The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-17 00:00:00

MINISTERIAL QUALIFICATION FOR THE PROBATE COURT OF PARLIAMENT. NOTICE, OF ONE FOR ALL. THE following passage in The Sun of yesterday, March 16, in hopeful relation in state affairs That it matters not by whom it may be accomplished, or where the ST. GSORGE may be found to destroy the ecclesias tical dragon" for the benefit of all—has awakened the under signed to his lineal executorial duties* of Sir Thomas Cheney in Denney Perrot Chanabertayne, treasurer under the sessional acts of the let and 2d Gee. IV., chapters 7, 66, and 99 in this regard consequent on the reformation of the new Court of Probate, as of the Lay-feo model, under 27th of Henry VIII., chapter 15, as of the arbiter under the common law for all testamentary documents, to be in the secular charge of personi duly qualified by oath as lay col lectors of wills, as intermediates " of the high contracting Parties, year 1814," of the various religious denominations. The undersigned feels it incumbent upon him, in conse quence of The Sun's lightr_being - turned on the epoch of George the Third's proclamation - of -1774, in Metropolitan Building Act, 1856, as official qualification for office, under the 99 years' leases, wanting 16 years to run, as made significant to the present generation, by the decimal dettage difference of the five shilling pieces, as the medalic-ejac'cula of George IV, In 1820 and 1821's, BRITANNIAR : REX of the Mint, and his father's epithalmic position, as arch treasurer " of the Holy Roman Empire" touching the will of the Lay-fee, thereby necessitating his common law civic marriage at Kew, in rela tion to the trusts of Eton and the poor Knight'-Riders' of the College of Doctors' Commons, whose late official clading charge of the constabulary symbols of the Admiralty Court, as its silver oar and Indian paddle of the treaty of Utrecht, as giving origin to " the St. George and the Tetra'conic allu sion" of this periodical. From the foregoing it will be apparent to all, by force of being made, under the high court of Admiralty, on the pre cedent of Joseph the lineal of ANDREW Cantelmo, of Scotland, 1683 of Pombal, the judge conservator of the staple of coin mono in the acts of 1821, as head of the mixed commission court established in London for Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, as of the east and west for univeral registration duly qualified in Newfoundland, Quebec, Brazils ' and London, and now sitting in the commission of the peace for Worcester and Middlesex, as qualified Ist Jan., 1837, " to sue and be sued in all courts ee:lesiastical and marine as Charles Acker bey ONLY" by force of 1 and 2 Will. IV., No. 54, and 4 and I Will. IV., chap. 63. Therefore, as holding the-Cadnelal position of Joseph Can team, by 35 Charles 11., Sep. 1683, as witnessed by Will. Reins and Tb: Gordon, for seizeni' of the Four criminal pleas of the Crown, over Corsica as the first penal settlement —in order to frustrate the non-secular views of James 11., whence, in his regard as populi," intermedi ate of the people, I hereby call upon all persons, forming the Derby AArainistration of 1858, to appear before me in Westminster Hall on Saturday next the 13th day of March at ten o'clock in the forenoon, in the presence of the public to qualify, ac cording to the oaths of 1774, as executors, relinquishing thereby all participation of the benefits that may or might seam individually or collectively as of Stanley, as of Stuart, as of Louvaine-Percy, sr Montague, Hamilton, Bridges, they being present recipients - under Henry VIII.'s will, who with out qualification would be judges in their own Court of Pro bate, contrary to the principal of the Crown prerogative, now In 1842 nedalic seizen, of the secular or Lay-fee courts of erinizal jurisprudence, unconnected with " any canons of a sectarian church," as in Queen Anne's Bounty Act ordained, Signed this 10th day of March. CHARLES ' ACKERLEY, Pierre Basque: de Brant, Conservator of the peace, the medd•lien'd of 1842 "in forum eriginis." under the State preroga tive of 1774 and 1793. * The more part of them,' 301 h December, 1546—as they will answer before God at the day of judgment—" Cum ♦enerit judicare vim 4 mortuos." tCokfirraed at Naples, 168$. fIR MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant succe3a Of the closing representations, and in order to accommodate the numbers whe have been unable to obtain places, CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given TO MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, March 18; FRIDAY, March 19 ; and SATURDAY, March 20. TO-MORROW, Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia; Azucena, Sannier ; Manrico, Giuglin i. Friday, March 19, LA ZINGARI ("The Bohemian Girl"), for the last time, being for the Benefit of Signor Giuglini. Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO : Marie, Piccolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo by Madlle. Piccolomini and Signor Giug lini. Applications to be made at the Boz•office at the Theatre. trios :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persona), pit and one pair, 2/. 2a; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair. 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3e 6d; gallery, 2., • R MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- SIGNOR GIUGLINI'S BANEFIT. LA ZINGARI (" The Bohosnian Girl.") The very numerous demands for the repetition of this ferourite o,era haws induced the Direction to repeat it in the farewell week, and LA ZINGARI will be presented for the last time on FRIDAY, March 19, being for the Benefit of Signor Gluglini. Application, to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Knowlea' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Mies A. Sedgwick ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins, After which, JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. Misses Swan borough, Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Buckatone. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may lee retained the whole of the eveningl.:6o. each. (No charge for booking.) First Pries. s. d.r Second price. s. d Dress Bozos ' 5 0 Dross Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS BVENING, will be presented the historical play of LOUIS MC Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Roan. After which, a new rand comie Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr, Cor sack ; Clown, Mr. linlino; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. rr El. El AT R E-R OYA. L, DRURY-LA.NE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING) Monday, March 15, the new and original Comedy THE LOVE KNOT. Mr. and Hrs. Leigh Murray, &a. Followed by A LUCKY HIT. After which, A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ban. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'IIORE. Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. To conclude with THE IRISH TUTOR. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be presented SHE STOOPS I'o CONQUER. Mrs. Dillon and Mr. Toole. Followed by the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with OUR CLERKS : Miss Webb, Mr. Cal haem, Mr. Holston, Mr. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3oz-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and C-..sswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE ROAD TO RUIN. After which, 102. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. To conclude with GILDEROT, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of SJleetions froth all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, drc., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madile. Marietta, Miss Brunel!, Miss Ray, litada.me Bartoletti, Miss Montag ue, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. J eng h mana, Mr. Renshaw, S. .Tonoc, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. gay, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. Lagan, W. T. Critchqeld and E. Mackney. Piano- Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely' Suppers, tra., until twelve o'clock. l e f "CRTSTWS BRAHAM will appear etery Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tai DAY—Morn., 5 min. aft. 3 —Even., 23 min aft. 3 TO-MOREOW—Iforn., 40 min. aft. 3—Even., 55 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER—sux OFFICE, MARCH 17. 10/1303firnig, Ix THE SHADE. o—highest since noon yesterday, 49—lowest this morning and during the night, 54—thia flay at noon. RAMMER, 30.29. Wixo, Westerly, but light and Yariable ; with mild (IC weather. . - %)1) t ` r. ' • - "V - Ittht Y 4.1 LONDON, WEDNESDAN, 114 /lea 17, 1858. Our readers will remember that on p . Mr. Kinglake put a question to her r lai la&Y - lut G overnme nt on the subject of their con duct the matter of the Cagliari. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that the present administra tion having found that their predecessors in office had recognised the jurisdiction of the King of Naples over the Cagliari and its crew, it would b• impossible for Lord Malmesbury and his col league to repudiate, on the part of the Crown, a decision which had been already pronounced in her Majesty's name. The Rouse of Commons manifesting its dissatisfaction at the policy which, THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY though not his own, Mr. Disraeli had chival rously defended, Lord Palmerston thought proper to take advantage of the embarrassment, which his own act had brought upon his succes sors. To the astonishment of all those who were acquainted with the circumstances, including, as we believe, some of his lordship's late colleagues, Lord Palmerston rose and said that new facts having come to the knowledge of his Cabinet before they left office, the Cagliari question was at that period once more the subject of their deliberations. On Monday last Mr. Disraeli, returning to this matter, announced that after a " painful and laborious" exami nation of the archives of the Foreign Office, her Majesty's Ministers had failed to discover what were the new facts to which Lord Palmerston had referred, or by whom the question was being reconsidered at the time of his Lordship's resigna tion. Lord Palmerston, evidently confused by this startling refutation of the statement which he had made on the previous Friday, declared in a hesi tating voice that he had alluded to some papers which had been expected by Lord Clarendon from Turin, when the dissolution of the late Govern ment took place ! The Chancellor of the Exchequer was too cour teons and adroit to do more than throw a pungent doubt on his adversary's veracity, which was well understood ' by the House ; and we are glad to find that her Majesty's Government, accepting Lord Palmerston's statement as correct, and con cluding, probably, that the new documents which the late Cabinet was considering, were, like its answers to the insults of the lionitetir, " private" —have resolved to submit the case afresh to the law officers of the Crown, and are prepared to act upon their decision with prudence and energy, whether they be called upon, as Mr. Disraeli said, to "acknowledge the jurisdiction of a Sovereign, or to vindicate the right of a subject." We regret to learn that the Correspondence about the Foreign Refugees has produced a bad impression upon the English in Paris ; and is looked upon by the French as constituting a triumph for Louis Napoleon. This impression has evidently been caused by the emission in the Moniteur of the first despatch of the series. It is Waleweki's apology sent through the Earl Cowley on the 23d of February, and published in our journal yesterday. The foreign policy of the Government has hitherto proved highly satisfactory to the com munity at large. " The painful misconceptions" with France have been terminated, and tke na tional honour properly vindicated. Lord MALMISBURY wrote temperately, but firmly. He pointed out the mistake into which Count WA LEASIEI had fallen—and showed that anything ' susceptible even of a double meaning could not be tolerated. If Count WALENikaI did not intend an insult, his expressions were very unfortunately selected, and the despatch forwarded to Switzer land on the very same day respecting the same subject, and under the influence of the same ex citement certainly seamed to indicate a very dif ferent meaning from that which has more re cently been attributed thereto. Whatever might have been the case, however, the difficulty has been completely removed, and there is nothing remaining to occasion reasonable apprehensions even in the most timid mind. Another dcamnosa hereditas bequeathed by the late Government was the affair of Mr. HODGE. An English subject had been arrested at Genoa. on the demand of the French Government, who claimed him under an extradition treaty as amenable to a charge of murder. Fortunately, however, there was a clause in that treaty which prevented the surrender of a foreigner without the assent of his own Government. If a fair prima facie case could be established, if it were clearly and distinctly proved that our fellow-sub ject was guilty of the atrocious crime laid to his charge —we venture to say that there would be no desire or wish to shelter him from the conse quences of his offence. But the Government very properly determined to investigate the accusation, and to ascertain whether it had real and tangible foundation. Having done so, it was perceived that the evidence was not sufficient to induce an English magistrate to send the case for trial, and the demand was politely, but steadily refused. Nor was this all. Instructions were forwarded t) the British Minister at Turin, to place himself in communication with Mr. !Jonas, and do all that could be done for his security and comfort. It is greatly to the honour of Sir JAMES Hussoar to say that he had anticipated these instructions---atthat he hid taken care that every becoming comfort was at the command of Mr.HODOE, and had demanded that his imprisonment should cease as soon as the forms of law would permit. Th's is as it should be. This is, indeed, the course which should be pursued in reference to every English subject who can justly shelter him self under the protection of the British Flag. That glorious and all-powerful Vis should be extended over every person who could properly claim its salutary influence, and proudly insist on the rights and privileges of a British citizen. It would have been well if a similar course had been adopted in reference to the English engineers who had been so long languishing in Neapolitan dungeons, and one of whom has become insane through the hardships and privations which he sustained during that fearful ordeal. In one respect we do not blame the late Government. They were not acquainted wits the facts, and had erroneously supposed that WATT and his companion had been properly and legally brought under the jurisdiction of King 80XL131 1 6 tribunals. But surely that very im portant point might and ought to have been discovered during the nine or ten