The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-11 00:00:00

OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Wes Louisa Plne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be prese nted an entirely n ew and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Rafe, entitled SA.TANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE., Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new PRlltoMillie of LITTLE Granny's RED HIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and theWoll in Ck.thing. Commence at Seven, -__ THEATRE -R OYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS. EVENING, OUR GAL. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. F o ll o wed by DABNEY THE BARON. ro conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; Or, Harlequin Friar 'ruck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Atter which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled ' l ' II 1 , 1 KING, OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes.' TURA 77 i.E-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. '.' • SING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy • Buckstone, &c. .ach, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled , or, Harlequin and the. Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. JYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. HIS EVENING, will be performeEXTREMES, ; or, of the Day. Messrs. Emery, E. oger &c, Co be followed by the new Drama of THE S ISTER'S ORIFICE. Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rogers. Madame este, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. George. deduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 43. ; Upper Boxes, 38. ; Pit, 4 • Stalls, 58. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past `o commence at 7 every evening. THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. 'k?, Proprietor and Manag,er, Mr. Benj. Webster. :FINING, the performance will commence with comedy of TARTUFFE. Tartuffe, Mr. B. .is, Mr. Billlngton ; Oregon, Mr. C. Selby ; Elms - 1 -zires ; Dorine, Miss Woolgar ; Marione, bliss 1i0.,e7; ?Mamie Pennelle, Mrs. Cbatterly. After-. WA FIIE TIQVtSITSLF. PRINCE. To conclude with •TIE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. .J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Miss Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE BONNIE FISH - WIFE. After which, the new Extravag,anza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE . Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. -- ---- - Lessee and 3lanager —.Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses Nightly. Another high'y attractive and successful Drama. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the grand Spec tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID ; or, The Edict of Spain. After which, the inimitable SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries and ponies and the Starßiders of Europe. - - - To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, ontitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN- C AUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL, CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. A. Hemmings; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley;! Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day'; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene, with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery, and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to he "New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill," Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage• Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-roade— Proprietor --C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. ' - • The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual al Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day at noon. BAuomETEI-29.63—rising. WIND, S.W.; fresh, with fine sunshiny cloudy weather. Whatever Mr. HAMER STANSFELD writes on the currency question he writes clearly and well, going distinctly to the point at issue, so that " he who runs may read," and wafting away the clouds of mystification that have been so adroitly raised in order to keep the community at large in profound ignorance of the all-important topic on which their welfare, happiness, and prosperity so greatly depends. Mr. STANSFELD has now directed attention to a serious grievance for which the Bank authorities are deserving of serious censure. It appears that the Old Lady has altogether neglected the reserve of silver coin or bullion which, under the express provisions of the Act of 1844, she was empowered to keep, and against which, to the extent of one-fourth of the stock of gold uselessly buried in her vaults, she was authorised to issue bank notes, which constitute a legal tender every where but at the Bank itself. It is notorious that silver is even more valuable than gold for the purpose of rectifying adverse exchanges on the continent. The drains to India and China have been of silver, and yet the Bank authorities have pertinaciously set their faces against receiving or storing it. It is true that they might thereby extend their issues of notes by 20 per cent., and thus keep down the rate of extra vagant disbount which they charged during the commercial crisis, and avert the fearful losses sustained by the commercial and maim facturing interests. But it was not their interest so .to do. The general distress, the wide-spread panic brought money to their coffers. They could not only divide handsome diVidends, but also give a large bonus to every shareholder, quite sufficient - to neutralise the com plaints of the sufferers, who found their hardly acquired savings swept away in the financial torrent. It is well known that in 1847 a commercial firm of high standing brought a quantity of silver bullion to the Bank of England, and that although their reserve of notes had dwindled to a very low point, they refused to purchase what would at once have increased their notes by nearly two millions sterling. To all intents and pur poses, silver locked up in their vaults would be just as good as gold indeed, an equal weight of quarry stones would answer the game purpose. But silver was not a legal tender beyond 405., and therefore the directors, as if to exhibit the full absurdity of the law, would not have it at any price. They precluded themselves from receivin g what might have alleviated the general distress, and averted the necessity of even the virtual suspension of the Bank. Mr. STANSFELD has given a decisive and con vincing answer to the suggestion rather than the argument that the silver Would be bought with an equivalent amount of gold, and therefore there would be no perceptible increase to th e b an k notes or legal tender money. Far from it. It was notes, not gold, that were required—it was notes that were required in payment o f the specie. As Lord ASHBUV,TON declared on a former' occasion, " The credit of th e Bank for every domestic purpose was p er f ect :, There was no run for gold, not the slightest desire to exchange its paper. All that was required was that men of undoubted solvency could o T otain, on unquestionable