The Express. — London, England, 1863-03-10 00:00:00

:E EPEE, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1863. and laurels and evergreens are befog brought into the town by wholesale. The Hartley In stitute, Barest. Audit-home, Pcat•ollie, Custom house, Map-office, Admire,ltroffice, railway-station, and Peninsular and Oriental and Royal Nail Company's offices will be gorgeously illuminated. Owing to the death of his brother, the Mayor has transferred the arrangements for the magnificent illumination of his private residence to a triumphal arch at the entrance to the town. Excursion steamers will run tomorrow, and crowds of strangers are I expected in the town. t", Not a cab, fly, or carriage can now be hired for tomorrow, as all have been engaged. The monster bonfire is to be on the sane course, and it will be visible in the Isle of Wight. Thousands of commemorative medals have been purchased, to be given away to servants and children in the town. The Custom•bouse apartments in the dock, have been gives up to the Dock Company, in order that the latter may accommodate as many persona as possible to withers the embarkation of the royal couple. The High•street is now (3 o'clock) crowded with people examining the arrangements for illumination. Hundreds of workmen are busy oompleting the arrangements. Crowns, stars, Prince of Wales' plumes, the initial letters of the Prince and Princess, formed of popipee or coloured lamps, to. gather with garlands, mottoes and transparencies, cover the home fronts. The process of roasting the ox, which is to take place in Porter's Used at twelve tonight, will extend over twelve hours. The carcase has just been prepared for placing before the fire, in a large brick stove, and has been trussed and spitted with great culinary art The cooks are busy with their work, and the turner:eta will make the huge carcase revolve by means of machinery ; crowds of persons are watching the operation,. Men, women, and children are all looking eagerly forward to the enjoyment of the great celebration tomorrow. A bonfire, the large* ever made there, is to be lighted tomorrow night, at Bolton's Bench, the highest part of the New Forest. It will be visible from the whole of the western portion of the Isle of Wight. HAMNTEAD AND HIOIWATIL—The inhabitants of these suburbs are determined not to be behindhand in their demonstrations of loyalty. To-day is to be kept as a holiday, and treeta will be given to the poor and the school children. In the evening a royal salute will be fired from Parliament-hill, Hampstead-heath, as the signal for the lighting of a tremendous bonfire on the heath. Up to yesterday there were from 40 to 50 barrels of tar and pitch, about 6 tons of coal, and a large mass of fallen timber on the spot. Independent of this, there is to be a gland and extensive display of fireworks by the resident gentry, and the illuminations will be very extensive. Colonel Aleock, of the Royal Fast Middlesex Militia, has ordered the band to be in attendance at the bonfire. Woot.wicw.—At Woolwich to-day there will be a general holiday. The whole of the public establish ments and most of the shops will be closed. A grand military display will take place on the Common ; and at eight, is addition to the illuminations, which will be on an extensive scale, an immense number of fireworks will be discharged from the grounds of the Royal Military Reposi tory, near the garrison. In accordance with orders issued by Ms or-General Sir R. J. Dames, H.C.13., commandant, the whole of the troops in garrison will assemble on the Common in review order at half•past eleven o'clock this morning, and arrangements have been made tocarry out the most complete field day evolutions. The proceedings will commence at twelve o'clock, when a feu de joie will be fired by a battery of artillery ; and not the lout interesting fea ture of the review will be the appearance of each soldier in the ranks wearing a white rosette. The pyrotechnic dis play will take place at eight o'clock. Lyrwaroot.—Though Liverpool will undoubtedly be behind many smaller toms In the variety and apposite ness of the marriage festivities, still the display will be much better than was originally anticipated. The illumi nations promise to be, in every seam the finest ever sem in the town, and the majority of both the mercantile cam. Inanity and the tradesmen will keep the day in came holiday, though there will be bat little for the public to see till the afternoon and evening. Mr. Beaky, of the Adelphi Hotel, has given 100 guineas to the Blind Asylum instead of illuminating his establishment. Yesterday morning the weather was very wet and dull in Liverpool, but it cleared tip in the afternoon, so that • fine day is confidently and hopefully anticipated. Tug MALVZRN Nucor; Far.—The interest which has been excited far amid wide in the .saner of the beacon fire which is to be lighted tip on the topmost peak of the Malvern Hills to-night will render the following parti culars acceptable, especially to those who may be on the look-oat on other high grounds in different pert, of the country :—We should state that the lighting up of the bonfire will be preceded by a torchlight procession, which will start from near Malvern Abbey Church, at the foot of the haueg6.3o or 7 p.m., and will eousistlof some hundreds of torchbearers. The procession will wind its way up the bill by the devious pathways, and pawing St. Ann's Well, will proceed up the Worcesterehire Bosom, the summit of which will be reached in about three-quar ters of an hour. Here, on the topmost point of the Malvern ridge, the materials for the fire have been built up to-day. The materials with which it is OM posed are 500 hop poles, 300 faggots of wood, 100 ter bane/a, 150 flour barrels, sad some is or dozen waggon leads of timber, shavings, old boxes, he. Coal was found at the attempt in 1856, to burn too slowly and with too flame, therefore more inflammable materials will now be used. It is calculated that the flames will rise to a greet bright, and be visible in many surrounding counties. It will be lighted at eight o'clock, and the fact will be aa• Pounced by a salvo of artillery and a flight of rockets. The weather last night would bate Des very suitable for the lighting. A WKLCOMK. (By the Poet Looresie.) Bea-kluge' daughter from over the sea, Alexandra ! Saxon and Norman and Dane are we, But all of us Danes in our weloome of thee, Alexandra I Welcome her, thunders of fort and of Beet ! Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street ! Welcome her, all things youthful and sweet, Scatter the blossom under her feet ! Break, happy land, into earlier flowers ! Make music, 0 bird, in the new-budded bowers ! Welcome her, welcome her, all that is ours ! Warble, 0 bugle, and trumpet, blare ! Flags, flutter out upon turrets and towers ! Flames, on the windy headland flue ! Utter your jubilee, steeple and spire ! Clash, ye bells, in the merry March air ! Flash, ye cities, in rivers of fire ! Welcome her, welcome the land's desire, Alexandra! Bea-kings' daughter as happy as fair, Blissful bride of a blissful heir, Bride of the heir of the kings of the sea, 0 joy to the people and joy to the throne, Come to us, love us and make us your own : For Saxon or Dane or Norman we, Teuton or Celt, or whatever we be, We are each all Dane in our welcome of thee, Alexandra! Hamm! or H.R.H. Paittcs ALFRID. —A tele gnm yesterday says :—" His Royal Prince Alfred is now quite convalescent. He is permitted to take free outdoor exercise and his usual meals. The disease has entirely disap peared." Sir Andrew Buchanan, the Rugblab Ambassador at the Prussian Court, will, we learn by telegraph, give a grand dinner to-day in Berlin, at which the King and Queen of Prussia will be present, in honour of the marriage of the Prince of Wales. The Prince of Wares jewellery is now beaming the " rage." Huedreds of thommeds of medals have been aback of to commemorate the royal marriage. TVS PRINCIPE ALZIANDILL AND TEN IIAIOATI LIEIBOAR—TM Margate lifeboat, beloeging to the Royal Retinal Lifeboat lestitutiou, put off early on Friday man lag z to m tr Victoria end Albert yacht, is order to afford the Alexandra au opportunity of examining the liar liar °Destruction of a 13ntieh lifeboat. Her royal m ed to be much pleased with the complimeat the paid Despatches were wet to the Governors of Malta, Haylos, Hoag Snag, Irsbgroa, and to th e Lord High O. sistiosar al the loaina Wan& TEI lurningarzoss. The gates at Constitution-hill and Horse Guards, and all the gates of St. James's and Hyde Parka, will be kept open all to-night for carriages and cab( Sr. PAUL'S additfo to the arrange manta which have been going forward visibly for moms day. for illuminating St. Pours Cathedral with the electric light, the Hon of the Admiralty has been obtained in the design of exhibiting by other means the proportions of this noble edifice. A number of powerful lanterns of modern design, such as are used in vessels of the first clam in the royal navy, baa been forwarded, at the instance of the department, from the factory of Mesas. Miller and Sons, Piccadilly, lampmaken to the Admiralty. 24 bow lanterns (red) and 24 mast lanterns (white) will bang round the base of the dome like a variegated zone ; at a greater elevation 16 others, similarly varied in the distribution of colour ing, will be suspended like a onetime ; while from under neath the ball and cross, like a jewel in the forehead of the great cathedral, the electric light will dart its rays on all sides. A party of bluejacket& have been told off to assist in carrying out the requisite details of arraegement. Tug Mmentriarr.—To-night Mr. Ladd has undertaken to illuminate the Monument by the electric light for the City Reception Committee. He intends to place the principal light about three feet above the flaming ball or urn. It will be the largest and most brilliant that can be obtained. The lamp will be the one used by Professor Holmes at the late International Exhibition, and .imilar to those now in use at the Dungeness lighthouse. There will also be four other electric lights in the gallery, which are to be reflected upon the urn. By this means a very beautiful and brilliant light will be produced, enabling it to be seen for abut thirty miles around London (provided the night be clear). There will be 420 nitric acid batteries employed. THE Doan or Yolues Commit.—The Fitamaurice life• light, as need for lightiog the royal deaf at Cherbourg on the oxsaion of her Majesty's visit to the Emperor of the Preach, will be exhibited from the top of the Duke of York's Column this evening, at 8 o'clock, by order of her Majesty's Board of Works. Tex Poucs IN HMI-PAIL —The arrangement by which the spectators in Hyde•park on Saturday were kept at an unneceseary distance from the line of the royal procession caused some well founded complaint on the part of the public. We under stand that the regulation enforced formed no part of the original instructions given by the police au thorities, and was contrary to the express orders of Sir R. Mayne.—Times. Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner last even ing his Excellency the Saxon Minister, the Marquis end Marchioness de Cadres, the Earl Granville, Maria Mar chioness of Autebary, the Earl and Countess of Cork, Colonel Carlton and the His. Mrs. Dudley Carlton, Lord Henry Gondola Lennox, M.P., Mr. Delano, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Dr. Quin, ton Miss Burdett Coutts and Mrs. Brown left Strat ton-street for Torquay yesterday. The bonfire Upon the Cliffe Hill, Lewes, will be lighted precisely at 8 o'clock to-night. It appears that ar rangements are now made for seven fine to be lighted about this hour on the bills within a range of eight miles of Lewes—viz., at Firle, Mount Caburn, Cliffs, Rottingdem, Piddinghoe, Ditchling, and Black Cap. A correspondent of the/Times says :—"Our Queen's equipages have not, of late years, bees remarkable either for their beauty or for the taste and finish with which they are turned out, and, certainly, the servants, carriages, and cattle selected on Saturday last to convey the Danish Princess through joyful Loudon ' attired in its holiday cloth ing, meet have been the very dregs of that singularly ill appointed establishment known as the Royal Mews, Pim lico. Neither the liveries nor the harness were new, or any thing like new, nor were the horses matched either in colour or in figure; indeed, they might reasonably have been objected to by any moderately fastidious woman of the hedchenber going out a shopping ; and yet they were deemed by the Master of the Hone—and by nobody else— good enough to drag to ber home, in public procession, in the face of assembled England, Alexandra, our future Qum? Tas RECISITT Lever..