The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-29 00:00:00

rtwt& AND CHINA. (pram the Times' Correspondent.) CALCUTTA, - FEB. 22. For one week more England must submit to her suspense- The preparations are almost complete, but action is scarcely yet commenced. The original intention of crossing at Futtehghur has been aban doned ; the force at Futtehghur, with the excep tion of a strong garrison, has been withdrawn to Cawnpore ; and on the 11th Feb. the army com menced the passage of the river. An extra bridge was thrown across, but the passage of that enor mous train of artillery still occupied many days. It must not be forgotten that carts drawn by bul locks carry but little, and that one portion only of the ammunition required 1,500 waggons. The de tailed list I promised of Sir . C. Campbell's force is still on its way down, but we can without details arrive at a near approximation to the truth. After leaving a garrison at Futtehghur, and strong par ties to watch different points of the river, Sir Colin may still have with him 16 regiments of Euro pean infantry, three regiments of European cavalry, 3,000 Sikh horse, 80 siege guns, 80 first class field pieces, and perhaps 50 guns of smaller calibre. His supplies of ammunition are on the Sebastopol scale, and regularly increased from the depots at Agra, Allahabad, and Calcutta. Unfor tunately the 16 regiments cannot be estimated at more than 8,000 men, reducing the whole Enropean force to less than 10,000. It was expected in camp that all would be across, carts and men, by the 18th inst. They have a march of 48 miles to reach Luck now, which will occupy the ammunition carts, the slowest portion of the cavalcade, two days at least. Two days more must be spent in raising the batte ries and in general preparations for the assault. The chief is cautions almost to tardiness, and I shall be surprised if fire opens much before to-mor row, the 23d. I give yon a calculation current in Cawnpore, but I am bound to tell you the officials here expect the cannonade to begin on the 20th inst. Sir Cohn himself, after a hasty visit to the Governor-General at Allahabad, said to have been "most satisfactory," returned to Cawnpore, and crossed the river en the 12th. He will probably precede the bulk of his force to the Alumbagh, as his personal presence is unnecessary at Cawupore. It is pretty well understood in camp that it is safest to obey the old Highlander's orders as they stand, and not worry him or Gen. Mansfield by thinking for yourself, a great improvement in Indian dis cipline. Your special correspondent, fortunately for your readers, is in ample time for the great straggle, but there is still a chance of a great literary disappoint ment. It is the universal opinion of the officials that the garrison will not fight, that they are in despair, quarrelling among themselves, anxious to accept any terms, and ready to slink away to bide in their own homes. Such is the view expressed also by Sir J. Outram, whome position at the Alumbagh gives him the means of knowing the truth as far as it can be known to any European, and such seems to be the secret belief even of the chief. Colonel Franks and Jung Bahadoor are both advancing at a foot's pace, evidently under orders to cut off escaping mutineers, rather than instantly rein force the chief. Jung Bahadoor, with 9,000 men, has only just crossed the Gogra, and complains that Government vacillates between fighting and treating. Colonel Franks, with her Majesty's 10th, - 20th, and 97th, and six Uhoorka regiments, or 5,500 men in all, 2,500 of whom are Europeans, bas only advanced to Sultanpore, and waits appa rently for final orders. Meanwhile some projt ct to detach the landholders from the mutineers is dis cussed at Allahabad. lam assured that a procla mation will be speedily issued, promising life, per haps estates, to all who lay down t!jeir arms before a certain day. Some great exceptions will be made, among whom, I believe, is Maun Singh. The blood of Neill, which rests on his head, weighs him down in the scale. I fear I shall have caused much pre mature delight to individuals by my statement of last mail, but the error was not mine. Mr. Osborne, opium agent at Baetee, Goruckpore, reported the safety of the families named, saying Mrs. Duban and her children had arrived in safety at his house, and the remainder were on the road. They were not, and by last accounts are still in Lucknow alive, but closely imprisoned. Messages have been received from Mrs. Orr, saying she hoped to get out, but the difficulty was to save her and her child together. There are still very large bodies of insurgents in different places. Even in Behar it was not till the 18th Feb. that Col. Mitchell seized Rbotasghur, driving out Umnr Singh, with the remnant of Keer Singh's old force. These men have been marauding now for six months unopposed, until, emboldened by impunity, they approached the Grand Trunk Road, out the telegraph, became inconvenient, and were smashed. The Gwalior mutineers were till the 4th inst. still at Calpee with the remnant of the Dinapore men. They had lost their guns and most of their men, but were still 4,000 resolute men. They were watched by Captain Thomson and some Sikh Sowars, but on the 3:1 of February a wing of the 88th arrived to his support. The mutineers advanced to attack, and were met by General Inglis with' his 88th. They were driven back, but retired fighting step by step for four hours, and their skirmishers succeeded in covering their retreat across the river. Some 80 were found dead, while Gen. Inglis h id only three men wounded, and C . apt. Thomson shot through the thigh —a small loss, considering that the enemy stood. In Itohilcund, again, Colonel M'Causland, with 800 infantry, 200 sabres, and two light guns, has advanced, from Rookee, I think, into Morada bad. At Buheree the enemy met him some 4,000 strong. They were cut to pieces and fled, leaving four guns and 250 men deed on the field. Every where we succeed, but it is in spite of numbers and without cavalry, so that the foe, though beater), are seldom destroyed. Beating them is very little use, 2,000 beaten men seem to them just as good as 2,000 victorious soldiers. They have not a notion_ Of morale, or they would have given up when they first dilcovered that a European re,liment in the open plain could, as at Oonao, defeat 13,000 men. Saugor, thelast of our beleaguered fort., has been finally relieved. I enclose the despatch, which is short and more accurate than any statement yet published. Sir R. Hamilton is quieting this territory fast. Your Bombay Correspondent will have informed you how he cleared Indore, and you will perceive that, like Sir J. Lawrence, Montgomery, E twardes, Nicholson, and, in fact, all the successful men of the mutiny, he has little reverence for the live 3 of mutineers. lie hung 200 men active in the murder of the %dons over the gate of Ratghur as a warn ing of the sanctity of European life. Those men's relatives will for 50 years be our humb:e friends, till discipline is once more relaxed and the theory of the " mild .Uindoo" once more prevalent in Eng land. .There has been one more mutiny during the fort night' The Nagpore Irregulars were disarmed in June by B r i gad i er Prior , commanding in Nag pore. The Civil Commissioner, Mr Piowden, how ever,- re-armed them, it is said against the advice of the brigadier, but of this lam not certain. At all events he re-armed them, and on the 18th of January the horse battery at Raepore—a place on the road between Nagpore and Cuttack—rase, murdered Sergeant-Major Sidwell, and called on the 31 Nagpore Irregular Infantry to assist them in exterminating the Europeans. Either the 3d were innocent in the matter or their hearts failed them, • for Lieutenant Smith, the only officer present, kept them in order. The artillerymen saw the game Was up, and with grave philosophy surrendered their arms. On the 22d Lieutenant Elliott, the Deputy-Commissioner, who was out in the district, !time riding in. He tried them under Act 14, and that same evening hung them all in front of their "bl ing rades.