The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

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 DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion 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 nail, 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 Musmir, 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 anti Eleven o'clock. On Monday, the 28th February, the Ministerial Reform Bill will be brought forward by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. There is no shirking nor evading of the question. The promise given will be faithfully and honourably redeemed ; and on the nature of the contemplated measure will depend, not only the fate of the Government, but also the peace and tranquillity of the country. There have not been many demonstrations, but the omission is easily accounted for. So many pledges have been given, such brilliant hopes have been excited, that the people are satisfied—believing that a large and comprehensive measure is inevitable, and not deeming it essential to waste power in the pursuit of what must be conceded, beyond any possibility of doubt, even within the present session. They are waiting in assured quietude; but any serious delay might be productive of results which no Govern ment would - wish to encounter, and which might constitute very formidable precedents for future transactions. There will, of course, be a large increase of the franchise for counties, cities, and boroughs. That cannot, by any possibility, be avoided, and there will also be a re-distribution of seats. Schedules A, B, and C must be prepared so as in the first instance to ensure that, every member taking his seat and interfering in the National Legislation, shall at least have a respectable constituency — one that entitles him to be heard in " the grand in quest" of the country. But there is even more required than this. It is not merely that there sfrould be a large constituency, but it should also be an independent constituency one that could faithfully express their feelings through a representative elected without the ope ration of any corrupt or undue influence. Without " the Ballot," or privilege of secret voting, the franchise would be a curse rather than a blessing to many who would receive it. They would have toanswer many conflicting demands. The landlord, the employer, the customer, the priest, whatever might be • his peruasion, would seek to control his conscientious decision,while the hired bludgeon-man, who seems to be regarded by Lord JOINT RUSSELL as the impersonation of the misrepresented classes, may give him abundant cause to remember the vote he has given. On every ground, then, the nation wants the BALLOT. Is is the Alpha and Omega of Reform— the one great point on which the hearts of nine tenths of the community are intently resolved. We well know that neither Lord J. RUSSELL nor Lord PALMERSTON will concede the boon in their promised bills. We must, therefore, trust in Lord DERBY, and we have but little doubt that, having made up his mind that a measure of reform is essential, he will give one that will be alike credit able to himself and satisfactory sto the Country. All his antecedents prove that he is not, by any means,;disposed to resort to milk-and-water or emas culated measured. When he enters on any subject he does so boldly and honourably, and without any degree of concealment or reticence. We shall, therefore, be fairly informed respecting the nature and extent of the measure, and be enabled to com pare it with those that may proceed from either of the rival candidates for the Premiership. Mr. BRIGHT has fairly and candidly explained the principles on which he intends to proceed. We wish that the claimants for office could be induced to act in a similar manner. By so doing they would afford an opportunity to the people of deciding on the just and reasonable claims which they might be pleased to put forward. The nation will no longer be governed by a family clique. The rule of the ELLIOTS, GREYS, and RUSSELLS cannot be continued, but something far better will come from the present struggle. We shall have not merely h reform in the election of members, but, what is more important, in the constitution of Cabinets. A remarkable and somewhat peculiar political argument has recently made its appearance. It has been eventually issued in the form of a pamph let,* entitled—the writer confesses perhaps too ambitiously—" A Plea for the Constitution." But it was penned originally as a contribution intended to adorn the pages of a Quarterly review. To be -r in —(for the identity of the publication hinted at is sufficiently obvious from the imprimatur on the ure, as well as from the colour of the political thesis maintained throughout)—the pamphlet is really and truly a rejected article written for "the" Quarterly. Not an ordinary rejected article, however. A perusal will show that distinctly enough. But apart from the perusal, the paper, as the pamphleteer informs us himself, in his preface, " as containing an elaborate essay on Parliamentary Government and Reform, was not prepared in the shape appropriate to an article for a Review ; and for this reason, with other reasons quite satis factory to myself, the editor was obliged to decline it." Mr. AUSTIN, the writer of this really curious and certainly, for the most part, very impressive argument, originally intending to appear anony mously, as a reviewer, appears now avowedly (with his name upon the title-page) as a pamphleteer. As to himself, in the first instance, it is natural that Mr. AUSTIN speaks, in his professional cha• racter, somewhat authoritatively—h aving been for merly Professor of Jurisprudence at the London University, and Reader on the same subject to-the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple. As a politician, he certainly occupies, according to his own show ing, a somewhat anomalous position. Originally a Benthamite, he has long since got rid of his Radi calism. He calls himself a Whig—but he argues distinctly as if he were a Tory. He speaks of Earl GREY'S essay on " Parliamentary Government con sidered with reference to a Reform of Par. liament," as approaching closely to perfec tion—yet Earl GREY is for a good many reforms, and Mr. AUSTIN is for no reforms what ever ! In explanation of which latter incongruity it is only necessary to observe that our pamph leteer—who regards Lord GREY'S essay as approach ing closely to perfection—regards our present sys tem of Parliamentary Government as nearly as pos sible as perfection. Again and again he talks earnestly and awfully of " our incomparable consti tution." His argument, as we have seen, is entitled " A Plea for the Constitution.". His hope is that the exisfing organization of our constitutional go vernment may be maintained intact. Politically his axiom appears to be what POPE'S was, what evety true Christian is, ethically—viz.