The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-12 00:00:00

BENSON'S W A TCHES. " Perfection of mechanism. Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-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. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, will be repeated the grand Opera, en titled LURLINE, by W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs.W. Har Tison, Santley, Com, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa Pyne, Pilling, and F. Cruise, Condactor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude withlhe new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Messrs. W. H. Payne, 11. Payne, F. Payne, Barnes, Tallinn, and Miss Clara Morgan. French Dancers—Mdlles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, and lions. Vandris. Doors open at hall-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lesvee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, entitled THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. Follewed by , the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto •nime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy , the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled FHEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Direatress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING will be performed the drama of THE • lERGE.A.NrS WIFE. Principal characters by Mr. James lining, T. Lyon, J. Johnstone, J. Rouse; Mrs. Keeley fli er trot appearance), and Madame Celeste. After which, the magnificent Transformation Scene from LING THRUSHBEARD. Conclndimr with the new Drama of A TALE OF VIVO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that lame by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. fames Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, house, Forrester, J. rohnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler, -;lifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Ira. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. Commence at T. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.. Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TTIE CORSICAN BROTHERS. G, Idyllic, A. Harris, and Miss Clifford. , Followed by the Farce, CRUEL TO BE KIND. Mr. A, larris, Frank Matthews, and Miis Carlotta Leclereq. After which, a new •.'",hristmas burlesque pantomime, by IL r. Byron, called JACK Til f.; GIANT KILLER ; or, Barle luin King Art:aur and the Knights of the Round Table. lack, Miss Louise Keeley—lfarlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta oon, Mr. l'aulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Ar. A. F. Forrest. VEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI, LI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PALE FRANCAIS, Mr. J. L. Toole, Cha.. Selby. Billington, Mrs. Chatterley, Mrs. Bil liligton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Laidlaw. After which, APEE WINGS, Mr Alfred Wigan, J. L. Toole, D. Fisher, Billinzton, I'. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby, ['butte, C. J. Smith. Powell. Pomer, Mrs Alfred Wigan, Miss IL Simms, Mi , s Kate Kelly, and Mrs Chatterley. Followed by DINORAII UNDER DIFEVIT7LTTTes. Afessrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. .1. Smith, Miss K. Kel' y. • . Doors open at half-ptist six--Comumuce at t,eve:.. 11os ince open iron] 10 to 5. No charge fof secti7ing• tor hr bills of performance. all tees to servants of this .mtablishnient arc strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—]lr. Wan. Smith. - r) OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, t King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Dixectress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest The , ttre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West ninster, the Park being open to carriages and toot passen ?ere all hours of the night. , For tho Benefit of Mr. Edward Chatterton.--The eminen Tragedian, Mr. Charles Dillon. t-117", N , 4 f.erlfirrnazioi . m will .7,Cirinitql, - . THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Charles Dillon ; Pauline Deschapelles, Miss Katherine Hickson. After which the su , ccssful burlesque of DIDO. Mesdarnet Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Ellza Arden, and Mr. Chaples • To be followed by Mr. and Mrs. HOWARD PAUL, who will give two characters from their popular entertainment. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform since eommenccs at 7. CONCERTS.. CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Mafflo Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Genna ro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Alionzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonglirn ans. Comic Vocalists --3fessrs. George Morison the Irish Come• dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. 3lackncy. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and melded., and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 11, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning awl during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.63. WIND, South-Easterly; light, with fine weather. There were heavy falls of snow last evening and during the night. MARcIt 12. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.52. WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with rather dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, sh. Om.—Afternoon, sb. 20m. To-moßßow.-Morning, sh. 40m.—Afternoon, 6h. s 4 4, "=;n7 .l t4 A 4 1 n t , 0 4 . 1 " THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, MA.RCIT 12, 1860, -.--- The Elections in Central Italy will be closed to day. So far as matters have gone the public fervour is stronger than ever for annexation to Piedmont. That Tuscany will be true to her purpose there seems little or no doubt, notwithstanding the sinis ter under currents running against the national spirit. Every day and every act of Louis NAPOL7e.:ON seem only the more strongly to confirm our first impression of his duplicity in respect to having his cousin elected as Icing of that envied country. If that could be effected, we know not where his grasping policy would stop. But he must wait a bit. The Italians have learnt some political wisdom, in addition to their individual and national freedom ; and they are not likely to throw it away in the belief of greater blessings under the whip of any member of the present Imperial family of France. So far as events may point a moral, the past are pregnant with apprehension for the future: The French Oracle has hitherto spoken in rather ambiguous language, but as the horizon clears up—images are becoming more distinct, and Imperial intentions seem to assume sterner development. That NAPO LEON is bent on Savoy and Nice is now openly avowed, but it is not considered politic yet to dis close what he would be at with regard to Tuscany. His hesitation is only to be considered as the result of reconsideration, for he sees:that the temper of the Time is rather against him. Were he to avow that he wants Tuscany as well as Savoy, Europe would look very suspicious, and perhaps call him to account. That he feels himself strong enough for any one there can be little doubt, but if the whole Combine his downward path like that of his Uncle wouldbe more precipitate and slippery than he con templates. Nor is he very secure as to the feeling entertained at home. Some, and these not a few, of the varied interests—be they Pro tectionist or Liberal—are not quite sure of their present position, and therefore doubt— but wait the chapter of accidents. But more than all, the priests are privately h' enemies—and he k n ows that priuts never forgive. They may forget favours, but only in hop es of getting