The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-10 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Tyne and Mr.' W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and mantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, rHE POWER OF LOVE. - • Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED BIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing. Commence at Seven, -N TRE - RO Y AL, DRURY - LANE. L ess ee—Mr. E. T. Smith. - Tim EVENING, will be performed the original English Ballad Opera,- entitled WILLIAM AND SUSAN. William Mr. Haigh ; -Susan, Miss Lucette. l'o conch* with' the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or Harlequin' Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood jt'orest. J) OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. L Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. ' THIS EVENING, will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy Of MACBETH. • Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean; Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled lIE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince D;amond and Princess Brighteyes. R OYAL. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. -- Farewell Season of Mr. CHARLES KEAN as Manager. Last Nights of the undermentioned Plays : LOUIS THE ELEVENTH, on Wednesday, the 16th ; on Monday, the 21st, and (last time) on Friday, the 25th. MACBETH, on Thursday, March the 10th ; and on Thurs day (last time) the 17th. A. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, on Friday, March the 11th; on Tuesday, the 15th ; on Friday, the 18th ; on Tuesday, the 22d ; and on Thursday, the 24th. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS, on Saturday, March the 12th ; on Saturday the 19tb ; and with (last times) A MID SUMMER NIGHT'S 'DREAM, on' Tuesday and Thursday, the 22d and 24th. ' HAMLET will be performed on Monday, March the 14th ; and (last time) on Wednesday, the 23d. *** These plays will not be re-produced, with the exception, perhaps, of one or two representations only, towards the ter mination of the Management in the latter part of the month of July. The Public is respectfully informed that Mr. and Mrs. C. BEAN'S annual Benefit will take place on Monday, March the 28th, when will be produced the Historical Play of KING HENRY THE FIFTH, being the last Shaksperian revival under the existing management. " • • . T HEATRR:ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mr. Buckstone, &e. Followed by Hie new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled iiNDINE; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. THIS EVENING, will be produced THE FAIRY CIRCLE. Mr. and Mrs. B. Williams. After which, THE HOUR AT SEVILLE. Mrs. Barney Williams in ten characters. To conclude with THE LEPRACHAUN; or, Bad Luck's Good Luck with Good Looking After. Messrs. Barney Williams, Barrett, &c. And a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. „ • Pit , 2s. • Stalls , . ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open irom 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. This Evening, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John Mildmay, Mr. A. Wigan; Mr. Potter, Mr. Charles Selby;; Hawksley, Mr. Billington; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Billington ; Mrs. Sternhold Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh This Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO SPECTUSES. After which, the new Extravaganza, 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 Manager Mr. William Cooke. Brilliant and unprecedented success of the new Dramatic Spectacle. THIS EVENING the performances commence with a grand .new Spectacle, from.the pen of R. Phillips, Esq., interspersed with extraordinary hippodramatic effects and striking situa tions, in three Acts; and entitled THE HUNDRED CUIRASSIERS. PrOduced with new scenery, mechanical arrangements, gorgeous in I. characteristic costumes, elabo rate equestrian and spectacular appointments, and the hand somest Stir! of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs. Holloway, Phillips, Anson, Francis, Anderson, M. Howard. Herbert ; Mesdameg Dowton, Blanche, JulialVeston, Thorne, &c. To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Madame Fran cisco, being tne greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night at any theatre. Grotesques : Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with the CAPTAIN IS NOT AMISS. Dress Circle, 45. ; 80xe5,:38..; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.: Stage Manager, Mr. B. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 )'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec- Jon 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 at 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 Orricz, MARCH 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 4Z —highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning' and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'48. WIND, South-Westerly; light, and very fine. Mr. BERKELEY, on the committal of Mr. CROSS'S bill to-night fOr amending the proceedings in regard to municipal elections, will move that the votes in such elections be taken in future by the Ballot. Mr. CRoss proposes to make the punish ment for personation severe, though not at all more severe than it ought to be, namely, imprisonment for three months. For bribery and treating he proposes to inflict a penalty of forty shillings, coupled with the disgrace of municipal disfranchise ment for the two' , next elections—that is, for the space of six years. • For the new Parliamentary crime of " undue influence" he proposes HO punish ment whatever; and he is wise. With the failure of the Corrupt . Practices at Elections Act before him, it were, useless - to attempt to create a similar crime in regard to municipal elections. The crime exists indeed, and abounds. lArehave seen ourselves the workmen of some large iron works driven to the municipal poll, just as tenants-at will are driven to the county poll. But who can define or prove the crime ? "Cne case was attempt e d under the Elections' Act referred to, nor could there be the slightest doubt that very " undue influence" was used, butit was found impossible to obtain legal evidence of it. Thus Mr. CROSS resorts only to modifications of the old punishments for two classes of offenders at municipal elections, both of them not easy to convict. But the worst —the most cruel—class he leaves luxuriating in their unfeeling tyranny, probably because he knows that no law can touch them. Bribery is bad enough, but there is a touch of good fellowship frequently in • it. The perverted voter gets something for selling his soul, or his vote at least, to hie corrupter; generally speaking, how ever, he has not sense of honour and duty enough to care whether he votes for A or for B. It is just the intimidated class which deserves, and which ought to have the protection of secrecy; while the bribe-taker would, by the same agency, have his sentiments gradually refined and elevated. We hope, therefore, Mr. Cross will accept Mr. BERKELEY'S. amendment. If he really cares for honesty, economy, and quiet in municipal elections, he will .do so Mr. BERKELEY will he at no loss to show that the Ballot would greatly improve the character of municipal elections, and would p re _ vent a great deal of canvassing, bribery, intimida tion, disturbance, heartburning, drunkenness, and expense. He can point to our kinsmen—our recent countrymen, so many of them—at the antipodes, and show that so successful was the Ballot in all these respects, when applied to ,Par liamentary elections there, that it was applied with hardly any opposition to the municipal elections also. The lower the