The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-07 00:00:00

Another day's reprieve has been gained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the evening, not of Thursday, but of Friday the assembled Com mons are to listen to this new and particularly mysterious Financial Statement. Upon the same evening—and not on any account sooner—the new and also particularly mysterious Commercial Treaty with France is to be laid upon the table of the House by the Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary. The two things are, of course, obviously perfectly distinct. They are so entirely distinct, the one from the other, that they are laid before Parlia ment by the respective chiefs of two entirely dis tinct departments of the Administration. As in duty bound our Minister of Finance takes in hand the Financial Statement. Equally in obedience to ministerial etiquette our diplomatic administrator takes charge of the new Anglo-French Treaty of Commerce. It is from his hands, and not from those of Mr. GLADSTONE, that the Treaty is to pass on Friday evening on to the table of the House of Commons. Mani festly, then, as we have said, the Treaty and the Budget are separate things, are things having entirely independent existences. Yet these en tirely independent existences do appear, never theless, to be somehow linked together in a very wonderful and most enigmatical manner, in a manner quite as wonderful and enigmatical as the luaus nature of that horrid fleshy bond linking together the famous Siamese Twins. It remains to be seen as soon after Friday next as may be in any way convenient, whether that mystical bond may not be cunningly severed upon the ope rating table of the House of Commons by the keen and trenchant stroke of a bold and resolute division. However this may be— there at any rate is the vital bond of union connect ing together in this astounding manner the Treaty and th e B udget. Uniting them so i nt i mately i n fact, that it is out of the question to have the Treaty laid before the House and the country a minute bef ore the Financial Statement can fall from th e lips of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The blend' of th e t wo i s i n di sso l u ble. Inso muc h are they zg i a t pproaching to a sem blance of actu a l id entity a u degree of sympathetic acti on i s, through t s li e r ir ,„: ig e n ne y , at once awakened between the two Ministers of the Crown to whose care they are respectively entrusted. M r. GLADsTONE'S throat is so very hoarse that, as re gards the Commercial Treaty, Lord JOHN'S hand i s , in a manner, very nearly paralysed. The Chan cellor df the Exchequer will be able by Friday evening to make his financial statement, and there fore, on Friday evening, but not sooner, the Foreign Secretary will be able to lay the treaty upon the table of the Lower House of Parliament. " Sir,* said Lord PALMERSTON I,vt evening, "I am de sirous of taking the earliest opportunity, if I may do so with the indulgence of the House, of stating the course of business with regard to the Financial Statement. The House is probably awaro that, owing to the unfortunate indisposition of my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he is unable to bring forward to-night the Finan cial Statement, as he had intended to do. I have good reason for hoping and believing that on Friday next he will be in sufficient health to make the statement. The statement is one which must of course involve a considerable length of speech, and it. is desirable that he should have the interval from this day to that in order to regain his power of going through the task. I shall not therefore, sir have occasion to ask the house to depart from the usual couse of business on Thursday. But on Fri day, which is our own natural day, my right hon friend, I trust, will be able to make the statement ; and I now beg to give notice on his behalf for that day." All this sounds, and is, of course, quite natural and reasonable. And it is with no surprise that the public finds the right honourable gentleman the leader of the Opposition, contenting himself with saying in regard to the new arrangment consequent upon Mr. GLADSTONE'S indisposition—" Sir, I am sure wo must all hear with universal regret the cause of the delay." Mr. DISRAELI adds, how ever, immediately afterwards, " But will the noble lord allow me to inquire whether ;the commercial treaty with France, if ratified, will be laid on the table of the house before the state ment of Friday next ? Mr. DISRAELI might have asked with perfect reasonableness whether , the Treaty would be laid upon the table then and there, namely, yesterday (Monday) even ing, without any further delay whatsoever. He gives the Minister, however, a wider margin—he puts the query to him generally—he asks simply whether before Friday, it will be laid on the table of the House "if ratified ?" No wonder the house, hitherto complaisant in its applause, rings with derisive cries of " Oh ! oh !" when Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to the leader of the Opposition, observes,—" Sir, I believe my noble friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs intends to lay it on the table on Friday !" The whole transaction is disingenuous. It is inevitably provocative of suspicion; It is painfully suggestive that this Treaty affects in a very serious manner the whole scheme and substance of the forthcoming Budget. It gives proof positive to the notion already prevalent that Ministers deem this vaunted Treaty with France to require very careful and delicate handling when laid before the House of Commons—to require, in fact, a great deal to be said in the way of explana tion and extenuation The truth of this is now plainly enough put beyond the reach of one mo ment's further misapprehension. Unless what we have now said be the case, why delay the publication of the terms of the Treaty, why smuggle up those terms still to the last so very mysteriously ? The whole of these arrangements, in effect, have been demonstrated by the merest accident (the accident of Mr. GLADSTONE having a sore throat) to be just exactly too clever by half. Everything is elabo rately concocted between the high contracting parties. The Treaty is signed the day before Par liament assembles just in the very nick of time to be announced in the Speech from the Throne ! It is ratified on Saturday the 4th of February—also just in the nick of time to make its appearance upon the Monday following (that is, yesterday) upon the table of the House of Commons and in .the columns of the Moniteur ! But unhappily the skilled rhetorician who has been selected by reason of his witching eloquence to talk the House of Commons into a gra cious acceptance of the whole double project unhappily by the most maladroit casualty loses his voice. Everything is jeopardised. The electric tdlegraph is immediately put into requisition, to flash under the waters of the Channel to Paris a warning hint that the official organ there had better perhaps remain mute in regard to the Treaty until Friday, until the English Chancellor of the Exchequer can make his Financial statement. If there is to be reciprocity in nothing else on the part of Imperial France—there is to be reciprocity of reticense ! And so the llioniteur comes forth without the promised revelation. " The oracles are dumb " elsewhere than at old classic Delphos. But, ab !