The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-14 00:00:00

Price Sixpence, or free by post for Seven Stamps. THE SPEECH of the RIGHT HON. B. DISRAELI, Chancellor of Her Majesty's Exchequer, on introducing, THE REFORM BILL, February 28, 1859 . Authorised Edition. London : Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, Farring,don- street, Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Last Week but Two of the talent e d and celebrated artistes, Mr. DOMESTIC M ECONO. Alfred WiMY. gan. Every Evening Mr. Wright in This Evening, STILL WATEItS RUN DEEP. John Mildmay, Mr. A. .Wigan ; Mr. Potter, M r. Charles Selby ; Rawksley, Mr. Bildngton; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Billington ; Mrs. Sternhold Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. _ Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a 10 t o six—Conunence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no dharg - e for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh This Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO SPECTUSES. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. y e Earle, and ye Maydenne And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Brilliant and unprecedented success of the new Dramatic ._. Sptle. THIS EVENING the perfor ec ma ac nces commence with a grand new Spectacle, from the pen of R. Phillips, Esq., interspersed with extraordinary hippodramatic effects and striking situa tions, in three Acts, and entitled THE HUNDRED CUIRASSIERS. Produced with new scenery, mechanical arrangements, gorgeous in I characteristic costumes, elabo rate equestrian and spectacular appointments, and the hand somest Stud of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs. Holloway, Phillips, Anson, Francis, Anderson, M. Howard. Herbert ; Mesdames Dowton, Blanche, Julia Weston, Thorne, &c. To be followed by , SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, Intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke. Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Madame Fran cisco, being tne greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night at any theatre. Grotesques : Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with the CAPTAIN IS NOT AMISS. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.: Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 ?clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive CoHee -ion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. =THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 13, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER -29.71. WIND, South-Westerly; fresh, with dull 'weather. II blew a storm, with rain, last night, but now is getting fine MARCH 14. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.62. WIND, S.W. ; fresh, with rough weather, and con. tinues rain. The whole of the amount about to be raised for the home Government of India will be forthwith Placed on the money market. It will be required for the immediate exigencies of the magnificent empire which constitutes the brightest gem in the British diadem. But there is not the slightest reason for despondency on that account. We should not despair of India, although its debts were doubled. In fact its liabilities bear a far less proportion to its revenue than those of Great Britain itself. And nothing more beneficial could take place than a considerable addition to its debt for the purpose of developing its almost miraculous natural resources, Roads, tramways, irrigation, would all - materially enhance the national wealth and enable the taxpaying community to provide the necessary means for meeting the interest and reducing the principal of the debt and main taining all the public establishments in full efficiency. It may appear strange, but many ex perienced and learned men have declared that a large public debt hag invariably been productive of benefit to the nation. Great Britain and Holland are the two owing the largest amounts, when com pared either with p o p u l a ti on or reve nue; and yet there are no kingdom s i n th e wor ld i n wh i ch the people are so prosperous and enjoy so many mate rial comforts. Why, then, should we fear for India, even if its debt should reach ninety or a hundred millions ? When such is the case, means are always provided to enable the parties to meet the claims that must be fully and fairly satisfied. Some year and a half since, in November, 18,57, as we are reminded by our esteemed and talented con temporary, the _Derbyshire Courier, one of the sound est authorities in the kingdom on monetary affairs, the Leviathan itself, propounded a currency Scheme for India, which, if carried into operation, would have been productive of the most beneficial results. It is not often that we agree with the Jupiter Tonans of Printing-hous e - square on questions of currency, but we yield a cordial and willing assent to the proposition that there should be for India "an interest-bearing but temporarily inconvertible paper." Adding, with a true appreciation of the real state of affairs- , " The natives would be found OIL of HORSE CHESTNUTS, applied exter nally, gives immediate relief, and quiakly cures Gout, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Tic Douloreux, :Tooth ache, Bunions, &c. Messrs. REW and Co. are daily receiving fresh proofs of the success of this invaluable remedy from the most eminent and distinguished in the land, and from many of the leading medical men. In bottles, 28. 6d. and 4s. 6d., by post on receipt of stamps. Prepared only by Rew and Co operative chemists, 282, Regent-street. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT 11. GARDEN. under the sole Management of Miss Louisa i'yne and Mr. W. Harrison For the Benefit of Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, MARTHA. Misuisa Pyne, Miss Susan Prue, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. H. con, Mr. Frederick Glover, and Mr. W. Harrison And a new ballet of action, ROBERT AND BERTRAND. Messrs. Payne, Miss Morgan, Mdlles. Morlachi and Pasquale. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed the original Enilish Ballad Opera, entitled WILLIAM AND SUSAN. William Mr- Haigh ; Susan, Miss Lucette. ro conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD or. Harlequin Friar T u ck an d th e M er ry Men of Sherwood Vorest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean—Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE-RO/AL, HAYMARKET: Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, an entirely new comic drama, called THE YOUNG MOTHER. A new Comedy, MILLINER TO THE KING; or, The Royal Salute. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. With NOTHING TO WEAR. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. THIS EVENING, will be produced BORN TO GOOD LUCK, Mr. B. Williams. After which, LAW FOR .LADIES. Mrs. B. Williams. And ROBERT MACAIRE. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. &ix-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. g o.* , • t, Rorr • ;;,. 