franchise, confessedly the greater the need for the Ballot ; the more the natural honesty and intelligence of the dependent classes are appealed to, the more important is it that their independence, as electors, should be se cured. Better by far not expose them to the cruelty of the intimidator, or the corruption of the briber, than bestow on them the nominal privilege, but the real hardship or temptation, of an unprotected vote. We thoroughly approve the principle of giving all who directly or indirectly pay rates in a borough a voice in the civic management ; but because we do so, we ask that it may be a real voice. The education of municipal self-government is an ad mirable thing, but it must not be perverted into the means of education in crime ; it is so now to a large extent, and it will be so until an effective Ballot is provided. Happily this is especially easy in the case of municipal elections. The law requires that the votes be given on voting papers. Nothing seems to be needed but provision for marking off the rejected names secretly at the polling booth, and placing them, when folded, or put into an en velope (the plan we prefer) in the ballot box. We shall rejoice if the House of Commons has the fair ness and good sense not to take fright at their obvious duty. Meeting after meeting is now attesting the fact that the country does care about a substantial reform. When a speaker with the powers of Mr. BRIGHT for interesting any audience is. present, it is always easy to represent the people as gathered together solely to hear the man, and as indifferent to the object. Crowds flock they say to hearthe man who commands attention in the House of Commons, because we all like a brilliant speech, as we do a well-acted play. But the excitement is getting now far beyond this. At the large, crowded, and enthusiastic meeting at Norwich, which we reported yesterday, there were only the borough members and local speakers present; yet here was one of our largest old cathedral cities all on fire, and all classes of Liberals unitedly loud and earnest in the announcement that they would have a thoroughgoing Reform Bill, Mr. TILLETT, a well-known local gentleman, moved—" That the great anomaly exhibtcd in the present representa tive system is the almost entire exclusion of the industrial population from electoral power, and that no measure will be acceptable to the people which does not to a large extent remedy that grievance and injustice; and this meeting declares that, inasmuch as large numbers of electors are dependent upon others, the real sentiments of the community cannot be ascertained without the Ballot ; and further, that to realise the true theOry of representation constituents should have voices in Parliament corresponding with their population and importance ;" and added, he" Mr. Chairman, I humbly conceive that that is the sum and sub stance of the whole matter," a remark which was loudly cheered. And this resolution of the great Norwich meeting is the one which, in one form or another, is passed at every meeting, whether it be a preparatory meeting or a large public one. The only variation seems to be, as at Newcastle, Lancaster, and elsewhere, a demand for what used to be called univer sal suffrage, but is now a little uncouthly, and not at all more clearly, designated by the odd epithet, Manhood Suffrage. At this meeting, too, the most active and influ ential persons present were, what Mr. HATTER would politely term more advanced Reformers ; gentlemen who, like us, were so heartily sick of Old Whiggism, that they preferred to support, as far as their measures made it consistent to do so, a Conservative Government against any merely party movement of the Opposition. Neither they, nor we, however, can stand by a Ministry in bringing forward a Bill which all Liberals must reject. Never had men a fairer chance. PALMERSTON, as a Reformer, is spurned by the House and the country. Lord JOHN had annoyed his natural supporters, almost beyond endurance, by his course on Church-rates and the Ballot—two points which have become, whatever may be thought of their intrinsic merits, the test of popular Reformers— and had Lord DERBY but had the ordinary saga city to have accepted these—to have accepted them, as he did a Jew' Bill—on the ground that , they must be ultimately conceded, and, therefore, better conceded at once—he might have secured a second reading for his Reform Bill, though he had given but little besides. He and Mr. DISRAELI have lost an opportunity which may not again recur for a long time to come, if ever. They have failed to show confidence in any class but landlords. Had they but said, by the one magic word, to the tenants of these land lords—" gentlemen, vote as you please," nothing could have prevented the old enthusiastic demand of 1832, "The bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill." We want, in fact, no - Reform Bill compared with a bill for the entire enfranchisement of the present electors. Lord DERBY has raised by his omissions, the opposite cry—" Anything but the Bill." The two members for the old city, Mr. SCHNEIDER and Lord BURY were, as our readers htive seen, confident, one, that the bill would be thrown out by a union of all Liberals—Russellites, Palmerstonians, and Brightites—by a majority of 150; the latter, that it would not come to a second reading, but that the Cabinet would crumble away of itself be fore the 21st of March ! 'That all Liberals who wish to keep their seats must refuse such a bill is certain. Lord DERBY ought never to have put his numerous Liberal friends to such a test. A bill which disfranchises as many county voters, probably, as it proposes to create, which only dishes up afresh Lord JOHN'S old fancy franchises, and which entirely omits a Schedule A and the Ballot—how can any Liberal accept it even as an instalment P .d 0 Lori iverstone has Augustus Longhurst, 31. A. Northamptonshire. Lord Braybrooke has of Cuddesdo Sturges, M.A., incumbent of Knowle-hill, presented the Rev. Alfred pre th se e n v t ica ea ra t g h e e o ß f F ev ot . h s erin am g u a e y l , e of Wargravo, Berkshire, Maiden oviacparapogintment of the R. . Swinny, Maiden head, " to the vacant il :r, l rendered ed the M.A., to the Principalship n Theological College. The Lords of the Treasury have appoi n t Judge Advocate (the Right Hon. Mr. Mowbray) and Mr Robert Bayley Follett to be the Commissioners under the Probate Acts for deciding the claims for compensation made by clerical surrogates. The marriage of Major Thellusson, Coldstream Guards, with Miss Henrietta Wentworth, daughter of Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth; was solemnised yesterday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, in the presence of the following relatives and friends :—Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, Miss Wentworth, the Misses Thellussen, Marquis of Ailesbury, Marquis and Marchioness of Clan ricarde, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Countess of Ash burnham and Lady Katherine Ashbtunham Lord Ernest Bruce, Sir Wiliam and Lady Georgians Codrington, Lady Margaret Beaumont, lion. Miss Blake, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. ,ose, Hon. Colonel i3yng, &c. Yesterday (Wednesday) Captain Pollard, a g9n ?inan well known in the mercantile marine service at Liverpool, was appointed commander and superintendent of the training-ship Conway, recently presented by the -Government to the Liverpool Marine Service Association, and now stationed in the Mersey. 4 - > • r-flf A"Cr or , as ; , % „4., e'r •m 0 'Pint l • THE SUN. THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1859. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1859. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have beep. received at Mr. Reuter's office : VIENNA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10. Lord Cowley left this morning at half-past seven o'clock for London via Prague. The success of his mission is doubtful. Advices from Servia express discontent with Prince Milosch, BERLIN, WEDNESDAY. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Minister of Finance stated that the law pro hibiting the exportation of horses over the Zoll vererein frontiers will come in force to-morrow. The Minister for Foreign Affairs gave a descrip tion of the present state of political affairs. The following is an abstract of the speech : " The Prussian Government does not for one moment doubt that it will be able, in concert with England, to procure due respect to existing trea ties. England and Prussia are in this favourable position, that they are t able to place them selves with impartiality between the antagonistic Powers, Austria and France. Up to the present time there have been only moderate hopes of suc cess, but the grounds for hope have increased dur ing the last few days." The Ministerial speech lays peculiar stress upon Prussia's mission in Germany, and says that the future will prove Prussia still to be the Prussia of former times. The President, M. de Schwerin, announced the fall assent of the Chamber to the sentiments which bad been expressed, and especially pointed out the national importance of the Ministerial policy. The Chamber gave expression to its approval by loud and prolonged applause. MARSEILLES, MARCH 9. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 2d inst. The army of observation on the Danube has been increased, to 30,000 men. It is said that the Porte claims the right of ap pointing the Hospodars. Letters assert that Sir Henry Bulwer advises the Porte to grant concessions to the Principalities. The French Ambassador has procured the dis• missal of the Governor of Rodosto. Hassib Pacha has instituted a council for finan cial affairs, composed of four Turks and three Europeans. ITZEHOE, WEDNESDAY. All the proposals of the Commission for the Constitution were accepted to-day by the Assembly of the States. HAMBURG, MARCH 9. Great disappointment prevails in Prussia, in con sequence of the expected amnesty not having been decreed on the occasion of the baptism of the Prince. There are many prisoners in the fortresses, and thousands of exiles abroad. The Bavarian Chamber, in a secret sitting, has unanimously pronounced in favour of the war loan. The Deputies intend declaring their motives for so doing by presenting an Address to the Crown. The German Diet has voted supplies for the Federal fortress of Rastadt. The question has been raised whether Saffeti Pacha should be ordered to furnish accounts, but the Levant Herald has received the first official warning for having denounced Saffeti. Severe measures have also been taken against the correspondents of certain other foreign journals. TURIN WEDNESDAY. The official Piedmontese Gazette contains the following :—" The Austrian army in Italy having been placed on a war footing, the King has thought it necessary to call in the contingents. He hopes the country will receive with satisfaction those measures which are necessary for the defence of the national independence and the honour of the country. The subscription to the National Loan has considerably exceeded the amount asked for." I a crusader in chain-armour ; and M. de Salverte, a Tartar. About twelve o'clock a car, drawn by masks, made its appearance, bearing the Countess Walewski, the Marquise de Cadore, the Countess de Morny, and the Countess de Labedoyere, all most splendidly dressed. Two suppers were served, one at two o'clock and the other at five. At the former several members of the Imperial family sat each at the head of one of the tables. About 800 invitations had been issued, and the fête did not terminate until six in the morning. It is reported that Count Cavour has tendered his resignation. BOURSE, March 9.—The market was heavy at the opening, and prices gave way, but a sudden rally afterwards took place on a report that, not withstanding the language of the Austrian Gazette, Lord Cowley had obtained important concessions from the Vienna Cabinet. Threes, which had de clined to 68fr. 50c., rose rapidly to 68fr. 80c., and are now at 68fr. 90c. Mobilier varied from 787 fr. 50c. to 800 fr. ; Austrian, 545 fr. to 552 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,340 fr. to 1,350 fr. ; Lyons, 840 fr. to 847 fr. 50c. ; Southern, 522 fr. 50c. to 527 fr. 50c. ; Northern, 935 fr. to 945 fr. The following are the last quotations : 4} per Cents. .... 95 75 Do. end month. .. 95 —1 3 per _ Cents. 69 101 Credit Foncier Belgian 4f — Piedmontese (5) Roman B6 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 4O end month 68 90 Bank Shares - Creditllobilier - Do.,Account BOO -- RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lti 1355 .. 1347 50 Northern 935 .. 935 New ditto BO5 .. 800 Lyons and Mediterranean 845 . . t 840 New ditto -- • • Geneva — .. 541 25 Midi Southern Western 6OO .. 600 Easter n Gt . :And Central — .. • Sesctinian Austrian . Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15e. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 25t. ; money, 24f. 97c. brig Ricardo; the Token, with a full cargo of oil, to sail in a day or two ; Ranger, in ballast ; Abbot, Eliza Nelson, Hamburg barque,. Lagos, from Palmas. It is reported that Kosoko has gained over to his cause most of the influential chiefs of Abbokutta, who have promised assistance. The return of the Consul had imparted confidence. The withdrawal of the gunboat Bruce from Lagos had created uneasiness. At Accra trade very bad ; no iron arriving. On the sth and Gth January a frightful shock of earthquake. No damage. Rain scarce. Vessels, there, American barque Buckeye, and a Hamburg brig. Off Elmira, the barque Nalkins. At Cape Coast Castle, Corporation of London, Dognell. Hei Majesty's ship Vesuvius left Sierra Leone on the 19th. Trade dull. The collector of Customs at Gambia had been dangerously wounded by the accidental discharge of his pistol. Trade moderately brisk. At Tencriffe trade dull. Her Majesty's ship Caradon was at Madeira on the 2d March. Planters were busily engaged reap ing the sugar canes. LITE_RATU.R.E. Creeds. By the author of " The Morals of May- fair?' 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a strange story, and in some passages not very desirable—being more suited to the French than the English style of romance. It is unques tionably clever in its construction, and the events arc detailed with a force and spirit that sustains the interest and rivets the attention. The cha racter of Cyprian St. Just is portrayed in a very skilful manner, and there is great truth in the impression conveyed by the author that he was the most to blame of any in the mis guided circle among which he lived. He was also the most reprehensible, inasmuch as he pro faned the holy vocation on which he entered, by his base conduct and his unworthy motives of self-aggrandisement. Estelle herself, though too weak and wayward to be estimable, was far from being so blameable as she appears at first sight. There is a great deal of skill manifested in the description given of her Parisian season. There was something innately pure in her nature, though, much had combined to obscure its brightness, and amid all the glare and frivolity of the gay , city in which she was an acknowledged queen, she pre served some choice remnants of her early days—some lingering memory of her childhood's home among the fresh green woods hovered over her, and seemed to exert a saving influence. The events which followed are narrated in an impressive manner, and there is ample scope for the exercise of