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THEATRE- Ito Y AL, HAYMARKET. lAssee, Mr. J. 8.. Buakotone. THIS EVENING (92d time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone. After which, a Household Picture, under Two Lights, ntiticd THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. }Warren, Mrs. C. YOUllfr, ALC. To con , 3lude with FAMILY JARS. Commence a 7 OYAL LYCEUIkI THEATRE. Manager—Ur. Edmund Falconer. T !it IS EVENING, 120th time of the new and original Drama entitled, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal :,Aer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, 'Clic Fairies of The Rode, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Actin; Manarrer—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. P 7 ic'es a. usual. Doors open at hall-past 8, to commence at Jinx-office open daily from it till 5. pi OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, fir A. Harris_ EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. Mr. J. Or. Shore, Mr. B. Potter, Mr. Cathcart, &c. ; Miss Elsworthy, 'I , . Weston, and Miss Maria Harris. Atter which, RUY BLAS. Mr. Fechter. NEW TT' FATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A PRIVATE ENQUIRY. Mr. J. B. Toole, Mr. Billing - tjn, Mr. Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss K. Bland. Followed by THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and 3lrs. Dion Bone!mull, Messrs. Emery, J. L. Toole, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, Powell, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Harland, Mrs. IT. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw. Fil'o conclude with ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs J. L. Toole, Emery, Billing-ton, Misses K. Kelly, K. Bland Laidlaw, and Mrs. H. Marston. Commence at 7. AS FLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Wonderful Performance of Mr. Bell's trained Elephants. Tiffs EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RAJAH OF NAGI'ORE, introducing two colossal Asiatic Elephants, pronounced by all to be the cleverest animals ever exhibited. 'l l O be followed by brilliant and daring feats by the un e.valled Troupe of Equestrians. (,onehnling with a comic Ballet of Action, introducing Dir. Hairy Croueste and the Misses Sunnis. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. C A NTERB U itY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The renowned ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERS, at ten o'clock, for a few evenings only. t; rand Selections from " La Sonnambula" and "Dinorah," by Ntdme. Negri, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Raynor, with Band and tull Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The COMIC Department by Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. J. G. Forde, Mr. W. Randall, Messrs. Hildebrandt and Ormond, and Miss Caroline Parkes. The miraculous STECKEL, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, will make his first appearance on Monday, the 14th April Admission—Hall, ed. ; Stant, mid Balcony, ls. rr HE OXFORD. 6, OXFORD-STREET.- A_ EVERY EVENING. HENRI and PFAU, in their intrepid Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze. Two Operatic Selections alternately from " Erman'," 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. Jonghmans.) Violin Solos—. .Viotti Collins, and other Vocal and Instrumental attrac tions. The Comic portion by Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. II all, ad.; Stalls and Balcony, le. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. NOTICE.—The Morning Performance advertised for Thurs day next will NOT take place. RIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 43m.—Afternoon, 3h. 47m. To-moRROW.-Morning, 4h. 13m.—Afternoon, 4h. 27m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. r .-‘.. ~' - , •" . .4 , c,',i1er" -01 ,, .. , • -;_-•-,_,.. -..-!--:.•,,,.....-- - .•,[t r . , -- ,.,, -- -s 4 :: ! '''' • ' 7":..". fY k:'. . , :' , -.'?.:. ' - i .%, .O . A. kPrC. ) -..e......' - _ -,......_.,, THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1862. A good deal of time was again wasted last even ing upon a reconsideration of the long-vexed question as to the advantage or disadvantage of competitive examinations. Mr. HENNESSY, it will be observed from our epitome of the debates else where, began the discussion, according to notice, by moving a resolution " in favour of throwing open junior clerkships in the Civil Service by a system of competitive examination to all subjects of the QUEEN fulfilling certain conditions as to age, health, and character, and that with this - view it was desirable that the experiment first tried at the East India House in 1857 should be repeated from time to time in the other depart ments of the Civil Service." This proposition baying been seconded by Mr. VANSITTAItT, was met by an amendment of Mr. BAILLIE COCH RANE'S (amusingly seconded by Mr. PEACOCK) — an amendment running to the effect " That many of the qualities constituting a good public officer —good principles, good habits, sound judgment, general intelligence, and energy —cannot be tested by any plan of piiblic competition ; the introduc tion, therefore, of such a system into all the de partments of the public service - would be very injurious to their efficiency." Eventually, after a rather smart discussion, this amendment of Mr. CommaNE's, on being put to the House, was ,emphatically negatived. And the original motion was then left face to face with the War Seere tar.y's counter-resolution, that of simply moving the previous question. Upon a division, Sir G. LEWIS thus, it will be perceived, effectually quashed the proposal of Mr. HENNESSY by carrying the previous question by a clear majority of 21 in a house of 153. Lost, and therefore utterly useless, as an effort to wards further legislation of any kind in regard to the subject of which it treated, though Mr. HENNESSY'S motion consequently was—it originated a discus eion, so lively and searching, upon the merits and demerits of the system of competitive examinations that the seemingly idle squandering of the time consumed upon it yesterday is really and truly not to be regretted. If the Government — and the House of Commons with it—declined to accede to Mr. HENNESSY'S jaunty proposition that the experiment adventured upon in 1857 at the India House should not be repeated and extended in other branches or departments of the Civil Ser vice —we im ag ine that f ew w ill h es it a te to recognize the re asonableness of the decision arrived at by the ov eminent. And a decision very lucidly explained by Sir GEORG E LEWIS when he remarked, that , 6 they (her MAJESTY'S Ministers) had established with regard to those clerks whose duties were merely mechanical thosea simple standard of examina tion, while as to from whom more intellectual activity was required they had instituted a compe titive examination, found ed a limited competition, the ed systemthe they c e were e simplenot prepared competition, e th r to go b ac k to or to adopt the sy,3tetn of indiscrimin ate and open Co mpetition, in wilich the head of the offi=e would b e wholly icre . soonk , ible for the moral character and conduct of the candidate." Here is exactly one of th ose wise decisions known as a selection among different courses of the juste milieu. It is out of the question nowadl:ys to ,suppose that the Government, that anY GDvErutriailt for that matter, would be pr - pared vummarily to abolish the existing :qyston of ccrapeti:,ive .