„ , D"n d The men made a great clamour, shriek their broth eon," and calling on the 3d to save ers. He himself i s a man o f th e s t amp trin ' n Ale_7 . and th e scene en d e d w i t h t h e l aw h avirc t ous ", • was, however, a much more willing to uw a s i lls o ess w than Governm en t i s a t a ll The importance of the affair rests in the f act that Nagpore is the link which unitesthe No r th-W es t w i t h the iropolie Y Madras, and a revolt the re The incident, too, displaysm ig ht spread southward. of re-arming natives. If 18 men without ao are we to do with 30,0001 Disparity will rise what zot . stop revolt any more than it d i i: i d tY as offorce will Meerut. So Netun at Benares, there was an emeut e on the 9th of February. Some 40 sepoys, condemne d to impri smneaent for life , got out, murdered alter a gu ar d , an d a sharp fight with the N uzeelp, fled. 15 were • 104 ° 1 against the wall i the tinci n a row, and 13 w ere h anged, It ta er got away safely. have artaat that the Punjabees remain q uiet. wrhich he int-batter f rom Sir John Law there are even nese:hat the danger is pass rence, in Punjab—the regiments European s bit should the population rise Ind „trri bly weak, and e Tery different from the cowardly " wil l.: l ). r e found no slight advantage dune?, the taxitiv‘ ... zat b eau Afghani have remained quiet. lam lelo„tat the would res efa' t " aut h or ity the For eig n-office peet, tim the "men round Dost Mohammed, or, in othe r - qt d s, hi s sons, were eag er to mak© a descent upon -try, to rega i n . their ancient province. It is - -tun that had they collie evei y MUSSUI- "innjab would have sprun g to arms, and Nit the province. The A. mear , how •d his consent, but took mea 'l anal. He said the British 'v, bad cleared Herat, -ked nothing in IT -lined in safety nentioeers nearly ce• span in the x we should have IL, tier, not only refw. ,, mum to render his refush b,a4. observed the last trea aa a-nt him arms, and b turn. Cavvt. thertfore r3a. Thy3athe Pur.j;b THE SUN, at one time hoped so earnestly for a descent that' they spared all the Affghan Kafilas. The treaty is one of the many claims Colonel Edwardes has upon the gratitude of England. It was his doing ex clusively, whoever may, by diplomatic custom, claim the honour of the stipulations. The trial of the King of _Delhi has now lasted 14 days. It is a strange business. The King, seated on a camp bed, listens to the most damning evi dence without attention, but wakes occasionally into fierce excitement as a favourite approaches. I enclose a most singular and somewhat unexpected piece of evidence given by a Christian half-caste woman. It is fatal, and the trial, wretchedly re ported, certainly proves three things : First. The revolt was instigated by the Shah of Persia, who promised money and troops. His pro clamation to that effect was pos tedover 'he Mosque gate, and was taken down by order of Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, who moreover was E warned by John ve reit, a Christian Rissild a r, very popular with the natives, that he had been warned to fly,. as the Persians were coming, and that the Mussulmans were exceedingly excited. Sir Theophilus thought the matter one of no importance. Second. A paper was produced addressed to Mr. Colvin by Mahomed Dervish, revealing the whole plot six weeks before it broke .out. Mr. Colvin treated the warning as unimportant, and never even reported it to Government. Third. The murders of the Europeans in Delhi were committed by order of the King, in the pre sence of the Royal Family, and by means of the Khasisburdars, his special personal guard. Another strong measure has been introduced into the local Legislature. During the mutiny, when ever our authority terminated the old landholders regained their power. They were in the position of Irish landlords in the South, sold out, but still dear to the peasantry from old traditions, and a general hate for the money-dealing class which has supplanted them. The old riotous, wasteful, oppres sive, free-handedmenwere popular. With tbe sanc tion of the courts they iciund themselves surrounded by attached retainers, while the poor bankers had neither followers nor bailiffs. In one district half the land changed owners in a week. In another the largest estates were seized by men whose title was something like that of the Martins to Conne mara. In a third all the superiorities payable to bankers were paid to the impoverished aristocracy. We are bound to support our men, and they are to be summarily restored by commissioners who decide at once and finally. The Liw will create immense excitement, but it is necessary to justice. These lauds were bought on the faith of our promises. and the purchase must be upheld. In some districts I fear the Commissioners will require considerable military force. I enclose the official report of Mr. Harrington's remarkable speech on introducing the Bill. I enclose also a copy of a remarkable raper, of which a few sentences only have been published. It is the opinion of a very intelligent sQubalidar named Hidayut Ali, now holding a commission in the Sikh Police Corps of Bengal. He is much Anglicised by long intimacy with Europeans, and some of his opinions are absurd, but others are suggestive, and be adds one great fact to our knowieige. The de termination to mutiny was formed 25 years ago, and the native army, bespatter_d with praise, Las been in a mutinous condition ever since. _ _ _ The army waits most anxiously for the final de cree. It appears to be fotgrA en in England thit some 1,500 British officers who have fought faith fully for our rule have been deprived of their regi ments, and are waiting a decree from Cannon-row. They dread—with what. reason you know, though we in this country do not—a simple transfer to the Queen's army without guarantees for pay and pen sion. I may mention that the abolition of the double Government, expected in England to excite the natives, scarcely created a remark. " The izara (lease) has expired," was the onlypopular comment. Native 4, when pressed, acknowledged that they approved the change, because a King must giveaway more largely than a Company. P.S. I have only to add, that the statement given above of Sir C. Campbell's force is exclusive, of course, of Col. Franks's and Sir J. Outram's bri gades and Jung Bahadoor's army. - Her Majesty's 6;h have arrived from the Cape. Her Majesty's 54th have been ordered to pro ceed from Calcutta to Cawnpore instantly. We subjoin the Calcutta markets : (From the Calcutta Englishman of Feb. 23.) COMMERCIAL IN TE LLIGENCE. THE CALCUTTA MARKET. Monday, Feb. 22. There has been a change for the better in some of our leading articles of export since our last, and a pretty good amount of transactions has taken place at rather better rates in indigo, sugar,' raw silk, saltpetre, and corahe. We refer our readers to the particulars at f )or. There is evidently a better 'feeling on the part. of buyerv, and, if no unexpected check is given, we hope to be able to report a further improvement in our nrst. Our import-market has remained much in the same state as noticed in our last. The continued u favo rab:e news from the Upper Provinces has prevented any trans actions of importance oeing effected. Money-market.—On this head we have no alteration to report. Oar rates of interest and discount continue the same as at the date of our last. CHINA. HONG KONG, FEB. 15. The blockade at Canton way raised on the 10th February. Happs, the head Chinese Custom-house officer, is to be stationed at Whampoa, and collect duties. About three-fourths of the inhabitants are said to have left the city, many of whom, how ever, are returning. Some of the leading merchants are anxious to resume business. Provisions are cheap,r than in Hong Kong. The spirit of the people seems to he quito broken, but it is to ba feared that beneath their assumed humility lies a spirit of revenge, ready to burst forth ou the first favourable opportunity. Several of the civilians visited the city without molestation. Governor- General Yeh is now at Hong Kong on board th,i Inflexible, en route to Calcutta. It is reported that Lord Elgin and Admiral Seymour will proceed to the northward about the middle of this month wish a I ortion of the fleet . _ _ _ Martial law has been proclaimed at Canton city and suburbs. No foreigner is allowed to enter without a passport, signed by Commissioners in- Chief. It is reported that good hopes are enter tained of a speedy settlement of affairs, and that papers found in the Governor-General's yamun en cow age the belief that the Emperor is by no means averse to an amic dole adjustment. So confident, indeed, is Lord Elgin said to be on the subject that he hopes to been enabled to return to Europe in September next. Tae Russians are also said to have agreed to join the other Powers in forwarding a joint representation to Pekin. At Shanghai business in British manufactures bad been very satisfactory, although latterly the Chi nese, as is usual at this season of the year, had dis played unwillingness to enter upon fresh trans actions. Exchange—Hong Kong—London, six months' sight, 4s. 9d. ; private, 4s. 9id. ; Amoy, Mexican . dollars, 16 to 7 per cent. discount ; Shanghai, six months' sight, 6 to 6i per tael ; Manilla, six months' sight, 4s. We take the following from the Overland Friend of China of the 15th of February : " Since the departure hence of the mail of the 29:h ult., but little of an important nature, in connection with the Government of Canton, has occurred. Pebqui is still nominally Governor, and the Tartar General's