04V4' THE SUN. MONDAY. MARCH 14, 1859. ing evinced by my fellow-countrymen, and it will be pleasing to me, most infinitely, to make myself familiar, in this informal manner, to all those who may desire to make acquaintance with me." (Great cheering.) This is surely the verything our cousins across the Atlantic are in the habit of calling, in rhetoric, "piling it up mountainously"—this assur ance of most infinite pleasure is in the prospect of the anticipated fraternization. But the Irish dema gogue's mood varies wonderfully with the progress of his remarks—witness his pathetic comment upon the emotions produced by his rencontre with Mr. MEAGHER. • " It is with great pain, I confess," he says, " that I feel the shaking of Mr. MEAGHER'S hand again [as though in allusion to a relapse of palsy], after an absence of several years—(applause) —because I am not in the same position I then occupied—(loud cheers)—[as though in ill-con- sidered exultation over the orator's downfall], in his and my own country, where he leaves those he loved behind, notwithstanding that the one impulse of himself is to return to them (tremendous cheer- ing)." Certainly this is applauding to the very echo, and rather indiscriminately. Referring at another time to the multitude of Irish compatriots, found by him, scattered over the United States, the wandering demagogue has a word of warning for the British Government, a word of warning greeted, the American press informs us, with tremendous cheering, solemnly addressed by Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN to the powers that be in this country. "I cannot but conceive," saith he, "the policy which has driven such noble hearts from their native land as a policy which the British Government may some day have occasion greatly to deplore." As to the royal dreams still cherished n the heart of the descendant of the Kings, listen to the knightly and princely reminiscences indulged in by Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN ! "I cannot," says that gentleman, " I cannot see my fellow• countrymen now before me in arms without recal Mg to mind the expression uttered by one of the Sovereigns of Europe after the battle of Fontenoy, How much do I curse those laws which have depri ve d me of such subjects !' " So that it is suffi ciently apparent what was in store for Ireland as the royal sequel of the democratic demonstra tion in the historic cabbage garden. And for this, MITCHELL of the pike and MEAGHER of the sword were acting right valiantly ten years ago as W. S. O'BRIEN'S trusty lieutenants ! A satisfactory and definitive the ev long-disputed rights of fishin g o ff foundland may at length be confidently According to the explanations Colonial Secretary on Thursday Bementi .. of the given b y the in the House of Commons, in answer to Lord n utty, a mixed commission of inquiry will in May next commence an investigation of the facts on the spot, with a view to the final settlement for once and for all of this fruitful source of anxiety as well to the ea coastnnta, anticipated. teewd... British as to the French Government. It is the first serious endeavour yet adventured upon by those allied Governments to bring the dis pute to an end, and thus to prevent the periodical recurrence of differences productive of mutual ill-will, of poignant heartburnings and grievous irritation. The convention of 1856 was simply a compromise, It was the postponement sufficiently keen to estimate the value of a Govern ment note, carrying 6 or 7 per cent. interest, and receivable at par, in the course of six or twelve months, FOR REVENUES DUE; and, at the same time, we (the Times) should have the satisfaction of knowing that every one with paper of this de scription in their pockets would feel an access of loyalty, and a proportionate desire for the maintenance of order." If these are wise and wholesome doctrines that ought to be circulated throughout every kingdom of the civilised world, they are not applicable to India exclusively, but are equally appropriate for the United Kingdom. All that is required is that the nation issuing such paper should stand in good credit, and have invari ably discharged its previous obligations with per fect faith and honesty to its creditors. In those respects England has never been found wanting, and any Minister or independent member who should venture to suggest a transatlantic states man's suggestion of the " wet sponge," would not easily forget the comments both of Parliament and the Press on his nefarious proposition. It is because that perfect credit, which is essen tial to the fair development of such a project is, and always has been, enjoyed by the British Exche quer that the experiment could be tried with the most perfect safety. We know what had been accomplished with inconvertible pape r money from 1797 to 1815. The heaviest drain which the nation ever encountered was easily met. Paupers became wealthy. "Pig upon bacon," a phrase that will be thoroughly appreciated in Manchester, was readily accepted, and the foundation of a gigantic fortune was laid by the system which the present possessor thereof so earnestly repudiates. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has a great, a golden, opportunity before him. He invariably dissented from the bullionist theories. He voted with dear old JOE HUME in the minority in the packed committee of 1848. He• is not in any degree committed, like Sir CHARLES WOOD or Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS; and a sound currency measure, giving really national notes of small and convenient denominations, say £l, £2, and £3, would gain for the Government the thanks and gratitude of the nation, and place them in a position which could not be shaken by any amount of factious opposition. While people are well off—while they are in the enjoyment of even moderate comfort, they are not to be dreaded. It is " the lean and hungry kine" that are formidable. But every man able and willing to work might find remunerative occupa tion if currency matters were more attended to. The unemployed operatives may thank the authors of the Act of 1844 for the privations which they have endured—are enduring—and must still endure, until a better system is inaugurated. Let that which has been suggested by the Times be carried into operation, not only in India but in the United Kingdom, and then, indeed, we shall see a degree of happiness and prosperity, in both countries, which will destroy the theories of, and (if possi ble) put to the blush all the currency quacks of the present day, who insist that the circulating medium should be as closely as possible assimilated to a purely metallic currency. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BBIEN is at it again— this time in the congenial land where stump ora tory is an art and Bunkum an institution. A recep tion of a very enthusiastic character is accorded to the poor gentleman in. New York. The ex-Tribune of the Young Irelanders, in replying to the address of welcome proffered to him by his admirers, be. comes so earnest in his acknowledgments, that his eloquence lapses very speedily into positive inco herence. Repudiating, in the first place, the notion that his object in coming to the United States was that of calling forth any demonstration (cheers), apart from any matter personal to himself (ap- I plause)—[what the meaning of the observation, or what the significance of the approbation, it would be difficult enough to conjecture]—SMlTH O'BRIEN uttered these remarkable words, "At the same time I do not profess to be indifferent to the great feel- Bankee, for the purpose of scattering forthwith the weakened, dispirited, and almost penniless insur- gents still owning obedience to the lawless chiefs the NANA SAHIB and BENI MADHO. Our next despatches from the line of demarcation between Oude and Nepaul will probably bring news of the final route of the rebels ; and let us hope, too, with those tidings, intelligence at last of the cap ture of the monster of Bithoor--that abhorred and pitiless leader of the Bengal Revolt, whose chic infamy was won as the author of the Cawnpore Massacre. HAYMARKET TREATRE. On Saturday night Miss Amy Sedgwick took her bene fit. Not content with impersonating Juliana in the "Honeymoon," one of the leading characters in her reper tory, Miss Sedgwick produced on Saturday a new comedy, by Mr. Palgrave Simpson, entitled the " World and the Stage," in which she played so prominent that she made herself thoroughly responsible for the success of the piece. As might be inferred from the title, the object of this work is to vindicate the heroines of the stage from the aspersions frequently cast upon them by the " world." The story runs thus :—Two daughters of a wealthy family are left nearly destitute. One marries a baronet under the promise of cut ting and denying her family ; and the other goes on to the stage to obtain an independent livelihood. The actress be comes rich, and is assailed by troops of lovers, and resists all; the ladyof title has one lover, and so far falls that she is engaged in a compromising correspondence. The actress sister determines to save her, a►nd in so doing places her own character in jeopardy. The world, supposed to be ever in opposition to the stage, blames the innocent and sanctions the guilty. Truth, however, at length so far triumphs, that the actress redeems her character and comes out not only as a perfect Lucretia, but as a self-denying sister and a bountiful dispenser of fortune. The actress is a part well suited to the fervour of Miss Sedgwick's style, and has that mixture of sentiment and hilarity which is her forte ; and there is no doubt it will hecome a stock part with her. She made it a triumph throughout, was rapturously applauded, called for at the end of every act, and finally received thunders of applause amidst showers of bouquets. The Conway, which was liberally and elegantly put upon the stage, was announced for repetition upon Easter Mon day, when Miss Miss Amy Sedgwick will be re re-engaged. RETURN OF EARL COWLEY.—His Excellency the Earl Cowley arrived in London late on Saturday night from his mission to Vienna. The Earl Cowley had a pro tracted interview with the Earl of Malmesbury yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Pakington, and Lord J. Manners. :er Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, with the youthful members of the royal family, will leave Thickingham Palace to-morrow morning for Os borne. According to present arrangements the Court will remain absent from town a fortnight. It is understood that their Royal llighnesses the Prince and Princess Fre derick William of Prussia, accompanied by their infant son, will arrive in this country early in May, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. His Excellency the Earl Cowley arrived in Lon don late on Saturday night, from his mission to Vienna. The Earl Cowley had a protracted interview with the Earl of Malmesbury yesterday. The Duke of Leeds has left the Clarendon for Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. At thePrineess's Theatre the " last Shakesperian Revival" will be produced on M on d ay, 28th i nst, for the benefit of M r . and Mrs. Charles Kean. " Henry the Fifth" is the play selected. Sadler's Wells season is drawing to a close, owing to Mr. Phelps having accepted an engagement in Germany for himself and many of has company. The player and the audience will be happily suited. Shakspeare is nowhere more t ru ly app rec i a t e d than in Germany; we could not send the Germans a better Shakspeadan company than that of whicli Mr, Phelps is the head, yet further of that ultimate decision which has been in course of negotiation now during no less than thirty years past. Latterly the delay in arriving at that decision was certainly here in no respect matter for any reasonable surprise—when, for example, it is borne in mind that the seals of the Colonial-office have changed hands so frequently that, as Sir BuLWER LYTTON reminded the house on Thursday night, in a single year there were actually no less than eight Secretaries of State in succession at the head of that one unfortunate de partment. A sequence of chiefs so rapid that, supposing any traditional policy at all to be main tained at the Colonial-office, its integrity would be rendered, alas ! then sufficiently precarious. Happily during the better part of this last twelvemonth a man of genius and of energy, a man of original thought and of resolute determination, has re mained in power as the ruler of our Colonial Em pire. And though assiduous in his efforts to further the interests of the realm elsewhere—to solve the lonian problem—to facilitate the intercourse with our antipodes in Australasia—to create a new and magnificent colony in British Columbia—Sir Bin , WEB LYTTON has no less strenuously essayed to unravel the gordian knot of the Anglo-French difficulty in connection with the fisheries off the. coast of Newfoundland. That knot, let us hope, will nOw in a very few months be at length dexter ously severed by the mixed commission of inquiry which in Aiay next is to commence its investiga tions. The suppression of the Sepoy Rebellion, we all know, is now very nearly accomplished. The province of Oude—indeed the central point from which all that disastrous movement radiated—has been distinctly pronounced by Lord CLYDE, in his latest despatch, to be " free from, every vestige of rebellion." The comparatively few insurgents still in arms. are in arms only beyond the frontiers. There, just beyond the borders of Nepaul, were some twelve thousand adherents still faithful to the fugitive cause of the insurrection, huddled together under the triple banners of the BEGUM, the NANA SAHIB, and BENI MADHO. Against this forlorn hope of the revolt were marshalling, according to the latest advices, on the one hand the terrors of penury—on the other the Ghoorkahs under JUNG BAHADOOR. As to the Ghoorkah army, that formidable arrayhad been enhanced before the commencement of hostili ties by a timely junction with it of the British forces under Brigadier HORSFORD, who, according to our latest advices from what might still be termed the seat of war, had, in obedience to instructions from head quarters, crossed the Raptee, for the purpose of joining the native troops under JUNG BAHADOOR. As to the threatened financial embarrassments gathering about the insurgent followers of the BEGUM, the NANA, and BENI MADlio,those perils of the purse were sufficiently obvious