more. However fortunate the Linperor NAPOLEON may h ave been in his very _chequered career, he may yet take a step i n The full presumption-a his destiny and slip beyond reeeviry-. At present he seem s to be playing with two-edged tools without assur ance that his own dexterity may not be leading him into danger. Once afloat the excitement and the favourable breeze may induce him to make more sail; but there is such a term as to be " taken aback" in a sudden squall, which gave no ;61,313 or its coming, and no mercy to its victim. Notwith*tandilig the pleasaut appearance of the commercial treaty being ratified by an Eng lish Parliament, much against the feelings of a majority of the people, NAroLEoN may rest assured that a storm is brewing where incon tentment is not, and which will require more than his cunning can master or his power control. Austria is determined to sap Hungarian patrio tism if she can not vanquish it fairly. We have seen how she has tried force against Protestantism, but hitherto in vain. There is something in the sentiments of Hungarians singularly like our own, though the races from which we have descended must have been diverse enough from those of the Huns, Magyars, and Selaves, who were the fore fathers of the modern Hungarians and the peoples connected with them. Perhaps their free consti tution, which the bigoted tyrants of Vienna have been so long in crushing, may have somewhat to do with it. Certain it is that they couple as closely as we do civil and religious liberty. They are not, like Irish Catholics, and too many English Catholics also, sensitive merely about attacks on their own creed. They would not falsify their principles and degrade their creed by pestering all the Govern ments of Europe to keep the Romans in slavery to the POPE, to preserve to his Holiness a temporal dominion which, rightly viewed, is the disgrace of the Church. On the contrary, the Catholics of Hun gary love their liberty and their religion equally, and, what is better, are as ardent for the religious rights of Protestants as for their own. They rightly see that their own political liberties are at stake when the religious liberties of Protestants are attacked ; and though the Ministry of Public Wor ship at- Vienna is in the hands of Romanists, even of Jesuits, they join in demanding that Protestants shall not be enslaved to it. Backed thus by their Romanist brethren, the Lutheran Protestants, 800,000 in number, and the Calvinists, wlso amount to about 2,000,000, have hitherto boldly resisted the Patent of the Ist of Sept. `tie can but admire their spirit. It is confessed that the patent would bring with it many allevia tions of their present exceptional position—duo as this is to the arbitrary measures adopted at Vienna in 1848. But the great majority will not bow to the idol which Count THUN has set up. They demand the "autonomy," to use M. THOUVENEL'S Greek, which they enjoyed ever since they were Protestants, till 1848. The Count has tried arrests and imprisonments in vain. M. ZSEDENYI defies him from his dungeon ; and it is plain that even leading men, men of station and property, are pre pared to suffer persecution and martyrdom rather than bow to the Hapsburg Jesuits. The districts, also, notwithstanding his imprisonment, continue to meet and defy the Austrians. The Count is now, we are informed, resolved to try if he cannot purchase those whom he could not coerce. He has set apart about £9,000 for this purpose. And though the Lutherans are so much fewer than the Calvinists, yet as the former yielded more than the latter, he has apportioned the money equally between the two. The Hungarian Protes tants support their worship by voluntary contribu tions ; and the clergy are generally poor in this world. He hopes, therefore, that a few florins, with the hope of Court favour, will cause a great many of them to waver. It is expected that the Calvinists will almost universally stand firm, and that even the Lutherans will, by a considerable ma jority, be proof against seduction; still it will not be astonishing should some of the districts yield to the tempting seduction. To what will not Hapsburg meanness descend ? In this dilemma, however— whether to accept Court favour and ready money, or to assert their corporate rights, their self government, and their freedom from a Jesuit.minis try of public worship—the eyes of all Hungarians will be upon the clergy. Meanness must be ever un popular, and we should anticipate that the clergy who remain faithful to their Church and nation will not be eventually losers. According to some accounts Austria has other work on her hands. She is arming extensively, bankrupt as she is. She does not know what to make of the position of things in Italy. With the Central States there, likely, apparently, to disobey the orders of M. TuouVENEL and to vote " annexa tion"—with France giving orders to her troops to be ready to march—with Count CAYOUR collecting an army disproportionately large for the means he has at command—what Austria may have to do is not clear to her. Will Louis NAPOLEON, affronted, withdraw his troops frOin Italy? Will the Italians then be able to resist an attack on Milan ? Dare Austria make it? 'these are the questions which must now perplex the puzzled Hapsburgs. Mr. JAMES WvLD, ever on the alert to render maps a most useful aid to our memory, has already forwarded to us a Reform Bill Map. It is - very cleverly contrived. By the help of colours and simple diagrams, he has presented to the eye the changes made by the old Reform Act, and those proposed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, not only on the Ist of this month, but in 1852 also. And all this without confusion. The eye glances at once to Mr. WILD'S own borough, Bodmin, the diagram and colouring about which announce at once that it re turns two members, but that, if Lord JOHN Itus- SELL'S schedule becomes law, it will henceforth return but one. We have nothing to say against the hon. gentleman with the aristocratic handle to his name who at present shares with Mr. WYLD the honour of representing Bodmin, especially seeing that, only so recently as the beginning of last month, he joined his colleague in supporting Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion respecting conferring the Ballot on Wakefield and Gloucester; but if one Mile be sacrificed, or look elsewhere for a consti tuency, we hope the Hon. E. F. L. GOWER will leave a man of the people to represent the good burgesses of Bodmin. In the same way we look to other boroughs and perceive c ounties, and divisions of counties, so d their future fate — so me to be b lessed - with a third member, most, by far, to remain as they are. The map enables us to reckon up at once how many members are returned in each county, boroughs included, or excluded, and how many are proposed for each. It is almost an antique.. rian curiosity in one respect. Appropriately enough, the Old Sarums, Castle Risings, and Gattons Ludgershall itself, which served Lord JOHN for an illustration on the Ist—appear like the Ghosts in Hades—all the slain of 1839 are seen surrounded by the attenuated emblems which show that they have lost their political life for ever. The present generation, looking at this map, will hardly believe that places of whose names they never heard once returned a pair of potent sena.tcrs to the council of the nation. There arc?. many more which ought to be consigned to the political Hades now—but their time is not yet. We thank Mr. WYLD sincerely for this Reform Bill Ready Reckoner. Colonel Lord George Paget, C. 8., will have the c ommand of th e C ava l ry B r i ga d e at Ald ers h ot, vacated by Major-General Lawrenson.—Army and Navy Gazettoi Lieut.