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WILLIAM and ALFRED PURSSELL, Con fectioners and Biscuit Bakers, 78 and 80, Cornhill, and 1 and 5, Finch-lane, are and have been the SOLE pro prietors of the above business since 1857. OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT IA GARDEN, under the sole Management.of Miss Louisa l'yne and Mr. W. Harrison =THIS EMNING THE ROSE OF CASTILLE.Harrison. Messrs. Weiss, Honey, St. Albyn, B ar tl e man, and Mr. W. Miss Louisa Fyne and Miss Susan Fyne. Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with th H a rleq uin antomime of LITTLE RED R !LYING- HOOD ; or, and the Wolf in Granny's Clcddng. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROY AL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, BARNEY THE BARON. Mr. ani Mrs. Barney Williams. Followed by THE LATEST FROM NEW YORK. ro conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A 4 Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean—Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince D;amond and Princess Brig,hteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. bliss Amy Sedzwiek, Mr. Buckstone, &c. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCE UM THEATRE. manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, Re-engagement of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, will be produced a New Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled THE LAST lIOPE. To be followed by a Grand Ballet and Scene from THE SIEGE OF TROY. Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Harriet Dalton, Miss Jenny Lauri. Mr. John Lauri, and Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE CHILD OF THE WRECK. Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 38. 20.• Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half - pas 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NW THEATRE - ROYAL, -ADELP HI. E Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr_ Beni. Webster. PoweTVl. Noveity.—Crowded Houses.—Last Six Nights of MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster. Trium phant reception of Mr. Wright. Glorious success of the INVISIBLE PRINCE. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with MASKS AND FACES ; Mr. B. Webster, C. Selby, Mr. Bil- Miss Slim, Mrs. Ell liugton, P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, lington. After which, WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE 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. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the revived dra 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. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQU IN BAR MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munehausen, 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 every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to the "New Palace for the People, at Mnswell Hill." Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor --C. monTow. The üblic is most respectfully informed that the Firm ARTSGALLERY, 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 hall, the New Fine Arts. Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, willh varied and hitherto nnattempted combinations within, be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine an i Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, Fms. 20. THERMOMETER, IN TUB SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER-3O 33. WIND, Northerly ; light, with dull:cold weather. FEB. 21. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. .s—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.37. WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with fine weather. To-night Mr. WALPOLE is to try his hand on the Church. rate question. If it be not settled now, it will certainly not be for want of advisers. One would almost think that they might all of them contrive to meet, consult with, and understand each other, and, having reduced their differences to one or two plain issues, might lay the net results before the public, might then tell it to look on this pic ture and on that, and to make its choice. Such, however, is not the will of the Dii nzajores, or the Dii minores, on this matter. Sir JOHN TRELAWNEY and Mr. WALPOLE, Sir A. ELTON, Mr. ALCOCK, and Mr. GRIFFITHS, 'seem all determined to have a share in the honours of the conflict. The two former gentlemen hold a legitimate position. Sir Joux TRELAWNEY, as the long-tried abolitionist—the member who, in the teeth of Whigs. and Tories, car r i e d his Abolition Bill so successfully through the Commons, and gained for it a degree of support in the Lords which few had expected — Si r JOHN has every right to resume hi s old position in t he cam p ai g n of this spring, and to fire, as he has done, the first shot at Ithe Upper House. Mr. WALPOLE also has his fair claim to a hearing. The Govern ment of the day, according to very modern practice, has the right of initiating all important national measures, and his undertaking to bring in a bill embodying the views of Government is but saying that the Ministry considers the time for a settlement to have arrived, and that they therefore undertake it. But besides these we have Mr. ALCOCK with his Commutation Bill, very elaborately drawn indeed --some lawyer's hand obviously in.it. He seems to b e inspired by the hope that Lord DERBY'S off hand, but favourable advertence, last year, to the plan of rent charges, might indicate a willingness on the part of the Government to support a measure like his. Then comes Mr. GRIFFITHS, who, with what relevance we hardly see, is to dove an amend ment to the second readin g of Sir JOIIN TRELAW NEY'S abolition bill, that any proposition to exempt Dissenters from Church-rates, while the tax was continued on Churchmen is unworthy of the con sideration of the House. Since Sir JOHN'S bill abolishes them for Dissenters and Churchmen equa lly, we cannot understand what amencinzent his resolution is on a simple abolition bill. Next comes forward the honourable member for Bath—he who, like Sir HENRY STRACEY, defends the Ballot as a Conservative measure, and wishes, the day before the reading of the Abolition Bill, to move no less than four resolutions. The first is for the total discontinuance of Church-rates, and for I confiding the repair of the fabric of the churches to the zeal and liberality of the clergy and laity. This resolution, it is obvious, is superfluous, being but the echo of Sir JOHN TRELAWNEVS Bill. The second is to make the incumbent and church- wardens a corporation, with spower to receive and , hold all property given or_ appropriated for pur poses relating to the parish church, and to admi nister the income thence arising. This would in most parishes make the clergyman:—not always the fittest person—supreme in the executive ; since, generally, there are but two churchwardens, one nominated by the minister, one by the people, and of course the former would be always in a majority of two to one. The third and fourth resolutions provide for the creation of a new " church vestry,' to consist of the incumbent, the churchwardens, and the parishioners who contribute a fixed yearly sum, the present vestry and the overseers to retain the management of all secular matters. These last three resolutions do no more than provide what their author thinks the best plan for administering vbluntary and other funds for the repair of the parish church and the conduet of its services, and if they are approved, they had better have been brought forward as an enabling bill for the Church men of a parish, after Sir JOHN