even prior to the retreat hastily effected by the rebels beyond - the borders of the Nepaulese territory. Both the NANA and the BEGUM have long been notoriously impoverished; while but very recently the treasures of BENI MADHO were opportunely discovered hid away, most insecurely, as it appeared, among the ruins of Doondeakheera. An army at bay with exhausted coffers, in the presence of one triumphant, with unlimited resources—hardly requires that a blow should be struck, or a shot fired. Time, it was felt, was of itself sufficient to scatter to the winds the last lawless remnant of the revolted army of Bengal. One by one the insurgents col- lected together, at no great distance from Bankee, in Nepaul, must, as a matter of necessity, drop off in complete dejection, if not in absolute despair, to sneak homewards under cover of the Terai jungles. Yet, to precipitate this inevitable disruption, JUNG BAIIADOOR was eager to conduct his Ghoorkahs over the boundaries of Nepaul, especially if aided in that enterprise by any of the royal forces asked for byhim to march to his assistance. These, as we have seen, were no sooner asked than they were granted by the Commander-in-Chief. HORSFORD'S brigade had crossed the Raptee—would soon be united with the Ghoorkah army under JUNG BAHADoon—and would thereupon hasten forward in the direction of LATEST N CALCUTTA AND CHINA AILS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Freights to Liverpool firmer for cotton ; for other ports the rates were depressed. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 2, MORNING. Our cotton market was very active yesterday, the sales amounting to 21,500 bales, all before the City of Baltimore's news. Prices advanced middling being quoted at 101 e. to 11,1 e. per lb The steamer's news had no effect on the market. The sales of the past three days have been 40,000 bales, and the receipts of the same period are only 24,000 against 46,500 in the corresponding period East year. Late adviees from Vera Cruz reiterate the former statement, as to the hostile attitude of tho British and French fleets towards Juarez. It is reported ;hey have intercepted his reinforcements, and other wise favoured Miramon. The latter threatens to sack the city, in consequence of which the citizens have applied to the British and French commanders for protection, but have been refused. It is no supposed, however, that the fleets will openly par ticipate in the attack. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Rhine; from London; Zephyr, from Naples ; and Messina and Henry Shelton, from Palermo—at New York. The French brig Arvede, from Port-au•Prince for Havre, was totally lost on the reef on the South Point, February 7. St. Patrick, Tales, and Chimborazo, Gilchrist, hence. Addie, Snowhouse, from Havre. Alice Provost, from Havre, at Galveston. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Saxonia, from New York, passed Hurst at 9.45 a.m. The following telegrams have been received al Mr. Reuter's office It is asserted that the Sardinian Government has applied to the Emperor of the French for ari auxi liary corps d'arnzee of 75,000 men. CONSTANTINOPLE, NlAlicir 13. Advices have been received from Teheran, to the 2d of February. Ferrouk Khan has been appointed Keeper of the Seal, Chief of the Shah's Household, and Grand Marshal of the Palace. Houssan Ali, Aide-de-camp of the Shah, has been appointed Ambassador to the Courts of Paris and London. • MARSEILLES, MARCH 12. According to advices received here from Naples to the 9th inst., the King and royal family had disembarked at Ca , ..tellamare, and were about to start for Caserta in an invalid carriage. Extraordinary activity prevailed in the arsenals. EWS. MALTA, MAitCll 11. The Calcutta and China mails leave to-day for Marseilles and Southampton. The dates are— Calcutta, February 9; Madras, 13; Hong Kong, January 29; Shanghae, 22. There is no political news of interest. The Calcutta import-market closed very quietly ; produce generally lower ; Government securities depressed--Fives;l O discount. Exchange 28. lid. for .credits. Hong Kong exchange, 4s. 6d. Shankhae, 6 and 2-10ths. The Cagliari cable has been disabled since the 6th of March, LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Africa has arrived with the New York mails of the 2d inst., and 663,216 dols. on freight At Washington, •on the 27th, Senator D. E: Sickles, of New York, shot Mr. P. B. Key, attor ney for the district of Columbia, dead, for having had a criminal intimacy with Mrs. Sickles. From Vera Cruz we have adviees to the 12th ult. Miramon was still at Orizaba with 4,000 men, and was collecting forced loans everywhere ; he had formed a Cabinet, consisting of Lanainzan , Minister of Foreign Rel a ti ons ; Z agaceta, Minister of Finance ; and Castillo, Ministea of War. There were 4,000 Liberal troops at Zacatecas, and another body at Morelia. The Progreso of the 16th states that the French and English Commanders notified to the Captain of the American sloop-of-war Saratoga that they should board the Tennessee to see if any Filibusters were on board. The Captain of the Saratoga intimated that they should not do so while his ship was near enough to prevent it. The foreign Ministers at the capital had not re cognized Miramon as President. The English and French • squadrons were in a hostile attitude before Vera Cruz, and favouring Miramon and the church party. They will attack the city from the sea, while Miramon does the sanie from the land side. The English and French merchants at Vera Cruz renounced the proteetion of their own flag, and placed themselves under the American flag. The Illinois had arrived at New York with 1,287,937 dollirs from California. The City of Baltimore had arrived out at New York. A telegram from New Orleans reports the explo sion of a steamer's boilers at Baton Rouge. Up wards of 100 persons are reported to have been killed and wounded. A despatch from Washington states that the French Minister, Count de Sartiges, was to be re placed by Viscount de Scree. It also states that, on the 29th ult. both the English and the American treaties were pending before the Nicaraguan Con gress, neither of them having been confirmed. Foreign exchange closed firm, sterling 1091. The latest quotations at the Stock Exchange were —Virginia Sixes, 97 ; Missouri Sixes, 86 ; New York Central, 811 ; New York and Erie, 131; Reading Railroad, 501; Michigan Central, 521; Michigan Southern, 181 ; • Cleveland and Toledo 309 ; Panama Railroad, 1171; Illinois Central, 691; Illinois Central Bonds, MI ; Chicago and Rhode Island, 621, ; Milwaukie and Mississippi, 121 ; Galena and Chicago, 171 ; La Crosse, 1; Delaware and Hudson, 99; Cumberland, 24; Penn Coal Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 771 The Bank statement exhibited the following fea tures : Decrease in loans, 1,610,413 dols. ; in crease in specie, 125,216 dols. ; decrease in cir culation, 29,896 dols. ; decrease in net deposits, 82,050 dols.; potashes, 5 dols. 75c., pearl, 587 . 