pa lace, adjacent to the Fuyuen'a, being now occupied by the Allied Commisiioners, he carries on ,the duties dic tated without the appearance of that coercion which Chinese around are prone to believe is exercised towards him. The chief of his acti have been the issue of pro clamations of amnesty, regulations fur the port, prohibi tion of the use of insulting expressions to br:igners, &c. As to municipal matters, they are in process of induction on a system in which French and English will be the principal performers. "The deposed Viceroy Yeh is still a prisoner on board her Majesty's screw steamer Itlexible, now at anchor in Hong Kong, and will be sent to Calcutta in about a week from this date. Until he is actually away from China a species of fear of what may follow from intercourse with us is supposed to lie on the native mind. The Chinese new year, thereorP, will be inaugurated by a removal of the incubus. " The allied Ambassadors proceed northwards in about three weeks from this date ' • that is to say, it is so re ported. At present, their Excellencies, in conjunction with the United States' Commissioner, Mr. Reed, are busy at Canton. in settling the details of a Custom-house establishment. As a measure in which the American can join us without a compromise of neutrality, it is more than likely that an inspect,rsbip, similar to that obtaining at Shanghai, will be the form adopted. "The Chinese say that not more than tan chops of this year's Canton teas are likely to be brought forward, and of silk little or none, the bulk of the latter local pro duce having already found its way through the port cf Macao. " Mokb, the Tartar General, desirous of age. rtaining the casualties among his followers, assembled about 600 of them the other day, without in the first placa giviog notice to the allied Commissioners. Th. 9 being deemed nspi C cious Mokh was placed under arrest, and the men's z_ Promise not atd other equipage taken away from them, ......_1), eu rdx: . _ . no to offend in a similar manner the arrest „ - ;;Z: n. ,... g if re ßeperts of an intended attack on the on to navi L immt k oo ed the C ommiseionere, Pih was called saucy ' brave s , ..,,,Mt h t 4l4l be pursued towards the partially allayed ain i et , o rnitillLtnee.aures take n h ave body of Marines and 594,1% fretra t tt:?,'4 of re etovinu the rear of what was old China-street, indica:es the following announcement of the ' re-esta.bWalM4ol:t - tranqU'llit7' is som7 ' ll N at O l TlF e i m C a a t t u io re N : . ' °l i pot i e l n ' t l i. :r ia f t d o ers t i h g e n i e r d M I , l a i le h st ° i:s mm th l e i° 4 l a er c e en an o d ! P 1 Great ent 1 Britain and the Erepr , r cf the French deem it Frey, to state, for general information, that Canton having been captured by the allied British and French forces the city and suburbs are in military occupation and under martial law. Tranquillity being re-established the Commanders in-Chief of the allied forces have already declared that :he blockade of the river and port of Canton will be raised on the 10th inst., and have made public the con ditions under which persons, other than Chinese, desir ous to wit the city or suburbs, will be permitted to do so after the blockade shall have been raised. " 'Under these circumstances the undersigned declare that the city and suburbs will continue in military occu pation and under martial law until further notice ; but that hostile operations against China, except such m the Commanders-in-Chief of the allied forces may consider it necessary to adopt for the security of their military position in Canton, are for the present suspended. "'Beyond the limits of the military operation the relations of British or French subjects, and of persons entitled to British or French protection, with the Chinese, are regulated by the provisions of the existing treaties. " ' ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. " ' Baron Gros. " ' Canton, Feb. 6.' "A combined expedition of Mandarin junks and English gunboats was started by Captain Eta on the morning of Wednesday last, to scour the Fatshan, Hamilton, and Moneypenny creeks for pirates. As the Lee, Haughty, and Kestrel, with the pinnaces of the Tribune, Highflyer, Acorn, and Phiegethon (French), and four Mandarin junks in tow of the Lee, passed Fabtee there was a great tzeneation among the natives at the sight of the red and blue burgee, the distinguishing flag of the flotilla. Lieutenant Graham, in chief command, was directed to be back off Canton as yesterday. Captain Edgell, in conjunction with a Chinese mandarin, will continue to send out similar squadrons until the whole of the adjacent waters are safe to traders ; the first step towards China open.' "The arrival of the 70th Bengal Native Infantry has given much satisfaction to the garrison. On Thursday last the men were inspected by General Van Strauben zee on the Tartar parade ground, and complimented on their efficiency at drill. Present at the inspection were the wives of two of the officers—the first English ladies ever seen within the city. Prior to the arrival of these native troops the average rest for all hands was 2i nights in bed out of the seven ; but, as the General does not harass the men with unnecessary drill or assemblage, work is taken to kindly, and they are in excellent health. "A morning or two after the landing of the first de tachment of the Bengal Native Infantry three men were unfortunately shot by French sentries. The conse quences might have been serious had the men had their arms at the time. From all we can learn the French were not justified in their precipitancy—indeed it is haray safe to walk slang the streets in the vicinity of a French guard at any time. The other day a poor fel low quietly selling sugar-cane received a bullet in the leg and died under amputation. The shot was intended for a youngster who had been guilty of some trifling peculation and was running away. " We had almost forgotten to say that the site deter mi .ed on for the foreign bctorisq extends from the Five Gooll Gate below the Ditch Fly Li? to Lou oil C0n ,,00-hou,e (Mowqua-street)—the French taking the sec tion lowest down, the English the next up, and the Americans as of yore. The wall of the new city torms the best protection in the world against fire, and a Praya along the S.rand will render the site the most commodious imaginable. As to the chi city, abent 40 sign board., bearing in large white letters on a black ground Rue de l'Est, Rue des greniers, Rue du Sad. Rue Haute, Rue de la Folic, Rue de l'Execution, Rue de la Parade, &c., sufficiently indicate its future fete and permanent holding. The boards f)r the ' Road to the Cathedral,' and the ' Street of the Church of our Lady,' are not painted yet." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. There are various statements as to the supply of tea in Canton that can be made available for foreign export ; 260 chops of congou are stated to be stored in the neighb•mrhood of the city, consisting of teas of seasons 1855-56, 1856-57, and of this year's crop. Even if the quantity is as large as it is said to be, a great portion of the old seasons' teas must be out of condition and not suitable for the European marketQ. It is im possible at present to have any decided opinion on this . point. This being Chinese new year time (14th, New-year's day) busines 3 during the past forkight has been very quiet. Cotton.—Dull; trifling sales at Bmlsbay reported, at a reduction in price. Quotations, 13 doll. to 14 &As. 50c. for middling to good. Cotton Yarn.—About 240 bales soli. Stock mode late. .STOP. 16-24, 31 dole. to 32 dole. ; Nov. 28-32, 35 dole. to 3G dole. ; Nos. 38-42, 42 dole. to 43 dole. Shirtings.—About 13,000 pieces quitted. Quotations are. Gray', 2 dole. 55c. to 3 dole. ; Whitee, 2 dolz , . 50c, to 3 dole. lea. Woollens.--No transactions reported. Lug ells, assorted, 19 dots. ; scarlet, 10 dole. ; Spanish stripes, 1 do!. 10c. to 1 do!. 25c. Turkey Opium.-440 dole., nominal. Rice has not been inquired for, but improved demand is looked for. Bengal 2 dola. 40c. to 2 dole. 60c. Bullion.—Sycee silver, 5 per cant. premium ; bar silver, 6i per cent. premium ; gold, 23 doh. per tad. Exclhange on England.—First-olass bills 6 months' ' , light, 4+. 94.1. ; Commissariat Bills on the Treasury ...td at 4e. Bd. 30 days' sight; on Indic, 220 re. 3 days' eight. Freight , .