TRELAWNEY'S bill had abolished the old compulsory powers. They might even have been made_ clauses additional to the Abolition Bill. One thing we trust Mr. WALPOLE will consider settled—that unconditional abolition is the only thing the country generally will hear of. By un- , conditional we mean (not that the Church shall not be put in possession ,of all the powers_ requisite to obtaining from her own children the funds she needs —every dissenting sect, the very Mormons them selves, have that power) without any condition which shall favour the Church on that matter more than other Christian sect. She does not need it. She has surely almost infinitely larger resources than any body of Dissenters, while she has not quite half the worshippers of the country. Let us hear nothing, therefore, of saddling the Consoli dated Fund with any charge for her sake—nothing of compelling all denominations to repair the fabric of the churches, while but one denomination uses them. By all means untie the hands of Churchmen, if they are bound by ecclesiastical law in some way we do not understand, but by no means give them money at the cost of a single Dissenter, or of the nation at large. What use Mr. WALPOLE intends to make of the returns he has so carefully collected we cannot tell. They have been furnished by Churchmen, yet they more than bear out the assertions of the anti- State Church Society, as contrasted with the committee of laymen, which the latter, with Lord SIIAFTESBURY as their cicerone, so industriously exhibited to Lord PALMERSTON. We insert a paragraph from a Dissenting paper, which gives a fair analysis of these returns. It really appears that more than £76,000 are raised now annually by Church-rates for the repair of the fabric of the churches, and that half the parishes, and perhaps two-thirds of the population, have emancipated themselves already from Church-rates. Certain it is that the amount raised by rates for repairing the churches—the only thing for which any party now demands compulsory rates—is "so very small that Mr. WALPOLE will be fully justified, even by Con ,servatives, if he secures for his party the popularity of having put an end to an irritating impost, which at once damages his Church, and does it E7:4 - 1 4 $. 4 $ . ' ;4 , . . „ •• „ .• • , 4y; THE SUN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1859. no counteracting service. . We resume our notice of Mr. Macintosh's very important and patriotic publication : Mr. Macintosh reported to the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, on the 19th February, 1855, the whole proceedings of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and his constant but fruitless en deavours to awaken their lordships to the necessity (for the good of the nation) of immediately adopting his system of warfare, such having been reported by Captain Maitland not only practicable and very efficient, but an inexpensive agent of warfare. Further, expressing his surprise at the unfairness with which his very onerous labours had been dealt with, and the very ungracious, secret, and artful transactions of the Admiralty. It will appear that, on the Bth March, 1855, the Lords of the Admiralty tendered to Mr. Macintosh the princely sum of fifty pounds, "in full of all demands for expenses." Although such sum was totally inadequate, Mr. Macintosh accepted the same, and on the 27th March that sum was paid him. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle and Sir James Graham, having retired from office, and Lord Pan mure having been appointed Minister of War, Mr. Macintosh addressed the latter on 15th March, 1855, detailing to his lordship the result of his pre vious proceedings, and rep or ti ng th e success of th e several experiments already made with reference to his new agent of warfare ; and soliciting his lord ship to witness an experiment in the presence of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, then commanding the Baltic fleet. Further, pointing out to his lordship the great national importance of his system, and " requesting that so important a matter might be considered by the Cabinet." His Lordship sent, on the 25th March, 1855, the following reply, that "my plan is still under con sideration, and that no unnecessary delay will take place in arriving at some decision upon it. On the 28th of March, Mr. Macintosh received intimation from the War Department, that "prac tical experiments would take place at Shoeburyness, under directions of that Department." On the 29th of March he informed Lord Panmure that if his lordship felt disinclined to adopt his system into the service, he " was quite prepared to operatti against Sebastopol or Cronstadt (or enable others to do so) at my own private expense, provided per mission is granted, and that I have the general countenance and assistance of the naval com manders." Also urging " that a speedy decision mightbe come to on a subject of so vital importance to the interests of humanity and the British nation." Mr. Macintosh has not been favoured with any reply to the above. On. the 2d of April (1855), Mr. Macintosh ad dressed the Right Hon. Sir Charles. Wood, then First Lord of the Admiralty, with respect to employing his "new system of - warfare against Sebastopol and Cronstadt, thus enabling Admirals Dundas and Lyons to move up to the attack of those fortresses, under cover of an artificial black suffocating smoke, thus effectually controlling, if not, indeed, bringing a war of such vast magnitude and frightful expense to a speedy and successful termination." Conceiving that much unnecessary delay had already occurred, Mr. Macintosh again lordship liardn g t e o , a (April 13) wrote to Lord Panmure,. urging his confer with Sir Chas. Wood and Viscount w that he would again explain his syst em of warfare ; further, that he could carry his method into operation "without inter feringarr with the ng N eileots of Lord Raglan and General Canrobert. it ra h a view of enabling the Prime Minister (then Lord "plan n inpsh enclosed (13th Palmerston) of under standing his system, 111% :\ cir the destruction April) drawings of his of the enemy's stron gholds,"which, on 17th April, his lordship politely ack nowledged. On the 2 d Aprils Sir C. W ood " simp l y acknow ledged the re cei p t of Mr. Macintosh's important letter of the same date. On the 13th April Mr. Macintosh sugge sts to Sir Charles Wood. that a .. meeting should i mmediately take place between e xping in detail the great Lord Panmure, himself, and Viscount Hardino.e, " to permit of my value of my system." The idea of convertin g an official letter into a private communication on a subject of such vital importance to the interests of the nation is preposterous, but Mr. Macintosh received, on the 14th April, a reply to his letter of 13th inst., marked "private," viz., " that it was not in' ended to adopt my plan." On the 4th May Mr. Macintosh informed the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the War Department "had given orders to carry into operation my invention," and asking when and where his attendance would be required. On the 7th May Mr. Macintosh requested the favour of an interview with Rear-Admiral Berkeley, and on the same date he received a reply , viz ., " That Admiral Berkeley will receive any public, communication which y ou may have to make." To which Mr. Macintosh replied (10th May) Olathe " had secured THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1859. an appropriate iron screw steamer to hold liquids," :should their lordships " desire to carry out the wishes of the Minister of