—there is that intolerable Free Press at Brussels ! There are those detestably active print ing presses at the Belgian capital, ever watch ful, ever on the alert, insatiably voracious —prepared to issue at an instant's notice every thing that may chance to be tabooed or interdicted, now "La Question Romaine," by M. EDMOND ABOUT, now 31. VEUILLOT'S L' Univers, suppressed though it is by mandate of the EMPEROR ! And so it is not at all surprising to find that matters have been managed so very cleverly in regard to this Treaty of Commerce be tween France and England, that—although the terms of the Treaty are carefully withheld from the House of Commons and withdrawn from the columns of the Moniteur—it all oozes out in the most provoking manner in the world through that abominable blab at Brussels, the Indepsndancc Beige ! Through it we recognise only too plainly how our worst fears are realised. It no longer remains either matter of conjec ture or matter of surprise why the Treaty and the Budget must be brought forward simultane ously, or why the Budget, being postponed till Fri day, the Treaty is at once postponed till Friday likewise. The truth of the matter is now anly too plain. It is only too manifest by this time that if Mr. GLADSTONE, on Friday evening, will have " naught to set down in malice," he will have very much, indeed, to extenuate ! Query ?—how is it the Times knows all about the Ninepenny Income Tax, and argues the un palatable theme in a manner so significantly pre paratory ? We give this as a nut to crack for the especial delectation of the opponents of the tax and the true Friends of Economy. To-morrow is a day ou which every LIBE RAL MEMBER who desires to do his duty, and to retain the respect of his constituents, ought to be " in his place." It will not be a day for " pairing." One division almost certainly—two quite probably—will take place on that day. Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S Church Rate Abolition Bill stands for its second reading on that day; and Mr. DUNCOMBE also is to ask for leave to bring in his bill for conferring the ballot on Gloucester and Wakefield. These aro both testing motions. We have indeed a faint hope that, for very shame's sake the Government will not refuse Mr. DUN COMBE a first reading ; but their treatment of him will very much depend on the number of the sound-hearted representatives whom they see then present. To Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S bill, a . lso, the actual presence of our representatives of the highest importance. We hardly need ai - prise honourable members that both the Cabinet and the country judge of members' zeal, in any l caus e,eeto rbsyhathvee anyobjetroublect r u n e c mu ch n a n t b h t e fu a r l , ,s t v h h e e y n f t e h e l e y see i a little uncomfortable , their member' s name n the list of pairs only. g • • "Voting, " " pa iri ng, " " do ing neither," and "voting against," are the marks at which the public look when they consult that political barometer, the division list. And the public is right. Speaking in the house may depend on speaking power, or on the circumstances of the debate, even on the Speaker's eye sometimes ; but every member hearty in a cause can be present to vote; and in the im portant divisions nothing but the utmost necessity is a valid excuse. Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S Bill stands first. There will be a thorough muster against it of all the High Churchmen and all the stiff Churchmen, all the landlordism, and all the Toryism; all the " vested wrongs" men, and all the "rights of their church" men ;—of all the followers of Messrs. PACER, SPOONER, and MoNTAGu, and of the " Church-in danger" men ;—and, of course, a goodly band of opposers of anything and everything the name of liberal. There has been, of late, a regular whip-up amongst the High Church clergy and church wardens; archdeacons, too, have been specially prominent. Even a retired judge has been called forth from his retirement ; a worthy banker, and a "committee of laymen" have done what they could ; there has been, indeed, quite a nervous fever amongst a select circle of ecclesiastical and semi-ecclesi astical personages, and the symptoms, we are told, will be apparent soon, in a number of small genteel petitions to Parliament ; at least to that nobler house which is all untainted with the curse of democratic influence. Tc-snorrow will, doubtless, therefore, display on the Speaker's left hand such a gathering as is not seen everyday, Much less on Wednesdays. It will be the grand field-day of bigotry in its last great effort to rescue something from the onslaught of Sir JOHN TRE LAWNY'S Zouaves. The great struggle will be for a diminished majority against the bill ; the argu ment will then be, that the country's love for Church-rates is re-awakened by-their obvious dan ger, and that the sacred thing, must .yet be saved. Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S supporters have before them the greatest hostile effort yet made, to en counter ; and the presence of every man is now therefore especially needed. The division of to morrow will be probably the decisive one. As to the general question, no one who lives out of a parsonage or an episcopal palace can doubt that Church-rates are doomed. The very fact of the vast progress made by their defenders shows this. Mr. HUBBARD'S bill, for instance, which is to be the pro-rate rival of Sir JouN TRELAWNY'S, no longer proposes to tax Dissenters, nor indeed, if we understand him rightly, any one who signs a written notice left at his house that he objects to ray. Dissenters are no longer to be ticketed as such ; ob jection to pay is, by Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT and his party, held to be sufficient ! Had this been pro posed years ago it would have been carried in triumph ; now it is disliked by very many good Churchmen. There are two grand objections felt by plain lay common sense. It, after all, is creating a separation between Englishmen, and in the dis tricts where parson and squire reign supreme it perpetuates an unfair compulsion. There are also minor objections to its working. It will re vive compulsory rating of Churchmen in towns where rates have been long abolished. It will leave any person compellable to pay who by acci dent may have neglected to sign and send the notice. And the Voluntaries must, for consistency's sake, oppose it, since they object to coercing their Church neighbours, as well as to being coerced themselves. No, there is now no satisfactory bill but on• for abolition. Mr. HUBBARD'B bill has on the face of it, besides not being adapted to the day, the ab surdity of providing that those who are willing to pay- shall be made to pay ! Bishops, archdeacons, inral deans, clergymen, and churchwardens, not withstanding, we must get clean rid of the nuisance of Church-rates once and for all. If the House does its duty to-morrow, it will give Sir JOHN TRELIWNY a far larger majority than ever. • , s - 411* • 6 t ;2 \ .41/r, • s , . 2 47 ; ki t lftlt" • .f f & • '4l. • • i p i THE SUN. ..ONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 1860. APUBLIC MEETING will be held at the THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN, on SATURDAY, the 11th of February, at Two o'clock, with a view to establish PRELIMINARY DRILL at Public Schools, in connection with the Volunteer Movement. Lord ELCHO, take the Chair. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. _ . _ Under the manazement of Miss L. P yne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ROMANCE. Music by Henry Leslie. Messrs. G. Honey and W. Hart ison; Miss Thirlwall and _flies Louisa Pyne. Condactor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new g r a nd pantomime, called - P USS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequinand the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Messrs. W. 11. Payne, H. Payne , F. Payne, Barnes, Tallien, I nfants Lauri, and Miss Clara Morgan. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE STRANGER. Mrs. Haller, by Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.— Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Due Notice will be given of the recovery of Dona Isabel Cubes from her severe indisposition. 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, house, 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 a new Grand Christmas Ex :ravaganza and Pantomime, KING THRUSIIBE 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 ?. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancar, Mons. Espinosa.. First appearance of Mille. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan seuse or 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 THE HEARTH. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by IL J. Byron, called JACK VI 14; GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Artliur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack • Panta oon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, hlr. A. F. Forrest. MEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI .1.1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BenJ. Webster. Reproduction of THE DEAD HEART, with all its power. tut effects. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Billiagton, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Moe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor fer bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. 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 A DEAD SHOT. Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Crayen. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c. And A BORDER MARRIAGE. Messrs. 11. T. Craven, Charles Young, G. Spencer, and Miss Wyndham. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-olEce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform since eommences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Last Two Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season. THIS EVENING, the Powerful Equestrian Drama 'of THE WOOD3IAN'S HORSE, in which is displayed the wonderful training of the Cream Palfrey, "Beauty," —Ex traordinary Acts of Hosemanship by John Henry Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke. and the great company of talented Pro fessors, French Pierrots, and facetious Clowns. To conclude with the Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the God dess Diana • Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs ; Tom, Mr. Herbert; Patty, Mr. G. Belmore. Commence at 7. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips The final Morning Performance of the Pantomime will be on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Two o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENnTG. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from 3leyerbeer's new opera of DTNORAII. 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 galls have been re-decorated and ►eautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BONHEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is opea from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATIIER.—Sts OFFICE, FEE. 6, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.19. Warn, Westerly; light, with hazy weather. Sharp fros in the morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 51m.—Afternoon, 2h. lin' TO-MORROw.-Morning, 2h. 39m.—Afternoon, 3h. 3m THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1860, TILE COMMERCIAL TREATY. The Independence Belge says that the proposals to be submitted by Mr. Gladstone to the House of Commons as a consequence of the commercial treaty, which was ratified on Saturday at Paris, are as follows : " Abolition of duties on all the productions of French manufacture. "Assimilation of the duties on French spirits with those on English colonial spirits. The duty on those first named is at present 15s. a gallon, on the others only 75.; the duty on French brandy would thus be lowered by Bs. a gallon. " Immediate reduction of the duty on French wine to the extent of 2s. 9d. a gallon. The duty at present being ss. 9d., the new duty will only be 3s. a gallon. " A second reduction of this duty from the Ist of April, 1861. The duty will be a minimum of is. and a maximum of 25., according to the quantity of alcohol which the wines contain. " A merely nominal duty on corn, flour, and all articles made of flour. ' Reduction more or less important of the duties on all other articles imported from France. " England reserves the right of allowing other nations to participate in these reductions, as well Al as of modifying hereafter the duties on wines and spirits if the changes in our Excise shall render such modifications desirable. " France on her part undertakes to make the following concessions, but none of them will take immediate effect : "Reduction of the duties on English coal and coke to a level with those imposed on the same commodities of Belgian produce. " Abolition of the duties on wool and cotton. " Reduction of the duty on iron and machinery. " Abolition of prohibitions, for which ad valorem duties not exceeding 30 per cent. shall be substi tuted." DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last night Mr. Charles Dillon made his first appearance on the boards of Old Drury, in the character of " William Tell." On the occasion a very numerous audience assem bled, and a most cordial reception was given to him on his reappearance in the metropolis, after so long an absence, With respect to Mr. Dillon's performance of the part of Tell, we were in some measure disappointed. Not that it lacked power or sentiment, but it was wanting in lofty in spiration, dignity, and grandeur. At times there seemed to be a disposition on the part of Mr. Dillon to degenerate into rant, which, although it seemed to please a small party who were profuse with their applause, created a feeling quite the opposite in the minds of those who remembered the emotion produced by the original representative of the part. Mr. , Emery gave us a v er y roug h an d rugge d G es l er , an d Mi ss at f hff h eo i rd r f l a w lbl all sustained the p ar t o f Alb er t, T e ll' s son , w ith t great care and s i mp li c i ty. The five act play has been com pressed uientfttolhittethlereueserc,tuaspione f t Mr. h,iart the ei e l ld p o a ins r p t hl s au o yd f tou Emma aapip.t satr iandartistic t oskill.ae MichaeloNsA, ledge the applause of the audience. Mr. inSmith's magnificent panto m i me seems n i g htl y t o in crease attraction. The applause bestowed last evening exceeded that lavished upon it on Boxing-night. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort will entertain distinguished'heuiromßpoy:l Highnesses the next oant oßadminton. i fortnight, r s t n u i c g c I ° l s t: i Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary :ililnaergg'e-g the. evening at Badminton, from town. The duke's foxhounds this meet "on the lawn" to-morrow (IVeduesday), when, compliment to the royal visitors, there will be a splendid and brilliant field of the sporting gentry for miles around. His Royal Highnes the Prince of Orange, accompanied by his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, and attended by Count Bylandt and the other gentlemen of his royal high ness's suite, will visit the duke and duchess early in the ensuing week at Badminton._________ 'tie ST-aEquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have arrived in Arlington-street from Hatfield House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford left Hamilton-place yesterday, on a tour of visits. LATEST NEB' The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reutor's office : PARIS, TUESDAY. The Moniteur announces that the King of Sar dinia, wishing to acknowledge the services of the French army in the cause of Italian independence, has placed at the disposal of the French Govern ment 780 crosses of the order of Santa Maurizio Lazzaro (the military order of Savoy), and 8,000 medals, for military valour. BERLIN, MONDAY. The English Government, in making to Austria, with the consent of France, the proposal for the settlement of the Italian question, announced in yesterday's message, stated that in exchange for' the points to be agreed to by Austria it would be understood that Sardinia will respect the Austrian dominion of Venetia. Austria, in her reply already mentioned, said hat she herself will know how to protect Venetia. ITALY. TURIN, FEB. 6. The Commander Desambrois having been re called at his own request, the Chevalier Constantin Negra has been appointed Chargé d'Affaires at Paris. Count Arese will also leave for Paris. M. Farini has arrived here. Baron Ricasoli is also expected at Turin, to settle the question of the new vote to be given by Central Italy. The town of Como has offered the Marquis de Pepoli, from Bologna, to elect him as her represen tative in the Sardinian Chambers. The departure of the King for Milan has been fixed for the 15th inst. HANOVER, FEB. 6. The English Government has offered to Hanover a delay of three months, commencing with the 16th February, for regulating the redemption of the Stade dues by general conferences with all parties interested. Hanover has refused to settle the question by general conferences, and has proposed a special agreement with England. MADRID, FEB. 6. The Queen has congratulated Marshal O'Donnell and the Spani - sh army for the victory obtained on the 4th inst. In all the provinces the news of the victory has been received with enthusiasm. Intelligence from the seat of war states that Gen. Echague had entered the valley of Anghera, where he destroyed 200 cottages, and took one can non, a quantity of cattle, and munitions of war. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. A private letter from Milan, of the 3d instant, received from an officer of rank in the French army, observes that the affairs of Italy must be as suming a very important aspect, as all the divisions of the French army had received orders to be ready to march at the first notice. Rumours were rife at Milan that Florence would soon be the head-quar ters of the army of Italy, which would be put in movement the moment the Neapolitan troops set foot on the Pope's territory: These regi ments are at their full strength, and the feeling seems to be pretty general in the army that the spring will not pass over without a collision in Italy. It is said that this Government has ad dressed a note to the Austrian Government recom mending her not to make any movement in Italy, •therwise that Austria may lose all her possessions in the Peninsula, and even the Pope run risk of losing the remainder of his territory. THE BOURSE, Feb. 6.--The market has been very flat, and prices are generally lower. Threes, after having been done at 67f. 700. 67f. 75c., re ceded to 67f. 50a.; Mobilier varied from 742 f. 50c. to 735 f.; Lyons, 880 f. to 872 f. 50c.; Orleans, 1,352 f. 50c. to 1,345 f.; Southern, 500 f. to 495 f.; Northern, 901 f. 50c. to 897 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 500 f. to 492 f. ; Lombard, 542 f. 50c. to 540 f. The fol lowing wz•re the last quotations : 41 per Cents., 97 4 Do. end month 97 15 3 per Cents 67 55 Do. end month 67 Go Bank Shares 2820 —. Credit Mobilier Do. Account Criclit Foncier 740 Belgian 4} 991 Piedmontese (5) Roman BO Austrian §panish Times Home Debt 421 NAILW.&IrS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 9OO .. 900 New ditto 825 .. 820 Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 875 Geneva 5OO .. 490 Southern Western 677 60 .. 676 26 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. .. Exchange oni London, at sight, paper, 25f. 9c. ; money, 25f. me. ; three months, paper, 24f. 85c.; money, 24f. 8210. FRANCE AND SAVOY. The Savoy Gazette publishes the following pro test on the part of the Marquis Costa de Beauregard against the annexation of Savoy to France : Monsieur le Directeur,—l have lying before me the Savoy Gazette, No. 2,034, in which I perceive a letter, wherein I am described as the emissary to Paris of the annexationist party, and one of its most fervent champions. As my solo answer to the Salut Publie of Lyons, and its commentator at Nice, who have accredited this falsehood, I beg you, sir, to have the kindness to republish the following declaration, by which, at another period, I have already re futed these calumnies : " Signalised as one of the wannest espousers of the separa tist idea, I owe it as a duty to myself, I owe it to my past career, with which I shall ever be consistent, to give a formal contradiction to this imputation, that is an insult to me. " I know the situation of my country, and its too well founded causes of complaint; therefore, so long as I shall hold the position of a deputy, I shall defend its interest. with devotedness and constancy, as far as my weak powers permit. But I shall remain true, before and despite every thing else, to the flag of legitimacy, to my dynastic affections, to the hereditary traditions I have preserved in my family. " Chambery, Aug. 11, 1859." Such is the programme of honour from which 1 shall never swerve. As for my political faith on the vital question so profoundly exciting Savoy, I shall proclaim it aloud; I cannot, in any case, take part in an internal movement hav ing a tendency to provoke separatist manifestations, for in my opinion these manifestations would be revolutionary, and become still more capable and unworthy were intrigue or foreign pressure to be mixed up in it. Only one power has the right of legalising any appeal to the people—this power is that of the King. On the day that Victor Emmanuel should say to the inhabitants of Savoy, " Choose between France and me," then passions, interests, fears, and .hopes may have free scope ; honour and loyalty will have no more scruples, for in that day the cession of Savoy would be the wish of its sovereign. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 2d state that some placards attacking the General•in-Chief of the army in. Africa had been stuck on the walls of that city but were torn down by the police. The Moorish prisoners at Seville are represented to be much milder in character than had been expected, and also to be of excessive cleanliness. The Bishop of Seville having paid them a visit, they treated him with profound respect.