months of their detention, and the vindication of the national honour, and the inalienable rights of Englishmen should not have been bequeathed as a perplexing legacy to the new Administration. They, however, do not shrink from the responsi bility, and we may reasonably contemplate that the result will be in every respect satisfactory, and that ample compensation will be required for the wrongs under which they have groaned for so protracted a period. It wax the foreign policy of Lord PALMERSTON that gained him the popularity which he enjoyed, and which placed him at the head of one of the most powerful majorities in the representative branch of the Legislature ever wielded by an English minister. The sayings and doings their beat das. y of the present Administration can bear comparison w ith those of their predecessors in been directed to Th e Honourable d a t oe to Naples L a p Y l o e ld s enecial miaaion, a nd t "e suffering eompatriot3:3 i nsist on the Mediterrasea.o s tab e sou con vince even the most ob stinate perverse Bourbons. s on ha a s on lattice for our of the Admiral on will be able to of th e p The British gun s of - t r h e ov g rbiall 5' be perceptible in the distance, palpably c, _ o o e. t 7 iu 1 min g in the future , " The p a p er p ellets of the diplomatist will indicate the more formidable ones that would attend the booming of the British cannon, should cient peacemakers ,he assistance of these ve r y efli unfortunately become necessary. We trust, how ever, that not merely liberation, but a hand some indemnification for th• prisoners will be required. The conduct of the new Government has certainly more than justified the hopes entertained by Lord J. RUSSELL, and to which he gave candid expres sion on Friday evening. This is another and a very conclusive argument in favour of the fair play, which is all that has been required on their behalf. Hitherto the interests of England or the English have not been deteriorated by their advent to dice, and it will surely be time enough to complain when any grave mistake may be disco vered that shall afford jest ground of complaint against the foreign or domestic policy of the DERBY Cabinet. Our readers will remember the "Memorandum" we introduced to their notice not long ago, of " ire. provements in the administration of India during the last thirty years." With comfortable self complacency it reviewed the progress made in almost all departments, and assumed that all re dounded to the praise and glory of the East India Company—of that company which the ungrateful Sepoys have sought to overthrow, and to which an equally ungrateful English people are deter mined to administer, by PALMERSTON or ELLEN ROROLT4I3 it matters little to them which, the final and fatal blow. Anticipating the stroke, it folded its "Memorandum" gracefully like a robe around itself, and prepared to fall as became in- j ured innocence. One or two alarming errars, or oversights, we pointed out at the time, besides others of less im portance. It was, especially, obvious, at first sight, that the period referred to was that during which the attention of this country had been growingly directed to the condition and wants of India, and that the influence of public opinion at home had been more powerful ou the Court of Direotors, and on the Board of Control too. This notorious fact, without going into details, sub tracted sadly from the value of the memorandum, as a substitite for fig-leaves. It seemed to hide the shame, indeed, of the Campany, now that somewhat tells them they are naked, but, alas, the clothing was hardly honestly acquired ; such as it is, it really belongs to the British public, and was picked up and patched together in a fright, as the only possible shift. Nor is that all. It has been shown to be sadly ragged. We have now before us a pamphlet, by one who tells us what he has seen and known in the territories and administration of the dying Company, and the unfortunate memorandum cuts a rather sorry figure beside the plain facts fur nished us by the indigo planter. The writer speaks, Jai:), from experience gained by a twenty five years' residence on his own extensive estates in India, and his memorandum is not anonymous. We refer to " A Reply to the Memorandum of the East India Company ; or, an Insight into British India. By JOHN FREEMAN, Esq., twenty-five years a resident in Bengal, a landed proprietor, and extensive indigo planter in Bhaugulpore and various other districts." Mr. FRREMA.N frankly admits all that has been meritorious : the introduction of the cheap postage system and of the electric telegraph. " I eagerly and gladly," he says, " bear testimony to one good work completed by the Indian Government. The promptitude, perseverance, and energy dis played by Dr. USILLIJORNISST in establishing the electric telegraph is deserving of all praise." It is but another proof, however, that if the East India Company had really ;possessed earnestness of pur pose, difficulties would have been speedily overcome. Mr. FREEMAN takes the " memoran dum" from the beginning. He denies that the permanent settlement by Lord ConNwiLus was " a mistake." He asserts that better courts of justice under the settlement district are all that is wanted. He denounces the Ryot war, and the north-west systems, and shows that they are only attempts to squeeze the poor cotter more and more tightly, till in numerous instances the Go vernment have been obliged to forego its exorbi tant demand 4, because they literally could not be enforced. " Incessant squeezing" is, in the Company's vocabulary, termed " revision." The Company attempts to show that the opium revenue is entirely a tax on foreigners. Two facts are rather awkward, however. Ist. The poor ryots are compelled by the Government peons to accept advances from the Government, and perse cuted by all kinds of false charges to extort money. 2d. The ryot receives from the Government but three rupees for what it sells at its auction rooms for fifteen rupees t Another tax, the salt mono poly, has the praiseworthy results that the Com pany sells for 10s. what cost it is. lOid., or makes a profit of Ba. lid. per cwt.—that it costs a great part of the natives 15s. before they get it—and, that then, having been four times adul terated, it in reality costs them not less than 20s. per cwt. With regard to the customs, trade, and general prosperity, the trade is not one tithe of what it ought to be ; but the only advance of importance is since 1834, when the Company were pro hibited from carrying on trade any longer. The trade was opened in 181.7, but no one could compete with a company which made good its losses out of patronage and revenue -Agnes then, but certainly no thanks to the com pany, the advance has been considerable, and would have been immense, but for two things, the Company's disgraceful discouragement of inde pendent Europeans, and their alea3st entire neglect of canals, railroads, and roads generally, to open India to the eJuxuaorce of England. evident truth is that the company wished for anything rather than a large influx of indepen dent merchants, manufacturers, and c3lonists. A. civil service enriched by the taxation of heathens, not a commercial community enriching and indi rectly Christianising the country, WAS their real object. The Memorandum account of roads and rail roads is perhaps the most misleading part of that document. After showing the vast commercial importance of Bengal, where in the dry season the Company says roads are not re quired, Mr. FEEEMIS says