The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-14 00:00:00

E OVAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. The ANNUAL GENERAL TiIEETLNG of this Institution will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY NEXT, the 18th inst., at Two o'clock precisely The Right lion. The LORD MAYOR in the Chair. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. 11, John-street, Adelphi, March 12. MR. and. SIRS. CHARLES DEAN will APPEAR at the Theatre-Royal Drury-lane, T lIIS Evjai,UNG (FRIDAY), March 14, in LOUIS XI. On Saturday, 15th, The Wife's Secret ; and ou Monday, 17th, Othello. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, CO VENT GA ItI) EN, tinier the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE LILY OF KILLARNEY. Misses Louisa Fyne, Susan Pyne, Jessie M`Lean, and Topham ; Messrs. Santley, H. Haigh, E. Dussek, C. Lyall, I'atey, Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. To conclude with HARLEQUIN GULLIVER; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Messrs. W. H., F., and 11. Payne, H., E., and S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri. Conductor, Mr. AI, FR ED ME I, LON. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -R) fk 1., HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence with OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buckstone. After which (th time) a Household Picture, under Two Lights, entitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, ,tc. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. UtliiiroellCe A 7 OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 1 m anag er- -Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, 104th time of the new and original Drama entitl,A, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund lal- Coner ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrcck. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as uh , ual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office ‘)pen daily from 11 tills. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Barris. TBIS EVENING, CASH V. CUPID. Mr. Widdicomb, Mr. ; ihcre, Miss Maria Harris, .tc. At' ter which, a Eight o'clock, OTHELLO. lago , Mr. Feet der ; Othello t , Mr. Ryder. NIB THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TICS EVENING, THE CENSUS. Mr. J. L. Toole. After which, THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Messrs. Emery, J. L. Toole, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, Powell, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Marian/I, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw. To imnclude with THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER. Messrs.. .J. L, Toole, P. Bedford , Misses Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw„ Mrs. H. Marston. Commence at 7. VEW ROYALTY THEATRE, 11 Dean-street, Oxford-street. EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING.; Followed by MONSIEUR JACQUES. Mr. Ben Barnett. A. Ballet Divertissement. After which, the succesful Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI AGE AUX LANTERN ES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason. Commence at half-past 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Continued and Triumphant success of the stupendous Per forming Elephants, whose wondrous feats on the stage, and afterwards in the circle, have created the most genuine enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE, with new and splendid dresses, Ferne, and decorations, introducing Mr. Bell's trained Ele p ry hants, acknowledged by the Press and the Public to be the most wonderful animals ever exhibited. To be followed by brilliant and daring feats of Horse manship by the Troupe of Foreign Equestrians. Concludity , with a new Ballet of Action, introducinc , Mr. Harry Croueste, the Misses Gunnis, and the whole of the Corps de Ballet. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. VICTOR JULIEN, "THE FLYING MAN," at half-past Nine, in new and extraordinary feats. Grand Selections from "La Sonnambula," " Dinorah," and " La Circassienne, " by Wine. Negri, Mr. Greene, Mr. Herbert, and full Chorus, at Ten o'clock. Last Week of "THE ENCHANTED HASH," By Mr. Marshall, at a quarter-past Ten, performed 70 nights. Comic—Mr. Randall, Mr. Frederick French, Mr. J. G. Foreie, Mr. Marshall, and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, ed. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.- EVERY EVENING. HENRI and PFAU, Flying Trapezp intree.id Double Feats on the - Two Operatic Selections alternately from " Ernani," " Macbeth," "Il Trovatore," "La Traviata," "La Circas sienne," &c., by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, C. Greville, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus—(Conductor —Mr. F. Jongbmans.) Violin Solos— Mr.Viotti Collins, and other Vocal and Instrumental attrac tions. The Comic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. ftrri Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. A Grand Morning Entertainment EVERY TREKS PAY, at Two, HENRI and PFAU and the whole of the company, appear. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA Y.—Morning, 12b. 40m.—Afternoon, lh. 3m. To-tionnoW.-Morning, lh. 23m.—Afternoon, lh. 42m. THE WEATHER. -SUN OFFICE, MARCH 14, 1862, THEUMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50 —highest since noon yesterday. 28-lowest tnis morning and during the night. 42—this day at soon. BAnommEn-30.20. wow —North -Westerly ; light, with dull weather, 1 ..,_,„_,.....-.......... /,11 - .7: , 5::-,/ - -' 9 •Lia7. -- - ;- " , ' 31k , (ie. 4'' e -N, -''..,-.,.-;..k._.. .'.,4_,, ,, .,.,,' ..,..,:. ..i. ; , (4... - .,....:_,_ 4.- 4 ,- , ~ ,. ., ,, ,,,...2 , 2. ... ......., ,,,,,;„.c.,:;, :,;.t . ,, ,, . , c , ,, • ...„,.::::.,,, , L .,.... •.; 4 . -.0 --, 4 , • >,,,V,!;/' • 0 ' . 4 0•;01.1 . 1 .. ...„4!,,, - i, i,. ,•,... . -..---• -- 2 -- -4.-. „•••:;.9,-,..,.-- THE SUN• LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1862. Mr. BRIGHT gives us the notion, only too fre. qtaently, of a strong man beating the air. His recent letter to the Chairman of the Anti-Income Tax meeting at Birmingham is a most timely re rainder--L.quite unintentional on his part—of his egregious shortcomings as a Financial Reformer. He enveighs, as, indeed, well he may, against the profligate annual expenditure of the public moneys nowadays under the aegis of the Free Trade system, and under the nominal influence of the new fangled ideas, as to the advantages of an economic adminis tration. The expenditure, he reminds us, is now actually twenty millions over and above what it was when he entered Parliament. That is to say, within a period of more than twenty years, it has advanced from an aggregate of £50,000,000 or thereabouts to one of £70,000,000. The con tinuance of the obnoxious Income-tax is, of course, the subject matter of the re markable epistle containing these impressive, almost impassioned, but utterly futile, lamenta tions on the national disbursements from year to year from our perpetually and constantly re plenished but continually drained and exhausted exchequer. That impost—an impost proverbially ini quitous, inquisitorial, and unjust—was originally ietrodueed into oar reorganised revenue—rather, it should be said, more strictly speaking, it was re introduced at a period of considerable emergency by Si r ROBERT PEEL with a view to the rehabilita tion of our then delapidated Finances. Up to that time—up to the period of its revival