securities, the, counters they re quired for meeting their engagements, and. carrying on their business transactions. The unite+ ersalcry was, " Give us notes, charge what you plc ‘ase, but let us have notes, or even satisfy us that we can obtain them if required." This was the% demand in 1847 and 1857. In both instances it was satisfied by the suspen sion of the Act—a step which would not have been required if the directors had availed themselves of their power of keeping a large stock of silver, against which they might have issued notes. But it A ppears that they do not now consider themselves responsible for the regulation of the currency. As their discretion was taken away to a great extent, they will not exercise the little that remains ; and because they cannot issue notes to an unlimited extent, they will not base any on silver. Mr. STANSFELD has pertinently inquired whether they are justified in depriving the community of so large a portion of what was intended for them, and which, even under the most favourable circumstances, would afford too scanty a supply. We believe they have a legal right to do so if they think proper, but it is unquestionably an abdication of their most important functions, and a violation of duty, for which Parliament will hold them gravely responsible whenever the renewal of their charter may be ventilated in either house. This is certainly an age in which the " wisdom of 1 our ancestors" goes for little. We ought to bo wiser than our fathers, since we enjoy the benefit of our own observation and knowledge added to theirs. We need not, therefore, be surprised to find Mr. JOHN STUART MILL so much wiser than Mr. JAMES MILL, as to enable the latter to argue against the Ballot, which the former had so elaborately defended. We have just now before us a pamphlet, published by RIDGWAY in 1830, by JAMES MILL, in which secret voting is proved to be the reform most wanted. We have also just received one published by PARKER, " Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform, by JOHN STUART MILL," in which the last fourteen pages are occupied in the attempt to show that we are better without the Ballot. We must acknowledge, however, that the chief argument of the son is one probably due to his veneration for his father :—" It appears to me,' he says, " that secret suffrage was a very right and justifiable demand when originally made." Again —" Thirty years ago, the main evil to be guarded against was that which the Ballot would exclude, coercion by landlords, employers, and customers. At present, I conceive, a much greater is the selfish ness, or the selfish partialities of the voter him self." And again—" At every election the votes are becoming much more the voter's own ;" and " the progress of circumstances has done, and is doing more and more the work .of the Ballot." Thus would Mr. J. MILL save the memory of Mr. J. MILL when arguing against what the latter thought the one thing needful in Parliamentary Reform prior to 1832. Here, then, it would seem, we must come to facts. The Reformers of 1830 were justified by the co erciOnniid in timidation so prevalent then, in demand ing the Ballot ; the Reformers of 1859 are justified in rejecting it, and the one reason is, that " times haie changed." Now, we can well remember 1830, and we grant that times are changed—one change is, that in the counties a new constituency, amounting to one-fourth of the whole, has been created out of a class.absolutely at the disposal of their landlords—the " tenants at will," and other occupying tenants. One change, though asked by some of the 4est Reformers, was not made—the old freemen were retained ; and in one of the greatest changes made, that of enfranchising ten-pound householders in boroughs, a large class was added to the constituency of the boroughs which em ployers of labour could drive in an omnibus from their factory to the poll. It is perhaps useless to cite long instances of coercion of tenants and operatives. We might mention such as that at Manchester, just alluded to; we might refer to Mr. DRYDEN, in Northamp tonshire, for the orthodox landlords creed ; we might ask Sir HENRY STRACEY, in Norfolk, what converted him, a staunch Conservative of the old school, to the Ballot; we might repair to the secretary of the Ballot Society, and, but for his having in numberless cases been obliged to take a confessor's oath, might publish a long list of indig nant penitents; who, however, must repeat the sin of submitting to coercion when the next election comes round. To all these Mr. MILL would reply ".ICes ; but they are exceptional instances." The spirit of independence is rising nevertheless. We think that the desire for independence is rising, but not the power of exercising it. There is a vast deal more education, political intelligence, and knowledge than there was thirty years age, and this ntakes the bondage of "landlords, em ployers, and customers" harder to be borne than it then was. The old-fashioned yeoman hardly felt it a grievance to vote with his landlord ; but in proportion to the intelligence of the modern farmer it becomes a hardship to have to surrender political individuality and life to a master. The same remark is true of the operative. The Sunday school, the weekly school, the day school, and the Institute have made another man of him. It may be that the coercing classes go about their work a little more courteously, generally, than they used to do ; but they do not coerce the less. Education has refined the sensibilities of the dependent elector, but it has not broken his yoke. The general im provement of manners may have covered, concealed, and eased the roughness of his fetters, but it has left them quite as efficient for the political custody of the victim. Hence the extraordinary unanimity of all public meetings up to the present hour, and the unanimity of the hustings too, not the open poll, in favour of the Ballot. Indeed it is the uniform testimony of all the classes to whom the franchise can be extended, that to them the vote, without the Ballot, would be a curse. Differing of the iering thus w ith M r . J. S. M ILL on th e ma in facts case, it is the less necessary to follow him into all the details of his objections to the Ballot. They are, ind ee d, to a great extent, such as are well known, and as well re f ute d . M any o f them were answered by Mr. JAS. MILL thirty years We may g ago. "Theyraansst that, atthlike bolts secrecy is an evil bars, evilitself. v Brahma locks, and strong boxes, it were more plea sant and better if we could do without it. Unfor tunately electoral robbery or fraud is even more common than that of a more palpable kind, and we therefore must have an electoral lock and k e y. The Ballot, he says, will make men lie in Words ; it may be in some cases, but the poll-book makes them lie in their votes. The majority, we are told, do not now vote from coercion—probably they never did, but now, as of old time, the bribed and the coerced, in the counties especially-, are sufficiently numerous to turn the scale. The majority of us were not robbed before Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Police Act, but we thought it worth while to incur a