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RO YAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE. - Lessee, Hr. A. Harris. For the Benefit of Mr. 11. Barnett. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Get. Melville, Ryder. Frank Mathews, Widdicomb, H. Bland, H, Saker, Garden, Graham ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Clifford , and Mrs. Charles Young. - - - After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER; or, Harle quin King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormaok Panta loon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manag7, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS, Mr. J. L. Toole. Chas. Selby, Billington, Mrs. Chatterley, Mrs. Bil• ling - ton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Laidlaw. _ _ After which, PAPER WINGS, Mr Alfred Wigan, J. L. Took, D. Fisher, Billington, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer, Mrs Alfred Wigan, Miss R. Simms, Mips Kate Kelly, and Mrs Chatterley. Followed by DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, I'. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss L. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor ler bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriage■ and foot passengers all hours of the night. BENSON'S V ATCHE S. " Perfection of mechanism."•--Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. lend 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAL EN GLISH OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Henry Leslie's Operetta Romance of DICK TIM PIN. Messrs. St. Albyn and G. Honey ; Missse Thiriwall and ('rules. After which, will be repeated the grand Opera, en titled LIIRLINE, ty W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs. W. liar rison, Santley, Corti, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa Pyne, Pilling, and F. Cruise, Condactor, Alfred Mellon. Doers open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, entitled THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstonc, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekcs, and Mrs. Wilkins. To conclude with PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING will be performed the drama of THE SERGEANT'S WIFE. Principal characters by Mr. James Vining, T. Lyon, J. Johnstone, J. Rouse; Mrs. Keeley (per first appearance), and Madame Celeste. After which, the magnificent Transformation Scene from KING THRUSHBEARD. Concludinz with the new Drama of A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. James Vining', Walter Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J. Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler, Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. Commence at 7. THIS EVENING} the perforntanoes will oommense with "No. 49." Followed by FIRST AFFECTIONS. Craven, G. Spencer, and Miss fVyndham. After which the successful burlesque of DIDO. Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Caere, Eliza Arden, and Mr. Charles Young. Messrs. H. T. To conclude with MAGIC TOTS. Bliss Lydia Thompson Miss Clara St. Cane. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-put six ; perform anoe eommences at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.- MISS LYDIA THOMPSON has the honour to an nounce to the nobility, gentry, and the public, that her BENEFIT, and Last Appearance but Four at the above Theatre, will take place on MONDAY, Marsh 26. Tickets to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of Miss Thomp son, 6, Argyle-street, Euston-road, W.V. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Doniz et ti). Donna Luerezia Miss Russell. Mauro Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghm ans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Hackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and eautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 111111 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—Strx OFZICE, MARcz 16, 11160.1 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night, 51—this day at noon. Bluomzsait-30.05. WIND, North-Westerly ; fresh and squally, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 37m.—Afternoon, 9h. 2431 To-moßnow.-Morning, 10h. 10m.—Afternoon, 10h. 55m It were idle to disguise it. If NAPOLEON goes on in his purpose to have Tuscany to himself, or keep it for a time, as a matter of prudence, till the present effervesence subside, in order to hand it over to his Cousin, for whom it was from the first intended, we would not give sixpence for the present peace of Europe lasting over the spring. By that time circumstances may be considered so far favourable for the prosecution of his ulterior plans, that the Emperor of the FRENCH will take Europe by surprise, and appear on the Rhine in all his military grandeur. Then woe to the living in those parts, for desolation will spread dismay far and near. We stated yesterday that NAPOLEON had intimated to the Swiss Envoys that no part of Savoy would be conceded to Switzerland. Now he stretches his Imperial Power yet further, for he has commanded VICTOR EM MANUEL not to accept Tuscany, although it has been Toted to him by almost universal acclamation ! The Xing of Sardinia may name a prince of his house, but annexation, pure et simple, to Piedmont is posi ' tively deprecated ! After this what will NAPOLEON do next ? The Times' correspondent says that— " VICTOR EMMANUEL, by the same account, is de barred from annexing the Romagna, which may be governed by a Vicar acceptable to the POPE. There is ore point of difference between the Holy Father and the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and Modena— he remained in his capital, and took no part in the war with Austria ; the Grand Dukes abandoned their territories, and were to be found in the camp of the enemy. The question now is, will M. CAYOUR dis regard these counsels, brave the anger, and go on annexing, even under the threat, which is repeated, of the evacuation of Lombardy by the French army P At the moment I write Savoy and Nice are pro bably annexed to France, by municipal manifesta tion rather than by universal suffrage. In certain cases of annexation a manifestation is speedier and more certain than popular suffrage; and, should annexation be contemplated. in any other direction, Savoy might serve as a precedent. But what will hardly fail to produce much sensation in Europe, is the fact that the whole of Savoy is taken by France, and nothing left to Switzerland of what she has a right to. This, I must say, is contrary to the de claration of the French Governiaent that the inte rests of Switzerland should be cared for ;—those in terests meaning the annexation of the n eu t ra li ze d provinces to S witzerl and on the annexation of Savoy to France. These promises are, it appears, flung to the winds ; and Switzerland will be left as exposed as she can well be, and easy access, through her, elsewhere. This will be heard with consternation in Switzerland; and it may not be regarded with absolute indifference throughout Europe." A long debate took place in the House of Lords last night, on the question of the A ddrcss to her MAJESTY respecting the treaty of Commerce with France. The arguments were much of the same tenor as those so bountifully