—A letter from Madrid gives some explanation relative to the Queen's letter to the Pope : " The report having been spread that the Queen had written a letter to the Holy Father, ex pressing repect and devotedness to him, the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs sounded her Majesty on the subject, and is said to have acquired the cer titude that her Majesty had written such a letter. The Minister, it is stated, wrote on the matter to the President of the Council, who is now in Africa, and received for answer that the latter shared com pletely the sentiments of the Queen. But not withstanding all this, the general opinion is that the policy of Spain will continue to be one of ob ;elvationso _long as Europe shall remain undis turbed by grave events." The King of Sardinia has issued a decree placing his army on a peace-footing in so far as promotion and the administration of military justice are con cerned. In another decree the mayors are directed to take the preliminary steps for the political elec tions. General Garibaldi, in coming from Milan with his young bride, stopped one day at Turin. He has since left for Genoa, where he was to meet M. Alexandre Dumas. NOVA SCOTIA. [The following has been received at Mr. Reuter's office :—] HALIFAX, N.S., JAN. 2G• LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER, Jan. 2.—At half-past two o'clock p.m. his Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Mulgrave, Lieutenant-Governor, came in State to the Council Chamber, and being seated, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod received his excellency's command to let the House of Assembly know " It is his excellency's will and pleasure they attend him immediately in this house," who being come, his excellency was pleased to direct that the house return to their chamber and choose a Speaker. The representatives retired accordingly, and, after brief delay, re-entered the Council Chamber, and presented Mr. Stewart Campbell as the Speaker pro tem. His excellency approved of the choice, and opened the session with a speech to both houses as follows : " Mr. President and lion. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of As sembly,— " In meeting this Parliament for the first time, it gives me much pleasure to be able to congratulate you upon the prosperous condition of the province. " You will be gratified to learn that, notwithstanding the diminution of the royalty on coal, and although the distil leries have not been in operation during the last nine months, the revenue has exceeded that of any former year, fully realising the estimates submitted to the Legislature. " It is a matter of congratulation that, while under exist ing arrangements, the operations of the General Mining Association have considerably increased, new and valuable discoveries have been made in our mineral resources which are stimulating provincial enterprise, attracting foreign capital, and bid fair at no distant day to introduce vigorous and healthy competition, by which trade will be largely extended and the revenue increased. " A commissioner was appointed under the act relating to the management of the Indian Reserves, and some pro gress has been made in their adjustmont, the report of which will be laid before you. _ _ _ " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly— " The public accounts and estimates for the current year year will be submitted for your consideration. " Mr. President and Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council ; Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,— " The entire absence of any organised local force for the defence of the province has induced me during the recoss to authorise the formation of volunteer companies throughout the country, and I am happy to inform you that my endea vours have been cordially responded to, not only by the inhabitants of this city, but in many parts of the province. Several companies have already been organised, and others are in the course of formation. 3,000 stand of Enfield rifles, of the best description, have been placed at my dis posal by the Home Government for the purposso of arming these volunteers ; and I trust that the same feeling which has been so generally evinced in mother country, and also in some of the colonies of her Majesty's empire, will induce you liberally to support the movement, so as to enable me to render this force effective. "I have directed that the correspondence on this subject should be laid before you, and some modification of the militia laws will be submitted for your consideration. "The railways to Truro and Windsor having been finished, tke expense of operating and upholding these lines has been placed at the lowest point consistent with the safety and efficiency of the road, and, as far as was prac ticable with our present legislation. " By consolidating the railway and public works depart ments, further economy may be effected, and your attention will shortly bo called to that subject. " The large amount annually required to meet the pay ment of interest on the railway debt, must far some time severely tax your resources, and imperatively demands the most stringent economy in order to preserve intact the public credit. "A proposition to transfer to the executive the initiation of money votes will be submitted for your deliberation, that system having been found indispensable in England, and already advantageously adopted in Now Brunswick and other colonies. " Your attention will be called to the propriety of ex tending the principle of intercolonial free trade to manu factured articles, in addition to those products now inter changed without duty between the British North American colonies. " A careful investigation has been had into the condition and working of the savings bank, the result of which will be laid before you, and your attention will be invited to some modification of the existing system. " The conflicting clauses of the Decmial Currency Act of last session demand your early consideration. It is aisio desirable that some amendments should be made in the enactments relating to lunatics, by which the Hospital for the Insane, an institution already so extensively useful, may be rendered still more widely beneficial. " I fervently trust that your deliberations may contri bute to the peace, prosperity, and advancement of this thriving colony, so deeply indebted to Almighty God for the numerous blessings it now enjoys." PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, Captain J. S. Field, has arrived. She brings a small mail from Gibraltar and Malta only, 15 supernumerary and 16 distressed British sea men, £1,200 in specie, and 1,000 packages of cargo. The Ripon encountered terrific weather through out the passage. Gibraltar Exchange as last quoted. By this arrival news from Morocco is two days later than that brought by the Ceylon. The Spanish army before Tetuan was 30,000 strong. The Moorish account of their losses in tho battle of the 23d ult., give 20 killed, the same number wounded, and five prisoners. The Moors captured a Spanish officer. Tho Spanish army was occupied in the construe. tion •f works to secure its positions required for an attack on Tetuan. A star fort was also being constructed on the right front, and small steamers Were waiting to convey the artillery up the river. Sickness had increased in the Spanish army since its encampment in the plains of Tetuan. Marshal O'Donnell was chiefly occupied in entrenching the positions to secure the army against any disaster which might arise from an interruption of the com munication by sea. Every exertion was being used to complete the fortifications round the custom-house. Private accounts say that cholera continued its ravages. In one day 200 men had been removed to Ceuta. Complete silence reigns in and about Tetuan ; and there is no communication between the contend ing parties, SAFETY OF THE SCREW STEAMER JOHN BULI. —The John 8011, from Glasgow for New York, put tau* to Queenstown on Sunday, having been 32 days out, with her main-shaft and fan broken. She had five cabin and ton steerage passengers and a general cargo. She left on the 4th of January. GOLD (AUSTRALIA).