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The Resolution, expressing confidence in Lord Canning, adopted by the Court of Directors is in these terms.

"That in reference to the despatch from the Secret Committee to the Go- vernor-General of India, dated the 19th ultimo, with the documents therein alluded to, and this day laid before the Court of Directors, this Court desires to express its continued confidence in the Governor-General, Lord Canning, and its conviction that his measures for the pacification of Oude, and the .other disturbed districts in India, will be characterized by a generous policy, and by the utmost clemency that is found to be consistent with the satis- factory accomplishment of that important object."

Mr. John Francis Maguire, M.P., has published the following state- ment respecting the Independent Liberal Opposition, Apropos of their meeting on the 14th instant.

"Alluding to 'independent' men? I may tell you that the chance of forming a really Independent party is next to hopeless ; for of some sixty men who met together at three o'clock yesterday there were not twenty who did not take a Pahnerstonian or Cardwellite view of the present question, and who did not plead the compulsion of conscience to take this special case out of the category of general policy. I suspect it was from the first a move to get Lord John into power. If so, it was a noble object, and will have a glorious result. What will the Irish Catholics now say to the author of the Durham letter and the Ecclesiastical Titles Act ? They may bottle up their indignation to some more convenient opportunity, and allow it to ex- plode when Lord John is beyond their reach."

The Queen has commanded that "Colonel Sir William R. Mansfield, K.C.B., be promoted to the rank of Major-General in the Army, in ra cognition of his valuable services as Chief of the Staff in the East Indies. —By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-chief." He has been promoted accordingly.

The Queen's birthday, on Saturday, was celebrated by the usual state banquets given by Ministers. The Earl of Derby received a party of Peers : the Countess afterwards held an assembly, at which the Duke of Cambridge was present. Mr. Disraeli's party consisted of Members of the Commons. Mr. 'Walpole entertained the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, and the other Judges. Lord Malmesbury received the Foreign Ambassadors. General Peel's party included the Commander-in-chief, and the chief officials connected with the administration of the Army. The gentlemen connected with the Colonial Department, and some Colonial notables—in- cluding the Bishop of Jamaica and Sir James Brooke—assembled at Lord Stanley's table. The Marquis of Salisbury received a number of Members of Parliament. Representatives of the Naval profession dined with Sir John Pakington. Earl Delawarr and the Marquis of Exeter's parties mainly consisted of noblemen and gentlemen connected with their re- spective departments. The Archbishop of York entertained the Lord Pri-

mate and the Bishops. large number of Queen's Counsel and the leading members of the bar were feasted by the Attorney-General, at the Albion.

Lord Palmerston had a dinner-party. on Saturday ; and Lady Palmerston held a reception. The Speaker had his fourteenth Parliamentary ban- quet. The Prince of Wales has forwarded a donation of 501. towards the erec- tion of a new church in Killarney.

The Marquis of Dalhousie arrived at Southampton in the Indus from Malta on Thursday, with the two Ladies Ramsay. The Queen of Holland, now on a visit to the Emperor of the French, is showing in Paris the same indefatigable industry in inspecting public insti- tutions for which she was noted while on a visit to England.

Helene Louise Elisabeth, Duchess of Orleans, died suddenly in her house at Richmond, on Tuesday morning. Only a fortnight ago, in good health and spirits, she dined with Lord Lansdowne. Her two sons, the Count of Paris and the Duke of Chartres, and all the Orleans family in England. were present at her deathbed. She was the youngest daughter of Frederick Louis Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, and was born in 1814., She was married to the late Duke of Orleans in 1837. In 1842 her husband was killed by a fall from his carriage, and from that time she wholly devoted herself to her children. The famous scene in the Chamber of Deputies in 1848, wheh she appeared leading her eldest-born by the hand, will recur to the memory of all. The attempt to save the monarchy of July having failed, the Duchess and her sons fled to Belgium. They have since resided in Germany, occasionally paying visits to their relatives in England. The friends of Cardinal Wiseman have for the last few weeks entertained serious apprehensions as to the condition of his health. Such is his state at present that on Wednesday last it was deemed advisable by his medical advisers that he should retire from London, in order to avoid the anxiety and worry of business. On Thursday the Cardinal left his residence in York Place, Baker Street, for his country seat at Leyton, Essex. He is said for some time to have suffered from diabetes,—a form of disease looked on as incurable.—Morning Chronicle.

By some mismanagement, Chester barracks have been so crowded with men, women, and children—all the volunteers for the Royal Canadian Rifles having been concentrated there without reference to the amount of accom- modation—that scarlet fever and measles have appeared among the soldiers. "In a fifteen-men's room were crowded eighteen women and forty-four chil- dren, and fever shortly after made its appearance." As soon as the mischief had been perpetrated, steps were taken to prevent its spread, by sending off detachments of men to Salford, Bury, and Liverpool.

