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BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."--Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, j e udgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, SONNAMBULA. Messrs. Santley, H. Haigh, G. Honey; Misses Parepa, F. Cruise, and Thirl wall. _ _ __ Conductor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Barnes, Tallien, Infants Lauri, and Miss Clara Morgan. Doers open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Jasper (his original character), Mr. C. Mathews. Followed by HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTLNE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. ►THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM. — _a_ '2, Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Brilliant and Increased Success of the new Drama—Colette Dubois and Therese Defarge, by Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, called A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. James Vining - , Walter, Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J. Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler, Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced the Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING TH RUS FIBE AR D, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION, in which is pre sented one of the most novel, costly, and brilliant effects ever witnessed -designed and painted by Mr. William Callcott.— King Thrushbeard, Miss Julia St. George. Commence at T. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan seuse of La Scala, Milan ; and the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON HIE HEARTH, After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Artisur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta loon, Mr. l'aulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. MIV THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Second Week of 3lr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, to commence with STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, C. J. Smith, and Powell ; Mrs. A. Wigan, and - Mrs. Billington. After which, by desire, the drama of ONE TOUCH OF NATUItE. Messrs. B. Webster, Billington, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss H. Simms. Followed by DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompqon. After which, FIRST AFFEcTIONS. Messrs. H. T. Craven, G. Spencer, and Miss Wyndham. Followed by a new burlesque called DIDO. Mr. Charles Young, Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Murray, Eliza Arden, C. Ranoe, A. Evans, and Corps de Ballet. To conclude with I WILL, IF YOU WILL. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-ofEce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at halt-past six ; perform awe commences at 7. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LITCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucretia Miss Russell. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. O en n aro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from .5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. TILE WEATTIER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 19, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAWL 47—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.70 ; falling rapidly. WIND. South-west in the morning ; West at noon ; North-Westerly in the afternoon, blowing fresh ; 0 o'closk, rain, Wind N. ; 6 o'clock, snore rain, Wind veered to E and settled at N.E. FEB. 20. THERMOMETER, IN TIIE SHADE. 42 —highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.37; still falling WIND, North and North-Easterly; fresh, with slight snow and sunshine. There is very great variation in the weather for the last few days. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, lh. 26m.—Afternoon, lb. 45rn To-moßßow.-Morning, 2h. 4m.—Afternoon, 2h. 20ni , la - „ egrP r -.-• ..,% 14 ~.:,,:','..),„„,.' ) 4 te \/& ''.l, - Ir i .- \ , ~,,,, _ .. . ~ :r . ,cV .Li-.il:- -' ', -- --t t ,..\ „' ttf „ ...,...14 0 ,, ~.. —, 4 r , ir r . b rer /--,, ~ ~.,: o' , N *,. - .;. I z , b - - ...., , er t ,;; ; ., •i• 1 o %:' - i , "!.. s ,t -, • '---. 1-. ,-..i.,:,)„,,v,,:-, r•-•.1.1.,,4•,----"s'llk-'2l-I\IV -- , v- ...,,;,74;•t , .... ~,....7-=, r TB E SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 20, 1860. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget is founded on a good and a bad principle. It is a com bination of good and evil, in which the evil pre dominates considerably. He deserves credit for his endeavour to sweep away a number of petty imposts on commerce which have hitherto tended more to vex the public than add to the Revenue. Besides, it is carrying out the principles of free trade in all their natural tendency, but while with the one hand he is doing good, he is limiting its benefit with the other. He seems afraid of doing too much without a countervailing check on his prodigal bounty. Again, in order to force his own hair-splitting theories on the peopi, 4 he attempts to lure by apparent advantages. We t: e do not find' so much fault with his giving i French an advantage for a certain time If he did not make its pay for it, and that on the nail. Why has he not cast around, and managed a reasonable loan and so spread the extra charges for this year, over several, in which there will not be similar demands if we are to remain at peace ? If peace With France is to be pitrehased by an immediate sacrifice on our part, why not let us partake of the advantages P It is rather too much of a good thing to pay down and reap no corresponding gain. If we buy what is termed a. bargain, let us see what it is worth. Already we perceive that .the,Fsench are show ing signs of apprehension lest the plan should fail, and are endeavouring to modify some of the terms by accelerating the -time of their coming into ope ration. This is a concession evidently founded on the strong spirit manifested here against the one sided character of the provisions of the Treaty. By means of the electric telegraph, the Emperor of the FRENCH may be supposed to be sitting at our Cabinet Councils—else why should he have so suddenly modified his plans ? For no other reason but to smooth the temper of the debate coming on this evening. Mr. DISRAELI foreseeing the manoeuvre of at tempting to bind the House of Commons to the terms of the treaty has given notice of a motion for this evening to the effect that " the House does not think it fit to go into committee on the Customs Acts, with a view to the reduction or repeal of the duties referred to in the Treaty of Commerc e h tween her MAJESTY and the Emp'ror of the FRENCH, *nal it shall have considered and as sented to the engagements in that treaty.', And this is but right. It is in strict conformity to constitutional practice, and ought to be per sisted in. Why should there be any thimble-rigging in a matter of such vast national concern ? Is it to please a Government who has rushEd into power by a razzia of accumulated perfidy and shameless combination of discordant parties ? If the treaty be good, let it have fair play; scrutinize its merits, which may he many, and search into de merits, which may be few ; but few or many let the treaty stand the test of impartial inquiry. We can not.hope for more, and ought not to shrink from less. Let there be justice done, 'without favour or affection. We will even go further : let the French have the benefit of the doubt, for we can afford it, and will not grudge a make weight for the sake of good fellowship and genial friendship. But we will not consent to be bullied and then sneered at for our foolish good nature. If short accounts make long friends, fair play is best for all and will be found to last the longer, with no heart-burning as a! consequence. Let the treaty then be discussed on its ovt n merits and the Budget afterwards. Now, as regards the Income Tax, which has been so often and so justly objected to, how is it that Mr. GLADSTONE did not look into its working enormity of pressure, and discriminate between fixed and precarious incomes ? It is clear that he intended to resort to this abominable impost, and yet he shunned the opportunity of being just. Is that statesmanlike? Is it politically honest? Is it not pandering to the rich at the expense of the poor ? Why has he not had re course to a property tax and equalised other duties, so as that property should pay for its protection. Want of time or opportunity is no answer. We believe Mr. GLADSTONE to be personally honest, as honest as honest can be ; but we condemn the Chancellor of the Exchequer as being too bad as Mr. GLADSTONE is,' perhaps,7not so good as he might be. While on this odious tax we may point the Chancellor of the Exchequer's attention to a plan for raising a larger amount by an income tax on fairly graduated principles, which we copy from a contemporary. Let him try it for this year by way of a beginning, and if he must continue the tax hereafter it will not be so justly objected to. O those deputations ! They are the peculiar infliction, horror, bugbear, and incubus of your unfortunate Administrator. They haunt him like remorse. They dog his footsteps like the memories of an evil conscience. They are to him what the slave was in the chariot of PHILIP of Macedon— reminding him in the very hour of his ovation of his political mortality. They are the death's heads —" grinning horribly a ghastly grin"--at the feast of power, taking the flavour out of the dishes, the perfume from the flowers, and the bloom off the fruits of office, served up in the otherwise appetising and delectable banquet of Government. If there is one social nuisance abhorred with an especial abhorrence by each one amongst us—with out a single dissentient voice to breathe a syllable in its favour in the way of extenuation : it is that nuisance of nuisances, that arch bore of bores known generaicily as " a man with a grievance." We all know him. His name, indeed, like that of another, is Legion. He has so very much to say for himself, and it is sach a dismal story at the best. Perhaps the most felicitous type we have of the class in fiction is the one sketched by the re morseless pen of Mr. THACKERAY. To the readers of " Vanity Fair " the mere mention of poor old Mr. SEDLEY after his downfall will conjure up again the familiar effigy. We are there again with honest DOBBIN, in the back parlour of the little public•house in the City —fairly caught by the button-hole—with that de plorable object confronting us—the man with a grievance He has got the crumpled packet of dirty letters out of his pocket in a twinkling—the string is in his mouth—he is selecting " the one" for our inspection, first of all, just to begin with. There is the dreadful perspective of all the others that have to follow—with the spoken, lachrymose running commentary ! Well, what the man with the grievance is to the individual in private life—in public life the depu tation is to the Administrator. But with this difference—that the infliction in the latter instance is far worse, inasmuch as it is not simply a man, but a cluster of men, representing a whole class or multitude—a cluster of men headed by a spokesman carefully primed for the occasion in regard to a grievance, the enforcement of which upon the attention of the unhappy Minister has been duly and deliberately preconcerted. And, grouped round the prominent figure of the spokesman, come the rest of the members of the Deputation—bearing a resemblance less to the old classic Chorus than to those skirmishers, "outside the conversation," in the refractory ward of the Workhouse at White chapel, described with so much humour by Mr. CIIARLES DICKENS in the last number (the second number) of the " Uncommercial Traveller," in A ll the Year Round. Supporters of the speakers, who themselves take no further part in the discussion than might be expressed by saying that they italicise with a murmur, or punctuate with an exclamation ! And certainly on Saturday afternoon Ministers —at least three or four of the Ministers—had a veritable surfeit of these Deputations ! There was a deputation of licensed victuallers, who had an interview at the India-office with Sir CHARLES WooD, as her MAJESTY'S Secretary of State, for the affairs of Hindostan ! Though what possible connexion there may be between the licensed victuallers and our Asiatic empire—is a problematic thought left entirely to the wildness of vague con jecture. It probably expresses only the sub division of labours forced upon the mem bers of the Cabinet by the extraordinary throng ing and crowding of these attendant deputations. However this may be—there was Sir CHARLES WOOD on Saturday at the India House face to face with this deputation of licensed victuallers. Then there was a deputation on the part the D u bli n wine merchants, who " had it out" in a pleasant interview with Mr. LAING, as Secretary to the Treasury. - Besides which the Right Hon. MILNER GIBSON, as President of the Board of Trade, received at the Board of Trude, with all befitting gravity, and in due succession — a deputation from the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, and another deputation which was this time a deputation of paper manufacturers. The last-mentioned appears to have been the most resolute and the most out spoken of them all; for, not content with saying their say at the Board of Trade, in the presence and hearing of the right hon. the President of the said Bond, they proceeded at once to the official residence of Mr. GLADSTONE in Downing-street, and there enjoyed the luxury of talking the mat ter of their grievance all over again with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exche (per. And here we may complete the dread ful catalogue of these Saturday deputations by enu merating those which actually waited in the course of the afternoon upon thzt unfortunate administrator. Besides the particularly resolute deputation last mentioned, then—Mr. GLADSTONE had the delight of re trade_ng by one—a deputation from the distillery statiocers of Loa deputation nden_ail from London —and distinct the in etde w p ho uta le ti s o ae deputations upon resolution s 10, 11, and 12 of the proposed Budget—from Edinburgh and Leith, from Glasgow, from Liverp001, from mHcuol Cork, , k , fr a o n n d i Bristol, from Dublin, from from Aberdeen !. Could net some humane member frame a bill analogous to Martin's Act in its bene- THE' SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1860. ficence—with a view to the prevention, or, at any rate, the diminution (in this painful way) of Cruelty to Ministers P Let no one trifle with his MAJESTY of the coup d'etat; he is not very prone to forgive and forgot, nor unwilling to bide his time that he may have his revenge. Austria deprived him of the hand of a