-G eneral Sir Henry Somerset, K.C.13., will resign his command at Bombay, and return home on the 27th of this month. He will be succeeded in the chief command of the Presidency- I,y , Lient.G,neral Sir Hugh. G.C.13., Who will retain it until the return of Lord Clyde from India. ---4, my and .Ara vy Gazette. Mr. Maelise, the A theneetint says, has determined to paint his great cartoon in Westminster Palace, in the Gvrgtun fresco—that is, i the water-W.040 IRE SUN, LiaNDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, MG. TliE JETASILING MACHINE AND THE WASHTUB-OR DOMESTIC MISLRY AND COMFORT. What family does not know the miseries of washing P Manage how you will it is one of the miseries of life. Every husband grumbles when it is done at home—thinks it quite lawful to grumble, and if any neighbour asks him from home on the miserable day deems himself specially lucky. Yet what can people of moderate means do, especially that class whom Mr. Walpole pities on account of the income tax, and who, the Times says, find it so difficult to keep house at all—the people with £3OO per annum and under. They must adopt the most economical method. They try " putting out their washing." But that, is so sadly expensive,besides the expense of things lost and worn up as fast again as they should be. They get a washer woman—but sadly expensive these ladies, too, in more ways than need be mentioned, besides bring ing the concerns of a dozen families into your house, and taking the concerns of yours into as many, and making your servants discontented ; indeed, you may deem yourself fortunate if you can employ a washerwoman and keep your ser vants for the twelvemonths. No, there is nothing for it but to make the washing as bearable as may be at home. You cannot do without it. Ever since our race quitted Eden we must wash aad be clean. "To make the best of a bad job" is the problem. We have often cast about in our own minds how to do it, for we have fully shared the common affliction of a middle class family. Our first step was the wringing machine. Its merits were not believed in our. kitchen, but we had convinced ourselves that they were great. 'Ye ordered one. After a very few trials its virtues were so thoroughly appreciated, that it was pronounced by mistress and maids to have paid for itself in a few months. The fatigue of wringing heavy things became work which the very children of the family asked to do for amuse ment ; the water was so completely squeezed from the linen that it dried in half the time; it did not tear the things as wringing will sometimes do, and then it saved waiting on the mangle-woman's lei sure, for "it mangled "so easily and beautifully ;" besides, numberless things were :deemed worth mangling at home that were not deemed worth being " sent to the mangle." But the washing, the literal washing, the long rubbing and scrubbing over the venerable wash tub—for this we saw no adeqqate remedy. We looked at innumerable washing-machines, bit having always had a little of the mechanical in us, we could see, or thought we saw, something that dissuaded us from buying; although we should not have higgled about price if we could have been satisfied about efficiency. Accidentally almost, we noticed, however, a new shop, offering us a new washing-machine. We looked in, as we have done for some years, into every shop of the kind, and after so many disappointments with, of course, but little hope. The new machine struck us at once as easy to work, and marvellously simple in ' its structure ; its principle seemed too the most natural of any we had yet seen. The exhibitor, we perceived, had unbounded confidence in the merits of his article. He quickly showed us a number of manuscript letters, which had all been written after trial, enclosing too a remittance, with expressions of entire satisfaction, often of gratitude. It was proposed to send out for some dirty linen and to make a trial before our eyes, but somehow we have always doubted whether all done in an exhibition could be realised in domestic trials. An offer followed to have one sent us in a short time, and to try it for a few weeks, to be returned if we were not fully satisfied. All this seemed like honest confidence in the invention ; but, yet fur ther to test our exhibitor, we disclosed our editorial character, hinted that we might be " a chiel amang 'em takin' rotes," with the suggestion that we might possibly feel obliged to " warn the public;" on the other hand, that if satisfied, we would cer tainly tell the public Si The prompt reply was, " Oh, if you are an editor we'll send it up to your house at once, and you shall try it as long as you like." Well, we had the simple-looking, machine home, and fully and fairly it has been tried in two large washings, and on all kinds of things from the large, thick counterpane and blanket to shirts and lace caps. We can but report the most complete satis faction. On the first trial it did exceedingly well; on the second trial, after a little experience, yet better. It saved fully half the time and more than half the labaur. Indeed, so easy is the work that one of the boys, of ten years of age, with the usual interest of children in all new domestic machinery, begged to be allowed to wash something, and he did wash two heavy counterpanes, perfectly clean, in about a quarter of an hour. On both occasions the machine did much more than save the time of its own rapid operation, for it secured in each case a fine day for " hanging out," when the following days proved to be wet ones. Perhaps, as strong evidence as auy to every housekeeper of its utility would be, that the servants, who did the washing, understanding that its being retained depended on their verdict, begged that on no account it should be returned. " They would not, now, know what to tie without it." After this very matter of fact tale we need hardly add, that we honestly and cordially recommend a trial of this machine to every housekeeper. It is too simple to get out of ordc r ; yet not too simple to wash either the largest or the most delicate articles with less injury than they would be liable to by the more troublesome and laborious process of rubbing by ,and. It can be had either separately or com bined with the wringing and mangling machine; in the latter form the saving of time is greater, be cause the water returns into the machine. We need not, however, enter upon the mechanical de tails. They may be comprehended at a glance by any one who can call at the inventor's, Mr. Thomas Bradford, 63, Fleet-street; or, if they prefer it, they can write to him for one of his little books, which explain everything. We cordially wish him a large business, equally for the comfort of our housekeeping friends, and as the just reward of his inventive merits. LATEST NEWS. Tier Association, has been. arrested, it is sup posed, for complicity with the late Gen. Eynatten. The managers of the Credit Mobilier have de clared that the affairs of the establishment are in perfect order, and in no way connected therewith. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Cunard steamer Arabia, from New York on the 29th ult., passed Holyhead at 1 o'clock this afternoon. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 11. The Royal mail steamship Canada arrived here at 2 p.m. ; she embarked mails and proceeded at 6.30 p.m. for Halifax and Boston. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 9. It was yesterday rumoured in the city that Lieut.