as a source of revenue by Sir ROBERT PEEL—the Ineome-tax had come to be reg , tr4e4 by usage as distinctly a War Tax. It was adopted however, very reasonably and judicio„sly adopted, by Sir ROBERT as an expedient .applicable to a period of profound peace—as a t e mporary expedient, under Shelter of which the principle of Free-trade might b e safely introduced — might be introduced, that is to say, Without any jeopardy of Its introduction leadin g to an other wiseencl., apparently i nevitable series of financial b a rrassments. So in troduced, so re-introdue the Income Tax , by yielding our Financie r an ample revenue diroetly , admitted of his gradually, nil;—aftar a brief intcrval of cautio us ex p eri ments in the way of concession aft er concession—admitted of rapidly getting rid of, one after another, of our in direct taxes. The great fin uncial scheme of innova tion inaugurated by Sir ROBERT PEEL, has, since his fall from power, and subsequently also, during a yet longer, and a far mare momentous interval, 'since his lamented demise, been persis tently and consistently perpetuated. States la" of all classes and of all parties, Whig and Tory alike, Canningite and Radical, Liberal and Conservative. It has continued le Ise thus uninterruptedly, session after session, from the remission of the impost upon cereals down to the remission only last year of the duty upon paper. Yet—after all with indirect tax after indirect tax thrown overboard from the good ship Britannia as so much lumber, until at last the merest frag mentary specimens of the old world system of in direct taxation left has been reduced to an abso lutely notable insignificance—there remains more firmly fixed to all appearance than ever as part and parcel of a regular system of finance, what was to have been a merely expedient or (commer cial stay-off for the time being—the abhorred but lucrative Income Tax. Promises of its gradual diminution and eventful abolition have been made and broken and eaten like so many pie-crusts — with a relish !—from Sir ROBERT himself down to our present arch-financier (Sir ROBERT'S most gifted disciple) Mr. GLADSTONE. The giant prop that was merely employed for the purpose of shoring up the financial edifice during the progress of many extraordinary and fundamental alterations, has seemingly long since been so far incorporated with the new design of this vast and complicated structure, that it has come to be one of the principal, and, to all present appearance, one of the permanent supports of it from the foundations upwards. Remove it—and all the rest would come ruining down about our heads upon the instant. For every penny of this tax there is involved a million sterling annually, more or less, for the Exchequer. The revenue could not recover it during the present arrangements, or by any means whatever do without it. The deficiency left by the abandonment any year of the Income Tax, as a source of revenue, would be ruinous. The question, in effect, has long been not at all one as to the remis sion or the retention of the Income Tax, but simply and solely as to its re-ad.- justment—as to its wiser and more generous adjustment—as to its adjustment, that is to say, so that it might weigh, as it has done hitherto, with a frightful inequality of pressure upon precarious and upon certain or realised incomes. There it is, beyond all manner of doubt, that the shoe pinches ! It is for the relief of JOHN BULL from that agonising source of anguish that Mr. HUBBARD, with a very modest and a very wise rememembrance, upon his part, of the old proverb—ne sutor ultra crepidam— is about to drive in again Ms " last" so as to ease, if possible, the " best foot" (ever " put foremost") of the gouty old gentleman. Instead of contenting himself with bootless lamentations over the continuance wholesale of this obnoxious tax upon incomes, simul taneously with the enhancement of our annual expenditure to a profligate total of twenty millions in excess of what our national disbursements were twenty years ago, when he first entered Parliament —Mr. BRIGHT would do better for the interests of the community at large, and would be acquitting himself more nobly of his self-imposed re sponsibility as a Liberal and Financial Re former, if he were to do two things, instead of contenting himself with writing an idle letter of complaints and lamentations to the Chair man of the Anti-Income-tax meeting at Birming ham. First, if he would vigorously apply his splendid powers to the working out of that re adjustment of the Income-tax for which the toiling multitude has so long, and hitherto so vainly, sighed. Secondly, if he would manfully take his part each session in discussing piecemeal the whole of the warlike estimates, about the extravagance of which he has so often and so eloquently complained. Who shall be President of the United States in 1864 ? Would our readers believe that this ques tion is already seriously discussed in America ; that a meeting even has been held in Philadelphia, already, and that Mr. SEWARD has been declared as their candidate. MANHATTAN, to be sure, is our authority, and whether he means to hoar ng or not, our readers must determine. The meeting, he says, was held on the Eth instant, and the reply of Mr. SEWARD is dated Washington, D.C., December 16th, 1862. Commenting on the reply, MANHAT• TAN says :—" That is a spirit that will make either Mr. SEWARD or THURLOW WEED the next Presi dent of the United States. I think it will be Mr. SEWARD if he adheres to the above splendid pro gramme. He has captured me. I now am deci dedly in favour of making Mr. SEWARD the next President." Mr. SEWARD'S letter, as edited by this well known writer, declares that he had renounced all ambition when the present civil war loomed up before them, took neither of the courses requisite in a man who wished to be President, did not withdraw himself from home poli tics and factions, by either retiring into private life at home, or accepting a mission abroad—but gave himself at once and unreservedly to the public service. " I came," he says, " into the executive government to aid in saving the consti tution and the integrity of my country, or perish with them. It seemed tome, then, that I must ne cessarily renounce all expectation of future personal advantage, in order that the counsels I might give to the President in such a crisis should not only be, but be recognised as being disinterested, loyal, and patriotic. Acting on this principle, I shun nip dan ger and shrink from no responsibility. So I neither look for, nor, if it should be offered to me, would I ever accept any reward. The country is to be saved or lost by the highest efforts of public and private virtue before another presidential elec tion shall occur. If it shall be saved, as I be lieve it will, I do not fear my zeal in that great achievement will be overlooked by the grateful generations to come after us. If, on the other hand, it shall be lost, he who shall study the causes of the great ruin shall not find among them any want of self-sacrifice on my part. I could never con sent, if unanimously called upon, to be a President of a division of the Republic. I cheerfully give up my aspirations for rule in the whole Republic as a contribution to the efforts necessary to maintain it in its integrity." With such views he insists ou his friends dropping his name henceforth. MANHATTAN seems to think that a better can vassing letter could hardly be writter, and almost begins to canvass