curiosity in the latter part of the story. Sir Ralph Harley is the only , character met with in the story who is at all to be respected : there is something refreshing in his straightforwardness. after the cunning of D'Alembert, and the Jesuitical sophistry of Cyprian. Nothing more desirable could be wished for Estelle than to be united to a man so honourable, and capable of appreciating the good qualities she pos• sessed. With the exception of some scenes this work may be regarded as generally attractive. It is distinguished for its striking revelations of hypocrisy, which it denounces in no measured terms. It also demonstrates how the thoughtless may be led into the most serious positions by following the advice of others, and not acting in accordance with the dictates of their own consciences. Those who are interested by a complicated story of plots and manoeuvres will find this novel a desirable subject for perusal. Personal Memoirs of Charles the Second : with Sketches of his Court and Times By J. W. Clayton, Esq., author of " Letters from the Nile," &c. TWo vols. Skeet. Captain Clayton is well known as the author of several pleasant books of travel. He now makes his appearance in a new character, showing us glimpses of the changeful career and luxurious court of the Merry Monarch. His work is not, however, as might be conjectured from its title, a mere record of the follies and extravagancies of the Restoration. It commences with the closing days of James 11., and gives a summary of the troubled times that succeeded the accession of the first Charles. The young prince is often inciden tally mentioned, his first public appearance being when he was the bearer of a letter from his father to the Peers, desiring that the execution of Strafford's sentence might be delayed for a few days. He does not take a prominent part in the history until after his father's death. The narrative of his escape after the battle of Worcester is very interesting even to those who are familiar with the incidents. The following extract relates the story of the Royal Oak.— " They reached Boseobel about three o'clock on Saturday morning, when Richard left his Majesty in the wood, whilst he went into the house to see if any soldiers were there. Here he found Colonel William Carlis, who had seen the last man killed at Worcester, and bad experienced great difficulty in effecting his escape after the battle, and who deemed it more prudent to conceal himself in Boscobel Wood than to go to his house in the vicinity, where search would certainly be made for him. " On Richard acquainting the Colonel that his Majesty was in the wood, he hastened with William and Richard to pay his respects to him. The King, who was sitting on the root of a tree, was heartily glad to see the Colonel, and they all returned into the house, when the King freely par took of bread and cheese, as well as of a posset of thin milk and small beer made for him by William Penderell's wife, who also got ready some warm water to wash his feet, which were not only very dirty, but much blistered by his incessant and tedious peregrinations. The Colonel pulled off his Majesty's shoes, which were full of gravel, and his stockings, which were very wet ; and there being no other shoes in the house that would fit him, Mrs. Pen derell put some hot embers inside to dry them. Charles feeling somewhat revived aft er his refreshment and ablu tionsjthe Colonel - told him it would be very dangerous to remain in the house, and recommended him, during the day, to take re f uge i n a t hi ck-leaved, bushy oak, nearßos cobel House. Thither they repaired accordingly; the two Penderells assisted them in climbing up into the tree, and brought them some bread, cheese, and small beer (the only provision that could be procured), as well as a cushion for his Majesty to sit on. As he had had scarcely any rest during the two preceding nights, the Colonel advised him to try and get a little sleep, taking the King's head-on his lap, and carefully watching over him, that he might not fall duringbhis'slumbers. Thus they remained throughout the day, occasionally observing soldiers scouring the wood, for the purpose of arresting any fugitives." After many narrow escapes and anxious days and nights, Charles was disguised as a serving-man to Miss Lane, the sister of Colonel Lane, who was travelling westwards to visit her cousin, and had a pass for that purpose : " The King, being destined to appear in a new character, it was deemed advisable that he should be re-christened. He was no longer Will Jones, the woodman of Boscobel, but William Jackson, the son of a neighbouring tenant of Colonel Lane. Another horse bore Mr. and Mrs. Petre, (Miss Lane's sister), who were mounted in like manner, and a third steed carried Mr. Lascelles, Miss Lane's cousin. "After proceeding about two hours on their route, the mare upon which Miss Lane rode cast a shoe, and they stopped to get it replaced by a village blacksmith. The humour an d goo d t emper of Will Jackson were conspicuous on the occasion. 'As I was holding my horse's foot,' says the Ring, ' I asked the smith what news ? He told me that there was no news that he knew of, since the good news of the beating of the rogues of the Scots. I asked him, whether there was none of the English taken that joined with the Scots? He answered that he did not hear that rogue, Charles Stuart, was taken, but some of the others,' he said were taken, but not Charles Stuart! . I told him that, if th a t rogue were t a k en , h e d eserve d to b e hanged more than all the rest, for bringing in the Scots. Upon which he said 'that I spoke like an honest man, and so we parted.' " Soon after the little party had set out from Bentley Hall, solicitous for their safety, Lord Wilmot, Colonel Lane, and a faithful servant, took horse, with a hawk and spaniels with them to veil their real intentions, which vere to watch the travellers as far as possible, and then to pro ceed to Sir Clement Fisher's house at Packington, in War wickshire, where they were certain of experiencing the most cordial reception, and which they reached in safety. " In the meanwhile, Will Jackson and his company pur sued their journey southwards, towards Stratford-upon- Avon, at which place Mr. and Mrs. Petre were to leave them. On reaching Wotton, within four miles of Strat ford, they came suddenly upon a troop of the enemy's horse. The riders had alighted, and the animals were grazing along the sides of the road, and a short distance in advance of them. This unexpected occurrence gave the wayfarers no small uneasiness, and they took counsel together as to the policy of proceeding. This, Mr. Petro positively re fused to do, having himself formerly experienced rough usuao.e from the Parliament soldiers ; so great was his dread of them, that he quitted his companions, and pursued his way to Stratford by another route, when he rejoined his party, Nothing daunted, however, Will Jackson fear lessly held on his way, as the better plan to elude the sus picion of the soldiers, which might have been roused, had he turned back. He soon had the happiness of seeing them remount their steeds, and ride off. At Stratford, they met the same, or another troop of soldiers, who politely made way for the lady to pass through them. • " The same evening they reached Longmarston, about three miles from Stratford, where Miss Lane and her com pany took up their abode for the night at the house of Mr. Tombs, a friend of the family. Here Will Jackson, to keep up his assumed character of a serving-man, being in the kitchen, where the cook-maid was. engaged in preparing supper for her master's visitors, was requested by her to wind up the jack, which he did so awkwardly, that tl_e dam , •el inquired petulantly, What countryman