they are just as in dispensable as they are in England,—he then add.,, . _ 'The only made road in Bengal is that part of the ' trunk-road,' 420 miles from Calcutta to Bewares, so purely a strategical one to answer the purposes of Go vernment, and no more, that for more than half the distance it runs through a wild rocky jungle, and al most uninhabited country. There may be other smaller roads round the civil stations, but they are merely to afford the civil servants a drive in their carriages and buggies. There is also one, and it is one of the finest in the world, to the Governor-General's residence at Barrackpore. But all this time there is no road from Calcutta to DaCCl—the Manchester of Bengal-150 miles from Calcutta, in the midst of a densely-populated and highly-cultivated country. Nor yet is a road to be found to the great commercial manufacturing town of Aloorahedabad, not 100 miles from Calcutta, seated in the very heart of the silk districts, indigo plantation. and factories, and possessing a population of 300,000 souls. Nor does Moorshedabad either possess any water communication for nearly eight months in the year. These are facts which cannot be gainsaid ; a fortiori, F REE3,IAN travell ed then, if such. things be in the most ♦aluable and pros t_toatteobt44e:gpwrosocvneidpate?irecrauilal " tw l hih n n d egn i s e, swa may we not be excused for e id r t e o ad ha in ve th b e een ` b done, in the poorer, less fertile , and ivdio le ncu s s ; t heir ed lar f g r e ont stan e d ai in e g u a t r t m a ie t s o ." provinces, with I everywhere iseincles this which p r o a o r n p d a u u b i o nl o u u s t needs no comment, Mr. Bombay, noticing carefully the state of the ENING, MARCH U 7, Iss 8. country. Ho found the roads better in native States than in the Company's territories ! In these territories, indeed, he found what were once magnificent roads actually gone to ruin, so im passable in some places that he had to be carried across the rice fields, and through water, too ; his palanquin, ho being inside, having to be placed on the heads of the bearers to keep him dry ! About fifty miles from Calcutta he at last found " a sort of road from the Midhapore district." The memo randum talks of the railroads authorised-4,158 miles, and the capital with guaranteed interest of 34,231,0001. Well, of this in FIVE years 121 miles were opened in Bengal, where every con oeivable facility of cheap labou r an d l eve l coun t ry exists for making them even faster than in Eng land. Thirty-three miles are also open in the. Bombay Presidency. We believe Cuba has twice or three times more miles of railway open than the East India Company ! l Yet what is opened pays seven per cent. Does such a Company deserve to survive another yeas g But we must refer the reader to the pamphlet. It is written, to be sure, without the slightest effort for effect, or pretence of literary skill. It is the plain unvarnished statement of a man of business, suggested by the polished and subtle special pleading of the memorandum—perhaps of the petition, too. It is Mr. FREEMAN'S class which will prove the social, commercial, and poli tical regenerators of India ; yet the aim of the Company has been to depress that class as much as possible, that Civil Service, living upon the taxation of the natives, might ride roughshod over it, and keep all things snug for themselves. It will hardly be believed, but it is the fact, that these " covenanted" lords of India actually attempted, in what are called the Black Acts, to subject all Europeans in India to native magis trates—but, at the same time, they excepted themselves ! LATEST NEWS. THE CHINA MAILS. binnen, to the Russian frontier near Eidkuhnen, has just been distributed. The expense of this line is estimated at 7,000,000 thalers, and is pro vided for by a loan which will be realised as re quired for the works. In the year after the open ing of the line to the public, a sinking fund for paying off the loan will be formed by taking a half per cent, per annum from the surplus of the re ceipts, or in case of need from the capital account. The State will have the right of increasing this sinking-fund, but not of diminishing it. Accord ing to a convention entered into between the Go vernments of Prussia and Russia, and approved of by the Prussian Chambers, the works of the lines from Koenigsberg to Eidkuhnen and from Eid kuhnen to Kowno are to be carried on in such a manner that the two lines may commence work ing at the same time. The Prussian Govern ment, however, reserves to itself the right of delaying the completion of the line from Koenigsberg to Eidkuhnen until that from the latter place to St. Petersburg shall be finished. The capital necessary for the construction of the great network of Russian railways having been subscribed for, the Russo French Company is in a state to immediately commence the line from St. Petersburg to Warsaw with branch lines on Wilno and as far as the Prussian frontier. The line from Gatchina to Louga, which joins that from St. Petersburg to Gatchina, is already open for traffic. In the spring, the works will commence on all the line from Pskov to Wilno and from Wilno to the Prussian frontier,. so that the branch from Eid kuhnen to Kowno (11 miles of 7,408 yards each) as well as the line from St. Petersburg to Duna bourg (69 miles) will be completed in 1859, and the lines from Danabourg to Wilno and from Wilne to Kowno in 1861. The distance from St. Peters burg to Berlin, which is 215 miles, will have in 1859 188 miles of railway finished, and there will be only 27 miles left to pass over by a common road. It is therefore of the highest interest for Prussia to commence the works as soon as possible on its own account, because it is not likely that a private company_ could bo formed within so short a period to undertake the construction of the line, and because it would be preferable that the State should keep such an important line in its own hands. The Government thinks that the loan above-mentioned can be readily realised, as, even in the late crisis, the Prussian funds remained firm and there is every reason to expect that the rate of interest will this year be very low, and that the price of materials, particularly rails, will be moderate." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —(This Day.) The SPEAKEIt took the chair at 12 o'clock. PORTUMNA. BRIDGE (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. HA.MILTON nominated the select committee: — Mr. Hamilton, Sir Thomas Burke, Mr. Gregory, The O'Donoghoe, Mr. Waldron, Mr. Bagwell, and five members to be added by the committee of selection, five to be the quorum. PETITIONS. Numerous petitions were presented against the ad mission of Jews to Parlament ; against the repeal of church rates ; against legalising marriage with a de ceased wife's sister ; and in favour of Parliamentary reform. DURATION OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. COI gave notice that, on Tuesday, 30th Marsh, he should mov e th e repeal of the Septennial Act to limit the duration of Parliament to three years. ILL. On the motion for OATHS the house ß going into committee on this Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he proposed, in cones quence of an application that had been made to him, that it would be inconvenient to discuss the provisions of the bill in the absence of her Majesty's Minister, to accede to that application. It appeared to him it was not, however, desirable to postpone the further consi deration of the bill in