—In 1858 13,9630 z. of gold, value £5,100,999, were] exported from New South %Vales ; and 2,555,263az., valued at £10,221,052, from Victoria. The gross total net quantity and value of gold exported from both colonies since May, 1851, to December 31, 1858, is 19,602,6400 z.. and £74,460,094. THE INCREASED NEWSPAPER POSTAGE TO AusTHALIA.—We regret that wo have not space to do more than thus briefly call attention to the letter in another column, wherein Mr. Brodie disposes of the poor official pleas put forward for the imposition of the new tax on irr telligence destined for the colonies. Mr. Laing, on behalf of the Treasury, affirms that the sum paid by contract to the Egyptian Government for the transit of the whole of the Eastern and Australian Mails across its ter ritory is £12,000 a-year ; and in the next breath he says that the new penny on newspapers foe Australia via Southampton, is expected to produce £5,000 a-year. In this expectation few will agree with him. Mr. Brodie, however, takes him for the moment at his word, and remarks that if thel second penny will pro duce £5,00'1 a-year, the first penny must already be pro ducing at least a like sum. Consequently, Australia, ao• cording to Mr. Laing's showing, is to pay £lO,OOO a-year to wards the Egyptian subsidy on her newspapers via South ampton alone. If this be so, what proportion do all the letters and papers via Marseilles, both for India, China, and Australia, pay ? And if the fact be not so, how narrow a policy does it seem to shackle the flow of intelligence to the colonies for a pecuniary consideration of paltry amount ! ST. VINCENT, CAPE DE VERBS, J.N. 18.—Th e s t eam -ship Powerful, No. 2 transport, belonging to th e Greek and Oriental Steam Navigation Company of London, arrived here to coal from L ondon for C hina , making the run in twelve days. The Powerful, besides a largo cargo of army and naval stores, has on board several Armstrong guns and a mortar weighing five tons, intended for soryk t , against the China°. LITE.RATUI?E. Vic Autobiography of a &antan. By Thomas Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B. • Tradition has assigned to the Cochranes a deriva tion from the Scandinavian Sea-rovers, and the same spirit " daring danger for the daring sake" has exemplified their race down to the present time, and the last earl is not a bad sample of his fore fathers. His autobiography is written in the frank free style of an easy-going sailor who speaks his mind and cares not what people say afterwards ; just in the spirit of abuse me if you like, but con tradict me if you dare. He speaks to the point on the old favouritism in the navy, and his narrative of his trouble to get a worthy officer promotion in re ward of his services are both interesting and ag gravating. We subjoin the following extract as a sample of the style of the work:— From boyish impressions to midshipman's grievances is but a step. At the first moment of my setting foot on board the Hind it had been ray determination never to commit an act worthy of punishment; but it was equally the determi nation of Jack Larmour to punish me for my resolution the first time he caught me tripping. This was certain, for Jack was open and above board, and declared that "he never heard of such a thing as a faultless midshipman I" For a long time he watched in vain, but nothing occurred more than to warrant his swearing twice as much at me as at any other of my messmates, Jack never troubling him self to swear at a waister. To use his own words, it " was expending wind for nothing." One day, when his back was turned, I had stolen of deck for a few minutes, but only to hear on my return th e omin ous words, "Mast-head, youngster !" There was n o alter native but to obey. Certainly not cheerfully—for the day was bitterly cold, with the thermometer below zero. Once caught, I knew my punishment would be severe, as indeed it was, for my sojourn at the mast head was protracted almost to the limit of human endurance, my tormentor being evidently engaged in calculating this to a nicety. He never mast -headed me again. ARREST OF THE TIMES' ITALIAN CO.RRESPONDE.VT. We have to record an act of a foreign Govern ment which stands in unfavourable contrast to the usual conduct of the Continental police. It is the Papal Court which has thought fit to depart from the ordinary usage in these matters. What the great military despots have never ventured upon has been perpetrated by the folly and bigotry of the Vatican. The correspondent of this journal in Rome is an Italian gentleman, a naturalised British subject. On the 12th of 'January he left Florence with a passport rise at the Pontifical Legation, and travelled to Rome. On arriving there he applied for a carta di sogyiorno, or permission to reside in Rome for three months, and obtained it in due form. Hav ing spent the winter of last year at Rome without giving or receiving any molestation, he was confi dent of equal security on the present occasion. But, knowing the unsettled state of affaird the excitement of the Papal Court, he woulailce no steps to settle in Rome without having made sure of his carta di soggiorno. He then sent for his family, took a residence, and paid his rent in ad vance, on the 23d, the day week after receiving the carta. Hardly, however, had he made this ar rangement when he received a summons from the police, and on going to the bureau was told that he must quit Rome and return to Florence within three days by the same route as that by which he came. Being a British subject, he at once applied to Mr. Odo Russell, the attache to our Tuscan Legation, who resides in Rome, and also to Mr. Newton, the British consul, who remonstrated strongly with the Roman authorities, but in vain. TRIAL TRIP OF THE NEW DOVER MAIL PACKET JOILV This vessel, built by the Thames Iron Works and Ship-building Company, and fitted with machinery by the firm of John Penn and Son, was tried yes terday at the measured mile, at the Lower Hope. It has already been stated that she is 175 feet long and 20 feet broad, is of 340 tons measurement, and has oscillating machinery of 150-horse power. Captain Robertson, R.N., the surveyor-general, and Messrs. Galloway and Gladstone, of the Board of Trade, were officially present ; and Messrs. Luke and Hughes, of the Admiralty, as also Mr. Chambro, of the Post-office. Mr. Penn attended personally to the working of the engines. Mr. Ash, the de signer of the vessel, was also on board, together with Messrs. Rolt, J. G. Appold,F.R.S., Mr. Wright, secretary of the committee of steam-boat perform ances of the British Association ; Mr. Churchward, Captain L. Smithett, &c. It was predicted that this vessel would prove the fastest and most effi cient of any that had ever been placed