general burden votin for the sake of the minority. We deman d, therefo re , th a t a ll s h a ll b ear th e burden of secret a to protect the injured minority who are robbed of their votes. We are told, for the hundredth time, that electors are trustees for the unenfranchised, and that the latter have a right to know how their trustees have voted. We demur to regarding an elector as a trustee ; but, passing by that, we maintain that it is the wealthy enfranchised elector who gets the benefit of the dependent elector's vote, and that rare indeed is the case in which the un enfranchised can bring their influence to bear on the supposed trustee. As to the general charge of "selfishness," and votintfrom "selfish partialities," it is impossible either to prove or to disprove it. Of course, under either open or secret voting, un worthy motives may have influence in particular cases. They must, however, be very few. Rarely can a man have any pique to gratify by voting for this candidate or for that; still less frequently can he advance any sordid or pecuniary interests by his vote—unless it be just those interests which open voting makes selfish interests. His vote for a " landlord, employer, or customer," is a purely selfish one ; and he would be less tempted to give such a vote secretly. We are sorry to have to oppose Mr. JOHN STUART MILL on a point of liberal policy. We acknowledge that•his ingenuity is quite worthy of the author of " System of Logic," and " The Principles of Politi cal Economy ;" but in regard to electoral facts, his knowledge of them is evidently that of a gentleman better acquainted with the India House and India than with polling booths and English con stituencies. :Clever reasoning, we acknowledge--one thing only wanting, that it should start from a basis of facts. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Owing to the absence of Miss Louisa Pyne, who was summoned to take a part in her Majesty's con cert, Auber's opera of " Fra Diavolo" was last night substituted for " Satanella." This fine opera has always been popular among us in its English form. Its constant animation and dramatic effect enhance the attraction of Auber's delightful melodies. Mr. Harrison was the robber chief, and played the part with a self-possession and reckless spirit that quite realised the character. As a vocalist he appeared to great advantage. His share in the duet, "On yonder rock reclining," was much applauded, and he sang the beautiful air, " Young Agnes," with so much force and expression that it was enthusiasti cally redemanded. The long solo at the opening of the third act exhibited his dramatic powers to full effect. Miss Isaacs made an attractive Zerlina, and Miss Susan Pyne a piquant Lady Ailcash. Mr. George Honey was a most amusing Lord Allcash, and elicited great laughter by his affectation and absurdity. The two bandits were capitally repre sented, and obtained an encore by their mimicry of Zerlina' In the trios and quartettes, too, the per formers rendered full justice to Auber's delightful music. The favourite pantomime of " Little Red Riding Hood" followed to the great delight of the juveniles. The house was well attended, and the audience appeared to enjoy the evening's entertain ment. , ir Oa; .....r.fr. , ~., V.. ',0,,,,,,,.„„,, ..,.:, „m 4 .. ~ , . ~;,2.- \ , 1 , ‘,1,7(4 , - 1i0.,, ~, . • , . "a, . .• . 7 ,,,V, ' - " I')'• ' THE SUN. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1859. THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1859. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mr. Planehe's grand burlesque of " The Invisible Prince" was revived last night at this theatre, with some few additional stanzas and some interpolated lines, which bring, as it were, the burlesque down to the present time. It has been very tastefully got up, and is cleverly peformed by Mrs. Mellon (formerly Miss Woolgar), as the Prince'; Mr. J. L. Toole, the infant Furibond ; Miss K. Kelly, Apreco tina ; Mr. C. J. Smith, Marquis of Anysidos ; Mr. W. H. Eburne, Count Palava ; and the Fairy Gentella, Miss Arden. Mrs. Mellon is always at home in elegant burlesque, and gave a charming emphasis to the smart dialogue of her part. Mr. Toole was genuinely funny as Furibond, and per formed the great tent scene after the Kean fashion, with much humour and spirit, not overdoing, or rendering the fun coarsely or violently. The dialogue, and its illusions here and there, tell what havoc thirteen years make in popular feeling; but still there is so much taste and prettiness in the management of thestory, as the scenes, dances, and changes are so bright and pleasing, and there is so much real good-humoured fun, that it is likely that " Prince Invisible" will have a second successful run. We congratulate Mr. Webster on thus en livening his bill, and on the great improvement in the getting up this burlesque. The house was well attended, and received the revival with great applause. STANFORD'S MAP OF THE PARLIA MENTAR Y DIVISIONS. A brilliantly-coloured map of England and Wales has, within the last few days, been issued from the press by this eminent and enterprising geogra pher. It displays vividly, at a glance, the rival schemes of Sir James Graham, of Lord John Rus sell, of Mr. John Bright, and of the Times' Corre spondent. The map is not merely a timely, but a permanently valuable publication. It cannot fail to assist materially in clearing up the confusion of ideas at present bewildering the judgment of many a keen-witted politician. A confusion of ideas, by •the way, such as cannot for a moment be regarded as in the smallest particular surpris ing, remembering the multiplicity of suggestions submitted to the country by competitors for popu larity as reformers of our Parliamentary organiza tion. Mr. Stanford's admirable map, we repeat, will, for these reasons, be right welcome far and wide over this reform-agitated population. THE " SPECTATOR" NEWSPAPER.—We perceive, by advertisements lately published, that this excel lent newspaper has reduced its price from 9d. to 6d., and that too without any diminution or cur tailment of its weekly expenditure. The saving to its readers amounts to one-third of its previous charge, while the paper is got up in a very superior style, reflecting much credit on the suc cessors of the late eminent proprietor, Mr. Rintoul, whose pride it was to endeavour in making the Spectator superior to any of its competitors. His Excellency the Hanoverian Minister enter tained a select circle at dinner last evening, at the residence of the Legation, in Grosvenor-place. Count de Jarnac has left Claridge's Hotel for Paris. Sir Robert Gerard has left the Clarendon for Garsewood, near Warrington. Gen. Angerstein has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his seat, Weeting Hall, Norfolk. The Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne has also arrived at tho same establishment. Capt. Barron, and Messrs. Eustace and Francis Barron, have arrived at the Clarendon from Paris. The death of Mr. Orvens, a rich English banker long established in Madrid, is announced. EAST WORCESTERSHIRE ELECTION.—OLDBURY, TTiursday.