War ;" also that six similar iron steamers could be obtained. In reply, the Lords of the Admiralty simply acknowledged receipt of his letter. Mr. Macintosh here remarks with great truthful ness that " the Admiralty were too confident in their imaginative powers of impregnable strength in attacking sea-face fortifications ; their immense floating batteries have proved themselves entirely useless as an arm of attack against the sea-faces of Sebastopol." He goes so far as to recommend that " a Com manding Minister of our naval and land forces be appointed, and then (but not till then) will entirely cease that constant clashing of departments." He deplores this disunion of action now existing between the War and Admiralty Departments, and states that had his system been adopted, and em ployed against the enemy, the war would have soon terminated; that the nation would have economised about £80,000,000, and about 50,000 valuable lives would have been saved to the country. To strengthen his argument he quotes an appropriate axiom from the renowned " Jomini "—viz., " L'unionfait la force ; sans union point de succes n'est possible." The force of his statements are so conclusive to our minds, and the facts—(stubborn things these little fellows are . ) —he has so lucidly explained, fully bear out his bold recommendation that " a Commanding (and responsible) Minister of our naval and land forces" should be appointed. It is quite clear that some thoroughly practical reform is required, and we are fully persuaded that the appointment of one responsible:War Minister as sole Commander over both services would ensure promptness of action during war ; and, further, would enable the nation to quickly discern, by the acts of " theirs sole War Minister," if he was bona fide carrying out, with energy and ability, the responsible duties they had confided to his care. Mr. Macintosh's important suggestiens are worthy of deep consideration • but it must rest with the national will if or if not such a practical reform should be adopted. On the 11th May the Lords of the Admiralty simply acknowledge receipt of Mr. Macintosh's letter of 10th inst., and on the 14thinst.he requests the Lords of the Admiralty to furnish him with a reply to his letter of the 4th, to which their lord ships' answer of the 18th is very curt—viz., " that their lordships have nothing to add to former com munications.' Mr. Macintosh states that " this answer is tantamount to a positive rejection of my invention. The true cause is so obvious to me that I will endeavour to explain this sudden change of their lordships' amiable intentions, as expressed in their despatch of the 7th inst. "At this period the Roebuck Committee of Inquiry' was sitting at the House of Commons, to investigate into the mismanagement of several of the Government departments relative to the war. The Lords of the Admiralty were informed that I intended to question Sir James Graham and other parties connected with the Admiralty respecting the non-adoption of my system of warfare by the Government. Fearful of the consequent public exposure of their lordships' dereliction of duty towards the nation, they conceived it prudent to stop my proceedings, therefore penned that wily despatch. "Thus, thinking their lordships' intentions were honourable, I immediately withdrew the questions I had submitted to Sir John Pakington (President of the Committee). " About the period of their lordships' second despatch (18th May), the Committee had closed its proceedings ; consquently their lordships' fear of public exposure had ceased, so they again refused to adopt my system, assigning, as on all previous occasions—no cause for its rejection." Mr. Macintosh, with untiring energy, again (12th June, 1855) addressed the Lords of the Admiralty, expressing a desire to receive more explicit replies to his letters of the previous month, further stating that " the duty I owe to my country and myself does not allow me to be a sharer of such responsibility." Also, "most respectfully stating, that I shall feel myself at liberty to take such steps as will exonerate me in the eyes of the public, which I could not do while the matter remained under the consideration of their lordships." On the 15th of June their lordships sent Mr. Macintosh a very curt reply, viz., " that my letter had been laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty." Mr. Macintosh again wrote to their lordships, " complaining of receiving no specific reply to my letter of the 12th inst., but only a simple acknow ledgment of its receipt ;" also urging their lordships to employ his " suffocating agent against the for tresses of the enemy, the expense not exceeding £5,000." On the 25th June (1855) the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty sent Mr. Macintosh a distinct refusal to either adopt his plan or accept of his ser vices for the destruction of the enemy's fortresses. Mr. Macintosh having failed in all his endea vours towards urging the Lords of the Admiralty to either adopt his plan or permit him doing so, and at his own expense, or to furnish him with copies of Sir Thomas Maitland's reports, communi cated (on the 7th July, 1855) to Lord Panmure the refusal of the Lords of the Admiralty to comply with his lordship's desire (of 2d May). Further, offering to proceed to the Crimea and superintend the filling of shells with his combus tible agent, to be used against " the Redan" and " Malakoff" (Russian earthworks) ; and, " if allowed proper assistance," to cloud the sea-faces of the forts " Constantine" and " Alexander" (situated at the entrance to the harbour of Sebastopol) with his " black suffocating vapour, thereby enabling our vessels to approach and destroy the forts unmolested by their fire." Lord Panmure, in replying to Mr. Macintosh's letter (on the 27th July), thanks him for his offer of services, but says he " does not feel himself at liberty to avail himself of them at the present time." From the verbatim copies of all the despatches contained in Mr. Mackintosh's work, it is clear that Lord Panmure carefully avoids any reference to the first paragraph of his letter of the ith instant ; and as his lordship declines Mr. Macintosh's offer and services, his lordship actually coincides with the Lords of the Admiralty in refusing to adopt his plan of warfare, although, as Mr. Macintosh has previously demonstrated, Lord Panmure was per sonally cognisant of its efficacy. It will appear that, althou g h Mr. Macintosh had already received so many rebuffs from the War and Admiralty Departments, his mind was still impressed with undoubted and sincere proofs of unflinching patiotism; his views and energies are pointed towards effecting practical reforms for the benefit of his country ; whereas (see our leader of the 16th inst.) we mentioned that the too often puffing Leviathan, " triumphantly extols the past acts of its political fraternity," exculpating itself from ex posing their acts, not from an unbiassed patriotism, but from finding that their conduct towards Mr. Macintosh's patriotic endeavours was left unsifted. It is cheering to find, by their columns of Friday, that a spark of light has reached their eastern and gloomy hemisphere—thus, they admit, " we seem driven to conclude, that either we have no system at all, or the system is a bad one, and it is high time that we should see some effective reform, or be convined that no reform is called for." The Leviathan is really beginning in earnest, and like a " good housewife (intends to) clean her garner, sweep out the rubbish, and put in perfect order the whole machinery