— " Whatever iB, is right ! " Insomuch that really and truly, in reference to the present agitation for reform, Mr. AUSTIN might be described as an alarmist. He insists that as things are arranged. among us, all interests are exquisitely and perfectly balanced. Touch them—interfere with the existing arrangement—and the balance is lost. Surely this is the inverted pyramid ! Surely it is tantamount to maintaining that our constitutional liberties are fearfully precarious.. The reformer says, on the contrary—" No : the pyramid is firmly and indestructibly planted among us upon its broad basis. By widening that basis we are jeopardising nothing—we are only strengthening the whole fabric—we are only removing further and further from us the possibility of anything like a subversion. Our loyalty to the powers that be is surely more secure than yours—you who maintain that the whole machinery of the constitu tion is so delicately balanced that at a touch the whole may be disastrously jeopardised." Mr. AUSTIN puts himself plainly enough in the latter category. Upon his first page he tells us pointblank (the italics, of course, are our own)—" the consequences which I anticipate from any Parliamentary Reform are all of them mischie vous." Tho veneration here expressed for the Constitution is identical with that we remember to have heard expressed by an enthusiastic Shak sperian scholar when repudiating as sacrilegious the emendations or alterations of the original text by bRYDEN, CIBBEE, and others—" Don't presume to alter him ! Thank GOD yon have got such a poet ! and don't presume to alter him !" As with the Shaksperian scholar in regard to the text of the immortal Bard, so is it with Mr. AUSTIN in regard to the machinery of the Constitution. We are not to presume to alter it. The Reason Why—is certainly here given by the pamphleteer very ably, and at times (as we have intimated) very impressively. It is because the arguments of the anti-Re formers have been articulated in this pamphlet thus ably and impressively that we have been desirous of directing the attention of the general public to the really remarkable treatise of the ex-Professor of Jurisprudence. We do so upon the good old principle inculcated in the schoolboy phrase, audi alteram partem—in "com pliance w ith t h e h i stor i c e j aculat i on o f t h e anc i en t Greek, c Strike, b u t h ear me !" A s R e f or mers— such is our confidence ful attention to thereasonable nessthat logic of the anti-Reformers. Wherefore, while we cannot f or a s i n gl e instant a dmit that (acecorai ng to a memorable phrase that a hund re d years ago —f e ll on ce upon a time —not from the lips of an august personage) our repre sentative system is "on its trial"--we w ou ld s till, in all manly f rankness and candour, di rect th e attention of our compatriots to Mr. AUSTIN'S remar k a ble and impressive pamphlet, en ti t l ed (he himself says ambitiously-, we .say quite superflu ously) A Plea for the Constitution. * A Plea for the Constitution. By John Austin, E&1. Svo., pp. 42. John Murray. London, 1859. There is a truism that " charity begins at home," but if we take Mr. HorLEY, of Eastbourne, as an exponent we must admit that on his part the charity is far and wide-spread among the multitude of the poor, whose miseries are unspeakable. We have on many occasions directed atten tion to Mr. HOPLEY'S very laudable and most generous endeavours in vindicating the social rights of our fellow-men, and in bettering the condition of the poorer hard-working classes, that we need only direct attention to his recently-published pamphlet, entitled " Wrongs that Cry for Re dress." •" ttf 'y4 4 4. , , t MI; a 114 • . • , i)no ur THE SUN. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1859. Now ready, in Crown Bvo, 10s. 6d., with Portrait of Fox in his youth LIFE OF CHARLES JAMES F OX. Volume I. By the Right Hon. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. Richatd Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, tinder the sole Management of Miss Louisa Tyne and Mr. W. Harrison. 'PHIS EVENING Mr. will be pr lfe, entitled SATAesented an entir ely NELLA ; new and tomantio Opera, by W. Ba or, rHE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. 'f o conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's CU; thing. Commence at Seven, rIIHEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. 1 Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. For the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. 'ruts EVENING, IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mr. Rol Mrs. Barney Williams. Followed by BARNEY THE BARON. Co conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. _R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. T HIS EVENING will be presented Shakepere's Play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING •OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Sub - :wick, Mr. Buckstone, &c. After which, a now grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commense at . ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.) Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, Last Two Nights of Madame Celeste's engagement. THIS EVENING, will be produced a New Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled THE LAST HOPE. After which, THE KING'S GARDENER. To conclude with a Grand Ballet and Scene from SIEGE OF TROY. Miss Rosina Wright, Miss HP Dalton, Miss Jenny Lauri. Mr. John La uri . and Co " Ballet. Reduced Prices—Dros. Boxes, 4s. ; Upper ilavea,N.... 2s. • 3tallS, n 4. ; Gallery, Is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Revival of MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster. Fifth appear mice in the New Theatre of Mr. Wright. Con tinued success of the INVISIBLE PRINCE. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with MASKS AND FACES ; Mr. B. Webster, C. Selby, Mr. Bil lington, P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Miss - H. Sims, Mrs. Bil lington. Atter which, WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE LNVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 --no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan are engaged. Due notice will be given of their appearance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST. Ai ter which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE; Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION. THIS EVENLWG, and during the week, the revived Ira- Matic Romance from Sir Walter Scott, entitled KENIL WORTH, re-produced with original effects and additional splendour. To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, &c. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes. Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene, With dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery, and everyincident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to the "New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill." Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 59—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'33. WIND, North-Westerly; fresh and fine. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1859, COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Sheriffs 9f London and Middlesex, Mr. Alderman Hale and Mr. Collider, accompanied by the City Remem brancer, had an audience of the Queen to receive her Ma jesty's commands with respect to the reception of an address from the corporation of the City of London upon the birth of her Majesty's grandson. The Sheriffs were presented to the Queen by the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Secretary of State for the Home Department. Her Majesty was pleased to appoint Tuesday next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, for the reception of the address. The address to the Prince Consort will be received im mediately afterwards. Sir Charles Trevelyan was presented to the Queen, at an audience, by Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for India, and kissed hands, on being appointed Governor of Madras. Mr. Secretary Walpole and Lord Stanley had audiences of her Majesty. The Queen was attended by the Earl of Verulam, Lord in Waiting, and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort rode on horse back yesterday, attended by Captain the Hon. D. Do Ros. The Princesses Alice and Helena took a carriage drive. The Queenand Prince Consort honoured the performance at the Princess's Theatre with their presence in the even ing. In attendance were Lady Churchill, the Hon. Bea trice Byng, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Earl of Veru lam, Colonel F. H. Seymour, and Captain the Hon. D. De Ros. • A deputation respecting Portpatrick Harbour had an in terview with the Secretary pf the Treasury yesterday. The deputation consisted of Viscount Dalrymple, Earl of Roden, Sir Wm. Dunbar, Bart., MX., Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., M.P., Col. M'Douall, Mr. W. Hodson, M.P., Mr. R. Ker, M.P., Mr. S. P. Miller, M.P., Mr. J. Clark, M.P., Mr. A. Lefroy, M.P., Hon..L. Agar Ellis, M.P., Lord C. Hamil ton, M.P., Mr. C. Fortescue, • M.P., Col. Stewart Knox, MX., and Captain