vouchsafed of late in the Commons, and a division took place, when there appeared—Content for the treaty 68, and 38 against it. The speeches were numerous and ticquent— that of Earl GREY pointed and sententiously sar castic. It was also very argumentat ye. He said that the repeal of indirect taxes to he amount of £3,900,000 :a-year, in the face of a deficiency of £9,000,000; was a hazardous and ambitious experiment. Parliament in 1861 would have to deal with, probably, a deficiency of £10,000,000 in consequence of our continued preparations for self-defence and the small provision made for the expenses of the war with China—a provision so inadequate that the budget of 1861 must be charged with the difference. He thought that the treaty ought not to have been signed without a formal disclaimer having been previously obtained from France of her intention to annex Savoy and Nice. The Earl of MALMESBURY concurred with the opinion of Earl GREY. but admitted that he was not opposed to commercial treaties, for that when a member of Lord DERBY'S Government seven years ago he himself had entered into negotiations with France with a view to ex tend the commercial relations of the two countries. Those negotiations did not succeed, owing to the unwillingness of the French to make mutual conces sions. It was said that this treaty was not a bargain; but, if it were not, what was it ? The treaty was not only a commercial disadvantage to this country, but a political mistake. The treaty was a conces sion, not to this country, but to the PALMERSTON Government, in order that by conciliating the cotton party it might retain office. It was a treaty not between the French and English people, but between the Emperor of the FRENCH and Lord PALMERSTON. He corroborated this asser tion by reading extracts from an article in the Journal des Debats of the 10th of March, and asked whether, if this was the view taken by the French people, it would tend to cement the friend ship of the two nations. He condemned in un measured terms the conduct of the Government in signing this treaty pending the question of the annexation of Savoy, and sincerely regretted to see the Emperor of the FRENCH departing from that policy which he had proclaimed at the commence ment of his reign, and entering on the course which had been so ruinous to the First Empire. The Earl of DERBY was equally strong in his opinions both as respects the treaty and the budget, which were so dovetailed that in ♦oting the address they were made by anticipation to agree to the budget also. On the whole, he condemned the course adopted in repealing so many taxes and re imposing the income tax at 10d. in the pound to make up the deficit. Next year the income tax must be increased perhaps to a shilling, and ulti mately it would become a permanent tax even in time of peace, which was a dangerous as it was an objectionable principle. Whatever our opinions may be in respect to the Budget and Treaty of Commerce, we hail with pleasure any measure which is really for the public good, and Ministers deserve unqualified praise for the bill, brought in last evening in the Com mons by the enlightened Attorney-General. It was a bill to amend and consolidate the law re lating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in England. In order to place the various points before the reader, we shall give a succinct synopsis of the learned gentleman's measure. He observed that the evils in connection with the existing laws relating to bankruptcy had been complained of in the time of Lord ELDON, and notwithstanding the antiquity of the complaint, no adequate steps had been taken to redress it. Attempts had, however, been made in the years 1831, 1843, and 1849 to remedy the evil, and in the latter year a new code had been introduced ; but he was sorry to say, that so far from having the desired effect, the complaints were louder now than before the work of reform had been undertaken. The great object which it was desired to effect was to devise a cheap and effec tive machinery for collecting and realising the estates of insolvent persons. The expense of ad ministering an estate in the Court of Bankruptcy amounted to very nearly 33 per cent. upon the assets realised. In ordinary life, 5 per cent. was considered a very high rate of charge for collecting debts ; but in the Court of Bankruptcy, tie unfor tunate creditor whose debt amounted to £6OO would have to submit to a reduction of £2OO to satisfy the claims of those whom the State had appointed to col lect the assets of his debtor. This, he submitted, was an evil which would alone be sufficient to warrant an alteration in the law. He had intended to propose the entire abolition of imprisonment for debt ; but as such a suggestion might have caused a good deal of diversity of opinion, he had determined not to introduce it, but to leave it for a separate measure to be brought in hereafter. He proposed that any person, whether a trader or not, should be at liberty to present a petition for adjudication in bankruptcy, and that every insolvent person willing to make a surrender of his property and a full disclosure with respect to it should be adjudged a bankrupt. He also proposed to relieve insolvents from future liability to pay the debts of their creditors, as he considered that the present state of the law in that respect was cruel in its operation and detri mental to the interests of society. To meet the cases of persons who might decline to give up their property, it was provided by the bill that, after remaining 14 days in custody, they should be brought before the Court, whether they liked it or not, be examined with reference to their property, and be adjudged bankrupt. Insol vency and bankruptcy would for the future be blended together, and the present absurd and un• intelligible distinction would be done away with. In the case of nontraders a few very simple tests of insolvency would be adopted. A creditor holding a judgment against such a debtor would have the power to summon him before s i e f eu h ri o ty cou fo l r d n it o , t he should satisfy y u the debt,osder or ed be n the Court, an d The next gre a t ev i l of the existing system was the manner in which provi sionci ignisvoelvent. was made for the administration of the law. There was not the least necessity for the fi ve commissioners who now presided in the Court of Bankruptcy. The judicial functions of those gen tlemen were limited to one hour a-day for three days in the week, or three hours per week, for which they received £2,000 per annum each. He proposed to sweep away the commissioners in London altogether—to relieve them of their func tions, and to give them their £2,000 a year for life, but to hold them liable to act should any exigency arise that might render it necessary to make them auxiliary to the administration of justice. In lieu of the five commissioners on whom the administration of the law now devolved, one judge would be appointed, who should take the same rank, and receive the same remuneration, as the judges at Westminster hall. The business would also be divided so as to make a distinction between that which was purely judicial and that which was purely administra tive. The latter would devolve upon the re gistrars of the court, and it would become neces sary to establish an auxiliary court for small estates. Facilities would also be given for private and it would not arrangements and compositions, (c k, 5 7 4 ~, , ~ , ; ', 4 ii s : , -,',fv-,....z. ~. ~- '-„,.. ~..