The Express. — London, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

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OWO Tye Itvortm of • TALI OF TWO 01T1111. Mom. J. Vista/. M.142w. VtMom Mr. Ornambel. Moo CMG tis•M• Madam. AAA. As/ IL I OTO ItUMILFILLYD. SUS 'anus PIT AND TILL OI.MAT PASSION. IT. JAMMU% Tor Tremor. I WILL IP TOU WILL—MIT ATTILTION& Mr Craws: Mrs Wysdrior—OlDO. Mr. o.Twer: Mirimap Wry& 11. .:wo OM% Mena,. Mis Area. mai Maw— Awl MAGIC TOM XI. 14dis Timirpros. Mir Lies /111. Ors. MIITUI111•. Too Twomm. IDA.: or. flimsies la so U. 100 tt 19 lrolo —TOO Nall. TO FAT. Wt.& limo.—•ad 1419 (TORT Ob . • MUST. Nom. aid Osaleed ; Stn. Z. Taesold. MOE WATh2 AT LONDON =DEM. r e dgL akiebTh alltiaow. I 11. 117. ..».....11fter••••• Ilk H.- . ft nem ..........111102•04 lb. 3111. LONDO2r, TUESDAY; PER. 28. THE direct result of last week's debate, and of Friday night's division, are beyond doubt of very high importance. It is satisfactory to find that the opinion of the country is so faithfully reflected in a Howe of Commons ejected under the asepioes of a Tory Government. The attempt to revive a pro tectionist cry, and combine a few special interests and threatened monopolies, spinet a Government scheme of liberal finance, has turned out a total failure. The resolate endeavour to substitute a barren and reactionary principle of Burl co in place ofone that is prolific and progressive, that looks to the future, arid provide' for a fresh development of the national resources, has bren triumphantly defeated. The completeness of the victory is a legitimate ground of national exultation. It might have been otherwise. The combination of party intrigue end special into_ rests hes often before now impeded and sometimes destroyed measures of the most general utility. It is, therefore, reassuring to the country and ha nourable to Parliament that lilo/11 decutve of the who. House should have again affirmed those great principles of Free Trade and commercial pro gress which. daring the last fifteen years, have more than doubled the mercantile and manufacturing ac tivities of the country. But the indirect results of the debate are scarcely leas important. The immediate question was, indeed, a financial one; but in a commercial country like our own, finance is necessarily connected with all the great questions of home and foreign policy. And when the Budget is made the subject of a great party struggle the discussion is almost sure to bring out the real feelings with regard to these questions that prevail on either side of the House. This is preeminently true of the recent debate. The old French antipathies and .tuitrian sym pathies of the Tory party, their love of a high level of expenditure, their partiality for war taxes, and their ecaroey concealed desire for the actual cncflict that would justify and increase them, came out clear:y enough in the various opposition speeches against the free-trade Budget. Bet on the great home question of Parliamentary lti form the real opinions of the Conservative party came out in still stronger relief. This is, in fact, the most valuable indirect result of the debate. It revealed the genuine sentiments of the Tory party on the subject of Reform, and placed them in sharp eon treat with those entertained on the Liberal side of the House. Mr. I);:atteu said on Friday night that Parliament had no oonfidenee in the Reform p. I.cy cf tf.e DEBIN Government or of the Con servative party. Aid certainly, after the debate of tut week, no one can wonder at this distriuit. Toe proepect of Parliamentary Reform constituted an important element in many of the sp eec h es ma d e i n support of the motion, as well aa in the speech of the mover (Mr. let ('.0.r.) himself. With these speaker. one great argument against the Budget wee that it only provided for the current year, whereas it ought to have made satisfactory provision for many years to tome. Why ? Became a measure for amending the representation is immi nent, and next year we may have a reformed Parlia ment. True enough ; but what of that ? Where is the force or relevancy of the argument? The force of the argument lies altogether in the assumption that a reformed Parliament will be unable to deal with the national finances; that if it attempts to discuss questions of taxation and expenditure it will itteitab:y fall into the extreme of reckless extra nous or " ehsseeparing economy." Such a res. ening involves the cool &gumption that the present 'Mem of representation is the only guarantee of calm and solid discussion, and that legislative wisdom in financial as well as in other matters will perish witk the present House of Commons. On such an hypothesis Parlia mentary Reform is not only tuineoeseary but mis chievous. If a reformed House of Commons cannot be trusted to discus the details of a Budget, it would manifestly be unfit for its duties, and its creation would be nothing more nor lean than a national calamity. If the Conservatives really believe this, why not frankly say so? why not oppose Parliamentary Reform altogether, instead of paying an evasive lip-homage to it, as is the fashion amoogst them at present? This is the straight forward and honourable course, and it would secure for them as a petty far more respect than the vacil laths( and contradietery policy they have recently permed. In all direct references to the question they profess a certain desire for Parliamentary Reform ; bat when touching upon it only inci dentally the mask falls off, and their real sentiments appear. We then discover, what had all along been suspected, that in their hearts they look upon Par liamentary Reform as an unmitigated evil. The debate hes don* good service in bringing this im pedant fact clearly into view. It also brought clearly out trio counter doctrine as this question held by all genuine Reformers—the belief that an enlargement of the franchise is not only desirable and necessary, but that it will be a 1 1 vast national benefit. Those who really