on the Dover station, and the result of yesterday justified all that had been anticipated ; for under the most adverse circumstances of half a gale of wind blowing at the time, in the four runs with and against the tide she realised about 15,1 knots, or nearly 18 miles, an hour. It was the opinion of everybody that she is the aaost perfect thing of her class ever turned out of the Thames. Both shipbuilder and engineer had a carte blanche, and no expense has been spared. She is fitted with every new improvement. She has Sir W. S. Harris's compasses, by Lilloy and Son ; Mr. Nunn's newly invented paddle-box and masthead lights, and Messrs. Newbon and Smith's patent anchor lifts. Her boilers are made of mani pulated steel plates, by Messrs. Atkinson and Co., of Sheffield, and the shafts are also of steel. The trial trip of yesterday having proved so highly satisfactory, the John Penn will immediately pro ceed to Dover, and enter upon her service under Mr. Churchward's new contract, making.the ninth vessel now employed in carrying the mails between Dover, Calais, and Ostend. GRAIN IMPORT' BEFORE AND AFTER FREE TRADE. A few statistics are grouped together below in illustration of the imports of grain and flour into the United Kingdom before and after the adoption of the free-trade policy in 1849. Of wheat the totals stand thus : BEFORE FREE TRADE. Year. Qrs. Year. Qrs. 1843 .... 940,120 1846 .... 1,432,521 1844 .... 1,099,077 1847 .... 2,656,455 1845 .... 871,710 1848 .... 2,580,959 AFTER FREE TRADE. Year. Qrs. Year. Qrs. 1850 .... 3,738,995 1855 .... 2,667,702 1851 .... 3,812,008 1856 .... 4,072,833 1852 .... 3,060,268 1857 .... 3,437,957 1853 .... 4,915,430 1858 .... 4,241,719 1854 .... 3,431,227 1859 .... 4,043,574 These figures exhibit an average in the former period of 1,596,858 qrs., and in the second of 3,742,171 qrs., or an increase under free trade of about 134 per cent. Extending the comparison to other grains, the totals stand thus : BEFORE FREE TRADE. Year. Qrs. Year. Qrs. 1843 .... 365,396 1846 .... 2,358,360 1844 .... 1,648,874 1847 .... 6,780,222 1845 .... 1,286,017 1848 .... 4,364,533 AFTER FREE TRADE. Year. Qrs. Year. Qrs. 1850 .... 4,181,869 1855 .... 3,081,539 1851 .... 4,281,398 1856 .... 4,124,420 1852 .... 3,581,461 1857 .... 6,107,225 1853 .... 3,932,178 1858 .... 5,946,546 1354 .... 3,419,273 1859 .... 5,358,908 The average between 1843 and 1848 was 2 , 800 , 567 qrs., and in the last 10 years 4,299,481 qrs., or an increase under the present system of 53 per cent. The imports of meal and flour of all kinds next invite attention, and have been as under : BEFORE FREE TRADE. Year. Cwt. Y.ar. Cwt. 1843 .... 442,462 1846 .... 3,347,665 1844 .... 984,701 1847 .... 8,633,991 1845 .... 9t8,916 1848 .... 2,030,237 AFTER FREE TRADE. Year. Cwt. Year. Cwt. 1850 1835 ..... 1,922,318 18.51 .... 5, 33 , 9 .... 3,838 3 1:1 6 8 1856 .... 3,991,369 1852 .... 3,866,719 1857 .... 2,184,176 1853 .... 4,638,010 1858 .... 3,865,996 1854 .... 3,705,160 1859 .... 3,354,789 The average between 1843 and 1848 was 2,731,212 qrs., and in the last 10 years 3,669,991 qrs.—show ing an increase of 34 percent. The increase in the quantity of grain and flour imported has been vry generally shared in by all the various countries from which we draw our supplies. BIRMINGRAM VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. At a meeting of the committee of the above corps, held on Friday night last in Birmingham, Sir John Ratcliff, Knt., late mayor, presiding, Mr. Charles Ratcliff, brother of Sir John, said he held in his hand a list of persons who were anxious to join the corps, and of whose qualifications he bad no doubt. It was his intention to form a company from amongst them, and he should have great pleasure i n f u ll y equipping a com pany of one hundred men who would advance £1 each towards the cost. Indeed, they had already cheerfully consented to do so. This announcement was received with much satisfaction, and with re ference to the proposal, it was moved by Mr. Mason, seconded by Mr. Dixon and carried unanimously, "'That the best thanks of the committee be pre sented to Mr. Charles Ratcliff for his kind and liberal intentions, as specified in his communications now made; and that the commanding officer of the Birmingham Volunteers be informed that 100 men, approved of by the committee of the Rifle Corps Association, are now ready to be sworn in as an other company of the volunteer force." So liberal an offer i s worthy of imitation on the part of other gentlemen of fortune and position, especially as it is estimated that £l,OOO per year, exclusive of out fits, will be required to maintain in full efficiency a force as large as the Birmingham corps.—Birminy loam. Mines. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cranworth, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Wensleydale, and other peers. APrEAL.-WING V. ANGILATI. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls, affirmed by the Lord Chancellor (Cranworth) holding that the legatee under the will of the late Mrs. Mary Ann Underwood had not proved that the gift over had taken effect. Mr. Waller was heard for the respondent. At the conclusion of the arguments the Lord Chancellor said their lordships would take time to consider. Judgment reserved. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE lEYES. This bankrupt was describe I as a seedsraan, Northampton, and to-day came up to pass his examination, which was adjourned for want of accounts. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE AYRES AND MILLIS. These bankrupts were described as of Nottingham, mer chants, and to-day was appointed for their last examination. The bankruptcy took place in May, 1868, and the ac counts had been filed, but a postponement was asked for to enable the settlement of goods accounts sent abroad, and to obtain opinion on legal judgment. An adjournment was then taken. POLICE INTELLIGENOE-( THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A. FEMALE. BY A DOORIBEPYA.--• Joseph Tyler, doorkeeper at Scott's, the Royal Standard, at the top of the Haymarket, was charged with the following assault on a young female, named Clara Harris, of St. Mary street, Walcot-square, Kennington. The complainant said she went int* Scott's that morning to have a glass of wine with a gentleman, when the defen dant put her out wtthout being authorised to do so, and gave her the black eye she now had. She believed it was given with his fist. Defendant said she was coming in at the private door when he told her she would not be alllowed to come in, and she said " I'll put this knife into you." He then put the doors to, and she went away, but afterwards came back with two or three men with her and attacked him. He (witness) never touched the female. Thos. Cook, a cab-driver, said ho was called from the top of the Haymarket to take the female up. He was going into the house to get some tobacco, and tho female followed him, when the defendant struck her with his fist, and knocked her flat on the pavement, and her mouth was coverei with blood. A number of people looking on cried " Shame." Ha (witness) dil not go inside, but the female who had got in side came out with her eye terribly blackenend. The de fendant knocked her down like a bullock, and added " that will pay you for my shirt" (alluding, he supposed, to some• thing else). Another witness said he was outside Scott's, and saw th• defendant holding the woman on the ground. lie told de fendant to let the woman go, and tried to get her away, but got a fearful blow from the barman for his trouble, and also one from the defendant. (The witness here held up hi• pocket handkerchief, saturated with blood). The defendant said it was the last witness who tool the knife out of the female's hand. The last witness, as also the cabman, denied that the female had a knife, and the cabman said he was there from the first, and therefore must have seen it had she had one. Mr. Beadon said the principal evidence was the cabman. lie considered it an uncommonly savage assault, Ea should fine him 60s. or a month. RAIL wA Y AND OTII.E.R BILLS BEFORE PARLIJMENT. Yesterday the Examiners disposed of the underntentiona bills ; the standing orders having been complied with, et• cept where otherwise mentioned : HOUSE OF LORDS.