—A morning contemporary says :—" Amongst the noblemen and gentlemen presented at the recent levee, report speaks of one—introduced by a certain noble duke—who, in July. 1853, was tried for per jury at Chelmsford, convicted, and sentenced to seven years' transportation, and subsequently permitted to go at large on a 'ticket of leave.' No more striking instants could be afforded of the amenity for greater caution being exercised in the selection of gentlemen eligible for presen tation at the *Dort of St. lamee'a." THIS WIDOW OF SIDNEY EMMERT. —A corre spondent of the Conk Examiner states that lady Herbert of Les, who is now in Home with her children, bar em braced the Roman catholic faith. METROPOLITAN POLICZ AT WARRAW.—On Thurs day Mr. Hammy inteeds to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, " whether he will lay upon the table of the house the note of the Russian ambassador communi cating the desire of the Grand Duke Constantine, lieute nant-governor of Poland, that some of the metropolitan police force should be sent to Poland; whether, at the date of that application by the Russian ambassador, her Majesty's government were aware that a state of siege was in force in Poland; whether her Majesty's government had reodved any information (prior to the date of the Russian application) that political disturbances and amide of poli tired prisoners bad taken place in Warsaw ; whether the metropolitan police officers despatched by the government to Poland received any instructions or made any reports, and whether such instructions and reports will be laid upon the table of the home' On Thursday Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald will ask the Ceder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the French ambamador has communicated to her Majesty's government the project of a collective note to be addressed to the government of Russia by Fr race and England with reference to Poland ; whether her Majesty's government have declined Wake that course in concord with the go vernmeat of France; and whether the Austrian govern- ment hal declined also to adopt the same muse on the ground of this ref noel ? The criticisms upon Macbeth in the French journals are most &manias. Somebody has told Jules Janis that the expramioo, " She should have died hereafter," mesas that she is dead both body and sold ; whilst Edouard Fornier congratulates the French people that M. Jules Lacroix has omitted the scene in which Lady Macbeth murders her owe Wind ; for that it never would have been sanctioned. Ignorant was he of the fact that this thonaht never entered the head of f3hakapere, but that it was a wild invention of Desk, sad that it was received with tre mendous applause in Paris when the play called Macbeth was first brought out, but which bears but alight ream - blame to the grand conception of the immortal dramatist. Since the loss of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Columbia two of their steamers have bees ashore, oce at Singapore zed another at Sue; and one has been on fire at Song Kong. The railway to Bishop's Waltham, in Hants, will be °pea for goods traffic at the sod of the pretest ',youth. At prceen t 110 mails pass through the pneumatic despstch tube from the station to the district post•o®os during the day, and not only letters, but trucks of iron of the weight of five tons have passed, and adventurous visitors now and then perform the journey, to thaw great delight. - - The Paris correspondent of the Spectator relates, " It. Emile Angier, whom the success of Le lila de Gitoper has made the lion of the day, found himself a few eveninp ago, at a dinner party given in hie honour, near one of the suspicious heroines of the quart de wade, who is to be met with every where, and bas grown rich enough in her vocation to build a magnificent hone% with a grand staircase of marble el Carrara. The whole city has rung with the praises of that marvellous stairmae, which immediately become the topic of conversation. The lady bad a desire to have some ' aphorism' engraved in golden letters on the first step, and bluntly asked the unsuspectiog dramatist to compose a verse or two on her behalf. To the utter astonishment of all pumas present, the poet declared his readiness to comply at cam with her wish, took oink of her cards. and wrote me the spot the following Alexandria : Ainsi qua la vertu, le vice a sea &pis (as wall as virtue, vice hoe its steps)" Dl°cash os CIIIIITZS.-01.DINATION.—The Lord Bishop of Chador Woods to hold an ordinetims at Meter se weal cm Trinity Sunday (May 31). Ousdidates for sr& rhea as that day are required to forward all their requisite papers esimplete, es or Wore the 14 of Way, to the bishop's secretary (Chas. T. W. Parry, Faq., Cheater). from whea l all nesemary hdormasien sad inferentiaa may beebtaismd. ROYAL ThADmistam—The following appoint- I l imits hare bees made :-11imirs. Goode, of South Audley streak have received the diatinguisbed appointment of supplyimr swam% mannfactone ; Rewire F. Deet, 61, aissed, to be wake sad clock makers ; Mr. J. Hogerth, Haymarket to he printeeller and piotomframe maker ; Marra Swaim wed Adestey, 1815. PSmiAtlly, to be whip -hem to hie Royal Highe' t h e Prime of Walls. EXPRESS FROM PARTS. (non ova owl PAM, MONDAT EVIIINCL A cabinet courier has arrived from St. Peters burg with despatches from M. de Montebello to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and iu consequence of the im portance of these despatches he performed the journey in the unusually short space of four days. An extraordinary ministerial council was held to-day, the Emperor presiding. It is already rumoured that the answer of Russia to the Emperor Napoleon's proposals is as unsatisfac tory as could well be. The cabinet of St. Peters burg, it is said, does full justice to the good inten tions of the French government, and makes abun dant protestations of sympathy for Poland. The Czar admits to the fullest, extent that Poland has as great a right to enjoy his bene volence and protection as any other part of his empire. But inasmuch as the present insurrection is attributed to the re volutionary party, and the Russian government cannot possibly show itself timid and apprehensive in the face of the revolution, it refuses to make any concession whatever until the rebellion shall be entirely put down. I have little doubt that the above is the substance of the despatch just received ; and I attribute to the knowledge that some such answer was on its way, the postpone