Archdall, M.P. THE PUBLIC READINGS SOCIETY. Last evening this society gave another of its popular en tertainments. According to announcement the Readings took place in the school-room of St. George-the-Martyr, Theobsdd's-road, a numerous audience being there col lected together, and evidencing, by their frequent laughter and applause, their genuine satisfaction with the proceed ings. The readings yesterday were more than usually miscellaneous. Mr. Edward W. Cox, one of the two originators of the society, read with admirable ability Hood's "Dream of Eugene Aram," and, later in the even ing, a long descriptive piece by Wordsworth. Mr. G. Harris delivered a brief lecture uporlthe Ancient Britons, his remarks being illustrated by a series of diagrams affixed to the walls of the schoolroom. Mr. E. Powell, by his extremely humorous reading of a chapter from the immortal " Pickwick," convulsed his audience with laughter : the chapter selected was the one descriptive of Sam Weller's composition of a valentine at the George and Blue Boar, and of old Mr. Weller's criticisms thereupon. Mr. Powell concluded the proceedings last night by his graceful delivery of the Poet Laureate's Lady Clive —Mr. W. C. Kent having previously read Leigh's descrip tion of the " Inside of an Omnibus," and Alfred Tenny son's " Charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade" at Bala klava. The reading announced for to-night is to take place at Wylde's Reading Rooms in Leicester-square. We understand that the appointment of Master in Lunacy vacated by the resignation of Mr. Higgins has been offered to Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., hut upon condi tion of his resigning his seat in Parliament. We understand that Lord Malmesbury has ap pointed Captain Francis Howard Vyse, late of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, to be Consul at Jeddo, in Japan. EAST INDIA HOUSE.—The Right Hon. the Secre tary of State for India in Council has sanctioned the ap pointment of Mr. Clifford Craufurd, of the Cashiers' De partment in the India-office, as Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, during the continu ance of the existing arrangements between the Council of India and the Court of Directors. We understand that the arrangements conse quent upon the resignation of Mr. Higgins, have been thus settled :—Mr. Higgins returns to his former post of registrar in bankruptcy, Mr. Scott to his office of principal secretary to the Lord Chancellor, and Mr. Phillips loses the appoint ment, which he has held for a week, of principal secretary. —Horning Post. DEFENCE OF THE TAY.—We understand that the fortification of the Tay is contemplated by the Government, and that batteries will be placed both at Broughty Ferry and on the other side of the river, so as effectually to pro tect the channel.—Dundee Advertiser•. The Government have resolved to issue a com mission to inquire into and report on the recruiting system of the army. THE MAIL SERVICE.—SOUTIIAMPTON, Thurs day.—The steamship Parana left this day with the West India and Pacific mail and 109 passengers, among whom were the Bishop of Martinique, Count Berton, Major Ar met, the Rev. W. Pemberton, Dr. Hamilton, the Rev. Mr. East, Surgeon Yessington, Assistant-Surgeon Kearny, Lieut. Pinder, and Ensigns Gillespie and Russell ; also a full cargo, specie value £3BO, and jewellery, value £5,600. The Sultan left this day with the usual Peninsular mail and 14 passengers. The homeward Peninsular mail will be brought by the Tagus, and may be looked for on Sunday next. The Theatre du Cirque at St. Petersburg has been destroyed by fire. Nothing remains of this splendid build ing but the.bare walls. The theatre was originally intended for equestrian performances, but soon became devoted to the Russian opera and to German comedies. There had been a bal masque in the building, as on the occasion of the fire at Covent Garden, but when the masqueraders left at four o'clock in the morning, no signs of fire or smoke were visi ble. An hour afterwards the roof fell in—one body of flame. All the costumes, the scores of the operas, and the instru ments of the musicians were destroyed. THE PROJECTED EXTENSION OF THE GREAT HARBOUR AT MALTA.—Mr. Wm. T. Mainprise, R.N., the indefatigable master-attendant of Malta Dockyard, took his departure on Saturday last, in the French steamer Borys thene, for Marseilles, en route to England, und er or d ers , it is reported, from the Lords of the Admiralty, to afford in formation and give his valuable counsel in regard to the projected scheme for extending the accommodation in the Great Harbour for her Majesty's ships and stores, by ap propriating for Crown purposes the present Merchants' or French Creek behind Senglea; and dredging the upper part of the harbour, and excavating the land for some distance beyond, is form an exclusive port for merchant shipping, in connection with which project, Capt. Brett, private secre tary and aide-de-camp to the governor, left for England a few weeks ago. It is also currently rumoured that it is in contemplation to appoint Mr Mainprise a member of the Malta Ccuncil of Government, in order that it may have the benefit of his practical knowledge during the discussions of the project, but that he will not be entitled to register his vote.—Malta Times, Feb. 8. _ _ COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL,—A special court was held yesterday, at which a deputation from the inhabi tants of Farringdon Without attended to present a petition in favour of the establishment of a meat and poultry market in-Smithfield. Sir J. Duke moved that the petition be re ferred to the Markets Improvement Committee. Mr. Deputy Obbard seconded the motion, which, after some discussion, in which Mr. Anderton, Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. Ross, Mr. Lawley, and Mr. Scammell took part, was adopted. Mr. W. Connell moved the third reading of a bill for repealing the Act of Common Council of May 29, 1845, for regulating the appropriation of the rents, and profits of the Finsbury estate. Several members of the council spoke upon the question, which was ultimately carried by a large majority. Mr. Abraham brought forward a motion, which was se conded by Mr. Barkley, the effect of which was to reduce the allowances for dining, &c., to the various committees. Air. De Jersey moved, by way of amendment, that the mat ter be referred to the Coal and Corn and Finance Commit tee. Deputy Pew tress seconded the amendment, which after some discussion, was carried by a considerable majority. LOSS OF THE SHII) , • ADELLA.—FORTUNATE ESCAPE OF THE CREW.—Yesterday morning 32 seamen arrived at the Sailors' Home, some of them in a very wea ther-worn and broken-down condition. They came from Carrickfergus, where they had been landed on the previous evening by the schooner Esther, of Bristol. It app ears that the vessel to which they had belonged—the Adella, of which Mr. Watt, of Irvine, was owner, and Captain Walter Gibb, commander—sailed from Greenock on the 12th ult., laden with railway carriages, railway castings, and machinery for Bombay. She met with very rough weather, was wind bound, and was knocked about for a number of days in the North Channel. Some of her spars got adrift about the deck and started the after- hatch. The cargo shifted; and, on Tuesday, the Ist inst., her maintopmast and mizenmast were carried away. Her bulwarks were afterwards washed off; and on Tuesday se'nnight it was discovered she had sprung a leak. The crew worked hard at the pumps, and exerted themselves to their utmost to save the vessel. Their toil was unavailing ; and, in despair, on last Friday, they determined to leave the ship to her fate. The men wore just ready to cast themselves into the open boats when the schooner Esther appeared in sight. They were all taken on board and safely landed, as above stated, at Carrick ferwas. No other sail appeared "on the wide waste of waters ;" and, had not the schooner been herself windbonnd for some days, sire would not have bean the fortunate means - of saving soniany lives. The leak was discovered when the vessel was 100 rniles.west of Tory Island,- off Donegal, and the captain was making an abortive effort to reach the Island of Barra, in the Highlands, when himself and crew were happily rescued from their perilous position. Only an hour and a half after they had got on board the sehoerier the Adella sunk. The captain and some of the men have suffered severely from their feet being so long immersed in water. Every possible care was taken of them by the ex cellent manager of our Sailors' Home, who obtained for them a passage to Glasgow, whether they sailed last night. —Northern Whig. SIR ARTHUR BULLER.