—lt is expected that the writ for the election of a member in the place of the present Lord Northwick will be moved for to-morrow evening, in which event the nomi nation will probably take place on Saturday or Monday week. Both parties express the greatest confidence in the result, so that there is little doubt at present that a poll will be taken. It is more than 20 years since a contested elec tion for East Worcestershire took place. ROBERT BURNS AND ROBERT CHAMBERS.—The claim of our Edinburgh friends to be called out for favour able distinction arises, in our estimation, from the circum stance that one man happened to be present who has done something for the memory of Burns besides talk about Among the list of toasts and speeches we find just two lines, reporting that the company drank " The Biographers of Burns," and that Mr. Robert Chambers acknowledged the toast. What Mr. Robert Chambers said for Burns on that occasion is not mentioned in the report we read. The infinitely more important question of what he has done for Burns we are in a position to answer without referring to reports. About 17 years ago a grateful country had left Burn's sister, Mrs. Begg, and her daughters, in the most impoverished circumstances, and Mr. Robert Chambers set on foot a subscription for them. The result of the weal thus made, and of a solemn Branch Burns' Commemoration, got up in Ayrshire, was a subscription amounting to some thing £64. A e than m s s. s ans, u,4c nh k a 0 was a ; oa nn e f a nw l t h uh i i c tt h h, i t fs h o pr e tt Q ht a u en e te e he n i avasenc poor ou I C O rd o u sb r oe t udl g os a n y :o e , live upon. Mrs. B egg and her daughters were settled in a cottage in Ayrshire. Mr. Robert ' Chambers then went bravely to work with his own hands and brains to help Burns's kindred for Burns's sake. After devoting admirable industry and research to the ta s k h e produced " The L i fe and Poems of Burns," in four volumes ; published the work in 1851, and devoted the first proceeds of the sale, £2OO to the necessities . of Mrs. Begg and her daughters—thus g iving from MI own individual exerti on more than half as muchas the entire sum all Scotland had given. --Dickens' 8 Household Words. LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIAN MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, FEB. 11. The Thames, from Alexandria, with the Aus tralian mails, passed Hurst Castle this morning at 10 a.m., with the remaining portion of the Aus tralian mails, and £75,461 of gold. FALMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING. The Norfolk, Captain Young, arrived off on Thursday evening from Melbourne, landed mails and passengers, and proceeded on her way to Lon don. She brings on freight 7,000 oz. of gold. THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Alhambra, with the mails from Lisbon, &c., and also the Avon's mails from the Brazils, passed Hurst at 10.20 a.m. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Renter's office MARSEILLES, FEB. 10. Advices have been received from Hong Kong to Dec. 29. Lord Elgin's flotilla, composed of five steamers and several gunboats, had proceeded up the river beyond Nankin. The object of his expedition was considered of so much importance that the French ambassador and the Chinese commissioners had delayed their departure from Canton in order to await the result. Tea scarce, but other freights abundant. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 9. fr The news of the election of A. Couza as Hospodar of Wallachia has caused a great sensation here. The Presse d' Orient says that the Porte will pro test against the elections in Wallachia,. and has communicated to the embassies its demand for the re assembling of the Conference on the Principalities. Rumours of an approaching change in the Ministry are continually current. The Journal de Constantinople states that troops will be immediately sent to the Danube. The Moldavian Commissioners have arrived here. Kibrizli Mehemed Pacha has been dismissed. The telegraph line for Syra will shortly begin to work. BELGRADE, FEB. 9. In the sitting of the Skuptschina to-day the berat of investiture of Prince Milosch was read. It states that the prince is elected by the Sultan as Hospo dar, but makes no mention of any hereditary right. The Skuptschina protested energetically against it as a violation of popular rights. CORFU, FEB. 7. The reply of her Majesty.the Queen of Great Britain has arrived. It declines to agree to the petition of the lonian Parliament. Mr. Gladstone has addressed another message to the Parliament, insisting upon projects of reform in 17 points. The Parliament has postponed its reply. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Cabinet Council, at which the Emperor pre sided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. Prince Jerome was present. s In the Senate, Baron Charles Dupin has been appointed president of the committee on petitions, and M. Bonjean secretary ; also, the Marquis d'Audiffret president of the committee on accounts, and General Baron Letang, secretary. An imperial decree in the Moniteur appoints Mme. Edouard Thayer to be Lady of Honour to the Princess Clotilda Napoleon, and Mme. de Cler mont-Tonnerre, .the Baronne de la Bonciere-le- Noury, and Viscountess Bertrand, Ladies Com panions to her Imperial Highness. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yesterday (Thursday). The corresponding figures of the last month are added : DEBTOR. Feb. Jan. F. C. F. C. Capital of the Bank 91,250,000 0 91,250,000 0 Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capi tal (Art. 8, Law of June 9, 1857) 1,510,527 65 1,513,467 77 Reserve of the Bank New Reserve Ditto in landed property 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0 Notes in circulation 725,129,875 0 687,340,325 0 Bank-notes to order • 5,731,520 99 6,191,183 13 Receipts payable at sight 6,361,536 0 6,684,404 0 Treasury account current creditor Sundry accounts current 233,986,269 98 149,254,785 68 Ditto with branch banks 30,081,856 0 30,846,655 0 Dividends payable 1,378,107 25 518,939 25 Discts. sundry interests 1,795,483 70 1,915,787 83 Commission on deposits 2,575,152 96 8,519,867 28 Re-discounted the last six months Surplus of paid-up bills 11,583 26 35,000 60 Sundries Total.. 1,285,563,291 20 1,238,438,012 72 CREDITOR. ks~, Jan. F. C. F. C. Cash in hand Cash in the branch banks. 299,760,803 0 301,674,253 0 Commercial bills overdue. 263,011 76 401,131 61 Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due Do. in the branch banks Advanced on deposit of 333,600 0 671,100 0 927,300 0 1,440,000 0 bullion. Do. by the branch banks.. Do. on Frenchpublic secu rities Do. by the branch banks 12,812,000 0 10,354,000 0 Do. on railway securities 81,150,500 0 53,100,000 0 Do. by the branch banks 29,613,420 0 25,860,300 0 Do. on Cr6dit Foncier Scrip 773,500 0 731,700 0 Do. on branch banks Scrip 410,200 0 282,800 0 Do. to the State on agree- ment of June 30, 1848 45,000,000 0 45,000,000 0 Govern. stock_reserved. 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable New shares, not settled Hotel and film. of Bank Landed property of branch _ - banks 6,860,503 0 6,707,431 0 Expenses of management 483,461 84 1,954,193 54 Sundries Total 1,285,563,291 20 1,238,438,012 72 BOURSE, Feb. 10.