1 dollars. Cotton, more active ; middling up lands, 12c. State and Western and Canada flour had advanced, on good and extra grades, from 10c. to 20c. Wheat had slightly advanced, owing to an active local demand. Scotch pig iron held firmly at 30 dols. for six months ; bars and sheet quiet. A steady fair demand for molasses ; new clayed Cuba for refining, 25c.; new Cuba Musco vado, 28 to 30, and New Orleans 39 to 40, four months. Turpentine higher. Old and new mess pork, 40c. to 50c. per barrel lower. Beef in fair request at 11 dols. 75c. to 12 dols. 50c. for extra mess. Sugar steady. The quotations for New Orleans was 61c. to 81c. Tobacco unchanged. Kentucky, 61c. to 84c. -- ter.,._ reserve. Letters from Turin state that the garrison of that city is in march for the Ticino, whither all the cavalry has preceded it. General Garibaldi has been appointed a General of Division, and nominated to the command of the three new battalions that are being raised at Cuneo. The patriotism of Sardinia does not diminish. The Marquis della Gonzoni has just mounted a field battery of artillery, in order to make a present of it to the Government. The Austrian Government continues to send into Gallicia and the other Slavonian or German pro vinces the Italian regiments on whose fidelity it cannot rely. It has also made numerous military promotions, as if on the eve of war. Five Major- Generals have been created Field-Marshal-Lieu tenants, with the command of Divisions. Ten Colonels are appointed Major or Brigadier-Generals. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Corps Legislatif still show symptoms of re sistance to the commands of their Imperial master. The Comtnittee on the Budget have unanimously demanded the suppression of the 'Ministry of Algeria and the Colonies. They demand, further, that the administration of Algeria be transferred to the Minister of War, and that of the Colonies to the Minister of Marine. M. Emile de Girardin has resigned his appoint ment of member of the Superior Council of Algeria. BOURSE, March 12.—The market has been more steady, the bad reports which had been circulated for a few days having received no confirmation. Threes have been done at 68fr. 20c. and 68f. 40c. ; Mobilier varied from 780 fr. to 790 fr.; Orleans, 1,337 fr. 50c. to 1,340 fr. ; Lyons, 835 fr. to 837 fr. 50c. ; Northern, 927 fr. 50c. to 930 fr. ; Southern, 520 fr. to 522 fr. 50c.; Austrian, 532 fr. 50e. to 535 fr. The following are the closing quotations : 41 per Cents. 95 Do. end month 95 3 per Cents 6B 15 Do. end month..., 68 15 Bank Shares. 2860 Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Fonder 645 Belgian 4i Piedmonteso (5) Roman B6 Austrian Spanish Threes Rome Debt Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 930 .. 930 New ditto BOO .. 800 Lyons and Mediterranean B3B 75 .. 837 50 NOW ditto . Geneva 530 Midi Southern Western 595 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 24f. 970. .. 682 50 SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived. The Chamber of Deputies had occupied the greater part of its sitting on the preceding day in again discussing the question of the erection of a statue to Mendizabal, but no decision was come to, and the de bate adjourned. .The Iberia recommends that when Mr. Preston, the new Minister of the United States, shall make the expected proposition for the purchase of Cuba, the Government shall reply by sending him his passports. The number of vessels to be sent against the Moors of the Riff is six, under the command of Admiral Herrara. The commission charged with the erection of a magnifi cent church in Madrid, in honour of the Immacu late Conception, has decided on inviting the archi- I tects of all Europe to send in d es i gns . Th e car nival was extremely gay. TILE PENINSULAR MAILS. SCUTHAMPT ON, SUNDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Alhambra arrived here yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, with the above mails, in charge of Captain Steward. She left Lisbon on March 7th, Oporto and Vigo Bth, and brought nearly X 2,000 in specie, 58 boxes of eggs, 49 packages of almonds, 35 do of elephants' teeth, 315 chests of oranges, and 12 packages of sundries. She brings no news of importance. THE ROYAL ACADE3IY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--What is the Metropolitan Board of Works about ? Where is the great public instructor ? and echo answers, where ? That Lord Derby and Lord John Manners should continue to obstruct our highways is only natural, for do they not boast that they are Obstructives ? But what can be more perfectly ridiculous than to open thoroughfares with the one hand and block them up with the other ? Piccadilly is one of the arteries of Lon don ; wide as it is, there is often too little room for the present traffic, and that traffic must be increased beyond all ordinary calculation when the Pimlico Railway is open, leading, as it will do next year, to the Crystal Palace, Brighton, Portsmouth, and eventually to Southampton, Dover, Folke stone, and the continent, and - yet Lord Derby and Lord John Manners seriously propose to block up this artery during the important months of May and June by several hundred carriages setting down, taking up, and waiting for the visi tors to the annual exhibition of the Royal Acade micians--and then the thousands of pedestrians rushing to see the May sight of London ! Now, this obstruction might be obviated in a great mea- sure by giving the Academicians the land at the side—and I kayo yet to learn that one of our most public thoroughfares is to be considered by the Royal Academicians as essential to the commer cial success of their annual show. What ! have they so little faith, either in the.love of the people for art, or in the merit of the pictures they exhibit, as to believe there will be a great falling-off in their receipts, unless, forsooth, they arc located in so public a thoroughfare as to tempt the occasional lounger to pay his shilling ? I, at least, do not form so mean an estimate, either of tho pictures themselves or the desire of the people to see them. And then, the financial aspect ! The ground cost the public £140,000 ; and the Royal Acade micians propose to take half, which Lord Derby, with a knowledge of Cocker truly gratifying to see in one of our rulers, says will, in fact, be a gift to the Academicians of no less than £70,000. Indeed — and well may he say so—this is no trifling sum with our present expenditure. But this is so far from the sum which the Academicians have the assurance to require as a gift, that it would be con siderably above £lOO,OOO. They want that half which fronts Piccadilly, leaving (considerate souls!) the back ground to the public ; and this front hind they have the assurance of estimating at only half its cast to the public. No wonder they brought down " the old man eloquent" to dazzle and delight his hearers, by what in reality was nothing more nor less than gulling the public into permitting one of their most public thoroughfares to be incon- veniently crowded, and estimating it was to give the Academicians <£70,000, when in reality it is considerably above £lOO,OOO. Again, I ask, where, oh, where, are our public instructors P—lam, &e. A REFORMER. March 10, 1850. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-IN-ItOAD.