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appeal to you for a renewal of the trust you have for the I extent of a complete equalisation, but rather to last six years done me the honour to repose in me. "If the result of his past conduct in office, and his lord- 1 a more suitable apportionment of political ship's declaration, had not justified the assurance that his I power-..-so that the opinions of a few hundred seeasures would be directed with a wise and prudent at tention to the amelioration and maintenance of the laws favoured electors should not earry with them as sad institutions of the country, and that necessary changes should be undertaken and carried out in a spirit of pru- much weight of more than double as many thou dence and deliberation ;—if I were nob convinced that his sands of persons equally competent to form sound resolution to uphold the dignity of this eountry is only eq ualled by the ardent desire that we s h ould enjoy tle p rac ti ca l v i ews on p u bli c affairs. It also asserts blessings of peace and amity with surrounding natiensl it t hat popular demands may be rashly granted, or would not have been neces sary f or me to address you and to ask you, as I now do, to ratify by my re-election imprudently refused according to the pressure of your approval of the conditions under which I am about to take a part in the administration of the affairs of the the moment, on an unstabl e Mi n i s t r y." It is station, for these very reasons that we are willing to give a fair trial to the existing Government, to judge them rather by the proposals which they bring forward, than by the reckless and untenable ob jections of factious opponents. Nothing could be more injurious to the public interests than to confer a virtual monopoly on one man or set of men, which would be the result if the people were blindly to follow the advice of the Times ; and constitute Lord PALMERSTON an absolute dic tator, whose will should be obeyed under any pos sible circumstances. "I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Yonr obedient and faithful :errant, LOVAINE, " London, Ist larch, 1858," His Lordship will be unopposed. CA MB RIDGE UNIVERSITY. The Senate met yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, when the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole was again re. turned as the representative of the University in Parlia. ant. As there was ne opposition there was a very thin attendance of electors, not more than a dozen besides tie officials being present. As yet no opposition has been offered to the re-election of any of those who, by the acceptance of office, have vacated their seats in Parliament. Mr. WALPOLE has been returned without opposi tion for the University of Cambridge, General PEEL for Huntingdon, and Lord STANLEY for King's Lynn. The Secretaries of State are there fore already provided with seats. The Co lonial Secretary has spoken boldly and explicitly, in a manner that will receive the cordial approbation of the nation. He has long been recognised as a sincere Liberal— the most promising and rising statesman of the day. His accession to office materially strength ened the Government, affording as it did reason able grounds for anticipating that, at least, as good measures might be anticipated at their hands as could be looked for from Lord PALMERSTON ; more especially if, as the Times desires, he could have everything his own way, and had nothing to fear from a hostile vote in the representative branch of the Legislature. The Leviathan declares that he delivered " a speech which might have suited any member of the late Government on the occasion of a re-election," and that "for everything he has an elaborate reason, except for his position as a member of Lord DERBY'S Cabinet." Now we are disposed to think that his co-operation goes far to prove that he has reason to believe that his views will be more fairly carried out by his present Cabinet, than if he had accepted the office tendered for his acceptance by the late one. The Noble Lord justly and proudly referred to his votes on two questions of social reform, of no ordinary importance, which received the Legislative sanction during the past Session. He describes the Testameatary Jurisdiction Bill as " a step, but only a single stop in that course of Legal Reform, of the necessity of which every year and almost every day that he lived convinced him more and more." The Divorce Bill, rendering equal justice to rich and poor in tho most important matter affecting their happiness, and protecting the property of deserted wives, also received his ardent and unqualified support. He then touched on three very interesting topics—the future Government of India, the question of Parliamentary Reform, and that of our relations with other European powers—and went fairly into each. On India he had opposed the renewal of the Company's Charter in 1853, and supported a motion for carrying on the Indian Government in the name of the Crown. These opinions he will be prepared to carry into practical execution. He at the same time declares that a strict religious neutrality is the only course which will be wise and just. On the Reform question he also speaks boldly and earnestly. Ile asks for delay until next Aeaftion, in order to enable the Government to frame a just and comprehensive measure, at tide same time honestly avowing that in our Parlia mentary constitution there are many anomalies removable by legislation—anomalies of which the evil is not merely theoretical, but results in practical abuse, Adding that the excessive value which belongs ito every single vote in small constituencies has a direct tendency to produce corruption—and also that many districts have not their adequate share of representation. This shows that he concurs on these important points with the Attorney-General, and induces us to hope that he may be numbered amongst the supporters of the Ballot when the time arrives for taking the opinion of the House on that question. Atthe same time he deprecates the introduction of piecemeal reforms, desiring that the whole sub ject shall be dealt with in its entirety. This is a reasonable application, under the circumstances, which he has so clearly and distinctly explained, as if satisfied that Lord DERBY'S Government were determined to introduce a large and compre hensive measure—and Lord STANLEY'S speech goes far to prove that such is their intention—and we should willingly accord the time claimed for maturing a bill that ought to prove acceptable to the nation, The handsome tribute to the honesty and power—the best protection of the poor and humble against the po yverful—a protection which our Legislature has created, and which no legisla tion can take away, proves that the Fourth Estate may be certain of fair play from any Government of which the Noble Lord is a leading and influes- tial member. On the Refugee question he is the most explicit, and, we may add, the most satisfactory, of any person that has hitherto spoken. He shows that it is by no means clear that any legislation is required. He thinks and hopes that it is not. At all events the point will soon be elucidated by an impending trial that will prove the real state of the law. On the whole, the speech of Lord STANLEY is just what might have been expected, from his well-established reputation, and goes far to create confidence in the Cabinet with which he could feel himself justified in holding office. It fully merits fair play, which is all that he claims at the hands of the nation. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Ths nomination of a member for this county come cosent upon the acceptance of office of Mr. Disraeli, has been axed to take place on Monday next at the County hall, Aylesbury, when it is expected tie right hon. gentleman, who seeks re-election, will deliver his " manifesto." No opposition is anticipated. BELFAST. Tke new Solicitor• General has issued the following address : " TO THZ ILECTORS OF TUX BOROUGH OF BEI.FAST. " Gentlemen,—Having accepted the office of her Ma jesty's Solicitor-General my seat in the House of Commons has become vacant, and I venture to ask from you the restoration of the important trust you have already twice committed to my care. My public conduct has been.now for some years before you—my political principles are well known to you. In discharging the impo rtant duties of a law o ffi cer of the Crown, I trust that, without any depar ture from those principles, I may be enabled to find enlarged means and opportun ities of promoting all mea sures of public advantage and improvement, and of watch ing over the interests of the town and constitu ency w i t h which I am connected by birth and long association, and to represent which I consider the highest honour that can befall me is public life. I hope to have the pleasure of waiting upon you as soon as the arrangements conse quen t on my new duties will permit me. And meantime I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obliged and very faith fnl servant, " H. M. CAIRNS." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant SUCCC3B of the closing representations, and in order to accommodate the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR DAY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows : ... Tuesday, March 16: LA TRAVIATA Violetta, Piccolo mini ; Alfredo, Giuglini. Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia; Azucena, Sannier ; Manrico, 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. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 15 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; gran d ti er, 3/ , 3 s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s; gallery boxes, lOs ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s, The Box.office will be opened on Thursday, March 11. Places in the meantime may be secured by application to Mr. Fish, stage door, Hor Majesty's Theatre. No other representation can be possibly given before the commencement of the Summer Season, T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss Amy Soclgwick ; Master Walter, Mr. Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new cemic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle- Coin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, M r. A, L ec l ercq ; Clumbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercg, Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking,) First Price. s. d.' Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 n Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery ~ 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy •! HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Chas. Kean; Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand comic 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 mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. THE kT RE-R OYA. L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be presented Sir E. L. Buiwer s play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Elsworthy. Followed by the new valid pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORN ER. Commence at 7. aft; ziosavv--IYlr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed ROPY O'3ICRE. Mr. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B, To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADY OF ST. TR.)PEZ. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr. 'Webb, and Mr. J. L. Tools ; Mrs. C. Dillon and Miss Woolgar. Followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Margery, Mrs, C. Dillon ; Cousin Joe, N. J. L. Toole. After which, the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7, Sox-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING,wiII be performed the play of LIJC/IFIIA EORGIA. After which, MY WIFE'S OUT. To conclude with THE SAILOR OF FILA.NCE. JANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company o f Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunel], Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta; Herr P. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Himo, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock I I precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. . _ Mr, AUGUST BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 6 min. aft. s —Even., 22 nOn aft.:, To-Matutow—liorn., 38 min. aft. s —Even., 5= rain. aft. 6 PHE WEATHER—SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 5. IEI/CRIfOIiETICR, IN THE SNIDE. 42—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER, down to 29.48, now up to 29.60. WIND, ; rather fresh, with slight snow, and a decided thaw, and plenty of slush. Jr l. l; Ti ee ‘ l 4) , gr"..71:0 1- 57v 7 ,6 - • "LA° ;Alil . ' 4l "'"', ;I't LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1858. _Luc ivianisterial re - elections and the statements delivered on the hustings by the several candidates are, for the time being and until the renewal of the Parliament campaign, the subjects regarded with the greatest interest by the general community. Although a new Reform Bill was explicitly Every hint as to the future policy of the Govern- promised in the last speech from the Throne, meat is eagerly canvassed by enemies as wall as there was such an evident disposition on the par t friends, and by the still more numerous section of the late Premier and his colleagues , the w h o l e to shirk who l oo k t o measures rat h er than men ;and pro- question as long as possible by every the Tided th a t t h e course b® calculated to promote species o f i n j ur i ous procras ti na ti on, th a t we aie welfare, happiness, and prosperity of the na- really almost disposed to regard as more propitious Con, are profoundly indifferent as to those by to the Liberals of the United Kingdom the vaguer, whom the state chariot may be guiled in but for that very reason the more candid and its ecionurged onw ard car eer I obj As y e t th e chief more manly a ssurances, vo l un t eere d on Monday sgadnot Lord pee l 's and - leagues is th a t " a Minister ~,,it :evening by th e Chi ef of the new Administration. 