ment of the debate in the Senate on the Polish petition, and the doubtful paragraphs which were launched last week in some of the government organs. Prince Dolgoroukoff (or Dolgorouki) is to have a private audience of the Emperor. He is one of the most considerable personages in the Russian empire ; he is a general of cavalry, aide-de-camp to the Emperor Alexander, chief of the 3rd section (high police) of the private chan cery of the Emperor, and a member of a section of the plenum in the imperial council. That a person with all these titles should have come poet baste from St. Petersburg to see the Emperor, under present circumstances, without a " mission," is what I don't believe, although the PaMe is pleased to say so. In all probability he comes to explain to the Emperor confidentially the reasons which weighed with the Czar when he sanctioned the official despatch. The Bourse continues firm, with very little change. The Italian Loan rose 26c. A petition presented to the Senate against the law of 1852, which enabled the Emperor to dismiss s judge at the age of 70 upon the presumption that his faculties must then be decayed, was lately re ferred to the Minister of Jortioe for consideration. It is now rumoured that M. Delangle intends to recommend that the ake for retirement shall be ex tended to 75. I have not the least doubt that this change will be made, because the reasons which led to the law of 1852 no longer exist. All the argu ments officially put forth at that time about the injury done to suitors by senile imbecility were but hypocrisy and nonsense. The real object was to weed the bench of Orleaniat members who could not be depended on in political cases. That object having been now attained, old age will be spoken of in quite another tone, and we shall shall hear of the austere graces of grey hairs, and the additional authority which the decrees of jus tice will derive from the sanction of venerable men *rho are the living traditions of law. The republican party of 1848 has just lost one of its most eminent members, K Liaipokl Duras, who was a colleague of Armand Merriest in the National, and became principal editor of that jour nal after the revolution of February. Driven from the field of politics by the course of eveuta, K Duras became a merchant, and of late years only used his journalistic pen in writing prices current and trade reports. He died at Bordeaux. POLAND. A Lemberg letter contains the following : . The Romans are now operating against Langiewicz on four sides. Mcnizaoff commands the corps coming from Czeostoehowa, Dobrowaki that proceeding from Staszow, Czengery that which has left Kielce, and &potion the troops from Miechow. The insurrection is increasing is the neighbourhood of Plonk and Kalish. In Podlachia the Russians have again experienced a check at Biala. At Oksza, and then at ' Bolin, in the government of Lublin, the Poke have obtained several successes. The Poles, profiting by experience, are decided on confining themselves to a war of partinans, which will force the Russians to employ all their forces. Regi ments of the Guard are consequently being day sent from Bt. Petersburg to Poland. A cars of the first reinforce. sesta occupy Lithuania. A battalion of the Emperor's Charenn has been sent to Warsaw. Ten divisions now occupy the kingdom of Poland, with its an cient province, making 150,000 men. Reinforcements to the number of 10,000 are expected. In that part of Poland called the Kingdom 80,000 soldiers are encamped. Warsaw is occupied by 30,000, and the five fortresses by 25,000; the active army is consequently only 25,000 men. In Lithuania are 60,000 troops, which is insufficient to hold that country, it being an large as Hungary. The towns of W dos, Groduo, Bialystok, Kowno, Thiriabourg, Poloak, Vitebsk, Mohilew, Bolaniah, Miok, Pinsk, Riga, and Mitten, alone absorb all these forest. In Podolia. Volhynia, and the Ukraine, are only 20,000 men, who are absolutely no. canary for holding the towns. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TITIODAY, AUSCH 10, II a.s. 12S K. D. W. P. I.! Q. I. H. I. ,a. , _ _ Nairn - -I- - - Aberdeen OM 8.1. 8 olb 0.90 4 Leith 10.46 ILL le 0 - 6 Ardramen AU LILL 20 o 6 0.16 8 Portman WU 6.1 L 12 b• - —' 2 Galway WU 40 6. 11 0. - 2 Velerdla M2828 && W. 11 412 1.16 4 U o 6 AU 1 oarbead " 7 :1457 &&L Liverpool 19.41 Z. 24 t 1 1 • 8.02 2 Panama 19.18 1 K.W. 1 6OS m 1 4 4111 1 Jerse Brett y KAU 41 I W. 2 w t • 10.0 6 L'Orleot 19.41 41 1 W. 2 2: 4 a 7 0.241 I Rochefort - 29.46 1 P. 7 7. 4 I. - 0.91; 4 pty oulb Weymouth TAU 1 &K. 1 4 a. 3 0.0 4 Portsmouth 29.16 111 II Z. II tt 1i 6 I Kew. .19.41 Ul - L London - 119.41 21 1 Z. S 21 111 - Yarmouth.- 4017 1 W.N.W.' 910 0 - —II Scarborough. 4449 2 ILL 6 14 a - 4 Welds .. - 7 I H 011501104 19 3751 11 - I. 7• 6 0- —' 6 He der -1- WIDIIIIIDAT. TIMIDAT. N. N.R.toig.ll..strosit 1100YL•ND. LN.L B.B.K.,streag 'Dewy. SO • gale. LN.L to 8.9.1., strong lantairo. B.Z. to N. 8., strong, to a pie. some rain or snow. N. to IL and dB, w.czerri.m. NIL to SILL, a strong, with snow or pie to fresh rats. As nut above. N. W.FaAsca. LN.L toB.B IG, strong, Lgt.theotnno, Jeannie, snoworraln. As next above. LL RIBOLAID. N. N.B. to R, tune, with snow. - - - North Owls an Monday mad this Tuesday. B1?LANA110/1. - - • As next above. N.Y. to AS, strong to fresh. ' As wit above. N.N.I. to S&L. straw to fresh. D.—Barometer ooneeted sad redamd to IX deg. at mean sea level ; each 10 feet, of vertical Kee causing about oao-hundreith al an inch diminution ; and each 10 deg., above $3 dog., causing mewl, thew-hundredths Increase. 1.-11zposed thermometer in shade. D.—Difference of moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew point). W.—Wind, Direction of (true—tiro points left of L is t —Form a to 1 ! — estimated ). X. • Extreme force Q.—Quarter when extreme force, (X.N.11.=1 to 321 8 V1 L : b, bin* sky; e, clouds (goinshod); f, fog hail; 1. lightning ; ta, misty (ham); . OTORlig @MU) ;r, ra pe: S. snow ; thuonto. =Wk-fan, or snow, or hall intaitod). ADM last report 11.