of her establishment." Let their reforms be real, and not visionary, and then they will profit by their exertions. On the 9th Nov., 1855, Mr. Macintosh requested Lord Panmure would be pleased to order that the " Select Military Committee," then sitting at Wool wich, should report on the whole of his invention, so that, " if it should be thought proper, arrange ments may be immediately made to avoid the pub licity of my specification to the world, which must otherwise very shortly take place." In reply, Lord Panmure states, on 20th Nov., that " he has or dered the Ordnance Select Committee to report upon the whole of your scheme which you are about to patent." Some successful practical experiments having taken place at Shoeburyness on the 30th Nov., Mr. Macintosh addressed a letter to Lord Panmure and toW. Monsell, Esq., M.P., informing them of that fact, and . urging the necessity of his lordship coming to an immediate decision. altoihnea Mr. Monsell replies, on the 3d Dec., that " he has called on the Ordnance Select Committee - to furnish an immediate report of the result of the experiments with your invention at Shoeburyness." Thinking that Sir Thomas Maitland might forget the result of the experiments which he witnessed at Shoeburyness plan ; on 30th Nov., Mr. Macintosh reminded him, on Ist Dec., that such were entirely successful; further suggesting that " one of the Russian fort s sh ou ld be rendered untenable with sending a notification to the enemy that their forts would be similarly treated, and that the cost w ou ld b e on l y a f ew t h ousan d poun d s ." It appears that th e resu lt o f " The Select Com mittee'sl),tei p a i o t iit a , n " d together s o withthat favourableof Captain thatthe r Principal S ecretary of State for War" (Lord Pamnure) officially objected. to the sealing of Mr. Alacintosh's patent (18th December, 1855); the grounds of objection were, "That such an invention can only be useful in time of war, and that the be unexpectedprejudicial s t e o i h z n ei r • e M Majesty's s:y r official publicationof an it ma d y service. Thi s r. Macintosh's invention undeniably stamps it as being one of more than ordinary value. Lord Paumure's " official interdict" naturally stopped his obtaining any pecuniary reward for.his long, onerous, and expensive labours, especially at a time when such agents were alone of any value. Thus, at one blow, his two years and a half of fruit-' less and continuous endeavour to urge on our Government to adopt his new system of warfare (intended to be tried against the enemy's fortifica tions on a large scale and at his own expense) were brought to a sudden and unexpected close. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF BUCK- INGHA3L At a late hour we receive intelligence of the death of Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, second Duke of Buckingham. The deceased peer, born in 1797, was the son of the Marquis of Buckingham, who was raised to a duke dom in 1822. Politicians will remember him as the author .of the celebrated Chandos clause of the Re form Bill, by which occupying tenants were enabled- to vote at county elections, and the cha racter of the county constituencies was revolu tionised. The world will think of him as once the hospitable and princely owner of Stowe, and regret the want of thrift which laid the glories of that noble estate low in the dust. The late peer was Lord Privy Seal in the administration of Sir Robt. Peel from Sept. 1841, to Feb. 1842, in which latter year he was made a knight of the garter. The Duke occupied the privacy of his later years in illustrating the history of the first 30 years of the present century by the publication of family papers. His " Memoirs , of the Court and Cabinets of George III.," consisting in the main of letters written by the two brothers, Lord Grenville and Mr. T. Gren ville, to their elder brother, the Marquis of Buck ingham, set before us the observations of one of the most sagacious politicians of the day upon the poli tical events which attended our struggle with the great Napoleon, and within the last few days the series was continued in " Memoirs of the Court of George IV." the last publication of the noble author. The mother of the late peer was the sole representative of Mary, Queen Dowager of France, sister of our Henry VIII., whose issue under certain contingencies were named in that Monarch's will as successors to the Crown of England. The late duke is succeeded by his son, Richard Plantagenet Campbell, Marquis of Chandos, who was a Lord of the Treasury in 1852, and has since been chairman of the board of directors of the North. Western Railway. LATEST NEWS. THE CALCUTTA MAIL. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 17. The India and Chinn mails have arrived, with advices from Calcutta to the 28th January, Galle 30th January, and Hong Kong 15th January. The rebels had tried to enter Rohilcund from Nepaul, but were defeated with great slaughter by her Majesty's 42d Regiment. The Calcutta import market was very brisk, Produce generally was in good demand. Freights had improved. Exchange 2s. Old. Lord Elgin having reached Hankew (?), returned to Shanghai on the Ist of January. A small combined naval and land force was despatched from Canton on the Bth of January to punish attacks made upon parties of European troops outside the city. The position of the enemy was taken without .loss, and a village destroyed. The disturbances are believed to have been insti tuted by the Imperial Government. At Hong Kong trade was dull. Exchange, 4s. 53d. for bank bills. SHANGHAI, JAN. 6. Imports (except metals) were generally in good condition. Exchange had declined to Gs. 4d. for bank bills Tea was dearer at all the ports. There was a decrease in exports of 2,500,000. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received our papers by the Bombay Overland Mail. The dates are from the 10th to the 25th of January. The following is the general summary of the Bombay Gazette : " The insurrection is steadily though slowly draw ing to a close, and the campaign. in Oude may be said to be over as far, at least, as any great opera tions are concerned. The Begum has not surren dered, as we anticipated in our last summary, but with the Nana,l3allarao, and other leaders, on the 6st inst., passed across the Nepaul frontier, leaving their guns behind them. The Commander-in-Chief had taken -20 in his fight of the 26th and 27th ult., and General Grant took 15 even later than that date, near Toolsipore, so that not a single gun has been taken into Jung Bahadoor's dominions. We have nothing authentic about the intention of this trusty and well beloved' British Knight as to deal ing witlk the rebels who have entered his territory, and who have given out their intention of claiming his protection, and of dispersion to their homes, should this be refused their. It is reported that proposals have been sent in to the Governor-Gene ral by the Nana, naming conditions on which he will surrender himself. It has been asked whether there is no treaty of extradition under - which the Nana (if not the Begum) could be demanded of the Nepaul Government as a murderer. There was a native report some time back that the worthy couple had secured themselves a hiding place across the frontier by farming a village each under fictitious names. The encounter which Brigadier Roweroft had with the rebels at Toolsipore, and which was the imme diate cause, perhaps, of driving them into Nepaul was a very spirited affair. " Disarming is going on extensively in Oude, but many lumberdars take a sound