-.-, , t - ‘114, , ,s#.• .... •-„ ,7 ' 1 . 4 '''', ". 1 11C, , ..14-f-14. '.....,:irti. - --`n , ce .-. '•,, ^ - f....fti't - • _.,.. , --- '4 , 4- , ...., - THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1860. SUN, FRIDA'' be necessary that the whole of an estate should be administered in bankruptcy as at present. The office of messenger to the Court of Bankruptcy appeared to be one which was much abused, as the individual so called received emoluments varying from £1,200 to £1,700 per annum, while the duties were discharged by a man who was paid 3s. 6d. a day for his services. It was in.: tended, therefore, to do away with the messengers, and to transfer their duties to the official assignee. The power of giving certificates of a different class would no longer be vested in the judge, but a power would be given to him to suspend dis charges, while cases of fraud would be sent to the criminal courts. With regard to the provinces, it was proposed that as the present commissioners died off their functions should devolve upon the judges of the county courts. With respect to the expenses of the court, it was proposed that the stamp fees payable on registration deeds of arrange ment and composition would produce a sum of £60,000 per annum, sufficient to meet the expenses of the court. The bill, which gave general satisfaction, was highly approved of by Sir F. KELLY, Mr. E. JAMES, Mr. MALINS, and others. Caveat Emptor—mind what you buy—is the rule for us all. But what if the rale be insufficient to protect us from fraud—is the vendor not to be on his guard against the gains of imposture ? Here Mr. ROEBUCK, and Sir G. C. LEWIS leans to him, join issue with Mr. SCHOLEFIELD and the other promoters of his bill against the adulteration of food. " Much may be said on both sides," it is easy to remark; but on which side may most be ■aid, and truly said, is the practical question ? The committee on the subject, and the majorities of the House of Commons, affirm that the buyer, in addi tion to his own caution, ought to be protected by proper legislation against the man who would sell him water, alum, and potatoes, in the shape and appearance of quartern loaves of bread; the other party says that the social penalties are already suf ficient. But are they sufficient? Facts seem loudly to answer, no. There seems, in truth, to be nothing but the proverbial " egg and nut" which is not adulterated; and even the privileged egg must not be too vain. Its very shell is easily made to appear that of a new-laid one, although it may be very dif ficult to tamper, by admixture, with its contents. An egg's age is, in truth, as great a mystery as a lady's; and there is no family Bible to peep into in the case of the egg. No one thinks of denying that every article of grocery, of drugs, of condiments of all kinds, as well as all that proceeds from the bake house and confectioner's shop, contains something over and above what it professes to be, and always, of course, something cheaper ; frequently something deleterious, or, at least, something not so whole some as the pure article. In jewellery and textile finery the deterioration of the article, while the appearance is to a great extent preserved, does not in the least endanger the health and constitutions of her MAJESTY'S lieges. In food it must be the reverse. Even if we but eat potato four, when we should have good wheaten flour, we must suffer in the diminished formation of bone and muscle. But many things are far worse than this. The effect of alum on our system may be disputed; it is certain, however, that it enables the baker to sell us inferior flour, and a great deal of utterly worth less water, instead of " the staff of life." But the adulteration of some articles of daily use with even the poisonous oxides of lead is proved to be com mon. We ourselves once knew a respectable gentle man who was made dangerously ill by the adultera tion of snuff with lead. Now it seems to us quite fair to ask—Why, when a dealer offers to sell us bread, or to sell us "tea, coffee, tobacco, and snuff," he should be allowed to sell us anything else ? And this is the question answered by Mr. SCHOLEFIELD'S bill. If we are offered bread, and alum or anything else mixed with it, the demand is merely that we should be told that it is bread and alum. People may mix things as they please, just as they now may chicory and coffee, but they must tell us that they mix then p What honest man can well object to this ? Why should it be more objectionable than the obligation to sell a pound for a pound or a yard for a yard ? It is said that we cannot generalise our supervision, and apply it to everything. That, however, seems to be no objection to our supervising quality as well as weight, as far as we can. As to the main objection—that of interference between buyer and seller, and the contrariety of this to the principles of free trade, the objection applies equally to interference with weights and measures. In time, shops which sold by short weights, or which curtailed a lady's muslin purchase, would no doubt be known and shunned. Indeed the detection is far easier in such a case ; if loss of reputation were penalty enough, a fortiori, there fore, we might leave every dealer to sell by what weights he pleased. We properly anticipate such fraud, on the ground that customers cannot have standard weights and measures always at hand; much less could any of them have the chemical test and the microscope always in their pockets, and yet more, the skill to use them. To us it seems therefore very clear that all the reasons which can be assigned for providing responsible supervisors of weights and measures, apply with much greater force to the appointment of responsible analysts of articles of food. We are told, indeed, that half-a-dozen competent men could hardly be found in the kingdom. This is not true. For the most subtle chemical or micro scopical investigations the number of qualified per sons may be limited. But who contemplates con victing men of adulterations as difficult •f detection as the alleged poisons of Dr. SMETHURST. No bench of magistrates would, or ought to, convict in such difficult cases. The worst and most com mon kinds of profitable adulteration are even now well understood, and few medical men who have passed the hospitals with credit would be unable to prove the presence or absence of the adulterat ing article. It is also less quantitative than qua litative analysis which is needed; and the latter ;s of course much easier. Some measure of the kind ought therefore, we think, to become law, and diffi culties will soon vanish. The Right llon ' Benjamin and M rs . Di sr a e li entertained at dinner on Wednesday, at their residence, Grosvenor-gate, the Marquis i a c ild Marchioness of Salisbury, Viscount and d rand Lady Burghley, Lady Viscountess Campden, Baron the Duchess of Montrose y an 111 : . 1 . Mr.e.