are you, that you know not how to wind up a jack :* He replied, satisfac torily, lam a poor t enan t' s son o f Colonel Lane, in Staf fordshire; We seldom have roast moat ; but, when we have, we don't m a k e use o f a j ack, ' which answer pacified the irate damsel." On this journey h e h a d many r i s k s o f . being discovered, which, as the penalty for concealing him was death, and the reward for his discovery £lOOO, was very alarming. It speaks well for the peasantry among whom he mingled that of the 30 or 40 persons who possessed his ecret, not one should have been found to betray him, either for the sake of the reward or for fear of the conse quences of assisting his escape. The close of the first volume leaves him safe in France ; the second records the events which brought him to the throne and the chief incidents of his reign,:ineluding the two great public calamities of the Plag ue an d th e Fi re. The following description of the destruction of the old city of London gives a vivid idea of the terrific conflagration : " London, at this period, seemed a doomed city—as if the sword of the destroying angel Was suspended over it. Dur ino, the last year, the plagne had desolated' the homes of th e inhabitants and, in many instances, had swept away entire families, sparing neither sex nor age. Death had indeed reigned triumphant everywhere. Another fearful calamity,' such as had never yet befallen the British metropolis, now occurred to dismay the hearts of the citizens. We allude to the Great Pim which broke out early on Sunday morn ing, the 2d of September. It commenced in the King's baker's shop in Pudding-lane, at the corner of Thames street. The house was full of faggots at the time, and the numerous wooden buildings contiguous to it were filled with pitch, tar, oakum, and other combustibles. No efforts appear to have been made for some time to check the pro. gress of the flames. " The interior of the churches presented a curious and unusual spectacle on the Sabbath-day. No pastor was to be seen in the pulpit; and in lieu of the congregation, a miscellaneous collection of goods and houseVold furniture might be seen thing confusedly together, brought out of the burning houses. The streets were thronged with persons hurrying to and fro ; looking aghast at the appalling scene that presented itself on all sides ; some carrying their goods on their backs, others bearing away the sick on beds; while a multitude of carts and other vehicles, laden with goods and chattels, struggled to make their way through the blocked-up thoroughfares, either to the sacred edifices, or to the open fields in the vicinity. Night came, but it brought not darkness with it, the streets and the heavens being lit up bythe far-spreading conflagration. The meadowsnearest to the metropolis exhibited a strange and singular aspect. In these, groups of persons were collected around their property saved from the flames, anxious to protect it from depredation; and who, though now houseless, and having to deplore a stoppage to their business, by which their means of life were thus for the present cut off, nevertheless had great reason to be thankful to Divine Providence, for having preserved their lives from the awful p e ril that had threatened them. " Myriads of sparks, impelled by the wind, in their descent set fire to other houses, which were mostly wooden buildings, and showers were borne across the Thames, which was brilliantly lit up to a considerable distance. Its banks were lined with people—now casting their eyes on the blazing city—and now on the numerous lighters con veying furniture to some place of safety. Boats filled with persons, anxious to witness the grand but terrible scene from the water, passed up and down the river during the night ; while tables, chairs, and other articles, rudely jostled against each other, and were borne along by tho tide. "No sooner did the King perceive the extent of the calamity which had befallen his city, than he sent his com mands to Sir Thomas Bludworth, the Lord-Mayor, to pull down houses, so as to arrest the ravages of the flames, I met him,' says Pepys, 'in Canning-street, like a man spent, with a handkercher about his neck. To the King's mes sage, he cried like a fainting woman, ' Lord what can I do ? —I am spentpeople will not obey me. I have been pull ing down houses, but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it.' He added, he needed no more soldiers; and that, for himself, he must go and refresh himself, having been up all night. " Evelyn also thus vividy describes the Great Fire : The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished that, from the beginning, I now not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, and running about like distracted creatures. All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen for above forty miles round,for many nights. God grant that mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame I The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of the women and children, the hurry of the people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that, at the last, one was not able to approach it. The fire raged for four days, and all that time the King and the Duke of York exerted themselves in the most energetic manner, even labouring in person, and being present to command order, reward, and encourage the workmen. It was th roug h the personal activity and presence of mind of the Duke of York, in caus ing the houses to be blown up, that the beautiful old Temple church was saved and the fire stopped.' " It was only through the wise precautions and energy of his Majesty, that the Tower and Westminster Abbey were preserved from destruction. But it was not till the 7th of the month that the flames were extinguished. The fire destroyed St. Paul's cathedral, the Exchange, the Post- Office, and above two-thirds of the houses, churches, and principal buildings. The rent of the houses consumed in the city was computed at £600,000 per annum. A great quantity of books fell a sacrifice to the flames, which occa sioned the ruin of the leading booksellers." It will thus be seen that these volumes are full of incident and interest; and, though the subject is not in itself novel, yet a clear and succinct account of the career of Charles the Second and his ante cedents, from the marriage of his father with Hen rietta Maria, to his death in 1685, cannot fail to be acceptable to all who wish to familiarise themselves with our national records. SARDINIA. The Piedmontese Gazette publishes the text of a convention concluded by Sardinia and France on the 23d November, 1858, relative to the convey ance of travellers and merchandise on the Sax.' do- French railway :—" Bythis convention, a Sardinian Custom-house office is established at the French sta tion of Culoz, near the Piedmontese frontier. The French and Sardinian Custom-house offices at that station are to have separate sheds and warehouses. The police of the station is entrusted to the French authorities, but the Sardinian Custom-house officers are to be amenable solely to the laws of their own country. They are to be exempt from all French taxes, and from serving in the national guard, and to be on a perfect footing of equality with the French Custom-house officers. In cases of in fringement of the Sardinian Customs Laws, the French authorities shall, at the request of the Sar dinian authorities, examine witnesses, collect in formation, and notify the results to the Sardinian authorities, as also notify to the parties concerned the summonses and sentences emanating from the Sardinian tribunals. Crimes and delinquencies committed at the station or on the railway in France are to be judged by the French authorities. The Sardinian Government engages not to appoint to the Guloz station any agents condemned by Sardi nian tribunals for civil or political offences, or for infringement of the customs laws. Passports may be vised by the Sardinian authorities at the mixed station of Culoz. The Sardinian Government pro mises the French one reciprocity, in the case of its becoming necessary in the course of time to esta blish a French office on the Sardinian territory, in consequence of the construction of some other railway." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Mr. Bruce, English Minister Plenipotentiary to China, is expected this a&•ening at Paris. He will set out to-morrow for Marseilles, with M. Bersolle, Third Secretary of French Legation, who is the bearer of the ratification of the Franco• Chinese Treaty. They will embark immediately on their destination. The Constitutionnel publishes an article, signed " Boniface," on the armaments of Austria in Italy. The article states that the effective of the Austrian troops in Italy has been increased from 50,000 to 180,000 men. The Austrian army, it appears, is put in readiness for offensive movements in case they should be wanted. The movement of troops to the frontiers for the purpose of being concentrated there is of a nature to confirm those reports. Besides numerous artil lery, materiel has been despatched to Piacenza. During the last few days cannon of large size have arrived at Milan and Verona, part of which were provided with carriages for 'the purpose of siege, and part of them with carriages for the coasts. This concentration of artillery allows the suppo sition that a veritable siege train is to be assembled at Pavia, which can have no other aim than the siege of the strong places in Piedmont Their Majesties gave a grand fancy ball at the Tuileries the night before last, which was marked by extraordinary magnificence. The Emperor wore the uniform of a superior officer of the time of Louis XV., and the Empress a court dress of the same period , red, black, and gold, sparklin g w ith di amonds an d precious stones. The Princess Mathilde was attired as a Queen of Syria, and the Princess Clotilda as Mary Stuart ; Count de Nieuwerkerke represented PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter says :—" The interpellation which was to have been addressed by M. Henri d'Arnim to the Ministry, on the subject of the present state of political affairs, has been set aside for the present. The terms in which it was to be expressed had been communicated to the principal members of the ministerial majority, to which M. d'Arnim belongs. The heads of that party declared themselves almost unanimously against it, first, because there was nothing uncertain in the intentions of the Govern ment, as the words of the interpellation seemed to imply, and next, because any discussion on the subject was considered inopportune at a mo ment when negotiations were pending at Vienna. M. d'Arnim could not consequently command the thirty members, which num ber, according to the regulations, is required to support any proposition, and he has been obliged to renounce his intention. M. d'Arnim is the can didate designated for the portfolio of war, in case events should oblige Prussia to give a more ener getic direction to her foreign policy." The state of health of the King of Naples is represented by several correspondents as having become extremely critical. The ITrurtemberg .31oniteur contradicts the state ment of the Journal de Geneve, that the Stuttgard Cabinet had replied unfavourably to the Austrian note. THE AMERICAN MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Indian, with the United States mails of the 25th, and the Canadian mails of the 26th ult., arrived early this morning. A telegram from Newfoundland reports the re signation of the Speaker of the Assembly, in consequence of some obnoxious appointment in connexion with the fisheries. (BY TELEGRAM TO BOSTON.) NEW YORK, FEB. 25. The following are the latest quotations at the Stock Board :—Missouri Sixes, 85, B, 3 ; Erie Second M Bonds, 871; Erie Bonds of 75, 38+ ; Erie Fourth M, 54; La Crosse Grants, 221; Illinois Central Bonds, 89 ; Del. and Hudson Canal, 991; Cumberland, offered, 241 ; Pacific Mail, 78, S, 10 ; New York Central, 791 ; Hudson, 321, B, 60 ; Haarlem, 13 ; ditto, Preferred, 391; Reading, 491 ; Michigan Central, 511, ; Lacrosse and Milwaukie, 1; Michigan Southern Guaranteed, 461; Panama, 116; Illinois Central, 681 ; ; California, .7, S., 69! ; Cleveland and Toledo, 291, B, 30 ; Roek Island, 611 ; Chicago, Burlington, and Quincey, 52. Ashes—Pot, 5 62 to 5 68 ; pearl, 5 87. Cotton firmer, and per cent. better for transit ; lots, mid dling upland, 111 to 112. Flour—State and Western advanced 5 cents. on good qualities ; unsound, 4 to 4 50. State 525t0 5 50; extra State, 6 to 6 15 ; round hoop, Ohio, 6 50 to 6 60; common to good extra Western, 6 15 to 6 35 ; Southern firmer, sales 7,000 barrels ; mixed to good, 6 to 6 40 ; fancy and extra, 6 50 to 658 ; Canada extra, 6 70 to to 7 30, Corn heavy, sales 13,000 bushels ; mixed Western, 84 to 85 ; new yellow Jersey and Southern, 82 to 841. Country mess beef, 775 to 9 ; prime, 650t0 7 ; repacked Chicago, 9to 11. Pork quiet, mess, 17 75 for old, 18 25 for new; prime, 13 25. Sugar quiet, holders insisting on an ad vance-7 to 71 for New Orleans. Molasses active and firm—N.O., 39 to 40. Spirits of turpentine un changed.—Crude, 3 871 ; rosin, 1 721 for common, 212t0 3 for fine. Iron, firm—Scotch, 28 to 30 dollars. Freights to Liverpool—more doing in cotton ; 3,000 bales taken at 4 to 3-16 d. SAVANNAH, FEB. 25. Cotton advanced half-a-quarter cent. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Cambridge, from Laguna, for Marseilles, off Cape Florida on the 6th ult. The British ship Truro was towed into Charles town, totally dismasted. Elliott, from Palermo, at Baltimore. Rome, hence, at Savannah. Robert Mills, hence, at Galveston, Levantee, hence • H.D. Brookman, from Cardiff ; and Sarah G. Hyde, from Trieste—at Mobile. Hartford, from Shields ; and Belle, from Palermo —at New York. Emma, from Havre ; and Amerika, from Rotter dam, at Charlestown. C. S. Pennell, Martha Rudolf, and Madras, hence ; Charles A. Farwell, from Antwerp ; and Sea Ranger, from Cardiff—at New Orleans. Esther Frances, from St. Jago, for Swansea, with copper ore, was totally lost on a reef, south point of Inagua, on the 14th ult. ; about 200 tons of the ore and materials saved. The Prince Albert, from Galway, which left Galway on the sth, reached New York on the 25th. ult., na Newfoundland. AFRICA. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 10. The Ethiope has arrived with 2,430 ounces of gold dust, £833 sterling in specie, and 14,231 lb. cochineal, &c. Her dates are :—Bonny, Feb. 6th ; Lagos, Bth ; Accra, 10th ; Elmira, 12th ; Cape Coast Castle, 13th ; Gambia, 23d ; Teneriffe, 28th ; and Madeira, March 2d. Trade at Bonny dull. Oil scarce. The Runnymede to sail in a day or two, nearly full of oil. Vessels there.—SisterS, Albro', Princess Royal, Sunshine. Express hence. Off.