—At the farewell dinner given last Tuesday, by the members of the Calcutta bar to Sir Arthur Buller, the advocate-general, in a speech of much feeling, expressed the good-will entertained to wards the departing judge by those to whom his uni ' form courtesy and patience have much endeared him ; at the same ti me , th e speaker alluded to the loss which the council of Indi a and the public in general would sustain in one w h ose practical good sense has often made itself felt in d e b ates which his wit without malice has adorned. Th e guest of the evening made an eloquent reply. Sir Arthur will leave. Calcutta, early next month, and will take with him the cordial good wishes of a community of which he has been a useful as well as a highly popular member.—llterkaric, Dec. 24. LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Etna has jist arrived in the river from New York. She brings mails of the sth itst., and has gone on to Havre. She has 75,080 dols. for England, and 66,807 dols. for France. Very little business on the 4th on the Stock Exchange. New York Central, .1 lower. Market closed steady at following prices ;—Missouries, 84 to 841; Pacific Mail, 771 to 771 ; Hudson River, 31/ to 32; Reading, 481 to 48ri ; Michigan Central, 491- to 50 ; Panama, 1141 to 144/ ; Illinois Central, 65a to 66Z ; Galena, 681 to 69; Rock Island, 59i to 591. Cotton market somewhat unsettled; coffee steady; rice active and firm ; wool tolerably active, and prices firm. "`" New:Orleans cotton market dull ; middling nomi nal, at 11c. to 111 c. Flour firm at Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Cin. cinnati. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : BELGRADE, THURSDAY. The Senate was reconstituted yesterday by Prince Milosch. It numbers at present four mem ,bers of the ancient Senate and seven new members. The President of the Senate is M. Stewscha. The President of the late Senate, M. Jankovich, and the former senator, M. Jerevich, have been accused of high treason and put in prison. The late President of the Council, Markovich, has been exiled. TRIESTE, THURSDAY. The steamer just arrived brings news from Con stantinope to the 12th inst. A message received from Jassy announces the entry of A. Couza into Bucharest. He has pub lished an edict, decreeing the union of the Princi palities with one national assembly for the two, which assembly is to hold its sitting at Pokschani. M. Muslims will probably be appointed repre sentative of the Porte at the Paris conferences. A fresh despatch of troops to the Danube is in prospect. Redifs are continually arriving here. BERLIN, THURSDAY. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, this day, a ministerial project of law, relating to civil marriage, was brought in. The project proposes the abolition of certain obstacles to marriage and the introduction of certain grounds of divorce. According to this project, civil marriage will not be obligatory, nor will it be longer a necessity but optional only. HAMBURG THURSDAY. The proposition made in the Hanoverian Upper Chamber to restrain the exportation of horses gave rise to a warm debate, in the course of which it was contended that any French attack on the Po and Rhine would be a casus bent'. Prussia's dilatory policy was denounced as anti. German. The proposition was unanimously agreed to. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne arrived in Paris last night from Turin. He was not expected till Saturday. The Couneil.of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. Frince Jerome was present. The llioniteur contains the following :—" Prince Napoleon and. the Princess Clotilda daily receive petitions, tho object of which comes exclusively within the attributions of different public admini strations, and which consequently their Imperial Highnesses cannot in any way interfere. The writers of those petitions are informed that owing to the great number of those applications their Imperial Highnesses cannot reply to them." Colonel Cipriano, aide-de-camp to Prince Cousa, yesterday had an audience of Prince Napoleon. The representatives of the Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris will shortly," says the Moniteur, " asemble in conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to examine the rosult of the elections which have lately taken place in the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia." Fuad Pacha, it is stated, is too much occupied at Constantinople to be able to resume his post at the conference. He will be replaced, the belief is, by M. Musurus, the Turkish Minister in London. BOURSE, Feb. 17.--The warning given to the Frew, and the note of the Moniteur announcing the approaching meeting of the conference of Paris in order to discuss the Moldo-Wallachian question, have had a favourable influence on the market. Threes rallied to 68f. sc. and 68f. 20c. Mobilier varied from 7 80 f. to 785 f. Orleans, 1,322 f. 50c. to 1,327 f. 50c.; Lyons, 835 f. to 837 f. 50c. ; Northern, 927 f. 50c. to 930 f. ; Southern, 510 f. to 512 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 677 f. 50c. to 680 f. The market again be came heavy towards the close, and prices gave way. The following were the last quotations : 4i per Cents. .. • • 97 20 Do. end month 97 20 3 per Cents 6B Do. end month 67 go Bank Shares 2900 Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Foncier 650 Belgian 4,1 — Piedmontese (5) Roman BB 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Homo Debt 4O RAILWAYS. Cash. Account Orleans Northern 925 925 New ditto __ 795 - Lyons and Mediterranean 837 50 a., 833 75 New ditto Geneva 535 540 - __ . Midi —.—. . Southern Western 590 .. Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 405 .. 401 25 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper:, 25f. 15c. ; money, 251. 10c. ; three months, paper, 251. ; ram ey, 24f. 95c. SARDINIA. The following telegram has been, received " TUI TN, FEB. 17. _ _ _ " The Minister of Finance has presented a bill for suspending, until further orders; the export of forage and oats on the frontiers of Lombardy. The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne has loft for Paris." THE EAST. "The Ottoman Porte," says the 7.fonitcur de la Flotte, " has lately given its ratification to the Danube Navigation Act, drawn up by the commis sion of riverain powers, instituted by the Congress of Paris. The Cabinet of Vienna only waited for that formality to communicate to the powers, par ties to the Treaty of Paris, the resolutions of this commission, which are to be submitted to the Con gress for ratification." A letter from Constantinople of the sth, in the Vienna Gazette, says It was stated some time ago that the imans and muezzins were making alarming predictions to the people in the streets. This prophet' sing was dropped for a time, but has lately been renewed by more important personages and especially by the higher clergy. Some chiefs of the medresse and some priests of the mosque of Mahomet predict the coming of new times ; one of them has even announced that Ali will shortly reappear 'to restore Islamism. Such is the effect which these predic tions have created even among the higher classes, that the. Turkish Government has caused some of these prophets to be arrested. But that has been like casting oil on fire. The residence of the Seheik-ul-Islam is