desire such a measure have confidence in the patriotism and in telligence of the people. They believe that a large number, especially amongst the indus trial classes, who are at present unrepresented are not only entitled to the suffrage, but that their admission within the pale of the constitution will be an incalculable national gain. It will increase the efficiency of Parliament by bringing it into more direct relation with the actual wants and wishes, the feelings and opinions of the great body of the people. It will tend directly to raise the character of the industrial classes themselves, by appealing to their patriotism, by recognising their rights, by entrusting them with new duties, and thus directly strengthening their feeling of responsibility, their spirit of independence, and their sense of self respect. Mr. GLADSTONE represented these con victions in the recent debate ; and the eloquent answer to the Reform argument unhappily adopted by the Opposition was not the least valuable or striking part of his masterly speech. Replying to a rene gade Liberal, who from the Government benches had urged afresh the Tory objection to the Budget that it made no provision for next year, the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER boldly claimed thin ha tare as a special merit rather than a defect of his scheme. He would not recognise the present rate of expenditure as fixed and immutable, and he purposely wished it to remain under the control of Parliament. " Bat here," said Mr. GLADSTONE, "my honour " able friend came in and intimated that there is a " peculiar danger in leaving to the Parliament of " next year to make provision for the exi " genies of next year, because it is likely to be a " Reformed Parliament ; and so, because it is likely " to be a Reformed Parliament, you are to tie ap its " hands, as a man who holds an estate in fee simple, " and has got a d.sreputable son, entails and ham " pars it in every way he can, for fear his son will " abuse his power. That is the spirit in which we " are to act towards the Reformed Parliament. "We sre to go and say to an additional pot " lion of the people, ' We hold you worthy to be associated with your fellow citizens in the great " and noble office of choosing your representatives a ' in Parliament ; but when thou representatives " come and take their seats in the old British " House of Commons, they shall find the House " ' denuded, as far as we can effect it, of some of its " ' powers. They shall find that we have done for " ' them something we thought dangerous to allow ." them to do for themselves.' If there is to be a " reform of Parliament—if muses of our fellow " countrymen now excluded, be they great or small, " are to be admitted to the franchise—let those who " are returned to the new House, when they " mumble, be heirs to every power, to every privi " lege, and to all the liberty of the old ; and do not s' let as presume to lay the foundations of jealousy —perhaps of disloyalty and disorder—by pro " mulgating the doctrine that in proportion to the " larger number responsible for the election and " conduct of Parliament, the powers of that Par " lament are to be limited." These are true and noble words, and we note them with all the greater pleasure as the speaker has not i . ififore le huffily thrown in his lot with the genuine reformers. We welcome them still more because Mr. Gtansto:se speaks not simply as a member of the House of Commons, bet as a representative of the Government whose Bill for amending the repre sentation of the people is to be introduced on Thurs day next. When a Conservative member of the Ministry expresses himself so decidedly in favour of a large extension of the franchise we may fairly hope that the forthcoming measure will not disappoint the just expectations of the people. THE DIVISION LArr NIGHT. Mr. Monektoa Mlles we• supporlirl last soloing in hie propood to add at the end of the resolution words allowiog • draw bock for those " Who can prove by any other process which shall be satisfactory to the Commissioners of Inland lieree•y that sued stock of wine ham been acquired and the duty paid within two yon before the 10th of February, 1560," by, amongst others, Mr. Bus, Mr. C. 8. Butler, Sir H. Cairns, Sir J. Duke, Sir C. Nspler, end Lord Stanley. The government on the other hand received the support of Mr. Adderley, Mr. Arum, Right Hon. Sir F. Baring, R. W. Crawford, Right Hon. B. Disraeli, L3rd Palmy, Right Hos. J. Healey, R. Imam, John Lleke, Lord John Men • nen, &r John Pekington, W. Roupell,Allerman Salomon', Sir J. V. Shelley, &c. TER WINE Pr:rms.—At 12 o'clock last night the Home of Commons, la committee of the whole house on the Customs Acts, poised the reeolution of the Chancellor of the Bachequer, which was thereupon reported to the house- From that moment the old scale 01 duties creed, and the 1111 W one is now in full operation. Until the Mt Jam. next, them fore, there will be a uniform duty of 3s. a gallon upon all foreign wines imported into this country; and after that date a graduated scale of duties raoging from Is. per gallon upon winos amtaining kra than 18 degrees of proof spirit, la. 61. lone thin 26 doyen, end 2e. It lee. than 40 degrees, Mi. E. CRAIITORD'M MOTION ON TM The Importune motion, that It ha an instruction to the com mittee on corrupt practices at elections to Impairs If the ballot es used in Australia might sot advantageously be introduced Cato this country, standefesThisraday evening, when we trust the hinds of tee ballot will muster in strength to support tha motion. The 77 absentees from the division on Mr. Dime Anba's motion have mow an opportabity of retrieving the defeat their stoma canned on that occasion. NEW COLONIAL SECRETARY FOE THE GOLD COAST. —We are led to understand that Captain C. Manly Browne will no appoiatod Colonial Secretary for rho Gold Coast, vice Andrew, promoted.—Civil Berries Gamete. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—HVE Royal SWUM& the Duchess of Cang.riAite her Royal Highness the Primeees Mary, etteeded by Colonel Home Pant., the Austrian Mislosir, Condos D'Apposyl, end the count ies fkusogartea, bonoweed the rfornauvo of the new epee of and the palomino with Men primes loot wenn& Gamma L STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. --(THIS DAY. )—The halfq.arly general meeting of prepietors was hold this afternoon, at the officol in Lou, ard- One; sad the Mal dividend declared. NOTICE. =MEAN sad COLONIAL we mow. l• dm Win ••,... pol le liie •111 Ile ode= le a et" • taw Os No • be selbeebel el blemeerTe== eiebea. WS. LSI TIPPI G. War. MAPPINIV ELECTRO4ILVER YAMS DOOTSSIK Maoham bi i prifit Os Se Qmos—Ouss's salsAbiesic Losskaa. LO gifts. Pmts. Searogant Me se Midi PLATE. ,:%-iiii - _IMO. I^.l'.‘ ll"- I PE/ 1 . 1 0 •110 Prom • ••• • co. forts De.er tk Too IMOD Clan= Sao /raw • 4. 34 X V A IS 7 12 4 _ _ •P I . 4. 46 IM a M sp IS 14 6 I.?w..ist • I. 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Wirt OUDNILY sad 80N8—.RIIPLZ OORPB. rad Ibilmearmi.-1•1 fancy. 0 • 1000 MA- W Ie=I ,I I7DOU DIRT mai . 1,001040,11201t.i1ak ARMAN PAMIR HANOMOS i zt T e sm ndoced a. erip-x. az = a ura= sksza 'DIME sad LUBIWS WEFT SCENTS a t m Inzx is. e== a ra Lab sirs kr MN" ISE EXPRESS, TUESDAY. EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1860. gpt Court. The Queen and the Prince Cetannet e accompanied by the Princess Alice, and attended by lir Hon. Horan' fitopford, Lord Chula Fitzroy, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hot. D. de Roe, honoured Mr. Bell with a visit yesterday 'Serapes, at his *sae, in Douro-place, Kensington. The Prince Consort presided yesterday at • meeting of the Cesare of the Ducey of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate, et. Jame's-park. There IMO else present—The Keeper of the Privy Seal, Sir William Dauer; the httorney-Genaral,:flir W. T. Alexander; the TVIONIZIN Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps ; the Duke of Newcastle ; and the Secretary, Mr. J. R. Gardiner. Her Majesty's dinner petty is the evening included the Pflaollll Alive, the Dachau of Sutherland, Lady Fanny Reward, the Berl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Counters Dowager of Lichfield end Lady Owendolina Antos, Viscount Sydney, Lord Gillen% Lord Barrie, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles B. Phipps, General Sir Frederick Stavin, and the Deea of Wisdom. The bead of the Soots Fusilier Guards was in ►ttendance sod played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the drawing-room. The Duchess of Cambridge sad the Princess Mary visited the Duchess of Katt, on Sunday, at Buckingham Palace. A deputation from the rectifying distillers of Loosice, consisting of Mr. J. B. Burnett, Mr. J. Seeger, Mr. H. Ni cholson, Mr. Gordo', Masers. Hodge*, Messrs. Booth, mad Mr. Vallentine, letredeord by Mr. T. 8. Buncombe, M.P., attended by Mr. T. Browsing, bad an Interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing•street. A deputation from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Mr. Barley, M.P., Mr. Edmund Potter, Mr. John Chatham, and Mr. John Ponder, had an interview with the Right Has. I'. Milner Clitoon yesterday. at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation from the Vestry of Chelsea, emaciating of the Has. G. H. C. Syne, M.P. for Middlesex, W. Tit., Esq., M.P., Rev. R. Burgess (rector of tipper Chelsea), Mr. Han (ohurehwerdea), Meagre. Pray, Whitehead, Miles, Suetton. Symons, Richards, sad Gable (yea ryinen), and Mr. Labe. (vestry deck), had an interview with the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper yesterday, at her Majesty's Office of Works, White hall place. A deputation, condetiag of /Irma. Hart, Trower, Clark, Sandman, and Rock, had yesterday an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Calonial•ofoe from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian 'Mania. Dispatches were sent to the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Libaan, and Malta. Hie Excellency the Ambassador of Fnnoe and the Comatose de Persigny left Albart-gate Reese yesterday on a visit to Baron and Baroness Meyer de Rothschild at Meetmere, Bneldngbamshire. His Excellency the ➢Sinister for the Netherlands bee left town to pin his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange in hie elowsion through England. The Countess Bernetorff has issued cards for an assembly to-morrow evening at her mansion on Carlton house-terrace. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby have left the Bt. Otorges Soul fm Brighton for a few days. Lord and Lady Tredegar have left Grantham for Tredegar Park, Monmouthshire. Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley left town rosearday on a visit to Baron and Baroness Meyer de Rothschild at Mammon Perk, Buckinghamshire. Lady Churchill has left the St. George's Hotel. Lady Mary Wood had en assembly let evening at her mansion to Belerave-equere. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Censmons will hold his full dives levees at the Bpealiet's hone., Westminster, on the evenings of Wednesday, March 7, and Wednesday, March 14, at hall-past ten o'clock. Lord Abercromby is to he entertained to dinner by the tenantry on his different ertah■, at Bridge-of-Allan, on Friday nest. Sir Adam Hay and family are at present sojourn ing at Pau, In the south of France, where they intend to pun the spring• - The late Bishop of Rochester has left a large family, two of whom are in the church—the Rev. Frands Hay, rector of Chime!burst, and the Rev. Frederic William, rector of Bums. Of his daughters, one is Harriet, late Mar chioness of Camden; Augusta Ana is the wife of 8:r J. Pakington; &rah Maris, of R. Capel Cure, Esq. ; Eleanor Margaret, of J. J. Tufnell, jun., Esq., and there ara four others. The Rev. W. J. Rondell, of F ham, has been appolniti senior curate to the Rev. Hugh Atka, at Soothwaak. The select committees to try the Berwick-upon- Tweed, Pontefract, and Beverley