-:xE. , minations. It is equally out of the etuestion, we take it, to Imagine that Ministers are, on the other hand, ready at any one's instance, to Widen aorf widen its application—the application, that is, of the new system among the various dEpart ments of the public service. In the general principles a the existing system, a statesman of advanced in telligence, like th e noble lord the member for King's Lynn, could find it in his heart, without any hesitation, to express his approval last evening. Yet even Lord STANLEY would shrink from asserting for one moment that the system as it is—like every new system in point of fact--does not admit of very considerable im provement. It only required that the House should listen as well as it could, between explosions of laughter, to the ludicrous illustrations of the folly and fatuity still requiring to be eliminated from the system as it is at present organised—the numerous illustrations of this capacity for improvement, ad duced and gravely applied, among others, to the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exche quer by Mr. PEACOCK ! Particularly in regard to the problem of any etymological connection dis coverable between the nightingale's thrill, the horse's nostril, and the diverse drill—worn by the negro, practised by the soldier, and used by the carpenter ! A nonsensical jumble actually down upon the printed examination papers from which Mr. PEA COCK was reading last night to his Laughing Audience in the House of Commons. Other " puz zlers" for novices, were also quoted from the same preposterous examination papers by the same hon. member—who must certainly be allowed to have thereby fully proved his case : as, for example, " Who was the author of ' Polyolbion P'"---- ,, wh, called CHAUCER'S principal poem—[And, by the way, what is its title ?]—' the well of English undefiled ?" —Or, again," What are the titles of the poems writ ten by PIERS PLOWMAN ?" As if the correctly an swering of questions like those could in any conceivable degree serve to demonstrate the suitability of a candidate for a Government clerk ship! No wonder Mr..PEAcom indignantly asserted yesterday that the best clerks were often unable to answer the papers thus sagely designed to test their capabilities ! And no wonder the House applauded the hon. member when he said it. No—before we dream of extending the appli cation of the present system of competitive examinations among the other departments, let us systematically and resolutely endeavour to improve it as a system wherever it is already applied. The rest will follow. And we argue thus—precisely as in regard to the ques tion of Parliamentary Reform, we would always maintain the advisability of improving the repre sentative system as it now is, before dreaming of ex tending it, or in other words, of giving the boon of the Ballot precedence over that of the extension of the Suffrage. Mr. GLADSTONE and his commander-in-chief, who gallantly came to his aid last night, have received an avertissement for Thursday, by a ma jority of 127 to 116. The House seems suddenly to have taken fire on the fire duty, and we can only express our hope that the fire will not be extin- guished till it has consumed the unnatural impost. Mr. SHERIDAN'S proposal was one of the most moderate—not immediate abolition—not abolition at all—only one shilling out of the three down, and another shilling five years hence. The last shilling to remain, like the same duty on corn, as a kind of monument, sacred to the memory of the un wisdom of our forefathers. But for these monumental shillings future generations might hardly believe that their forefathers had taxed heavily both the food of the people and the pru dence of the possessors of the more destructible kinds of property. When the chief arguments of the Government were, first, wait till Wednesday ; and, next, remem ber that much may be said against every tax, we may be pretty sure that much could not be said for a Fire Insurance Duty. It is true all taxes are evils. All curtail the consumption, or lessen the use of the article taxed ; all deprive the: tax .payer of some luxuries, comforts, or even necessaries, he might otherwise command ; and, so far, when the repeal of a tax is asked, the question of the comparative evils of its incidence is raised. But there may be taxes which border upon the immoral, which deter men not from indulgence in luxuries but from the exercise of virtues, and the Fire Insurance duty comes very close to this. If prudence be not the noblest of the virtues, it is one of the most valuable in regard to the very safety of society ; and the condemned duty unquestionably operates as a tax on prudence. When a person, thinking of insuring a thousand pounds' worth of property, learns that he must pay to the Exchequer a hundred, and, on a large portion of property, even two hundred, per cent. more than the company would charge him, he is but too apt imprudently to exclaim—" Then, I'll risk it." It is not easy to ascertain the amount of property thus imprudently "risked," but it is cer tainly very large ; and almost as certain that the duty is the chief cause of the imprudence. If Mr. NEWMAREI'S calculation be correct, that 80 per cent. of the insurable property in London alone was uninsured, we cannot doubt that the cost of insurance is the reason. Of the inequality of the tax one or two consi derations, obvious to all, show th a t, i n t hi s respect, not even the Income-tax can surpass it. It i s one which the prudent man is compelled by his prudence to pay, while lais reckless neighbour escapes without paying a penny. Were the tax levied on all combustible property, it would be to that extent equal. As, however, insurance is voluntary, we are told that 80 per cent. of such 1 property evades the tax. The Chancellor of the Exchequer makes a toll-gate, or octroi barrier, of prudence. Again, one large class of persons are exempted from the tax by special favour. As landlords make our laws we cannot be surprised that they should remember themselves, and the fact is that the pro duce of their estates pays no duty ! We do not wish the insurance of farming produce to be taxed, especially as the tax was repealed to enable the offices to face agricultural incendiarism at a lower rate of premium ; but we can see no reason why manufacturing incendiarism is not met in a similar manner. At the present moment the rates of in surance on farming stock are much lower than on most manufacturing produce. And then there is, what has always struck us as the grand inequality of all—the fire insurance duty is levied on one class of property only, and that just the class which has the better claim to exemp tion—on combustible property. All the enormous amount of property in land, mines, canals, fisheries, &c., which is safe from the risk of fire, is safe also from a charge of 3s. per cent. by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. We can conceive of no law, but the good old one of the strongest, which could convert that which lessens the value of property into a means of taxing it, Land, for instance, cannot take fire— it escapes, therefore,. any premium for insurance against it. Stock in trade may be burnt in a few h oars, and at any moment, hence it pays to the insurance office a premium for security. But not