German Princess, and she now finds herself de prived of Lombardy, of military status, and of mediatised rule in Central Italy. The POPE failed to do him the honour of a coronation, and his HOLINESS already sees the Legations slipping from his grasp, the Marches not unlikely to follow, and it is not quite certain that he will then have seen the worst. Perhaps not the least annoyance to the petty temporal potentate of Rome is that his mighty spiritual dominion is used to make his temporal rule contemptible. Popes seem to be as fond of their lay character as of their spiritual one. To be a Sovereign Prince in the very earthly sense of commanding mercenary soldiers (or butchers),_ police, and tax-collectors, is, in papal eyes, quite as great a matter, to say the least, as to be able to decree that the Virgin MARY was born of a sinful mother yet without her mother's nature, and to claim the homage of all Roman Catholics for his spiri tual midwifery. Unlucky old man ! The notorious fallibility of his temporal decrees shakes to its foun dations the faith of all Italy and the Catholic world in the infallibity of spiritual decrees. His fallibility in the temporal rule being so conspicuous that he would not crown LOUIS NAPOLEON, is now coolly ridiculed by him, for the incapacity by which he is forfeiting crown after crown. On the last day of the old year the EMPEROR himself tried his skill in putting his Holiness in the wrong, and succeeded beyond his hope in doing it. The POPE had the ill-luck to pen a letter to the EMPEROR before receiving that of the latter, in which it can hardly be told whether the hypocrisy and cant or the diplomatic folly predominated. It converted him into the rude and needless assailant of the EMPEROR, and enabled the EMPEROR to set the Holy Father an example in returning good for evil, so far as words went, and blessing for cursing. The worldly EMPEROR dutifully remonstrated ; the Vicar of CHRIST was left to curse on. Deeds, how ever, were the part for the man of the world. The Univers was suppressed, precisely for publishing a Papal document, and WALEWSKI descended, by golden steps, to be sure, from the French Foreign Office, to make way for THOUVENEL. The clergy, who thought themselves indispensable to the EM PEROR, are sent to the right-about ; all the con suming classes, and many of the manufacturing and producing classes of France, are purchased by a commercial treaty ; and the EMPEROR, his army, and his expectant wine growers and silk and glove makers, can do without the POPE and the Ultra montanists. To further assure them of it, another Ultramontanist journal has just been sup pressed ! The clergy may rave as they will—their Imperial master well knows that long centuries of superstittion have made all the intelligence of France, and of Italy too—infidel. The more dis tress they show the more will they incur the laughter of a nation of profane wits. M. THOUVENEL has entered on his new post with good will. The despatch, which our readers have seen, addressed to the French Ambassador at Rome, is as deferential in language as all commu nications with the Holy Father should be ; but it proves with bland mercilessness that his Holiness himself has thrown away the Legations, and that for the future he must, in treating of temporal matters, forget his spiritual capacity, and deal as a man of common sense with his common-sense fellow-mortals. "We agreed—says M. THOUVENEL —at the commencement of hostilities, that the Papal territories should be neutral ground. We have acted accordingly. Austria ran away; she best knows why, and the part of your territories which she occupied found itself independent. We pressed on you lay government, with an elective council—you isolated yourself, refused us an ear, allowed your opportunities to escape, and the Legations, there fore, left you for ever. The whole French clergy know full well the advanced position they have obtained under the Imperial Government ; indeed, all our conduct evidences our sincere respect for, even our devotion to, the welfare of the Holy See. Now, however, the time is past. The Legations could be restored only by conquest, and retained in subjection to the Papal Government only by foreign occupation. Europe is tired of this system ; satis factory government is required; and the POPE, in temporal matters, must act on the principles recog nised by temporal rulers." What is the POPE, then, to do P If he storms and raves again, all Europe will laugh ; if he makes his appeal ad misericordiam, and comes to the Tuileries with a " Pity the sorrows of a poor old Pope," the world will titter ; obstreperous or sup pliant, it is all the same ; he has become tempo rally nought, and will never be otherwise again. As to his spiritual reign, if not bolstered up by Kings and Emperors for purely political purposes, it would soon be at an end. In the old sense of un questioning belief in his decrees, we believe it has vanished already throughout educated Europe. It is a mere convenient dogma, which, like the Angli can Prayer-book, serves to cramp together, into apparent unity, creeds and sentiments mutually and irreconeileably repellent. I At rr E A l l 7 co The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, MONDAY. The Moniteur of to-day publishes a circular ad dressed by M. Rouland, the Minister for Public Instruction, to the archbishops and bishops of France, enumerating the customs, laws, and prin ciples which since a distant period have established in France the incontestible authority of the Church over religious society in independence of the state, which is the regulator of civil and political society. The Minister recalls the conduct of the Emperor since 1849, who has accorded to the Church great confidence and liberty, and has never made use of the prohibitions of our special laws in reference to it. The Emperor, however, will not allow this liberty, which had been conceded in the interest of public warfare, to become an expedient of agitation. The Minister reminds the bishops, &c., that the dis agreement between the Emperor and Pope does not refer to religious but only to temporal questions. To excite civil discord would be a deplorable fault of the religious class. The Minister ac knowledges that the immense majority of the clergy have known how to escape such dangerous ground, but expresses his regret that some priests have abused the liberty of the pulpit to make offensive allusions and culpable provoca; tions. The country condemns such outbursts of passion. The Minister hopes that the bishops will bring back to the way of the Gospel and to their duty the men who have de parted from it. If the clergy owes veneration to the Pope, it owes respect and fidelity to the Emperor. Thus disorder, compromising religion and prejudicial to public peace, will be prevented. The Emperor will always be happy to protect the French clergy, but he energetically wills that the laws be maintained and executed. He has the firm hope that the bishops will fulfil their mission of order, peace, and conciliation. PARIS, FEB. 19. The Grand Duke Ferdinand IV. of Tuscany, after having passed a few days in the strictest incognito at Paris, has left again for Bavaria. It is asserted that he is about to address a manifesto to the Tus can nation, promising to forget the past and to grant constitutional reforms. The lloniteur of to-day publishes a Ministerial report, addressed to the Emperor by M. Rouher, on the reform of the tariff for primary materials. The Minister expresses his opinion that the epoch for the exemption of wools and cottons may be fixed for the 15th of April. The Minister further believes that the article in tho tariff relating to primary materials could be expressed as follows : All wools and cottons in wool imported from countries out of Europe are exempt; if coming from other parts, and in French vessels, to be sub ject to a duty of 3f. per 100 kilogrammes; if im ported in foreign vessels to pay a duty of sf. per 100 kilogrammes. The premiums paid on exportation will be sup pressed :- 1. For threads of cotton and wool within two months. 