—Tonnage ample. Demand for emigrant vessels, but rates are not very remunerative. At Macao settlements of tea have been considerable, chiefly scented kinds. In silk some purchases have been made for the Bombay market. Stock about 150 bales. From Amoy our dates are to the 12th inst. Transac Lions in imports there had been very trifling. Foochow advices are to the 7th inst. The decline that took place in the price of tea on receipt cf the 10,1 of November ad vices from England had been recover.'d, and the - market at the last was firm. Stock, 45.000 packages Congou, one hslf of which is of low kinds. Good medium kinds were in small supply, and main tained full rates. Settlements :-24,000 packages, at from 8 to 18 t tele, short ; 00:ony, 2,600 packages, at from taels 12.5 t, lasts 15.5, short. Turee vessels had sailed for Eurcpe, and six wero on the berth. Sba.gbai ad vices are to the 7th iust. Skirtings, owing to heavy importations, were quoted I)wer. De liveries for the month, 143,000 pie..:es. Grq quoted taels 1.7 to tads 2.4. Wnites, tsels, 1.5 ti Wel, 2.2. Tea. —A fair business has been done, and at an adva' ce in price of 1 to 2{ taels on black leaf kinds. Settle ivents—Cong ,u 4, 23,000 cheats at from 13 to 35 tads. Greene, 29,000 packages at about 1 tad &cline. The export of tea fr.ou Coina to this time chows a filling Di, that of last year to the earn• time of about 9,000,0,01 b. Sik.—Settlements during the month had been 2,200 hales. Prices sivitv a decline of 50 taels on Teatlees an l 40 taels on, Taysaams. Export to the 31st of January, 48,200 bale. , , against 67,600 last year. Stock on the market, 4,500 balm Exchange on England, first-class 61. O d. ; on India, 288 to 290r3. Freights to England 2/. 104. for tea, and 4/. 103. f.)r silk. The mail steamer which is due from Manilla bag not yet arrived. Our latest dates are from England, a c. 26 ; Calcutta, Jan. 23 ; Bombay, Jan. 16 ; Singapore, Feb. 3 ; Manilla, Jan. 23 ; Melbourne, Dec. 22 ; Sydney, Dec. 14 ; Shanghai, Feb. 7. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hongkong, Jan. H.—Tilt Formosa, from Cardiff. 29; Csnrobert and C.3,4niopolite, Cardiff; WilLelmine, Liverpool, At Shanghai, Feb. 2.—The Leda, from Cardiff ; Bio Bio, London. 4. George Washington and Swata, Lyn don ; Invincible, Liverpool, 5, Robin Hood, Sunder. land. DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN. From Macao, Feb. s.—Tne Otto, for Londoo. From Foochow, Feb. s.—The Spirit of the Deep, for Cork, for orders. From Shanghai, Feb. 2. —The Eliza and Hester, for London. SHIPS OF WAIL At Hongkong.—The British ship Calcutta ; steamers —Fury, Inflexible, Sirops , n, Volcano, and Coromandel ; gunboats—Banterer, Forester, Janus, Plover, Slaney, Starling, and Woodcock. The French gunboat Dra gonne. The Dutch steamer Princess Amelia. At Macao.—The Portuguese lorcha Awazona The French gunboat Mitraille. At Amoy.—The British steamer Nimrod. At Foochow.—The Briti,th sloop Camilla ; the steamer Surprise. _ _ At Ningpo.—The Portuguese brig Mondigo. At Shanghai.—The British ship Pique ; the steamer C raiorant. The American steamer Mississip7i. At Canton River.—The British ship Nankil ; ithe sloops Acimon, Acorn, Bittern, and Elk ; the steamers Cruiser, Esk, Furious, Eligbfiyer, Hesper, Hornet, Niger, Sanepareil, and Tribune; the gunboats Algerine, Bustard, Clown, Dove, Drake, Firm, Haughty, Kestrel, Lee, Leven, Opossum, Stanch, , and Watchful. The French frigates Cal ricitus3 and Nemesis ; the steamers Audacieu , ,e, Marceau, Mturthe, Phlegetkon ' Primau guet, and Lily ; the gunimat Fusee. The American steamer Minnesota. The Russian steamer America. CEYLON. The Australasian steamer, with 500 of her Ma jesty's 8 , ,b, and 18 of the 69th, reached Galle on the Ist of Marcb, and sailed for Madras. Exports of coffee in the fortnight 21,000 cwt. plantation, and 4,600 cwt. native chiefly to London. ALTERATION IN BRAZIL MAIL SERVlClL—Commenc leg on the 9th M4y next, the contract mail packets be tween this country and the Brazils will discontinue call ing at Madeira and Teneriffe, both on the outward and on the homeward voyage. Mails for Madera and th• Canary Islands will be made up, as heretofore, for de sdatch by the 'West Coast of Africa contract packetp, which are apprinted to sail from Plymouth on the 24th of each montb, and correspondence for these islands will also be forwarded by private ship as opportunities offer, if specially addressed to be so sent. This modification in the service of the Brazil mail packets has been de termined on, in order to accelerate the course of post % nta‘crettt_tt t i t:t o e ru ' mo tb n i t u b, 1 2!stween the United Kingdom, Brazil, and the River Plats • and under the new arrangement the homeward t a i. should fi n county thus y -allotting b y t tti. Is% 01 IA due course arrive at Southampton on e ti n m e 3 xt for ou r t e w p a li r e d s 1)„ tn , "u the 9th of.the • mo nth . --By atiter.4. 1 mont,...--....,y command of the Pee-- . ja cet l it .Lai 7 Rovirt.ArD Ent., t-:,tecy.—eural LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 18NS, WEST-END ROUTE TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. On Saturday the ceremony of opening the West end and Crystal Palace Railway to,ik place, in the presence of the chairman and directors of the com pany, the leading men connected with the Crystal Palace, the chairman and several of the directors of the London and Brighton Railway, and many other gentlemen. The northern terminus of the line abuts —for the present, at least —upon the Thames, close to the park at BaAersea, and in immediate conti guity to the magnificent new suspension bridge at Chelsea, which is to 139 this mo ning opened to the public ; so that from this day forward there will be —what had been so long desiderated—a direct and speedy mode cf communication between the dis trict of Belgravia and a great part of the western suburbs of the metropolis and the Palace at Syden ham. That this new route will be of great advan- tage to the Palace in a pecuniary point of view no one can doubt, irrespective of its convenience to the inhabitants of that large portion of London. From the first moment of the conception of remov ing the Crystal Palace from Hyde-park to Syden ham, and establishing it there as a permanent ex hibition and place of recreation, it must have oc curred to every man of ordinary intelligence that the means of access to it on all hands shou'd be cheap, easy, and prompt. Up to this time it car not be said to have been the case, and the Palace has, c msequently, had to contend with a radical inconvenience which exerted a more lasting pressure ill on the enterprise than the defalcations of Rob son, the gloomy period of the Crimean war, and the rival exhibitions in Paris and at Manches - er, all put together. To three-fourths, at least, of the two and a half millions of inhabitants of the metro polis and its large population of visitors the difficulty has hiihei to been not so much how to get to the Crys tal Palace as bow to reach the remote transpontme locality from which the only railway communication to it began. That once attained, access to the Palace was ()illy a matter of 20 minutes ; but it was the " middle passage," so to speak, by land or water, from the west-end and all the suburban districts to Landon-bridge, ia which annoyance was expe rienced, and which made the trip as formidable, in point of time, as one of 30 or 40 mil--s by rail into the country. Even now, after the Wes• -end line, so called, has been opened, the populous dis rice of which Chariug-cross is the centre is as remote from Sydenhani, measuring distance by time, as ever it was. The result of the change to the inhabitaut of St. Marriu's-is-the-fields or Weetmiuster simply is that he has now a choice of evils if be wishes to go to the Crystal Palace. He can go by water from Hungerford or Weetcninster, either to London or Chelsea bridge, and thence be conveyed to the paas he may elect. don S tird ey r earl y mlts lTahcee lineby rail,upen, in length, ant after leaving the Palace passed through the districts of N 'tweed, Balha.m-hill, Streatham, Tooting, and Wandsworth, terminat ing on the edge of the Thames close to the entrance to Battersea-park, where al extremely commodious and well-lighted station has been erected at a cost of about 30,0001., including all the necessary works and adjuncts, but exclusive of the price of the land ' on which it is built. The railway company are also erecting a steamboat pier, which is near comple tion, and in the immediate vicinity of the terminus at Battersea. The country intersectsd by the new line, though short in distance, is extremely intri cate, necessitating tunnels, embankments, deep cuttings, and viaducts, some of them of the most, formidable description. It has consequently been one of the most costly in the kingdom, the expense of its construction being estimates at between 600,0001. and 700,0001., or nearly 100,0001. a mile. On leaving the Palace the line is carried through a tunnel below the building iteelf, half a mile in length, then, after passing through several deep cuttings along a viaduct of 13 arches, built of brick, with iron girders at Lower Norwood, and again encounters a tunnel, a quaver of a mile along, at Streatham. It runs panne! with the South-Western Railway for some little dist-ince, and