Something like discipline. On the 7th of May an individual in plain clothes was entering the Governor's Palace, Malta, with a lighted cigar, when he was stopped by the sentry, with an intimation that his orders were not to allow smoking. The individual referred to signified that he was the Governor, Sir John Gaspard Le Merchant. This, however, had no other effect than to make the sentry more firm in the execution of his duty, and his Excellency was under the necessity of casting away his much-cherished "Havannab." During the day the order-board was withdrawn, and a new one issued from the Town-Major's office, with the omission of the objection- able prohibition. [Railway Directors should either engage this sentry to carry out their orders against smoking, or else follow the Town-Major's example.]

The clipper Red Jacket has made an astonishing run from Melbourne to Liverpool, occupying only sixty-seven days.

Four ships built for Turkey—two to ply on the Danube, and two for the Government—by Messrs. White, of Cowes, appeared at Southampton on Wednesday, were handed over to the proper Turkish authorities, and then embarked pleasure-parties, English and Turks, for a trip on Southampton Water.

The West India mail announces that Mr. Robert Straker Turton, a Registrar of Demerara, has absconded, leaving a deficit of 16,000 dollars- 11,000 dollars on account of Registration-tax, and 5000 dollars on account of "the Estates Arms." He is supposed to have fled to North America.

The number of deaths last week, 1057, was only one in excess of the number in the preceding week. The average of death is 100 higher than the actual death returns. Two persons of great age, one 97 the other 102, died last week.

Mr. Frank T. Buckland, Assistant-Surgeon, 2d Life Guards, chronicles in the Timee a "birth extraordinary." "Your zoological readers will pro- bably be interested to hear that a young hippopotamus has been born in the Garden of Plants at Paris. The little creature made its appearance at the top of the water of the tank occupied by its mother about six a. m. on Mon- day, May 10. After swimming about a while the little thing attempted to get on dry ground, but the descent from the sleeping apartment of the pa- rent hippopotami into their bath not being sloped, it had some difficulty in raising its weight out of the water. The mother then came to the rescue, but in her endeavours to assist her little one up the step managed so to bruise and injure its tender body that it died the same evening. Accurate casts and drawings are being made of it for the inspection of future visitors to the gardens. Such an event has not, I believe, as yet ever taken place in Europe, and we cannot but regret the untimely end of the little hippo- potamus."

A letter in the Paris Dgats states that "the excavations in the Via Latina have led to the discovery of two other sepulchral chambers ; the se- cond, in particular, is in a wonderful state of preservation. The marble tombs are covered with sculptures of great beauty, but what is of still more decided interest is the paintings with which the roof and sides are or- namented, and which are as fresh and as bright as if only executed yester- day. Some of the compartments contain animal and human heads of a per- fection nearly equal to that of the best cameos. The whole would be just as they were the first day, had not some Visigoth secretly detached one of the heads. It is thought that the Roman Government will purchase these monuments and the surrounding ground."

A gentleman of my acquaintance, a German was in the pit-stalls of the Odeon Theatre last night, with his son, a handsome lad of fifteen. Between the acts a sergent-de-ville bustled up to them, and in a sneering tone of voice audible throughout the pit, said, "The Commissary of Police desires to speak to you and the lady in his private room." The gentleman astonished, and not a little indignant, rose from his seat, and, follewed by his son, was ushered into the presence of the commissary. This function- ary addressed him as follows—" Sir, in France a woman is not allowed to appear in public in male attire without authorization. Have you an authorization ?" The answer was, "Sir, I do not know what you mean by talking of women ; this is a boy." The commissary then surveyed the youth from head to foot, mad observing, "Well, I see he has incipient moustachios—that is enough," allowed the parties thus strangely disturbed to depart, but he did not vouchsafe to offer a word of apology.— Express.

The Archbishop of Santiago having issued a pastoral in which he com- plained of the existence of a Protestant chapel in Valparaiso, the citizens of Valparaiso treated the pastoral with the contempt it merited.

A Parliamentary return shows that the natives of India hold a less pro- portion of the Territorial Debt Stock than was supposed. In 1847, the Go- vernment Debt was 36,536,693!.; of this 23,446,877/. was held by Euro- peans, and 13,089,266/. by natives. It is believed that of the loans raised since 1847, the propottion taken by natives has been about the same.

In the year 1857 there were employed in the trade of the United King- dom 27,596 British steamers and sailing vessels of 6,853,705 tons, and 21,942 foreign vessels of 4,621,494 tons entered inwards, and 27,113 Bri- tish ships of 6,840 402 tons with 2;469 foreign vessels of 4,863,191 tons elent.ed outwards. 1085 timber ship& of 187,181 tons, and 193 iron ves- sels of 63,291 tons, were built and registered in- the United Kingdom last year 1727 vessels were sold and transferred, 662 of 157,683 tons were wrecked, and 79 were broken up ; 17 colonial-built ships and 74 foreign- built ships were registered in the various ports of the kingdom last year.

CRYSTAL PA.LACE.—Return of admissions for six days ending Friday, May 21st 1858, including season-ticket-holders, 20,624.