now the head-quarters of the prophets. Meetings of thp party Qf the ' old Turks' are held here daily, and, strange to record, some of the ministers meet there to deliberate." A letter from Belgrade, in the Hamburg Nat's, states that for some time past very considerable agitation has prevailed in Servia, the object being to lead to the act of proclaiming the complete in dependence of the Principality. AUSTRIA. The Gazette of St. Petersburg contains the fol lowing remarks on the present position of Austria in Italy :—" In the course of the last ten years Europe has seen effected a revolution more vast than any which preceded it ; she has had a war which has completely changed the whole policy of the great powers with other States. It was hoped that after that war each State would occupy itself with its internal development. If peace be not given to the world, we must accustom ourselves to the idea that the great historical event commenced in 1848 has not yet arrived at maturity, and that it will call for new battles. It may be that this vast country of Russia will be fortunate enough to keep clear of these conflicts. In the meantime the journals occupy themselves in comparing the forces which may encounter each other on the fields of Italy. Without repeating these figures, some remarks on an article on the military position of Austria, in the Grangote (Frontier Messenger), seem to merit attention. The writer blames the policy of Austria during the last three centuries ; he re proaches her with not having made Hungary the centre of her power, and with not having constantly endeavoured to limit the power of the Turks ; but with having instead exhausted herself in her conflicts for the possession of the Netherlands and Italy, and for the shadow of Imperial power. It may be that the .writer in the Granzbote is right; but even if he be, it is certain that Austria will en deavour to preserve her piyer in Italy, and it will not be until after a contest in s which she is com pletely worsted that she will abandon what she considers her right. But that Lombardy is not easy to conquer is certain, for she is defended both by nature and art. Nature at the north gives the protecting rampart of the Alps, whence flow a great number of rivers, which cut the country from north to south, and form so many lines of defence ; whilst art has constructed a system of fortresses and rail ways which traverse Lombardy in all her length from the west to the east, and from Milan to Venice, and which consequently enable troops, ammunition, and stores to be conveyed with great celerity to any part of the country, and even to the frontier of Piedmont. Let us now suppose that Sar• dinia, either alone or allied with France, begins war, counting on an insurrection in Lombardy-.•in that case, Austria would either have to hold the line of the Ticino, and to place her troops before Milan, or to retire to the space comprised between the Mincio and the Adige, and to await the enemy in the square formed by the fortresses of Peschiera, Verona, Mantua, and Leguano, the first three of which are united by railways. In that narrow ' space the Tyrolean Alps advance towards the south. The lake of Garda and the Mincio form the first line of defence, the Adige the second; and these two lines are strengthened by the fortresses just named. Verona, situated on the two banks of the Adige, forms the centre of the defensive system. It only became so in 1848, when on the right bank of that river the construction of the for tified camp, composed of an entire range of detached forts, was commenced—a construction only recently finished. On the left bank are the Castello (a fortress) and the fortress which contains the storehouses of the army of Italy, and which is large enough to accommodate an entire army. As to the fortifications of Mantua, they are well known in history. However, the Austrians will no doubt do all in their power to maintain them selves first of all at Milan, the loss of which would be to them a great check, both moral and material. It is believed that the Austrians have no reason to entertain much fear of the attack of Sardinia alone and of the insurrection of Lombardy ; but an attack [ from France would be a different affair." MILAN. The Vienna Gazette says: " Some journals persist in asserting that numerous arrests have been effected at Milan and Venice. The facts are these:—Some time ago the fear was enter tained that public order would be disturbed in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and as the great nuniber of condemned who are in the penitentiary at Milan are a danger in troubled times, they have been removed to Mantua, where a military force, large enough to present security against any even tuality, is collected. In consequence of that measure, the prisoners detained in the prisons of Mantua had to be sent to other prisons, and they were principally conveyed to that of Laybach. In addition to this, the most dangerous of the precca tati, that is, the persons who, having been guilty of offences, are placed under the surveillance of the police, were arrested. It may consequently be truly said that the arrests have only been made among the scum of society." " WRONGS WHICH CBI' FOR REDRESS." (From a Scotch Journal) "In addition to the recommendation of Mr. Hopley's pamphlet, in our paper of Saturday last, we think it due to the philanthropic author, and the important subject he desires to bring before the public, to give the following letter, just received from Col. Shaw. He says : " I have sent for the pamphlet above named, and I must say that it surpasses all of horrible in suffering that I have ever seen with my own ayes—heard of from others—and read of in books. What can be done to get your readers to secure the publication for themselves ? Every minister of the gospel—every follower of Jesus—every patriot—every parent in Britain, ought to possess this book. The author has assuredly done his part, and more than his part : he has handed a copy of his work to every member of the House of Commons. The revelations which this treatise brings forward respecting the sufferings of children in manufactories is quite appalling. Only conceive of children under seven years of age wearing spectacles. In the most earnest terms I beseech your readers to become possessed of Mr. llopley's book. It is really a case of visiting the Saviour in his suffering creatures; and who could endure to hear him uttering the dreadful words—' Inasmuch as ye did it not unto the least of these, ye did it not unto me ?' " Yours respectfully, " Bourtree-park, Ayr." MICHAEL SHAW. " The pamphlet, so earnestly recommended by the gallant and generous-hearted colonel, may be had (price 6d.) from Houlston and Wright, Paternoster row, London."— Glasgow Christian News. [We may here mention that Mr. Henry Drum mond, the hon. member for 'West Surrey, has just issued a publication, the express object of which is to urge upon the public, and especially the working classes, the perusal of Mr. Hopley's important letter.—ED.] EAST INDIA FINANCES. The following copy of a financial despatch, dated 31st Jan., 1859, was published yesterday:— " Financial, No. 9. " East India-house, London, Jan. 31, 1859. " My Lord—Adverting to paragraph 36 of my despatch in this department, dated 19th Jan., 1859, No. 6, I now forward an estimate of the receipts and disbursements of the Home Treasury for the year 1858-60, commencing with the Ist May next. The probable amount of payments on account of the Indian railways is not included, it being assumed that, these will be balanced by the receipts from the various railway companies. It is my intention to ask the sanction of Parliament to a loan to meet the deficiency shown in the estimate above - referred to ; but, regarding it as most unsatisfactory to continue a system of loans for the general wants of the Government, I must again press upon your immediate consideration my desire, and the desire of the Council, that the question of the measures to be adopted for equalising your revenue and expenditure may receive that attention from you which its importance so impera tively demands, and that the result of your deliberations may be reported to me without.delay.