committee, because the objection to the bill could be entertained en bringing up the report, and any alteration the house might think propqr to make in the bill might then b e d one. H e, h owever , propose d t o go i n t o committee pro fo rma , when he should move the omission i,f the latter p ar t of the 7th clause re l at i ve to R oman Catholics re-enacting and confirming the oath of the 10th Geo. IV., chap. 7. The other objection to the bill raised by the hoe. and learned member for Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck) was, that the oath embodied in the bill admitted of such an interpretation as to make it declare that the Pope of Rome exercised spiritual authority over the minds of Roman Catholics in this country. He (Lord John Russell) thought the words did not admit of that interpretation, but to get rid of that objet. tion he would propose to be taken into consideration at the future stages of the bill the introduction of words in the preamble that would obviate it, and which would be is accordance with the intentions declared in the first year of the reiga, of Eliz..beth. Mr. NEWDEGA.TE ; expressed his concurrence in the course proposed by the noble lord. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the noble lord, the matc her for London, if he had any hopes that the bill in its present or proposed form mentioned by the noble lord would meet with a better reception in another place than its predecessors had, because if the noble lord had no prospect of conciliating the opponents of the bill, they were humiliating themselves in proceeding in this man ner, when they had the power in their own hands of beating Baron Rothschild by resolution. He also asked the noble lord if this bill was unsuccessful, if he intended to adore to the announcennenthe had made of bringing forward a resolution for the purpose of seating Baron Rothschild. Mr. WALPOLE said by the forms of the house the noble lord having spoken on the motion for going into committee he could not answer the questions put to him. It would be better for the house not to discuss it but let the Speaker leave the chair, when the noble lord could answer the question. Mr. DUNCOMBE said he would move the adjourn ment of the house to enable the noble lord to do so. The SPE A.KER said the honourable member was out of order in having already addressed the house. He could not make the motion. (Hear, hear.) A. discussion then ensued, in which Mr. Scott, Mr. B. Carter, Mr. Henley, Sir G. Grey, and Mr. Dillwyn took part, in the course of which a question arose as to the form of receiving petitions, and in order to give the noble lord an opportunity of auewering the question put to him, Mr. Dillwyn moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord J. RUSSELL said with regard to the first question that from what happened in the course of the debate the other night, it appeared to be doubtful who had the majority in that house. (Laughter.) No one lay, and that being so could resumptious for him to say which side the majority ' e u l t d h osuagyh where t of the othe r House of Parliament was to be found. With regard to the s e cond t wotuhledmbajeority very p question, the noble lord said he considered the course he now proposed was the best for settling this question, rather than by raising it on the privileges of the house, which he thought it inconvenient then to discuss. It was unadvisable he should repeat his former declara tion on this question, and he could only repeat that he thought the course now proposed the most conciliatory mode for settling the question, leaving it open, should the bill be rejected, for him to pursue that course which he might think would be most consistent with the rights of her Majesty's Jewish subjects and the privileges of the house. Mr. DUNCOMBE expressed his dissatisfaction at the answer of the noble lord. He reviewed the opinions expressed on .former occasions by the noble lord in re ference to this question, contending that the noble lord's present course of proceeding was a retrograde move ment. He was tired of voting for such bills believing no good came out of it, and he urged that house to seat Baron Rothschild by resolution, a course he should adopt if the hon. member for Swansea (Mr. Dillwyn) did not perievere in the resolution to that effect of which he had given notice. IiUGGIION expressed his regret and surprise at - the impediments thrown in the way of proceeding with the bill by the hon. member for Finsbury, and he deprecated their cmsidering what would be the probable course adopted in another house. He hoped the re peated majorities this house on this question would ultimately have the same effect on the House of Lords as such majorities hitherto had had in that house on other measures. If th ey f ailed i s o b ta i n i ng th e i r object it would then be time for this house to consider what Course they should th en pursue for a d m i tt i ng J ews into Parliament. After some remarks from Mr. LOCK; The motion for the adjournment of the debate was withdrawn, and the helm went into committee pro f""" °II th e bill, and the ansendment suggested by the noble lord relative to the Roman Catholic oath was agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. Monday next was named for bringing up the report. Mr. NE WDEGA.TE gave notice 'Alit he should then move the omission of the sth and 6th clauses of the bill. W AYS AND MEANS. Mr. FITZROY brought up the report on ways and means, which was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, an 'l the bonne adjourned at 25 minutes to 2 o'clock. Her Majesty the Qu een an d hi s Royal Highness the Prince Ci.n.ort, accotopanied by t h e P r i nce o f Wales, Prince Arthur, P r i nce Leopold, the P r i ncess es Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, left Osborne at 2 o'eloc k yesterlay after noon, attended by Lady Churchill. the lion. Emily Catheart, Major-General the lion. C. Grey, Lord Colville, Captain the Hon. D. de Roe, the Master of the Household, an d M r. Gi bbi . THE LATE SIR HENRY LAWRENCO.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to declare her intention of con ferring a baronetcy L twreuce. It is a l e) the intent i on of the Court of Directors of the E ast I nd i a Compan y to propose to the Court of Proprietor s t h e grant o f an annuity of 1,0001. a-year. on the son of the late S ir Henr y The projected Indian loan will probably be raised without much further delay, the bill for the purpose having passed its third reading in the House of Com mons. _Toe next Australi an ma il ( t h e Simla, due at Suez about the 25th inst.) i s expecte d, fr o m the orders from this side known to have been seat out, to bring a larger amount of gold than has hitherto usually been received by these steamer!. LOSS OF THE CALCUTTA STEAMER AND MAILS. We have received the following despatch from Alexandria, dated March 13 : " The Colombo leaves this afternoon with the China mails. " The Peninsular Company's steamer Granada arrived at Suez yesterday withiatelligence of the wreck of the Ava near Trincomalee on the 16th of February. The cargo and mails were totally lost, but the crew and passengers all saved. " Intelligence from Canton was to Jan. 18. " Canton remains tranquil under the rule of the Allies. " Order has been completely maintained in the city. " Lord Elgin and Baron Gros are still in the Canton River. " No additional troops had yet arrived. " Two hundred and fifty-three thousand pounds treasure for the Bombay Government were on board the Ava. Twenty-eight thousand five hundred pounds have been recovered. " The passengers iezludc;(l several of the Lucknow refugees. 