—The market has again become heavy, and prices have declined. Threes have been done at 68f. 45c., and are now at 68f. 25c. Mobi lier varied from 790 f. to 782 f. 50c.; Austrian, 560 f. to 557 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,325 f. to 1,320 f. ; Lyons, 837 f. 50c. to 832 f. 50c. ; Northern, 922 f. 50c. to 920 f. ; Southern, 520 f. to 517 f. 50c. The tele graphic despatch from Turin giving an analysis of the speech of Count Cavour had a depressing effect towards the close of business, and prices left off as , follows : 41 per Cents. 96 80 Do. end month 96 85 I 3 per Cents 6B 25 Do. end month 6B 25 Bank Shares. Credit Mobilier 780 Do. Account Cr&lit Foncier Belgian 4i Piedmonteso (.5) Roman BB 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 39 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orkills Northern .. 930 .. 932 50 New ditto BOO .. 802 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 835 .. 835 New ditto —••— Geneva Midi • 517 50 Western 592 50 .. 590 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 4OO •• 7 7 -,, Austrian 25Ef.xacau;gtohroeen London, thonths, .ptapsiegrh,t2,s7.pseol:,;2msfo.nleT2.s;fm..oney, 547 50 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The directors have resolved to recommend a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, carrying forward a balance of about £25,000. INDIA AND CHINA. By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we (Times) lave received our private correspondence and papers 'rom Calcutta to the 9th Jan., and from Hongkong :o the. 30th Dec. The following is the letter of our Calcutta corre spondent : " CALCUTTA, JAN. 9. " Two important orders have been issued during the week. By the first the Punjab is raised into a Lieutenant-Governorship : " FOREIGN DEPARTMENT ALLAHABAD, JAN 1, 1859. " g Under authority received from her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, the Right Hon. the Viceroy and Governor-General is pleased to resolve that a separate Lieutenant-Governorship for the territories on the extreme northern frontier of her Majesty's Indian Empire shall be established ; and that the Punjab, the tracts commonly called the ' Trans-Sutlej States,' the Cis-Sutlej States,' and the 'Delhi Territory,' shall form the jurisdiction of the Lieutenant-Governor. "G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor- G eneral.' " The new Presidency contains a population, in cluding both subjects and dependents, of nearly 22,000,000 and will shortly be garrisoned by an army of 17,000 Europeans and 45,000" Sikhs. The change makes no theoretical difference in the authority of the Chief Commissioner. He is still bound to obey all orders of the Supreme Govern ment, to submit all proceedings, to carry out heartily any policy the Governor-General may please to initiate ; but in practice he obtains considerable power—a right of deciding on details without refer ence, and increased authority over his own local army. No measure, of course, can increase the influence of Sir John — Lawrence, who, to Lord Canning's credit be it spoken, though sometimes crossed on little matters, is, on great questions, an independent ruler. But the new etatus will add greatly to the dignity, and therefore to the inde pendence, of his successor. That successor has been ' at length definitively selected in the person of Mr. Montgomery, the Chief Commissioner of Oude. The choice lay between him and Mr. Edmonstone, and the latter has been preferred for the North west Provinces. Both are admirable selections; both are thoroughly familiar with their provinces, and both have a reputation for that stern energy which for years will be the sine qua non of Indian politicians. " The second order decrees the disarming of the whole of Upper India : " " ALLAHABAD, DEC. 21, 1858. " NOTIFICATION. " ' The Right Hon. the Governor-General has been pleased to extend the provisions of sections 1,2, and 5, Act XXVIII., 1857, to the North-Western Provinces of the Bengal Presidency. " ' His Lordship having resolved on disarming such parts of those provinces as are to the north of the rivers Jumna and Ganges, has farther been pleased under section 24, Act XXVIII., 1857, to authorise a general search and seizure of arms by the magistrates and collectors within the tract above specified. The magistrate and collector may delegate the same authority to any officer of his establishment of a rank not lower than a Jemadar. " ' By order of his Excellency the Right Hon. the Go vernor-General, " W. MUIR, Secretary to Government, N.IV.P.' "The Punjab was disarmed by Lord Dalhousie the moment he had annexed it, but in the North west and Oude the population have been armed for generations. In Oude every man up to 1858 had a musket. In the North-west all the fighting classes possess firearms, and the entire population own, though they do not always carry, swords. They are all to be taken away, and the magistrates have so long petitioned for the measure that they will carry it out to the full. Even the club, the iron-bound bamboo, carried by every grown man, and a most formidable weapon, is to be surrendered. At pre sent even Lord Clyde, who is thorougly aware of the political difficulties involved in a •huge Euro pean army, is still said to have recommended that the permanent force should not be reduced below 85,000 men. It is understood, moreover, that one small fortification will be raised in every station in the North-west, so as to render the seizure of treasure or the simultaneous massacre of all Europeans a difficult and hazardous operation. These three points, on all of which the Government seems at length drifting in the right direction, are essential to gentle administration. With 50,000 Europeans, no natives carrying firearms, and one fortified place in each station, we shall be strong enough to lay aside suspicion and the severity it induces. "The campaign in Oude is very nearly over. The fort of Nanparah was taken on Dec. 27And the Begum is 'reported to have surrendered. The enemy, who occupied the place in great force, evacu ated it in a panic, and retreated further into the jungle, and the only fear expressed was lest they should contrive once more to march round the attacking column." CHINA. HONG KONG, DEC. 30. We have no political intelligence of any interest. Of the Yang-tzse expedition nothing has been heard which can be relied on, but the Chinese in Canton state that the fleet had reached Hankow, and created great alarm among the inhabitants, who were doubtful as to the object of the visit. His Excellency Baron Gros is here at present. From Cochin China there is no news. Canton remains quiet, and our European troops are very healthy. A fair business has been done during the past fortnight in Canton, and moderate transactions have taken place here also. Exchange has declined. Bank bills on London, 45. 7d. ; credits, 4s. Md. Imports have been in good demand, and stocks of English manufactures are small. The following transactions are reported for both places : Cotton-2,749 . bales Bombay sold. Quotations are—for common, tls. 8 to tls. 9.9 ; middling to good, tls. 10.3 to tls. 11; fine, tls. 11.5 to tls. 12.4. Cotton Yarn.