elections will be chosen on the 13th of March next. Oa Thunday the Lord Advocate will introduce a bill further to emend the laws relating to the representation in par:iatnent of the poople of Scotland. On Friday Mr. Maguire will ask the Chancellor of the Esc& quer whether, " with a view to tho interests of the public service, the treasury contemplate, in the revision of the Customs department which must neceaearily take place conaNtient upon the al , erations in the tariff, placing those odioers on the superannuation or redundant list who have hitherto been found unworthy of reward or unfit fo r promotion; and, further, whether any provision will be made for the purpose of bringing forward these officers, without regard to the mere routine system of pronction, who, from their knowledge of commercial matters and poemsaing the confidence of the mercantile world, ere more likely to carry oat the new o:regiment to the satisfaction of the public." On Wednesday evening last a lecture on " Spain' was delivered to the members of the Hastings Itechecins' Institution by their representative, F. North, Fag. Print* Louis Lucien Bonaparte ha/ paid a second ,Wt to Mr. Mark Antony Lower, of Lewes, with reference to his undertaking on the dialectology of Europe. We (Sussex Adrertissr) understand that his imperial highness has nearly completed his series of the English provincial dialects, the .abject chosen for philological comparison being the Song of Solomon. About twenty-four melons of that sacred poem will, we are informed, make ep tho /tries, ma more than one of the number will be tualebel by Mr. Lower. The Philadelphia Press says :—" Rosa Boaheur is about to visit the tinite I States prof ssionally. As opu lent French gentleman, an isthmian in art, sons the* since commissioned her ladyship to cross the Allende, proceed to the great prairies of the tar Wed, and mint, from life, a herd of wild buffaloes. She wee to take her own time, ac complish it in her own way, and Si her own price. At ant she declined to entertain the proposition, but tidally, alter turning it over in her mind, and redacting what an original and splendid work die could make, she hes accepted the offer, and conies over in the spring to make the picture." At SL Petersburg on the 16th the Duke de Mon tebello, French ambassador, gave • grand ball, which wee attended by the Emperor, by the Grand Dukes Constantine, Niaboiae, sad Michael, and by fire archduchesses. The Rey. M. Jaillerd hee been appointed protes tant chaplain to the French expeditionary corps going to Chloe. Algeria has already begun sending to Paris peas, French beans, new palatine, strawberries, sad other vegeta bles sad trait., which in Bums only attain maturity in summer sad autumn. Mr. W. :Robinson, a Madras gentleman, who signs himself Commissioner of the " Miasmal Police," publishes an advertisement asking for candidates for polies commands. They must be robust men, nailer 30, sober, well ciindacted, with a "gentlemanlike tone of honour," firm, persevering, just, forbearing, frank, and possessed of tact; must lays had a "good systems:lc education," and b• prepared to keep ponies, must have a colloquial fa miliarity with nee native language sad a knowledge of criminal law. The King of Sardinia has just granted a free par don to a priest named Grillo, •ho had teen condemned by the tetanal of Casale to a yesr's unpile:anent for treason able liapage against the Kill', uttered is a ooffee-hones. The Pirstveranxa of Milan states that the muni cipality el that city have addressed to Sir Jame* Hudson a !Natatorium& the uppertions uttered by Lord Normanby In the House nt Lard', on the ith inst., in which they declare that the state of Milan, far from being earming, bas never bin owe satisfactory fa ewes) respect. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. The following is from the despatch just addressed by M. Thonwmel, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Frsnoe, to the French Ambassador at Vienna, of which mention wu made yesterday in a telegraphic despatch : I.et us for a moment waive the minor Incident*, and come straight to the point of fact which is the key of the situation. I ay, be centuries past, has been a field open to the struggle between Frontal and Austrian inflame. ; it must be .° 50 keen. If one of the two powers formerly rivals made a secrifice which should be directly to the advantage of the other—U the supremacy in Italy, only changing hands, was again to be ours for a time, the question would appear under an aspect ren dering all disoundon Idle and fruitless. Bet the question ls not so propounded. Franoe does not soak to substitute herself for Austria in Italy ; the matter la to ocastitute Italy hermit as an intermediate party—as a kind of neutral ground, henceforth insommible to the aotion, alternately predominating and always precarious, of one or other of the two powers. Elsewhere than in such a solution—which, I do not hesi tate to confer, is not, if not 44 regards its spirit, at least as regards ite form, that which was anticipated at Villa trews and Zariab—l vainly look for any other not contain ing the elements of future troubles. Let this solution, how ever, be radioed, I do net say with the support of the cabinet of Vienna, which the Emperor's government doss not seek to obtain, but without its formal opposition, and the most penetrating glance cannot thenceforth discover a cause of conflict between France and Austria; there will not remain, in fact, a single interest of importanoe in Europe on which they can have any difficulty in coming to an understanding. To this identity of interests, I am authorised by the Emperor to state that there would be superadded on his part the sentiment of private esteem for the sovereign and government who, in circumstances squally delicate and momentous, should show towards him • friendly feeling which his Majesty would ever appreciate. I need not add that if the Austrian government adhered to the combination proposed by the government of her Britannia Majesty, the Emperor's government would feel bound to surround the execution with all desirable guarantees of sincerity, and that if any chance of a restoration remain-id for the dispossessed dynasties, we should take the moat scrupulous are that It might not lost. Yon will observe, Monsisor le Marquis, that I have said nothing hare of the situation of Romagna, simply because that question has not been the object, like the duchies, of express stipulations between France and Austria. 