then crossss it underneath. The engineering works, of which these are the principal, are a 1 executed in the most substantial manner, an .I and the line was surveyed and approved on Tues day last by Capt. Tyler, who then made the usual inspection on the part of the Board of Trade in the public interest. The whole line has been con structed under the personal superintendence of Mr. Charles Watson, the principal agent of Me srs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts, the contractors ' a man who has been practically concerned in half the great railway and engineering enterprises in this country during the last 30 or 40 years. The engineer was Mr. G. P. Bidder. Among the gentlemen present at the opening of the line were Sir S. M. Peto, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., Mr. B3ale, M.P., its chairman, Capt. Wal tar, Mr. Tite, M.P., Sir Cu-mck Roney, Mr. Schus ter, chairman of the London and Bdghtrn Rail way, Mr. Till, Mr. Farquhar, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Leach, Mr. F. Fuller, and Mr. Bidder. The com pany, in number about 200, aft -rwards dine] at the Crystal Palace. It may be of pubic interest to know that the new line to the Crystal Palace will also be u=ed from its terminus at Bittersea as a branch of the main line from London to B 1 ighten, which it joins at the Upper Norwoo 1 station. THE NEW INDIA BILL. ,Y OF STATE. MOIL. of The Secretary of State, or sis msalbe , s. HOW CILOSBN. Nominated by the Crown. The nine nominees must bs persons not actively engaged in any profes sion, or in trade or com merce. Elected by a constituency of about 5,000, composed of every person who has borne the commission of her Majesty or the Go vernment of India for ten years, and residing in this country ; every man who has been in the civil ser vice of her Majesty in India, or in the civil ser vice of the Government of India for ten years; every person who is a registered proprietor to the a ount of 2,00 , '1. of capital stock in Indian railways or in any other public work in that country ; all those who are proprietors of at least 1,000/. in the public stock of the East Inlia Company, but exercising ,in this case only one vote. 10 11 12 13 Ten years' service (Civil, Legal, Military, or Naval) in India, or fifteen years' residence. IThe qualikation neces sary for the last five mem bers will be this :--The persons chosen musteither 14 have been engaged in cora -15 marce with In aiaor in the I V exportation of m anufac -17 tared articles to that 18 country for the space of at least five years, or they mast have resided in India for the space of at Lleast teu years. Each Councillor to have 1,01 naval and military patronage. Elected by the Parlia mentary electors of the cities of London, Lirar poool, Manchester, Glas gow, and B4lfast., 10/. a-year, and his share of - - FALSE NEWS AND SEDITIOUS EXPRESSIONS. —The Cour tarp alc of Grenoble has jn , t c nfirmed a judg ment of the Tribunal of Valence, which sentenced a man, n a med 1/ ""aux, to two months' i ..:pri-en7nent for pub liihing fal , e news and making use of seditious Pxpreielone. The words attributed to him were, "that the working men at Lyons were in want e.f ioread, and that many were throwini, themselves into the Rhone in despair ; that they would do well to arm themselve, and procure food by force, and that in such a c..se he would place himself at their head," On the same day tne court condemned to two months' impriionment a min muned Msreier,la pardoned politic I prisoner, for utier-• ing threats against the C ,nomissary of Police of Mon telimart. Oa entering that functionary's office the prisoner cried out "that tho government wanted mere human flesh and additional vicdnie ; tbat be was ready to suffer for his opinions ; and that if he was to be arrested, they bad better not send married men to take him, as they would be sacrificed." The court al.. confirmed a eentence of five years' imprisonm,-nt and I,ooofr. fine pronounced by the Tribueal of Gap on a man named JeFedviere, s liberated convict, for spreading a report in December last, in the commune of Veyoes (Haves Alp-s), that Paris was in a state of siege, and that the black fl ig was floating on the edifices of Lyone. [A DVEIITISFUENT.] —Rapid Recovery.—Holloway's Pills and Ointment.---About twelve months since Mr. Holmes, Weodside, Hen-for:1o, was seized by a serious proetrwing weakness, six months afterwards an erup- tion took plans in his leg. He immediately placed him self under the treatment of the roost eminent men in Liverpool and Manchester, lout, to use his own word, " gradually got worse, and was prevented following any employment during the whole time." He returned to Hersforth, a friend there induced him to try the effect of Holloway's medicines. IL purchased them, followed the instructions, and was cured in a few weeks. EL wishes Mr. Hollings, druggist, to make his case known. —Sold by a'l medicine venders throughout the world, and at Prof S3r Holloway's Establishment, 214 S rani, Lord,.n. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OP INDIA BILL. (From the Daily A' cm.) In common wiVi every one wlio has given any real attention to the great subject of the future ge vernmeet of Judie, we felt tila7 the great cl:fference between the India Bill of Lord Peltnerston's Go vernment and that of the Derby-Disraeli Adminis tration must reside in the constitution of the Council which is to take the place of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. We knew that a large number of the majority who vc:eed for the introduction of the former were prepare' b oppose that portion of the bill which contempleted the establishment of a Council composed of eight members, the whole to be nominated by the Crown. This project was altogether so objectionable that only men who, forese-ing the vast amount of pa t onage which would thus be thrown, directly or in directly, into the hands of the Minister of the day, believed that they would profit by the change, were willing to support the measure. The bl was so pa'enr, so notorious, that it was certain that the w Government No/mild hit it. And they have hit it. The bill which on Faiday night they obtained leave to bring in, after an exposition which was not followed by anything that can be called a debate, outwardly recognises the principle for which we have so earnestly contended. It recognises the ne cessity, for purpeses both of practical utility and in dependent action, of an enlarged Ceuncil, nomi nated in . part at least by a popular canstituency Whether the constituency or constituencies cent am plated in the new bill are suited to the purpose, is a question which we do not pro f ose to discie,s in this article. We are thankful, at least, for the r ct3i:ni tion of a sound principle—a principle which is the v , ry life of the present Government of the East India Company. Next to the perpetuation of t at Government, that which we still believe is the best calcul ited, or might with some very tines ential m adific ttions be made so, to promote he pr• sperity of our Indian Empire, is the establishment of a Government the constitution of weich nearly resembles that which it shall supersede. But is is not alone in the composition of the Council of Irelia—in the character of the DI is ap pointed to that Council, and in the m •de of th -ir appointment—that the desired security fer goad goverumeut is to be found. The best Council in the world must b inefficient if it pes,:esaes no power either of ied-pendeut or of practically in fluential action. We corifa'se that we have been unable to derive fr •m Mr. Disraeli's statement any 'very clear conception of the duties and the powers of the Coun di of India. But as far as we are able to interpret certain parts of his sperch, which on this p tint is remarkably obscure, it appears to us, that whilst the duties aro said b be so onerous as to require the undivided time and attention of the Couneillers, th - - po-.vers ere of that dubi tos s m.sty character which is descr:be 1, in other effasions be sides the address of t heChancellor of r he Exchequer, by that very convenient word "metal." " To esta blish," said Mr. Disraeli, on Friday evening, "a British Minister with uriresttictcd auth n y, sub ject to the in , ral control of a body of men, who by their special know:edge, their inclepend•-mce, their experience, distinctou, and public merits are in v,ested with an authority which can cent•ol ev-ri a despotic Minister, and which no mere Act of Par -1 ament can confer on them is, I admit, no 0.