose that there may be no issue of any of her
four sons, and that the Crown of England may
possibly descend to some future King of PRUSSIA.
Should there not then be a new Act of Settlement
to avert the risk of such an untoward event ?

The Touchstone of all true Reformers—The
Ballot—is to be brought forward at the earliest
possible period after Whitsuntide. It was so
announced last evening in the House of Commons
by Mr. HENRY BERKELEY. And it was distinctly
intimated at the same time by that honourable gen-
tleman that he meant thus to test the opinion of the
House upon that vitally important question—for
what purpose ?—" for the guidance of her MAJESTY'S
Ministers in the consideration of the New Reform
Bill." Remembering which, we do conceive it to
be incumbent upon Hon. Members to be in at-
tendance upon the occasion hereafter to be par-
ticularly specified, no matter whether they are
among the antagonists, or among the sup-
porters, of the measure referred to. It befits
each representative individually to pronounce
boldly and distinctly his views one way or another
—For or Against this long-vexed question of The
Ballot. It is imperatively requisite indeed, that
the popular branch of the Legislature should,
with as little delay as possible, declare itself defi-
nitively upon this one point at least, Pro or
Contra. Such would be but simple justice, to
the Constituencies. Such would be but fair to
the Government.

It would be but fair to the Government—if
only for the one simple reason given yesterday
by the member for Bristol. Because--that
the test Mr. BERKELEY now, according to an-
nual wont, proposes to submit to the House upon
the question of the Ballot, is designed by him
(he deliberately volunteers the acknowledgment)
" for the guidance" of the Cabinet in the conside-
ration of their new scheme of Reform. The ) aa-
ture, extent, and bearing of that scheme noto r4;-
ously does depend, obviously must depend, inara,-
riably has depended before now, and will depend
inevitably in the same way hereafter upon t

collective will and pleasure—not of this minister
or of that minister, not of this or of
that particular Cabinet, but of the aggre-
gate mass of the national representatives.
Administrations are but the creatures of Parlia-
ment. And therefore it Is so. " A breath may
make them, and a breath has made"—that
namely breathed from the lips of the Speaker—
when he declares the result, in striking the balance
of one bold Division. It is undeniable, therefore,
at all times, in regard to any Ministry, but it is,
if possible, more particularly undeniable now in
regard to the Ministry of Lord PALMERSON, that
the extent of any proposed reforms is dependant
in a peculiar manner upon the precise disposition
with reference to Reform, manifested by the col-
lective wisdom of tha representatives. Again,
therefore, we say—a declaration " For " er
" Against " The Ballot, by the New House of
Commons, will be but fair as regards the Go-
vernment.

It will be but justice to the. Constituencies.
This we are disposed to insist upon particularly.
For we do not think there can be any question at all
about the fact of The Ballot being the Reform
beyond all others most loudly and most frequently
mooted, upon the various hustings far and wide
over the whole country throughout this last
General Election. The Ballot was, in truth, as
regards other Reforms, as the Favourite is to the
Field. Scarcely a Candidate but had his feelings
in reference to the Ballot probed, however painful
to himself the operation might, chance to be.
Always excepting, of course, those particular can-
didates who may be said to carry their constituen-
cies in their pockets. And either they had
bluntly to say " No," if they could not possibly
find it in their hearts to say " Yes," in answer to
the pertinent query, " Are you favourable to the
Ballot ?"—on—they had to shirk the difficulty by
means of some clever but shuffling evasion. When
once the matter is absolutely before Parliament,
no further opportunity will be left for this inge-
nious ruse on the part of the ,more timid, and at
the same time more obdurate, of the popular re-
presentatives. They will have to declare either
With or Against Mr. BERKELEY on his motion—
or, they will have shamefacedly to Avow their
anxiety to Evade rather than to Meet the Diffi-
culty by the paltry shuffle of Non-Attendance.
Unless Hon. Members are personally in attend-
ance at the House upon the night when Mr. BER-
KELEY will bring forward his yearly motion on the
Ballot, the only escape from the last-mentioned
disgrace will be by "Pairing." Wherefore, we
would here most urgently impress upon the Con-
stituencies throughout the country the necessity
there is now on their part for Watchfulness.
Let the Reformers generally all over the
three kingdoms look well to it I Let
them scrutinise searchingly the Division List,
upon Mr. BERKLEY'S motion, and the names of
those may have the equal temerity to Pair upon
it I But above all, let them note keenly the
names of all those Honourable Members
who may neither Pair nor Vote ! Those
—will be the Delinquents ! Those are the shuffiers
—they who would fain sneak out of the Dilemma
—but whose slipshod evasion of it by non-attend-
ance can only insure their own more conspicuous
exposure. The paltriest foes of all, these last, to
the Reformers—foes—

" Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike !"