content with this natutal disadvantage and tax, the Chancellor of the Exchequer steps in and doub'es th e with disadvant age o f goo d s as com pared land ! Exact j ust i ce would rather requ i re that land sh ou l d pay an annual tax on account of its incombustibility, and that combustible property should be exempt. The p,i ti • e absolute security le of taxing liability to sudden loss, and of exempting consideration. frorveitt,hniannk nweevehrabveeasraaid momene enough to show that this tax is infinitely more vicious in its essential prin ciples than the late paper duty, or than most of the repealed taxes, It stands by itself in its immediate inequality and in its immoral bearings. It could not have subsisted so long, but that it is paid by the most prudent part of the community, and pru dent men are generally patient men. Nothing, in- deed, can be said for it, except that the Chancellor of the Exchequer must get money how and where he can. We remember Sir G. C. LEWIS, when he had to fight for it, invented, by the aid of a subordinate, a most ludicrously ingenious argument ; if, said he, the risk be slight and the premium low, the insur ance may pay, as on house property, two hundred per cent. duty, and he can afford it. Had he carried out his argument he must have added, but if the risk be nil—he can well afford a higher tax ; and, therefore, we shall levy one on all incombustible property at least equal to the average charge for premium and duty on other property. That equit able and logical conclusion did not of course suit Sir GEORGE. But he did not stop there. If, said he, the risk be great, and the premium high, the proportions of the tax are reversed. If, for instance, the premium be three or four times the tax, the tax becomes only thirty-three or twenty-five per cent. ! As if the' reversal of the proportions, by largely increasing the total charge to the insured, made it easier for him to bear the tax ! We exposed this extraordi nary fallacy at the time. But it is memorable as an illustration of the extent to which a most able man can be blinded by a pre-conceived determine tiu., I n no nil... - nay Mlu we tit:COUTO few t " 10 .4 that a Chancellor of the Exchequer should gravely tell the House of Commons and the country what amounts to this—that a man who had paid ten or twenty shillings to an office to insure his property could better afford:a three shillings tax, in addition, than a man who had paid but eighteenpence for the safety of his hundred pounds. The palpable fact being that the hardship of the tax increases in pro portion as its ratio to the premium diminishes, and vice versa ; till, if paid for property which fire could not injure, the hardship might be said to vanish, On a broad view of the whole case, we cannot but think the House of Commons did wisely in expressing its opinion so decidedly last night. The kind interest shown by Sir ROBERT PEEL and other members of the House of Commons in the fate of the victims of priestly intolerance in Spain seems to have been worse than thrown a way. On an appeal against the first sentence of seven years' labour in the galleys for reading the Bible, these simple - hearted Spaniards had four years each added to their punishment. Their reading the Bible was construed as " attempting to abolish or change in Spain the Catholic, Apostolic, and Ro man religion "—a crime punished by the 128th article of the penal code with imprisonment and subsequent banishment if the accused were a e public functionary, and with th e " major impri sonment," if any one else ! Such is Spani s h l aw —such are Popish priests they are in the power. Well did Lord P case on the 14th of March last in the House of Commons :—" The Spanish nation is a nation full of valiant, noble, chivalrous feelings and senti ments; but unfortunately in Spain the Catholi c priesthood exercise a sway greater than that they possess in any other country ; and, however libe ral—l believe I may say so—the Catholic laity in most countries are, history tells us that wher ever the priesthood gets the predominance the utmost amount of intolerance as invariably pre vails. And although in countries where they form a minority they are constantly demanding not only toleration but equality, in countries where they are predominant neither equality nor toleration exists. Well, sir, the case in this instance bears upon law. It does not depend upon the will and ac tion of the Government. There are ancient laws of the most intolerant and persecuting kind which have been called into action by the ministers of the Christian religion, and that action has been the condemnation of these unhappy men to pun ishment which must in its nature be revolting to the minds of liberal pers4ins." Had they been condemned for reading and teaching the Koran, or the publications of a Spanish HOLYOAKE, the cruelty would have been equally indefensible, and equally disgraceful to the faith to which its perpetrators belong. What can the reli gion be worth which cannot hold its ground against the teachers of other religions, which forbids people, if it can, to hear of any religion except through its own priests; and which fetters the free choice of its professors by ignorance, maintained by imprison ment in the galleys for eleven years P We have a striking corroboration of the truth of Lord PALMER STON'S observations from Spain itself. A Romish journal at Madrid, the Clamor Public°, shows how differently educated laymen, there, appreciate the rights of conscience from what the priests do. In a noble article, of which, though long, we insert the greater part, the writer observes : "We frankly confess that so cruel a sentence has made a profound impression upon us, because it inflicts a wound and injury on men whose offence consists in professing a creed differing from that of the established religion. We are well aware that the penal code in this instance, con formable with the ancient laws of the kingdom, prescribes the penalty of the severest imprisonment (prisiori mayor) on those who endeavour to abolish or alter, directly or in directly, in Spain the Roman Catholic apostolic religion. But it dees seem to us that, looking at the spirit of the age, 1 and the tolerance which, in matters of faith, all the Govern ments of the world are showing, we could and ought to dis play less rigour against those who, in their relations with divinity, practise other worship under the belief, however mistaken, that heaven will thus be open to them. " And our sorrow is increased when we consider what would become of ourselves—ardent and sincere Catholics as we are —if in other countries where fortune or misfor tune should oblige us to reside we were treated like the unfo: tunate persons who are groaning in the prisons of Granada. For is it not a contradiction that the Spaniards residing in England, France, Germany, and even in Mo rocco, are able to worship the God of their fathers as their heart and conscience dictate, although the dominant wor ship is different from ours ; while here, those who do not conform to the established religion are persecuted, prose cuted, condemned, and martyred? Is it just, is it creditable to us, that the fanatical sectaries of the Karan should give us lessons of tolerance ? What should we say if, on the plea of reprisals, our brethren living in Protestant coup• tries were condemned to renounce their religion under pain of being punished for exercising it