°Atle' Sir William I lj to ir th ic s a ch i l h lran u d e' Miss Rothschild, . slies and Lady Edith JoiFerguson,ffe, LordSi rßSotbaeffrotrd Montague,and 1., Lady of the mail steamers having The Admiralty superintendents at the mail B ail n p g ac b k ee e n t ports will in future be called superintendents of contract packets, in consequence t ra nsferred from the Admiralty to the Post -office and Board of Trade. The Spanish man-of-war steamer Alava arrived at Southampton yesterday. She will undergo some rep • s at that port. This ste amer was formerly the Lebanoa,- repair was employed in the African trade before she belonged to Spain. She is a Scotch built ship. The electric telegraph has now been extended to Bourneniouth, in Dorset. This place is becoming very populous on account of its being a favourite resort for in valids. The Committee of Joint-stock Banks yesterday determined to recommend to the private establishments that the general hour for closing on Saturdays should be fixed at 3 o'clock, instead of 4 o'clock as at present. The question will be decided by the private bankers on Monday next, and no doubt is entertained that three will the hour adopted. The agitation on the question commenced by the expression of a desire on the part of a majority of the lead ing commercial houses that the closing on Saturdays should take place at 2 o'clock. G MARCH 16, 186 G. „ LATEST NEWS. ----.-- The following telekvcons have been received at Mr. Reuter's office PARIS, MARCH 16. The Moniteur of to-day contains a decree nomi nating M. Michel, Chevalier, Senator. The Noniteur also contains a report of the Minister of War, Marshal Randon, proposing —as the ideas of war are receding—to reduce the effective of the battalions of Chasseurs from eight to six companies, the force which existed before 1853. The report is followed by a decree of the Empe ror, approving the Ministerial proposal. PARIS, MARCH 15. The Swiss Envoy at Paris has handed to M. Thouvenel a protest against any measure of annexa tion of Savoy to France. The Swiss Government will address a note to the Powers who signed the Treaties at the Congress of Vienna for the maintenance of the status quo in Savoy, and the guarantee of the neutrality of Swit zerland, and of a portion of Savoy. FLORENCE, MARCH 15. The proportion of votes in favour of annexation to those for a separate kingdom, was as 70 to 3. The number of persons who voted was three fourth of the total inscribed on the electoral lists. MARCH 16. The total result of the voting in Tuscany is as follows : Total number inscribed on the lists, 386,445. For annexation For separate kingdom 14,925 Cancelled . 4,949 TURIN, THURSDAY. The returns of the voting in the Xmilian pro vinces are complete. The numbers in favour of an nexation to Piedmont are as follow : The Romagna 202,659 Modena .. 115,621 Parma . . 88,511 The number of votes for separate kingdom has not yet been announced. ,ROME, MARCH 15. The report that the Papal Nuncio at Paris had received orders to leave France is totally unfounded. VIENNA, MARCH 16. Lord Loftus having invited the Austrian Govern ment to send an official delegate to the fourth in ternational statistical congress, the Emperor o : Austria has appointed Baron Czoernig as the re presentative of Austria at this congress, which wil open at London in July next. DRESDEN, THURSDAY. The offic:al Dresden Journal publishes a power ful article on the annexation of Savoy, in which it says— " The whole blame is to be attributed to the policy of England, which shook the basis of peace agreed upon at Villafranca, and to the passive atti tude of the other Powers on the non•realisation of the treaty of Zurich. To offer any opposition at the present moment would be too late, as the an nexation of Savoy to France may be regarded as an accomplished fact." CALCUTTA, FEB. 8. Grey shirting', 50 reed, 6 lbs, 3r 15a to 4r per piece ; readapollams, 50 reed, 3 lbs, 2r 3a per piece. Raw silk ; G. G. M'Cassibagnai, 15: to 17r 8a per seer. Jute—Serasgunge, 2r 14a to 3r 6a per bale. Sugar—First quality, 8r 4a to 8r 8a per maund. Iron, flat, 32r to 34r per maund. Saltpetre, 108 r per fy maund. Linseed firm, 3r 4a to 3r 6a ; low to middling, 2r 12a to 3r 3a. Freights to Eng. land—For saltpetre, 50s; sugar, 50s to 52s 6d ; in. digo, 80s to 100 s. COLOMBO, CEYLON, FEB. 16. The native crop of coffee is very short. Freights, 80s to 85s. SHANGHAI, JAN. 22. Business is partially suspended, owing to the Chinese holidays. Tea settlements small. Imports —Grey shirtings 52 to 52 catties, 1.85 to 1.91 taels; 61 to 62 catties, 1.95 to 2.2 taels ; 71 to n catties, 2.45 to 2.50 taels; H.H. scarlet long elle, 7.5 taels. Lead, 5.2 to 5.3 taels ; iron, 3.2 to 3.5 taels. Freights to England —For tea, 30s. to 405.; silk, 70s. Disastrous fires at Nagasaki and Jokuhama hare destroyed a large amount of European property. FOO-CHOW-FOO, JAN. 19. Tea 1 to taels lower. The quantity to complete season's yield is expected to be small, and higher rates are confidently looked for. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. " Several foreign journals," says the Patrie, " have announced that England was making a present to Piedmont of sixty rifled cannon, and that those guns were now being prepared in the arsenals of Great Britain, preparatory to being handed over to some Italian officers appointed to receive them. A letter, which we have received from London, rectifies this statement. The sixty pieces of artillery in question are not a present from the British Government, which has nothing what ever to do in the matter, but have been ordered direct from private founders which are preparing them for Piedmont." BOURSE, March 15.—The market has been quiet, but very firm. A rise of on the English Consols contributed to this steadiness. Threes improved from 67f 95c to 68f sc. Mobilier varied from 746 f 25c to 748 f 75c; Lyons, 893 f 75c to 895 f ; Orleans, 1,391 f 25c to 1,392 f 50c; Northern, 922 f 50c to 925 f ; Austrian, 502 f 50c to 505 f ; Lombard, 536 f 25c to 538 f 75c. The following are the last quotations : 4i per Cents. .... 95 75 Do. end month .. - Credit Foncier 745 Belgian 4} . Piedmontese (5) Bl 50 Roman Bl Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 43 75 3 per Cents 6B 5 Do. end month 6B 5 Bank Shares 2BOO Cliclit Mobilier .. 746 25 Do. Account ..... 747 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 835 .. 835 Lyons and Mediterranean 897 50 .. 897 50 Geneva 470 .. 470 Southern Western 582 50 .. 585 Eastern Sardinian 397 50 .. 397 50 Austrian Lombard .... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c.; money, 25f. 71c.; three months, paper, 24f. 87ic. ; money, 24f 85c. the most measured language and with every assur ance of the most respectful devotedness, Victor Emmanuel, in substance, asked to be amicably in vested with the Vicariate of Romagna, the Marches, and Umbria. This request, though made in the most delicate manner, gave great offence; and Car dinal Antonelli, when refusing, on two occasions, to admit the King of Sardinia's almoner to an audience of his Holiness, expressed himself in some what angry terms. In the course of the in terview, the cardinal said that he was astonished to see an ecclesiastic, and not a diplomatist or aide de-camp, charged to bring such a despatch. To that, the Abbe Stradella ingenuously replied ' that the mission had been proposed to him, and he had accepted it, precisely because it was thought, and, in his opinion justly, that for a conciliatory mis sion to the Court of Rome, the ecclesiastical cha racter was preferable to all others.' As to the Holy Father's answer, it was written with his own hand. The cardinal declares it was not communi cated to him, which is very probable. Some persons, usually well informed, assert that it contains this phrase, ' Your letter is unworthy of a Catholic King and of a prince of the House of Savoy.' Whether this statement is correct . z)r not, I have no means of ascertaining." ROME. A letter from Rome of the 10th, in the Debats, contains the following : " The answer to M. Thouvenel's notes was de spatched about a week ago. From what I have been able to learn, this answer extends to no less than twenty-six pages of text. It appears that in the midst of long recriminations against the King of Sardinia, the answer dwells more especially on this argument :—lt is not on account of its defects that the Pontifical Government has fallen, since the Tuscan Government has met with the same fate, though reckoned one of the best in Italy. Great stress is laid upon the presence of Prince Napoleon in Tuscany, and on the proclamation dated from Goito. With respect to the letter from the King of Sardinia to the Holy Father, and the answer sent back, I understand that the King's letter reached Rome on the 17th, and was brought by the Abbe Stradella, the King's almoner, In SARDINIA. A lettfr s: from Turin in the Opinione Nationale, contains the following :—." Neapolitan emigrants are, beginning to arrive in the rest of Italy, in numbers nearly as great as those from Venetia. Several arrive at Genoa every day, and nearly all are persons distinguished for their superior talents and social position. With respect to the question of annexation for Central Italy, a person, of whose veracity I have no doubt, assures us that it is the intention of a great majority of the Romagneso to turn Protestants rather than fall again under the government of the Pope in any form whatever." A communication 'from Modena of the 12th in the Nord, says :—" General Cialdini arrived here yes terday from Lombardy. After twenty-nine years' exile, the general has revisited his native soil to thank his fellow-citizens for the candidateship which they have offered to him. On his arrival being announced, the people and a great number of the officers of the national guard went to the railway station to receive him, and all the windows of the Rue Victor Emmanuel, through which the General would pass, were speedily decked out with the national flags. His reception was quite an ovation." Count Cavour, on the 12th, received a deputation of Roman exiles, who requested him to present an address to the King of Sardinia, in which they call his Majesty's attention to the wretched state of their fellow-countrymen, and express their deep regret that Rome, Umbria, and the Marches cannot also vote their annexation to Sardinia. " But if," the address concludes, " in the midst of the terrors with which tyranny surrounds them, those popilations be informed that your Majesty has kindly received the words we have addressed to you in their behalf, they will still continue to bear, with manly firm ness, the cruelty of the oppressors, until the long wished-for hour shall draw near when they may break their chains and rally round your standard, in order to give additional sinews to the army com manded by your Majesty for the independence and liberty of the Italian nation." AUSTRIA. The Austrian Gazette of Vienna publishes an article of which the following is an extract : " France openly demands Nice and Savoy, and everybody begins to exclaim against the violation of treaties, as if such violations were only to be per. mitted against Austria and her allies, as if they could only be tolerated in favour of Sardinia. When the English appeal to the treaties of 1815, they resemble a man who attempts to use a vessel which he himself has broken. Why should these treaties guarantee Savoy to Sardinia when they cannot preserve their countries to the princes of Modena, Parma, and Tuscany ? These same English who rejoice to see Romagna taken from the Pope, which a treaty signed by England gua- rantees to him, insist that similar rights stipulated in favour of Piedmont shall be respected. Every body knows what is meant by the extension of a State contrary to right and treaties ; but it has been tolerated once, and now people are amazed at the consequences. France has conquered Lom bardy and Central Italy for Piedmont, but she has at the same time conquered all the possessions of Sardinia, and gives the King and the Emperor just as much of them as the latter pleases. No body in Europe will now prevent France from ex tending beyond the Alps, as the opposition was not effected at a moment when extension could have been prevented." AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, THURSDAY. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Vigo, Captain Jellard, from New York on the 3d inst., has arrived. Her news has been in a great measure anticipated. Two millions of dollars of the new Six per Cent. Treasury bills were issued on the 2d inst., and sold immediately. Adviecs had been received from Jamaica to the 10th Feb. The weather was highly favourable to sugar making, and the crops were expected to be materially over last year's. The islands were healthier. On the 2d the New York stock market closed firm at an advance on speculative shares. Money easier. Exchange on London a fraction lower. Paris steady. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The Canadian steamer Anglo Saxon reached Liverpool this morning. Her news is generally anticipated via Queenstown. She did not leave Portland until the night of the 4th inst. It is expected that Sir Arthur H. Elton will come forward, on independent principles, far the third seat to be created for East Somerset und er th e new Reform Bill. REPRESENTATION OF WEST HARTLEPOOL.—The improvement commissioners of West Hartlepool have ad dressed a memorial to Lord Palmerston, urging the claim of West Hartlepool and surrounding districts to a separate re presentation in the House of Commons under the title of "The Hartlepools." REPRESENTATION OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY or LINCOLN.-A meeting of the Associa tion of Liberals for Nor th Lincolnshire was held in the Corn Exchange on Wednesday afternoon. Wm. Hutton, Esq., of Gate Burton, occupied the chair, and many of the county gentry were present, including Sir M. J. Cholmeley, Bart., M.P. for North Lincoln, and Lord Worsley, M.P. for Great Grimsby. The object of the meeting was to de termine what steps should be taken in the event of the Re • form Bill now before the House of Commons becoming law; and it was resolved, in the event of North Lincolnshire having a third member given to it, that Lord Worsley should become a candidate for the representation. Lord Worsley agreed to this proposition. It appears to be the opinion of the heads of the Liberals that Mr. Heneage will be a candi date for the seat vacated by Lord Worsley at Great Grimsby, and if this should be so, Messrs. Palmer and Sirley willcon test the city of Lincoln against Major Sibthorp. REPRESENTATION OF BIRKENHEAD.