for him. Re says that "Mr SEWARD commenced public life very young. He was governor of this State (New York) when he was but 30 years old. He is not over 55 yet, and he is as certain to be President as he lives, if he will only adhere to that determination. We want men for the Presidency who feel that they are above it. That letter will call out tens of thousands of men who wield pens and have influence, who will do for Mr. SEWARD, now that he is out of the political arena, what he could never do for himself while he was in it, namely, make him the next President of theMnited States, when the present joker quits that position." Whatever there may be in all this it is v. str iking illustration of the eftlet of electing Quadrennially, Chief Ruler, or at least a Prime Minister,—or more exactly, a kind of compromise between the two. There is no rest from canvassing for the highest office. The n ew P res id en t i s h ar dly installed, when he and his friends begin pre four years after. p ara tions for a re-installation rin SIUN, LONDON, FRIDAY gVENING, AIAROFT 14, 1862. other candidate, of course, g enerally steps into the field, either for a real contest or to be on the cards for the follow in g election. The struggles which take place here on measures and Ministers in our House of Commons are aggravated then by a constant struggle for the throne. Hitherto no instance has occurred in which all pretenders did not bow to the decision of the ballot-box; this is the first time in which any party has thought it worth while to dispute the subject at the point of the bayonet, and to shed blood over the question, who shall be President for the next four years. The alterations made by the South, in nitaring the term of office six years instead of four, also in declaring the President not eligible for re election, are unquestionably both of them improve ments,wors they o te f n e d an t v o ass d i causes suhjeetin o g f the diminish t t o h f e supreme authority of the State to the caprice k of the millions who have elected him—while they also save the excitement of one election out of three. Somi It is astonishing what a short flush of success can effect with a people so exciteable as the Yan kees. We have ourselves explained the great im portance, in every respect, of the -victory at Fort Donnelson ; but unless the Northerns have infor mation not in our hands (though it may be in Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S), we can see no necessary con nexion between the late successes and a thirty or ninety days' termination of the war. All must de pend on the spirit of the South. They know each other better in America than we can pretend to do. Yet the North was as mistaken as we were, in England in supposing that the South would not go to war rather than continue in the Union with LINCOLN as President; they may, therefore, be quite mistaken now, in supposing that the South will " cave in " after a few defeats. We think little of JEFFERSON DAVIS' language in his mes sage. His position explains it. But it is quite certain that no army from the North could garrison and keep in order, and no Federal Government administer a really hostile South. At the same time we should not be the least surprised if an early mail should bring us the information that all was over, either by a compromise, or by the pre. dieted " caving in" of the South. Baron James Rothschild has gone to Frankfort, to be present at the wedding of his fourth son Solomon, who marries a granddaughter of Meyer Anselme Roths child. This is the seventh or eighth marriage between near cousins in the great Israelitisb. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN FOR THE WARD OF CASTLE BA.Ylid.RD.—Yesterday afternoon a wardmote of the electors of Castle Baynard was held at Johnson's Rooms, 4, Sermon-lane, for the purpose of electing an al derman in the place of Sir H. Muggeridge, who had recently resigned. The room was crowded, but the advertisement which Mr. Sheriff Cockerell had issued, announcing his withdrawal from the contest, divested the proceedings of that excitement which would otherwise have been mani fested. The Lord Mayor presided. Mr. White nominated Mr. Sills John Gibbons, citizen and salter ; Mr. Proctor seconded the motion, and there being no other candidate, Mr. Gibbons was declared duly elected, and briefly returned thanks. The Telegraph to India Company has just re- , ceived a message from Mr. Latimer Clark at Suez, dated Tuesday, announcing the opening of a station at Jubal Island, in the Red Sea, so that messages can now be sent to that point, to catch the mail steamers for India, China, and Australia (which, by the sanction of the Postmaste r - General, are to call there), instead of being sent by tele graph to Alexandria only. A saving of two or three days will thus be effected in communication with the East, The company have issued a tariff of charges. At the meeting yesterday of the Universal Marine Insurance Company, which had been looked forward to with great interest, the director a' report was adopted. It was agreed that a call of £1 per share shall be made, but the time for doing so was left at the discretion of the board. No information was given with regard to the precise con dition of the premium account since the 31st December. SIR R. PEEL'S NEW IRISH POOR-LAW BILL.— The parish priests of the diocese of Ossory have petitioned Parliament against Sir R. Peel's new Poor-law Bill, as being inadequate in its provisions and oppressive in its tendency. A similar movement is being carried out in the diocese of Cloyne, and the lord bishop has addressed a long letter on the subject to his clergy. THE AFFAIR OF HONOUR ARISING OUT OP THE Duatax COURT-MARTIAL,—A paragrah lately appeared in our columns, extracted from the Freeman's Journal, from which erroneous inferences have been drawn respecting the conduct of Colonel Dickson. We are in a position to state that the difference between that gantlonaan. and Capt. Henry was arranged in a manner thoroughly honourable to both parties and mutually satisfactory. FUNERAL OF MR. JAMES ROBINSON.—The funeral of this distinguished dentist, whose melancholy death, caused by an accidental puncture of the thigh with a pruning knife, we lately recorded, took place on Tues day, at Highgate Cemetery.t , .Some thirty of his profes sional brethren, including the council of the College of Dentists of England, and the dental surgeons of the Na tional Dental Hospital in Great Portland-street, attended the funeral. Mr. Robinson was vice-president and trea surer to the College of Dentists. He was likewise consult ing dental surgeon to the National Dental Hospital. BROMPTON-ROAD IMPROVEMENT.—A circular let ter has been addressed to the inhabitants of Brompton and South Kensington, stating that the Turnpike road Com missioners propose, at their own expense, to widen the Brompton-road, from Knightsbridge-green (close to Sloane street) to the Bell and Horns (near the South Kensington Museum). The Kensington vestry undertake to widen the footpaths abutting on the improved road. The Turn pike Commissioners attach to their proposal the condition that the land required for the widening of the road should be delivered to them free of cost, The greater part of the land required consists of small plots of waste ground, abutting on the road ; but the value of this, it is conceived, will be more than compensated by the great additional value to be given to all the adjoining property by the im provement of the foot and carriage way. To complete the work, however, some buildings must be removed, and to the owners of those buildings compensation must be made. The committee therefore appeal for a subscription by the inhabitants of Brompton and South Kensington, to make up the sum required to put the commissioners in a position to carry out the improvements. I THE EMBROIDERED MUSLIN TRADE.