-General Baron Eynatten had committed suicide, and the Wiener Zeitung of to-day thus con firms the report : " Not long ago the military authorities were under the painful necessity of arresting General August Baron von Eynatten, and of bringing him before a court-martial, it being strongly suspected that he had been guilty of gross frauds while at the head of the military administration in 1859. Soon after the proceedings had begun Baron von Eynat ten was obliged to, admit Taos which left no doubt that he had culpably abused the powers entrusted to him. " Although the authorities had taken all the usual precautions to prevent such an occurrence, Baron von Eynatten, who was evidently suffering under the prefaure of a heavily burdened conscience, found means to take his own life during the night between the, 7th and Bth inst., and so to escape the punishment which awaited him. The deceased left a written document, in which he, with the expres sion of heartfelt repentance, repeated the confessions he had 'nada, and implored hia injured Sovereign to pardon him." When Baron Eynatten was first taken to the military prison he was subjected to the customary examination, and everything with which it ap peared likely that he could do injury to himself was taken from him. He was not, however, made to lay aside his uniform, which was that of an offi.cer of Lancers, he being second proprietor of the regiment of Uhlans, which bears the name of the present Emperor of Russia. During the night of the 7th the unfortunate man separated from the back of the collar of his uniform those embroi dered cords (fangsvhnure)—in this country they are about as thick as a finger—which Polisli Lancers wear round their necks, and hanged himself with them. M. von Eynatten had previously tried to destroy himself by forcing a breast-pin into his heart, but the attempts which he made failed, and probably because he was a corpulent man. It is said that the body has three minute wounds on the left side of the chest. In the document mentioned in the Wiener Zeitung Baron von Eynatten ex pressed a hope that the manner of his death might not be made public, as he wished his wife to think he had died of apoplexy. It is said that the unfor• tunate man refused to mention the names of any of his accomplices. On the 3d inst. two officers went to Mcedling, a small town some 10 English miles dis tant from this city, and their behaviour was so very strange that it was believed they intended to commit suicide. After dinner on the 4th the officers walked out towards a place called the Bruhl, and when in a wood they perceived some gendarmes advancing towards them. Both of them immediately drew pistols from their pockets and made use of them. The one shot himself dead, but the other was still alive the day before yesterday. The names of the officers are not knewn to me, but during the last two or three days it has frequently been stated that a near relative of Baron von Eynatten is missing. TILE BONBAY AND AUSTRALIAN I 1,4-Al The Peninsular and Oriental Ntnpany's screw steamship Pera, Captain T. Jamieson, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with the heavy portion of the mails from Bombay, Australia, New Zealand, &c. She left Alexandria on the 27th ult., Malta the 2d inst., and Gibraltar the 6th. She had strong N. W. gales between Alex andria and Malta, light easterly breezes and fine weather thence tr', Gibraltar, and from there to Southampt(Ya variable winds anti weather. Off Vigo, on the afternoon of the 3d, the Pera ex_Caartedignals with the company's steamer Tagus. The Pera brought 88 passengers (38 first-class, 15 children, 32 second-class, and three deck), in cluding Mr. Newton and family, Mr. Moe, Captain Comes, Capt. Vicars, Capt. Welsh, Mr. Newby, Mr. and Mrs. Heap and family, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Beddome, Capt. Granville, Royal Artillery; Mr. Pulling, &c. On freight she had 1,013 bales silk, nine cases shawls, 42 bales wool, 143 bags coffee, 50 boxes oranges, 99 boxes gum, 129 bales flax, 15 quarter-casks wine, 188 packages tusks, and 151 packages of general merchandise. She also brought an hippopotamus and two foreign birds. At Alexandria were H.M.S. Himalaya, the French brig Sentinelle, and the usual Egyptian fleet. At Malta were H.M. ships Marlborough, Ex mouth, Orion, Neptune, Cesar, Victor Emmanuel, Cressy, Terrible, Cadmus, Lapwing, Moedina, Cara doc, Intrepid, Supply, and Boxer, and the Peninsu lar and Oriental steamer Alhambra. At Gibraltar were H.M. ships Renown, Agamem non, James Watt, Doris, and Scylla, and the gun boats Vulture and Mohawk, and four French liners off Algesiras. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Delta arrived at Gibraltar on tho morning of the sth instant, and proceeded to Malta the same day. Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were as follows :—London, 90 days' date, 501 to 502-; Paris, 90 days' date, sf. 33c. ; Marseilles, 90 days' date, sf. 33c.; Genoa, 90 days' date, sf. 34c. ; Ma drid, eight days' sight, dis. ; Cadiz, eight days' sight, y dis. ; Malaga, eight days' sight, par to pm. ;. Seville, dis. to par; Alicante, fl dis. ; Va lencia, I dis.: Barcelona, par; Spanish dollars, 3 per cent. pm., none. _ - Her Majesty's steam frigate Doris arrived at Gib raltar on the 2d from Tangier, with Mr. John Hay and the master and eight of the crew of the British brig Anna Maria, wrecked at Saffi. Her N ajesty's ship Osprey, from Malta, arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d. When the Osprey was leav ing the Hannibal, bearing Rear• Admiral Mundy's flag, entered Malta. The Osprey passed the Scourge, expected at Gibraltar, to relieve the Vulture. The Perseverance put back to Gibraltar from off Tariffa at 9 45 on the night of the Ist, having run down, at 6 20, the Dutch schooner Antje, of Kroonen, Y. R. Nievan, master, from North Shields, with a general cargo, bound to Barcelona. The master, his wife, and two children, and six men composing the crew, were saved. The British steamers Bceotia and Cairo, from Liverpool, had arrived at Gibraltar. The brigantine Ellen, of Guernsey, Langlois, master, with sulphur, from Sicily for Falmouth, which put in at Gibraltar on the 2d inst. with damage, had been surveyed, and would have to dis charge cargo to repair damages. The Spanish screw frigate Princess de Asturias, bearing the flag of Admiral Bustillos at the main, left Algesiras roadstead shortly after 7 o'clock on the morning of the Ist inst., steering in the direc tion of Tetuan. It was rumoured that the Admiral had gone to confer with Marshal O'Donnel respect ing further operations to be undertaken on the Atlantic ports of the empire of Morocco. By the last Report on Petitions, we perceive that the number of petitions in favour of compensation, in the event of the abolition of Church-rates, is 3,920, with 125,423 signatures; maintaining the average of 30 signatures each. But the abolition party has also begun to send in petitions in anti cipation of the 28th, when Sir John Trelawny's Bill is to be brought forward for a second reading. They have already sent 101 petitions, with 9,005 signatures ; an average of 90 to each petition. His Highness le Prince de Leonforre, accom panied by the Princess and suite, have arrived at the Beonswick, Jermyn-street. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Persigny entertained a select circle at dinner last evening at Albert-gate House. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have left Stafford House, St. James's, for Cliefden House, near Maidenhead, where the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Glad stone and a select circle assembled on Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk have arrived at Norfolk House, St. James's- square, from Arundel Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby have arrived at the St. George's Hotel, from Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe- Weimar, the Marquis of Bath, the Marchioness of Stafford, the Marquis of Tullibardine, the Earl and Countess Stan hope, Viscount Holmesdale, Lord Hood, Lord and Lady Arthur Hay, Viscount and Lady Katherine Valletort, and a select circle at dinner on Saturday, at their mansion in St. James's-square. The Earl and Countess de Grey and Ripon re ceived the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl and Countess of Airlie, Frances Countess Waldegravo and Mr. G. G. Har court, Viscount Castlerosse, Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley, Lord and Lady Wm. Compton, Lady Molesworth, the Right Hon. Chas. P. Villiers, Mr. Fleming, and a select party to dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence on CarlLn-home-terrace. The Countess of Craven arrived in town on Satur day, from visiting the Countess of Sefton at Croateth Park, near Liverpool. Her ladyship, accompanied by Viscount Uffington, will leave town to-day for Ashdown Park. We are requested to state that the subscription list for the shares of the Anglo-Luso-Brazilian Royal Mail Steam Company will be closed on Wednesday next. THE COMMERCIAL TREATY.—The name of Cap tain Gray, MY., was inadvertently omitted in the list of the majority in the division on Saturday morning, in the HOllOO of Commons, on tho above treaty. Although we are not able to say it is officially settled, we believe it is most probable that Lieut.-General Sir John Pennefather will succeed General Knollys in the chief command at Aldershot.—Army and Navy Gazette. LAUNCH OF THE STEAMSHIP OTIIO.—On Satur day afternoon the steamship Otho, one of a fleet of sixty vessels intended to be built for the Greek Steam Naviga tion Company, was launched from the yard of Messrs. Langley, of Deptford. The Otho is a vessel of 800 tons, 224 ft. in length, and 27ft. in breadth. A new feature con nected with the proceedings was, that the vessel was not launched into the river, but into the dock at the head of which she had been built, scarcely more than 400 ft. in length, which was accomplished in, the most successful manner. THE Loss OF THE HUNGARIAN.—Among the un fortunate sufferers on board the Hungarian steamer was Mr. George J. Nash, an officer of the General Post-office, who for more than two years had been specially commis sioned to arrange the regular assortment of mails on board the Alexandrian, the New York, and the Canadian lice of packets. He had brought the system to a proper training with the two former lines, and was making his third and final trip on board the Hungarian when his labour of 25 years on the postal service has been brought to a melan choly close, and a wife and two children deprived of their only support. Mr. Nash was anhoeffimbucpselironyemmssueenthta,biitns.appreciatedconse quence in the department, and selected by Sir Rowland ifor a u t duty qu o i quite e hisf or earl ability y o his nd t ordinary ro to be hoped his widow will not be forgotten by the Post master-General. AN INDIAMAN AGROUND ON THE PLUCKING TON BANK.—LIVERPOOL, Fri day , —Yesterday, the Ellen Stuart, a fine iron sailing vessel of 1,500 tons burthen, im mediately after leaving the Wapping Dock (which dock she had been in for repairs, having had to put back a few weeks ago from stress of weather) ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, and though every endeavour was made to get her off, she remained fast. At the time of the accident the Ellen Stuart had on board a heavy cargo of machinery, flat-bot tomed iron boats, &c., and great fears were entertained for her safety, and although at the ebb of the tide she was left high and dry on the bank, she sustained no injury. It is to bo hoped that to-day (Friday), as the tide is unusually high, the ship will be got off in safety, and without material damage. A case of scandal is occupying the attention of the members of the Stock Exchange. We have refrained from alluding to it until it has become a topic of common conversation. It is charg e d against a broker of standing, that when entrusted by a client with a commission to buy 300 shares in a now project, he bought only 100 in the mar ket, and himself sold to his client the other 200 at the same price. The contract-note forwarded to the client named, it is said, the dealer of whom the 100 shares were purchased as the seller of the whole 300. The broker inculpated will, nu t almtain front applying for te-admis ,:if.a if> Ex,itative at the ten - lima el,ction this month. It is understood that the case is under the consi deration of the committee. Pending the investigation into the truth of th e c i rcums t ances alleged judgment must be withheld. A searching inquiry is indispensable, and the committee are not likely to shrink from their duty. Either the person accused should be honourably acquitted,. or the committee should mark, by a special resolution, their sense of what is required for the protection of the public, who rely with justice upon the high character of the Stock Exchange The option presented. to shareholders in the Great Western Railway of participating in a new issue of fixed Pour-and-a-Half per Cent. Preference Stock expires on Thursday next. Th. stock is redeemahle at par, by th e pompany giving one year's notice, prior to the 25th April; 1564, but if not so redeemed it becomes thenceforth a per petual irredeemable 4% per cent. preference stock. The whole amount of the §(99A 9XOt9CI ill AS A ) X6ll34igillg to 1 4§1194 42ASOit LITERATURE. A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military, and Social, from the First Landing of the English to the Surpreesion r i t" the S'epq leeVOlt. Idinburgh. The title of this work is long, but after all it speaks for itself, and the critic has only to indite what is to be found on the title-page to recommend this work to the attention of the public. Great care has been taken in the compilation of facts, and the history of India is laid open without fear, and challenges contradiction. The following extract will show how strong the devotion of the In dian women is to their old traditions ; and although under a matter-of-fact and reasonable Government the unnatural acid imposing ceremonies which were enacted under the old Brahmin rule are now super seded, the feeling of the inhabitants still holds to the prejudices of their ancestors t I' " At five of the clock, on the morning of the atli itf February, 1742-43, died Ram Chund Pundit, of the Mali ratta tribe, aged 28 years; his widow (for he had but one wife), aged between 17 and 18, as soon as he expired, dis claiming to wait the time allowed her for reflection, Immo. diately declared to the Itrahneins and witnesteh Pi•Otint bet resolution to burn. As the family was of no small considera tion in Coesimbazar, and her relations left no argument to dissuade her from it, Lady Russell, with the tenderest humanity, sent her several messages to the same pur pose ; the infant state of her childreh (tee) girls and a bob the eldest not four years of age), and the terrors and pain of the death she sought, were painted to her in the strongest and liveliest colouring. She was deaf to all. She 'gratefully thanked Lady Russell, and sent her word she had now nothing to live for, but recommended her children to her protection. When the torments of burning were urged in terroion to her, she, with a resolved and calm countenance, put her finger into the fire, and held it there a considerable time ; she then, with one henfi, pint fife in the palm of the other, sprinkled incense on it, and funilgatiid the Brahmins. The consideration of her children loft des titute was again urged to her. She replied that 'He who made them would take care of rine.' She leas at last given to understand she would not be