—l have, &e., " STANLEY. " The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Council." This letter was accompanied by an estimate of the receipts and disbursements of the Home Treasury for the year to end April 30, 1860. The receipts are estimated at £7,151,680, and the disbursements at £6,151,680, leaving X 1,000,000 as "the amount to be held in cash." The debtor side of the account has an item of £5,377,819 as " the estimated ba lance deficient on April 30, 1860." The disburse ments on the other side include £1,230,240 for dividends on India stock, bonds, and debentures ; £43,2o9forinterest on temporary loans ; £1.268,960 for military stores, purchase of steamers, and trans port of troops and stores; £1,196,711 for pay-office demands on account of troops and stores, mission to Persia, and establishment in China; £1,439,480 for civil service annuities and military and marine retired pay ; £263,400 for bills of exchange from India and family remittances; and X 704,680 for charges general. CANADIAN POLITICS, The following despatch from Sir E. Bulwcr Lytton to the Governor-General of Canada has been published in Canada : " Downing-street, Sept. 10, 1858 " Sir,—l have to acknowledge your 'clesPatches of the numbers and dates in the margin, with their enclosures, giving a detailed account of the political events which recently occurred during the session of the Canadian Par liament, ending with the appointment of a new Adminis tration, composed of Messrs. Galt, Sherwood, and other gentlemen. " You aro well aware that her Majesty's advisers have no wish to interfere in any way in the domestic affairs of the great province under your Government, and, therefore, while they have read with an interest proportioned to the gravity of the subject the documents thus communicated to them, they abstain from expressing any opinion on their general contents. " With regard, however, to yoir own conduct in this crisis as an officer of the Crown, they are of opinion that you acted in accordance with those principles of constitu tional government which obtain in this country as well as in Canada ; nor have they any reason to doubt the sound ness of your judgment in applying those principles, although this is not a point on which they are qualified to decide. "They are bound, however, not to pass over one subject without remark. "The question of the federation of the colonies is onesin which Canada has no doubt a very deep interest, and in which any representations, proceeding from the legislature of that province, will be received with the greatest atten tion. But it is necessarily one of imperial character, in volving the future government of the other North Ameri can colonies, equally bound with Canada by the common tie which unites all the members of that empire. It is therefore one which it properly belongs to the executive authority of the empire, and not that of any separate pro vince, to initiate. Ido not, however, question the import ance of the reasons which led you to advert to it, and shall await the further development of the views of yourself and your advisers on the subject. I have communicated your speech, and an extract of this part of my despatch, to the Lieutenant-Governor of the other North American provinces.. " In reviewing the history of the session of tho Canadian Parliament now terminated, it is impossible for her Ma jesty's Government to avoid expressing their regret that, after having deliberately invited the award of her Majesty on the question of the future seat of Canadian Government, the Assembly should have thought proper deliberately to reject that award. They are not in possession of the reasons which may have led to so unexpected a decision; but they are too strongly assured of the loyaltyilbf the representatives of the Canadian people to believe that any individual among the members who joined in that vote' intended a slight to his Sovereign.—l have, &c., "F,,. B. LYTTON. " The Right Hon. Sir E. W. Head, Bart." THE ROYAL ACADEMY OVER TILE ma TER. (From Pune7l. The Royal Academy we allude to is at Canterbury Hall. Its President is Mr. C. Morton. Instead of limiting its walls to some forty members, it can boast of some four hundred. Rosa Bonheur is not too proud to be one of its contributors.. You meet with pictures good, bad, and in different—just as you do at the other Royal Academy. Perhaps the indifferent preponderate—and this similarity only strengthens the likeness between the two rival exhibi tions. However, Canterbury Hall has certain marks of superiority, which Trafalgar-square, if it be wise, will do well to imitate. First of all, the price of admission is only sixpence. This is a clear gain of one-half. Secondly. The catalogue is only one penny, instead of the shilling that is usually charged at the other colour shop. Thirdly. The catalogue is not disfigured by certain mis quotations from the Latin or German. Fourthly. Over and above your admission to the gallery, you can retire to a magnificent hall, which is as effective as any interior that David Roberts ever painted. There is no extra charge for this privilege. Fifthly. You may hear in this same hall some capital songs. the tone of which is very superior to that of many of the tableaux at the opposition show, sb inharmonious iu their treatment, and so criard in all their artistic utter-' antes, that they can scarcely be called " worth a song." This is an attraction, which might be imitated with advan tage at the National Gallery. A comic song, relieved every now and then by a comic dance, might have the power of drawing, which is a faculty that more than one R.A. can not boast of. Sixthly. (We think it is sixthly, for really there are so many points of excellence to mark down, that we may be wrong in, our scoring), you can order at Canterbury Hall exactly what you like. If some fruit by Lance tempt your palate, as it often does that of some hopeless imitator, you can call for apples, or oranges, or even ginger-beer. If some cattle by Sidney Cooper provoke your taste, you can instantly gratify it by ordering a steak, or a mutton-chop. These are graces that touch every man most inwardly, for we doubt if Ruskin himself could speak ill of a picture, after it had filled him with admiration to the happy extent of having proved both meat and bread and beer to him. Thus, critics, true to their capacity, can dine, and sup, and fatten off the pictures they have been previously cutting up. Now, the Royal Academicians on the Middlesex side of the water have always shut their mouths against everything in the shape of refreshments. A lady might faint before a Poole, and there would not be as much as a glass of water in the place you could offer her. Every one must recollect the choking sensation that the dust of the Derby Day (we mean Frith's) gave him last year. The very sight of the champagne bottles that were being opened in every direction, helped, if anything, to aggravate one's thirst, and yet there was not a drop of anything to be had nearer than the Union Club, and one of the beautiful regulations of the Royal Academy is, that you pay a shilling every time you enter. Quench your thirst twenty times in the course of a long sultry afternoon, with scorching pictures of the Dsert before you, and red-hot sunsets by Denby behind you, and you must pay twenty shillings—that is to say, if you are anxious to rejoin the pretty country cousins, to whom you are playing- the cousinly part of a catalogue more or less ratsonne. How different at the Royal Academy on the Surrey side I You can leave as often as you, like, and enter as often as you like, and there is nothing extra to pay. The only payment is in the shape of a check, made payable to order. _ _ _ _ _ We said that our Quarante Immortels, who have the right to write R.A. after their names, never allow feasting within their classic walls. This is scarcely true, and we apologise for defaming them. They do give a dinner once a year; but then the public is not admitted to it. Nov, when President Morton gives a dinner, any one is at liberty to go who chooses to pay a guinea. This is much more liberal, and the consequence is, the company is not so numerous as when persons go in for nothing, and the effect naturally is mush more select. Ask the waiters.