with the brand of the reprobate and the chain of the convict ? " Christian charity—that charity which our Divine Master taught us—advises us to compassionate those who have their eyes shut against the light of truth, and that we should endeavour to regenerate them, not with punishment, which tortures and humiliates, but by means of example and persuasion, which may command the understanding. We should be very glad if the Government, appreciating these brief observations with the intelligent spirit of the age, and seeing in them no more than the frank and loyal expressi.n of good intentions, should advise the Crown to make use, in this case, of the most beautiful of its prero gatives, and temper with pardon and clemency the inexo rable rigour of justice." But what are British Catholics about ? Are they content to rest under the stigma of being equally indifferent to the civil liberties of Roman Italians, and the religious liberties of Spanish Nonconfor- mists ? Can they read such remarks as those of the Clamor Publico and not blush to think that, loudly as they demanded, and gladly as English liberals accorded them, Catholic emancipation here, THE SUN, , • I LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1862. not a brea - th of theirs has ever pleaded with their co-religionists in Spain to grant Protestant emanci pation there ? What is Cardinal WISEMAN doing— he ought to feel some interest in religious liberty in Spain. He knows all about it here, and were he to head a bona fide memorial to the priesthood of Spain, on the contrast suggested by the Clamor Publico between the treatment of Catholics in Eng land and Protestants in Spain, it could not but have its weight. We can assure the priests of England and Ireland that their cool-blooded indifference to Catholic persecutions of Protestants—persecutions justly characterised by Lord PALMERSTON as "re volting"--does more than anything else to tnaintain in English minds the belief that Popery is an essen tially persecuting religion. At the present day the creed which can complacently look on while its pro fessors, when they have the power, are guilty of such atrocities, in the name of religion, as now dis grace Spain, is a creed which must bear more than the suspicions of being radically inhuman. We hope better things of British Catholics; but if they do not purge themselves of the complicity of apathy or approbation, in regard to priestly crimes against coßscience in Spain, they must allow lookers-on to draw their own inference. COURT CIRCULAB. ,• WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 1. Majesty and the Princess Alice walked in the g7(.n.R.ds this morning. " id Camoys and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell have -..-celed Lord Methuen and Lieutenant-General Sir H. -1 - as Lord and Groom in Waiting. Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat hav e 6.1.0.41 tho Ilon. A. Hood and r.k,uel tne rion Arthur Harding° as Equerries to her Majesty. A'meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall was held yesterday at the duchy office, Buckingham-gate, St. James''stpark. There were present the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir Wm. Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Seal ; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney- General ; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, treasurer, and Lord Portman. A deputation respecting the arrival of large quantities of the inflammable fluid, American petroleum, or rock oil, in the port of London, and the risk attending its storage at the various wharfs and docks, had an interview with George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office. Secretary Sir Geor A deputation respecting the Thames Conservancy, con sisting of Admiral Stopford, Captain Sulivan, and Captain Burstal, Secretary, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., yesterday, at her Majesty's Office of Works, Whitehall-place. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi entertained at dinner, on Monday even ing, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excel lency the Saxon Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Marl borough, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, th e Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscou n t Sydney, Lord Stanley, M.P., Mr. and Mr s . B a illi e Coch rane, Count Brandenburg, Count Waldstein, &c. Later in the evening the Countess Apponyi had a small assembly. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury will come to town to-morrow from visiting the Earl and Coun tess Spencer, at Althorp Park, Northampton. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and Lady Agneta Yorke have left Melton Mowbray, for their seat, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. Viscount Royston has returned to town. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have left Fenton's Hotel for Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland. The Earl and Countess of Rosebery have arrived at their residence in Piccadilly, from their seat in Scotland, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith have arrived in town from Bowhill, Selkirk. His lordship has taken the Earl of Durham's mansion in Grosvenor-square for the season. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere will leave Bridgewater House to-day for Worsley Hall, Manchester. Lady Henniker had au assembly last evening, at the family mansion in Grafton-street. CAPTAIN ROBERTSON'S COURT-MARTIAL.—SOMe idea, says the Dublin Evening Mail, may be formed of the voluminous nature of the proceedings in this case, from the fact that the cost of postage and registry from Dublin to London of the postage containing the proceedings amounted to £1 10s. ARRIVAL OF LIVING PARADISE BIRDS.—The Zoological Society of London have enriched their large col lection of living birds by the addition of two young males of the lesser bird of Paradise (Paradisea Papuana), from New Guiana, which arrived yesterday at the gardens in the Regent's-park, in good health and fine condition. They were procured for the society by the well-known zoological traveller, Mr. A. R. Wallace, who has passed the last eight years in the islands of the Indian Archipelago, and returned with these birds in his care by the last overland mail. MR. ROBERTS AND THE REBELS,—Even the Rev. J. Roberts, who, as our readers are aware, has lived with the rebels at Nanking, and has, to his discredit, de fended their conduct in the strongest possible manner, has at length discovered that they are nothing better than robbers and murderers. This change of opinion in a man who has so confidently urged the cl a i ms o f :the Taipings, has arisen from a very simple cause. He has at length suffered, personally, from their barbarity. A servant to whom he was attached has been killed before his eyes ; and considering his life in danger, he has fled to Shanghai.— London and China Telegraph. EXTENSIVE FIRES AND LOSS OF PROPERTY.— Yesterday morning a fire, in a comparatively trief space of time, laid in ruins the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Wool more-street, Poplar, and was well nigh attended with the loss of several persons. The adjoining house, No. 25, let out in tenements, but belonging to Mr. Atherton, has also sustained some damage by fire, and the poor occupants were uninsured. A fire also took place, between two and three o'clock, in the premises belonging to Mr. Gentle, a grocer and tea dealer, carrying on business in Pembrook road, Walthamstow. Fortunately, the building and con tents were insured in the Imperial Fire Office. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, shortly after the departure of the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary of Cambridge, who had visited the building, another unfortunate man was added to the many who have lost their lives during the progress of the building of the International Exhibition. A man, named James Hillier, in the employ of Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, the contractors, was drawn up while sitting on a small slip of timber to the top of the eastern dome inside, for the purpose of removing the blocks and tackle used to raise and lower the timbers of the scaffolding, and, after having been engaged in this work for some time he slipped, falling headlong to the ground, a distance of upwards of 200 feet. He struck vio lently on some loose timbers, his head coming in fearful contact with them. He was picked up, and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, but life was extinct. This event, which was witnessed by a large number of workmen, east the greatest gloom around. Nearly all the accidents have taken place in the eastern dome. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.--Up to the 31st March, 1862, 12,621 claims had been received and 11,124 volunteers enrolled; of these 33 hold certificates of competency as masters, and 175 certificates of competency as mates ; 19 hold certificates of service as masters ; and 41 certificates of service as mates. Total holding certificates, 268 ; and the force embraces 1,661 petty officers in the merchant service. MILITARY CHANGES.—Yesterday morning the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards removed from the St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Barracks to Windsor, proceeding thither by the South-Western Rail way. 'the third battalion removed from Portman-street Barracks to the Wellington Barracks and Buckingham Palace. The second battalion of the Coldstream Guards removed from Wellington Barracks and Buckingham Palace to Portman -street Barracks and St. john's .wood Barracks. The first battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards removed from Windsor to St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Bar racks. There will be further changes to-day. The 2d Regiment of Life Guards will proceed from the Spittal Barracks, Windsor, to Regent's-park Barracks. The Royal Horse Guards will remove from the Regent's-park Barracks to Knightsbridge Barracks, and the Ist Regiment of Life Guards will pr,ceed from Knightsbridge to 'Windsor. MEMENTOS OF BULL'S RUN.—In the abandoned quarters skulls were frequent tent ornaments, and were also used for soap dishes. Knives and forks, rings and even spurs, were com , tructed from the bones. Soldiers of the Brooklyn 14th recognised on the field of Bull Run, by their red trousers, comrades who had fallen there, lying unburied and headiess.—New York Tribune. OMNIBUSES AND THE EXHlBlTlON.—Manchester omnibuses are to be introduced into London for the con veyance of passengers to and from Brompton during the course of the forthcoming Exhibition. Twenty-five or thirty of these vehicles are to be sent to the metropolis, and they will commence running forthwith over the routes which will hereafter be permanently assigned to them. They are very capacious, somewhat similar in style to Mr. Train's tramway cars, but lighter and of more elegant construction. Some wretched carriages have recently been placed on the various routes by private speculators in a nticipation of a rich harvest. The London General Omnibus Company aro making arrangements for meeting the increasing traffic, and several large and handsome carriages, which are in course of construction, are expected to be ready for running on the more frequented roads by the middle of the present month, LATEST NEWS. THE INTERVENTION IN MEXICO. The llfoniteur of to-day, in its bulletin, says ! " The Spanish papers assert that the Government of the Emperor had requested the Cabinet of Madrid to recall General Prim. This news is entirely false. The French Government confined itself to express ing its disapproval of the convention concluded be tween Generals Prim and Doblado, and afterwards accepted by the Plenipotentiaries of the Allies, be cause this convention appeared to it to be contrary to the dignity of France. M. de Saligny has in consequence been entrusted with the full political powers with which Admiral Jurien de la Graviere was invested. Admiral Jurien de la Graviere has received orders to re-assume simply the command of the naval division. MADRID, APRIL 1. It is asserted that Spain, sharing the opinion of France, disapproves the convention concluded at Soledad with the Mexican Plenipotentiaries. PARIS, APRIL 2. The Paris papers of to-day publish the following telegraphic despatch : CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 1. The news received here from Syra concerning the surrender of Nauplia is unfounded. The citadel will yet be able to hold out four months. The 150 men within it will only treat with the King, and demand the dismissal of the Ministry, the dissolu tion of the Chamber, the arming of the National unara, anti LIW uppmuumelit, thc Throne. THE INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SUEZ, APRIL 1, 9.15 P.M. The Calcutta, China, and Australian mails have arrived here to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. BOURSE, April I.—Two o'clock.—The attention of speculators has been occupied with the arrange ments consequent on the monthly settlement, to the exclusion of any fresh operations. The business done has therefore been limited, and prices have receded, Threes, for the present Account, being now at 69fr. 65c. The Railway Share market has been rather heavy, but without any material varia tion in prices. Three o'clock.—The following are the last quota- tions -it per per Cents 97 20 Do. end month 7 20 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 50 New 3 per Cents Do, end month 6B 66 Credit Mobilier 767 50 Do. Account — Bank Shares 3090 Credit F oncier 1535 Belgian 4i lOll Piedmontese Fives 67 85 Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt . ZAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1362 50 .. 1365 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1122 50 .. 1120 Geneva 360 .. Southern Western Eastern .... ..... Sardinian .. 361 50 .. 