permitted to burn. This, for a short space, seemed to give her deep affliction; but soon recollecting herself, she told them death was in her power, and that if she was not allowed to burn, according to the principles of her caste, she would starve herself. Her friends, finding her thus peremptory and resolved, were ob liged at last to assent. The body of the deceased was car ried down to the water side early the following morning. The widow followed about ten o'clock, accompanied by three very principal Brahmins, her children, parents, and rela lations, and a numerous concourse of people. The order of leave for her burning did not arrive till after one o'clock, and it was then brought down by one of the soubah's own officers, who had orders to see that she burned voluntarily. The time they waited for the order was employed in pray ing with the Brahmins, and washing in the Ganges. As soon as it arrived, she retired, and stayed for the space of half an hour in the midst of her female relations, amongst whom was her mother. She then divested herself of her bracelets and other ornaments, and tied them in a cloth which hung like an apron before her, and was conducted by her female relations to one corner of the pile. On the pile was an arched arbour, formed of dry sticks, boughs, and leaves, open only at one end to admit her ent rance . In this the body of the deceased was deposited, his head at the end opposite the otening. At the corner of the pile to which she had been conducted, the Brahmins had made a small fire, round which she and the three Brahmins sat for some minutes. One of them gave into her hand a leaf of the bale tree (the wood commonly consecrated to form part of the funeral pile), with sundry things on it, which she threw into the fire ; one of the others gave her a second leaf, which she held over the flame, while he dropped three times some ghee on it, which fell and melted into the fire (these two operations were preparatory symbols of her approach ing dissolution by fire) ; and whilst they were performing this, the third Brahmin read to her some portions of the Aughtorralt _Bhade, and asked her some questions, to which she answered with a steady and serene countenance ; but the noise was so great that we could not understand what she said, although we were within a yard of her. These over, she was led with great solemnity three times round the pile, the Brahmins reading before her • when she came the third time to the small fire, she stopped, took the rings off her toes and fingers, and put them to her other orna ments. Here she took a solemn, majestic leave of her chil dren, parents, and relations • after which one of the Brah mins dipped a large w i c k dcotton in some ghee, and gave it ready lighted into her hand, and led her to the open side of the arbour. There all the Brahmins fell at her feet. After she had blessed them they retired weeping. By two steps she ascended the pile, and entered the arbour. On her entrance she made a profound reverence at the feet of the deceased, and advanced and seated herself by his bead. She looked, in silent meditation, on his face for the space of a minute, then set fire to the arbour in three places. Observing that she had set fire to leeward, and that the flames blew from her, instantly seeing her error she rose, set fire to windward, and resumed ber station. Ensign Daniel, with his cane, separated the grass and leaves on the windward side, by which means we had a distinct view of her as she sat. With what dignity and undaunted a coun tenance she set fire to the pile the last time, and assumed her seat, can only be conceived, for words cannot convey a just idea of her. Tho pile being of combustible materials, the supporters of the roof were presently consumed, and tumbled in upon her." On a future occasion we will again call attention to this useful work, and to those who take an interest in Indian matters, a periodical that contains full and particular information on all that pertains to our Eastern possessions cannot but be interesting. Which is Which ; or Miles Cassidy's Contract. By Robert B. Brough. 2 vols. Kent and Co. This interesting and original story is reprinted from the pages of The National Magazine, and its appearance in a more connected form will not be unwelcome to its readers. The characters are . sketched with vigou r an d var i e t y, Mil es C ass id y himself being by far the most attractive, if not the most lifelike. He is an Irishman who has been in volved in the troubles of '9B, and who, in one of the catastrophes of that terrible time, lost his wife, who died during his absence from home. On his return to his desolate dwelling he learned his misfortune from the sight of the corpse. The village had been sacked, and none were left to tell the tale, or to protect two infant boys who were sleeping in their cradle. One of these Miles knew to be his own son, and the other the child of a strange lady who had visited his wife during his absence, but " which was which" he did not know till long years had. rolled away. He accordingly took charge of both, resolved to bring them up so that each should fit either station in life. The stranger mother, he knew, had been a lady of wealth and rank from the trinkets left, and he accordingly gave both his boys a gentleman's education, and taught both his own trade of a carpenter. The story includes many other persons, and Sir Paul Evershed, a baronet, is the villain of the piece ; but the chief interest all through centres upon Miles and his two charges. One of them, Frank, grows up with tastes far above his condition ; he enters a lit e rary career, mixes in fashionable society, and falls in love with. the granddaughter of a Countess ? La dy Brayle. Ted, the other one, is rough and wild in his ways, with all his nation's love of fun and frolic, and de votedly attached to old Miles Cassidy. Wh en a t last, from a series of a ccidents and discoveries, the events of Miles's early life are disclosed, it is found that one of the youths is heir to a title and large estates, and . the grandson of L a d y B ray l e. "Whi c h is Which" i s the difficulty. Edward is as fear ful of losing Miles Cassidy as a father, as Frank is anxious to be in a position to claim Lady Brayle's granddaughter for his bride. The whole style •f the story, and the character of the heroes them selves, prepare the readei for a denouement that would solve all difficulties, but the author gives us an other surprise by the final revelation 4 i at Frank, the hte).atteur and fine gentleman, is the carpenter's son, while Ted, th e w ild Hib er nian, is the wealthy viscount. However, Frank's case is not hopeless, for his brother's generosity enables him to obtain his bride, and the simple noble-hearted Miles Cas sidy has the satisfaction of seeing both his children happy. Such is the substance of a story which will interest many readers, while plenty of fun and jesting are scattered through it to gratify the lovers of the humorous. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have, it is said, car ried with them from Edinburgh above £l,ooo—one-half the proceeds of their few nights' performances. Lieut.-General Sir George Wetherall, on being relieved as Adjutant-General by Sir James Scarlett, will in. all likelihood be appointed to the command of the Northern. District, in succession to Sir John Ponnefather.—.dray and Navy Gazette. CANTERBURY HALL.