200 his col votes i is After . deprecating as something very nearly un ready to proceed with all the me as „ re „ , Lord PALMERSTON calculated on the aid wh i ch hi: co l n a sti . tutional the recent Ministerial custom of the 1 p ledg i n g d the SOVERICIGN to measures not yet duly \ eiders are —measures which her oTerwhelming majority." Indeed the 2'inits,Lord not in any MAJESTY'S ad way prepared at the moment leader of the malcontents, seems to fear that DERjr s heuld concede more than could b e antics- to submit to the consideration of the Legislature EltltY dashed. the hopes of the It blames the At- —the Earl of D peed from his predecessor. torney-General for speaking too freely in favour more sanguine by this distinct avowal, " Twill designs es not pledge either myself or ..„ ---y colleagues t i , of "equal electoral districts, " which it de introduce either now or at and time a liill u in the upon this subject." But—observe the Premier bad as " by far the most, important el ement . admitted the insufb.cioncy of the previoua Chartist theory of the future Constitution. Sir FITZSOY it 3LL Y ' 6 argument Went not ' to N th ow e already • THE SUN, LOiNDON FRIDAY EVENING- Reform Bill, the one in the responsibility and glory of carrying which he himself had personally participated. And—in addition to this signifi cant admission, he now immediately added to his announcement of his inerradicable repugnance to enter into any positive engagements—this suffi ciently emphatic and re-assuring declaration, " I prefer to go beyond rather than to fall short of any pledges or promises which I may give in this house." Remarking still further—" But this I may say, that as soon as the pressure of Parliamentary business enables us distinctly and carefully to consider the question, we will direct our attention to the defects which exist in the laws regulating the representation of the people in Parliament." Nor is this all—the Prime Minister observes ab solutely in so many words, " We the advisers of the Crown will give that attention to the subject, " with the sincere and earnest desire to trifle no longer with this great question, but with the hope that we may be able"—mark this ; not vaguely, not indifferently, not upon the arrival of the Greek Kalends, or contemporaneously with the quadrature of the circle, but—" in the next ses sion of Parliament, to lay before the Legislature and the country"—in so many plain words, A New Reform Bill ! As Lord DERBY describes it—" a measure upon that subject which may for a time settle a matter of such deep importance, and which, if we cannot hope to please everybody— which would indeed be a most extravagant expec tation—may at least be accepted as a fair and reasonable measure, by moderate, impartial, and well-educated men." More than this, perhaps, we could hardly in reason look for from the lips 1 of a Conservative First Lard of the Treasury. More than this—of course in their own peculiar interpretation of the words—would hardly be projected by the more rationally advanced of our Liberal Reformers. For no one surely but the deftest day-dreamer would cherish for an instant the visionary notion of a Parliamentary Reform Bill otherwise than ono of a purely temporary character ; Reform upon every imaginable subject obviously " growing with the growth and strengthening with the strength, of a people steadily advancing on th© path of_civili zstion. Wherefore, what we perceive we must expect to make up our minds to now, is the post ponement of the question of Parliamentary Reform until the next session of the Legislature. Lord DERBY tells us this bluntly and point blank. Lord PALMERSTON intimated the same unwelcome truth indirectly and inferentially. It comes pretty much to the same thing in the end—as to the time lost before the giving of these wished for improvements. Only that circumstances have now happily elicited from the Conservative Leader the very satisfactory explanation of what is really meant by Conservatism—implied by the almost indignant exclamation, " My Lords, there can be no greater mistake than to suppose that a Conservative Ministry necessarily means a s! a- tionary Ministry." A slight difference, this, from the ever memor able dead-lock declaration—the dogged " thus far and no further"—of the late Duke of WEL LINGTON. Ulteriorly there is every fair pro;pect of our obtaining a measure productive of great, judicious, and comprehensive changes iu our whole system of representation. The resolutions of the committee appointed to investigate the charge against Mr. BUTT have fully and completely exonerated that honourable and learned gentleman from the charges which were so hastily adopted byMr. ROEBUCK. They show that he did not corruptly enter into an agreement with the Ameer ALI MOORAD KHAN or his agents to advocate or prosecute his claims in the House of Commons. Nor was any money paid in pursuance of any suchagreemen H - oniiir impression. They confirm the statements made by the Hon. Gentle wan to the Committee, that his parliamentary advocacy was wholly disinterested, and was be stowed from a sense of the injustice with which the AMEER had been treated by the East Indian authorities. It was not until a certain result had been attained, and the Ameer recommended to return to India, that any pecu niary question was ventilated, and that not as a remuneration for past Parliamentary services, but for professional aid to be rendered in India. Considering the high professional character of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, and the extraordinary ability he invariably displayed on every occasion, we cannot feel surprised that the Ameer should have been desirous of se curing his valuable services in India, so that he may be enabled to aid and advise in carrying out the objects which he had previously placed in such a satisfactory position. It could not be asserted that 10,0001. would be au extravagant re compense to a barrister in large practice for surrendering for at least a year the emolu ments he was realising, and the prospects of professional advancement which he might fairly anticipate. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that when the vacancies on the judicial bench occurred in Ireland, Mr. BUTT was generally considered as having an excellent chance for the Solicitor-Generalship. That prospect would necessarily be relinquished had he gone to India, and his practice necessarily impaired. He would also have devoted a large sum to Insurance Companies to guard against the cxtra risk, not sanctioned by plicies previously granted, or those which might be effected in anticipation of the journey. It was, there fore, only wonderful that he should have accepted even 10,0001. as an adequate return for what mi g ht so greatly have affected his future position both in the Legislature and at the Bar. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman having been thus completely exonerated, it is only to be regretted that Mr. Rozzucx should have lent himself to what calm investigation must have proved to him to be harsh and untenable proceedings against a brother mem ber. It would have been well if he had considered more closely the character of the com plaint, which did not proceed from one who had been in any way defrauded of money, but was a matter of private vengeance by a third person, who was himself a party to the agreement, if any such existed, and who never said a word on the subject. until there had been a dispute with the man whom he attempted to injure. Mr. Rozsucic ought, at least, to have awaited the production of the docu- ments which Mr. BUTT offered to lay before him on the following Monday, and also to have received the explanations which were freely tendered. Ele expresses his belief in the truth of the charges without hearing the defence of the party incul- paced, and must now deplore the credulity which induced him to lend himself to a proceeding so vexatious, and so completely without adequate foundation. Mr. BUTT has passed the ordeal, and we trust that Mr. ROEBUCK will be prepared to make the amend, honorable for the trouble and expense Which his rashness has occasioned, on the earliest opportunity for so doing. The last official act of Lord Palmerston was to send a donation of 1 001. to Mrs. Mogridge, the widow of the ad mirable w r i ter No long known as "Old Humphrky.,, THE CHARGE _AGAINST WR. ISAAC BUTT, M. P. The following are published as the resolut ions of the committee of the House of Commonsispfioinfed to investigate M:. Roebuck's charge against Mr. I. Butt : 1. Esq., Q. C., a m em b er o f this That llot e, ls d a i a l n ß onts stzted in the petition of Edward Lees Coffey, in or about the months of Julyor August, 1836, corruptly enter into an agree ment with his Highness Ameer Ali Moorad Khan, or his agents, to the effect that the said Isaac Butt should, for a sum of money, advocate and prosecute, in the House of Commons, with her M Government and the H onour able East ajc lndia s c s Company, the claims of his Highness for the recoveryof histerri tory, of which he had been deprived by annexation by the Honour a bl e E ast I nd i a Com pany,en b t nor a , c in pursuance of suc h corrupt agree m have divers sums of money been actually paid by the said Ameer Ali Moorad Khan to the said Isaac Butt." 2. That Isaac Butt, Esq., in or a b out t h e month of July, 1857, did enter mtoan agreement w i t h h i s Highness the Arneer Ali Moorad Kh an t o go t o India to assist him in prosecuting his claim with the local government of Bombay, in consideration of the sum of 10,000/., of which the said Isaac Butt received 2,000/. (1,9991. net), and the remainder was to be paid in bills proposed to be drawn or ac cepted by the Arneer. 3. That Isaac Butt, Esq., did, in the period which elapsed from the month of June, 1856, t o th e month of Sept., 1807, advise and assist his High ness Ali Moorad Khan in prosecuting hi s c l a i m on the government of India, and with th a t v i ew had frequent personalinterviews i n th e year 1857, after the Pid es meeting fthli present Parliam en t, w ith th e Board of Co n t ro l, and also some communications ohe coent of mmunications with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the East India Company, and with ono other member of the board. 4. That on the 11th day o f A ugust, 1857, Isaac Butt, Esq., received from his highness Ali Moorad Taal' a cheque for another sum of 3001., but it has not been shown to your committee that such had any ref erence t o paymentpro ein t g o s i l n s a r a a c r ß i i v a tmt, LORD CHELMSFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Allow me to advert to two errors in your notice of Lord Chelmsford, coutained in Wedneirlay's Suva. First, Sir F. Tnesiger Wag gleen's Conned, but nerer was Sergeant._ Secondly, Lord Cottenbam was not, like Lord Chelms ford, transferred from the bar to the woolsack per saltum. The former first sat at the Rolls as Sir Charles Christopher pepys, where he dPcided several reported cases.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, PERRY SPARKES, Earrister-at-Llw, Exeter. Exeter, March 4, 1853. [Our correspondent is quite correct. We quoted the paragraph from a morning paper.—En. EA GLAND Is MIGHTY YET. Let war upraise its gory brand, And strik e with grief the bleeding land ! Still heroes rise ! a glorious baud ! And teach ns never to forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet. Let famine, with its stealthy tread, Steal from our poor tho needful bread ; Still, never let the word be said, That sh ows us Britons ' can forget, Engl an d , t h ank God ! is mighty yet. Though plag ue, with hideous poison blast, Among our ho mes b a th fi erce ly passe d ; E'en whil e our tears are flowing fast ! Oh ! Britons let us ne'er forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet. Let schism distract ! let cant prevail ! Let rogues succeed whero good men fail ! Let preachers rant, and party rail ! Spite of all this, we'll ne'er forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet ! And while we're weeping tears of blood— For horrors done by Satan's brood ; That rebel crew, once more subdued • The wh o l e w id e worl d s h a ll ne'er forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet. Though foreign despots dare to claim England's subservience ! England's shame Let us-- in freedom's holy name ! Swear that we never can forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet. FRANK DE FONBLANQUE. The Einpelor has presented to the Musee des Soave. rains of the Louvre a beautiful leather casket, bound with steel clasps, which belonged to Henry 11. of France. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is going to Constantinople to take lea;e of toe Sultan, previous to his final retire ment. Mr. Lyons, secretary to the Legation at Florence, is, we hear, to be sent to Naples to watch the trial of the English esegineere mail, via ar s expected to arriv e i n L in d en on the s&h, a nd at South ainp'en on the 15th inet. The Rev. Father Ravignan, the well known preacher, has ju-t expired at Paris. The paragraph in an Australian journal, stating Miss Madeline Smith had arrived m Australia, is not true. Miss Smith has never, it appears, changed her Place of residence since she left Glasgow.--Edinburgh THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The steam ship Indus, Captain Evans, left this day with the East India ar.d China mails, a full cargo, specie of the value of 201,2161. 19e. 6.1., and 91 paeeengers, among whom are Commanders Josling and Pechell, Major Balfour, Captain Drummond, and Lieutenants Williams and Galbraith. The Bishop of Bibles will embark at Mar seille; for Houg:Kengs THE LATE GALES.—DOVER, Thursday Evening.