—It appears that, in 1856, there were employed in this branch of indus, try no fewer than 200,000 females in Ireland and 25,000 in Scotland, affording wages to those employed in em broidery alone to the extent of £180,300 annually; whereas in 1861, the annual wages had dwindled down to about £100,000; the whole labour employed in the veal ous details of this manufacture having afforded annual wages to the extent of £700,000 in 185 G, and only about £200,000 in 1861. Some time ago it was resolved to me morialise the Queen, who, it was hoped, might bestow her patronage on a failing trade, and thereby show an example to the nobility, gentry, and middle classes, likely to be ge nerally followed. Her Majesty, on receiving the me morial, not only gave an order for various articles of embroidered muslin work, but also sent to Paris for the newest designs, with a view to improve the ma nufacture. The articles ordered, which were for her own use and that of the Princesses, consisted of dresses, robes, petticoats, mantlets, chemisettes, collars and sleeves, sprigged muslin, muslin trimmings, cambric hand kerchiefs, and caps. This instance of the Queen's benevolence would have been publiahed anme time ago, but for the lamented death of the Prince Consort, and the consequent general mourning. It is now felt that the act and intention of her Majesty should be made known ; and it is hoped that the example se nobly set may be generally followed by the ladies, and the fruits speedily realised by many thousands of poor embroiderers. Indeed, such is the position of the trade at this moment, that should en couragement to the extent looked for be bestowed, the bene- ficial effect would be immediately experienced by the workers. The vast stocks of goods accumulated prior to 1857 are now disposed of ; and should a general demand come for the style of articles patronised by the Queen, im mediate, and probably permanent, employment would be given to great numbers, and many an hutale home would be again made happy. A CONFEDERATE STEAMER IN THE MERSEY.— The Confederate steamer Annie Childs, Captain Uanmer, from Wilmington, North Carolina, arrived in the Mersey on Tuesday afternoon, and went into the Wellington Dock at evening tide. She left Wilmington on the sth of February (having run the blockade on a clear moonlight, night), and arrived at Fayal on the 23d, whence she sailed for Queenstown and Liverpool on the 3d of March. Her cargo comprises 684 bales of upland cotton, 878 barrels of resin, and 225 cases of tobacco. She brings as passengers from Wilmington five gentlemen, and from Fay al the cap tain, first officer, and three seamen belonging to the British ship Kitty Cordes, abandoned at sea. The Annie Childs is a vessel of 600 tons burden, with a crew number ing 27 ; she is owned by Messrs. Fraser, Trenholme, and Co., of Charleston and Liverpool, and prior to the secession of the Southern States was plying between Wilmington and N e w York. When this vessel left Wilmington the inha bitants of that place were still determined to a man to resist the' encroachments of the Northerners, and felt convinced that their enemy could never force them into submission. DRVBI-LANE THEATRE. The performance of " Othello" last night, for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, was interesting for two especial ieasons. First, Mr. Charles Kean had not sus tained the character of the Moor in London for fourteen years; Pecondly, curiosity was naturally excited to see h o w the most acorn ,'she d of living Shakespearian actors Wald treat the part in thew i:QTpewhat backsliding times. Fourteen years must needs make a vast difference in the performance of a character by an actor who is given to studithig contemplation, and whose desire is to attain the remote and fleeting kcal of perfection. The simplicity of so necessary :t9 excite ou r sympathies at the j om ncement of the play, is evidenced in a manner not t t on he be l\ m i ne o l or isi.47l e inthe opening scenes, especially in the see %; before the Senate, which for frankness and unsophisticated energy could not possibly be surpassed. Mr. Kean never loses sight of the dignity and loftiness of the Moor's cha racter. If he is simple and free to a fault, he is also proud anti of a noble nature, and so appears in the actor's imper sonation. So much has been written about Othello's jealousy that ono who interprets it on the stage may or may not take fire at lago's earliest words in tho great scene in the third act, without having his judgment impugned. We are of opinion that Mr. Charles Kean hero takes the correct view of the character, and that Shakespeare inten ded to make Othello jealous to a degree, although his own expression— " Of one not easily jealous," would lead to a contrary supposition, if a man's own opi nions of himself are to be received as conclusive. At all events, Mr. Kean follows the example of his illustrious father—a shining precedent—in making the Mocr highly susceptible to jealousy, which we cannot help thinking is in strict accordance with his enthusiastic temperament, the circumstances of his marriage, the ineffaceable marks of his race, and the burning clime to which he owed his birth. Whether, however, jealousy be or bo not easily excited in Othello's breast, it cannot be denied that he is moved to madness lay lago's insinuations, and that the actor who fails to embody this frenzy is incapable of representing the character with any degree of truth. Mr. Charles Kean's passion is fearfully real, and the effect he produced last night throughout this trying and ever-changing scene, which involves such a complication of emotions and so much physical force, was immense. It was perhaps the greatest and most legitimate triumph of tragic acting witnessed for years upon the stage, and no doubt recalled vividly to the minds of many the transcendant " hits" of former days. The applause was incessant throughout, and the aetor was summoned at the fall of the curtain, and received with tumultuous acclamations from every part of the theatre. Indeed the effect was so great as to astonish the majority of the audience, who in all probability had seen nothing of the kind in their experience of British acting. It was imme diately acknowledged that Mr. C. Kean had created a new sensation, and that henceforward Othello would take rank with Hamlet in his Shakesperian impersonations. The fourth act of Mr. Kean's Othello abounds with innumerable touches of art and genius, exhibiting the pro. found conception of the actor, and the ease with which he accommodates himself to the most adverse circumstances and the most varied feelings. The final scene was worthy of all that preceded, and Mr. Kean indeed seemed only to have reached the culminating point of his performance with Othello's last speech previous to his stabbing himself with his dagger. The death was powerfully impressive from the artistic manner in which it was managed, and the audience were moved to a degree they certainly had not anticipated. In short, Mr. Charles Kean's Othello now is a great, a highly -finished, and a powerfully-sustained