—The proprietors of this po— pular place of entertainment last Thursday invited the children of the Licensed Victuallers' School, and the friends and supporters of the institution, to a morning performance, sustained by the whole of the professional talent of the establishment. Mr. Morton's liberality was rewarded by the attendance of about 100 children, and so great a concourse: of the friends of the society that every part of the hall was crowded. The programme of the concert was exceedingly well selected by Mr. Jonghmanns, and the entire perform ance was a great and decided success. The children, who were specially delighted with Mr. Hodson, Mrs. Macfar lane, and Mr. Mackney, were regaled between the parts with immense slices of cake and exceedingly ripe, tempting looking oranges. THE MISSING AUSTRALIAN GOLD SHIP COMMO DORE PERItY.—Some anxiety is now being felt at the non arrival, although long overdue, of the clipper ship Commo dore Perry, Capt. Kiddie, which sailed from Melbourne for London on the 17th November last, and is therefore 114 days at sea. The Commodore Perry had on board, at the time of her leaving Melbourne, the following saloon pas sengers :—Mr., Mrs., and Miss Martha `Dellis, Mrs. Bailey and child, Mrs. Johnston ' Mrs. and Master Ley; Messrs. Bateman, Harford, Robt.G. Bateman, Jas. Horne, Joshua Clarke, and James R. Murphy, in addition to 15 in the second and third cabins, and a full crew. She had also 14,518 ounces 11 d w t s . o f gold, valued at £58,000, consigned as follows :—Bank of Australia, 10,367 oz.; Oriental Bank Corporation, 4,015 oz. ; and other small shipments, 106 oz. S 1 e had als o on b oar d th e f o ll ow i ng cargo : -5,60 bales of wool, one of the largest consignments ever shipped in one bottom ; 292 bags of lead ore, 60 bales of leather, 20 bales of rags, 3 packages of effects, 3 tons scrap iron, 2 packages of returned British goods, and 11 packages miscel laneous. The valuable cargo of gold and wool has caused more attention than usual to prevail, and more anxiety in commercial circles, and insurances have risen daily, until now they have been done at 25 per cent. and upwards. It should be remembered that on one occasion the James Baines was out a long time, with a large quantity of gold and many passengers, and rates of insurance ran to a very high figure, when she arrived safely ; and it is to be hopel, and likely to be realised, that the same will be the case with the Com modore Perry on the present occasion. She is a strong ship, built by Donald M'Kay, of Boston; and her com mander, Captain Kiddie, is an officer of great experience in the Australian trade, having commanded the Montmorency and other well-known vessels. She formed one of the " PlAc)i k§IA"44I v AiptiON JS!ALE OF GAS ACT. A de:l,- utation, consisting of Mr. Beverley, Mr. Mr. Glover, Mr. Smith, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Aead, Mr. Defries, Mr. Marriott, Sze., waited on the Right Hon. Milner Gibson, the President of the Board of Trade, on Saturday, to bring under his consideration the delay which has taken place in bringing into operation the Sale of Gas Act and other matters connected with it: Mr. H. B. Sheridan, M.P. for Dudley, introduced the depu tation, and stated that in consequence of the act in question not having yet been brought into opera tion, the gas-meter manufacturers of England and Scotland were at a standstill. It appeared that this resulted from the delay which had taken place in providing the models of gasholders with proper balances, indices, and apparatus for testing the measurement and registration of gas meters, in pursuance of the 3d section of the Act for Regulating Measures used in the Sale of Gas, and the uncertainty which prevailed as to the means adopted for carrying the act into effect ; y much of the having was caused by the Astro nomer Tregasurry epotrhtaetd theon Igieas-h0 l 1 gas-holder February t o t h e was a " gas measure," and that it was not, therefore, such an instrument as the act required to carry out its objects. The hon. gentleman concluded by asking the President of the Board of Trade to appoint an inspector to test the various instruments connected with the sale of gas, and to allow the act to come into operation at o w n a c e e f . ont l l f d , when it had been in operation a year, it not to work satisfactorily, then it could be altered by the legislature in any way that might be deemed desirable, but the present state of uncertainty w as highly injurious to the trade. After some furth er observations by Mr. 'Marylon, Professor Ai rey , and others, Mr. Milner Gibson said he did not know whether that department had any power in the matter. He would, however, give the subject his best consideration, and after consulting with the Treasury he would let the deputation know at the earliest possible moment what course the Govern• ment proposed to take. We understand that the purchase system is not unlikely to be the subject of another debate in railianzent next week. A noble lord, long and intimately acquainted with the working of our military organisation, is, we hear, about to bring before the Upper House a motion directed against any interference wit 4 thQ c4Oing rq,ltiostio4s, - 4,76 Y onef 4 1 CW/ Mric4(Vi INDIAN FINANCE. Mr. Wilson made his financial statement on the 18th of February. The deficit is about nine millions. He proposes a trade license of from 2s: to 203. yearly; a tax upon incomes of from 240 to 600 at 2 per cent., and above that at 4 per cent., with no exemptions. A large duty upon tobacco. The tariff is to be modified. There will be no loan. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Renter's office:— PARIS, MARCH 12. The Moniteur of to-day says :—" Yesterday the Hanoverian Minister presented his lettres de creance to the Emperor." The Siede has received a warning for an article of M. Jourdan, published in its number of Friday last. TURIN, MARCH 11. A commission of the municipality of Milan has presented an address to the King. FLORENCE, MARCH 11. The number of people assembled to vote has been very great, and perfect order has prevailed. Out of 32,000 persons in Florence about 15,000 have voted to-day. French and Italian flags are dis played in the streets. An address to the King has been signed by the clergy. The peasants, headed by their cures, are on their way to the voting places, and maintain ad mirable orQ.er. The people are everywhere enthu siastic and full of confidence, and their attitude is excellent. MODENA, SUNDAY EVENING. In all the towns of the A',milian provinces the number of people assembled to vote is extra ordinary. In the country the clergy are conducting the population to vote for the annexation. CHAMBERY, MONDAY. The Courier des Alpes publishes a supplement announcing, upon information obtained from an efficient source, that Savoy will not be dismembered but will form two departments, and will preserve the Court of Appeal, at Chambery. TURIN, MARCH 11. Baron Talleyrand has delivered to Count Cavour another despatch of M. Thouvenel, which replies to Count Cavour's despatches of the Ist and 3d inst. M. Thouvenel points out the essential difference which exists between the question of the annexa tion of Tuscany to Piedmont and that of the an nexation of Savoy to France, and says that the prin cipal difficulty which opposes the first is to obtain the recognition by Europe, which has guaranteed the possession of Tuscany to the dynasty of Lor raine. In the latter this difficulty disappears in the presence of the arrangement between France and Sardinia relative to the spontaneous cession of Savoy; consequently the Emperor of the French requests the regulation of the question of Savoy by a simple cession, to be settled by mutual consent, and without having recourse to universal suffrage. M. Thouvenel thinks that to become acquainted with the wish of the country it would suffice to con sult the municipalities of Savoy. As regards the annexation of Tuscany, M Thouvenel repeats that France could not follow