—At a meet ing held on Wednesday evening at the Park Hotel, Birken head, most influentially attended, and at which John Ra venscroft, Esq., presided, an association was formed for the purpose of promoting liberal and free-trade principles, to be called " The Reform Association for Birkenhead and the surrounding districts." It was decided also to request the inhabitants, in the event of the now Reform Bill passing, to withhold their promises to any candidate whe may be put forward on Tory principles, as a Liberal candidate would be nominated at the proper time. It is understood that Mr. John Laird is to be the Tory candidate, and Mr. William Jackson is spoken of by some of the Liberals. REPRESENTATION OF LONDONDERRY.—A va cancy has just been created in the representation, of the city of Londonderry by the death of Sir Robert Alexander Feka gusson, an old and faithful follower of the Irish Whig Liber a l party. The event took place in Dublin at the hcuee of a relative, where he had been residing since the commence ment of his illness, which was of not more than a fortnight's duration. The deceased baronet was sixty-five years of age, and had sat for Londonderry during many Parliaments. Already the constituency is agitated byconflieting interests. Rumour has already named several candidates for the va• cant seat ; amongthem Mr. Greer, the latelcounty member ; Sir Hervey Bruce, Alexander J. R. Stewart, Esq., Ards ; and William M'Cormick, Esq., the eminent railway con tractor, but nothing authoritative is yet known. A Cone r vative placard requested the electors to withdraw their pledges for the present. The _Derry Journal publishes Mr. W. M'Cormick's address to the electors. REPRESENTATION OF DOWN PATRICK. -- Mr. Johnston, of Ballykilbeg, and proprietor of the Downshir: Protestont, has addressed the electors of this borough, in consequence of Mr. Kerr having signified his intention of not again soliciting the suffrages of the electors. We have heard the names of two other gentlemen who are likely to offer themselves on the occasion of the next vacancy.— Downpatrick , Reoorder. THE VACANT JUDGESHIP.—Three of the leading counsel at the bar have been named, from whom the selec tion will probably be made—viz., Mr. Wilde, Q.C., Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lush, Q.C. The balance of pro bability is thought to be in favour of Mr, Wilde, INDIA. In anticipation of the Calcutta and China mail we have received, via Trieste, the Bengal Hurkaru of the Bth ult. The following are the chief items of interest from the summary in that journal : "The last embers of the rebellion have been trampled out. The aid of Sung Bahadoor and his Ghoorkas, combined with the action of our troops, has discouraged the few miserable remnants of the rebels. They are accordingly coming in in large numbers and surrendering themselves. In Sumbul• pore they were dispersed by Lieut. Valiance and Captain Bird with the Sebundee levy. The whole of Bengal and the North-West Provinces are quiet and restored to order, and there does not seem anything like a disposition on the part of the natives to revolt again. This calmness may be deceptive, but at any rate while we hold the present strength of our European force in India, there is no likelihood of the events of 1857-8 being re-enacted. Another prudential measure which will tend to prevent the recurrence of an outbreak is the reduction of the native army to a larger ex tent than has been hitherto adopted, which will soon come into operation, and thus not only render such an element innoxious, but effect a great relief to the present exhausted state of the finances. Our friends at home may form some idea of the formid able nature of the native army, when they are told that its total strength amounts to 149,000, inclusive of the military police, which amounts to 57,000. Now, when we come to consider that the European army here is scarcely 57,000 in consequence of the loss of 10,000 of the ex• Co mpany's European troops and the many European regiments that have been sent to China and re turned to England, the danger of having such a large native army may be easily conceived. " The Commander-in• Chief has published a gene ral order, breaking up the Saugor and Trans-Gogra Brigades. "The Governor-General and Commander-in Chief were expected at Loodianah on the 28th ultimo, Jullunder the Ist February, Umritsur the 7th, and Lahore 12th. On the 19th ult. the Viceroy held a grand durbar at Umballa, at which complimentary speeches were made to the Rajahs of Jheend, Put tialla, and a few other chiefs. His lordship granted to the two princes named, not only extensive es tates, but a perpetual right of adoption, and hoped that the noble Phoolkean house would endure for ever. " Mr. Wilson, our financier, has returned from his tour through the upper provinces, and has resumed his duties in the Legislative Chamber. It is be lieved that he has decided upon the abandonment of the octroi on cities, and the introduction of a Li cense Bill, which will be a considerable modification of that proposed by Mr. Harington ; the chief re commendation of which will be, that it will be less inquisitorial in its nature. Another measure con templated by our financier is believed to be the issue of a State paper currency. Such a currency is a great desideratum in this country, and cannot but tend to promote its prosperity, by the facility it will give to commercial transactions. " In the Legislative Council an attempt by Mr. Sconce to introduce the Black Act has proved unsuc cessful. In consequence of the alleged outrages upon natives by certain indigo planter& and Europeans connected with the Bengal Company, the member for Bengal proposed that a bill of a temporary nature be passed for their suppression, by making British subjects amenable to Mofussil Courts in criminal matters. " Another bill was proposed by Mr. Harington on the same day, the 28th ult., viz., to invest the commanding officer of a regiment with the power of a district court-martial. It seems that the new articles will apply only to regiments serving in China. " The steamer Carthage has been chartered for the service of Government, at a monthly rate of 18,000 rs. for four months and 15,000 rs. for a further similar period. It is believed she will convey Sir Hope Grant and his staff to China. The `'Palmer Castle left this on the 3d inst., with the head quarters of her Majesty's 99th Regiment. The troops from China will embark in the course of the week. " The Oude Gazette states that tidings have been received at head-quarters of a feeling of discontent still lingering in the minds of the remnant of the late Company's European troops, especially the artillery.' Several of them have been discovered carrying on a correspondence, urging each to claim the bounty. We trust that this information will prove unfounded." We cannot give the details of the force to be sent to China. Each mail from England modifies former orders, the plans of to-day at head-quarters are upset to-morrow, and all is mystery or confu sion. The ironsequent state of uncertainty is most harassing to the expectant regiments. There is, one change of a serious character which demands notice. The order of the 20th of December, which