365 Austrian Lowbard - AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated the 24th of March, says: -- "The report that Lord Bloomfield has gone on a journey to Belgrade is not confirmed. The English Ambassador has returned here after a stay of three days at Pesth. The object of his lordship's visit to Pesth was a mission from the Austrian Cabinet, or rather a mission from the Emperor Francis Joseph, which was transmitted to him by Count Reehberg. It was to make another attempt at a rapprochement between Austria and Hungary. It appears that Lord Bloomfield addressed his propositions to M. Francis Peak, but it is not certain that he had any personal interview with the chief of the party of the address. I am informed that Count George Karalyi acted as intermediary be tween M. Deak and the British Ambas sador. As regards the tenour of the proposals made I cannot say anything exactly, but it is sup posed that the Emperor—who, it may be observed, does not share all the views of M, de Schmerling respecting Hungary—would recognise to a certain point the Hungarian Constitution if, in that case, the Diet would consent to send delegates, not to the Council of the Empire, but to a commission chosen from within that Assembly, so as to fix by common agreement the basis of an understanding between Hungary and Austria. I give you this as a supposition based upon certain facts which I believe to be authentic. However it may be, Lord Bloomfield does not appear to have had any better success than Count Apponyi and other officious in termediaries. In fact, after having announced his intention of remaining a fortnight at Pesth with Lady Bloomfield, his Excellency left the Hunga rian capital on the fourth morning of his stay, leaving his wife and nephew there, promising to re turn to Hungary in a day or two. He, however, on his arrival at Vienna, telegraphed to Lady Bloom field that he had given up the idea of returning to Pesth. It is, therefore, to be presumed that the reply he brought back was so unsatisfactory that further . negotiations were deemed superfluous. Thus another attempt at reconciliation has failed, and the ideas of M. de Schmerling prevail. M. de Schmerling's colleagues are downcast, for if they admit on the one hand that the system of the Minister logically recommends itself, they at the same time do not conceal from themselves the im possibilities of its realization, in the face of a coun try, powerful from its political intelligence, and by the union of sentiments which animate the different parties as soon as the relations with Austria are mooted. All those men who have endeavoured to effect a good understanding with Hungary—ns Counts Esterhazy, Forgach, Szechen, Apponyi— have all failed against the sentiments of indepen dence and legality manifested by the Hungarian patriots. The status quo will be maintained, and the convocation of the Diet, which ought to have taken place already, is adjourned by the fact at least to next autumn. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 426 k per mark, and the 'short exchange on London is 13.6 A per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1111 to 112 per cent., and the premium on gold. about 11 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the im portation of gold from the United States. THE NEW CUNARD STEAMER SCOTIA.—The Royal mail steamship Scotia went out of dock at Liverpool on Monday for an official trial of speed, under the superinten • dente of Messrs. Luke and Dinnea, Admiralty surveyors. The Scotia was loaded to her average load line, and per formed the distance between the Bell Buoy and the North. West Light -ship at the rate of nearly 15 knots per hour— ' or upwards of 17 statute miles per hour. AGRICULTURE IN NORFOLK.—The weather has Leen very wet of late in Norfolk, although a change took place on Saturday, and the heavy rains have improved the growing wheat crop on the light lands, In some localities land has been rcsown with Talavera, and other spring varieties. The bulk of the wheats in Norfolk look well, but there is a greater deficiency of plant than was at one time imagined. Barley was to a great extent got in in excellent order in February, but the wet weather which has since prevailed has rendered it possible to plant only small quan tities during the month which closed yesterday. A few fine days would permit the dry lands to be worked to advan tage, but on stiff soils the remainder of the crop will not be planted this season in very good order. The grass crops have profited greatly by the abundance of moisture, and only require a genial spring to assume a great development. As regards the immediately available keep for stock, the swedes hold out well, but the marigolds are, unfortunately, turning out unsound to a rather considerable extent. ADDRESS OF THE POPE ON 7HE TEMPORAL POWER. We translate from the official Journal of Rome the allocution delivered by the Pope at the canoni sation, on Tuesday last, in the Church of the Mi nerva, of three martyrs of Japan : Nothing certainly could be more agreeable to my heart than the ceremony of which we are all witnesses, and which increases the number of the servants of God and the saints, who, while increasing in numbers, do not cease to intercede for us and ob tain for us desideratum propitiationis abundantiam, abounding mercy to defend the rights of justice ; to obtain the conversion of the wanderers and the apos tates ; to sustain with firmness and resignation war and sufferings, and to assist finally in the triumphs of peace. Yes, it is consoling for us to think that in the solemnity which we shall have shortly to celebrate we shall be surrounded by the choicest souls, by the college of cardinals, and by our brethren the bishops. It will be a noble spectacle to see the supreme pas tor surrounded by other pastors who have supported unanimously the rights of this Holy See, and have allayed by their consoling words our profound grief. It is fitting to mention here a letter which we received only 48 hours ago, from a large town of Italy, or rather from the capital of Lombardy. This letter has been forwarded by an ecclesiastic who calls himself a canon, and it is there said :—" Take good care that in the approaching assembly of the bishops at Rome the temporal power is not de clared to be a dogma of faith." If this poor priest, whom we should like better to call good priest, were present here we should say to him as we say to you who were present—Rest assured that the Holy See does not maintain the temporal power as a dogma of faith, but it declares that the temporal power is necessary and indispensable as long as the order ..+.blished by Providence shall endure, to sustain the independence of the spiritual power. We should say to him—Think of the very holy martyrs who did not fear to give, and who did give, their blood and their life in defence of the church. We should say to him—Since you are in such haste to manifest your fears that you have brought them under the eyes of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, hear his .voice, which enjoins you and the chapter to which you belong to listen to your own pastor, to follow not only his orders, but also his advice ; if you, with your colleagues, obey not, you and they will be miserably lost. We should say to him—Recom mend yourself to the holy martyrs who have lost all that they might not lose God. From a neighbouring kingdom we have received writings, signed by some ecclesiastics, in which they address to us the hypocritical insinuation that we should renounce the temporal power, which is for them, or rather for those who advise them, very in convenient, and impedes the consummation of their anti-Christian and anti-social designs. But we at the same time receive letters also signed by eccle siastics which are filled with respectful attachment to the Holy See. It appears from these letters that the Government of that kingdom, or its representa tives or emissaries, sent printed forms which we have seen and read, persuading some priests or miserable clerks to sign them, with the double view of causing it to be believed that the clergy sustain the absurd principle of the incompatibility of the spiritual with the temporal power, and of separat ing the inferior clergy from their bishops, whose admirable