— flo IM Mew, o-illsterh an os L to X—l Wen Cactral=from Severn IL lbsindadrara Inghl to Mins& AMERICA. pion ows erscur. NEW YORK, V. 21. As to the general feeling of the people of the West, about which I said • good deal in my last letter, there is, I again repeat, no sign that they are disposed to oppose the administration in an anti war sense. The World, discussing the point this morning, confesses this to be the case, and quotes the St. Louis Republican, which it styles "the most important newspaper in that region, and the one best entitled by its position to speak for the intel ligent and thinking opposition," m follows : We shall not inquire into the claim of Mr. Ilahony to represent the political sentiments of the North-West. We cannot see where he obtained the knowledge of the popular tendencies of that section which enables him to speak with such positiveness ; and, in truth, do not believe the alleged facts on which his amnions are based to exist at all. Why is the West opposed to the further prosecution of the war and in favour of disunion ! foe the two,' sa the came stands, are ideotical. Mr. idshony says it Is because of the abolition policy of the Washiogtou administration. Now we agree—it would be useless to deny—that the Wert is thoroughly opposed to many of the pet measures put foah at the national capital- But two wrongs do not make one right. Yr. Lincoln and the whole tepublicsa and abolition party have it not in their power, by any ex travagance or nonsense, to palliate the gigantic " mistake" of the South, or to render union a particle less desirable. On the other hand, there is no evidence that were the pre sent administration democratic or even pro-slavery, the leaders of the rebellion would feel a desire to return to their allegiance. They say that were a white sheet of Taper pre anted them whereon to write their own terms of fellowship with the people of the North, they would take nothing but the unconditional recognition of the Southern Confederacy. They, the leaders, who, otter all, control the people by means of their military despotism, were practically in the earns boatility to the government before the emancipation proclamation was =sued, before the confis cation bill was passed, before the fugitive slave law was in effect oullified, as now ' • and they demand no more now than then. It is true the ultra tuessuree of republican partisans have solidified public sentiment at the South to a great extent against the administration, and, perhaps, rendered reunion more difficult ; but with thesis with whom our armies have to deal chiefly, the origival Seces sionist% there is no proof that the case would have been I very far Mine bad the war continued under the comer vative natioeal policy adopted at the beginning. It is no argument against the war that come persons support it I because they believe it will result in the abolition of slavery. Whatever side imam there may be in the minds of different persons, the contest is still one for union, and pre-emi neatly so. We can only have union now by vigorously prosecuting the war, for to cease hostilities in the fame of the uncompromising demands of the rebels, is simply to content to the disintegration of the country. The LouisoilieJourna/, another opposition paper, published in Kentucky, makes remarks on Val landigham's preaching', of the same tenor : We desire peace as ardently as the most orthodox fol lower of the humans Penn, but the country can accept no offer of peace from the rebels until it is able to dictate and enforce the terms, and we can listen to no propositions for truce unless mewled with a promise of reconstruction. Until then our armies must be maintained in the field, and all the resources of the nation must be put forward to' wash out the rebellion. The adoption of the policy of Yr. Yallandigham at the outset of the struggle would have been fatal to our national honour—a confesoon that the theory of our government had been • lamentable failure, and an ad mission that the people were unable or unfit to govern them selves under republican institutions. How much more de grading and subversive of the great principles which under lie oar constitution would a. craven peace be now, when we have so lavishly expended blood and treasure to main tain the integrity of the Union, and to show to the world that our popular institutions are self-sustaining, and that the great problem of our government has not reduced its demonstration to an absurdity. We do not believe that the member of Congress from Ohio will be enabled to millet even a handful of his party on his side of this question • on the contrary, the authoritative exponents of the democ rats, ash as governew Seymour, of New York, have never been more earnest is their wishes for • vigorous prosecution of the war by every agency which the constitution affords, the patriotism of the country offers, and the imminent don pr of the country demands. The rebels are not yet humi liated ; they have not yet been punished for their parricidal crime of striking at the heart of our nationality ; and, until some evidences of repentance are afforded and some desire evinced to offer reparation for the past, we must deal sturdy blows, and invoke the blessing of Hawse on our efforts. I have ventured to occupy so much of your space with the discussion of this topic, because I believe there is nothing of greater importance just now than that the English public should have accurate notions of the actual temper of the Northern people, and thus be able to form some notion of their own of the probability 'or improbability of an early peace. It must not be forgotten, though I am afraid it often is, that lengthy diatribes against Mr. Lin coln and his cabinet, and Congress, showing their folly and their weakness, written by English men, and published in London newspapers, do not produce a particle of effect iu America except to in crease the irritation against England. It is difficult, doubtless, for a great many good people to believe that Lincoln and Seward and " the mob" do not wince and grow sick of the war under the leaders and correspondenee of the Times, and under the strong disapprobation of the best English society. But the fact is that they do not, nor is there the least probability of their ever doing so. In fact, as far as one can judge, they are now a great deal more hardened against these in fineness than they were two years ago ; and how ever much we may deplore this insensibility, there can be no use in ignoring it. It exists and is in creasing. The disposition to allow foreign influence— even that of governments, much less that of news papers—to have any share in bringing the conflict to a close, so far from spreading, grows less every day. You have received by this time Seward's peremptory, and certainly ably