1 shall treat that subject in an early despatch. Ido not, however, ►esitate to my, even now, that if, with reference to international acts, to which the court of Vienna has been a party on the same footing as ourselves, the Emperor's government =not consider the possession of the lega tions by the Holy Bee in any but a temporal point of view, it none the lees deeply deplores that the court of Rome, deaf to its counsel', and it may oven be said, with more reason, indifferent to the unanimous counsels of Europe ever since 1831, as well as to the teaching of events, has let things come to their present pane, sad that we are still ready to lend our support, on the sole condition that the principle of non intervention on the part of foreign powers I maintained to all the compromises sad oombinstions which may be thought calculated to bring about a mud= leis radical than dismemberment. LOMBARDY. The King of Sardinia, the Duchess of Genoa, and the Prince of Carignan honoured the theatre of La Scala with their presence on the 22nd, and were, as usual, received with load cheers. The following is the text of the address of the clergy of Milan to King Victor Emmanuel: Delighted at the f ,rtunate annezadon of Lombardy to your glorious throne, we happily range ourselves under the banner of die oonstltutinn, in the confidence that under the guardian ship of the new political institutions the catholic religion, the perpetual glory of Italy, will be the firm support of the ag grandised kingdom. It is for this object that, with a loyal and firm socord, we have wished to join the cause of religion to the national cause, in order to favour by our mission, dis connected from all temporal interest, the moral dignity of • great people that has reconstituted itself into a nation, in order to preserve strong and immaculate fer this church of Saint Ambrose its glorious traditlems. The Official Gazette of Turin states that the Governor of Milan on receiving the address to the King from the clergy of Milan (as already announced by telegraph), declared to the deputation who had waited upon him to present it, that the King would always maintain the liberties of the church and the clergy, in the conviction that they would never transgress the limits of their spiritual mission. SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 26. No news from Africa. The whole press, particularly the Progresista sec tion, violently attack England. The censor has prohibited the circulation of the Noredades on that account. The French ambeandor has presented to the Queen an autograph letter of the Emperor Napoleon• LNDIA AND CHINA. CALCUTTA, JAN. 24. Trade flat. Imports: 40's mule twist, Sr. to 6r. 3a.; shirt. legs, 60 reed, 61bs., 3r. 15r. to 4r.; Rasp*limo, 60 reed, 316.., 2r. 4►. to 2r. sa. ; copper sheathing, 44r. to 44r. Ba. tile, 44r. Exports : Indigo firmer in tone; the bidding* at public sale have been spirited. Raw silk, 20r. Ba. to 21r. per seer ; native, 15r.; saltpetre, 6 per cent. refraction, lir. per maimd ; rips, best table, 4r. to 4r. 2a.; second and third quality, 2r. 10a. to 2r. 14a. Linseed, Ins, Br. Si.; low to middling, 3r. 2a.; mead, It. Ba. Freights rising rapidly to Et:gland-for raltpare, 46e. to 475. 6d.; anger, 50a. to 641. ; indigo, bOs. to 103 s. Exchange on Landon, 24. lid. to 2.. lid. BOMBAY, JAN. 28. Money quiet. Exchange on London, 2e. I id. to 2.. lid. cANTO2 I . 4 ;sr. 14, Trade depressed, owing to the approach of the Chinese now yew. Tee Inactive, 2 chops settled. Grey ahirtings, 61 Wiles, 2 dole. 136 c. Exchaoge on London 6 months, bank bilk, 4e. 9d. to 4s. 9id. SHANGHAI, JAN. 7. Imports—Trade MO, several cargoes having arrived from England. Grey shirtisp, 83 media, 1.96 to 2.2 taels. EH varlet, long ally, 7.6 taek. Lead, 5.4 tads per pied. Exports—Tea, to Groat Britain, 22,118,206 lbs.; to the United Beaks, 12,634,9941 b..; prices as before. Bilk, to Europe, 40,296 bales, prime 6 taels higher ' • No. 3 Tattles,, 400 to 410 teals. Exchange on London, bank bilk, 6s. 40.; private bills, 6a. 64d. to 6a. 6d. On India, 60 days, 313 to 305. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Celt, Captain Brown, has arrived. Bbe left the Cape, Jan. 20; Bt. Helena, Jan. 29 ; and Ascension, Feb. 2. Trade at the Cape was doll and money warm. A change (or the better was hoped for from the Cape and Natal Bank projected in London. Sir George Grey was still looked for by next incomiog steamer from England. The vine distais woe still spreading, end had identified it self u the " oidinm toekeri ;" the extant of its ravages wu being examined by a commission. Preterit, Dictator of Tranaraal, bad also been elected pre sident of Orange state. It was believed that the home go vernment would not ruction this 11111011. Livingsione's expedition was at Kongone on the 12th of December. All well. An insurrection against the Sultan of Zanzibar had been quelled by her Majestia ship Lyn:. Yesterday's Moniteur publishes an exceedingly bug report from M. Rouber to the Emperor, on the beet UMW of 'eying out iu public improvements the sum remain ing from the last loan, which his Majesty bad intimated he should propose to the legislative body to apply in that man ner. X. Rootlet =igen& that 100,000,C00 francs should be expended as follows .—Roads and bridges, 16,000,000; inter nal navigation, 42,000000 ; berbours said lighthouses, 36.000,000 ; agricultural improvement, 8,000,000. The con sideration of railways X. Rasher reserves for a future report. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (YZON OUR OWN PARIS, lloxiikT Evaxmo. I have reason to believe that the French note re quiring Piedmont to give up all thoughts of the annexation of Tuscany was presented to Count Cavour this morning. M. Massimo d'Azeglio, the Sardinian ambassador in London, passed through Paris yesterday, in all haste for Turin. His journey is doubtless connected with the new and unexpected turn of affairs. From all I can learn from Italians here, the King of Sardinia will refuse to accede to the French proposals, come what may. Some think that the French government is quite prepared for a refusal ; and that in that case its troops will at once occupy Savoy. The Bourse was much agitated at the opening by the news circulated by the Morning C7sroniele of a treaty of alliance between Austria and Russia. Although the statement is generally discredited, and is denounced in severe terms as utterly false by the Independence and other journals, this market is now so sensitive that the slightest disquieting rumour has an effect upon it. The Rents declined to 67fr. 66c., being 30c. lower than the closing price of Saturday. A better feeling, however, pre vailed in the afternoon, when the second despatch from London brought Consols with a recovery of i from the opening price, and the Rents closed very firm at 67fr. 80c., both for cash and ac count, with a fall on the day of only 60. Mobilier rose 1 fr. 46c. Railways remain without change. The Data, announces that Count H. de Conroy, captain of chasseurs, one of General de Goyon'a orderly officers, has left Paris for Rome with important despatches. The Opinion Nationale lately published a series of articles calling attention to the extensive ramifica tions of the religions corporation of St. Vincent de Paul, and insisting strongly upon the danger to the state of allowing such a highly centralised society, with branches in every part of Europe, to pursue its hostile manmavres without check. The government appears to have been struck with the counsel thus tendered, for we learn from Blois, where several soldiers of the garrison had been in the habit of attending a school-room devoted to their service by the reverend brethren, that, on presenting them selves the other evening, they found a sentry at the door to turn them back. It is understood that the measure is general, and that the commanding officer at Blois acted in obedience to a ministerial circular. A very amusing incident occurred the other day during the trial of M. Vacherot. Among the pas sages of his pamphlet, set oat in the indictment to support the charge that he bad " excited to hatred and contempt of the government, and had endea voured to set one clue of citizens against another," was one in which he said that France, as at present constituted, consisted of two classes only—" the rich and the poor." M. Marie, in contending that the expression of such an opinion furnished no rea sonable ground for a prosecution, begged leave to read to the court a passage from a well known work which had never been prosecuted, in which French society was divided into "sybarites and helots." On hearing this, the presiding judge, M. Partarrien Lessee, turned as red as a turkey-cock, and exclaimed, " Well, but that is abominable. Who wrote that? Why was that not prosecuted ?" M. Marie replied, " I am quoting from the works of Louie Napoleon Bonaparte." This palpable hit pro duced a shout of applause, and the president, in a great rage, threatened to clear the court. After four and-twenty hours' incessant rain, which followed the thaw of Saturday night, Paris was visited this morning with one of the most tre mendous hurricanes ever known. The Seine was rough like the sea. It was extremely difficult to keep one's footing on the bridges; a great deal of damage has been done in various parts of the city ; and there is a report that an omnibus has been blown over in the Champs Elysees, where several trees are torn up by the roots. CENTRAL ITALY. PAItINI AT RAVENNA. (ram' orz •FZCLL CORIESPONDINT.) RAVENNA, Fan. 21. Cavaliere Farini's journey through Romagna is a constant succession of enthusiastic receptions. Be sides his personal claims to the gratitude of the Ro magnols, this illustrious countryman of theirs is the worthy representative of the chivalrous King they have repeatedly chosen fortheir ruler; and they want to show to Europe that in cheering Farini they cheer the defender of the national cause. The Governor- General of the jEmilian provinces arrived in this city on Sunday evening. Ravenna, once the capital of the Western Empire, the seat of the Gothic and and Longobardic Kings, and the metropolis of the Greek Exercise, is fall of historical recollec tions. Within its walls repose the remains of the children of Theodosius ; and amidst the tombs of Exarchs and patriarchs rests all that was mortal of the divine Italian poet. Ravenna, which from the time of Pompey was a considerable naval station, has now lost all the importance it had under the Romans and in the middle ages. Its people, however, still retain that indomitable nature for which they were so renowned in the time of Cicero. This moral quality, when well directed, has made the people of R the bravest soldiers and most virtuous citizens of Italy, but here, as well as in the other cities, the bad governtorit of Papal theocracy bore fruit. When the government of the priests Lid teased exist public and private violence ceased, and all the moral and material forces of the population were directed to the triumph of Italian independence. Farini, who had long resided in this town, where he exercised the profession of a physician, knew well that by sending here a clever man great re sources might be derived from the population of Ra venna. He therefore advised Count Cavour to send here, as Intendente General, Marquis Ross, who is one of the most distinguished noblemen of Piedmont as well as an able administrator. During the nine months of his intendenteship the marquis