--J The number of patients relieved at this hospital, during the week ending March 12, 1859, was 2,511, of which 688 were new cases. r-, IVIARCFI 14, 1859. A fresh levy of 18,000 men h a d been ordered for the end of. May. Altogether, during the year end ing at the present time, 36,000 men had been en listed. There have been fresh earthquakes in the Abruzzi, and several new craters have recently opened in Mount Vesuvius, In a secret sitting of the Chamber at Hanover, a war loan of one million has been resolved upon. The Hanoverian Government is urged to demand at the Diet of Frankfort the calling out,:of the Federal RAILWAYS. THE NEW QUARTERLY. Bentley's Quarterly Review. No. I. Pp. 341. Bentley. The appearance of the initial number of Bentley's Quarterly is an event in the history of periodical literature. It is none the less remarkable an event of its kind, the commencement at the present -time of this first-class, high-priced review, remembering that we are now in the midst of a very storm and tornado of cheap publications. From the highest to the lowest, bookmen of all descriptions, writers and publishers, authors grave and gay, publishing houses old and new, have emulated each other, during the last quarter of a century, in supplying the reading public of the United Kingdom with railway volumes and cheap serials in abundance. Messrs. Longman have issued their Traveller's Library—Mr. Murray his Home and Colonial Library—Messrs. Blackwood have inaugurated the monthly reprint of Tales from their popular maga zine. Mr. Charles Knight, having years ago set a brilliant example to his brother bookmen—whether considered as authors or as publishers—by his Penny .Magazine and his Penny Cyclopeedia, has now more recently been setting the seal to his repu tation as the father of cheap literature , by his Popular _History of E ng l an d an d his National Cyclopcedia. The Messrs. Chambers, having, in elementary , treatises, run through the whole range of human knowledge for the benefit of the million, still sustain their repute in that way by the magic aid of stereotype. The Messrs. Chapman and Hall, having introduced Boz to the world as the first and greatest of all serial novelists, are, simul taneously with the extension of their cheap Select Library of Fiction, • issuing from the press revised editions of the works of some of our most distinguished living men of letters—including among them men of mark like Thomas Carlyle and Charles Dickens. The Messrs. Hurst and Blackett very recently, as the. enterprising sue cessors of the late Mr. Colburn, commenced a new miscellaneous reprint of well known books by writers, of note—the diversified character of - which has been sufficiently well indi cated by the contrast of the three first of the series, viz., the story of " John Halifax," the whimsical disquisition by Sam Slick upon " Nature and Human Nature," and those ever delightful travels, " The Crescent and the Cross," from the pen of the late gifted and ill-fated Eliot Warburton. Within this last quarter of a century, moreover, there has sprung into existence out of this very emulation of our publishers in the issue of cheap railway in struction, a new firm, whose parti-coloured volumes have long since been scattered far and wide over the length and breadth of these islands, and over all our numerous and remote colonial possessions —the well-known cheap publishing firm of the Messrs. Routledge. The advantages arising from all this enterprise are upon the instant obvious and undeniable. Thousands now possess libraries who formerly found one or two books a scarcely attainable luxury, And the works thus placed within their reach are no ephemeral effusions, but classics ineffaceably sealed with the soul of genius, and stamped with the tincture of immortality. Cheap polyglot Bibles, cheap Greek and Roman masterpieces, cheap Shaksperes, cheap poets, moralists, and historians, cheap issues of Scott's Waverley romances, cheap editions of great living writers like Dickens and Bulwer and their many world-famous contem poraries —have for 'years been purchased, and are still being purchased by the million. The middle classes, even the more intelligent and thrifty of the humbler classes, have been placed virtually by these means upon a par with the wealthier sections of society. Everyone 'indiscriminately has now the means of extending his knowledge in the domains of literature. But—together with these just and con spicuous benefits, rather, perhaps, we should say, blessings, to the community at large—there have been hardly lesS "glaring disadvantages which have resulted from the rapid rise and development of this cheap railway literature. Handsome volumes have appeared all this while from the press but very sparingly. Quartos and folios have years and years back had their day—and we are now, for tho most part, happily rid of them. These we do not regret. But what has been all this while very frequently a subject of regret with us is the fact that so few books of a more reasonable size have been published in a form sufficiently handsome and substantial to take their rank with the standard volumes upon our book-shelves. We are re joiced, however, latterly to recognise what we cannot but regard as a wholesome reac tion upon the wholesale publishing of our cheaply got up and flimsily stitched together •railway volumes. As proof positive of this right welcome reaction we hail the appearance of Mr. BENTLEY'S new high-priced Quarterly _Review, the typographical getting up of which is a marvel of excellence, demanding from us the cordial expres sion of our very liveliest admiration. Although we have'but one solitary number of it before us— es an example it is all sufficient.. It is varied in 16 . contents. It is scholarly in style. It is thoroughly independent. Appearing as it does in the midst of a great transition period in the politics of this country—when the landmarks of party are broken down—and everything and every body seems to have gone vaguely adrift in an inun dation of liberalism—here shallow as shallow can be, there deeper than can well be sounded by the plummet of Reform Bentley's Quarterly enunciates political views that it would be difficult to define with any precision or exactitude. They are views, indeed, hesitating almost midway be tween moderate Whiggism and what is called, for want of any better title, Liberal Conservatism. The opinions held in this free, lax, open-handed way by the new review are chiefly discernible throughout the opening paper—being an essay on " English Politics and Parties." Here we find in dications of a talent comparable in some measure to that evidenced of late by the very able but very acid abilities • of [the writers who have suddenly created a name and a fame for the Saturday Review. In Bentley's Quarterly, as in the Saturday Review, the contributors appear disposed to tilt at each and all without hesitation, almost without discrimination. In the political paper or leading article inaugurating No. 1, for example, we find every political party, every distinguished man in the House of Commons, whose name deserves to be mentioned, 'ridiculed or depreciated, with one solitary and most eccentric exception. One M.P. alone