• Another point (we fancy it is the seventh) Mr. Morton pays his rent, which is more than the Royal Acade micians can say they do ; for it is a notorious fact, which will not bear canvassing, that our great artists occupy premises that by right belong to the public, and from which the public, with the exception of, the shilling section of it, is rigidly excluded. Turn them out I—Yes, but who is to do it? We might multiply our points until they mounted up to a full rubber, but we imagine we h a ve said amply enough to prove that game is all on the side of Mr. Morton. Look as we might, we could not find the Body of Harold anywhere within sight of Canterbury. The old Vicar of Wakefield, too, is singularly absent, though his old friend Maclise is there in great force. This is an absence that be speaks great presence of mind on the part of the distin guished President. Lastly, by way of a last finishing touch, we must say that we admire the cruet-stands of Canterbury Hall a vast sight more than the vile mustard and pepper-boxes of the National Gallery, which it is time were removed, for the building, being rather an old one, can no longer stand in want of seasoning. et. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. The Dutch journals give some details of the coming trial at the llague of the venerable General Gunkel, who last month sent a poisoned sausage to his mistress, uut the comestible was not eaten by her, killing her brother and servant maid, the mother of four children. His object was that of the notorious returned convict Tawell, to bo rid of the expense of her maintenance, and to obliterate a debt of 1,500 gueldres she had lent him. The apothecary who sold him the arsenic had taken care to get his receipt for its delivery, which is forthcoming. This is a sad finale to a long career of military exploits, begin ning in 1794, when he was artillery lieutenant against the French, under Jourdan, at Fleurus, afterwards fighting under Pichegru against the English in the Scheldt, distin guished at the siege of Dantsic, where he won the Cross of the Legion of Honour, mainly instrumental in the taking , of Breda, and finally, on the a owhfll of Napoleon, his re appearance at Waterloo in command of the Dutch and Belgian Artillery on that great day. Singular enough, in a pamphlet he published last February, 1858, he recounts all his achievements apropos of a slight recently put on him by the Breda garrison, and then winds up with the following passage:— Men have cast a stain on my uniform, and this stain must not go with me down into the grave." _ _ . FRAUDULENT TRADE MARKS.—At tne monthly meeting of the council of the Birmingham Chamber of Com merce on Wednesday, the following letter from the Foreign office was read:—" Foreign - office, February 14. 1859.—Sir, —I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to acknowledge the receipt, of the memorial signed by you on behalf o f th e Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, calling his lordship's attention to the fraudulent imitation of the trade marks of British manufacturers in foreign countries ; and I am to request that you will inform the Chamber of Commerce that this subject is under the consideration of her Majesty's Go vernment, with a view to steps being taken for the protec tion of British trade marks in all countries.—l am, sir, your most obedient humble servant,—G. LTAmmoND.-11. Spooner, Esq., M.P." THE INLAND CARRYING TIMBER AND STEAM TRADES IN CONNECTION WITH THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS. —At the meeting of the Mersey Dock Board, at Liverpool, yesterday (Thursday), the engineer submitted two plans— one for increasing the accommodation of the inland carry ing trade at the north end of the town by two carriers' docks, comprising 41 acres of water space, a half-tide basin of about 4 acres, and the necessary passages and locks. The estimated cost of the proposed works was £213,956, and the plans included a lock to facilitate the loading of timber and a railway jetty, also for this purpose. The second plan comprised a proposed addition to the Iluakisson Dock, for the accommodation of the steam trade, ,the addition consisting of a branch 1,180 feet in length by 250 in width, and giving an additional water area of about 6/ acres. The cost of carrying out this plan was estimated at £70,000. Though no opposition was offered to the plans, it was de cided that their adoption should be postponed for a week. TIIE BILL FOR TIIE RATING OF TIIE LIVER POOL DOCKS.--A long and warm discussion took place yesterday at the meeting of tho Mersey Dock Beard, upon the propriety of adding three additional members to the par liamentary committee of the board, for the purpose of op posing the bill introduced into Parliament for the rating of the Liverpool Docks. Upon the general question of dock rating, the decided opinion of the board (with the exception of Mr. Hutchison) was that such a measure would ultimately cause an increase in dock charges upon vessels and cargoes, and the consequent dimunition of trade, as Liverpool woul.:. then be forsaken for other and cheaper ports. The argpnien t that nearly all other docks were rated to the poor, &c., was combated en thQ ground that almost all other docks were private property where there was a beneficial interest, which was not the case in Liverpool. Th e di scussion also assumed a personal tone from the fact that the chairman (Mr. C. Turner) protested against the addition to the committee, and said that, as at present constituted, the committee had done and was prepared to do its duty with vigour and disinterest edness. Ultimately, the motion for an increase to the par-, liamentary committee was withdrawn by Mr, Smith, the mover, ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ENNISKILLEN, THURSDAY. The following gentlemen have been respectively proposed and seconded to represent the borough,ln the room of Mr. J. Whiteside, who has resigned: —P. Dane, Esq., the Hon. J. L. Cole, J. Collum, Esq., H. M. Darcey, Esq., W. A. Dale, Esq. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of the Hon. I. L. Cole. A poll, however, was demanded on behalf of the other candidates. M A RYLEB ONE. A meeting of the friends and supporters of Col. F. Romilly, who has addressed the electors as candidate for the seat rendered vacant by the resig nation of Viscount Ebrington on account of ill health, was held last evening at the Literary Insti tution, Edward-street. The meeting was numer ously and influentially attended. Mr. J. A. HankeY was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he was strongly in favour of good blood, and he believed that this was especially to be found in Col. F. Romilly, whose father was a leader of the reform movement, and had set the stone rolling which had gathered, and was still gathering such great weight. He had great plea sure in introducing the gallant colonel, who was not an untried man, having already sat in Parliament for the borough of Canterbury. (Applause.) Col.. ROMILLY, who was warmly received, stated the circumstances under which he had been induced to retire in 1854, when the borough was contested by the late members, Viscount Ebrington and gr. Bell, and those which induced him 'now to come forward. As it was only - right that he should place faily before the constituency his views on public matters, he would state, on the subject of reform , that he deprecated any changes of a rash character which might endanger the constitution and imperil the liberties which under it Englishmen had hitherto happily enjoyed. (Applause.) He stood by the three estates of Queen, Lords, and. Commons. The