2. For tissues of wool and cotton within three months. The report of the Minister also proposes modi fications of the tariff for dyes and chemical pro ducts. MADRID, FEB. 17. It is stated that the garrison of Melilla has made a sortie, and that the Spanish loss in the affair was 33 killed, 146 wounded, and 21 missing. The press is unanimous in demanding an ener getic line of policy against Morocco. TURIN, FEB. 18. More Austrian soldiers and officers have arrived is the States of the Church. Letters from Venice report that the state of op pression continued thore, and that the emigration of Venetians was increasin g. The armaments in Piedmont are being accele rated. FRANKFORT, FEB. 18. In to•day's sitting of the Federal Diet the United Committee for the Affairs of Holstein pro posed : That the King of Denmark be requested to fulfil the promises of 1851 and 1852, and to grant an assembly of delegates. That the Royal rights, in reference to general and special affairs, be maintained ; but that no general laws be promulgated without the consent of the Diet of Holstein, The vote of the Federal Diet on these proposals will take place on the Bth March. HANOVER, FEB. 18. The King of Hanover has consented to submit the question of the Stade Dues to a general Con ference. England and other Governments interested in the question have requested Hanover to state the amount she clams for the redemption of the dues, in order to serve as a basis for the Conference, just as Denmark didjfor the Sound Dues. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 11. (Via Trieste.) Kiatzern Bey, the favourite son of Fuad Pasha, is dead. Fuad Pasha is ill. Monetary affairs are continually improving. PIR/EUS, FEB. 9. The French Captain of Marine, ➢Z, de Larancies, has arrived here. VIENNA, FEB, 19. The Austrian Government has not yet sent a reply to the English proposals for the settlement of the Italian question. It is stated that tho Governments of Austria, Prussia, and Russia have arranged that their replies to the English proposals shall arrive simultaneously in Paris and London. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 19. Bishop Mourad has arrived hero to undertake the formation of the new Ministry. He has de clared to the King that his Ministerial programme will entirely differ from that of the late Cabinet. His Majesty has consented to the policy of the Bishop. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY. The following circular has, I understand, been addressed by the Minister of the Interior to the Prefects of Departments : " Paris, Feb. 17, 1860. " M. le Prefect,—Th© Roman question has for some time past given a pretext for attempts at agi tation to which it is necessary to put an end. For getful of what the Emperor has done for the last 10 years for the Holy Father, we hear people talk of hostility and spoliation. Regardless of the profound peace the Church enjoys in France, o the respect with which the Government surrounds it, of the benevolence and liberality with which it is treated, people talk of persecution. Little pam phlets composed in this sense, with more or less of ability, and in a popular form, are by hun dreds of thousands gratuitously distributed in the temples, in schools, in private houses. The pulpit itself is made in certain places the echo of those calumnies and this excitement. Among the pro moters of those manoeuvres many, doubtless, are blind, though sincere. The spirit of party, how ever, gives them them auxiliaries—and these are not among the least ardent. The populations seem to be little moved by all this effervescence, .which is in the eyes of sensible people more hurtful than useful to religion; and the Government had hoped that it would subside in presence of its pa tience and its longanimity. Good citizens ask whether longanimity, by being prolonged use lessly, might not become weakness, and whether it be really prudent to allow excitement to be any longer spread among the faithful, merely because there exists a diplomatic question which most as suredly will not be resolved by these imprudent but fruitless attempts to lead the public astray. The Government is of that opinion, and, without ceas ing to be moderate and benevolent, it believes the moment come to recall those who go beyond the law to the execution of the laws which it allows to remain dormant. " The 6th clause of the law of July 27, 1849, pro hibits the gratuitous or non-gratuitous distribution of any production or pamphlet when then the au thorisation for it has not been giuen by the Pre fect, and punishes with from one to six months' imprisonment, and a fine of from 25 to 500 francs, those who act in contravention to the law. " I charge you, M. le Prefect, to take care that in your department that prohibition shall be hence forth respected. If, after a friendly warning, this distribution be persevered in, you will concert with the Procureur-General and the Procureur-Imperial to whom his Excellency the Minister of Justice has given his instructions, that those who commit an infraction of the law, whomsoever they may be, the law shall be applied to them, " That is another class of facts, more delicate, but not less to be regretted, to which I also direct your attention. On many points of the territory a zeal as unjust as it is unenlightened has caused to be heard in the pulpit, either against the Govern ment, or against the Emperor himself, words which neither the vigilance of the bishops nor the counsels and kind warnings of the civil authority could prevent. Perfectly free with regard to all which concerned faith, the pulpit, for the evident interests of religion as of public peace, ought to remain scru pulously apart from this external excitement; and there exists in our code an enactment which awards to such irrregularities a correctional penalty. The Government does not think it opportune to pre its strict application at once. Without adverting for the present to severities which acts of a graver kind only might incline it to employ, it reminds you that in virtue of the law of the 18th Germinal, year X., abuses of this nature may, after official information, be brought before the Council of State. In order to direct your notice to this matter, you will receive from the Minister of Worship detailed instructions. " In these circumstances,where the Administration must not depar tfrom their habitual moderation, but according to what shall be strictly necessary to put a stop to the agitation of people's minds, I ask you to exercise at the same time mode ration and firmness. Take care also that no one shall misunderstand the nature and the extent of the measures which I recommend to you. The Emperor desires peace and liberty for re ligion. He desires that the most profound respect the most benevolent protection—shall be secured to religion and to its ministers; that the faithful shall have complete security for the maintenance and the liberty of their faith ; but he, moreover, wishes that his authority, which is the keystone of the arch under which are guarded the interests of religion as well as others, shall be also respected; that those who should most desire public tran quillity sdould not labour to disturb it ; and that, no one in France being above or beyond the laws of the country, those laws shall be by all faithfully observed. " Receive, M. le Prefect, the assurance of my distinguished consideration, " BILLAULT, Minister of the Interior." THE BOURSE, Feb. 18.