44 Yeh comtinued a close prisoner on board the Inflexible in the Canton River." The following telegram from Mr. Acting-Con sul-General Green, was received at the Foreign office, via Corfu, Maroh 17th, 4.30 a.m. : " ALEXANDRIA, 13Tg MARCH, 1858. " The steamer Granada arrived at Suez yester day afternoon from Ceylon and China. " The Ava, from Calcutta, was totally wrecked on the night of the 16th ult., off Trincomalee, with the total less of mails, cargo, and baggage ; but the passengers and crew were all saved. "No intelligence of importance from China had been received lay telegraph, and the steamer will leave, with China mails on board, before the delivery of the letters here. " Yeh is still a prisoner on board her Majesty's ship Inflexible. It is reported that the natives of Canton are afraid to be seen speaking to Euro- peans. " GREEN, Consul-General." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. It is positively affirmed that M. de Persigny has tendered his resignation as Ambassador in London; and that, in the event of its being accepted, it is probable he may be succeeded by the Duke of Grammont. The Moniteur contains a decree promoting General Roguet, aide-de-camp of the Emperor, to be grand officer of the Legion of Honour. This day is the anniversary of the birth of the Prince Imperial, who now enters on his third year. Marshal Canrobert is to take up his quarters in a few days at Nancy. The health of Marshal Bosquet having become tolerably re-established, he will also shortly take his departure for Toulouse, the seat of his military administration. " M. IVigeon," says the Journal de Belfort, "has been requested to surrender himself to un dergo his imprisonment of one month for illegally wearing the decoration of the Legion of Honour." Tho 41—> vna r ,..v;.l Court. at tu. commencement of its sitting yesterday, registered the commutation made by the Emperor in the sen tence of de Rudio. The prisoner was present, dressed in the prison costume. It was remarked that his physiognomy had completely lost the easy carelessness which characterised it during the trial. After the formality de Rudio was taken back to the prison of La Roquette. The Imperial Court of Dijon has directed two of its members, President Delacuisino and Advocate- General Massin, to institute an investigation into the attempted insurrection at Chalon-sur-Saone, and these gentlemen have been in that town since Friday last. The Courrier of Chalon, in an ac count of the outbreak which it publishes, says : " A stranger to the town, who had placed himself on the bridge excited the insurgents to stand firma to the newly-established republic, assuring them that this time it should be a veritable one. The band was headed by a man playing on a trumpet, and on approaching the station of the gendarmerie he ceased, and the insurgents gathering into a circle held a deliberation on, it is supposed, the question as to whether the post of the gendarmerie or that of the Hotel de Ville should be attacked ; and when it broke up one of the men who were armed was heard to say, Since people now-a-days have no courage, I refuse to go with them !' and he at once walked off." NAPLES. NAPLES, March 9.—Another red book has just been printed on the subject of the Cagliari, and sent by the Government to the Foreign Ministers accredited to this Court. It is entitled "Decision of the Commission of Captures and Shipwrecks sitting in Naples," &c. The decision of the Com mission on the demand of the Attorney-General is briefly this : " The Commission in the First Instance of Marine Captures and of Shipwrecks declares to be a good capture that made by the Tancredi and the Ettoro Fieramosca of the Sardinian steamer Cagliari, and of all articles contraband of war on board the same. It declares excluded from good capture the commercial cargo found in the same, and, accepting the demand of Signori Dodero, authorises them to withdraw the articles in their demand, a also every other proprie tor who possess similar property. It rejeots the de mand of Signor Dodero with regard to injuries sus tained. It condemns Rubattini and Sitzia to pay the expenses of the judgment in favour of the Royal Marine, &c." The steps which have been taken by the Sar dinian and the Neapolitan Governments respec tively since this decision was given in the month of November last, have been a demand by the former for restitution of the Cagliari and the liberation of the prisoners, and a decided refusal by the latter. In the first days of the trial at Salerno a demand was made for the appointment of a commision to determine the spot where the Cagliari was taken, and the demand was acceded to with some reserve. To carry it out, the Sardinian Government has sent down two commercial captains and one captain of the Sardinian navy to assist Sitzia. Recent advices from St. Petersburg put it now beyond doubt that the Chinese have commenced hostilities against the Russians. Admiral Putia tine is understood to have reported, in a despatch dated on board his vessel anchored at Macao, that the advanced posts of the Russians, towards the mouth of the Amoor, had been attacked by the Chinese, and that so suddenly, and with so over powering a force, that the former had found them selves compelled to retreat 30 leagues up the river. The Chinese had thereupon destroyed the Russian settlement by fire. In the Pekin Gazette of Novem ber 17, of last year, it was mentioned that, accord ing to a statement made by a Chinese officer of . 7 -4 <1:- Cf;.,p), +h. nhir,oze were already at that time at war with Russia. Accounts from Montenegro received at Tienna state that the Montenegrins Lad contemplated crossing the lake of Scutari, then frozen over, and surprising the Island of Vrunige, occupied by the Turks since 1840, but a sudden thaw bad put an end to the project. The Montenegrins have estab lished posts between Kolacin and Gusin, where they anticipate an attack from the Turks. Arms and ammunition are very scarce in the country, and.at Cettigen a gun flint is sold for a franc. BRAZILS AND THE PLATE. The Royal Mail packet Tyne arrived at South ampton yesterday, with the South American mails. Her dates were—Buenos Ayres, Feb. 4 ; Monte Video, 4 ; Rio de Janeiro, 14 ; Bahia, 18 ; Per nambuco, 21 ; St. Vincent, March 2 ; Teneriffe, 6 ; Madeira, 9 ; Lisbon, 12. She brought home some 80 passengers, amongst whom was Mr. Paget, Secretary of Legation at Lisbon. -She landed 67 passengers at Lisbon. Amongst the cargo on board the Tyne wero specie and diamonds to the value of 322,7501. sterling. The value of the diamonds was 28,500/. The crisis has passectlightly over Rio de Janeiro. Three houses were obliged to suspend payment, owing to heavy losses in coffee. The firms are Schroder and Co. ; Elvers, Boje, and Co. ; and E. Pecher and Co. Beyond this we have nothing un favourable to report. The coffee market has been very active, and about 200,000 bags sold. The market opened after the arrival of the packet at the following prices :—Su perior, 4.300 to 4.400 ; good first, 4.100 to 4.200 ; ordinary first, 3.800 to 3.900, at which prices 40,000 bags were sold, when the market became firmer and prices gradually higher ; and we now quote superior, 4.600 to 4.800 ; good first, 4.200 to 4.400 ; ordinary first, 3.900 to 4.100. The stock is reduced to 120,000 bags, and arrivals are very small, barely averaging 1 , 000 bags per day. TURKE Y. Exchange