suooeeded in doing great good. Not only have the moral interests of the population been developed by the influence he exercises over this people, but by ruling the town and the province with wisdom and mode ration he established the most exemplary concord between all elutes of citizens, and gave a new im pulse to the commerce and industry of the town. To secure to Ravenna an important place amongst the other towns of the Romagna he asked and ob tained leave from Farini that a spacious harbour should be constructed at Porto Cor sini, thus attracting the greater part of the commerce between Trieste and Central Italy. Accordingly Farini's reception here has been enthu siastic. It would take me more space than you can spare were I minutely to relate all the striking in cidents which have characterised his stay in this city. Illuminations, balls, public dinners, addressee, have been incessant since Sunday evening, and in spite of the rainy weather they will last till to morrow morning, when Farini will start for Rimini. Yesterday morning the Governor-General went to visit the shore of the Adriatic, bordered, as you know, by that famous Platte, or pine forest, which inspired Lord Byron with his famous verses, be ginning, Sweat hour of twilight I—in the solitude Of the pies forest, and the silent shore Which bounds RAITOUbee 111110111150tial wood, Rooted where one* the Adrian wave Sowed o'er, To where the last Crosarean fortress stood. A great crowd of citizens followed him. It was a splendid day, and the scenery was really worthy of the pencil of Turner. Farini accepted a breakfast of /knots= the mayor of the town, at which the Governor drunk to the health of Victor Emmanuel, in whom, he said, the idea of Italian independence is personified. I need scarcely tell you that the toast was greeted with enthusiastic cheering both within the room and out of doors. There is nothing changed in the political situation to-day. Both Farini and Ricasoli are anxious to hasten the votes of the popu lations, bat they minnot convoke the electoral col leges without positively knowing what are the in tentions of France. TUSCANY, The Constilutionnel gives the following as the classes of individual. called upon to vote at the election. of Tuscany : 1. Proprietors paying taxes to the amount of 40 lire (11. 13a. 4d.). 2. Academical members whose election. have been antedated by the King • memb ers of the cham bers of commerce, agriculture, and 'arts, of the Royal Acade mies of Agriculture and Medicine. 3. Profaners of nniver skies, academies, and flub arts. 4. Professors by title or teaching in the public institutions of secondary instruction, in classical sad technical school., in the normal schools, and those when the misters are officially recognised. 6. Civil and many functionaries and officials in actual service, or any salaried officers appointed by the King. 6. The mem bers of the equestrian orders of the kingdom. 7. Those who have obtained crowns in the faculties siudied at the universi ties. 8. Barristers practising at the tribunals and courts of appeal, notaries, attorneys, and solicitors ;accountants, land Burma', veterinary licenLates. 9. Bankers and brokers y recognised. 10. Merchants, artists, and artisans paying for their dwellings or elßoss, shops, or workshops a rent amounting in the communes of 2,500 inhabi tants to 200 lire; in those ft= 2,500 to 10,000 inhabitants, to 300 lire; in communes having more inhabitants than the last to 400 lire. INDIA. By the arrival of the overland mail we have in telligence front Calcutta to Jan. 25, and from Madre to Jan 28. The Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief were continuing their tour through the north-west provinces. The Hurkaru says : His lordship arrived at Kurnaul on the 12th Instant. The road for two miles from the station wee lined with the popu lace. The military followers of the fend Rajah were turned out to receive his lordship. There were cavalry artillery, and infantry, and a grand cortege accompanied the Rajah himself to most the great man. The officers and men of his suite were most gorgeously apparelled, sad in fitting gar ments too. Lord Canning was expected to arrive at I:ca bana on the 16th, where great preparations were being made for his reception. His lordship was to hold • grand durbar there in honour of Pattiala Rajah. From thence he was to proceed to tinritsur, where he we. expected on the 20th. Mr. Wilson was on his return to Calcutta. On the 16th he was at Lucknow, where he received the principal civil offioers, as also the polioe officers of the station. Mr. Wilson also gave a reception to some of the talookdars, and held a conference with the Mahejuns or bankers of the station. Of his doings in the Punjaub, the Lahore Chronicle fur nishes the following account: Mr. Wilson arrived at Lahore oa Tuesday morning, the 3rd of January, and alighted at the Lieutenant-Governor's residence. During the forenoon he received several of the chief civil officers ; and in the afternoon went over the Mee= Meer Cantonment, and thence to the Shaleemar gardens. The following day, Wednesday, • darker wee held in is tent in the Lieutenant-Governor's compound, for the reception of the native chiefs, gentry, end townspeople of Lahore. The lieutenant-governor and the civil officers were present. The chiefs wire introduced one by one by the commissioner, Yr. Temple, who briefly mentioned the ser vices and antecedents of each. Among those present were Raja Tej Sing, Raja Sehibdyal; Birder Shumsbere Sing, Sindhunwala, the liewats of Mumd-te and Mullen, the relatives of the late Raja Deena Math, Dew= Narain Sing, of Ataree, and many others. When Sirder Jewahir Sing, son of the famous Barrie Sing Nuluso, was introduced, the lieutenant-governor took the opportunity of presenting him with a medal he had won during the Duds campaign. The chiefs having been introduced, the townspeople were then admitted. The head men of each trade and profession being present, Mr. Wilson was particular