—Brassnier, 66 days out. Mars and Orient to leave on the 18th for Eng land. Trade dull, kil £23 per tun, without expenses. Health of the river pretty good, dysentery •tither prevalent. On the Bth, in lat. 5.57 N., long. 3.40, the Ethiope passed her Majesty's ship Antelope. At Lagos a state of uneasiness prevailed; slave trade struggling to predominate. The bringing of oil from the interior t4the markets had been interdicted by the Chief of the Jaboon and other countries. * Trade consequently dull. Vessels there—Her Majesty's ship Archer; Italian THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES. (From the Cork Reporter.) Upon Monday a deputation from these sufferers waited upon the Mayor, for the purpose of vindi cating as promptly as possible, and in the presence of the highest local authority, the course which they took in having themselves brought to this port. They were accompanied by an interpreter, as none of them spoke English,and they seemed to be highly intelligent and well-bred gentlemen. His worship received them with the warmest sym pathy, and the same feeling was evinced by the other gentlemen present, some of whom spoke their language, or French, and they made inquiries into the nature of their treatment. One of them has been imprisoned for over a quarter of a century, and none of them have been incarcerated for less than ten years. Their limbs still bear the marks Worn in them by their chains. Poerio has suffered severely in health, and on shipboard was only able to sit on deck for a few hours daily. Many of the others exhibit manifest tokens of being broken in health, strength, and spirits by their long confine ment. One of the clergymen stated that, in consi deration of their office, they were better treated than the others, but that still even their plight was miserable, their entire allowance for support, &c., being only equivalent to sixpence of our money per diem. In an address which thQy preseuterto the mayor, they state that they were embarked on the steamer Stromboli without a moment's notice, on the 17th of January, and towed by the steam frigate Ettore Fieramosca to Cadiz. In the Bay of Biscay they demanded to be put ashore, but were told that the Spanish Government would not receive them. They remained 25 days on board the Stromboli in the Bay of Cadiz, without seeing or being seen by anybody. They wrote by post to the governor of Cadiz, and by chance reading in the Spanish news paper La Palma, that I\l, Olozaga had spoken of them, they wrote to him, and sent a copy of their letter to the governor, and also to the Piedmontese consul. On being conveyed on board the American clipper, on the 19th February, they signed a de• clarationi, praying the captain to steer for the nearest English port, and threatening him with legal consequences if he went to America. On the 20th a Neapolitan officer came on board, bringing a sum of 200 dollars to the captain, and took their letters for Naples. On the 21st the captain called his crew together, showed them the declaration, upon which the vessel was steered for Cork. In their remonstrance to the captain, after threatening that they should appeal to competent legal tribunals if their request was refused, they add : "At the same time they declare that they will raspect religiously the laws of the ship, they will live in perfect harmony with all the individuals of the crew, and will preserve towards you all the regards that personally are due to ou. Yet they warn you that; arrived appeal to the tribunals concerning the attempt made unknowingly by contract and price against their liberty, and they will hold you and the pro prietors of the ship responsible for all the legal con sequences of the same act. The undersigned, while they are grieved to take this position towards you in defence of their own rights, and that it may not be thought they have given acquiescence to an unlawful and violent act, will repeat to you the assurance that they will use all their force to preserve a good and friendly relation during the voyage with you and with the entire crew, in order to merit and obtain the esteem and affection of the citizens of the United States. Lastly, we make known to you that we have sent a copy of this protest to the Consular body in Cadiz, and to the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States resident in Madrid, and this they do for the sake of using every precaution." Some of those present having inquired into the means of immediate support which the exiles pos sess, it was stated that from the suddenness of their deportation, and not having been allowed to make any arrangements with their families or friends, none of them were well supplied, and over forty of their number were in absolute want. His worship and the citizens in the room opened a subscription list, and in less than half an hoar £3O was sub scribed. The Duke of Norfolk has his smoking-room, in his new mansion at Sheffield Park, over the upper stories of a quadrangular tower between 70 and 90 feet high. No domestic economy can be outraged when the lord and mas ter adopts such precautions as these. A STEAM-ENGINE TRAVERSING THE STREETS. —Yesterday m orning some astonishment was creat e d among the drivers of the numerous vehicles in the Westminster road by the appearance of a locomotive under steam moving through that crowded thoroughfare ; and soon after mid day a - traction engine, drawing a truck, to which was affixed a placard, informing the numerous gazers that it was loaded with 25 tons of iron, passed through the York-road. The engine was managed by Mr. Bray, the originator of it, and turned the corners, making even the Amp turn necessary to pass from the Belvidere-road into the wharf of Messrs. Maudsley and Co. without any difficulty. Messrs. Maudsley have more than one of these engines in their employ, which they us e f or communicating betwepn their several wharves in Lambeth, New-cross, &c. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. WEST SUSSEX. CHICHESTER, MARCH 9. The election of a knight of the shire to supply a vaeancy in the western division of the county of Sussex, occasioned by the Earl of March accepting the office of President of the Poor.law Board, took place this day in the Guildhall. The usual preli minaries, having been gone through, W. T. Mit ford, Esq., nominated Lord March for re-cleetion for the fifth time ; and Colonel Carr Lloyd seconded. No other candidate being nominated, the Sheriff declared the noble lord duly elected/ amidst loud applause. Lord MAncit then addressed the electors, and, after some preliminary observations, said it was not without much anxious consideration that he accepted the post offered to him by the Govern ment. Sympathising as he did with the Govern ment, and approving of all they had done since their accession to power, he did not feel himself at liberty to refuse. (Applause.) After reviewing the state of affairs at the time when Lord Derby accepted office, his lordship came to the main point, and ex pressed his satisfaction at the absence of any great excitement, which he said would enable the house to approach the consideration of reform in the repre sentation of the people with that calmness and de liberation so essentially necessary to the discussion of so momentous a question. There were two schemes before the public —one, the scheme pro pounded during his autumnal migrations by the hon. member for Birmingham, on the principle that numbers should have the right of electoral power ; and the Government scheme, which, while it ex tended the franchise, avoided monopolies, and wished to adapt the constitution to the present and future wants of the country.. (Cheers.) Mr. Bright's scheme was neither more nor less than a swamping of the constituencies of the counties ; and he (Lord March) would ask the farmers of Sussex, the shopkeepers of Chichester, and the £lO householders in that ancient city—he would also ask a class, powerful as intelligent, and numerous as free, he meant the middle classes, throughout this great and important country—if they would sanction a measure which would effec tually wipe them off from the face of the electoral earth. (Cheers, and "No, no.") Only once since the passing of the Reform Act, in 1832, had there been a Conservative majority returned to the House of Commons, and while there was no reason why the country interest should have such a penal enact ment passed against them as Mr. Bright proposed, there was every reason why the plan of the