is mentioned with anything like respect— his opinions alone are quoted with any honour or seriousness. And this lusus nature—tell it, we say, from the very farce of thing, tell it in Gath, publish it in the streets of Askelon, is the hon. member for East Surrey, Mr. Henry Drummond. Thrice in that one article are the opinions of Mr. Henry Drummond mentioned, or rather distinctly quoted, with every indication of respectful coinci dence. As for the rest P—Well, Mr. Bright, for example (designated one of the ablest of our dema gogues), is said to have " spared no effort, and shrunk from no falsehood," et cetera! An allusion to Lord Palmerston is only suggestive to the re viewer of "a broad grin." Lord John is commended chiefly for his ability as a clever trickster among party leaders. Mr. Disraeli is reprobated as a chief without a shadow of principle. Sir James Graham is sneered at as a person, politically speak ing., of very dubious character. Mistrust is declared by the writer to be the universal feeling in regard to the leaders and the chief men of Parlia ment and of this universal distrust the new Review is an expression. The result being in tone—something very like political cynicism. The effect upon the palate—lik e th at of most tonic bitters—being appetisin g b u f unplea sant. We reserve our estimate of the judgment of Bentley's Quarterly until it has had opportunity to be more outspoken. As yet we feel ourselves to be in many respects decidedly and earnestly antago nistic. Thoroughly and completely independent ourselves as politicians —separated from all parties, or sections of party whatsoever —we must, per force, we do, of course, bear with the absolute independence of our New Quarterly contemporary. But we shall, in consideration and pursuance of this selfsame principle of entire independence, take leave to differ from it decidedly —upon some mat ters we perceive that we shall have reason to do so toto ado. But at present we care not to bandy arguments with the gallant new coiner—upon the first moment, as it were, of our introduction to each other. We would rather accord to him a hearty and spontaneous welcome—coupling with it a cordial hope that the colour it has chosen may prove to be auspicious ! That Bentley's Quarterly Review may be well read in its brilliant interior, no less than well red in its brilliant exterior. For the comfort of instant reference to the contents of ,the future numbers, we would suggest that hence forth the co n t en t s of each should be given upon the now blank back of the crimson covering. Number I. includes within its 341 pages octavo as many as ten elaborate and diversified contributions. As a specimen of the "manner" of the first, the political paper already particularised, we take the following. The reviewer is talking of the disrup tion, in 1846, by Sir Robert Peel, of the ranks of Conservatism. He says:— " The head and the tail of the then Conservative party were irreparably severed. On the one side the brilliant debaters and experienced statesmen who formed the Pt el administration were loft a distrusted and isolated knot in the House of Commons. Deprived of the ballast which a large following furnishes, floating about with every wive 0 \ d ti fickle l i o u b Fc ioi h r s a ay i sd e i3 d ozn l a e s t, of op i n i on , they have hung as free rovers on the beam of fi z,e e oula n r c; d s to , ha t e o y o b ; h o a r m la all d ivb a ei b et 7 hn e party, too to be attac..... , • a • ? the comets of the mingled fear and admiration, but puzzling the most exr rienced calculators who have attempted to predict their move ments. • "On the other hand, the severed tail has not been less aimless or less erratic in its course. Abandoning or aban doned by its natural leaders, it was forced to sally forth into the highways and hedges to pick up new ones. It went into the market and bought such articles of the kind as were for sale—mostly damaged goods of unprepossessing appearance, which other buyers had rejected, and whose subsequent wear has hardly made good their original cost. It pounced upon unfortunate country gentlemen livini serenely in the complacent discharge of bucolic duties, ane designated them for positions for which neither their Pre vious experience nor their progress in the English language had adapted them. The collection thus made was hetero geneous and unpromising enough; When first this scratch crew were set to work, their appearance was so . raw that people concluded it must be a practical joke of their noble leader, who was known to have the capacity of taking hi s diversion out of most sublunary affairs. But in the nature of things, defects of this kind mend of themselves by lapse of time. If a considerable party will only wai t, it is certain to gather leaders for itself, whether by develop ing young talent, or enticing the old to its standard ; and as ministries go, the present Government, taking thew man for man with the last, would, with scarcely an excel) Ulm, be very far from making a discreditable fig ur e in the world, if only som e b o dy woul give them an outfit of prilr ciples." The second paper is a most discriminative add scholarl treatise upon " M r . Gl a d s t one ' s H omer ic Studies,' in which the eminent Greek scholar and the still more eminent English statesman, receives his due meed of cordial praise and severe reprehen sion. Th e next contr i bution—a loose and disjointed survey of the " Novels of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton" —appears to us as superficial as it is in the main depreciatory. From this paper we content ourselves with extracting one passage, in which the reviewer comments generally upon the career of one whom he calls (and with reason). — THE MOST POPULAR OF OUR LIVING NOVELISTS. " No writer of this class has laboured more earnestly ie his vocation than Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton; n o ne has more fully recognised it as a sphere of personal d u ty de manding s.ll his energy; no one has felt se constantly the necessity of labour and severe study to bring to fruition the conceptions of a lively fancy and a large and varied intelli gence ; nono has abandoned himself with more self-devotion to the painful and irksome research which some of his subjects involved. Intellectually he must be re garded as one of our most conscientious writers : he hes grudged no trouble he has spared no pains, to bring his work up to his own ideal. And this not from necessity—the honest spur to many an indolent genius —but from love and reverence' for his art, and pro bably from a more than commonly poignant yearning to win for himself a name—something that may last-- a .renown worthy to be called fame. We say ' his own ideal' as a qualification ; for there is one important study which we cannot but feel that he has neglected —ono that his never fairly engaged his attention; but whatever he has aimed at Sir E. B. Lytton has applied every effort to accomplish. For more than thirty years of a life, which without this application to the desk might yet be called a busy one, in which he has lived before men's eyes in societh parliament, and office, he has been one of our