The securest means of discovering them we have
pointed out to the Constituencies. Again we say
—Let these last look well to it. Mr. BERKELEY'S
testing-night is fast coming on—the hon. member
having intimated, only yesterday, that he will
bring forward his annual motion on The Ballot as
soon as possible after Whitsuntide.

The bar silver brought by the last West India packet
has beca sold at 613 d., showing an advance of d.
The Prussian Correspondence states that the mania for
emigration has extended to. Pomerania. From the dis-
trict of Coslin 1,286, persons, possessing together a capi-
tal of 120,000 thalers, have left this year; and from the
district of Cammin, 558 persons, with 44,000 thalers.
Most of them were farmers in the prime of life.
THE SHIP METEOR.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.—The an-
nouncement regarding the Meteor, sent up on Wednes-
day, was on a misunderstanding. The Meteor is a British
vessel, and not an American, as reported. The freight
and ship were wholly insured in this port, as well as a
considerable portion of her cargo, and the aggregate value
of the three interests was upwards of 100,000/. It may
be added that Captain Porter is an Englishman.
APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—The following are the names
of gentlemen who passed their examinations in the
science and practice of Medicine, and received certifi-
cates to practise, on Thursday, May 21 :—James Holt,
Castleford ; Thomas Elkanah Hoyle, Heighingham,
Lincoln ; Henry linaggs, Huddersfield ; Thomas James
Walker, Peterborough ' • Edmund Lloyd, Richmond,
Surrey ; Christopher Sharp, Oldham, Lancashire ;
Thomas Edward Ruttledge, Faringdon, Berks ; John
Edwards Jones, Dolgelly, North Wales ; Finlow Alex-
ander, East Harling, Norfolk.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A GIRAFFE.—A few days ago
one of these beautiful and interesting creatures met
its death on board one of the steamboats lying off
the London Custom-house in a singular manner. It
forced its head and long neck in such a way
out of its cage as to cause its death ere it could be
extricated. The body was purchased by one of the
London societies (the Zoological Society we believe)
for the purpose of dissection, and preservation of the
skeleton, and stuffing of the splendid skin. The animal
was, we are informed, intended for exportation to Berlin.
—Civil Service Gazette

NEW CAVALRY COLLEGE, RICHMOND SURREY.—Tbe
foundation-stone of this institution will be laid on Mon-
day next, by Viscountess Combermere. The building,
which is to be erected by Messrs. Lavers, of Belvidere-
road, will be very tastefully constructed, with light
brick and stone dressings. Mr. C. Broadbridge of War-
wick-street, Regent-street, is the architect. The cere-
mony on Monday will take place in a very large marquee,
which is in course of erection by B. Edgington. In the
lecture-hall the assemblage will partake of an elegant
dejeuner after the ceremony. The band of the Ist Life
Guards will attend.

CARELESSNESS IN THE SALE OF POISONS.—An inquest
was held on Monday last, at Louth, on the body of a
child aged two years and five months, named Charles
Houseman, son of Samuel Houseman, a gardener. It
appears that a phial of laudanum was left by Houseman
upon a table, and that the child drank a portion of it and
was found in a state of stupor. It died the same night.
The man who sold the poison was a grocer, who keeps it
for the "accommodation" of the public, but doesnot even
label the bottles. The coroner said—" If death bad re-
sulted to an adult person you would have been placed in a
most perilous position. Not only have you neglected
to place a label on the phial describing the contents as
poison, but you allowed it to go out of your shop with
a label upon it describing the contents to be Dolby's
Carminative,' a harmless mixture. Yon see it is now
upon the bottle. In this case, however, the deceased child
was so young that it could not read, but had it been
otherwise you would have been placed in an awful posi-
tion. I would recommend you to be careful." The
jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE.—RoyaI Parks and Gardens. —The
rangership of Richmond-park has become vacant by the
death of the Duchess of Gloucester. General
Post-office.—A vacancy has been created in the circu-
lation department by the retirement, on superannuation,
of Mr. Samuel Bell, deputy controller. Copyhold In-
closure and Tithe Commission.—An assistant commis-
sionerahip has become vacant by the death of Mr. Thos.
Smith Woolley. Customs.—A junior clerkship has be-
come vacant in the inspector-general's department, im-
ports and exports office, by the death of Mr. Charles P.
Lack, first-class clerk. A messengership has become
vacant by the death of Mr. Pudner. Mr. Joseph J. T.
Butt has been appointed a clerk in the East and West
India Docks, London. Mr. E. T. W. Semmens has
been appointed a clerk for general business in London.
Mr. A. V. Tippet has been appointed a clerk in the
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legal quays, tOndon. Mr. Ed;vl Gee, clerk for general
business has been appointed a clerk in the long room,
Liverpool. Mr. Charles Green has been appointed a
clerk in the long room, Liverpool. Mr. Mark Mason has
been appointed a clerk for general business at Liverpool.
—Civil Service Gazette.
ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL.—The 17th anniver-
sary of this institution was celebrated on Wednesday by
a dinner at the London Tavern, presided over by Lord
Faversham. The noble chairman, in proposing the toast
of the evening— "Success to the Royal Orthopaedic Hos-
pital" —after explaining the scope and purpose of the in-
stitution, stated that the number of patients admitted
during the past year was 1,532, the whole number