flogging before they admit the idea that arms can possibly be found in their village. One of these resolute gentry, about 30 miles from the capital, professed ignorance up to the 48th lash, when he promised 500 stand of arms. As a proof of the return and settlement of tranquil lity in Oude, we may mention that in the Rohil cund, Gorrockpore, Azimgurh, and neighbouring districts, ladies are now permitted to return to stations. "According to a Lucknow correspondent, 1,000 sepoys had surrendered in one week, and many more were coming in. Among the rebel chiefs who have abandoned the standard of revolt in despair is the ex-Nawab of Furruckabad, who after the outbreak was reported to have been conspicuous in ordering females to be blown from guns. We presume that he has been able to contradict this report as groundless, for if it were true he must have known that the amnesty was not intended for monsters like him, and that nothing but death would be his portion if he surrendered. It is said that Mohamed Hossein has also given himself up. We do not remember that he has been accused of imbruing his hands in the blood of innocent and defenceless people, but he certainly has been an active and energetic enemy, and has given our troops a good deal of trouble during the last six months. " Lord Clyde has thus succeeded in restoring com parative peace and order to the immense province of Oude in a much shorter period of time than his detractors predicted, or than even his admirers ex pected. We may mention that a much fairer tone of criticism on the acts of his lordshp distinguishes the Mofussil and Bengal journals, now that the success of his well-laid plans is so complete as to render adverse comments despicable. " The want of a master-mind in Central India like that of the Commander-in-Chief has long been painfully felt. " It is now upwards of seven months since Sir 11. Rose compelled Tantia Topee with his followers to fly from Gwalior, and yet during that long time this extraordinary insurgent chief has managed to baffle and outwit all the generals who have been sent in search of him. Instead of our brigadiers making any professional ' capital' out of the pursuit, some of them have almost lost whatever reputation they formerly enjoyed, and all have had it seriously im perilled. On dozens of occasions we have been assured that he was completely surrounded, and that it was as difficult for him to escape as it was for a rat to get out of a trap. There are now at least eight sepa rate columns marching or lying in wait for him—those of Michel; Napier, Honner, Showers, Parke, Smith, Somerset, and Holmes—but we fear that there is not that correspondence between them which is necessary to secure unity of action and eventual success. "It appears.:that. Tantia. Topee was at Kilwara, • west of Shahabad 20 miles, on the 6th, and that Brigadier Smith's light column left Naharghur at One o'clock that - morning in close pursuit toKilwara, on arriving at which place they found the fox had left in a north-westerly direction for Rajghur and Mogowle. Tantia was marching at the rate of from 25 to 30 miles a day ; he had no guns, only one elephant, and.all his men were mounted on horses and tattoos. He had been joined by Ajheet Sing, the runaway from Gwalior, and uncle to Mann Sing of Ponone, who has signified to Sir Hamilton his desire to surrender if the terms be eligible. Brigadier Smith was so close on to Tantia at one time that the latter left his dead unburied on the road. side, such was his haste to get away. " Brigadier Showers, with a column from Agra, cattle up with the rebels under Tantia Topee at Drosha on the 16th instant, having marched 94 miles in three days. They defeated and dispersed them, killing about 300. Tantia, the Rao, and Feroze Shah, are said to have been the leaders. Capt. Ninon; the political agent of Bhurtpore, with some of the Sirdars of that State, who with their men distinguished themselves, were present in the action. The enemy was pursued for at least four miles. Three chiefs fell on the field, and one was overtaken and killed on an elephant by Lieutenant Oldfield, second in command Agra Police Cavalry. The Brigadier was highly pleased, and expressed himself so with all hands, although the fight was necessarily only a cavalry one. The Agra Sikh Police Cavalry, 140 in number, did very great exe cution on the enemy ; they had one man killed and 7 wounded, and about as many horses. Alexander's orse, too, were not behind, and lost one man, with three or four wounded ; one European was also wounded. On the same day a body of rebels crossed the river Sirlah into Rohilcund, but were driven back, but not until. they had lamed three of. our of f icers. This is the latest intelligence we have of ST. JAMES'S BALL. The concert of Herr W. Ganz on Saturday evening was graced by a full and fashionable audience, malgrd the unfavourable weather. Part one commenced with Weber's quartett in B flat for pianoforte, violin, tenor, and violin cello, which was admirably executed by Herr W. Ganz, M. Remenyi, Herr Goffrie, and Signor Piatti. Mr. George Perren sang a new and pleasing ballad by Herr Ganz, " When thou wilt be my Bride," very sweetly, and obtained a unanimous encore. He was also equally successful in his rendering of the " Area," by Beethoven, " Adelaide," and "Come into the garden, Maud." "The murmuring Sea," a new song composed by Herr Ganz, and the " Bonnie new Moon," were very pleasingly given by Miss Stabbach, and were much applauded. The cavatina, " Ernani involami," (Verdi) was agreeably and effectively given by Miss Louisa Vinning, who also sang very charmingly a new and pretty song composed ex • pressly for her, by Herr W. Ganz, " Sing, birdie, sing." Mademoiselle Finoli, whose return to the London musical world we hail with delight, was as fascinating and as bril liant as ever. She sung Rossini's " Dunque io son," with Signor Lorenzo, in her own charming and inimitable style, and an enthusiastic encore was the inevitable result. Donizetti's gay and animated "Brindisi," "Il Segreto," was also sang by Mdlle. Finoli with the sweetness and power always displayed by that talented lady. It was ap•• plauded to the echoes, and vociferously redemanded, and again rewarded with an unanimous burst of applause. Signor Lorenzo was happy in "Il baccio " (the first kiss), by Balfe, which •he sung with considerable humour and effect, and received a well-merited encore. An " Andante con variazioni " (Beethoven), pianoforte and violin, by Herr W. Ganz and M. Renenzi, was admirably executed. Herr Ganz subsequently performed a solo fantasia, "La Traviata," arranged by himself, in a highly finished and masterly manner, with an expression, delicacy, and per fection, displaying the most extraordinary and executive skill, which quite charmed his audience. Herr Ganz was equally successful in another solo, pianoforte, " Spinnlied," by Littolf, and "Marche Hongroise," by Kellerer, and was rewarded with loud and long-continued marks of approba tion. Mr. Benedict conducted in his usual effective man ner, and all went off admirably. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge received a select circle at dinner on Saturday evening at St. James's Palace. His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and the Countess Platen entertained at dinner, on Saturday evening., his Excellency the Danish Minister and Madame von DoCkum, Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Dundas, Admiral Bowles and Miss Bowles, &c. • His Excellency the Earl Cowley, accompanied by his secretary, arrived at Claridge's Hotel, on Saturday, from Paris. Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner, on Friday evening, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Mr. Locke, M.P., Lord Stanley of Alderley, Mr. Delane, Mr. Haywood, &c. Lady Malet has arrived from Frankfort, on a visit to Lord and Lady Brougham in Grafton-street. His Excellency Lord Lyons will leave town to day for Liverpool, to embark for America, to succeed Lord Napier as British Minister at Washington. The Marquis and. Marchioness of Ailesbury are expected in town in a few days from Savernako Lodge. The Earl of Granville, who has been prevented by an attack of gout from attending to his Parliamentary duties, is now nearly recovered. His lordship is expected to resume his duties in the House of Lords early in the pre sent week. The Earl and Countess Fitzwillliam have arrived in town from Wentworth House, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Jersey left town on Friday for Middleton Park, Oxfordshire. We are sorry to learn that the Countess of Har rowby lies dangerously ill at the family mansion in Grosvenor-square. The Count and Countess Revered° and family have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, from Geneva. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for assemblies on Thursday, the 24th inst., and Wednesday, the 2d of March. Lord and Lady Sondes entertained the Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford and Hon. Miss Thesiger, Lord and Lady Colville, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord Sudeley, Lord and Lady Colchester, Mr. F. Goulburn, Mr. Beckett, and a select party, at dinner, on Saturday evening, at their mansion in Grosvenor-square. Lord Cowley, the Ambassador from her Majesty at the Court of the Emperor Napoleon, arrived in Lon don on Saturday evening from Paris, whence he had been summoned ,by the Cabinet. We are informed that the accounts received from the Continent for the last day or two are by no means reassuring. Lord Cowley will return to his Embassy in a few days. We need not remind our readers that the Conference upon the Danu bian Principalities is about to meet at Paris, and that it is therefore extremely probable that Lord Cowley has been summoned to London only to receive instructions as to his conduct as one of the Plenipotentiaries in the Conference. THE SPEAKE.R'S DlXlsigll.--7The Right Honour able the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his second Parliamentary full dress dinner on Saturday even ing, the 19th instant, to the following :—Viscount Pal merston, K.G., G.C.8., Lord John Russell, Lord Harry Vane, Viscount Duncan, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right Hon. William Cowper, Right Hon. P. Villiers, Hon. J. Edmund Elliott, Hon. George Byng ; Right Honourables Sir Charles Wood, G.C:B., Sir George Grey, G.C.8., Sir George Lewis, Sir William Somerville, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir W. Goodenough Hayter, Edward Ellice, R. Vernon Smith, M. T. Baines, Edward Cardwell, Robert Lowe, Henry A. Herbert, and J. D. Fitzgerald ; Lieut.-General Sir William Codrington, K.C.8., the Hon. Henry Brand, Lieut.-General Buckley, Sir Richard Bethell, Mr. Hast ings Russell, Mr. R. W. Grey, Mr. C. Forster, Mr.' C. Fortescue, Mr. J. Wilson, the Hon. George Waldegrave, and Rev. Henry Drury. Lord Alfred Paget, by a domestic affliction, and Sir Henry Keating and Mr. Thornely by ill ness, were prevented from attending. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF SANDWICH.—We regret to announce the demise of the Countess of Sandwich, who died at an early hour yesterday morning, at the family residence in Curzon-street, Mayfair. The lamented coun tess died after a very short illness—indeed, it may be said of only a few hours, for her ladyship and her noble husband were engaged to dine with the Duchess of Cambridge on Saturday evening ; but from slight illness, which arose early in the day, the noble earl and countess declined the invitation. The Princess Frederick William, it is understood. will revisit her native country in May, and will remain, should nothing occur to alter the arrangement, till after the Queen's birthday. The Princess will, of course, be accom panied by Prince Frederick William—Court Journal. To compensate in some degree for the disap pointment felt by the'Berliners, and perhaps by the Prin cess Frederick William herself, we believe it is settled that the Prince Consort will be present at the christening of his grandson.—Court Journal. The course which her Majesty took in preparing her second son for his future career is to be followed with regard to the two younger Princes. We may now state that, young as Prince Arthur is, his military education may be said to have already commenced. The illustrious godson of the Great Duke has been placed under the charge of a military tutor in the person of Major Elphinstone, of the Royal Engineers, a young officer of greet and various at tainments, and, doubtless well qualified for the important trust which has been confided to him. Prince Leopold will also, it is understood, as he grows older, pass under the charge of Major Elphinstone, and, like his brother, be pre pared to enter the public service.—Court Journal. the rebels in Central India, but we may mention that an engagement has been fought in the Rewah country, with an isolated party of Gwalior muti neers ; Lieutenant Osborne, so well known by his services in the field in the height of the rebellion, has been seriously wounded. He was attacked by two sepoys, one of whom he shot dead with his revolver, wounding the other also, but not effec tually enough to prevent his being cut down. His Life was saved by a European soldier, but he was so severely wounded in the knee that amputation of the leg was unavoidable. " Since writing the above we have received the following gratifying intelligence by telegram : " ' From Allahabad, 18th January, 7.23 p.m. ".' The Commissioner of Rohilcund reports' that the rebels, who numbered from 20,000 to 30,000, were defeated with slaughter, and driven across the Sarteah, their guns taken, and Nurput Sing of Rooza and Benee Sing killed. " Totally independent of the great mutiny, we have now to record some disturbances, the scenes of which are laid in the Nizam's territory. We learned yesterday from private letters that on the morning of the 15th inst., about half an hour before sunrise, the Deputy Commissioner of Berar, whilst at Rissode, was awoke by firing in the town, Which he found proceeded from a body of marauders, com posed of Rohillas, Arabs, and Deccanees, attacking the place. He lost no time in despatching a note by a Sanee sowar to Brigadier Hill, whose camp was attacked by a party of Arabs had plundered of everything valuable. The Commissioner, however, in the meantime had mounted and ridden off, saluted by a volley, and had ensconced himself behind the bund of a tank watching the motions of the Arabs. On retiring the Commissioner went towards his tents where he was again fired upon. All the tattoos and kit belonging to the guard were taken away, as also the cash found in our informant's tent. The Bizeir Mootsuddy was killed, and two Rhatores who would not give Up their arms. It is probable the whole 'body would have remained intent on plunder, until the evening, had they not heard of Hill's force in the neighbourhood, some jowans having arrived from Meikhur the evening before to collect and forward supplies to Wassud. The Brigadier, on receiving the Deputy Commissioner's note, lost no time in galloping to the scene of action with a party consist ing of