opened on the sth at 25d. 90 days, at CONSTANTINOPLE, Meeteir 6. which rate a large business was done ; but when it There is nothing to chronicle from the Turkish became known that the bank would not draw, it political world. The Ministry continues in th e became flat at 24id, some business having been same state of beatitude as it has been in for the last transacted as low as 23d. The bank rate of dis six weeks, feeling far too comfortable to be inclined count was lowered on the 9th to 9 per cent. ; out for an unusual display of energy, and enjoying of the bank it rules from 10 to 11 per cent. thoroughly this unwonted state of well-being. Th e Freights rule—Channel, 255. to 30s. ; United schooner Silver Key and the steamer General States, 40c. to 50c. Knox, belonging to the American Wrecking Coin.. Bahia, February 18. — Superior qualities of sugar panies which undertook to raise the vessels of war for the French and southern markets have been sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol, have re- purchased at 3 dols. per arr. for browns, and 4 turned, and are advertised for sale. The at- , for whites. The demand is less brisk than before. tempt to raise the sunken vessels has completely Cotton purchases are effecting slowly at former failed ; not brie — of them was recovered. The rates, v.z., 6.800 per arroba, at which rates holders Black Sea foredo, se-often attributed to well calcu- are not disposed to sell. There have been but few lated imagination of the Russian Admiralty, is a supplies of coffee from the interior, and prices re stern reality. It has eaten up the body of the main at 4.100 per arroba, at which price holders Russian fleet, leaving only the outer shell. The refuse to sell. Cocoa supplies have been unim wheel of the Twelve Apostles has been brought portant ; stocks on hand have found a ready sale. down as a specimen. Although it consisted of Rum has again advanced in price. Tapioca of sti strong mahogany, two -years and a half in the perior quality is much inquired for. Freights waters of Sebastopol have reduced its weight to continue in a very depres=ed state, a few vessels almost nothing. No external change is visible have been chartered for the Channel at 20s. per beyond a few small holes, where thegreedy miners ton. Exchange has again receded to 23d. at 90 sank their shafts. The most approved contri- days, and 24d. at 60 days. vances were tried by the two rival companies. PERNAMBLICO.—Tho arrivals of sugar since the The vessels were caulked and made seemingly last monthly mail have been 144,362 bags, or about water-tight, but when it came to pumping out it 10,312 tons, and the shipments during the same was found that the timber was so rotten that the period were 7,358 tons. The demand has been water percolated everywhere through the galleries active, and full prices paid. The cotton entries made by the teredo. To this in itself invincible during the month were only 694 bags, and th e difficulty must be add e d th e fact that most of the shipments 633 ditto. The price has advanced 10 vessels had sunk from four to six fathoms into the per cent. ; and the crop is less than an average one. mud. Even if the ships had been raised they would The supply of ruin has been about equal to the de buetenGol,oowool.duirliane have been of no use. As they coul not be raised, mend. The price has slightly varied in favour of during the it was tried to blow them up, in order to clear the m th n e u s t e i l l l . er. ln F e re x i e g b h a t t s lge h , harbour, which at this moment is so blocked up about 19,000/. at bank 9, at 231 d , a a ve leo that only a narrow channel, marked out by buoys, effected ; is left, through which smallvessele cau;witli difficulty and 35,000/. at 23,1. The bank ra`e throughout wind their way. The damage done to the timber the mouth has been 12 per cent. per annum for is, however, so great that not even the attempt to four months bills, and money out of doors has been blow the vessels up succeeded. As much as 5,0031 b. plentiful for longer dates at the same rates. of powder was tried with a two-decker, but, as the The Brazilians aro collecting a large naval and rotten timber had too little power of resistance, military force at Monte Video, for the purpose, it the result was that the weakest point gave way, is believed, of attacking Paraguay. They are only and the explosion tore out a small part in the side delaying the attack until the arrival of som e gun of - the vessel, leaving the rest altogether untouched. boats from England. The harbour must thus remain blocked up until by The yellow fever has again broken out in the degrees the work of the teredo is done, and the Brazils. It raged among the shipping at Rio in ships latter end of January last, a n d th e w h o l e of the l ships fall to pieces. - According to the account brought down 81 YES- crews of some of the ships there have fallen victims. eels were found sunk, which is much more than A great number of merchant captains were carried ever was known or supposed. off by it. The yellow fever has, al.() raged with The companies have brought up sufficient an- great violence in the city of Rio, and carried off a chors, cables, &c., to pay, at any rate, part of their great number of old Brazilians, a class of persons expenses ; and probably the Russian Government which the disease has not hitherto touched. It has will make up the difference. alio shown itself among the shipping at Bahia, but A letter from B e rlin, in the Nord of Brussels, not to any great extent. It had not visited Per says nambuco up to the time of the Tyne leaving " The bill relative to the construction of a rail- there. way from lioonipborg, by Instorborg and GO- The government party At Monte Video had pre- BOURSE, March IG.—The following were the closing quotations : 41 per Cents 93 Do. end month — Credit Foncier Belgian 4,1 Piedmontese (5) Roman BB Austrian Spanish Threes Ilonae Debt — 3 per Cent. .. 69 40 Do. end month 69 45 Bank Shares 3lOO Credit Mobilier Do. Account 777 50 RAIL' Orlama Northern New Ditto 782 Lyon and Illediteran. 815' New Ditto 7BO Geneva Midi Western 657. Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian 'AYS. vailed against its opponents. A battle had been fought about eighty miles from the city of Monte Video, in which the Government troops were vic torious. The commander-in-chief and the chief officers of the opposition forces were taken pri soners. The representatives of the foreign powers interfered with the Monte Videan Government to spare the lives of th e p r i so n ers . Cl emenc y was promised, but before the Government pardon could be transmitted to the victorious troops the whole of their prisoners had been shot. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's steamship City of Waßibington, Captain Pettis, arrived this morning with advices from New York to the 4th inst. The Kansas Investigating Committee of the House of Representatives had adopted a report expressing the ♦iews of the majority, setting forth, among other things, that, as the authority was legally conferred upon the delegates to the Lecomp ton Constitutional Convention to frame a constitu tion, those who had an opportunity to vote WWI the question of the rejectio❑ or acceptance of that instrument, but who declined to exercise that privilege, were debarred from finding fault with the action of the Convention. The report urges the speedy admission of Kansas into the Union, as the best means of pacifying the country and putting an end to the agitation. The Louisiana House of Representatives had passed a bill authorising a company, already organised, to import 2,500 free blacks from the coast of Africa, to be indentured for not less than 15 years. The steam-frigate Niagara was expected to sail for England on the 6th. She was about 50 men short of her full complement, which is 400. On her last trip she had about 500 men, but so large a number cannot be properly accommodated, on account of the space required for the cable. Ex cepting the want of these men, the Niagara was ready for sea. The fixtures for the cable remain as they were when they left England. The defective ironwork of the main rigging had been replaced by larger chains, and she had been supplied with new fore and main topsail yards and new topgallant masts, designed to remedy the defects noticed on her previous trip. A telegram from New Orleans states that the steamboat Eliza Battle had been destroyed by fire at Kemp's Landing, near Demopolis, Alabama. Thirty-nine lives were lost, and 1,200 bales of cotton were destroyed. Many of the sufferers were frozen in the water. Further, though not later, advices from Mexico report that the Legitimists of Guanaxuato, Quere taro, and Zacatecas were at Celaya at the latest ac counts, and a general action with Zuloaga's forces was expec ed within a week. General Parodi was about to enter Allende. Four thousand Constitu tional troops, with 18 pieces of artillery, had been reviewed in Orizava. Advicea from Havannah mention the arrival there of the British ship Dream, from Macao and Cape of Good Hope, with 441 coolies • 12 died on the passage. A letter ' from Havannah in the New York Herald says : "Three charcoal vessels from the eutports recently took on board, off the coast of this island, the cargo of a slaver from the coast of Africa, consisting of 40 Bolales, and landed them at Talla Pieda, a portion of the suburbs lying on the harbour. They were, however, seized by the Spanish authorities, and are now at the depot at Jesus del Monte, a suburb of this city." In the New York market there was a slightly in creased demand for money in anticipation of the payments falling due on the 4th. The foreign ex change-market was very dull, and but a small por tion of the bills offering were taken. The sales at the stock-market were more moderate, and the tendency was downwards. Erie closed at 33k. Cotton was quiet at unchanged prices. Western flour was firmer ; corn firm. Molasses and sugar were active. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 17, 1.15 The Royal Mail steamer La Plata, Capt. Weller, has arrived. Her dates are—Greytown, Feb. 19 ; Colon, 23 ; Carthagena, 25 ; Jamaica, 27 ; Deme rara, 25 ; Tobago, 24 ; Trinidad, 25 ; Barbadoes, 27 ; Grenada, 26 ; St. Thomas's, March 3. She brings 36 passengers, specie value $1,246,961, also jewellery and other valuablcs amounting to 12,6561. 229 serous of cochineal, 218 bags of cocoa, and other cargo. The Atrato arrived out at St. Thomas's on the 3d inst. at 8 p.m. The news is good as to the health of the island, and all well on board the steamer. Passed the barque Conway Castle, homeward• bound, March 10, in lat. 37 59 N., long. 42 29 E. On the 14th spoke the ship Pomona, bound for Queenstown, and the Hamburg barque Elbe; 15th, the Alma, bound home from Australia. On the 16th, the Swedish barque Augusta, standing north and the Arequipa, standing to southward and west ward. The appearance of the crops is all that can be desired, the young canes thriving and every pro mise of an unusually prolific and profitable return this season. The weather has of late been very fine. The Jamaica advises are not to hand. Intelligence was rece i ve d a t G renada on t h e morning of the 26th ult. of the death at Govcrn ment-house of Mr. William Kortright, brother of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, front fever. He was private secretary to his Excellency. The commercial storm which lately swept over America, England, atc., has reached Demerara, and several houses have stopped. At Berbice Messrs. Bridges, Sherlock, and Co. have succumbed. IS Georgetown the failures are reported of Mr. P. A. Clouston, whose estate will realise a largo dividend, and Messrs. F. W. Whitney and Co., a house en gaged in the Am er i can t ra d e , w ith liabilities amounting to about $BO,OOO, nearly half of which is said to consist of accommodation notes. The affairs of M. A. Coelho, a Portuguese merchant, involved in some bill transactions with the last• named firm, were being w o und up under inspection. Trade at Demerara was dull and freights scarce. The news from the Pacific is of tittle importance. The monetary crisis had diminished at Ttdpa raiso. Her Majesty's ship Ganges had arrived there, and the Monarch was expected to sail .n the Bth of January. The Leopold was at Greytown, the Brunswick at Colon, the Basilisk cruising off Jamaica, the Imaum at Jamaica ; the Indus, with Admiral Stewart, to the Windward Islands ; also the Tartar, the Ate. lanta, and Buzzard. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From, thi Leeds Mercury, March, 16.) ROCHDALE, Monday.—" Weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable" seems ttie local wool-markets. Sales are few, and these have in soma cases been at slightly reduced prices. TRADE OF LEEDS, Saturday. —There has been a good attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls this morning, and a rather firmer tone has prevailed. The demand has principally been for goods of a light texture. The transactions have been rather numerous, and, considering the times, of a satis factory character. ROCHDALE, 1 11 ,-, nday.—Tho flannel trade is to day like the sun, all but totally eclipsed. All qualities are in poor request, but, except in cases where ne_essity induces sacrifice, prices are firmly maintained. This firm adherence to full rates is, indeed, the only cheering feature in the trade of the district. BRADFORD, Monday.—The trade in wools and worsted yarns continues very languid, and at to day's market there is no quotable change in prices. Some orders have been given out for fancy goods, which are requir e d t o be finished within a specified time. HALIFAX, Saturday.—We cintinue to report an unfavourable state of trade here. The market to• day, so far as we can learn, has shown no symp toms of revival. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Our market to-day was again bnt moderately suppliea with English wheat. The demand, however, for all kinds ruled very inactive, but we have no change to notice in prices compared with Monday. Most of the samples can" to hand in good condition. Foreign wheat, the show of which was rather extensive, met a dull inquiry, and inferior parcels were the turn in favour of buyers. We had a good demand fur barley, at very full prices. There was only a limited sale for malt, nevertheless prices were supported. Oats, beans, and peas were in very moderate supply and steady request, at extreme rates. Flour moved off slowly, on former terms. ARRIVALS TINS WEEK, Wheat. Barley, Malt. English 1,980 850 4,320 Irish Oats. Flour: 120 1,320 7,610 240 Om 200 7470 brll Foreign 2,440 ] 1,050 BOROUGH HOP. For nearly all kinds of ho ps the demand ia very inactive. In prices, howe-.er, we have no change to notice. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of . meat was seasonably large, and the trade generally ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to veal, 38 8d to 4e 8d ; pork, 38 Od to Is 4d per Blbs by the WOO. Pe 4 tdi t)1 ‘lOll -re t Fete Atlas Sp,, Di a°, t,!