performance ; and, even perhaps more than his Hamlet, will tend to vin dicate legitimacy and tradition, and rescue them from the ruthless hands of modern innovators. No living actress can give the same reality and force to Emilia as Mrs. Charles Kean. The part is brief and a mere name in the earlier portions of the play. In the last two acts, however, Emilia figures as prominently as any cha racter hi the tragedy, and the great actress is afforded full scope for the exhibition of her capabilities. The life and power infused into the scene in the bed-room by Mrs. Kean last night was quite startling, and made the theatre ring with applause. Hardly less effective was the speech in the fourth act— "I will be hang'd, if some eternal villain, Some busy and insinuating rogue," &c., which was also cheered to the echo. So much is to be said about the performance of" Othello" that we are aware we are omitting many things worthy of mention. We must not forget to call attention, however, to Mr. Charles Kean's dress as the Moor, which was the most becoming we have ever seen, and what is much better, the most appropriate. If any one doubts this we refer him to the illustrations to Knight's " Shakespeare," which we take to be good authority. ROY AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. MR. W. HARRISON'S BENEFIT. The benefit of the talented director and manager of the Royal English Opera—Mr. W. Harrison, will take place on Saturday evening, on which occasion we are to have Balfe's ever-pleasing opera " The Rose of Castille," and a new operetta entitled " Court and Cottage," the music by M. F. Clay, and the words by Mr. Tom Taylor. The selection of the " Rose of Castilla" will, doubtless prove of itself a great attraction, because it affords Mr. Harrison, in the part of Manuel, the muleteer, and Miss Louisa Pyne, as the Queen, such excellent opportunities of displaying the great talent each artiste possesses in rendering the ever-pleasing music of Balfe. Of the novelty, the " Court and Cottage" reports speak in very high terms of praise. Sotting aidasid9 the en tertainments provided for his benefit by Mr. Harrison, there cannot be a doubt about the strong claim he has upon the music-loving part of the community ; for, had it not been for him, the metropolis would doubtless have been without one theatre in which native music, sung by native artistes could bo heard. Through the untiring exertions of Mr. Harrison, the English opera season is now as regu. larly looked for as the Italian; and, such being the ease, the manager's benefit must undoubtedly be the great night of the:season, as "a bumper at parting" is most eminently due to " the founder of the feast." LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. FEDERAL OCCUPATION OF NASHVILLE -REPORTED ADVANCE OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. (PER KANGAROO, VIA QUEENSTOWN.) NEW YORK, MARCH 1 (Moruiug). The Federal occupation of Naahyille is officially confirmed. General Buell is reported to have surrounded the Confederates ut Mursfreesborough, and to have allowed them two days to surrender uncon ditionally. General Banks's division of the Federal force has crossed the Potomac from Sandy Hook to Harper's Ferry, has occupied Bolivia and Charleston, and the surrounding country on both sides of the Shenandoah. No opposition to the Federal advance has yet been offered. It is believed that a general forward movement of the army of the Potomac is in the course of taking place, as the transmission of all military news from Washington is forbidden. The Memphis journals say that General Polk has ordered the track of the Memphis and Ohio Rail way to be torn up, previous to the Confederate evacuation of Columbus. The Confederates are to fall back from Columbus to an island on the Mississippi 44 miles below, This island is said completely to command the river. Lord Lyons's correspondence upon the Trent affair is favourably criticised by the New York papers. A meeting of cotton and tobacco planters was held at Richmond to consider the question of the voluntary destruction of the cotton and tobacco crops, and a committee has been appointed to pre-. pare the business for an adjourned meeting. A resolution has been introduced in the Confe derate Congress to the effect that the South will pledge the last man and the last dollar to prosecute the war and to maintain the right of self.govern ment. The resolution has been referred to the Military Committee. Another resolution was t►ffered, providing a cora pansatiot for cotton arid tobacco burnt. The .2?alelgh _Register considers it would be cri minal to deny that the present is the most gloomy period the South has witnessed since the commence ment of the war, and urges the people to fight to the last, The Southern journals state that the Federals oocupied Nashville on the 23d of February. The Federal Post-office at Nashville will shortly he reopened. The Savannah Republican says "The Federals have effectually closed communi cation between Pulaski and Savannah, and have erected three batteries for heavy guns at the com manding points." Two Federal Commissioners have been appointed to examine into cases of political prisoners, and to determine if they shall be discharged, or remitted to military or civil tribunals. The Federal General Curtis has occupied Fay etville, Arkansas. The Confederates have burnt the town. General Price's army has retreated into the Indian territory. General Scott's nomination as Ambassador to Mexico has been withdrawn. The British prize steamer Labuan, which was captured off Texas, has arrived at Now York. The Hibernian has arrived out. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A. very excellent two-act petite drama, from the pen of Mr. Westland Marston, entitled "The Wife's Portrait," has been produced here with very great and deserved suc cess. The piece is admirably suited to the talented Hay market company, and each artiste has been fitted with a part to a nicety. The plot of the drama turns upon the difficulties encountered by a highly educated literary gentle man, Mr. David Lindsay, in his endeavour to obtain an in come by the produce of his pen. His works, though full of jlearning, do not meet with that success which he anti cipates, and thus we find him a disappointed, though not a discouraged man. As a contrast, we have a Mr. Dexter, also an author, but he discovers the sort of works that sell, and writes accordingly. The success of the one, and the disappointment of the other, produces a disagreable feeling in the mind of Mrs. Lindsay, and she reproaches her hus band because he does not pursue the same courbe as Dexter, The result is a quarrel and separation. After some time news arrive that Mr. Lindsay has been a passenger in a railway train that had met with an accident, and then the true feeling of Mrs. Lindsay is discovered by the tor ture she endures at the agonising thoughts that arise in her mind respecting the fate of her husband. Her fears turn out groundless, reconciliation takes place between the parties, and all ends happily. The part of Mrs. Lindsay was sustained with very great effect by Mrs. C, Young, and Mr. Howe acted with his usual excellence and good taste. Mr. Farren rattled through the character of Dexter with the effervescence of champagne, and Mrs. Wilkins was the complete embodiment of good nature. The fall of the curtain is nightly followed by the most enthusiastic applause, which certainly, for some time, has never been evoked by a better