authorised the formation of one Hiudostani and four Sikh corps, by volunteers from existing regiments, has been rescinded. Regiments have been asked to volunteer en masse, and there is too good reason to believe that there has been not a little individual coercion and dissatisfaction in con sequence. This is but one of the thousand instances that the Empire is without a policy, but one which has created discontent, not the less serious because it is not openly manifested. As the tour of foreign service of the 47th, 65th, and 70th Native regi ments, now in China, has expired, the men will be allowed to return t o B enga l as soon as the Bombay native troops sent to relieve them arrive in Canton." It is said Lord Canning will return to Calcutta next cold season, making a progress through Cen tral India in time to take his departure on the expiry of his five years' term of service in February, 1861. It is reported that Lord Clyde will also remain till that time; that General Mansfield will go as second in com mand of the China Force; Sir Hugh Rose, mean while, succeeding Sir Henry Somerset as Commander in-Chief of Bombay. Lord Clyde would thus carry out the new organisation scheme, b u t it is difficult to see how he can dispense with the valuable assistance of his Chief of the Staff, and unlikely that General Mansfield will act under Sir Hope Grant. COMMERCIAL. EXPORTS.—Our markets have been almost in the same position as last reported. Produce continues to be held at previous extreme rates, in consequence of the very moderate stocks and arrivals from the districts—this, coupled with the unsettled state of freights, has caused a limited business in almost all staples for the home markets. TIIE MONEY MARKET.—Therellas been increased tight ness both in this market and in the Upper Provinces. There is a great requirement for funds by the piece goods dealers, for conversion into the open loan and for all other purposes, and accommodations are not obtainable in the Bazaar on easy terms, and Hoondians not being discount able under. 12 t) 13 per cent. The Bank of Bengal has raised its rates of discount and interest 2 per cent., and on the margin an advance on Government securities, via., 4 per cent. on the 4 and 5 per cent. Paper, and 2 per cent. on the 51- per cent. PARLIAIIIB.NTARY DIVISION. TREATY WITH FRANCE. HOUSE OF LORDS--THURSDAY, March 15. Moved—To agree with the Commons in the Address to her Majesty on the subject of the Treaty of Commerce with France, and to fill up the blank in that Address with the words (" Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and") (The Lord Taunton) : Objected to (The Earl Grey) : O n Ques tion, " Whether to agree with the Commons in the said Address ?" &c. Contents, 68 ; Not-contents, 38. MAJORITY—CONTENTS, 68. LORD CHANCELLOR. BISHOPS. LORDS. Campbell Carlisle Llanover DUKES. Chester Londesborough Newcastle Hereford Lyveden Somerset London Manners MARQUISES. LORDS. Methuen Ailesbury Audley Ilonteagle Bristol Belper Mostyn Camden Boyle (E. Cork an d Ponsonby (E. Bess- Townshend Orrery) borough) EARLS. Como) s [Teller] Abingdon Chesham Saye and Sele Caithness Churchill Somerville (M. Clarendon Clandelboye (Lord Clanricarde) De Grey Dufferin &Chine- Stanley of Alderley Denbigh boye) Stewart of Stewart's Ducie Cranworth Court (M. Lon- Dudley (L. Ward) Dartrey (L. Cre- donderry) Effingkam morns) Stafford (E. En- Homo De Mauley field) Innes (D. Rom- De Tabley Sudeley burghe) Dunfermline Sundridge (Duke of. Saint Germans Ebury Argil) Shaftesbury Foley [Teller] Talbot de Malahide Somers Glenelg Taunton Spencer Hunsdon (V, Falk-Truro - land) Wodehouse VISCOUNTS. Keane Worlingham (E Eversley Leigh Gosford) Sydney Lismore (V. Lis- Wycombe, (E Shel- Torrington more) burne) MINORITY—NOT-CONTENTS, 38. DUKES. Portarlington Colchester Marlborough Romney Colville of Culross Rutland Shrewsbury Denman MARQUISES, VISCOUNTS. Digby Bath Dungannon Ossulston (Earl Exeter Exmouth Tankerville Salisbury Stratford de Red- Overstone EARLS. cliff," Rayleigh Amherst Hood Redesdale Carnarvon LORns. Saltoun Cathcart Abinger Sheffield(Earl Shef- De La Warr Boilers field Derby Boston Sondes Grey [Teller] Chelmsford 'Marlow Hardwick° Churstan Wynford [Teller] Malmesbury LECTURE ON THE ROSE.--Mr. Shirley Hibberd delivered a lecture on the " History and Cultivation of the Rose," at the Grove-road Schoolroom, Hornsey-rise, on Monday last. The chair was taken by J. H. Scott, Esq., of the Council of the Horticultural Society, and the vote of thanks was proposed by the Rev, the Rector. The large room was densely filled, and among the company were many of the gardeners of the district, The proceeds will be devoted to a charitable object, PARE LIMENTAItY COMMI 1 TEES. THIS DAY. PACKET CONTRACTS. This committee assembled this morning —Mr. Ewart in the chair. Tho Earl of Derby, in answer to questions put to him by different members of the committee, entered into a minute explanation of the conduct of the Government under his administration with • respect to the decision come to with regard to the contract with Sir S. Cunard. He was not at tint moment aware that there were seven lines of steamers crossing the Atlantic, but if such was the case it would be the means of solving the problem which of those linos were best suited for the postal service with America. Whatever the merits of the plan of communication with America from Galway, they were well considered by the Government, and the questionwas neverleft to be determined by any subordi nate official. The question was fully considered, and in addition to the heads of the Government, the Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland also took part in the deliberations. The noble earl was under examination when our report loft. THE SERPENTINE. This committee re-assembled this morning, the Hon. Mr. Cowper in the chair. The evidence elucidated up to the time of our going to press was of so technical a description as to be totally un interesting. BERWICK ELECTION. The committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return of Mr. Marjoribanks assembled for the first time this morning. Some of the principal allegations of the petitioner are non• qualification of certain voters. Sir F. Slade is the counsel for the petitioner ; and Mr. Phinn, Q.C., supports the sitting member. The whole of the morning was occupied in arranging preliminaries and the opening statement of counsel. BEVERLEY ELECTION. This committee met for the first time this morning; as in the above committee the proceedings were devoid of public interest. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before !Jr. Kerr.). LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY V. PARROT.- WARNING A WITNESS. This was an action to rec3ver £lloe. for a window alleged to have been broken by one of defendant's servants. The case has been bofore the court a good many times, and Mr. Beard has called the driver and conductor of the bus, who both swore that the van damaging the bus bore the name of Catherine Parrot. To answer this it was affirmed that none of defendant's drivers were near the scene of action on the day of the accident. Defendant produced her men to be identified, and they all denied they were near Farringdon-street on a cer tain day in July last. The man named Dow, whe appeared very infirm, said he went over London-bridge and came back over Southwark. Certainly not over Blackfriars. Mr. Beard—Now, recollect you are very ill, on your oath, did you pay to come over Southwark-bridge (Laughter.) Witness—l did. Mr. Beard—l can't carry the case any further. His Honour then found for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. WHOLESALE ROBRERY OF WORKMEN'S TOOLS ♦T A CARVER'S.