—The east and north-east gales have continued, but with rather less severity, during the last 25 hours. The English mail packet, Prince Frederick William, l e f t f or O stend at 4 30 a in. yesterday, made a good passa ge , an d returned here again last evening at 11. The Belgian packet, with the mails of Tuesday, arrived only three hours before her, and both mails were despatched by the same train at 2 tc-day. The heavy sea in the bar at Calais prevented any arrival or departure except at a great risk ; but the India mail got over yesterday, and the French and Eng lie!' mail, caine over tc-flay at 4.40 p.m. Teanight the mails will depart in due course. EMPLOYMENT OF STEAM TUGS IN THE LIFEBOAT SEA VICE.—The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, at their meeting yesterday, decided to employ steam tugs in towing lifeboats to and from wrecked vessels, and in ren dering other services which may be rquired. The tugs are not to be of lees than 100-horse power, and the remuneration of their owners will be graduated accord• ing to the distances run and the length of time entsas;ed alongside the wrecks. The latter point will be regulated according to the will of the lifeboat master. By the new arrangement it is expected that a steam tug can be con stantly maintained at the entrance to the river, aith steam up, rear y for action. k a l t hMalufr-past eight, at Burlington in the ch a i r . Paperschison ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY..—E ven i ng meeting, iiMoju,e nday ; , si ltrlaßrodar chB C is to be read :-1. Farther Account of Explorations in the Desert east of the Hituran ; by Cyril C. Graham, Lg., F.R.G.S. 2 . C on t r ibutions to th e Knowledge of New Guinea ; by Dr. S.,loinon Muller; communicated by John Yeats, Esq , RR G. S. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—A highly respectable meeting of commercial and other gen tl eme n was held on M on d ay week, in the Victoria Roo m s, Jersey, to take i n t o consideration the desirablene ss an d possibility of est a bli s hi ng a submarine „„ain n i aa te aa between England and the Channel Islands. Mr. JudgeQuetteville having been called to the chair, briefly stated the objects of the meeting, and said that at the request of the Chamber of Commerce he bad corresponded with Messrs. Newell and Co., who appeared inclned to undertake the laying down of the electric cable at the cost of about 20.0001 to take for themselves shares to the amount of 1,0001., and find friends to take some to the same amount. The Attorney General said that wheu in London lately, with lir. Robert Pipon Marett, they had interviews with the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, with the Secretary and the First Lord of the Admiralty, and with Mr. Washington, the hydrographer of the Admiralty, and everywhere they had fouud an as sur ance that government would concur and assist in the undertaking if a respectable company were formed. Mr. Bishop, president of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce, spoke in favou r of the proposition, and the meeting then separated. A. meeting is also announced to be held in Guernsey in furtherance of the above oi.ject, and little doubt is entertained of its success. REGENT-STREET NOT TO BE PAVED. —A. very important and numerously attended meeting of the vestry of St. James's, Westusin- ter, was held early yesterday morning, in the vestry-room, for the purpose of considering the motion of the Hon. Mr. Byna, which had fur its object the repairing of one-fourth of Regent-street, commancing from Oxford-street, with three-inch granite cubes. This re-elution had been carried at a former vestry meeting, and gave great offence to the inhabitants of Regent-street, who came to the conclusion that their trade would be seriously affected by the proposed "improvement." An agitation was sot on foot, and a meeting was held a t the Hanover-square Rooms, when Mr. Jay, D. Niel', Esq., Mr. Chinnock, and other gentlemen entered their protest against the paving, and Mr. Nicoll placed an amendment on the books to rescind the resolution of Mr. Byng. Mr. Nicoll yesterday, in a lo ng speech, pointed out the injury that would be sustai ne d b y the traders of Regent -street if the grenite pavement were laid down, and concluded by proposing his amendment to rescind the resolution of Ur. Byng. A discussion ensued, at the termination of which the hoc. gentlemen's; amendment was put, when upon a division it was adopted by 22 ageing 13, and the question is now said to be finally arranged. No MORE MADEIRA.--A Funchal correspendent says that it is Low an open question whether any more Madeira wine will ever be produced. NOW , has been meal so ce 1851, and there are now only some 7,000 or 8,000 pipes upon the entire island. All recent attempts to manu facture this wine have utterly failed, and pumpkin vises now adorn the old grape arbours once covered with Abundant clusters of rich grapes, MARCH 5, 1858 L &TEST NEWS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental eJnipany have received the following despatch from Marseilles this (Friday) morning : "The steam-ship Euxine, with the Bombay mails, arrived at Marseilles at 11 p.m. yesterday. "The mails left for London at midnight." AMERICA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The steamship City of Baltimore has arrived from New York, with one day's later advices and 43,369 dole. in specie. On the 18th ult. she spoke the Schultza, and on the 19th passed thu steamship Africa, hence for New York. In the House of Representatives the special Kansas Committee had adopted a resolution in struc ing the chairman to procure from the State Department the census and registry of votes taken in Kansas, in accordance with law. A steamer bound for Fayetteville had exploded at Whitewall, and killed from 15 to 20 persons. The New York money market was very buoyant, and the supply ample. The stock market generally drooping. Virginia Sixes declined ; Missouri, ; New York Central, 1k ; New York and Erie, 1 f ; Panama Railroad, i; Illinois Central, 1. Business entirely speculative. Foreign exchange steady, and good and commer cial signatures in demand. Banker' b lls firmer. Rates—London, 1072 to 1082 60 days' commercial signature, and 109 to 11.0 for bankers', with little doing over 1091 ; ditto, at sight, 1101 ; Paris, GO days, 5 171 5 132 ; Hamburg, 37 371. Cotton declined another quarter cent, and closed heavily at the reduction. The flour markets were irregular. Medium and 'better grades well supported ; Southern a little easier for some descriptions ; Canadian steady. Corn meal in better demand. Corn more active, with good demand for export. Pork firmer. Beef higher for good qualities; prime mess firmly held ; bacon, ditto. Lard less buoyant. Crud® turpen tine firm. Spirits animated, as 47i to 48. Good qualities of sugar in fair demand. Freights to London—Bacon, 255. ; beef, 43. 6d. ; cheese, 355. To Liverpool—Corn, in bulk, 5d ; bacon, 20s. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 16. Cotton declined ic. Sales, 6,000 bales ; mid cluing 11 to 111. Stock in port, 390,000 bales. AUGUSTA, FEB. 17. Cotton dull ; declined ic. to fc. The Alboni, from Sunderland, had arrived at New York, with loss of maintopsail, mainspencer, stove boats, &c., having experienced heavy gales from the westward. The Charles Folgate, from _Baltimore for New York, with a cargo of corn, was ashore at Squan, witk four feet of water in her hold and filling fast. The Indian Queen, from Matanza for Philadel phia, is below Norfolk, in distress. A schooner was ashore at Long Branch, West Indies. One dead body was taken from the rigging. Crew supposed to be lost. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. ' The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, Captain Hicks, has arrived, with the India and China Mails. She left Alexandria Feb. 20th ; Malta Feb. 23d and G . ibSAMNvi-Fidli. The Pera brings 67 passengers, among whom are the widow and daughter of the late Brigadier Wilson, and several officers wounded at Cawnpore, Lucknow, &c. None of the lady refugees from Lucknow have come by the Pera, and there is no case of mutilation on board. Dr. Mackenzie, late surgeon of the steamer Ori ental, died in the Pera on the 23d ult. The Pera brings 240 packages of specie (value not stated), 1,593 bales of silk, 147 cases ditto, 23 cases of shawls, 800 bags of wheat, 126 cases gum, and sundries. The Pera spoke the steamships Britannia, leaving Malta 23d, Colombo 25th, at 2 p.m., 110 miles east of Cape de Gatt ; Sultan 28th, at 5 p.m., 40 miles south-east of Cape St. Vincent ; and Indus at 7.30 p.m. last night, off Portland. . Gibraltar exchanges on the 27th were quoted— London, 491 ; Paris, sf. 29c. ; Marseilles, do. ; Genoa, sf. 35c. The Russian schooner Carl pat in at Gibraltar on the 22d with loss of foremast, bulwarks, boats, &c. On the 23d the British schooner Caroline, from Newport to Venice, with railway iron, arrived under jurymasts to effect repairs. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. We have an arrival which brings us news to the 26th of February, from the Turkish capital. It was rumoured that the negotiations between England and Turkey in relation to the occupation of the Isle of Perim, had closed by an acceptance of an indemnity by the Ottoman Government. A violent earthquake has lid Corinth in ruins, killing thirty persons. The shocks continue with less violence, but increasing the damage. A fire at Constantinople has bura 300 houses. The palace of the Governor of Adrianople had been destroyed by fire. The mischief is attributed to incendiarism. The reports of the European Commissioners in the Principalities will not be complete before the end of the month of March. The authorities of Genoa have invited the citi zens to energetic action, for the suppression of disorder. Nocturnal patrols have been formed, and the best results produced in the restoration of public peace. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Emperor and Empress yesterday afternoon paid a visit to Prince Jerome, who is still suffering from influenza. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries at half-past ten, and remained sitting for nearly two hours. The expected Malmesbury despatch has not reached Paris to-day, at least in an official form. There is some doubt if Gen. Bedeau will return to France, and thus avail himself of the Emperor's invitation to do so. The French Government bas never demanded from Switzerland the expulsion, and transportation to America, of a certain number of refugees. The only question was the localisation of these persons in the cantons the furthest removed from the against the sentence of the Assize Court is not yet disposed of indeed, it was only this morning that "the papers were transmitted from the Imperial Court to the Court of Cassation. MM. Leon, Bret, and Fournier, advocates, are informed that they have been appointed by the Court to support the appeal ; but it is not yet known when it will come before the Criminal Chamber. If means are not found to hasten the affair, and bring it on to morrow or the day after, it can hardly be pleaded before Thursday next, unless the Criminal Chamber departs from its rule of sitting only three times a week, namely, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. These things, however, are sometimes got through with unexpected rapidity. It is not true that M. Hnbner. the Austrian Ambassador, has made any representations to the Government of France concerning the publication of Orsini's letter to the Emperor, printed in the report of the late ti ials. The Patric thus comments on the authorisation to return to France given to Generals Bedeau and Changarnier " fire preservation of public order alone led precautionary measures to be adopted towards men who had rendered services to their country on the field of battle. These transitory measures could not, in our opinion, cease in a more opportune moment than the present. The attempt of the 14th January has exposed to us the point from which society is menaced. It is the duty of Govern ment to be vigilant and severe towards f ,ctions which seek to obtain a general combustion by means of assassination. But it can show confidence to men in favour of order, who are equally inte rested in opposing horrible projects which, thank Heaven, have nothing to do with politics." BOURSE, March 4. --The arrival of the first tele graphic despatch with a rise of per cent, in Con sols gave better tone to this market, but the second despatch stating that the improvement had not been maintained, prices gave way. The following were the quotations per Cents 95 10 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 69 25 Do. end month 69 45 lank Shares Credit Mobilier Do. Account B6O RAIL Orleans Northern' 950 New Ditto 785 Lyon and Mediteran. 820 New Ditto 7:40 Geneva Credit Fancier Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) . . Roman B9 Austrian .. 9O Spanish Threes Home Debt . Midi Western 675 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian ITALY. NAPLES, Feb. 27.—The final meeting of the medical men appointed to examine into and decide on the mental state of Watt, the engineer, took place yesterday in the British Hospital. There were present the Attorney-General, a judge, and the Chancellor of the Grand Criminal Court of Salerno, the two medical men from the Lunatic Asylum of Averse, Mr. Roskilly, and Mr. Acting- Consul Barbar. The medical report was uniform, that, after an examination extending from the 17th to the 26th inst., in their opin'on the employment of any force to compel the attendance of Watt in court would be both nocivo e pericoloso—injurious and dangerous. Allusion was made in the proces verbal to the settled conviction of the prisoner that he had nothing to do with the Grand Criminal Court, and his settled determination not to attend it. " Indeed," said his brother, "any force would be resisted by him, and would infuriate him." The Attorney-General was anxious that a detailed re port of the daily investigations of the medical men should be drawn up and presented to the court, so as to show on what grounds they had come to thei, conclusion and furnish some elements for discussion of the case. This report was ordered to be prepare d and presented to-day at 12 o'clock. It cannot possi bly contain any novelty. It will simply detail a series of