--The market was steady, with active business doing at the opening, but it was afterwards relaxed. Threes, after having been done at 67f 76e, improved to 67f 90c, and afterwards receded to 67f 80c. Mobilier varied from 740 f to 745f—Lyons, 878 f 75e to 880f—Orleans, 1,355 f to 1,357 f 50c—Northern, 907 f 50c to 910f—Austrian, 497 f 50c to 498 f 75—Lombard, 542 f 50c to 545 f. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per Cents. 97 70 I Credit Fonder 740 Do. end month .. 97 65 I Belgian 4f 3 per Cents. ..... . 67 85 I Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 67 901 Roman — Bank Shares 2BOO —lAustrian Credit Mobilier .. 743 75 I Spanish Threes — Do. Account 745 I Home Debt 43 25 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern ... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean BBO . 878 75 Geneva 490 .. 487 50 Southern Western 5Bl 25 580 Eastern Sardiniax . 393 15 395 Austrian Lombard .... 512 50 .. 545 SIR R. PEEL AND THE RIFLE VOLUN2WERS. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Miss Amy Sectewick's engagement at this theatre terminated on Saturday night last, when her per formance of the character of Mrs. Haller, in "The Stranger," was honoured by the presence of her Majesty and the Prince Consort ; and a house crowded in every part testified by enthusiastic ap plause its sense of the triumph achieved by the accomplished and popular artiste. The Haymarket has never (with rare exceptions) drawn fuller audiences within its walls than during the last engagement sf Miss Sedgewick, in which all her principal characters have been sustained in a manner which amply testifies that her pre sent high position on the English stage is in all respects thoroughly merited. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing -street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Commall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Elgin, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers and the Ilight Hon. E. Cardwell. , — His Highness Prince Emmanuel do Godo pro longing his stay at the Br unswick Hotel, Jermyj REPORTED DEATH OF MR. HENRY DRUMMON D M.P.—We are happy to sa y that the ann ouncement of the ' death of Mr. Henry Drummond, which appeared in the Observer yesterday, is premature. The hon. member, who is at Albury Park, his seat near Guildford, was considered rather better on Saturday last, and some hopes are enter tained of his ultimate recovery. Lord and Lady Lovaine and Lady Gage are staying with Mr. Drummond at Albury. Up to an advanced hour last evening the relatives of the hon. gentleman had not received the slightest intimation that his illness had terminated in death. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. — Her Majesty and the Prince Consort again honoured the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with their presence on Saturday evening. The royal suite comprised the Hon. Miss Bulled, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Camoys, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel de Has. AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—An amateur perform ance of the Savage Club, for the benefit of the widows and families of "two literary gentlemen recently deceased," is fixed to take place at the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday evening, March 7. The names of many men connected with literature and tao arts are announced to take part in the dramatic representations of the evening. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. SIR,-10hen the late Sir Robert Peel addressed the House of Commons he was listened to 'with at tention and admiration, and his name will be handed down to posterity with those of England's greatest statesmen. Sir William Peel gained dis tinction is arms, and his fame will long live in the recollection of the public and in that of the service which venerates his name. It is therefore but natural that the present Sir Robert should feel anxious to attract attention in the House, and if he cannot command the respect of the represen tatives for statesmanship, he can at least excite their risibility by his facetiousness. But wit, however clever, is not argument, and when a man brings in wit to his assistance in a grave debate, and tries to ridicule that which he cannot controvert by reason, he strengthens the cause which he has thus striven to weaken. Such was the case with the hon. member for Tamworth last Friday night, when he attempted to bring the volunteer movement into contempt by relating stories of his fat friend,_ and inferring from the fact that the aforesaid friend was going to join his comrades at a dinner, and afterwards recreate at a bill, that it was impossible for men who revelled in such luxuries to be able to face an enemy. We would ask the hon. baronet if he has never eaten a good dinner at a regimental mess, and, ac cording to our forefathers, beauty's fond glances rather tended to impart courage to the soldier than to render him a dastard. Sir Robert dwells strongly, and perhaps personal vanity may excuse it, on his expedition with a certain body of Swiss volunteers, who had to crawl for miles on their bellies under hedges, and tells us that once a corps with which he was hall -to-pass one night in the trees. This must be very terrible, but what King Charles the Second and Sir Robert Peel were able to endure we think both other Er.glish gentlemen and English bump kins too could stand without great detriment. The bumpkin whom he held in such contempt is the raw material of the soldier, and although drill an d pipeclay may make him look smart and so please the eyes of the hon. baronet, all the polish in the world cannot impart an ounce more courage and determination to the man. Soldiers can fight with out stiff stocks, although some inartinets could not, and to this day cannot, believe it. Of course the hon. baronet is correct in his information, when lie states that the .Rifle Volunteers have received no encouragement from royalty, but how can this be when her Majesty is to receive the officers of the Volunteer Regiments on the 7th of March, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will pre side at a dinner given the same evening by those gentlemen. Sir Robert Peel has on previous occa sions spoken up for the honour of England and showed himself to be a tiuc Briton, despite his ab surd distaste for the only really effective mode of rendering this country . secure from foreign invasion, which he does not deem near; but, according to the old Covenanter's advice, while trusting that our eccentric and grasping neighbour on the other side of the herring-pond may be wise and ab s t a i n, bearing in mind the pro verb—fitetles decen sus avern i sed revocare gradem—we will, nevertheless, keep our powder dry. K. WALLOUGHBY. LITERATURE. The _Land of the Kelt. A tale of ler ne, in the days of the '9B. From an unpublished manuscript, by Peter Paradox, M,D., deceased. 