dragoons, horse artillery, and 2d and 3d Cavalry of the Hydrabad Contingent, arriving at Ris sode about a quarter past 10. The marauders had got a good start of them, but were hotly pursued some seven or eight miles on the Bunnee road. The advanced guard of 20 men of the 2d Cavalry, under Captain Clogstoun, first overtook them just as they were entering the village of Chickumbat. Captain Clogstoun had a narrow escape, his horse being shot under him; a risaldar and two troopers were killed. About a dozen of the enemy were cut up, and as many taken prisoners. The Rohillas, &c., being too strong, and having got into the village, which contains a small ghurry, the cavalry could do no more. The horse artillery guns now opened fire, but with what execution is uncertain ; very little probably, further than knocking about the mud of the bastions. The infantry came up about three. Captain M'Kinnon sent some of his men down to near the village to secure a position under shelter of a well. The brigade major, however, was sent to recall them, but a Jemadar and two men were knocked over in returning, and the brigade major's horse received two shots in his body. Capt. M'Kinnon was ordered to attack the village under cover of the guns, which, he did with about 100 men. A very sharp fire was opened upon him from above, showing the enemy were in great force. They had barricaded the lane up which the infantry were proceeding. Captain M'Kinnon being shot, the infantry fell back, bringing their wounded commanding officer t with them, but leaving several of their men on the ground. The briga dier's orderly was shot dead while standing close behind him. Two officers besides Captain M'Kinnon, who died during the night, were wounded. The guns were soon afterwards with drawn, and little more was done except that an oc casional shell was fired. The deputy commissioner got back to his camp at Rissode late at night. It was lucky for him that the maurauders, before re tiring, did not set fire to his tents. He subsequently received intelligence that the Rohillas, &c., attempted to escape during, the night, when several horsemen of the pickets were killed and wounded. Some say that about 100 of the enemy are accounted for, others only 30 or 40. There is no doubt that several were captured, and some taken in a wounded state, but the greater part escaped in the jungles to the west ward. The loss on our side must be considerable, though to what extent is not yet known." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON THE STATE OF BOMBAY MARKET, FROM 11TH TO 24TH JANUARY, 1859. (From the Bombay Times.) The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship B•m -bay, with the English mails of the 17th of December on board, arrived here on the night of the 9th instant. We received the China mails of the 30th of December by the steamer Malabar on the evening of the 18th instant. Ad vices from England to the 25th of December were received by us on the 23d instant, by electric telegraph from Galle. The money market remains very tight. IMPORTS, Cotton Piece Goods—The transactions in our import market during the past fortnight have been to a very mode rate extent, and the prices of all gray 'goods have declined from 2a. to 4a. per piece. Bleached and Fancy Goods—Theso remain in price and demand at our last quotations. Yarns—Low numbers of both mule and water are firm, and have slightly advanced. Green yarn is dull and de• Metals—These are in fair demand. EXPORTS. Cotton—l The rates have declined, and the market has assumed a quiet tone. Oil Seeds.—These have been in little demand, and prices have given way. Tonnage.—The rates of freight have improved slightly, being to London, £1 Os. sd. to £1 2s. 6d. per ton; and los. to 17s. 6d. to Liverpool. Exchange has been unsteady during the fortnight. We quote credits at 2s. lid., documents at 2s. lid., at six months' sight on London. On Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, 97ar. ; on China, rupees 217 per 100 dollars. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. • The Royal mail steam ship Arabia, Capt. Stone, has arrived with the New York mails of the Bth, Boston of the 9th, and advices from the former port by telegraph via Halifax to the evening of the 10th. She has brought 69,804 dols. on freight. At New York on the 7th there was a moderate demand for exchange. Sterling, 1091. The follow ing were the quotations for stocks :—" United States' Fives, 1873-4, 1021 ; Missouri Sixes, 842- ; New York Central Shares, 824 ; New Y or k and Erie Shares, 133- • Reading Railroad Shares, 48'4; Michigan CentraiShares, 491 ; Michigan Southern Shares, 19 ; Cleveland and Toledo Shares, 301 ; Panama Railroad Shares, 1161- ; Illinois Central Bonds, 87 ; Chicago and Rock Island Shares, 60 ; Galena and Chicago, 69 ; De:aware and Hudson, 991 ; Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 76i." The weekly averages of the banks of the city of New York up to Feb. 5 presented in the aggregate the following changes f rom th e p rev i ous ex hibit of Jan. 29 : Increase in Loans Decrease in Specie Increase in Circulation Decrease in Undrawn Deposits 1,872,679 The Asia and Kangaroo, hence, had arrived at New York. Mr. Forsyth had formally tendered his resigna tion as Minist er t o M ex i co . M r . Cass assured him that his course had met with the approbation of his Government, which as yet had come to no deter mination relative to Mexican affairs. The arrival of the 42d Highlanders at New York, en route to British Columbia, was expected, and a very friendly reception was to be given them. From Victoria, British Columbia, we learn that a party of American " rowdies" had carried away a British justice of the peace from Holmes-bar, and made him pay a fine of 50 dols. for contempt. Via New Orleans we 'have telegraphic advises from the city of Mexico to the 28th. General Miramon reached the capital on the 26th with 1,000 cavalry. He di approved the acts of Gcneral Robles, and displac ed bun, af 4),' which he placed General Sales at the h?ad of the army, and reinstated Zuloaga. It was reported that Miramon intended marching on Vera Cruz with a strong for ce . Th e Lib erals had routed General Negrette, near Jalapa. The Picayune's correspondent says that the Mexican war schooner Iturbide had been captured by an American and six foreigners, who killed five of the crew and escaped with the vessel. Advices from Southern Mexico to the 26th men- tion it as not improbable that San Luis was in hands of the Liberals. Miramon had left it wholly unprotected, and at last accounts the city was environed by a force of 3,000 men. Advices from Port-au-Prince to the 16th of January report that the revolution had extended to nearly all parts of the empire. At St. Marc some severe fighting had taken place, both on land and at sea, with considerable loss of life. A naval engagement had taken place off St. Marc, six vessels taking part. The Admiral's vessel was badly damaged, and the , whole fleet bore off for Port-au-Prince. Reinforcements were joining Geffrard from all points. (BY TELEGRAPH VIA BOSTON.) NEW YORK, FEE. 8. Stocks are firm generally and dull, closing heavy. Money is without change. Sterling exchange is firmer, with rather more doing, at 1091 to 109.1, Chicago and Rock Island, 591; Illinois Central , 671; ditto, bonds, 871 ; ditto, Free Land bonds , 'Bl ; New York Central, 821 • Michigan, Southern and Northern Indiana, 18Z-; Michigan, Preference, 45 ; Pennsylvania Coal Company, 82; Pacific Mail, 75 ; New York Central Sixes, 92 ; Hudson Third Bonds, 731; Hudson Second Bonds, 94 ; Maryland Fives, 841 ; Reading, 481 • Michigan Central, 491; Erie, 132; Galena and daicago, 684 ; Panama, 116 ; Harlem, preferred, 381; Harlem Railroad, 131; Hudson Railroad, 311 ; Delaware and Hudson, 991; B, 60 ; Virginia Sixes, 96 1 ; Tennessee Sixes, 89,1 ; United States Sixes of '62, 104; United States Fives of '74, 1021. Ashes, steady—pots, 5 dols. 68e. ; pearls, 5 dols. 75c. Cotton, dull and lower. Sales, 1,200 bales ; Middling Uplands, 111 c. Flour.