interrogatories as to why he would not come down to the court, and determined and uni form answers that he had nothing to do with it, and would not come. On the first day he received the medical gentlemen courteously enough, but after wards he appears to have become suspicious and rude, and shown impatience at their questions. On his being asked why he would not leave the prison when Mr. Barbar came for him, he replied, " Be cause it was to2ktiejraV4'LLe; ~.4 . .. reminded but nothing like a rational answer could be elicited. It was about this time he declined taking a cup of coffee which had been offered to him, until a friend had first tasted it. A simPar suspicion appears to have occupied his mind last Wednesday, when dining with his brother. After tasting his soup, he rose from the table and went into another room, refusing to take anything else. "It all comes of his imprisonment, Sir," said his brother to me, " Henry is no longer the same man that I re member him. He has one fixed idea, and it is all abcht his imprisonment and trial. If left alone he becomes sad and melancholy, sighs deeply, and asks continually when it will be all over, and bow it will end. He is always in a restless, agitated state, and at night takes no repose, rising and dressing and walking about, so that the lodgers below com plain that they cannot sleep. His eye is enough for me, Sir—it is so wild—have you not observed it ? and then his manner is twitching and nervous." William Watt, his brother, arrived here last Tues day, having come under the auspices and with the assistance of the Foreign-office. He speaks very warmly of the kindness which he received from Captain Haworth, the Queen's messenger, with whom he travelled, as he does also of the unre mating attention of Mr. Acting-Constil Barbar. To his friends he does not write from a reluctance to enter on so painful a subject, but he trusts that they will see this statement. The report of the physicians will be brought under the formal con sideration and discussion of the Grand Criminal Court of Salerno on Monday next. THE DANUBE. The Military Gazette of Vienna announces that, in consequence of the treaty of Paris and the act relative to the navigation of the Danube putting au end to what is called ." privileged navigation" ou that river, the Steam Navigation Company of the Danube has concluded a new convention with the Austrian government which modifies that of the 15th April, 1853, in such a way as to relieve the company from the necessity of supplying vessels,, under certain circumstance, to the Austrian navy, but leaving in force the clauses relative to the transport of troops and ammunition. THE HAGUE. " The most contradictory reports, says a letter from the Hague, have been for several days past current here on the subject of the Cabinet. Al though it is certain that M. Vander Bruggen, the head of the Ministry, and M. Yrolik have tendered their resignation, it is not known whether M. Gevers and M. Van Rappard will follow their example. No man of talent appears to join the Ministry, and mediocrities cannot give it the strength it stands in need of. The Chamber, which on the Ist instant was to discuss the law on judicial organisation, has been indefinitely adjourned, after having been informed that the Ministers of Justice and Finance had resigned, and that they had been authorised by th e King to withdraw the financial laws and those re lative to judicial organisation. The Minister of War, at the same sitting, presented his budget for the second half-year of 1858." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 27th ult. are, like those of preceding days, devoid of p)litical news. They are a good deal occupied with the State of Mexico, • wbich they regard as of extreme gravity. Cantor Publico asserts that, in several provinces of Spain, crimes are lamentably frequent, and it calls for the adoption of measures calculated to secure life and property. The Espana complains of the measures relative to passports just adopted by the French Government. The Queen had pre sented a valuable object in gold to a famous statue of the Virgin in the Dominican convent at Berea. Her Majes'y has resolved on leav;ng for A ranjnez on the 28th of the present mouth. Neither tilt Senate nor the Congr:ss had met. frontier. A still greater crowd than that of yesterday watched the whole night in the Place de la Itoquette in the expectation that Orsini and his fellow-con victs would be executed at an early hour this morn ing. They lingered till 9 o'clock without seing any sign beyond the holes dug in the ground for the supports of the platfom and they left much disap pointed. It wAs rutnoured among the multitude ' that an order was received to stay the execution. j The majority of the bureaux of the Sardinian hThis is not the ease, Th e a ppeal of the prisoners • l amber of Deputies have terminated the nomina- lion of the bill on conspiracies against foreign Bove• reigns. Nearly all the bureaux, while admitting the necessity and the principle of the measure, propose to introduce amendments which will seri ously modify it. It appears that the announcement of M. Brofferio having been chosen reporter it premature. The Corriere Merrantile of Genoa announces that several political refugees have been ordered away from La Spezia. THE LOSS OF THE ELLEN. TO TIM EDITOR OF THE MTN. Sir,—l beg leave to communicate to you the fol lowing dis t ressing account of the loss by fire of the ill-fa' ed ship Ellrn , which I have received from my brother, who writes from Madras, under date the 18th of January. My brother was a passenger on board the Ellen, and your publication of the an nexed extract may serve to dispel the anxiety of those whose friends embarked with him on the voyage, which met with so melancholy an interrup tion.—l am sir, yours, &c., A RE•DER. March 1. " I take the first opportunity that has offered itself to me, to communicate an occurrence of a very painful character. I left London on the 7th of October, and had a very pleasant sail until the 7th of December, when we were aroused from our beds at two o'clock in the morning by the cry of "Fir.." Little can I describe the feelings which agitated me when I reached the deck, the ship being already a mass of fire. We immediately directed our course for Algoa Bay, 500 miles dis tant. I had to go to the pump at half-past two o'clock, and remain there all that day and the next night, together with other of the passengers, until my fatigue became almost intolerable. "The smoke now made its way out of r ho hatches, and diffused itself in all directions, which compelled us to stop up every part of the ship to smother the fire, but for which we should all have been suffocated. All this time a strong gale of wind was blowing from the south-wiist, and a strong sea running. On Tuesday, Dec. 8, we sighted a ship, and at once bora down on her, hoisting our flag of distress. She heaved down upon us, and upon our making known to her our position, she said she would take us on board. The boats were then