3 vols. Saunders and Otley. This tale refers to the stormy scones that took place in Ireland last century, and it will be found that it has been narrated with considerable skill, although, of course, the chief characters meet with tragic ends; but there are throughout the story many humourous passages introdu:'l , d, and the renan tic events connected with the shipwrecked youth form an agreeable episode in the book. There is much to interest one in the sad fate of the chief, Fitz-Edward, and notwithstanding his precipitate and ill-advised course, the reader cannot but feel re gret at the base treachery that betrayed him, and the sad fate that awaited him and his unhappy wife, who had before so devotedly interfered to save him from ruin. Roderic O'Connor is another in stance of the best intentions being- thrown away from infatuation in adhering to an. impracticable cause. It is sad to reflect, though so long a period has since elapsed, how many were untimely cut off in this unequal struggle, how many promising young spirits passed away to their account, who might, if spared, have done good and. glorious ser vice to their country and their kind. Incited by the unreasoning vehemence of demagogues, led away by inspired visions of national regeneration, they rushed to their doom, beckoned on by the allur ing gleam of a triumph that was never to be theirs, but which like the ignisfatuus irresistibly attracted its destined. victims. Roderic an d Fitz-Edward were of the first rank of the sufferers, they firmly be lieved in the right of their cause, they were, to fight a g ainst oppressors, and to rouse up their deluded and degraded fellow•citizens; their war-cry was for freedom, and their fervent adjurations are well expressed in the lines of the poet— " Let Erin remember the days of old, When her kings with standard of green unfurled, Led the Red Branch Knights to danger, Ere the emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger." Irene, the heroine, is a charming character, but she does not appear very prominently on the scene. Those who desire to peruse a life-like sketch of per sons of that time, and a stirring chronicle of striking events that belong to a dark page of history, will do well to possess themselves ox' the romantic re cord of " The Land of the Kelt." 7he Gordian Knot, a Story of Good and Evil. By Shirley Brooks. Illustrated by John Ten niel. One vol. Bentley. Mr. Shirley Brooks and Mr. John Tenniel— for the merit is fairly to be divided—have kere presented the lovers of fiction with a charming addition to their stores—a tale full of interest and originality, illustrated by a series imaginable: engraving s th e mos t exce ll en t an d felici tous Rarely hare we met with a volume where the pencil has come so happily to the aid of the pen and ink portraitures. Turning over the pages of the yet unread work we are irresistibly drawn into its perusal by a glimpse at its delightful pictures. The heroes and heroines are so natural and so grace ful, especially Margaret, the heroine, as charm ing a portrait, as womanly a character as artist ever delineated or novelist ever described. the little domestic scenes are depicted with so much gracefulness in the grouping, with so much reality in the details, that the main features of the story are forcibly imprinted on the reader's mind by a glance at these truth-telling pages. Two pictures especially let us particularise as samples of the effective character of the whole. They are taken at the period when Philip's devotion to his young wife begins to relax, and the clouds are gathering in the horizon of Margaret's life of sunshine. The one entitled " Inattention" represents a morning scene in a charming home-room ; the breakfast things are on the table, and a smart little maid is just removing the tea-urn, watching with sympa thetic interest her mistress's proud delight as her little year-old boy, for the first time, stands alone with a tottering, trembling step, his little fat arms stretched out while he trembles forward towards the anxious ma ternal hands held aloof, but ready to catch him as Margaret kneels before him, looking up in beaming triumph in her husband's face. Little sympathy is visible in tha half supercilious smile with which the young father, lounging in his arm-chair, with a cigar in his mouth and Bell', Life in his hand, raises his eyes for a moment from the paper which en grosses his interest. In the companion picture " Attention," the same Philip, behind the scenes of the opera, is engaged with elaborate politeness in arranging the cloak of a ballet dancer, while an at tendant sprite in demoniacal costume, sugges tively eyes them from the back-ground. Yet more vivid is the portraiture of Margaret's face of agony and surprise, as she peruses the " mis delivered letter." The individualisation of Mar garet's appearance throughout the picture has been as happily preserved as the individualisation of her character throughout the story. She is natu ral and loveable throughout : " A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food, For artless pleasures, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." We will not betray the interest of the story by a further revelation of its details; it will find favour with many a reader. Its style is bright and viva cious, and at times even brilliant. There are, how ever, some portions of the story—those, for example, relating to Margaret's parents and to Philip's former mistress—which we could wish had been less prominently brought forward, and the fate of Margaret's mother is altogether too improbable and melodramatic, ruitable rather for the audience of some minor theatre and quite beneath the notice of Mr. Shirley Brooks. Many passages we might quote which would justify our commendation of the vivacious style, and felicitous manner of the narra tive—here a happy and original thought, there a humorous description ; but while Mr. Gladstone's political " Gordian Knot" of more than Gordian intricacy is in process of unravelment, we cannot afford more space to the denouement of any other. Tales from Bentley. Richard Bentley. A collection of amusing tales, which have pre viously appeared in "Bentley's Miscellany." Some of them are very laughable, vide " A Marine's Courtship," in which the hero of the tale has to retire on half-pay, in disgrace, for having made free with a goose belonging- to the mess, as a pre sent to a lady love who lives in a besieged town where provisions are scarce. He has the goose in his pocket when the fact is brought to light, by the hungry dogs that make a dead set on him. " What Tom Binks did when he did not know what to do with himself" contains good advice to coroners' juries. " Temporary insanity' is uniformly the verdict of your erowner's 'quest' on such occasions ; even a physician of any repute will honestly state on ordinary occasions, par ticularly when the patient has the benefit of his skill and experience in helping him to leave this wicked world, that he died of such and such a disorder, and will manfully state the name of the disorder, and the world gives hira . creditfor his skill and integrity. W ou ld g entlemen serving upon crowner's 