latter Apresented, or ought to represent—(laughter)—tile industry, intelligence, . and respectability of the country; and he believed that the prevalent feeling of dissatisfaction with the constitution of that house arose from the belief that as at present composed it did not worthily represent the people in these re spects ; and some measure of reform had therefore been rendered necessary. Out of the entire popular lation of this country only one million were regia; tered electors, and he believed that justice would not be done until that number had been doubled. As they were well aware, there were numerous boroughs in England with only a few hundreds ea the roll, who yet possessed a parliamentary repre sentation equal to that of Marylebone with its 20,000 voters. Whatever reform bill might be car ried, he must express his opinion, that although there was something peculiarly above board, Eng; lish, and manly in the system of open voting, and,: although in a large borough like theirs there might be fewer objections to its operations, yet those whet like himself, had seen its working in smaller place; must admit that it was attended with immoral an cl injurious effects, and in his opinion open voting lee' to bribery, undue influence, and tyrannical our pulsion. (Cheers.) He by no means advocated secret voting, and he did not believe the ballot to be alto gether unobjectionable, but as the lesser of two evi l he was prepared to accept it ; and he warmlyurge o that at least a trial should be given to a system 11 which a man was enabled to vote freely and inde pendently, and without asking for any man's per mission. (Cheers.) He looked on the present duration of parliaments as unusually lengthened+ and was opposed to all restrictions of a religiou s character, and to compulsory taxation for religious purposes. On this ground, therefore, he was an op ponent of church rates. (Cheers.) With regard to minor questions, he believed that economy in pub lic expenditure was being gradually lost sight of (laughter) —an evil effect which they owed to the habits of profuse expenditure engendered by th e Russian war, and which he thought it ought to be the study of politicians to correct. On the question of foreign policy his desire was anxiously for peace , and he trusted that by inconsiderate interference, we might not be dragged into war. (Applause.) British sympathies, however, would always be on the side of the oppressed, and such an addition ought to be made to our forces as would lend effec t to our peaceful remonstrances. (Cheers.) In con elusion he pledged himself to devote his best encl . ' gies to advance the local interests of the borough. In reply to Mr. BELTON, Col. ROMILLY declined to pledge himself to ill? details of any Reform Bill, as the Government haa undertaken to bring forward the entire question within the next fortnight. In his opinion Mari lebone, with its population of 350,000, would De entitled to a large increase of representation. Mr. H. PALMER moved—" That this meeting+ having heard from Col. Romilly a statement on the political questions of the day, is of opinion that he is eminently qualified for filling the vacancy in the borough caused by the regretted resignation 01 Viscount Ebrington." Mr. DIFFANGER, jun., seconded the motion. In reply to Mr. FIELD, Col. ROMILLY stated that the ballot had alivag been admitted to be a mos t diffi cu lt su bj ec t to der . , with. But, as he und ers t oo d it, it was a sys t e m bi which perfect secrecy w as t o b e ensure d , so ths; the voter, even if he thought proper, would not ha" the power of proving for whom he voted, because; if he possessed this power, undue influence would speedily compel him to exercise it. (Hear.) If France, where vote by ballot nominally ex isteal, two Governme n t o ffi c i a l s accompan i e d any vo ter whom they had doubts to the ballot box, and if 11 ,1 put in his p a p er f o ld e d it was t a k en f or gra nte.'; that he had v o t e d i n a manner con t rary t o their wishes. The system of ballot - which he would select' and which he would support, would be one by which secrecy would be most fully obtained. In reply to a question as to whether he woul d support manhood suffrage, Col. ROMILLY stated that he would not sup Pe rt a franchise which required as the only qualified i tion that a party should have attained the age wouldo 21. (Hisses and coun t er -d emons t ra ti on .) H e ardently support any franchise in which lately genee was combined with property. An amendment was proposed by some person ill the gallery, to the effect that Col. Romilly's dech v ration of political opinion was not sa ti s f ac tory t, the electors of Marylebone, i n a smuc h as h e was not prepared to vote for residential manhood suffrag e and vote by ballot.. The arguments of the speaker resolved themselves into a warm e u l og y of the people's charter. The amendment was lost upon a show of hands' and amid considerable uproar the original resole' tion was put and declared to be carried. A meeting of liberal electors on behalf of som e other candidate, will be held this evening. THE BURRICANE ON WEDNESDAI NIGHT. SHIELDS, Thursday Noon.—The hurricane of yesterday evening has done a serious amount injury throughout this district. It swept over the counties of Durham and Northumberland, from the N.N.W., and la s h e d th e r i vers un til th ey ap peared like arms of th e sea . The reaches of the Tyne hal: a very wild appearance, and small craft had greu .. : difficulty in getting a clear course, especially I ) C IL' Vie bridge, where numerous instances of keels run' ning foul of each other occurred. A melancholy accident took place o pp os it e St. L awrence , abou t two o'clock in the afternoon. The ship Marys,, e o Teignmouth, C a pt. Mit c h e ll, was l y i ng o ff 1% guano works, and f our o f th e men wen t i n th e out: boat, carrying away an an c h or f rom th e vessel' When they were in the middle o f th e r i ver the bow , capsized, and the whole of the men were throl , into the water, and two of them, we regret to ad' were drowned. The alarm was given by some per' son who saw the a cc id en t, an d Mr. J° ll— scullerman, who plies between the Ouse burn and the opposite side of the river, mediately pulled off to the assistance of the 111. fortunate men. One of th em h e never saw at all' another was just sinking for the last time whe al Laws came alongside...A. third man was strumglie°, desperately to rea c h th e shore, but the wad - W 5- so strong that he was able to make little p r ogress' and Laws picked hi m up i n a very exhausted stfq e ,; The fourth ma n h a d managed to catch hold of tP; 'c boat, and was seated ou its bottom when he w!,, are drowned rescued by L aws. Th e names of the two men oi are Joseph Ponsford (married), mate of the Vessel, and Win. Chapman, of Yarmouth. Th ei s bodies ha ve no t ye t b een recovere d . Th e ga l e Wi l t very severe at Sunderland, and many houses le s slates, til es , an d c hi mney tops. A s a compa ny °f children were ret urn i ng f rom sc h oo l , an d wll lle passing the old walls ••known as the " Magre t .' o opposite Sunderland Church, i n Ch urc h- s t r eet, whole front wall fell with a tremendous era s, '' burying a boy and a girl i n th e rooms . After t'l° rubbish, &c., had been removed, it was f ou nd tha t the boy was killed, his h e ad b e i ng a l mos t tiattenc d" ; but the girl was only slightly i njure d. The he 5 ", p of the boy was instantly removed to the dead-1 1 1 0 near by, where it was discove re d t o b e th a t of Jc' Tne Burn, eight years of age, s on o f a sa il or o f the s 3 io name, residing at Stamp' s -l ane . A vesse l was o f nearly ca,psised in the river, and a good dealde_ damage was done. Three houses were nearlY „. 0 molished by the gale at Blyth ; an d o th e r daulab , The is reported in various parts of the country t he telegraph wires were ear ly carr i e d aw ay I .l', u t storm. We have now m ild wea th er . 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