Piedmont in .a perilous course. If King Victor Emmanuel accepts the annexation of Tuscany, he would necessarily remain exposed to the risks of such a policy without being able to reckon upon the support of France. FLORENCE, MARCH 11. The clergy of the towns of Tuscany in t end to inaugurate the vote by religious ceremonies. Per fect order prevails everywhere, and the enthusiasm is extraordinary. MODENA, MArteß 10. General Wildenbruch has arrived here. Crowds of peasants, displaying flags, are arriving from all parts of the provinces, in order to be inscribed in the lists of the approaching suffrage. The same enthusiasm prevails throughout the 'Ernilian pro vinces. The Modenese clergy have addressed a petition to the Governor, expressing their wish for annexation to Piedmont. The clergy of Piacenza have transmitted an address to the Intendant-Ge neral, accompanied by a letter to the King, in which they say that the duty of the clergy is to give an example in acts of patriotism. PARIS, MARCH 11. The reply of the Holy See to the last proposals of France has arrived here. The Pope declines the proposition to confine within an exclusive political compass a question •which, as it concerns the in tegrity of the patrimony of St. Peter, is intimately bound up with the independence of the Church. Although decidedly rejecting the - proposition to create a Vicariate of the Romagna in favour of a foreign Sovereign, his Holiness shows himself dis posed to enter into the path of reform on condition that the integrity of the States of the Church is guaranteed. CHAMBERY, MARCH 10. Proclamations of the Governor of Savoy have been posted in all the parishes of that country, notifying that the inhabitants will be called upon to vote for the maintenance of the union with the monarchy of Sardinia, or for annexation to France s according to the form prescribed by Parliament. BERLIN, MARCH 10. It is stated that, although declaring an intention to maintain a passive attitude if tha Emperor Napo leo n persists in the realisation of his wish for the an n taxation of Savoy, Austria has nevertheless noti fi© d to our Government that she has already in fo] :med the Court, of the Tuileries that if ever the R hine frontiers should be menaced she would im mi 3diately unite with Prussia for the protection of th e territorial integrity of the Germanic Confecio ra tion. MILAN, MARcn 10. The municipality hare unanimously adopted an ad dress to the King expressing the devotion of the ca untry to his. Majesty, and their confidence in the national line of policy pursued by the Govern nt of the King in reference to Italy. In their address the municipality further state resolution to support quclt aud, as a. • token of their firm resolution, they offer to tb 3 King 3,000,000 f. 1 . Ile municipality of Lodi are preparing to take a miler resolution, Other adhesions are expected. VIENNA, MARcii 10. :Alonsignore Merode, private Chamberlain of the P arrived here a few days since charged with a / private mission and an autograph letter from t lie Holy Father to the Emperor of Austria. t• Richter; Chief Dixcctor vF h 9 crcclit D'1914" HUNGARY. A letter from Pesth, dated March 7th, says :-- "The patent by which the Emperor of Austria augments the number of his Council of the Em pire has been most unfavourably received in this country. The measure is universally considered as of no sort of value, and as adopted only to de lude foreign nations into the belief that the Haps burgs are becoming liberal. It says that the Coun cil shall be composed of archdukes and prelates, and civil and military n:en of note, and of:' repre sentatives' of the provinces. But the archdukes may be so numerous as to out-balance every other section of the Council ; the prelates will of course be of the Rauscher and Schwarzenburg stamp ; the military and civil notables will naturally be taken from the most servile creatures of the Govern ment; and the representatives' will be chosen by Francis Joseph himself ! To regard, then, such an institution as this with anything like seriousness is impossible for a man of sense : it is purely and simply a' commission of men of confidence,' of about the same value as the pitiable commissions which were got up in this country on the communal law. But, apart from its absurdity on general grounds, the patent about the new Council is marked with that offensive injustice to Hungary which has dis tinguished all the recent measures of the Govern ment. Thus, out of 38 representatives who are to figure in the Council, Hungary Proper is only to have six; while her dependent provinces of Croatia, Transylvania, and the Servian Vojvodina, which, since 1848 9 the Austrian Government has separated from her, are to have eight. Evidently this is scanda lously unjust; and the injustice is more glaring from the fact that Hungary, even though despoiled of the said provinces, still composes one-third of the Austrian dominions in extent, and still contains one-fifth of their total population. After all, how ever, it matters little whether the Austrian Go- , yernment gives 6 or 20 representatives to Hungary in its Council; for no Hungarian will condescend to be nominated. I doubt even that the six men required can be found. " The Austrian Government is displaying great irritation at the publication of letters from Hun gary in foreign journals, and especially in the Times. Its deeds are so evil here that it trembles at their seeing the light. M. Prottmann, the Direo tor of Police at Pesth, has received positive orders to find out who the writers of the letters are, and to thrust them into gaol. The poor man is consequently in a state' of fussy excitement, writ ing here, bribing there, questioning this servant, sounding that master, and making the Post-office clerks open letters by wholesale. The other day some good-natured friend, desirous to make him look exceedingly silly, told him that the Pesth letters to the foreign newspapers were, in order to escape his clutches at the Post-office, for warded to certain persons at Vienna, and by them sent on to their destination. He accord ingly made the Vienna police search the houses and examine the papers of those persons. But neither at Pesth nor at Vienna has he been able to obtain any clue to the correspondents. He will continue his searches of course, but, as regards the correspondence of the Times, which he is more anxious to get at than any other, it may be doing him a kind turn to tell him that it is sent from this city, not through the post-office, but through per sonages whom he is not at all likely to discover, and whom he would not dare to touch if he did. " Persecutions of the Protestants are reviving. Baron Fr. Podmaniczky and Messrs. Kubinyi and Szekacs, of this city, have been cited before the examining magistrates for haying taken an active part in the Protestant agitation against the Imperial patent, and have been subjected to severe interrogatories of several hours' duration. It is probable that they will be ordered for trial on a trumpery accusation of being perturbators of the public peace, or something of that kind.' The afore said Prott mann in hiR qua 1i tyo Police Direetor,is ale-o mlxi c Rev. Mr. Forok and the elders of one of the Protestant confessions of Pesth prose cuted for their resistance to the patent. He insists that they are 'rebels.' But the magistrates thus far have not been able to discover the shadow of legal accusation against them, and Prottmann is racking his wits to concoct proofs of their ' rebellion.'" AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 11. The Saldanah, which left Melbourne on the 9th of December, has arrived; she hits 16,310 ounces of g91,0 4 0n Freight, ba lal br 4 r a l k, Am c