-376 bales sold. Nos. 28-32 are much inquired for. Tea.—Higher prices paid for each purchase and the teamen remain very firm. It was hoped that the news of the 9th of November would induce somewhat easier prices, but such has not been the case, the Chinese being quite alive to the effect of a short supply, which receives daily confirmation. Only ten chops have come to market during th• fortnight, and stocks are reduced to three chops of old Congou, six chops new and eight chops old Souchong ; while the total export from China to Great Britain shows a decrease of 4,215,0001 b., as compared with 1857-58, and 12,180,0001 b., with 1856-57. The export to America is also 1,000,0001 b. short and stocks at all the ports are very trivial. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong Kong.—Dee. 18, Wm. Hammond and Van guard, from London ; Dec. 22, Uncle Toby; Dec. 23, Abeva ; Dec. 25, Ticonderago—all from Liverpool. At Shanghai.—Dee. 9, Woodville, from London, and Livingstone, from Shields ; Dec. 22, Star of the North, from London. DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN. From Macae.—Dec. 10, Wynaud, for London. From Whampoa.—Dec. 7, Celestial; Dec. 19, Dora— both for London. From Foochoow.—Dec. 8, Spirit of the Age, for London, From Shanghai.—Dec. 9, Amicus ; Dec. 12, Akbar Dec. 13, John Masterman—all for London. A painful case of lynching has occurred at Nebraska. The mob broke into the gaol at Oniah, took from it a couple of horse thieves, and hung them from a tree, back to back. Through design or mistake, the rope, instead of being placed around the neck of one of them, was drawn through the mouth, the knot being upon the nape of the neck. In his horrible struggle to release himself, he had worn all the flesh off his right arm below the elbow, bursting several veins upon his neck and left arm. His sufferings must have been horrible, and the appearance of both plainly showed how terrible had been their dying struggles. PUBLICATION OF IMPORTANT OFFICIAL INDIAN DOCUMENTS.—We have been informed—and the informa tion has afforded us much satisfaction—that among other beneficial practices introduced by Lord Stanley into the system of conducting business at the India-office, is one intended to secure a larger amount of publicity for the acts of the Indian Government, both at home and abroad, than has hitherto been accorded to them. Orders have, we are told, been issued to the different secretaries, directing them to select for publication every year all the most important papers, in their department, not of a nature to demand se crecy. We may expect, therefore, every year a collection of far more valuable Indian blue-books than Parliament has ever extracted from an unwilling Government. —Overland Mail. QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY OF THE CONDUCT OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Your readers will be glad to have your opinion as to the legality and equity of the con duct of the Bank of England, in selling off the silver bullion deposited in the issue department on the passing of the Act of 1844, for the expressed purpose of being a security against which legal tender bank notes were to be issued ; the effect of which prcceeding having been to raise the rate of discount for the benefit of the Bank at the expense of the public, and by reducing the Bank reserve to an extremely low point during periods of drains of gold, to create alarm, generate panic, and depreciate the value of all other property. It appears from the report and appendix of the committee of the House of Commons on the Bank Act : Firstly. That on the - passing of the Act there was :ransferred to the issue department silver bullion :o the value of £1,604,087. Secondly. That notes were issued to the banking department to the same amount. Thirdly. That on the 12th November, 1857, the day on which the Government letter suspending the Act was issued, there was no silver bullion in the issue department, and consequently no notes issued against silver. Fourthly. That on that day there was gold bullion in the issue department to the amount of £6,524,000, and as by the third clause of the Act silver bullion might be held to the extent of one fourth of the gold bullion, and notes be issued against it, additional legal tender money might have been issued to the amount of £1,666,520. Fifthly. That on the same day the Bank reserve was reduced to £581,000, rendering the raising of the rate of discount to 10 per cent., and the suspen sion of the Act, necessary. Sixthly. That had the silver bullion not been sold, and had notes been issued against it, con formably with the provisions of the Act, the Bank reserve would have been X 2,247,500, instead of £581,000, and the consequent alarm and panic created by the reduced state of the Bank reserve, and the advance in the rate of discount, with the ruinous depreciation in the value of property which naturally followed, would have been alle viated in a great degree, if not entirely averted. It may be said that the silver would have to be bought with the gold, and therefore the more silver there was, the less gold there would be ; and, con sequently no increase of notes could take place. But this by no means follows. Just as notes for £2,000,000 were issued under the authority of the Government letter, against securities, without in fringing on the stock of gold, so might the extra quantity of notes have been issued against silver. What was wanted in the critical month of Novem ber was not so much gold to be sent abroad as in Bank of England notes for home payments, to enable our bankers and merchants to protect them selves against their liabilities to provide legal tender money. Bank of England notes were the things needful in the panic of 1857 as well as 1847, when, as Sir Charles Wood stated in his speech, parties of all descriptions applied to the Government and said, "-Let us have notes ; charge 10, 12 per cent. for them. We don't care what the rate of interest is. We don't mean, indeed, to take the notes, because we shall not want them ; only tell us that we can get them, and this will at once restore confidence." The cry of distress was the same in both panics, and when heard and responded to the panics ended. Throw a short supply of food amongst a starving crowd, and they will run to devour it; give them plenty and there will be neither alarm nor anxiety —the fixed limit is the plague spot of the Act of 1844. It also appears from the evidence that, except for the sake of convenience, the issue department might as well be kept in any Government office at the West-end as at the Bank in the City. The Governor, S. Neave, Esq., says, in answer to ques tions 944 and 945, " We are not an issuing body ; we have nothing to do with the currency. The Bank, in their own capacity, have nothing to do with the issue department ; they are merely the agents to carry out an Act of Parliament." And to question 474, " My view is that we have no claim on the issue department at all, that the bank department is perfectly separate from the issue de partment, and we can no more bring it (the bullion) into the banking department than we can take any other person's money." On referring to the Act of 