admitted since the formation of the hospital having
been 19,7621. The ordinary funds of the institution had
continued to increase, the receipts for the past year
having exceeded those of any previous year, amounting
altogether to 4,0221. 15s. ld. At the same time, there
were many expenses to be met. There was a mortgage
fur 6,0001. to be redeemed, for which provision must be
made from year to year ; there were also nearly 200
cases waiting for admission, for whom nothing could
be done until they were received into the wards. It was
no longer want of room which prevented their admission,
for two of the largest rooms in the hospital were still un-
occupied, the conversion of which into wards would
increase the accommodation for the in-patients to nearly
sixty beds. The appeal of the chairman was well
responded to, the subscriptions announced daring the
evening amounting to 2,1601.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The Hamburg and Brazilian
Company's steamship, Captain Paulson, arrived here
this morning from Hamburg, and sails hence on Mon-
day (the 24th falling on Sunday), for Lisbon, Pernam-
buco, Bahia, and Rio Janeiro, carrying ship-letter mails
for those ports, passengers, and cargo. The Talbot, of
847 tons, belonging to Messrs. Temperley and Co.,
sailed on Thursday, with 376 Government emigrants
(equal to 322 statute adults), for Geelong, under charge
Surgeon-Superintendent Beal. This is a very hand-
some new ship, built at Sunderland for the owners, and
is c'assed A. 1 at Lloyd's for 13 years. It is expected
that she w►ll make a very quick passage out, as she
made a rapid round from Sunderland to this port. The
Talbot has been fitted out entirely at Southampton; on
the plan and under the superintendence of the emigration
officer here, Mr. E. A. Smith. She was visited by a
large number of persons before leaving the docks. Mr.
Murdoch, the chairman of the Emigration Board, and
Mr. Walcott, the secretary, inspected the Talbot on
Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by Captain Lean,
the emigration officer in London, and Mr. R. R. Cooper,
and we understand that they felt much gratified with
all the arrangements. The Hornet, of 1,285 tons. also
a very fine ship, belonging to Mr. G. Marshall, of Lon-
don, went out of dock into the river on Wednesday
evening, with Government emigrants for Melbourne.
She is waiting for a few more to make up her comple-
ment, and will most probably sail on Saturday.l
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AT WINDSOR.—On the Bth
of May, Captain Bruce, of Upton-park, while witnessing
the funeral of the Duchess of Gloucester, at Windsor, had
him pocket picked of a gold watch. Six days afterwards
a travelling Jew offered the same watch for sale to Mr.
Merrick, of Windsor, the maker. The name and num-
ber had been erased and another substituted. The Jew
stated that be had received it to sell on commission from
a Mr. Pike, Strong' Cottage, Green-lane, Newington.
Oa Thursday Mr. Pike, who carries on business in Wi:-
dernese-row, London, was brought before the magis-
trates at Windsor. Superintendent Eagar stated that
Mr. Pike bad told him he had bought the watch in its
present state from a Mr. Joseph. On going to Mr.
Joseph's, 21, Prince's-street, Spitalfields, Mrs. Joseph
told the officer that her husband died on the 11th inst.,
and had been confined to the house from Thursday the
7th inst., excepting that he went out on Friday, the
Bth, to tea with a friend in the neighbourhood, accompa-
nied by his son, and was absent about two hours. Three
other dealers in watches deposed to having seen Mr.
Joseph on Friday, the Bth instant, and spoke in high
terms of his and Mr. Pike's character, one of them said
that Mr. Joseph had been at his (witness's) shop, No.
89, Aldersgate-street, on the Friday. The son of Mr.
Joseph, twelve years old, swore that he went with
his father on the Friday to Mr. Hobb's, Brick-lane,
Whitechapel, where they remained an hour and a half ;
they after wards went to Poulter's, in Church-row, stayed
there about 20 minutes, and then returned home ; was
not at Wilderness-row on that day, or at any other
place, and was with his father the whole of the day.
He had heard the evidence, and the witnesses had all
told a falsehood.—Mrs. Joseph's evidence was similar to
that stated by Superintendent Eagar.—The magistrates
considered it a sufficient case to send to trial, and the
prisoner was bound over in his own recognisance of
2001, and two sureties of 1001. each, to appear at the
sessions.