leading, most prolific, most' varied, and, if w e es ti ma t e popular i ty b y num bers dreaders, most popular of our living novelists. This deserves to be called a career. The,critics must allow so much ; those critics with whom Sir Edward has had so many a bitter conflict; who have given and received so many hard blows in their attempt to set the world right in its estimate of his power and successes." Enough will h ave b een sa i d for our readers in regard to the next article in the number, wh e n we have observed that the writer of it comes to the conclusion, after descanting at large upon The Commercial C r i s i s o f 1 857, and the Currency"-- that the Bank Charter Act of 1844 ought t o be Maintained ! From the next paper, a disquisition upon " The Pr os p ec t s of Art in England," "we excerpt the following brief but most truthful sen tence, conveying a thought, or rather pointing a fact as full of encouragement as it is conciliatory. - The art critic here writes :-- "We have often wondered that it is not more clearly perceived that the early election of Mr. Millais to be an Associate of the Royal Academy is itself a proof that no such unfair prejudice exists among the older school of painters as would exclude conspicuous artistic merit from its due reward." After a politico-religious treatise upon " Indian Conversion," we have a charming essay upon " Horace Walpole," the most delightful of all Eng lish letter-writers. From this contribution we would gladly make copious extracts, but that our notice has already extended beyond convenient limits —now when our space is more than usually restricted by the demand upon it consequent upon the sitting of Parliament. Briefly enumerating the names of the three last contributions to No. I. of Bentley's Quarterly—" Civilisation in Russia," and "Historical St u dy a t O x f or d , " and "Austrian Italy" —we would close our remarks in the spirit with which they were commenced—with heartiest good greeting to Bentley's Quarterly, and a cordial wish a revederla ! THE OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. SOUTHAMPTON, March 12.—The heavy mails for our Australian and New Zealand colonies were despatched hence to-day by the Pera steamship, Captain T. Jamieson, this being the first departure under the contract recently entered into with the Peninsular and Oriental Company. She also takes out the fortnightly mails for Bombay. There are in. all 471 boxes a n d b ags, o f w hi ch 378 are for Aus tralia, the whole being under the c h a r ge o f Messrs. Casson and Fisher, of the General Post office, by whom the homeward mails will be sorted on board during the voyage from Alexan dria to this port, ready for immediate delivery on the steamer's arrival here. For this purpose a post-office is fitted up with every convenience on the Pera's • deck, and we understand that this . plan of sorting mails is' in future to be adopted in all the company's vessels employed on the Mediterranean line, comprising the India, Chi na , an d A ustralian mails.' The Pera has 84 first and nine second class passengers, among whom are Commander D. Spain, R.N., Lieut. D. Denny, for Malta; Commander L. Reynolds, for Suez ; Captain and Mrs. Pvm, Capt. F. Phillips, Capt. Milne,Batt, Lieut. G. S. Jackson, for Bombay; Capt. for Kangaroo Island, &c. Ott freight she has a large cargo, and 1,443 boxes of specie and valuables—viz, X 395,095 in barsilver and five franc pieces, and jewellery worth £705, for Bombay; jewellery, value £BO5, for Melbourne; and £2OO for Sydney ; total, £396,805. A new screw steamer of 1,800 tons and 450 horse power, named the Jeddo, arrived here on Friday afternoon, in charge of Capt. Black, from Liverpool, where she was built for the Peninsular and Oriental Company by Mr. John Laird. Before leaving Liverpool the Jeddo Made a preliminary trial trip round the Bell buoy, when .she attained a speed of over 13 knots per hour with 151 b. steam pressu: e, and the engines (which are by Mr. J. Napier, of Glasgow) making 60 revolu tions per minute. The:Royal Mail Company's steam ship Thames, Capt. West, having undergone a tho- rough overhaul and refit, left here on Thursday for intercolonial service on the West India station, taking a mail for Mad3ira, where she 'will call on the way out. The Magdalena, Capt. Baynton, with the next mails from the West Indies, California, Cezr tral America, and the Pa ific, is due here on the 16th inst.; the Teviot, Capt. Abbott, with the Australian mails, about the 16 h inst. ; but the arrival of the Oneida at Suez is not yet telegraphed, so that the Teviot will be several days later ; the Fulton, Cap tain Wotton, is due on the 17th, with the French and English mails of the sth from New York; the Ceylon, Captain It. W. Evans, on the 20th, with the East India and China mails ; and the Tagus, Captain Hall, on the 21st, with the mails from Lisbon, Oporto. and Vigo. The Atrato, Captain . Woolley, with the West India and Peel& mails, and the Jeddo, Captain Black, with the mails for Vigo, Oporto , and Lisbon, are a pp o i n t e d t o l eave this on Thursday, the 17th inst. ; the Hammonia, Captain Schwensen, for New York, on the 18th ; the Indus, Captain J. Weeks, with the India and China mails, on the 20th; the New York, Captain Van Santen, for New York, on the 22d ; and the Behar, Captain J. S. Field, with the Bombay mails, on the 27th. The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany have given notice of a considerable reduction in their rates of freight to Australia by the over-. land route in favour of packages of newspapers and periodicals; the freight on packages of this nature will, be at the rate of £l5 per ton of 40 cubic feet for newspapers, and £25 ditto for periodicals. The Pasha of Egypt's steam yacht Faid Gihaad, which has been lying at this port during the winter, went out of dock yesterday afternoon, and proceeds to Alexandria under the command of Captain A. Kel lock, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's service. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH ESSEX . All doubt as to the retirement of Sir W. Bowyer Smijth as a candidate in the Conservative interest for this constituency is now at an end; and Mr. J. W. Perry Watlington has been selected by the party as their candidate in conjunction with Mr. Braznston. A strong effort will be made hero by the Conservatives to retrieve the defeat they sus tained by th e return of Mr. Baker IVingfield in March, 1857 ; what success will c rown th e i r e ff orts remains to b e seen. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. Mr. L. T. Wigram will retiro front the represen tation of the University of Cambridge, and Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., the eminent Chancery barrister, will be a candidate for the vacancy. Mr. Selwyn is a brother of Professor Selwyn and also of the Bishop of New Zealand. THE ROYAL ACADEMY.—It is said that the mem bers of the Royal Academy contemplate making a large addition to the number of the associates, so as to include almost every artist of note, and then to confine their exhi bition exclusively to the works of their own body. 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