—Richard Richards, 15, Princes • court, Bethnal green, cabinet maker, was charged before Mr. Bingham, with stealing at the workshop, at the rear of 336 A, Oz ford-street, a large quantity of tools used by carvers, the property of Messrs. Louis Levasseur, Benjamin Bryant, and others carvers and chair makers. Mr. Benjamin Bryant said he left the workshop between half-past eight and nine on the previous night, leaving the key of the workshop hanging by the side of a ladder leading to the workshop. About 20 minutes after leaving he went back with two friends, and on going up to the workshop saw the prisoner standing there. He said, " What do you do here ? Who are you ?" He (prosecutor) replied, " Well, I'm the proprietor of the place, and now, perhaps, you'll tell me what you do here ?" The prisoner was then silent. On a light being procured he:found 74 tools belong' ing to the workmen placed in an apron, having been col lected from the various benches, all ready for removal. The prisoner said he had no place to lie in, and so went there for that purpose. The key of the outer door was taken out of the letter-box. _ . Two of the apprentices identified some of the tools as their property. Bell, 195 A, said that the prisoner, when he took him into custody, said he did not care what became of him. The prisoner now said that he had gone to the workshop, but that he was out of employ, and that he had been told in Hyde-park, by somebody that had formerly been env ployed by the firm, how to get into the premises. 'The depositions having been read over, the prisoner oaf committed for trial. EXTENSIVE SHOPLIFTING AT READING. Mrs. Elizabeth Ledger, the wife of a musician and dancing-master at Reading, underwent a final examination on Wednesday, before Mr. Andreweet the late mayor, and Mr. T. Morris, a borough magistrate, on the charge of stealing a large quan tity of drapery goods. The robberies perpetrated by the prisoner are without parallel in the borough for extent, and seem to show that she has had an irresistible penchant for pluniering drapers' shops. filar detection was very remark able. It appears that she visited the shop of Mr. Steward, abacon-factor,on Friday evening, and made purchases to a moderate extent. Her conduct while there excited the suspicion of Mr. Steward, and, ee she wore a large cloak, her bulky appearance led him to fancy that she had committed some dis honest act. As she was about to quit the shop he intimated to her his suspicions, and expressed e• desire to see whether she had anything concealed beneath her huge cloak. She affected to be greatly annoyed and surprised at the intimation, but, as Mr. Steward was firm, and expressed his deter mination that she should not quit the place with out his being satisfied as to whether she had anything, she yielded to an examination, which re sulted in the discovery, not only that she had some of Mr. Steward's goods which she had not purchased, but that she had in h er p ossess i on some gown pieces, having on them the private marks of the drapers from whose shops they had been taken. She was thereupon given into the custody of a polio officer, and removed to the station. Here a minute search was made, and articles were found conclu sively proving that she had not honestly obtained the goods in her possession. She was lodged in the Bndewell for tha night, and, by direction of Mr. Superintendent Peck, of the borough pone!, officers were employed on the following day in making inquiries at the different drapers' shops. The property found upon her was soon identified, and as several losses had been previously reported at the station, it was deemed advisable that search should be made at her lodgings, she having been separated from her husband. Police Sergeants Cos and Seymour acted in accordance with instruc tions given to them, and on examining her bed room found an immense quantity of goods, the pro duce of robberies for months past. The articles found comprised stair covering, measuring above 20 yards, ladies' boots, table cloths, cotton prints and other dresses, shawls, merino, linsey woolsey, flannel, patent socks for boots, and perfumery to a considerable extent. In another room were discovered 200 yards of cotton print, and e great variety of other articles; there were, also, fancy stationery, and things of a similar descrip tion. The prisoner, it appeared, carried on the business of a dressmaker and milliner ; she visited drapers' shops to buy articles in her business, and the robberies were committed while the shopmell had left her at the counter to get the articles she required, all of which were carefully concealed un der her cloak. Her respectable appearance dis armed the trades-people of suspicion, and although the articles were soon missed she was never sue pected. The discovery of her robberies has created quite a sensation in the town. She has been com mitted for trial on several charges. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO CAXIDA.--;; It is now officially announced that th e P r i nce o f Wales visit British America in the course o f th e s p r i ng . It': period assigned for his royal highness's departure is tfq middle of May next. His royal highness, it is asserted, wP. go out with a very num erous re ti nue , and it is expected ths' tlfe Great Eastern, if rea d y , w hi c h i s very doubtful, will s r company the royal squadron. Ths sojourn of the PrinceT the colony will extend over a period of two months, wit will be spent in v i s it s t o th e pr i nc i pa l t owns an d gr eat pu lie works, and o f course t o Niagara and some of the oth_e, more remarkable scenes o f na t ura l grandeur with which North Am er i can p rov i nces an d th e United States abo d e Both in her Majesty's dominions and in the States of th_ American Union the heir apparent of the British e r l; will meet with a most enthusiastic reception.—Conaa' _Are u.s. We are informed that, preparatory to the con: struction of the proposed Great North Atlantic Telegray; between Europe and the United States, for which ° banv the elusive concession for 100 years has been granted nvo o Danish government, the requisite caution Mi n ister WY c o dols.) has this day been remitted to the Danish to Finance at Copenhagen by Messrs. Croskey and C0.:,,a arc interested in the concession. The line is to pr Tee. from Scotland and Denmark via the Faroe 151and2,9:1,0 land, Greenland, and Labrador, to Canada and the u,ns'ii`b„ States, and to consist of comparatively short lin ks ° I bee n marine cables. The practicability of the route bas c o l• recently demonstrated by a personal survey made e.Y___ D d Shaffner, who on Wednesday last gave evidence st,„cio length upon the subject before the Committee of the PN of Commons now sitting. from Th ( Bond. 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