or more interesting piece. " Our American Cousin," in which Mr. Southern gives his inimitable embodiment of Lord Dundreary, still continues to draw immensely, and even in these days of '• sensation dramas," we think it would be difficult to discover a better night's entertainment than that which is to be had at the little theatre in the Haymarket. AN IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE ON TB.E TRAPEZE. OXFORD MUSIC HALL. At the conclusion of the second morning concert at the Oxford Music Hall yesterday, the apparatus of the trapeze was let down from the ceiling for the performance of the youths Henri and Pfau, It immediately became evident that the perch of the centre trapeze was not in the hori zontal, and the cause was as quickly traced to the fact that one of the hooks attached to the cross-tree, some 20 feet aloft, had become entangled in the ring to which it is linked. The first remedy tried was that prescribed in the pharmacopoeia —a good shaking—but without avail, for no malicious little bit of whip cord, in a new May-day har ness. could be more provokingly intertwined. Then the expedient was tried of poking at the hook with a polo, but failure was again the result. Next came a solemn debate amongst the familiars, who assist in the putting up of the temporary platform, as to who should climb the line to tackle the knot by hand, but none of this forward but irresolute baud seemed inclined to go up aloft. At this juncture, critical of a ridiculous delay in the performance, Mr. Morton, the spirited proprietor of the hall, determined to cut the Gordian knot himself, and gallantly, and with some effort, ascending the rope, reached the spot where the obstruction lay, and hold. ing on with one hand, succeeded with the other in restoring the equilibrium of the ropes. To undertake sach an office in propria persono, in the presence of a public assemblage when failure could only have awakened a sense of the ludi crous, was a proof of great moral courage; and the hearty cheers which followed the accomplishment of the feat were as appreciative of quiet force of character as of the clever ness with which the difficulty was overcome, After this little episode, the daring young lads went through their performance, causing the customary furore. We (Gali gnan i ) ileyerbeer hear with sincere regret that seriously indisposed at Berlinl COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MARCH 1, MORNING. " Money tighter. Exchange dull—on London, 1121 to 113. Gold, 21 premium; Treasury Notes, premium. Stocks steady ; New York Centrals, 83! ; Erie, 340 ; Illinois Centrals, 64. Cotton firm and advaucing ; sales of the day, 1,600 bales ; middling Upland, 23c. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 14. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the February account : INCREASE. Francs. Cash in hand Bank-notes Treasury balance Current accounts Advances DECREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due 241 millions, TURIN, MARCH 13 (EvENING). Garibaldi is expected here to-morrow, and will be present at the sittings of the Chamber. At the meeting of the National Rifle Association, which will take place on the 16th inst., under the Presidency of Prince Humbert, Garibaldi will be Vice-President. Garibaldi also intends to make a tour through Italy, and will preside at the inauguration of the National Rifle Association in the Italian towns. MARSEILLES, FRIDAY MORNING, The Sultan, with the Calcutta, China, and Aus tralian mails, arrived at Marseilles at 5 a.m. this day. The mails leave for London at 10 a.m. VIENNA, MARCH 13. In the Lower House of the Reichsrath to-day, the Government brought in bills to increase the taxes upon ground, upon buildings, upon classes, upon trades, upon incomes, with the exception of the proceeds derived from rent, and to raise the amount of the poll-tax. The Bank Act was also introduced at the same time. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 13. The official budget for 1862 has been published, and shows a net surplus of £884,163, including the proceeds of the new tax. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MATNE, MARCH 13. I❑ the Federal Diet to-day the committees on the Holstein question moved that the approval of the negotiations carried on by Austria and Prussia with Denmark since August, 1861, should be joined to the reservation made by the Federal Diet on the 14th February. TREBIGNE, MARCH 12 (Evening. Yesterday Dervish Pacha set out with his entire force for Zubzi. No fighting whatever has taken place up to the present time. BOMBAY, FEB. 26. (By Telegraph direct from Suez.) The license tax has been abolished as unneces sary, the financial equilibrium being restored. the cash balances of the Treasury amount to 1 8 millions. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 1 3.—There ht.s been rather more buoyancy apparent in the market, and a fair amount of business has been transacted at an improvement on the closing rates of the previous day. Sellers have been somewhat less urgent, and purchasers have shown a greater inclination to operate. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 69f 70c, are now at 69f SOc. The Railway Share Market has been also firmer, and some few of the lines show better quotations. The following are the closing quotations :- 4i per per Cents ... 97 75, Credit Fonder 1485 1)o. end month.... 97 95 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents ...... 69 75 Piedmonte6d 11Fiv 6B T)o. end month.... 69 75 ; Roman — Bank Shares ...... 3100 —lAustrian Credit Mobilier.... 767 50 Spanish Threes slk Do. Account — —1 Home Debt .. 4B RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1372 50 .. 1373 75 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1087 50 .. 1087 50 Geneva 368 .. 360 Southern a 761 25 .. 758 75 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard 541 25 .. 542 50 AN ENGLISH SHIP BOARDED BY THE SUM ER. The captain of the Liverpool barque Richibucto, gives an account of the boarding of his ship by the Sumter, on the 27th December. He says Im mediately after hoisting our colours, the steamer hauled down the English ensign and ran up the Southern Confederate flag, a flag that I had never seen, and did not know what to think of it, but kept on my course, though he had fired two guns while under English colours. At twelve o'clock lie ranged up on the weather quarter, and commanded me to heave to. What for ? said I. Haul: your mainsail up, mid another. What do you want ? said I. Back your mainyard, said the first speaker, in a rage ; I want to send a boat on board. Well, thought I, I will gain some information respecting the block ading squadron in the Gulf, so I threw the main topsail to the mast, and be sent a boat alongside with an officer (an overgrown boy) and six men, all armed with cutlasses and pistols, the officer with a ten-inch revolver in his girdle. 