-dinaey difficule y." That Vie shoelal have some power to c , ntrol a de.reeic Minister is thus ad t-d. to be one of the in yin objects of the b:11. But we can, at present, perceive no guiiraiitees for the practical attaitarn.mt of this obj-ct. It is pro, table teat this essential point has not yet received the consideration which its importance atemarids. There is, fortunately, still abundance of time to bestow upon it the attention it wet it 4. The Directors of the Eist Endia, Cnnpany, al though the President of the Board of Centr,.l has " unrestricted authority" to set aside neatly all their acts (the recall of a Governor-General being one of the excepted cases), have still much real power. Toe Court of Directors exerci-es this power, because it initiates all the ordinary business of the Home Government of India. Except iii matters of peace, of war, the negotiat on of certain treaties, dec., which belong to the Secret Depaat- ment, the instructions sent out to the Indian G ,- veriiment4 emanate from the Court of Directors of the East India Company. Practicady-, all the busiueis _ _ . of Indi in ad.anui>t!ation, which devolves upon she Home Government . , is performed by the C.Jurt. Tue Board of Control may alter the Court's despatches, or substitute its owt► ; but, prActically, tho powe , of the Board is exercised, in esFeutial points, only in a few except oral- cases. There is really, there fore, some vital action in the present direc orial body. Now, if the new Council i=. really to have any 1 fe in it, this power of initiation roust be vistel in. ir. The President may alter, may reject, may sub- Alute his own de-patches for those of the Council (the Council of course having the right of rears dit. g their grouticli c,f diff-rents), but if the 18 gentl-men who are to be nominated or elected to the office ot Indian CouiLidors ale really to constitute an ad ministrative agency, it must, be their p r t. in; tiate the ordilia.y business of Vie Howe Gov,Tn ment of Indi.t, not merely to pit in jodgme t upon the acts of the President without the poser to can -Jel or t am,,,,d them. If this much of authority be not entrusted to the Council, the n'.‘w system, a few months ufter it itiauguratott, will drift into a pure despotism. There ought also to be sta' utory (Lys for the assembling of the whole Comic" ; whereas, according to Mr. Disraeli's exp ,sition, it is only to me-t when sumnioned by the Minister, or upon a requisition of six inenbers. We imam; tho emphatically insist upon this point. It is one which, in spite of its imp.trtinee, doe= rot seem to have received the con.id , ra.ion whiehit m ,rigs from the framers of either of the bills now before Parliament,. But of what use is a c however well it may ba c imposed, however sohnd the principl- upon which it is constituted, if for all purpos-s of practical utility it is to be l!ttle more than a name ? Of .v hat us-, is all this knowledge. all tit s experEence, :ill this high char-Lc er, all this independence, if these quiliiica-ions are devoted only to the emb-llishm-nt of a consultative body which may or may riot be coni , tl e I, according to the c ipr ice of the Minister of Vie day ? The richly end awed Councillor., of whise esptc!al recominet datious for high office we heard so much on Friday night, will, if we not t tke heed, subsid-, into mere precis -writers ; and the Council itself will soon, in the emihai ic language of t:,e Palinerstonian jour nals as appl'ed to the India Bill of the late Govern, ment, "sink iwo contempt an i sunsido into desuetude." Such a Council as Lord Palmeiston sought to establish was worthy of no better fate. But the principle recognised in the present measure is so much more w.trthy of public cmfidence that we must earnestly implore the two Houses of Par liament to see that its salutary action is not mat red by any inadvertence on the p irt of t le. framers of the bill—we will not say by any owl iiiigitess on their part to give fair play and full scope to the principle which they have enui:cia , ed, and which we are not disinclined to give them full credit for a desire to carry lout with all sincerity of purpose. (Prom the Morning Herald.) Opponents of the Goviirannent, both in and out of Parliament, are reduced to direful extremities. Real and pet featly justifiable grounds of complaint are altogether wanting. The home as well as the foreign policy of the new Cabinet gives general satisfac tion ; public business is transacted without tedi ous delays and in the most creditable manner, and the popularity of those in authority increases day by day. The na'iou at large hail the change that has occurred with enthusiasm, and are pre pared, should an appeal be made to them, to afford Ministers that constitutional support of which men in their position stand in need. The occupation of cavillers and discontented critics is gone. Opposi tion is, however, a necessity of their political exist ence, and of course they must murmur and find fault so long as a Conservative Administration is in power. If actual grievances are nut to be found, they can fall back upon the imagination. Although, incapable of governing, and unable either to con ceive or carry out a bold, spirite , J, and patriotic policy, they surely can assail the occupants of office, and endeavour to persuade the public that they are not a whit better than th emse l ves . S uc h is the line of argument that these poll icians have recently taken up, and, what is more remarkable still, it is propounded by Earl Granville, in the House ef Lords, and in the columns of our truth-defiant con temporary, the Globe, and those of other Opposition journals. Neither the ex-Minister nor the Wh . g organ can soar above the shallow, to quoque style, "Oh, if we committed certain blunders a short time since you are actually doingthe same thing now, and this, therefore, affords our justification." Upon such foundations do,these advocates raise their de fence of a long career of error and imbecility, and by. Bach artifices seek to escape from the retribution they so richly deserve. For raanyyears the arguments em ployed by the evening organ of the Opposition have been of this weak and humiliating character, and we are boitncl to receive the best that it can offer in a charitable spirit. The case, however, with those who have been Cabinc;Minister3 is not exactly !he same, - and it is a matter of gaper .1 surprise that Lord Granville should have condescended to ear ploy, in the upper branch of the British Le g i s .. lature, weapons ill suited to the statesman. Lord Ellentiorough has been singled out as the peenliai object of attack. The bitterness and ran cour which marked the method of assault in the House of Lords are only equalled by the vulgarity of language employed by the noble earl's assailants of the press. 'The latter we consider unworthy of any lengthened notice. People nev er resort to abuse when they have arguments at hand ; .and We do not desire a better proof of the PresicLnt tf tLe Board of Con4ul'e fitness tor the important dace which he holds, or of the success with which he is disc :arging his dittie , , tilan may be firing in ihe f,ct that he is attack , d in the true Bill ng fitslvon. We leave hrawl7ng a 1 vitu r lea of this kind to the usual geardiaus f the pu p ace, and turn to Lord Grauvilho's equally unjustitiabl , , though perhaps more - polished, onslaught. The tone and manner of the speaker showed at once that he meant mischief. Without propr notice the ex-President of the Ginned desired to' ask a qit,s' ion. The answer was freely given ; but neither question nor reply aff,rded hint th oppOriunity which he sought. Lord Ellen borough's reproof of the late Cali et had heeti called forth by their reftual to fa: nish the East India Company with softie informaion for which th , y asked, and Lord Granville fancied that be had hit upon a case in. point against the present Admini stration, because tlAs President of the Board of Control had not conferred with the Ea-tt India di rectors quite so oft-D. as (Earl Granville) deemed proper. This absurd charge, garnished with cer tain insinuations abut events the over sanguine ex-President of the C.)tincil imagined to have taken place in the time of the late Sir 8,, - )bert Peel, for m-d the material of this terrible onslau4 ht. Probably a more exti alrdinary scene was never witnes , ed within the walls of either hou.e, and E'rl Grey at once seized the opportunity, and censured the tactics pursued by rnemhers of the Opposition in terms which they will not readily forget. The Premier with a grace and good humour that do him infinite 'credit, took a poi ti n of the blame to him self, although everybody pre ent could see plainly enough upon whose shoulders the lash fell. Lord Derby might smile and speak pleasantly, the re proof touched h mlighilv, for the noble earl made such an exhibition of himself ; but Lord Graiiv'lla cer airily did not feel comfortable, if we are tojud.,;e from his looks. In fact, like all disappoint-id men, the leader of the Opposition. was ill at ease. The blow which he had aimed at Ministers reco led upon himself, arid, instead of damaging Zia oppa nent,.he