'quest' imitate this heroic example, instead of recording the foolish verdict of ' temporary insanity,' they would say, The deceased didn't know what to do with himself ! ' This would be intelligible, and the faculty might stumble upon a remedy; but 'temporary insanity' is too transitory, too fugitive to be grappled with, two vague and indefinite in its very name ever to do any good, and the patient is generally past all surgery' before one suspeets he is attacked with insanity, be it ever so temporary er evanescent : but in honestly recording that he didn't know what to do with himself, and thereby came by his death,' it would be but doing justice to that interesting malady. Thus it could bo easily observed in all its stages, from its incipient symptoms at the gaming or any other well-gar • nished table, where it sometimes takes its rise, through all its phases and evolutions, till the malady comes to a head, and a man blows out his brains. The disease, through each of these changes, might be stayed in its progress, and society might be benefited by the honesty of the verdict." We think that, notwithstanding the multitude of the feline race to be found in the metropolis, Mr. Binks must have Sam Weller's patent optics to count sixty " tail" of cat between May Fair and Temple Bar. The romantie and Poetical tale of liaroun-Al-Raschid is original and well written. A Key to the Attainment of the Full Term of Life. By Joel Pi nney, Esq. Longman. This work deserves extensive circulation among the middle classes, notwithstanding its extrava gances. It is collected from the author's various works on the infringement of the organic laws. Like many other theorists, he starts from sound and excellent prin c ipl es, b ut attempts to carry them to an impracticable extent. While there is un doubtedly much truth in his strictures on the want of exercise and close rooms that are such fruitful sources of sickness and bad health among such large classes of th e community, we cannot help thinking he attaches too much prominence to the habit of eating too much among the less wealthy classes. His rules would be only suitable to a very robust unstitution, and would be positively in jurious to the large numbers who are naturally deficient in strength and endurance, while their frames ar e ex h austed b y fatigue, anxiety, or long attendance on business. To such persons the prospect of rising at sunrise, with a bath in cold spring water, and a long walk into the country before breakfast, would not be very inviting, while if they h ave a sma ll or d e li ca t e ap p e tite, they are not likely to di sregar d the caution o f b eing sparing in their consumption of animal food for their morning meal, but the prospect of dining at five or six with a " dry crust midway" is not encouraging. A strong in ducement to the early rising recommended is afforded in such weather as we have at present by a hair mattress in a well-ventilated bedroom, I without fire or curtains. Nevertheless, in spite of these extiones, there is much in his book that is well worthy of attention. The following passage on the necessity of a general diffusion of physiolo gical knowledge is excellent : " We are considered capable of investigating nature, so far as our faculties will carry us. We study the regions of space, and there, to our astonishme n t, v i ew wor ld s on ' worlds and systems on sy s t ems , a ll ma i n t a i n i ng t h e i r dis tances from each other, fulfilling the laws of their respec tive revolutions, May we not ask, then, who has drawn this line of demarcation a s regar d s our study of the human frame, and said, • Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther ?' Is it He - who sits upon the circle of the heavens, and who has made and preserves and regulates the whole ? No. The Almighty, in his unbounded goodness, has thrown the whole range of nature open to our view . and invites an in vestigation whether it be upon o ur own frame, or any other part of his vast domains ; and, if, by the study of nature generally, we increase our knowledge, expand our minds, and raise our thoughts • from nature up to nature's God,' why should we not more particularly direct our inquiries into that masterpiece of his own handiwork, a know ledge of which, besides making a valuable addition to our general knowledge on other important subjects, would afford security to our own health and life. " Does a person wholly decline the study of music, of the languages, or of any art or_ science, because he desp a i rs o f becoming aprofessor of it ?Is the study of astronomy to be neglected because we may not all acquire the knowledge and penetration of a Newton ? Or are the commentaries of Sir William Blackstone to be read by those only who are intended for the profession of the law I' The advice contained in the subjoined passage &serves a wide circulation— " The man too ardently devoted to learning, to science, or to worldly business, in order to keep him in h e alth a nd preserve his life, must have exercise and rest, if not, he suffers, and in a few years premature old ago is announced by decrepitude, decay, and lastly by death. Many, when a groat parpose is to be accomplished, consider that A spare allowance of sleep will materially assist them. Let such rely on it that they commit a great mistake. Two hours' work, when the powers aro vigorous and elastic, is worth treble the application, obtained by green tea and cold wet towels wrapped about the head, or even by the resolute will (as is often the case), to go on in spite of fatigue ; to say nothing of the injury health sustains from such unnatural stimulants and inordinate study." In conclusion, we commend the work before us to the attention of the public, for it is clear and com prehensible in style, with no technicalities or learned perplexities to confuse the inexperienced reader While we cannot advise the wholesale adoption of his rules by all classes and constitutions (which would indeed be impossible, from their exacting nature), there is much sound sense in his remarks on ventilation, exercise, and mental exer tion, which we should be glad to see more exten sively recognised. Many Happy Returns of the Day. A Birthday Book. By Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. C. Lockwood and Co. This work is well adapted for presentation to young people on birthdays. It is written entirely in the conversational style, which is most likely to interest children, and, in the course of a series of Walks, drives, and excursions of all kinds, such as generally take place when family friends assemble in the country to commemorate some happy event, the rudiments of many sciences,instiuctions how to perform athletic exercises, and the rules of the games of amusement most in vogue are given. Of course no solid information is to be obtained, but enough is given to sow the seeds of desire for more. To attempt to induct a young person into abstruse theories is to create dislike. We begin with a nar rative of the way in which birthdays are observed in the different countries of Europe, then follows the zoology of the farmyard, from bees to horses, with some very sensible hints as to their respective management : " Among all the wonders of creation," replied Mr. Single ton, "perhaps not one comprises a greater complication of marvels in itself than the bee. The machinery of a bee's foot alone contains the most admirable contrivances