written, refusal to adopt the French Emperor's second" suggestion" fora peaceful settlement of the quarrel. So far from damaging him, it has been, as far as its effect in this country is concerned, a signal triumph for him personally, and has done much to relieve him from the imputations thrown on him during the past year by the radicals. His position sinceits appearance is better with the public than it has been at any time since the Trent affair ; for both the tone of hie despatch, and the ground he takes up in his argu ments , will be dear to the American heart as long as the nation has not suffered far more loss and humiliation than have as yet overtaken it. I think there can be no question that any attempt on the part of France to interfere by fort* of arms on any pretext would result in an instant decimation of war, and it would be a war which would unite all parties and classes at the North in a desperate struggle, from which all three belligerents would suffer horribly, and the French operatives would gain nothing. The Conscription Bill, placing all able-bodied men between 20 and 45 at the disposal of the government, has passed the Senate. It will be violently opposed in the House, on constitutional grounds, as it takes the militia out of the bands of the State governors. It will, if carried out, furnish a levy of nearly 2,000,000 of men. But the Bank ing Bill has passed, and is a great triumph for the government. The Royal Mail steamer Asia, from New York on the 25th ult., arrived at Liverpool shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A summary of her news has already appeared in our columns. MANCNINTZR, SHIFTIELD, AND LINCOLNAHIRI RAILWAY.—This total expenses of ibis company's railways, 'Deluding rear, tolls, duty, ka, from January 1 to Mitch 1, 1863, amounted to 52,5751., as against 529804 for the comeponding period of 1862. The proportion of the Bmatli Junction reripte aoeruing to this company from Jetsam,. 1 to March 1 amounted to 4,7091., r against 4,5374 for tho oorrespoodion period of 1862• and the ex prom to 2,1(131., r against 2,12'P. The total receipts, in cluding rents, km, of this oornpany's canals, from January 1 to February 28, amounted to 9,7784, aa spirt 10,28111. for the Gomorrah'' period of 1862: sad the expenses to 7.9791.. as against 8,0481., lemur a balance of set profit of 1.7991., as spinet 2,2401. for the eorrespoaditig period of 1862 THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) NAILLBOROUGH4MLION. AT!IXPT MOM II 11111 POWS OICLUL Maryillit, a cook, living at 38, Grosvenor-mews, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following determined attempts at suicide : Sergeant Ghee, 3 0, acting inspector at the Maribormo mews polies-station, mid the defendant was tonight to the 'tenon drunk, and about half an hoar after she was placed la the cell he heard a peat noise, and on visiting the mil with the gaoler„ he found the defendant with her garter tied tightly round her neck, and she was even trying to tie it tighter. With great difficulty he got the garter from her neck, and bad maroaly left the cell when he was called back by the female be had left with the defendant and found she had tied her pocket handkerchief round her neck so tightly that she was nearly exhausted. She continued the ',emote on her life till she was quite exhausted, and fearing that she would lose her life he sent for the surgeon, who said she was only labouring under the effects of drink, and required watching carefully. He then placed an officer to watch her. Mr Tyrwhitt said the sergeant had acted with great de cision of j udg ment and kindness, and asked the defendant what she had to say. Defendant said she wee very sorry for it. She would not repeat the act. Mr. Tyrwhitt said be hoped she would not attempt aka • thing again, and consented to give the defendant over to a female friend who promised to take oars of her. THE LATH ATIII3I7TIED MORD= or TWO CHILDREN ♦ICD ATM/UT= MCI= OP TH2 NOTHIR. Carolineßather*, aged 23, a married woman, respectfully connected, was charged before Mr. Baker with attempt ing to murder her two children, and also with attempting to commit suicide by throwing boreal into the water of the Regent's Canal at Bt. Nacres. Mr. Thomas Wakeling smeared for the prisoner, and Mr. Beard watched the awe ea behalf of the husband. The prisoner, who, it is stated. is a dimipated woman, was seen on the towing path with her two children near her sad about to jump into the ainaL She was ;invested, sad given into the custody of poliaroonstable Galvin 207 8, when she said she was determined to kill her children and herself, and that if she did not do it then she would on I some future occasion. Mr. Wakeling said the prisoner bad been in the House of Detention for a week, and as she now deeply regretted what she had done, he hoped the magistrate would discharge her. Mr. Beard stated that the . husband of the prisoner had been compelled to resign several lucrative situate/an. through the intemperate halite of his wife. Although they bad been married but a few years they bad bean separated on several oceasioas. Hr husband was still repaired to make her as allowenoe, and to keep the two • Mr. Barker said it was a one he should sot at preseat deal with, and remanded the prisoner for • week. He declined to aocept bail LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (sr mambo LIVERPOOL MEETINO.-(THIS DAY.) HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Two milts._ The Dane, Pot Pourri, Emblem, Mary Ann ' Sir Bobby, Jacob, Jobany gry, Holderoryke, Remunerator, Maritana, and Avalaaehe are PAID Foarzrr.--Jealousy, Bomar, Sinking Fund. King Christmas, Soothsayer, Broomstick, Perris, and Leduury. £4O HANDICAP PLATE HoNiao. Lwow: rTi g Zir, Ld blif. lady are here. Yato Foirar. Eidolan, Grid, My Mary, Astarte, David Ana, and Churchman. SPRING CUP. A bout one mile and a ball. Upperlurnd,GlinTrici, --- itmnbardire Coats, Tolima.", &cape, Revolver Bohemia, Pima, Do u che , Lazy Boots, Brilliant, Mountain Raid f, and Kill or Cure are hare. Run Foinn.—Charts Fox, Stanton, Soothalyer, Mar mins, and Truant. TYRO STAKES. T.Y.C. Hypitios, Lord Pacooolterg 1, Proscription, Loosedab, Doctor, sad Lord Rotload arc here. PRINCE of WALETS CUP. About three•quirtere of Little Ledy, Bpicebox, Libellous, Ace of Clubs, Gun Trick, Tolima.", Revolver, Garibaldi, Recaps, and Quick sand are here. OTHLI Azarvsus.