concord in these times has astonished the whole world. The good ecclesiastics who write to us beg us to give no heed to the observations of the handful of deluded individuals by whom some have been en snared, and others led by fear, into giving their signature. Let the Holy See be persuaded, say these good priests, that their convictions are such that they do not admit any doubt as to the necessity of the temporal power. They invite us consequently to pardon those blind men who know not what they do, and we, on our part, add that these blind men, led themselves by other blind, will fall into an abyss from which it is almost impossible they should ever escape. Let us, on our side, take care that the intrigues tending to separate the pastors from the flocks do not attain their object ; let the holy martyrs obtain this for us from the Lord, and that there may be given to us through their intercession the necessary power to sustain with courage the combats to come. May the Holy Virgin, under whose all-powerful auspices we have been kept safe and sound up to this hour, deign to continue to us her protection ; and may she inspire us with a perfect resignation to the Divine will, so that even as she pronounced the fiat expected by human generations, Ecce ancilla domini, fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum, we may, in like manner, animated by her, say also to the Lord, Ecce serve tui, fiat nobis secundum voluntatem tuum. It now only remains for us to pray to the Lord that He will cause His blessing to descend upon all of us ; that it may descend upon the country which has produced so many heroes for heaven, and so many defenders of the church ; and that it may give it strength to main tain regular observances and exemplary precepts of life, in spite of so many contests. May this bless ing give intelligence to our poor mind, and may it communicate strength to this poor arm! May this blessing solace and protect all those who endeavour to sustain the vessel of the church tossed about by the waves, that their voices may not be drowned in the noise of the tempest which has been let loose ! May this blessing serve, in the last place, to encou rage all the good, and to convert the souls of the wicked ! Loss AT SEA.—FALMOUTIL—The large Ameri can ship Ocean Monarch, bound from New York to Liver pool with a general cargo, was abandoned in a leaky state on the 10th of March, the crew amounting to 47 in all em barking in four boats ; the crews of three boats were picked up by the Danish bark Jurger Lorentser, bound from New York to Rotterdam, while those of the remaining boat were still missing. Seven of the rescued sailors were subse quently transferred to the Lifio, Gregor master, arrived on Monday (31st) at Falmouth. LARGE ARRIVAL OF SHlPS.—Yesterday up to half-past 4 o'clock, upwards of 37 vessels arrived in Liver pool from foreign ports; besides these, there were also numerous arrivals on Monday. Of these vessels a large num ber are corn laden, and many others have brought heavy consignments of different kinds of p7ovisions. Notwith standing the immense imports of corn and other provisions, the general trade of the port has been much depressed. As an instance of this, it may be stated that for the nine months ended yesterday the amount of dock revenue has been about £60,000 less than during the same period of last year. A FATAL SHOT.—On Monday evening an inquest was held at Birmingham by Dr. Birt Davies, the borough coroner, on the body of the child who was killed by the firing from rifles. The evidence adduced established com pletely the charge against the three men under the circum stances before stated. The shot took effect at the distance of 668 yards, the arm used being a breech-loading rifle, sighted to shoot at 300 yards. The verdict of the jury was manslaughter against one of the men for causing the death of the child, and against the two others, his ccmpanions, as eiders and abettors. The nurse still survives. CONSANGUINITY.—Dr. Devay, professor of clini cal medicine at the School of Medicine at Lyons, has just published an interesting work on the disastrous effects of in us e agh cer tain marriages pdegrees af rohibaimtedongrelations.connsaengstawistyt,htaht point of fact, was only favouring the observance of one of the most important laws of nature, the infringement of which is punished with inevitable degeneracy. Unions within the limits of consanguinity are not only hurtful to the human race, but also to animals. It is true that such unions among the latter may be promoted by breeders for profit's sake : the Disley and Durham oxen, so admirable in the eyes of the breeder, are in stances of this ; but sterility is the usual conse quence of the practice. Among the human race, two cir cumstances have contributed to favour marl lag( s among relations : the first occurs whore a small pop u l a ti on i s pent up in some remote hamlet not easily accessible. In such places consanguinity between married people is the rule. Tho second ease is that of families desirous of maintaining their rank in society, or preventing the dispersion of their fortune by marrying within their own circle. Dr. Devay states that out of 121 marriages of this kind, observed by him, 22 were barr en . O nly four of the number w e re marriages between uncles and grand-nieces ; the others were between cousins-german or the issue of cousins-german. 'When sterility does not occur, the issue is diseased, or afflicted with blindness or deafness ; also in many cases affected with irregularity of conformation: 0 all tuese irregularities, poly dactilistn, or a multiplicity (f fingers, is the most frequent. Dr. Devay has observed this in 17 out of 121 cases above-men tioned. Ile states that in a certain secluded spot, where the inhabitants had no com munication with other populations, the being born with six fingers had become quite endemic; and that this strange anomaly disappeared some time after a now road had been cut through the place. AMERICA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. New York, March 18, 1862. SlR,—Having often read with great interest in your editorials, observations relating to th 3 affairs and state of feeling in this country as connected with their importance to Great Britain and Canada , I wish, in the first instance, to express my entire , accordance with the substance of those remarks re ferred to. And although my opinion—l . state en' affectedly—might, under ordinary circumstance s, be of little moment, yet, as it happens that mi travels and residence have been for more 0 5 fifteen months in the N or th ern S ta t es an d this city, and having of course seen, heard, and read much of what may be called the sentiments of thee° Northern portions of th e A mer i can R e public towards our country, I ask you to allow me to state (it will be in an informal and brief manner, llo'r ever) some practical matters which it appears to me, at least, it is desirable for my countrymen t° know and consider. It would be my wish to cow dense any prefatory remarks, but I must °beer y° that, considering all that has been said in the edi torials and correspondence of the British press 111 general—of course Ido not allude to that sma ll , portion of it which see k s t o di sgu i se i ts rea l 0 05 ,, rabidly un-British objects by peaceful and "libera l affectations—it is really wonderful to behold, IP to any one who has been en a bl e d to j u d ge f a