for the different kinds of work it has to perform, such as the two hooks with which each of the six fist is fur nished to enable it to hook itself with its companions in clusters, while they take repose, and the little thin appendix between these hooks generally folded up out of the way, but, when extended, used in assisting them to walk on polished bodies, such as glass ; then, think of the wonderful formation of the proboscis, or trunk, of a bee, by means of which it extracts the honey from the flowers, and which, we are told, involves a whole delicate apparatus of invisible muscles. And, besides this miraculous confor mation of the little creature's own body, think of its skill in architecture, its well. ordered government, and a provi sional management which almost argues forethought and judgment." But some of the hints thrown out are rather outre, such as advising the would-be horseman, when it is not convenient or easy to obtain a horse, to begi n _ with a chair; we would recommend a donkey. We come then to sailing, rowing, swimming, 4cc., but in these matters precept, unless joined to practice, is of little account. No one can learn to swim if he endeavours to follow exactly the rules laid down in tho most correct treatise on that accomplish ment. The following extract on geology is a fair sample of the style in which a great part of the book is written : "With even a moderate knowledge of science, a man may be changed from a listless idler into an inquiring and useful observer," said Mr. Warden, " and may gain the power of converting a dull and dreary road into a district teeming with instruction and pleasure. He will soon ac quire such habits of observation as will lead him to appre ciate what he sees, and to express what he feels ; and thus he becomes master of a sort of mental alchemy, transmuting things of low price' and slight estimation, into subjects of rich thought and value, by minute investigation and close regard." "As Witness the ineffably trivial topic selected by one of our most elegant essayists," said Mr. Singleton, " who has written a brilliant and eloquent dissertation on a pebble.' " " And to the mind of a geologist," said Mr. Warden, " this very pebble suggests images of the probable structure of our earth, strange secrets of its revolutions and changes, hints of its wondrous self-contained treasures, and indica tions of its true age and history." " It has been well said," remarked Mr. Singleton, "that those fossils and petrifactions that were formerly collected as mere curiosities, are now to the globe itself what coins are to the history of its inhabitants ; they denote the periods of revolution, and ascertain, at least, comparative dates." The laws laid;down for billiards, chess, and cards, can, of course, be obtained in greater detail, but what is given will assist the beginner, and perhaps be less likely to moider his intellect : " Whist is indisputably the finest of all games of cards, said Mr. Rose, " although we are told that it was formerly considered a low game, and confined chiefly to the servants' hall, until it was played and studied on principle by a set of gentlemen who frequented the Crown coffee-house in Bed ford-row, about 1730. They laid down the following rules : To play from the strongest suit ; to study your partner's hand as much as your own ' • never to force your partner un necessarily ; and to attend to the score.' These simple rules have been increased since then, and many clever and ela borate instructions now exist concerning this very popular game ; but there is one precept I have hoard a friend of mine insist en greatly as a means of playing well, and which I agree with him in thinking a maxim essential to be ob served; this it is, 'look on the board, more than into the hand you hold." "As a contrast to the useful axiom youhave cited, Rose," said Mr. Warden, " let ins tall you o f a p l easant t hi nf once heard Charles Lamb say to an old friend, his partner at whist, who happened to have brought not very deli cately-washed fingers to the card-table, 'lf dirt were trumps, B-, what hands you'd hold l' " After a dissertation on music, dancing, singing, and oratory, this i n t erest i ng volume winds up with the maiden speech of William Warden, the hero of the tale, in which by following the advice of his father " not to attempt a set speech, bat just to trT and express his f ee li ngs i n common - sense E ng li s h , he, of course, succeeds. The illustrations are good and well-arranged. F_i7AL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES .R4ILIKAY—(This Day.) We have received the following letter from Mr. Owen, the secretary of the company : Dear Sir,—l regret to have to inform you that a serious accident occurred at the Tottenham station, this morning about 9.20 a.m., to the up Cambridge train, believed to be in consequence of the tire of one of the leading wheels having broken while the train was passing the station. So far as has been ascertained seven of the pas sengers and the engineman have been seriously injured, some of them dangerously, and the fireman killed. FEARFUL COLLISION IN TILE CRAN NEL-SUP.POSED LOSS OE FIFTY LIVE 3. DOVER, SUNDAY. This morning, about three o'clock, as th e s t eamer Ondine, Capt. James Hunt, from Dublin to Lon don, was abreast of Beechey Head, she came in collision with the schooner Heroine, of Bideford. She was struck just abaft the beam, and immediately began to sink. So great w as th e i n j ury, t h at i n less than 20 minutes no traces of her were visible. A portion of the passengers and crew, 21 in number, were saved in the jolly boat, and landed at Dover, where the Sailors' Home was at once opened for their reception, and every possible comfort afforded that their distressed circumstances required. They were lauded perfectly destitute. About fifty of the pas sengers and crew are missing. Some of them, in cluding the captain, took to the starboard lifeboat, but it almost amounts to a certainty that they were swamped, as they could not reach the Heroine. In the darkness of the night one fearful ,thriek was heard, and no more seen or known of them. The On dine was a very unfortunate vessel. She is the same steamer that a few months ago ran down, near the South Foreland, the Robert Garden, a Dover collier, whereby the pilot and several of the crew were drowned. SUGAR, TEA, AND COFFEE.—The total amount of duty paid upon sugar in the year ending Jan. 1, 1860, was , E 5,936,095, against £3,936,589, paid in 1820. The duty paid on tea in 1859 was £5,406,110, against £3,689,805 in 1820 ; and on coffee, £429,335, against £305,997 in 1820. The consumption of tea pca head in 1820, in a population of 20,398,000, was 171 b ; Tat in 1859, in a population of 29,014,000, 341 b. The mentio very 1 owi ng to the by the ing E import ported and H I also th less eel Bence market into. there h 'ingha most tr, on the I tione. In th fair ami The sal' Railway were wi The favoural general indicatii Easier t of apprl and the a furthe The ti to-day h disposi ti transacts have bee buoyant] account, Cents, ar dia New bentures quer Bill The de been exe %re nonail been dea Guarante and th e I are negle The tra have been lolportanc eashire an don and B ter, Sheffi Ind Wolv, Eastern In the ] Unaltered, The lizitotlvese.r C o] hovers, Joint S have bum rate •, BRIT lank Stock . Per Cent. : 4 per Cent. 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