—ltedrop, Fano, Freshman, Mountain Buck, Flytrap, Light of Other Days, Drone, Johnoy Arm atroog, Dictator, Fravola, and Baal Jam NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMILALTY, MARCH 9. —PROMOTIONS AND AP- Penrrinarrs.—Coatmander H. Cluistien promoted to the rank of captain. Lieutenants B. H. Seymour to be flag-lieutenant to Vim- Admiral Sir Y. Seymour. G.C.8., Commander-in-Cbiet at Portsmouth ; and G. B. Brown to the Immorialite. Midshipman H. T. Harrison to the Victory. Acting Second-clitse Assistant Engineers J. Merest to the Asia, termini°e in the Caroms. ; Id. O'C. WOutie and R. Barnes to the Indus, as supernumeraries. Mr. W. B. Reeve hem been nominated to a naval cadet ship. CHATH/df, Murat .9. The troops at this garrison will take part in a variety of military puree and athletic sports on Chatham lime to-morrow, when they will contend for numerous prizes subscribed for by the offioers. A number of non-oommusioned offioers and men of the Royal Engineers h►ve been selected from the companies at head-quarters to proceed to New Zealand, for employment at the Royal Miat. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) Two o'CLocx. This being a holiday, business in the mining market is suspended. PROrnrciAL SHARE MARKETS. faXgazOOL. Mum 9.--11•1•4 to-day :—YkDand stock, 114 Masud, new 'karts, It. Di, fa 16141. p. —South Samisen sad Dover, Al- Groat Litzsatboarg, 16} 11-16 Dottrel, £3 d.—a Issaraato Company, 11, 11-1 14 3. 6.16 p.— kmplre ltsmins latorance. 7-16 e, 9-16, 3,3, 3. 9-16, p.—Der wane Exchange Bask, 13, 3,3, 1 P.—Nstiosal Bank, a 6/4„ I, L I. 3-10, 1 V. Despatches were reosived yesterday at the Co lonial-office from the Governors of Ohm* Malta, Heligo land, and the Mauritius. A LAMM COMMITTEE. —At a leading seaport town very receatly, a committee of ladies met to decide upon the disposal of certain fuoda raised with the object of presenting • bridal gift to the Princess Alexandra. Nearly 40 ladies attended the first meeting, at which it was re solved, after much debate and no little difference of opinion, to have a casket decorated with local views, made out of some old local relics. At the next meeting the lady who had presided at the first, and who had a right to preside on every occasion, was passed over, and another lady moved into the chair. It is only justice to say that, unlike others, she behaved with dignity. The first reaolutioo adopted, after much wrangling, was to rescind the one previously passed in favour of a casket. The debate then ran high, met of the ladies having different opinions an to the suit able article for a present. Amidst the confusion which pre vailed the words " bracelet," "cross," "diadem," "cradle," "stomacher," could be beard rising above the din. The strife at length subsided into single combat., and the ex clamations "Story-teller," and "You're another,"" What do you know of diamonds—excepting Irish ones? " "Of Of course your taste is better than anyooe else's !" were freely bandied about, till at length a lady, after weeping bitterly, was carried fainting out of the room. But the fracas did not end here. An embryo WP., who had taken an active part in the affair, and who advocated the selection of a diamond cross, which was then in the possession of a local jeweller, was attacked fiercely and accused of having an interest in the sale of the article—in fact, that b• wanted to make a profit out of the transaction. But the cross party, some of whom had strengthened their clique by bringing their daughters to vote, carried the day, and it was adopted. We believe the jewel is very similar to the one which the ladies of Liverpool purpose pre sating to the princess.—Liverpoot Attica. THE 40TH MIDDLIBIX RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. Captain Walters writing with reference to the statement that this regiment acted "in defiance of orders" in wearing havresacka last Saturday, says, "First, there were no orders to commanding officers on the subject ; and, secondly, we bad obtained beforehand the opinion of the best military authority that they would be perfectly unobjectionable on the ooession." As to the numbem of the corps present in the park, he writes that, instead of only 342, there were not far short of 500, includiog the bandsmen. The band were chosen to play the Danish national anthem as the Princess Alexandra passed the 3rd Brigade, of which the 40th formed a part—an honour they were naturally proud of, especially as they are all amateur musicians and " volanteera THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH. —The summer- Ilike weather which has prevailed throughout the toroth of February received a severe cheek on Saturday night, when the temperature fell to freathar. _Os Sunday the moors at I North Yorkabire end the East Riding Welds Were ell clad with snow, and in the fine sunshine shoes out amnia* white. On Sunday night hail fell, and time was every iodination of a severe fit of wintry weather. Unkeitmately, vegetation is much too far samosa, sprig.* being is fall bloom, and the blossom of other hilts ready to burst. ROYAL FEES HOSETTAL The nevahav ist_p_sidti!uts Mimed at this hospital during the , week ending; Ass* 7 was 3,015, of which 863 were new comm MONEY NARKII7.-(THIE. DAY.) Two o'Csocr. To-day, being the royal wedding day, is kept as • general holiday in the City. The Stock Zzoba•se and other public establishments are closed, and the attendance at the banking houses is little more than nominal. The demand for money yesterday was active, and the rates for good bills were maintained at Si to 4 per cent. At the Bank of England, how ever, the applications did not exceed a moderate amount. The Asia, from New York, has brought 119,6001. in specie, and the Bavaria 17,0001. for England. The William Duthie has arrived from Port Phillip with 11,5001. The steamer Magdalena sailed yesterday for Brazil with a total of 131,9601., of which 124,2601. was gold, and 7,7001. Busyness in the foreign exchanges was trans acted yesterday afternoon instead of to-day. The rates were firm. Subjoined is our usual list • • AmderAtm, 3 months, 11.17 1 to ; ditto, 3 days, 11,15 to 16 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, ILl7g to 18; Antwerp, 3 mouths, 25.421 to 7I • Hamburg, ma. team, three mouths, 13.71 to 8 ; Pare, 3 'days, 25.20 to 71 ; ditto, 3 months, 28.50 to 5; Frankfort-on-tbrldaMe, 3 mouths, 119 g to ; Petersburg (per rouble), 3 months, 36 to ; Victor. eff. So., 3 months, 11.80 to 90 ; Trieste, eft. , 3 months, 1L92 to 90 ; Madrid, 3 months, 49 to g ; Cadiz, 3 months, 481 to 49 ; Leghorn, 3 months, 25 . 