1844 (of which the 2d and 3d clauses are appended) no poi er is given to the directors to dispose of the silver bullion, so transferred, appropriated, and set apart for the express purpose of providing the country with legal tender money. Should it be arguedthat as there is no prohibition against selling the silver, the law permits it, neither is there against selling the gold, and can celling the corresponding amount of notes ; but it cannot, surely, have been the intention of the legislature to empower a joint-stock company (whose capital, by the way, is less than some rail way companies) to decrease the quantity and in crease the value of the legal tender money of the country at their will and pleasure, to their own advantage, and to the detriment of the com munity. If so, the interests of the two were sure to be, as experience proves them to be, dia metrically opposite—the community requiring a greater quantity of ready money, to carry on an increasing trade, the Bank (as also the Act itself) operating to make the quantity less. On the passing of the Act the total amount of bank notes in England was £36,982,942; in November, 1857, it was reduced to £27,823,232. With a wholesale trade more than doubled, the ready money basis was diminished one••fourth ! It would be well, in order to test the legality of the selling of the silver bullion, if one of the many innocent sufferers by the panic were to bring an action against the Bank for damages. Supposing the proceeding even to be warranted by law, can it be justified in equity, considering that the Bank derives from the country (according to a paper delivered into the committee by Sir G. C. Lewis) "an average nett profit on the management of issues and of the national debt of £247,000 P" and much more in times of monetary pressure, when, the rate of discount being above the average, they are enabled to increase their dividend from 7 to 11 per cent: To conclude—if the Bank of England bas nothing to do with the currency, and nothing to do with the issue department, as stated by the governor, what right, legal or equitable, had the directors to abstract silver from the issue department to the value of £1,666,520, to cancel legal tender notes to that amount, and deprive the country of so much currency ? Your opinion will be looked for with interest. — I am, sir, your obedient servant, \ HAMER STANSFELD. The Grange, Burly, near Otley, Feb. 10, 1859. CLAUSES 2 AND 3 OF THE BANK CHARTER ACT OF 1844 Sec. 2.—On the :31st of August, 1844, " There shall be transferred, appropriated, and set apart by the governors and company to the issue department of the Bank of Eng land, securities to the value of £14,000,000, whereof the debt due by the public to the said governor and company shall be and be deemed a part ; and there shall also, at the same time, be transferred, appropriated, and set apart by the said governor and company, to the said issue depart . - ment, so much of the gold coin, or gold and silver bull i on then held by the Bank of England, as shall not be required by the banking department thereof ; and thereupon shall be delivered out of the said issue department into the said banking department of the Bank of England such an amount of Bank of England notes as, together with the Bank of England notes then in circulation, shall be equal to the aggregate amount of the securities, coin and bullion, so transferred to the said issuo department of the Bank of England ; and the whole amount of Bank of England notes then in circulation, including those delivered to the banking ' department of the Bank of England, as aforesaid, shall be deemed to be issued on the credit of such, securities, coin, and bullion, so appropriated and set apart to - the said issue department; and from thenceforth it shall not be lawful for the said governor and company to increase the amount of securities for the time being in the said issue depart ment, save as hereinafter is mentioned, but it shall be law ful for the said governor and company to diminish the amount of such securities, and again to increase the same to any sum not exceeding in the whole the sum of 44,000,000, and so from time to time as they shall see occasion; and from and after such transfer and appropriation to the said issue department, as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for the said governor and company to issue Bank of England notes either into the banking department of the Bank of England, or to any person or persons whatsoever, save in exchange for other Bank of England notes, or for gold coin, or for gold or silver bullion received or purchasedr r the said issue department, under the provisions of this act, or in exchange for securities acquired and taken in the said issue department, under the provisions herein con tained, provided always that it shall be lawful for the said governorand company, in their banking department, to issue all such Bank of England notes as they shall at any time receive from the said issue department or otherwise, in the same manner in all respects as such issue would be lawful to any other person or persons. Sec. 3 fixes the proportion of silver bullion to be SY' tamed in the issue department, and on which bank notes may be issued at one-fourth part of the gold coin and bul lion, and not to exceed that proportion. THE GLASGOW _REPORT ON THE PANIC, WITH COMMENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.,—At a recent meeting of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce a report on commercial crises was pre sented by the Committee on Banking Laws. It contained the following useful remarks on the sys tem of allowing interest on deposits : " The best security against commercial convul sion is to limit credit (a). The nearer we come to a cash business (b) the sounder will be our trade. The comparative security of French commerce during the late crises was, no doubt, greatly owing to the modified nature of its credits ; and, on the other hand, the disasters which overwhelmed the commerce of America were as. certainly the result of an exaggerated credit system. Everywhere the stability of commerce is in an inverse ratio (c) to the development of credit.. But the abuse of mercantile credit could not exist to any great ex tent were it not fostered by the abuse of banking credit. In our commercial system the credit given by one trader to another depends mainly on the credit given by bankers to traders (d). Traders could not give excessive credits unless bankers sup plied them with the means. Imprudent banking is at the root of all unsound trading. The great fault of modern banking is the insufficiency of reserves. Bankers, like traders, are bound to pro vide for their solvency (e) ; they must reserve ample . means to meet their obligations, and in their case any departure from this rule is the more inexcu sable that the proper amount of reserve (f) for them to hold may be ascertained with almost mathematical precision. But the desire of profit or the urgency of their customers induces bankers , in too many instances, to invest their deposits more closely than prudence warrants: safety is sacrificed for an additional per tentage of profit, the reserve is allowed to fall