actually ruined his own cau.e. An eulogiuin upon the Earl of El lenborough is un necessary ; in his public services both tiers and in Imlia may the bast testimony to his extraordinary meritsbi found. Of many excellent aop intment., tian t iat of Lord Eleuborouga to t' , e Presidency Of the Board of C ntrol is decidedly one of th," best. From the moment that the mutiny , broke out - in India his name was upon t-veryb dy s A determined opponent of jobs and favouritism of every kind and degree L )rd Ellenborough has always distinguished himself as an administrative reformer. At a perilous crisis Lord Elenberoogh restored our supremacy, then rudely assailed ii. India, and converted despondency and failure into confidence an .I. success. Again, a, this juncture, the appearance of this able statesman at the head of our East India direction is hailed with general satisfaction ; and the bill its troduced into the House of Commons and read a first time on Friday, con tains further evidence of his ability and discritunia t on, Lard . Ellenborough's populaiity and his statesmanlike qualities are as goli ant wormw, of to his opponents and deti actors. Itidiscrtmiliate censure and vulgar abuse will not, however, con vince and whilst our opponents are constrained to mike use of such weapons their condition must be truly deplorable. ARTISTS' GENERAL IMNEVOLENT .INSTIr IT tioN. The forty-third anniversary of this iiciety was held on Saturday at Ihe Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lord Elcho, M. P., in the chair ; sup ported by the H .n. Etitelhert Anson ; Wm. Stirling, E M.P. ; J iin. Scolt Russell, Esq. ; Rupert Potter, ; T i - rt Taylor, Esq. ; John Dillon, ; GeJrge C7.ristie, Esq.. ; Sir C.taries L. Ea,st lake, P.R.A. ;D. Roberts, sq., R.A. ; Richard Red 2rave R. A. ; Alfred Elmore, Esq., R.A. ; E. W. do ;ke, Esq., A.R.A. ; J. 0. it trsley, A.R.A. ; C. A. Cockerel', R.A. ; Augustus Egg, ; F. R. Pickersgill, A. R.A. ; R. J. Lam?, A. R. A.; B. Weeks, A.R. A. ; W. Boxall, A. R. A. ; Frederick Taylor Esq , President of the Society of Water Colon's; J. Philip, A.R.A., Ar,c. Ab Jut 120 of the friends and supporters of the institution sat down splend.d dinner, which was served with chiracteristic liberality by Messrs. Elkington and Co. ...This institution was founded in. 1814, for the relief of dist re se•l and meritorious artists, whether subscribers to its fuads or not, " who: e walks have been genPrally known and esteemed by the public, as well as of their widows and orphans," merit an distress constituting the clauns to 178 Itenevolence. The - oasts,of " Maissty the Qty7ea, the P, o tee r,sB of tie Institutsou ;" "His 11,yal High.;ess the Prince Con-ort, the Patron of the Insti. u ion ;" " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family ;" and ttie " Army sod Navy," having been severally drunk with great enthusiasm, Tie OHAIRMA.N . proceeded to give the tout of the eventug—" Prosperity to the Ariiste' ll et al Benevoletit Institution, and, in doing, so, said a story wa4 to d of a celebrated divine whoa, upon the oetasioe of preaching a charity sermon, quoted the text. "Re that giveth to the poor, beideth to the Lord," and quaintly concluded his discourse by saving, "If you like she security, down with the dust." (Hear,• and a laugh.) Now, feeling Ips own inability to do justice to the me rite of the institution involved it, the toast which he had the honour to propose, he remaaked that its value was told in i - s ti la, and that they would act. in a spirit of , rue benevolence if they contributed largely to its funds and thus promote its prosperity. (Hear, hear.) They must not expect him, on that oecasio»', to di'aie upon art, or to give teem a lec ture on the fine arts ; to do so would bs great pre somptii:n seeing that he was surrounded say get*, le men, and wiles° works were the admira i et of the world. (Hear, hear.) He must, however, be al lowed to say, that never, from the time of Sir Joshua Reynolds, did Vie arts starlet higher—never were they more widely spre-ad, or deep,r suited in the estimation of society, than they w , re at that moment. (Hear, hear.) He - was enabled to say having beau a juror ou the fine arts, in a re cent exhibition. never Wes there a time when there were so many fine arts exAbitions as at the pros-nt time. They had an exhibition of the Fr each school and another of tee German school, but they had not, as yet, one of . tte Italian school; and he be lieved, from the specimens he hed lately seen in Italy, it would be a loeg time befori they had one. Moreover, art was spread throughout the land ; and everything, even a teapot minus its spout, and peril Lps its lialidle—(a laugh)—if it had tilt. s ightest semblance of art—would fetch a,most ex traordinary price. (Hear, hear.) As a member rf the House of Committee he knew how well tier_ body was prepared to promote art amongst the people. It was but the other day that his f, iend on his left (So. E. Eastlake) sent in a bill for 14,0001. for new purchases, ehieh was immediately en dorsed, not withstairding twat some 10,0001. was annually voted fur :the purpose, arid furthermore over 70,0001. per Annum was expended in support of schools of design throughout the country. It could nut, therefore, be slid that the House of Commons was indifferent to the clams °fait. Now let him speak of the claims of the instiJ utir n which they were met to support. As it would. be danger ous to carry out the principle of supporting every institution professing to be established for t , ie pro motion of art, lust it might tend to its deteriora tion, so would it be dangerous to foster the idea that every professing artist could come to this so ciety for relief, as they would thereby encourage p rions to take up the profession who were totally unqualified for it. In this society the applicants for relief must not only be recommended by two parties, one of whom must personally vouch for the position of the applicant, but a specimen of the works of the artist, or whose family, sought for relief must he produced to the committee. He was happy to say that the funds of the institution ' were most economically managed, and during the last year no less than 1,0201, had l.elee disbursed in the relief of applicants, some of whom received as sistance from tee society for the 34th time, it b e i ng one of the fundamental principles of this society that all applicants should annually come before the committee -for the coutinuance of relief, the committee having only power to give temporary re lid upon each applic 4tioe. (Hear.) Th• noble lord concluded by proposing the toast of the evening, and by making a warm appeal to those who desiaed to e ncourage the pursuit of the fine arts to subscribe liberally to the funds of an institution w i hich effected muc' good. (Cheers.) Sir C FAsTr proposed "Th e h ea lth o f th e . eetts noble Chairm,n," which was drunk with great cor diality, and the noble lord briefly acknowledged the compliment which had been pa d him. Mr. STIRLING, M.P., gave "Sir Charles Eastlake and the .Royal Academy," and Sir Cites. Eastlake responded in graceful terms. Several other toasts were given, and the enter tainmeet gave universal satisfactiort. We cannot omit to mention the musical arrange ments, whcli were under the direction of Mr. Lockey, assisted by Miss Banks, Miss Eyles, Mr. Winn, and Mr. J. L. • Hatton. We regret our limiied.space precludes us from patieularieing two or three very cheice subjects which were given. Mr. Spencer was the toastmaster, and acquitted himself in a very deditable manner. PRESENTATION TO THE VICAR (F i:"T. PANCRAS 0) HIS BUST.— O. Thursday, the 25th instant, a beaut fully ,xecuted but by Behnes was pre seated to the Rev. 'l'. Dale, as a token of regard from many of his parishioners arid friend*. It was previously exhioited at Mr. Sew'. ong's, in Gordon-'reet, who has rioted as secretary to the subsrriber, to car.h of whom a lithegraphed per rait by Mr. Vinter, executed by Day and Son (1 perfect and animated likeness), was presented. THE SEC BETA: THE CO' Co be assembled at discretion " on requiiitioa of QVALIFICITION. . : Madras, 2 Ten years' I Bombay, Civil Ser- Bengal, 3 I 4 vice in Upp , r Pro vinces. 5 Ten years' Civil Service in India, including 5 years' Residence at the Courtof a Native Prince. 