55 to 60 ; Genoa, 3 months, 25.56 to SO ; Milan, 3 month', 25.56 to 60 ; Naples, 3 mouths, 25.60 to 5 ; Palermo, 3 months, 25.60 to 5; Xesina, 3 months, 25.60 to 5; Lisboa, 90 days, 521 to °Poeta 50 dolt, 52 1 to 53 . The American advice* report a fresh rise Of 8 to 9 per cent. in the quotations for gold and exchange at New York, the former having advanced from 64 to 72 prem., and the latter from 180 to 188. The rise in the prices of public securities at New York being still relatively less than this *drama a further considerable fall took place yesterday in most kinds of American stocks in the London market. The monthly return of the Bank of Vienna shows that the improvement in the position of that esta blishment is fully sustained, the amount of notes in circulation being 403,473,958 fl ; and the specie and bullion, 105,070,960 ft _ The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Friday next a special Nettling day in the shares of the following companies, viz. : Midland Bank* Compaay) L itziked) Tea Company (U To be merited in the official mited) daily list. Joint Stook Dieosunt Co= j pany (Limited) Para Gas Company (Li- 1 . To be marked in the twice mited) a-week list only. West Africa Company (1.11. Not to be marked at mited) preseet. • Strand 11°"1 Company (la- I Not tb be marked. mited) A general meeting of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Company is convened for the 23rd inet., but will be held merely pro foreed, "es the details of the contract between the company and her Ma jesty's government for the renewal of the postal service are not yet completed." The annual meeting of the Scinde Railway Com pany is convened for the 30th inst. , and the half -yearly meeting of the Pernambuco Railway Company for the 14th of ApriL The directors of the lonian Bank have declared a half-yearly dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 3,3651., and the South-Eastern an increase of 4,043/. The receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 90th Feb. were 14,910& sterling, being 4,4351. more than in the corresponding week of last year. The annexed memorandum is from the Oil Wells Company of Canada : The directors of the Oil Wells Company of Maeda have sent out by the Europa steamer, which miled from Liver pool on Saturday, as experienced oonissieviceier to report en the extensive tracts of land proposed to be purchased at the Oil Springs District, and to make all necessary ar rangements for the rainier and resistant convemem to this aountey of Canadian and Peensylvanian petroleum is gam tities, both crude and refined, sufficient to meet the daily tio morzeinif 6 F , .;iei s st and eine ported, h tle . ntal demand. Two .nadtte township of Enniskillen, where the directors intend having the the headquarters of their Censeli= operatioes. The Commissioner in Bankruptcy proposes, on the 18th inst., to make a call of U. per share on all those contributories of the " Plumstesd, Wool wich, and Charlton Consumers' Pure Water Com pany (Limited)," who have not fully paid up their shared. _ . -- Apetition for the winding up of the Fire Anni hilator Conpany ie to be heard in the Court of Chancery on Saturday next. The Dunmail hu arrived from China with 969,8271ba. of tea ; the Hurricane, with 742,916 lbs. ; and the Banda, with 483,31/1 lb*. MONDAY ZVI:PING. Consols, which closed on Friday at WA to for the Bth of April, opened and claed to-day at the same quotation. For money, the last price was 941 to There were some purchases of India Bonds at 17s. prem. The official business report is as follows :—Tbree per Cent. Consols, for money, 92/, ti ; ditto, for account, 92* ; Three per amts. Re duced, 91, 90/ ; New Three per Cents., 90f, 91, 90e, 91 ; Bank Stock, 2 3 8 i ; India Five per Cent. stock, 1081, i,l • ditto Four per Cent.. De bentures, 1884, 100 ; 'ditto Bonda, 17s. prem. ; Five per Cent. " enfseed" rupee paper, 106} ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1121. The India Five per Cent. stock was quoted 1081 to 11 ; and Exchequer Bills, 3a. dis. to ls. prem. The transactions in the foreign stock market were not numerous. The statement that the Porte has arranged a loan through Mesers..Oppen heim, to meet the dividends on the internal debt,lbas caused a rise of per cent. in Turkish Conselides. The certificates of shams in the Empire Marine Insurance Company (Limited) are to be ready for delivery on the 12th inst., in exchange for the bankers' receipts, and upon signature of the articles of association. Colonial government debentures oontinue in demand. Au advance took place to-day in those of Queensland, South AustrAlia, and Natal. The market for bank shares remains firm. It is a remarkable fact that the creation, within the last twelvemonths, of so many new and competing banks, has been ac companied by a great rise in the shares of ir.ciat of the older establishments. Even at the advanced quotations holders seem as disinclined as ever to part with their property. An improvement occurred to-day in Bank of Australasia, Union Bank of Ireland, and Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. In the miscellaneous share market there was no alteration, with the exception of a slight improvement in Van Diemen's Land shares. The shares of the Imperial Bank of Turkey were last quoted 81 to 9 prem. Ocean Marine ahares closed to-day at li ka til prem. ; Universal Marine, 11 to 14 dis. • and Mersey, 21 to 3 prem. • North iritish and Mercantile, 174 to 18} ; Com mercial Union, 346 to 546 prem. ; Oriental and General Marine r I to If prem. : and Loudon and Provincial Marine, par to} prom. The closing quotations for shares in new under takings were as follows British and Foreign Marine, le to 21 prem. • ' Cannes Hotel, If to lf prom. ; Oil Wells of Canada, 3 to 31 prem. ; Bank of Wales, par to prom. ; City of Loudon Fire and Life, 4 to 44 prom. ; Petroleum Trading, to . 1 rum. ; Union Marine, 2 to 21 prem. ; umpire Marine, to 4 prem.; Bank of Gibraltar and Mate, 1 to 11 prem. ; Continental Bank, par ; Intercolonial Bank of Australia and New Zealand, to 1 prem.; National Bank of Liverpool ,4 4 1 to 44 prem., being higher ; and Mercantile and Sqehange Bank, I to If pram. BAILWAiS.-(THIS DAY.) Two o'Clo . The Stock Etchtnge being closed t 0.4 , w•e have no retort to make under this head. I i illi