SMYRNA RAILWAY.—The prospectus has been issued
of the Smyrna Railway, with a guarantee of 6 per cent.
from the Turkish Government. The line, which will be
70 miles in length, is to connect the port of Smyrna with
Aidin, the principal internal entrepot of the commercial
productions of Asia Minor ; and the proposed capital is
1,200,0001., in 201. shares. For the trading interests
of this country it is one of the most important
works that oould be constructed, since it has been only
the total absence of economical means of transport that
has hitherto limited the supplies the region is capable of
producing. Whether the promoters have chosen the right
time for introducing it may, however, be doubted, since
the public, instead of looking to the question of intrinsic
merits, have become blindly attached to Government
guarantees, and a Turkish guarantee of 6 per cent. will
not at the momena yield a premium. As far as the
natural field for railway enterprise is concerned, there
is no quarter where all the requisites for success are
united in greater force, the richness of the terri-
tory and the extent and charater of the population being
alike favourable. The grand recommendation urged on
behalf of the illimitable Russian military railway scheme
was, that a portion of the lines would promote the car-
riage of wheat to the Black Sea ports, but, according to
the statement of Mr. Consul Sanderson, published by
the Board of Trade in November last, "from the
greater proximity of Anatolia to the corn-purchasing
country of Europe it might, but for the want of '
means of transport, supply grain upon terms much
cheaper that those of the ports of Southern Russia."
Hitherto the conyeyance has been entirely carried on
by immense numbers of mules and camels. The pre-
sent
population of Smyrna is stated at 160,000, and
that of Aidin at 60,000, while the annual export and
import trade of the port is said to have reached 5,000,
0001. One fourth of the shares are to be subscribed in
Turkey. The guarantee is for fifty years, and the
profits over 7 percent, are to be divided with the Govern-
ment.

LATEST N E WS.

VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING.

Marshal Radetzky, while walking in his room,
fell and broke the upper part of the bone of the
left thigh.

TRIESTE, MAY 22.

Advices from Constantinople, of the 15th, state
that the Minister of the United States of America
has gone to the Danubian Principalities fur a poli-
tical purpose.

The tribes of Circassia have met, and have ap-
pointed a court of justice for each thousand inha-
bitants.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

Prince Napoleon is expected to reach Paris to-
night or to-morrow morning. It is believed that
the Plenipotentiaries will put their signatures to the
Neuchatel treaty on Sunday, soon after which
event Lord Cowley will visit England.
The treaty of commerce and navigation between
France and Russia will, it is expected, be signed
early in June, and then M. de Morny will leave St.
Petersburg for Paris.
Despatches from Algiers are looked forward to
with interest. The warlike operations were to com-
mence yesterday against the Kabyles. Marshal
Randon commands the expedition.
Baron Gros and the personnel of the embassy to
China leave Paris to-night.
The funeral of M. Vieillard, Senator, the old
friend of the Emperor, and the preceptor of his
brother, took place to-day.
The funeral of the Marquis de Pastoret, Senator,
aad Member of the Academy of Beaux Arts, also
I took place today at the Church of the Madeleine.

BOURSE, May 22.—Prices have again given way
on all securities. Russian railway shares have been
officially quoted to-day at 517 f. 50c. to 515 f. The
The following were the last quotations :

Casn. Pr. c.
4 per Conts

3per Cents 6B 95
Bank Shares 44,50

End of 151-onth.
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Credit Mobilier 1,255 Roman
Do. Account 1,255 Austrian
Belgian 4!;
Piedmontese (5) — Home Debt
RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.

tr. c. fr c.
Orleans 1,462A— Western 1—
Northern - Strasburg
Lyons .....1,4771— New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,910 Grand Central
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