dangerously low, and when a time of pressure comes the bank has nothing to fall back upon (g). This insufficiency of banking re serves is the immediate cause of our panics. When pressure occurs our great money lenders are the first to take alarm ; with enormous liabilities and inadequate reserves of immediately available re sources (h), they feel that their solvency is endan gered, and their violent efforts to regain a position of safety are the chief cause of disturbance in the money market (i). Instead of lending to others , they become themselves the most importunate Of borrowers. They who should sustain credit are the chief authors of discredit ; they who should inspire confidence are themselves panic-stricken (k). not the needy depositor or ignorant note-holder of the provinces who causes our panics ; it is the mil; lionaire money lender (/) of our great centres 0 1 commerce. One great cause of insufficient reserves is undoubtedly the high rate of interest allowed upon deposits. Such rates can only be paid and a profit realised by a close investment of deposits. Our trading credits rest mainly on accommodatio n from the banks. The provincial banks deposit a great part of their reserves with London bankers on call. The London bankers again invest their deposits closely, and trust mainly to advances from the Bank of England in case of need , while the Bank of England (nz) itself allows its reserve in times of pressure to fall to a trifling fraction of its deposits. Thus the vas t superstructure of British commerce rests ulti mately (n) on a mere trifle of reserved capital. Our whole credit system is an inverted pyramid. Your committee does not look for any legislative remedy for the abuse of credit. The cure must be found in the more honest ',And intelligent appreciation 0 ': their duties (o) by all who either give or take credit." (a) "To limit credit" is to limit trade to the OA amount that can be paid for prompt in sovereigns of nu' weight. (b) "The nearer we come to a cash business," i.e., „sole reigns of full weight business, the smaller will be our trau e ; . (o) "In an inverse ra ti o ," b ecause a ll t r ade which caull°' be paid for in sovereigns of full weight is liable to destra" tion from panic or a run for gold. (d) " Credit given by bankers to traders" depends 01 credit given to them by the Bank of England, which ere& is curtailed when sovereigns of full weight are exported. , (e) " Solvency of bankers" is, how many sovereigns (ii; full weight have you in your drawers to meet depositors they should come to-morrow in a crowd ? (f) "Proper amount of reserve" means the same thing' (g) "Nothing to fall back upon," in the shape of WO' reigns of full weight in the drawer. (A) " Immediate available resources" means, how rasa sovereigns of full weight have you in the drawer ? (1) " Disturbance in the money market" means, ey__,,,,° l / one running for sovereigns of full weight, which have Dil va. exported. foT (k) " Panic-stricken" means, depositors runnin o . sovereigns of full weight whi c h h ave "b een ( v id e ba notes) promised to be paid." (1) " Millionaire money-lender ;" rather say the Bank, England, which cannot pay its "promises to pay,' sovereigns of full weight. (m) "The Bank of England" has out this day 43 tat lions of promises to pay sovereigns of full weight, and 1 1 *' in drawer only 19 millions.* (n) "Rests ultimately" on a vanished quantity of soya' reigns of the full weight, which have been exported. (oes means, ) The more cut d own h t r ad o e n honest appreciationthe small m o o f u ntheir that dcuati done in prompt payments of sovereigns of full weight. * Notes or promises to pay out Less notes in l2 ~ 21 ~ Liabilities— Public deposits 6 milliong. Private deposits Seven-day bills 1 ,F • 43 P t Sovereigns of full weight in both depart ments Note:which the Bank cannot pay in sove reigns of full weight I would ask these Glasgow luminaries, w hether it were better to sacrifice trade to gold, or to have a paper money (I speak to Scotchmen, and ono: trymen of Malachi Malagrowther), or one pant: Exchequer bills, not promising to pay gold, an increasing in quantity as trade and population increased ? THE PRINCE OF WALES AT ROW. ROME, FEB. O.—His Royal Highness the Princ e of Wales arrived safely in this city yesterday after' noon at half-past f our o ' c l oc k , w i t h C o l one l Brill , : and the several members of his suite, and took lir his residence in the apartments prepared for M ei .. at the Hotel d es Il es Br i tann i ques. The weather impressions liel was by no means pr o piti ous , an d th e P r ince's to' of the Eternal City must have been damped by th e d e l uge o f ra i n w hi c h was f a lling at the moment of his arrival ; but he took advantac of a momenta r y c l ear i ng up soon 'niter, and walk ed out on the comp ara ti ve l y so li tary C orso. In evening the Pope's Majordomo and Grand Chan v berlain called, in the name of his Holiness, to poi their respects to his Royal Highness ; as did as ° the Commendatore Egidio Datti, the gentlenia.n appointed t o b e i n wa iti ng upon th e P rince in 1111 visits to the various public places, sights, or se" lemnities of Rome. Pio Nono has expressed him' self recently, in audiences granted. to British! visitors, as peculiarly pleased at the visit of th e Prince of Wales ; but he appears hardly to apPr e :, ciate the st r i c t ness o f th e i ncogn i to un d er w hi c h hr Royal Highness is supposed to be travelling ; indeed, it must be indifferent under what partial- 0r title princes are announced in foreign countriefh if the same honours are paid them by 0 ' 4 .! sovereigns whose territ or i es th ey may v i s i t. 4 Bologna the Prince was waited upon by the Car . dinal Legate, and every attention was shown hi by the Governmdnt authorities d ur i ng hi s brief stay in that city. H ere t h ere w i ll be no lack n , ,` courtesy in the mode of his reception. Our Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Odo Russell, will without delay arrange for the Prince to have a private audience of his Holiness, who has already prepared an e& - , tremely bea u tif u l mosa i c ta bl e to present to in' Royal Highness upon the occasion. Yesterday morning many of the nobility an d gentry now s t ay i ng i n R ome i nscr ib e d the i r none, , in the book prepared at the hotel for the Prince' Visitors. His Royal Highness commenced his in" sight into the wonders of the city yesterday more' ing by going to St. Peter, th e ma t er e t co pal °f Roman lions, if not of Roman churches, since pre:, cedence is assigned to St. John Lateran's over al l other ecclesiastical edifices in the world. To -day a really Italian sun has shone over the glorious old city, and the Prince has had an opportunity u" looking upon the ruins of the Forum in their tr ue golden light. His Royal Highness will also pre n t by the return of fine weather to make freque n ,, equestrian excursions in the Campagna roun d Rome, and his horses have already arrived in gn i condition. It is not to be pr es um e d that he w i ut follow the hounds, who still continue to go e n_ quietly with d few select Nimrods, since his o° l f ness has so decidedly disapp rove d' of that kin— °f sport.