i r ly cr, the realities in this - country, the reported speeches of some respectable American citizens and friends, proclaiming at dinners and meetings in London that , there "is an active feelin g o f goo d w ill t o the 01 0 5 country generally existing in the Northern States —and more to that effect. It is very possible that those gentlemen—bishops and laity—wish to be" lieve in all this " good feeling" they ascribe to their countrymen, and that, " wishing they believe," and indeed so far as they could be looked upon as " matters of opinion," I, for one, would not dispute what after all might be assumed to bc an amiable weakness ; but really, when one per' ceives " Britishers" declaring mach of the same sort —even in Parliament—it is, to use a homely phrase? " rather too much." No doubt we all wish, r' s British generally wish, well to Americans—and for the material interest of both countries, especially for those of the United States, know peace and amity to be the best poli c y — we a ll , I say, w ould wish that amongst ever y c l ass , at l east among" , those who are called and call themselves the " Po' minent" of all classes in the Northern States, 1 1 indignant, perseve r i ng , unexp l a i ne d ant i pat h y did not exist, but all our wishes, so far as I am aVirsi ll do not alter the fact that so it is. Why this antipathy, as a general feeling, P r 6; dominates it would be difficult to answer or atterali to explain partially, even by a long disputatio a which probably your readers will excuse my inflict' ing on them. lam myself inclined to agree wit h a solution suggested in one of your weekly C° °- temporaries, to the effect that it was inherent, ° c/ far as related to the descendants of the Pilgrip Fathers. And allow me to remark, en p a ssaA that whereas these "emigrants" displa3 ed thei r own notions of religious tol erance , b y b ang i ng and whipping Quakers, etc., and torturing and burnia " witches and wizsards," probably England 11 °' 5 reason to congratulate itself that they did leas e their country for their own as well as their oar try's good. The dregs of the Celtic element--th e reference is only thereto in its political meaning' which for a long time have spread themselve ° through the land, may be taken into the account' as well or as bad as th e many of the disconten t e d and ill-conducted of large European cities, consir tent in one thing, and that is hatred to well ran: lated constitutional authority in general and th at of Great Britain in particular. This iran ll ,: gration in the a ggrega t e w ill account 1°; much, but not for all. However, as rem arked dissertations will be eschewed by me, an d as it is thought the progre ss o f rea l e d ucat i on an d 03 0 progressive increase of social intercourse, conse; quent on the improved means of ocean and Jan' locomotion, will enable Am er i cans to j u d ge and better appreciate the state o f f ee li ng i n t h e 0 oPfto country," and tend sooner or later to general inter' national amenity, we may hope that future genera' tions will find that the truth of those theoretiW anticipations will be developed. As to the present and nex t generat i on, i t W onla be utterly false if I asserted to my countrymen that the earnest consideration which, to the best of 0 1 means and capabilities, has b een b es t owe d u pon the subject, has led me to f orm any o th er opinion Or f, that the "politicians" of all sorts and kinds ' ll the Northern States are inclined to be systematically' pertinaciously, and aggressively hostile, by eel means in their power, to Great Britain as a natio n ' In using the term " politicians" I use it in t he American sense, which m eans a ll t h ose pers on' (including an elective judiciary) who, in Sta te Legislatures as w e ll as i n th e F e d eral Congress and Senate, assume to have the directing of the affail l of this country. Whether the people of Amer' are represented fairly and properly by these " poli ticians'' is a matter of vast direct import of course to them, end certainly is indirectly a matter of ill; teresting consideration to us . E spec i a lly in thes times the domestic politics of the United States of America are not edifyin g , i n any • sens e, for a Bri tish subject to di scuss i n an i n f orma l letter and I , must take (and refer t o ) th ese po liticians "as they' . are," and as they ar e , I wou ld ear nestly hope tha t the people of G r eat B r it a i n an d their Governmen t will see that the best and th e mos t friendly c oal° , to pursue politically towards the " Great Republic is to be " civil and strange." This is m t oeu when e n aau one cfi sneering nntdrsai are _m o r abnu t i n p meant by oinyrgdinawryali—fe, plotting ye s Pa a nd planning evil—helping enemies and threatening worse—it behoves one not to be led away by a fed friends o f th at man—no doubt with the best mot ive s —coming over to where you are in your O c "place," and t e lli ng you , " O h, so-and-so h as the best feeling t owar d s yon , i t i s only sensat i on talk' a temporary excited f ee li ng ," an d so f ort h. I for one would be inclined t o t e ll t h ose " friends," " W h it did you not raise u p y our vo i ce i n your and tbilt man's country again s t th e ac t s an d d eeds an d t h r eats he committed and made?" However, my intenti on i s t o b e practical, ani. A , shall in a future lett er , w ith your l eave , descri": some of the acts and deeds referred to—not in 64 accusatory nor antagonistic, but in an exp l ana tory spirit ; and a s ex pl a i n i ng why threats suc h as thOc f about " annexation of Canada," and " seizure°, property of British subjects" within th e powe r °I the States, in case of any future war between the two countries, ought to be regarded, not with fear' but with stern determination of preparation.—l ao ' sir, your obedient servant, A BRITISH TRAVELLER' THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. There was very little fresh English wheat on sale in to i ; days market; nevertheless all descriptions were a au inquiry, yet no quotable change took place in prices CO pared with Monday. The condition of the samples v c very inferior, owing to the dampness of the weather. e For good and fin e f ore i gn w h eats t h ere was a mo derat e inquiry at full quotations; otherwise the trade ruled 1 1 ° 4 on former terms. The show of samples was tolerably tensive. Floating cargoes of grain were in only moderate reque st yet prices were supported. Malting barley was firm at full currencies; but grinding and distilling sorts ruled heavy, at barely late rates. In malt a moderate business was transacted, at full price' Good and fine oats supported former rates ; but in som e instances, inferior parcels were rather cheaper. Beans and peas were in slow request, yet no change t ecil‘ place in their value. _ The flour trade was dull at Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 740 c2O 1,120 70 510 sacX 6 ' Irish „z o u , s u 190 oreigu.. -• •• •• 0,960 • i, "'" 6,950 j 220 55/ 4,890 bri'' BOROUGH HOP. New hops are in steady request, and prices have an up' ward tendency. In yearling and old qualities very little 0 doing. WHITECHAPEL. Owing to the mildness of the weather the trade is doll' at the annexed rates :—Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 10d ; muttoOt 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; veal, 38 Gd to 4s 8d ; and pork, a s Gd to 4° 6d per 81bs by tbe carcase.