1 asked what he wanted, and what right they had to stop me on the high seas in such a piratical manner, using the British flue• as a decoy, and then hoisting a flag that we di'Zi not recognise. He said they only wanted news,—if any battles had been fought, and whether the British Government had recog nised their independence; and could I spare him a newspaper? and would I be kind enough to let him see the ship's papers ? So I showed him the bill of health. " That will do," said he; and I gave him twe or three old newspapers, but could get no in formation respecting the Gulf ports or any other. The boat's crew seemed to be all English but one. They told my sailors that they had nothing to do but eat, sleep, and drink; but they were tired of such work, and wished their own Government Iwould interfere to put a stop to it. GALLAN2 RESCUE. A gentleman resident at Pakefield, Suffolk, thus describes a gallant rescue accomplished by the fishermen of that village a few days ago :—" The brig Adonis, of Colchester, 150 tons, William Lay, master and part owner, left Shields on Sunday afternoon, with a crew of six men and a cargo of coal, the master's wife being also on board. On the Wednesday following the ship was off Lowe stoft, but the state of the weather did not allow of her being brought into the Roads, and towards evening the master stood away to sea. Between 3 and 4 o'clock next morning the ship struck on the the south end of the Newcombe Sand, and filled. directly. No lights had been seen during the night. The master and his wife were washed overboard and the crew took to the rigging. One torch was lighted, which burnt only for about a minute, and no other signal could be made, as all the fires were quenched. The night was dark, with heavy rain and a gale from the south-west. About the time, stated the two men on the usual watch at the Peke-. field Lifeboat station saw the flicker of a light fora a few seconds, but as it was not repeated, and they had no other guide, the boat was not launched Day break showed them the hull and mast's of the brig, but they could not distinguish rAny of the men. The Yarmouth passenger -steamer than came up and stopped at the wreck, though she could give no help. The men of Kessingland, who were to the southward, and could better see what was on the vessel, launched their boat. She was, however, cast on the teach by the heavy sea. Seeing this, 18 Pakefield beachmen at once put off in their yawl, the Clara, and spoke with the captain of the steamer, who told them there were men on the wreck. They then rowed direct to the spot, and at great risk so placed the boat that the men could drop into *her from the rigging. While this was going on the captain of the steamer laid by, then took the boat in tow as far as the Pakefield beach, and sup plied the men with a bottle of spirits. In the meantime others of the beachmen took the Pakefield lifeboat down to the water's edge in readi ness for launching, under the impression that there was too much sea on for the yawl to reach the wreck. The whole of the crew of six men were thus rescued and brought on shore, after being ex posed to -a sea which broke completely over them for nearly four hours. They were taken to the Nit lege, and their wants attended to most kindlp 'JL should be added that the case of these brave boffit,-. men has been submitted by Captain Joachim. F-W" to the consideration of the National Lifeboat:insti tution for a reward. WYCOMBE ELECTION.—Mr. Carapttell Sleigh, who had announced his intention of booed:dug a candidate, has retired. WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE, GREAT ORMOND STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE.—The new term commences ott the 17th inst. The fee to each class averages 6d. per week• Lectures, free : to members, will be delivered during the term by the Principal (the Rev, F. D. Maurice, M.A.), J. R. Seeley, Esq., M.A., Thomas Hughes, Esq. (author of "Tom Brown's School Days"), F. J. Furnivall, Es' Vernon Lushington, Esq., and other teachers. At the annual meeting yesterday of the Van Diemen's Land Company, the directors' report, which did not recommend any dividend, was adopted. Owing to the depression in the prices of agricultural produce, the remit' tances from the colony during .111 11.ip*e been only £l,7 o °' It is hoped, if there be no extraaiii4rfeicienses, that there will be a small dividend during the peeye4t s year. A share' holder remarked that, if there is not a reasonable prospect of success, the undertaking should be wound up 4 After soul° discussion the meeting was adjourned till June, to e nable the directors to present the accounts up to the end of 186 1 ' We are informed that there are now at least° 50,000 barrels of oil awaiting transport over the Atlant o and Great Western Railway. A piece of wood was lately found by M r . Ste' phens, Coastguard officer at Lambay, on which were writ" ten in pencil the following words :—" Jan. 12, 1862.' Ship Ellin, of Bristol, sinking. God have mercy o n our souls." The fragment of wood, supposed to have float" from a wreck to the island, has been left at the Daily fi' o ' press office in Dublin. The court-martial on Captain Robertson still drags on. It seemed drawing to a close when the prison er reviewed the evidence adduced against him ; but after the' fresh evidence was brought forward against him, which ha meets by counter evidence. It was arranged on Wedner day that when all his witnesses have been examined be to speak again in his own defence, after which the prosenir tor, Col. Brownrigg, will have the last word. The Poles in Paris lately conceived the idea of making a national demonstration in front of the Russian embassy in the Faubourg St. Honore. The Government' getting wind of the project, had as many as 50 Poles ay rested, and sent in their names to ,Count Paul de liisselefft together with all the information which the police had ob tained about them. Most of these prisoners were speedili released, with a caution to be more circumspect in future ; but I believe three or four still remain in custody. rece o n f t A correspondent refers to a paragraph copied from a Cape paper to the effect that the Bishop of col. Town had presented, or was about to present, the BishoP Canterbury, r o b n u ryt the for Romans.heresy cam'°..a hist e lordship's Archbishop correspondent points out that this report carries its Os" refutation on the face of it. " The Bishop of Cape Town Natal ld to the being a metropolitan bishop, has no function to P rer4 : h anybody. One of his suffragans could come into the A r ': bishop's Court, if at all, only as an appellant from the Hof tence of the Bishop of Cape Town. And the BishoP Cape Town would certainly wait for presentment, Na e : if duly m a d e , h e cou ld not, I apprehend, ignore before is I. molly takin g u p th e case i n any way. " —London G u artlia l ANOTHER SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A LADY, F 11191% t MACIIINERY.-A melancholy a c c id en t h as oc curred s Acklam, near Mallon. A th res hi ng mac hi ne was at wo ric, e, and Miss Charlotte Boulton, th e d aug ht er o f Mr. f• Boulton, of Acklam Lodge, the occupier of the farm, w . rici standing near, looking at the machine. It seems the sr l , i ,„ carried her dress too near the t um bli ng s h a ft, w hich ( 11. ' 0 her in, and whirled her round and round repeatedly. W be to the machine was stopped, it was f oun d th a t, i n a dditio n other serious injuries, b o th th e y oung l a d y ' s legs W foer e broken. The case is a mo s t d rea df u l one, an d r esults 1:10 , was the case at Burythorpe) fr o m a neg l ec t o f c overing cry tumbling shaft, Miss Boulton is said t o b e in a critical state. EXPORT OF COTTON GOODS TO INDIA.