6}Ten years' {(Bomb. 7 Service Bomb. Army 8 in Bengal Army 9{ Five years' } Queen's Indian Army. service in NAVAL AND La'ILIT AB !Y INTELT,IGENCE. The Alloin, 4, paddle, commander the Hon. Wm. B. De Blaquere, will be stripped to the stumps ley Thursday next, and will pay off on Saturday, along side the Pyrt-m.outh Do3kyard jetty. The efficieney of the crew and condition of the vessel reflects the highest credit on the cominander and his officers. Th Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, commis sioned by Captain H Eyres, C. 8., of St. Vincent, rdship, will haul out of the Ports -104, ordinary gu mouth steam basin dock at the top-of the springs. The figure-head of the noble ship has been replaced and fitted some two feat higher than before, which much improved the appearance of this favourite and powerful three-decker. The Hero, 91, wet, at Chatham, is now com plete, and will be launched as soon as Admiralty orders are received to that effect. This vessel has hen in progress nearly four years. . . DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL SIR W. H. PIERSON, KNT. —We regret to announce the death of Rear- Admiral Sir W. H. Pi. , -.TAon, Kilt., which event occurred at his residence, Langstone, near Havant, on Thursday last. The gallant officer was born at Plymou!h, in 1782, and entered the navy Miy 27, 1796, as A.B. on board the Asia, 64, Capt. Robert Murray, hearing the flag of Admiral Vandeput, c , mmtuder-in-chief in North America, where, in May, 1793, he attained the rating of midshipman. He was advanced to post rank June 28, 1838. He af•cept-d the retirement on the 7th November 1852, and was placed on the list of retired rear admirals on the 10th September, 1857. Sir William married in July, 1826, Jane, o.ly daughter of Edward Dann, Esq., of Warhlington, Hants.' C,biuman er S. H. Thck , tts (1.854),.died recently at Cheltenham. This offi ,er was youngest son of the late Adinital Sir Robert Rickets, Bart., and youngest . brather of Sir C. _Ricketts, Bart. He entered the navy Dec. 3, 1829. We have to announce the death of Major Gene ral C. Bishopp, C. 8., younue4 and only surviving son of toe late C •lonel H. Bishopp, of Stornington, which event occuvre , l recently at Stoke, Devon port, of dise4se of the hears. M jor A. Vandtl ur, Cdptain-Insfructor of the Royal Gun Fact , ,rit•s, Woolwich Ars-nal, has ten• der d his resignation of that office, in consequence of a serious misunders superintendent of the Royhl Gun Factnies Dt-iprtinent. The gallant officer's resignation has been accepted by the authorities at the War Department ; but his successor his not been appointel, and it is stated that the office of ctritsio-itist - uctor will be abdished. Orders were on S rturday received at Woolwich, directing a detachment of 300 officers, nrn-oom rnissioned offic, rot, and men, of the 3d, 13th, and 14'h talions of Royal Artillery, to be in readi ness for irumedia e emhark4tiou for Calcutta. It is exp , :cted that Major-General Peel, the net.w Secretary of State for War, will shortly vi,it the camp at C Ich star, with the virw. of ascertaining whether it is desir ible to et ect additional barracks in the neighbourhood. A deputation, comptiaing the mcinbnts for the borough, bad an interview last week with the gallant general, for the purpose of calling his attentioir to the demoralising effects of the billetinct system. The Alma, Government freight vessel, returned 47) , Woolwich on SAtir ;ay, having 6 conveyed to Boulogne the model brass gun, ammunition Wag gons, &c., intended as a present from her Majesty to the Eurpe!or of the French. The captain of the A.rns, reports that during the time .he gun, wagg,nis, &c., remained on the wharf for transmis sion to Paris, a large crowd asPembled, and were mo,t auxi 'us to inspect the articles, which wore forwarded to Paris under the csre of Mr. Smith, a foreman at the royal gun factorieß,Woolwich Arse nal, and will be presmle , ) to the Emperor by an officer of the R-ryal Artillery: PEMBROAE DoCKYARD.—TiIe Eagle, 50, _ coast volunteer training ship, is now well supplied with men, who have become most efficient in their train ing. They are practised daily with ball cartridge, an wll soon le in a high state of discipline. The Violet, gun-boat, has been appointed as tender to the Eagle, in the room of the Shamrock, which has been appointed to the surveying service. The Admiralty have decided to abolish the signal sta tions recently established between St. Ann's Head at the entrance to the haven and the dockyard. The system of telegraphic signals was carried out by the erect on of signal stations at St. Ann's Head, Thorn Fort, the Stack Fort, the Observatory, and at the dockyard, and the outlay was .great in the purchase of land and erection uf buildings for the tesidence of the telegraphic staff These buildings are now to be lee. It is supposed that the electric wi re will supersede the semaphore, as the latter is very in,ffic.ent in thick weather. Country Markets. LEICESTER—Mena 27. A tolerably active trade in wheat to-day, with a fair supply, and the trans Lotions must be quoted at a decline of 1.. to 2s on the rates of last week. Barley was a small supply, an iis cheaper. Oats were scarce, and is dearer. Beans in short supply, and a higher. GRANTHAM-MARCH 27. A moderate show of wheat, at a decline of le per qr. Malting barley scarce, and unchanged in value. No chitin° iu oats and beans. NOTTINGHAM—MARcu 27. At onr corn market to-day there was a small supply of wheat, which met a slow sale at la ander the twit week's prices. Oats is. dearer. Beans scarce, and the turn higher. PIZ QI7ARTZE. PER QI7ARTEE. Wheat, red (old) 46a to s Barley, grinding ... —a to :350 Ditto (new) Ditto, white —s to --s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... —s to 47t , Flour, per sack NORWICH-MAROS 20. The wheat tr4do to-day was in a rather dull state, and rather below the rates of last week. Spring corn dull, and all else little changed in value. White what, 47s to 49s ; red, 41s to 43s ; barley, 3?a to 41s. 2 • flour, 29s od per sack; beans, Ova to 445; pass, 423 to 435; oats, 28s to 30s. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET-31A.Ega 25. Qrs. Best. Current. inter)° , 199 Wheat 46s 0 . 1 08 Oats . ' ..32s Od.. 27s . 3u ...... 22, Od . 303 Barley ' 37s 6d 3is 6 id, 255 Od 25 Peas & beaus 4ls ld 4ls ld • 40s 6d HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MARCH 26. wun d yr. BARLEY OATM.. slisa B. eirst 503 01 421 01 343 01 1 46, Od Second I 41s 41 , 3ts 8d j 29s 01 i 42 41 Third 36s 01 1 27s Od I ;.5. Od 1 38, Od Total quantity of wheat in marketi 293 qrs., 260 sold PP If barley „ 292 qrs., 286 sold oats ,; 499 qrs., 499 40 I beans . ,11 124 qrs4 123 soh* .. AVERAGES PER IMPZSIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 1 4 2-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 14 8 11-12 tbs Oats, ... U. 811 412tlis 1 Beans, 21. 2 4 2-12 tbs PP 11 II • 1111 DUBLIN, MARCH 26. We have no alteration to report in the currencies of last Tuesday, except for oats, which met a brisk demand, at 3d to td advance, especially for distillers' qualities. In dian corn difficult of sale. • White wheat, 27e Od to 29s Od ; red ditto, 24s Od to 26s 64, ditto new, a 0;1; barley, malting , 13s tol7B 6d; grind ing, —a to —s ; oa,s, old, 11s to 1.4 s Id; ditto, new, 0 to —s 0(1; oatmeal, 13s to 15s Od; bare, new, 14s to - 15 s Od ; rapes°. d, 23s Od to 25e Od per brl ; hakelle flour, 14s 61 to 1.93 Od per owl; Indian corn, 33s 01 to 34s Od per 180 IN.. A girl named Marie Girodon, aged 16, died on the 18th mat., at the Laribohnero HoFoal, of wounds re ceived in the Rue Lepelletier on Jac. 14. BIRTHS. BALFOUR—On the 25th inst., at Ealbirnie, N. 8., the Lady Geozgiana Balfour, of a son. KEITH—On the 25th inst., at 16, Picardy-place, Edin burgh, Mrs. Keith, of a daughter. NASH—On the 20th inst., at Upton Lea, Slough, the Wife of Henry Fleetwood Nash, Esq., of a daughter. YOUNG—On the 24th inst., the wife of Mr. Thos. Yomai of Mark-lane, of a eon. ft.R 1 A G E S. DEDMAN—EATON — On the 24th inst., at St. Mire% SJuthwars, Joseph Didman, of 12, Circus, Minorio, to Savannah, daughter of the latd Mr. Eaton, of Fen- church-street. - HAMBLEN—HAWKINS -On the 25th inst., at Christ Church, Highbury, J. H. Hamblen, Esq., of Barnard's inn, to .; ulia, youngest daughter of M. Hawkins, Esq., of Northampton-terrace, Islington. • DEATHS. BOYS -On the 25th inst , at St. Dunstan, s, Canterbury, Charles Boys, Esq , Surveying General Examiner of the Inland Revenue, aged 37. FOOTE—On the "..'sth inst., at 3rt, Tavistock-street, Strand, John Foote, surgeon, aged 47. FRENCH- Ou the 23d inst., at Kingsland, JohnO. Freneb, Esq., aged 68. GRENVILLE—K illed, at 13srodia, a t b ai / l u l t ito te y n al m E i u le g s in f e r e o r m o, fifth Ratgurh, while acting as A.D.U. to Sh. Hugh Rose, on Jan. ftb 31, bcn o Gl f s s t t b o e n :t r e y D r-: a v u i 1 0 1 C"P Windsor a nd Lady Char lotte Neville Grenville. SEAwAnn—On the 26t,h inst., at his residence Camden town, John S?award, of b w k Le -aim- ...on - LiM6 . house, aged 7 1 . Elizabeth t A h l r fr v e a t Tozizzlisgene OGrart,tvh:e2iTth,3ig.t.E,► late of Mark -lane, aged 00. P s I T a o c n W s e l 13 n da Lioispos • platted &nu Published by 111131tDO VOl T Of No. 112, Strew, Printer, et the • Sun Office,' 24 e. 112, Strand, in'the Precinct of the awroy, in tbo co ' y of iliddlegox, Monday, March 29, 185,8,