— State and Western dull and lower.; unsound, 4 dots. to 4 dole. 50c. • super State, 5 dols. 15e. to 5 dols. 25 c.; round hoop Ohio, 6 dols. 15c. to 6 dols. 20c ; com mon to good extra Western, 5 dols. 75c. to 6 doll. 30c. ; Southern lower—mixed to good, 5 dols. 60c. to 6 dols. Wheat dull and heavy—Western red winter, 1 dols. 35c. ; white Kentucky, 1 del. 70e. Beef steady; country mess, 7 dols. 75c. to 9 dols. Pork dull at 19 dols. ; mess, 18 dols. for old. Rice active and firm, 31c. to 4c. Sugar ficra—New Or leans, 7c. to 71c. ; Muscovado, 71c. to 7/c. Coffee quiet, but firm. Molasses steady—New Orleans, 41c. to 42c. Spirits of turpentine buoyant; sales . at 491 c. to 50c. Resin, 1 dol. 75c. for comnien• Iron firm—Scotch pig 28 dols. to 30 dols. Tobacco quiet—Kentucky, 6 dols. to 12 dole. Tallow firm, at 111 c. Freights to Liverpool quiet, and nominal. (BY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFAX.) NEW YORK, FEB. 10. The sales of cotton yesterday and to-day boa been only 1,400 bales. Middling Uplands quoted at 111 c., but prices are almost nominal. There is no demand whatever for export, notwithstanding the decline in prices. Breadstuffs generally are dull, but without any material alteration in the rates. The provision market is without change for any article. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 9. The business in cotton during the past two dais as been 18,500 bales, at a 'decline of ic. per lb. 1 11 prices. Middling is now quoted 101c. 4 t0 11c. The receipts at all the Southern ports are now 1,025,000 bales in excess of the receipts at the same time last year. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MILAN, FEB. 19. Trade is in a state of complete stagnation, no business being at present transacted. A considerable number of recruits, deserters from the Austrian army,bavo crossed the Piedmon tese frontier. The Grand Duke of Tuscany intends to grant a liberal constitution to his subjects. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Empeior went to the Opera Comique last , night. The escort, which was rather strong, con sisted of Cuirassiers. His Majesty left a little be fore 12 o'clock. There was a large attendance of se;; de vile, and the crowd was kept back to the side paths for some time before he left the. Theatre. There was a considerable number of people in the streets, owing, no doubt, to the masked ball at the French Opera in the rue Lep elletier. The object of the visit of M. Latour d'Auvergne to Paris is to take the Emperor's last instructions on the question with Piedmont, where people are getting impatient, and perhaps suspicious. There is some rumour of his remaining here and taking. the place of M. Walewski, and of General Niel going to Turin. A letter from Toulon, dated Friday last, an nounces the arrival in that port, on the 16th inst., of the Russian three-decker ship of war Sinope- 4 name which reminds us of the surprise and destruc tion of the Turkish squadron and the massacre of the crews by the Russian fleet of the Black Sea 1 11 the early part of the war. BOURSE, Feb. 19.—The market has been heavy, and prices have declined. Threes, after having been done at 68f., receded to 67f. 85c. Mobilier. varied from '7B2f. 50c.t0 772 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 545 f. to 542 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,322 f. 50c. to 1,320 f. 1 Lyons, 835 f. to 832 f. 50c. The following.were the' last quotations : 41 per Cents. 97 70 Do. end month 97 60 3 per Cents 67 90 Do. end month 67 85 Cr&lit Fonder •—• Belgian 4t -- Piedmonteso (5) 83 Roman - 89 Bank Shares. 2890 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 770 Spanish Threes Do. Account 771 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. 792 60 .. 79 1 ' o _, Lyons and Moditerranean B3l 25 .. 83 1 w New ditto ..... Geneva — ....... ...... Midi -- Southern Western 597 50 .. Eastern Grand Central — .. —.-• Sardinian 405 .. 400 --" Austrian - .. 542 6 ° Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; raoneff 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 251. ; money, 24f. 95c. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Fab. 21.—Wind this day at noon S.W.; light breeze and' fine. FALMOUTH, Feb. 20.—Wind calm.—Sailed—TheodosYt steamer, for Amoor ; Thomas Daniel, for Coquimbo ; NoW York Packet, for Barbadoes ; Ciano, for Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 20.—Wind N.W., thick foe"! Sailed—Robert Morrison, for Swan River; Drusus, e' fo r Madras ; Coronet, for Cape Coast Castle. Dove; Feb. 20.—Wind N.—The Celt, from Wyburg• to Cherbourg, bas put in with loss of bowsprit from collisioa with the licturah, from London, to Malta, w hich put ill with damage to bulwarks Cowes, Feb, 20.—Sailed—Fortituck, for Sierra Locale ; Hermana, for Havannah. SWANSEA, Feb. 20.—Sailed—Coburo, for Cuba; Shake speare, for Coquimbo. HARWICH, Feb. 20.—Wind N.—Sailed—Oberon, fo r Cuba. Conic, Feb. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Emelind a t from Rio Grande. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning• Wind calm. Arrived, Feb. 19.—Ondine, steamer, from Dublin ; par t ' . from Havre. Arrived, Feb. 20.—Aurifera, from London. Sailed, Feb. 19.—Teviot, steamer, for Alexandria ; dine, steamer, for London ; Mic Figlie, for Cardiff. Sailed, Feb. 20.—Ally, and Lady Constance, for Sunder land ; Ceylon, steamer, for Alexandria. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning• Wind, W.S.W. Arrived yesterday.—Calpe, screw steamer, from Lisbo n ; Crimean, screw steamer, from Alexandria; Susang from Apalachicola ; Netherton, from Pernambuco; Don Francisco, from Matanzas; Frederika, from Antwerp• (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPR.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning'. Wind, S.W. ; tide, last hour's ebb, very fine. Arrived, Feb. 20.—Venus, from Seville; Lily, fro m Guernsey; Venners Minde, from Aalborg; Venus, fro m Seville. Sailed, Feb. 20—George Marshall, for Melbourne. Sailed, Feb. 21—Cornelius Grinnell, for New York. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind calm. Passed—Jane Leach, from London, for Calcutta; 11611- drika, from Liverpool, for King George's Sound. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The gentlemen, having undergone the necessary exam i na tions for the diploma, were admitted members of the college 3 . meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 18th inst., '_i„ . l ; • —Messrs. Henry Wotton, Cavendish-square ; J°. s ,„ e r; ' Kisch, Finsbury - circus • Alex. Haldane Cooke, - Charles Hardy Trotter, Coleford, Gloucester shi l: Thomas Jackson, Eltham-park, Kent; John Copelnll,4. Lindfield, Sussex ; John Augustus Caosar, Cork; Carroll Maingay, Great Ayton, Yorkshire; Septimu s den, Sheffield ; Daniel Timmins, Dudley, W or eestersb i r r i; Edwin Woise Coathupe, Bristol ; and James Knill, . 13 d e - r tol. At the same meeting of the court Mr. James Cravv Eastcott, of her Majesty's ship Sea Lark, Portsraoult, passed his examination for naval surgeon. This gentlenii% had previously been admitted a member of the college, diploma bearing date Oct. 15, 1852. sp , CO] to nic tic ha