in inquiring about the increased importation of European manufactures. There was scarcely • native present who had not on some article of clothing of European make. This visible fact must have done much to convince Mr. Wilson of the increase of the trade. They were then asked as to the relative merits of octroi and the Heenan. They expressed a markedprefer- I mice for octroi . The commissioner then, by Mr. Wilson's desire, explained to them the superior advantages of direct taxation. But they were clamorous in favour of a tax like octroi. Indeed the manifestation of livelier feeling war strong and remarkable. The same day Mr. W neon, escorted by the commissioner, Mr. Temple, proceeded to view the city of Lahore. A Banal& of military police horse was drawn out to receive him opposite the Delhi Gate under Cept. McAn drew. Mr. Wilson seemed pauch pleased with the appearance of the men. Then Mr. Wilson visited the Wuz.eree and Padsbahee moeques, the Husooree Bag and Ranjeet Sing's tomb. In the citadel he ascended to the top of the Summon Boorj, which commands the best view of Lahore. The old well sad Boaleein, the heart of the city, were visited by torch light. Outside the city Mr. Wilson went over the Agi- Horticultural Soeisty'e Garden, Sultan'. Sense and Rattan Cliand'• tank. Mr. Wilson visited Baja Tej Sing at his re sidence in the city. That same night Mr. Wilson travelled to I:mt timer, where he was received by the Commissioner, Me. R. Cast, and the Deputy-Commissioner, Mr. F. Cooper. A large meeting, on Thursday morning, of the leading mer chants and traders of Ilmrinur, was held at Mr. Cast's office. The heads of each trade and protonion were called up and questioned in turn. Mr. Wilson's questions were well eon. veyed by Messrs. Cut end Cooper to the people, and their answers Interpreted. The shawl trade occupied much atten tion ; much was said about the material, the manufactures, and the dyes. Many inquiries were made from the silk weevers, also from Nourbentas, that remarkable class of dealers ; also from the " Dulal " or broker class. The beakers were questioned about bills of exchange, paper cur rency, and the like. The conversation was very micresting altogether. On the afternoon of the lame day Mr. Wilson. accompanied by Moms. Cast and Cooper, visited the great Sikh temple and tank of Umriteur, and the adjacent garden. He also inspected the factory of one of the principal shawl merchants. Thence he visited the fortress of Govindgerh. That same night he started for launder. Ha was to visit Gootoo Sadho Singh at Kurtapore and the Rajah of Kupoor thull. The ships Octavio, Mars, Punjaub, and Elizabeth have been taken up for China. Sir Hope Grant commands the expedition, according to the Hurkaru. The Englishman, however, mentions a rumour that Sir W. It. Mansfield was to command. The follow ing is a list of the staff to be despatched to China i--- Colonel Haythorne (now in China), chief of the staff; Colonel H. Bruce, chief of police in Cade ; Deputy Adjutant General, Indian forces ; Colonel Mac kenzie, just gone to Chins, Deputy Quarter master General of the force ; Sir R. Napier and Sir J. Michel, generale of divisions. Two hun dred arid fifty men of tier Majesty's 53rd had volunteered for her Majesty's 99ct, ordered to China. The remainder of the former corps were to uroceed to England. The Leote Light Lbree, Euiopeans and Eurasians, have also volunteered for Chine. The corps was located at Dum Dom. The troops were expected to embark by the end of the month. CHINA. Oar advice, from Hong Kong . are to Jan. 14; Shanghai, Jan. 7. 'the following is from the sum mery of the China Nail: No farther intelligence has arrived from Japan aunt uncing any change in the state of matters there • but it is confi dently hoped that the fi rm attitude assumed by Mr. Causal- General Aloock will have the effect both of reseurieg the Japanese gov e rnment, and of checking the improprieties of the British residentewho tare behaved la such a manner aa to cause the partial stoppage of trade. It is due to the com mercial community of China to mention that it has very generally condemned their conduct. It is die cult to obtain informetion as to what Is going on in the Japanese porta, but there appear. to be very good grounds for the warnings held out by Mr. Oliphant and others easiest the 'elocution of any great end sudden "hessian of British trade from the opening of these ports. When first opened there were a number of curious articles presented in the market whkh gave something to do; and the parolees of gold colts afforded a most profitable 800 ; but the real commerci.l question in regard to Japan. viz , how far It is willing fu take our rustmlicthlee and can give us raw produce, yet remains to be solved. The question es to how far Japan may be able to supply us with coal is about to be investigated by Lieut. lisholm, ILE., who has left Shanghai for Nagasaki for that purpose. The Minister of the United States at Yedo has officially communicated that he has obtained a pledge from the Japa nese government that the treaty of Yedo will be canted out ' in all its integrity, and that, more particularly, Japanese produce may be freely purchased, and all Japanese articles may be exported without limit, except rice, wheat, copper coin, and accented Japanese gall and silver. The "marten to be occupied by foreigners will also be settled immediately. From Shanghai the only news of importance is that the Chinese government has given the coup de grace to the gratuitous suppeition that it means to ignore the American treaty which was ra:ified at reh-tang. Not content with allowing that treaty to come m force, and opening the new ports of Swatow and Taiwan, it has extended the provisions of the American treaty; to the English and other treaty powers. Ile, the Imperial Com missioner, has been eathori•ed by the Emperor to du ect that the tonnage dues at the various open porta be levied at the reduced rate of 4 mace per ton, as secured by the new American