—(Before Mr. Smith.) Dublin and Meath Railway ; no further standing order* applicable—Galashiels, Inverleithen, and Peebles Railway —Forest of Dean Central Railway—Governess's Benevo• lent Institution —Grand Surrey Docks and Canal—lnver• miss and Aberdeed Junction Railway—and Attenry and Tuam Railway; no further standing orders applicable to these bills. (Before Mr. Frere.) Belfast, Holyhead, and Bangor Railway—Newry, War' renpoint and Rostrevor Railway—North Kent Water and Dover Gas—London Bridge Railway Terminus Hotel Cora pany—Barubridge Junction Railway—Portadown, Dun. , gannon, and Armagh Junction Railway—and Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway ; no further standing order■ ap plicable. Horan OF COMMON9.—(Before Mr. Smith.) Galway Pier Junction Railway—Edinburgh Railway Station Access—Mid Kent Railway ; the latter bill wad withdrawn. (Before Mr. Fran.) West Dorset Railway ; this bill was originally oppos•de but the opposition was withdrawn and the bill passed the standing orders—Hungerford Market and Charing-croeo B rid ge Companies—Bonrtop.-on-the Water Railway—Farn• borough and Bromley Railway. ; no appearance. In the notice of the South .Western Railway on Saturday ilia word "Surbiton" was accidentally inserted far "Tadding• ton." North British Railway (Stations)—Cork and Lime rick Direct Railway—Lincoln, Heath, and Peterborough Roads—Railway Clearing House (Ireland)—Doncaster and Tadcaster Read—Sw a n sea L oca l Board of Health—St' George's Harbour; this bill was postponed—Leicester Cams' tery; this also was postponed—Croydon Gas—Matlock Water —Spalding Water—Torquay G as—Consett District Water ; this bill was postponed—Eau Bank Drainage ; this also was postponed —Grunty Fen Drainage and Improvement' Chesterfield and Worksop Road—Glossop and Marpl• Bridge Road—Sheffield Cutlers' Company—London , Brighton, and South Coast, and Victoria Station and Pim' lico Railway Companies—Marple New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway—Sacristan Junction and South Shield/ Railway—Royal Naval School—Sirhowy Tramroad—AW bergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junctios Railway and Canal Company—Lincoln's-inn—Hayelhea 4 and Hepworth Iron Works Railway—Ulster Railway and Corporation of Belfast—Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway—Stourbridge Railway. 71118 DA Y'S' MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SatrritFlELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s ; clover £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 100 por load. A moderate supply, and a steady trade, at full prices. CIIMBERLAND.--MettdOW hay, £2 15s to £4 4s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 6. to £1 lls per lead. A fair demand. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 4e; clover. £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5e to £1 10a per load• Trade firm. COLONIAL. T7l.—The market continues firm, and at the public sales concluded yesterday, out of 11,600 packages offered, 7,67 t were sold at about former prices. SUGAR.—There is little alteration to record in values/, operatioits being restricted to immediate requirementat (wine , to the uncertainty existing with r es p ec t t o th e pro posed' alterations in the Chancellor of the Exchequer" budget. Coyrzz.—There has been a moderate inquiry for the better kinds of Plantation Ceylon, and previous rates het* been sustained. _ RICE.—The sales have been limited, but for the common qualities there has been a moderate inquiry at late quota tions. SALTPETRE.—The transactions have not been important. and little variation has taken place in values. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited increased anima tion, and price. have shown an upward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot f9s 9d to 60s, April to June delivery 56. 94 and last three months 53s 9d per cwt. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, nib. 7.—Wind this day at noon, West; light airs and fino, with frost. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 6.—Wind, N.W., blowing hard— Arrived—Barracouta, from London for Mauritius—Georg*. to wn, from London tor Barbadoes. Cowes, Feb. 6.—Wind, N.N.W.—Arrived—Surinsulo from Surinam for Amsterdam, with docks swept and loot of jibboom, CARDIFF ' Feb. 6.—Wind, N.W., s t rong .—S a il e d—Carl Steinorth, for St. Thomaa—lva, for Havana—GlenalTos, for Halifax. DOVER, Feb. 6.—Off port—Merrywind, from Antwerp for New York. RANtsGATII, Fob. 6.—Wind, N.W., strong gale—Arrivod —Gouverneur Eisevier, from Rotterdam for Wept Coast of Africa; assisted in, with loss of anchoto and chain, fore mast and bowsprit carried away, mainmast sprung, and damage to hull, PLYMOUTH, Feb. 6.—Wind, Vesuvius, from West Coast of Africa—Athens (ss.), from Southampton from the Cape of Good Hopo. Sailed—Bel• wont, for the Cape of Good Hope. (HY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTUAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Ripon (8), from Alexandria, bringing 1,20 ig specie. LivEnrooL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, W. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind, W.N.W.; tido, second hours' floxl; woathar clear and frosty. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, N.W. by VT., moderate. Sailed—Damascus and Gauntlet, for London, in tow d the Napoleon and Victoria. THE SCOTCH IRON MANUFACTURE.--Our OW : gow correspondent inform s us th at on We d nes d a y 148 ; about 87 of the 126 furna ces i n bl ast were damped, °win. to the demands of the miners for an advance. The resolw, tion to do this was arr i ve d a t l ast week and on t h e lot ol February it was c arr i e d i nto effect. Neither the master/ nor minors appear t o b e i nc li ned to give way, and it is 0 011 ; sidored probabl e th a t t h e furnaces will remain out of b ias during this month at least. —Birmingham Jourood. A 800 WITH A WOODEN LEG.—Mr. Robe" lloward, landlord of the Railway a Inn, near the Droybul e l Railway s t a ti on, h as i n his possession Scotch terrier W . ! a wooden l eg , w hi c h runs about with scarce l y a p e rceptihif limp. The dog had its right fore foot amputated by express train threo months ago, and a veterinary surgertn from Manchester, being informed that it was a favous;t: pet, not only dressed its wounds, but shortly aftervr supplied it with an artificial limb, of which it appears so" - what proud,--Sallebury Jounial. nee our Thl quc a e Pal da, in , Ter: stoc bee] 2 i i Ban Can In haT4 prim Cie and Wes East Sal 3 per &pez Istww New Aim lidii Di Di Di Port Di Itusm II elg D itt( Sara aqua