Govern ment should be carried to give them (the country party) 'a judicious addition to the constituency. (Applause.) The Government scheme for reducing the county franchise, as it now stands, to £lO, would have the advantage of putting an end to invidious distinction existing between town and country. (Applause.) . The noble lord then pointed out various classes who have hitherto been ignored, but would obtain votes by the Government Bill, and quoted several extracts from the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech made on introducing the bill, arguing that if the extension of the franchise was to be based upon the principle of population—the principle of the new school—then the boroughs must be disfran chised and more members given to the counties. (Cheers and laughter.) The noble lord resumed his seat amid loud cheers, and a vote of thanks was given to the sheriff, who expressed a wish that should he be called upon to act in a similar capacity before the end of the year, an event he thought probable—(laughter)—there would be the same good feeling that pervaded the present occasion. NORTH WILTS. The Right Non. T. H. S. Sotheron Estcourt came before the electors of North Wilts yesterday, on his appointment as Home Secretary, and was unanimously re-elected. He was nominated by Sir J. W. Audry, of Lacock, and seconded by Mr. Peter Audley Lovell, of Malmesbury. After the usual formalities, Mr. ESTCOURT entered at length into a defence of the Derby Administration and of the Disraeli Reform Bill. He alluded to the various objections made to the bill with a view of showing that they were without foundation, and said, although it was not such a Reform Bill as a Liberal Government would have offered them, it was a measure according to which a Conservative Government might and ought to stand. As far as numbers were con cerned, he knew the opponents of the measure in Parliament were strongest, but he believed that the Government could appeal to the country upon the merits of it, and also upon their conduct during their tenure of office, with the certainty of receiv ing a verdict in their favour. THE GALWAY STEAM LINE. A number of letters have been received with regard to the subsidy of £78,000 per annum, pro mised by Lord Derby to the Galway Steam line, containing facts which require to be laid before the public, and which seem imperatively to demand some explanation from the Government. The subsidy already paid for the American mail service is £191,000 per annum to the Cunard Company. Of course, on free trade principles, this grant, like all of a similar character, has been open to strong objections, since by tending to obstruct competition it could in the end only injure the general growth of rapid and efficient ocean steam communication. The true plan contended for has been that every steamer should be allowed to charge whatever rate it could obtain for the carriage of letters, by which means the speediest would alway be the best paid. But the substitution of such a system in place of long existing arrangements of a contrary kind would at anv time have been attended with much difficulty and inconvenience, and the public were, therefore, disposed to acquiesce in the prevaling practice. In doing so, however, there were two especial conditions which they always kept in view. First, that grants of this description should be made only in indispensable cases, and that the effort should be to prepare the way for their gra dual discontinuance; and, secondly, that the lia bility to the exercise of favouritism should be corrected by a strict adherence to the rule of entering into no contracts except such as had been invited by public tender. The point on which the Derby Cabinet are now required to satisfy the mercantile community as respects their arrange ment with Mr. Lever is whether they have acted up to these principles. The terms and correspon dence have not yet been published, and the Govern ment may possibly be able to make out a sufficient case, but in the absence of information there is a strong suspicion, which has not been diminished by a statement attributed to Mr. Lever on his recent election, that he will support any Government that will support his Galway scheme, that the desire to secure a certain num ber of Irish votes may have exercised on the minds of the Cabinet—perhaps unconsciously—some considerable influence. It is urged that the Galway line, by its ready connexion at Newfoundland with the telegraphic network of the American continent, will shorten by several days thc means of intercourse as compared with any other route, but this advan tage will cease as soon as the Atlantic cable, for which the Government are also offering a subsidy, shall have been efficiently laid, and meanwhile the question arises, if Galway is suddenly discovered to be the best route, whether the Cunard Company or some even of the existing unsubsidised lines could not have contrived to adapt themselves to its advan tages. The Li ver p oo l, N ew Y or k, an d Phil a d e lphi a Stam Company have for nine years carried on a regular service without a subsidy, and during the last two years have conveyed no less than 22,500 passengers. Yet an offer lately made by them to carry her Majesty's mails for ocean postage and to do their work under the Cunard contract time was refused, and the directors, moreover, were informed under date the 9th of November last that " when a new postal service is about to be established by Government it is the practice to invite tenders by public advertisements, thereby affording to all parties the opportunity of competing for such services, provided they conform to the required conditions.' Nothing could have been more officially correct or impressive than this intimation, but how does it harmonise with present experience ? Again, the Montreal Ocean Steam ship Company have a line of mail steamers between Liverpool and the ports in the St. Lawrence, which has been established three years, and after April next is to perform a weekly passage from Liverpool to Quebec. They enjoy a subsidy of £BOO a voyage from the Canadian Government, but the British Government pay them nothing, although carrying the British mails. What chance can they have iu competing with a Galway company supported by a grant nearly four times as great ? Of course, the feeling on all these points is intensified at Liverpool, where local interests, in addition to those of the steam companies, may be largely affected In London, however, they are viewed with com plete impartiality, and there is no desire but that Cie Lever Company should meet wi , th every success that can be fairly earned. But it i s no t fair to crush private enterprise by bounties, and still less, in dispensing those bounties, to depart from the . only practice that rendered them tolerable, that a opening them to the best competitors. If the mer cantile community can be satisfied that the whole. question has been dealt with by the Government on its merits alone they will be quite ready to wave any merely technical objections, and to-give to all the parties concerned the benefit of the broadest and most liberal view.--Times' City Article. e Xcessi from f cent, i tothin taking The Compa very st of £6oi terenu Were in Londoi whole the re. tellantk future to land vith Ceded l] l 'ePorte The £98,03: In F, °f an, an 1 6t ances Cents. and the C ents. I to 94-1 ; 444 ; di Cents. 1 at 1001 91 / ; Cl New Al tusir rathe r c tak en Consols t he ael effected 1s also a imagine farther th ere is to °per be en ep , ditto, at 18 t• and the quer • Bi The 11 to this i ~.treat W , aouth-V Brighton Midland south-EE i Great No ua ne as hi , 4 -dalleastel L' i laekwal -51 anchesi North 13/ n orth-E. 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