--I t pears by a Parliamentary return issued yesterday that '",, value of British manufactured cottons and cotton Ya r '; exported from the United Kingdom tD the British E 35 Indies within the last seven years has been as follows'"-- In the year 1855, £6,4 58 , 086 ; '£6 684,83 5 ; 18571 18 6 ° , £6,933,850; 1858, £11,358,6;6; 1859 , £14 ,713,812' £12,425,736; 18 61 , L 11,61 8 ,3 50. The quan tities of co tter' imported from the British East Indies within the sag te period has been :-1,296,243 cwt. in 1555; 1,611,577 evv : t.. in 1856, 2,235,162 cwt. in 1857, 1 185 023 cwt. in 18)8r, 1,717,240 cwt. in 1859, 1,822,689 ' cwt. ' i n 1860, 3, 2 g 5,004: cwt. 1861, PRUSSIA. The National Zeitung of Berlin publishes a decla ration, signed by a great number of members who voted in favour of M, Hagen's proposition. They justify their conduct, and appeal to the judgment of the country. The Prussian Gazette announces that the elec tions will commence immediately, so as to enable the Chambers to meet in May. M. de Bethmann- Hollweg's resignation is officially announced in the Gazette. According to a letter from Berlin, of tb.e 11th, the King entreated him, but in vain, tr, re tain office. The Gazette also publishes a Royal deeree,appointin g Prince of Hohenlohe-Inglefin gen- Oehringen (a General of Cavalry) to act as Presi dent of the Council of Ministers, in consequence of the prolonged illness of the Prince of Holyen zollern. GREECE. We have s'.dvices from Athens to the sth inst. The Jriurnal d'Athenes publishes the following : " The , :e can be no longer any illusion as to the re slecance the insurgents are resolved, or at least ap pear to be resolved, to make. They understand the advantage of their position within the walls of a fortress with every means of defence. Moreover, in the isolated position in which they are actually placed, they must be animated by the courage of despair, as their leaders must know that their only chance is to die, arms in hand, to escape an ignomi nious death. The struggle may be prolonged, but the issue is certain. The number of Royal troops concentrated at Tirynthe amounts to about 3,500 men of all arms, to which must be added a number of volunteers led by experienced chieftains of the War of Independence, such as Generals Gennaios, Colocotronis, Petros, and others, who, if neces sary, will act in concert with General: Hahn. Taken suddenly by surprise by the military in surrection at Nauplia, the central depot of all the military stores and provisions, the Govern ment naturally found itself in an embarrassed posi tion to meet at once the urgent and indispensable wants of the moment. Nevertheless, thanks to the energy of the Minister of War, no time ims been lost in developing the resources at hand, and in pro viding for the exigency." The same journal announces that order prevails throughout the rest of Greece, and that loyal addresses come in from all quarters. The King has issued the following proclamation : " We, Otho, &c., informed that among the insur gents of Nauplia there are many soldiers who, mis led or constrained by force, have taken part in the insurrectional movement, and wishing to give them a proof of our Royal clemency,on the proposal of our Council of Ministers, we decree : "I. We will grant an amnesty of the crime of high treason to all those who will make their submission to the Royal authorities before the bombardment of Naupli a by sea and land commences. " a. To all soldiers in general. "b. To all officers up to the rank of sergeant major who can prove that they did not participate in the conspiracy, but were either forced or induced • to join the revolutionary movement afterwards, or against whom no proof exists that they afterwards prevented the soldiers from taking advantage of the present amnesty. " 11. We reserve the right of extending our Royal favour even to those officers and subalterns who, by their endeavours to restore legal order, shall show themselves deserving of the same. " Our Minister of War is charged with the pub lication and execution of the present decree. " Atbens, Feb. 27, 1862." The above proclamation is followed by another in the shape of an appeal to the loyalty of the Greek people. It concludes as follows : " Greeks ! persist in the generous and patriotic sentiments you have displayed, and which are so worthy of you. Surround with fidelity and recip rocal love that throne to which you are indissolubly bound by the oaths of 1832 and 1844, and which the public conscience recognises as the surest guarantee of your independence and desires, Be persuaded that your King, who watches over the authority of the laws for the sole welfare of the people, feels that he is the father of all Greeks ; that if paternal affection joyfully rewards good deeds, and punishes bad acts with sorrow, it always restricts chastise ment within the extreme limits of the general in terests. " Athens, March 1, 1862." Tr EST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 13. The African Mail steamer Armenian arrived here at 10.5 p.m. Her dates are—Benin, January 26 ; Cameroons, Jan. 29; Old Calabar, January 31 ; Bonny, Feb. 5 ; Fernando Po, February 6; Brass River and Nun, Feb. 7 ; Lagos, Feb. 10 ; Accra, Feb. 12 ; Cape Coast Castle, Feb. 13; Cape Palmas, Feb. 16 ; Sierra Leone, Feb. 21 ; Bathurst, Feb. 26; Teneriffe, March 4. The Armenian brings 2,3100 z. of gold dust, £2,508 in gold, 3,003 dollars, and 20,500 francs iu specie, and 14 passengers. Her news is unimportant. Her Majesty's ship Rifleman left Teneriffe Feb. 4 for China, and her Majesty's ship Brunette had put back 800 miles for coal, and sailed on the 24th February. The mail steamer Athenian had arrived at Cape Palmas. FORGERY BY THE ELDEST SON OF THE REV. H. S. FLETCllER.—Yesterday Horatio Lester Fletcher, the eldest son of the Rev. Horatio Samuel Fletcher, the incumbent of St. Leonard's, Bilston, whose proceedings in connexion with the Bilston Savings Bank are so notorious, was brought up in custody, and went through his preliminary examination before Mr. W. Partridge, the stipendiary magistrate at Wolverhampton, charged with forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange for £BO. The prisoner was, up to the Ist of August last;• a partner in the firm of Pitt and Fletcher, iron merchants, of Willer ball. On the application of the solicitor for the prosecution, the prisoner was remanded for a week, but the stipendiary refused to accept bail for his appear ance on that occasion ; and he was therefore removed in custody to the gaol of Stafford, in which town his father is now waiting to surrender to his bail at his trial at the cur rent assizes for Staffordshire. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE THROUGH A DOMESTIC QUARREL. —Yesterday Mr, John Humphreys, the Middle sex coroner, held an inquiry at the Wellington Tavern, Cannon-street-road , touching the death of Henry Muller, a g ed 30, who committed su'cide under peculiarly distress ing circumstances on Sunday last. Mrs. Anne Muller said that the deceased was her husband, and had been a sugar refiner in Messrs. Davis's factory, About a fortnight since a man threw weight of sugar at hi m whi c h s t ruc k hon the foot,a h his toes h a d t o b e am p u t a t e d. Th a t e a a n y a y made him very irritable, and on last Sunday evening wit ness said something that caused him to strike her, and a violent scene ensued. He became very wild looking and went to bed, saying nothing. During the night she missed him from her side, and upon searching she was horrified to find him hanging by a handkerchief to a nail in the wall She gave an alarm and he was cut down, but life was quite extinct. In her opinion the quarrel and his recent suffer ings had deprived him of reason. This evidence having been corroborated, the jury returned a verdict of " Tempo rary insanity."