lowered; the sea rolling mountains high, and Almighty God on ly knows how we reached the ship in safety. Thank God, in his great mercy, however, not a life was lost, and our preservation was most miraculous against such a sea and wind. The ship that took us on board, was a Swedish schooner, from Shields, laden with coals, for Madras, and she was called the Thor of Gefle. still look back with honor on the frightful fate that threatened us in the ill-fated vessel. Every night I thought we should have been burnt up in her. Our rations were reduced to a pint of water and two biscuits a day, which had to serve us in place of breakfast and tea, and we were kept on two meals a day, at nine and four o'clock. We could not eat the meat for fear of scurvy. You can hardly conceive my feelings in this shocking situa tion, which lasted for four weeks. At the end of that time we fell in with an English vessel, which furnished us with some wholesome food, and we landed at. Madras a fortnight afterwards—on the 16th of January. The only things I saved from the ill-fated vessel, were—one blue shirt, a pair of slippers, a cap, a pair of trousers, and my old coat, and not a farthing in money. 'AYS. THE WEATHER AND THE PARIS. During the after part of yesterday a marked change took plane in the state of the weather. The various royal parks, which in the morning were covered with a mantle of white (with the ther mometer as low as 25, seven degrees belew freezing point), suddenly assumed the appeal mace of a num ber of bogs. The snow which had been accumu lating for the last two days, was, in most of the parks, thawed by the heat of the weather, the g lass rising at noon to 37, five degrees above freezing point, and the barometer changing to 30.53, WI; the wind still kept in the north-east quarter. vast number of carriages, containing members of the nobility and gentry, lined th e b an k s o f the ser pentine in order to allow the o c c u p an t s t o witness :he evolutions of those disporti ng th emse lves upon t the ice. The sport, however, was con fi ne d to tha t portion of the river near the bridge and the long water in the Kensington -gardens. u pon both places a great many members of the nobflit7!),,e longing to the Skating Club, and ab°lltAboutv others, amused themselv es d ur i ng the day. j half-pazt twelve o'clock a gentlem an named Edward Rose, whilst witnessing some °theca cutting out serpents and etiffeTset , ngures upon the frozen 5ur ........,u own or was .s..ippea up, but one thing is certain, the unfortunate man fell with great force upon the ice, and received such serious injuries that he was unable to help himself. He was picked up by Iceman Robinson, when it was found that one of his arms was broken. He wasp therefore, conveyed to St. George's Hospital. Several immersions took place during the day, but none of a dangerous character, which may be attributed to Mr. Superintendent Williams, Deputy Parsons, and the icemen under them, warning the people of the most dangerous spots. The Round Pond is in a worse condition than it has been for several years and only about 60 or 70 pe sans ventured upon the ice during the day. St. James's-park had not half its ornamental waters frozen over, and owing to the admirable cau t ion s i ssue d by dr. Charlier, the secretary, only two persons were bold enough to risk their lives upon the ice. The Regent's -park had a great number of promenaders along the banks and several hundreds, in spite of the advice given by the Royal Humane Society's men, insisted upon perilling their lives ; but only a few immersions took place of a slight character. "THE POOR STROLLERS." On Monday night the chief members of the Lon don Adelphi Theatre—Messrs. Webster, Wright, Bedford, and Madame Celeste—commenced a brief engagement at the Queen's Theati e, Edinburgh. The piece selected for their first appearance was " The Poor Strollers," by Mr. Watts Phillip. Ttiis play, into which is crowded the usual Adelpht " effects," is in three acts, and forms an admirable framework for the talents of the actors. The " business" incidental to the last act is very power ful, and gives fine scope to the talents of Mr. Webster and Madame Celeste. All through the play we feel the intensity and power of Mr. Webster's acting ; and the contrast between the almost frantic gaiety of thevarlier scenes and the remorse incidental to the " business" of the last act, was finely conceived and admirably carried out. Indeed, he has elaborated the tia racteristic of Pierre to a pitch that is sometimes painfully characteristic. All through the three acts, , in every ph ase of the character, he is so complet e ly master of the varied situations as quite to enthrall the spectator with his powerful delineations of the mirth, misery, and pathos of the poor stroller. Often as we have seen this able actor, and f am ili ar as we are with all his pet r:arts, we have never befoie seen him display the histrionic power be exhibits in the per stroller. He is most ably supported by Madame Celeste, who has had created for her by Mr. Phillip one of that class of characters in which she is so thoroughly at home—pathetic and intense to the highest degree. We only regretted one thing in it—we had but a glimpse, a revival as it were, of Madame Celeate's fine style of dancing. We could have done with a little more of it. Paul Bedford had only a minor part i n " Sam son ;" but it w as we lt d ressed and artistically performed. W r i g ht as Ri tts was the right man in the right place ; but he is more than a mere farceur for all that. In fact, when we say that portions of his acting reminded us of Murray in his best days and in his best parts, our readers will have some indication of what Wright Is. May we be permitted just to hint to the ,com munity at large, and to playgoers in particular, that they cannot often see acting like this, and that, therefore, the theatre should be crowded every night.—North Briton THE RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS. FROM G. T. F. SMITH'S PREDICTIONS. The following extract (taken from her Majesty's Horoscope, a work printed and published by the proprietor of the Cheltenham Examiner, in the year 1848), is submitted to the public, as an incon troveitible fact. It is presumed that its insertion in the columns of the Examiner, publishers of the original, responsibly corroborates the verity of the above statement. Prediction referred to from the Spring or Summer of 1857 to Spring of 1858. " A resignation or dissolution of the Ministry or Parliament will take place, one or both." What are the results? Moving with the periods stated, first we find a dissolution of Parliament in the summer of 1857, and, secondly, a resignation of the Ministers close upon the spring of 1858. These make eight predicted resignations uniformly con curring. I am not Aware of more convincing modes of proving scienc-, than categ,ical ta. t. will fur n,s.. ;c. mwent nmy it is combined in the in ,edrity of the whole .oatter. G. T. F. SMITH, 6, Northfield-terrace. February 24th, ~,