The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-02 00:00:00

lER MA.JESTY'S THEATRE. I n c onsequence of the trumphant success of the closing representations, and in order to accommodate the number , who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR DAY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows : Tuesday, March 16, LA TRAVIATA : Violetta, Piccolo mini ; Alfredo, Giuglini. Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia; Azucena, Sannier ; Manrico, Giuglini. Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO : Marie, Piccolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo 197 Madlle. Piccolomini and Signor Giug lini. Prises :—Pit nails, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 11. 55.; three pair, 153; gallery boxes, 103; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 20. The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, March 11. Places in the meantime may be secured by application to Mr. Fish, stage door, Her Majesty's Theatre. No other representation can be possibly given before the Commencement of the Summer Season. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss Amy Sedgwiek ; Master Walter, Mr. Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) _ . First Price. s. d. Second price. s. cl Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 6 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... .. ..•• 2 0 Pit Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Sean. p THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S D R EAM. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Harleq Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terr y ; uin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, A D ELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MCRE, Mr. Barney Williams, After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B. Williams. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. Charles Dillon. After which, a domestic tale, by Westland Marston, en titled A HARD STRUGGLE. Mr. C. Dillon, &c. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOM!, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ' • or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Sox-office open from 11 to 5 daily. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Manz. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BR,ATIAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY—Morn., 32 min. aft. 3—Even., 49 min. aft. 3 TO-Kowtow—Morn., 5 min. aft. 4—Even., 22 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 2. THERICOXETBR, IN THE SHADE. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 35 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.62. WIND, Easterly ; strong, fresh, and bitterly cold, with frost and hard snow. The fall of snow yesterday has been very heavy. „- );,1111. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1858. In the House of Lords last night the new Premier delivered the promised explanations usual on the appointment of a new Administration. Although not quite as explicit on'some points as we could have desired, it was, on the whole, a straightforward and manly state nent ; proving that the nation has every reason to anticipate measures at least as liberal and progressive as could be anticipated from the outgoing Ministry. He may possibly have been a little too chary of positive announcement of his intentions, but it is certainly better to go beyond rather than to fall short of any pledges or promises which may be given in either branch of the Legislature. The nation has had too many of these promises—sometimes by the leading members of the Cabinet in their places in Parlia ment, at others by recommendations contained in Speeches from the Throne, but not the faintest indication has as yet been given of what will be conceded to the popular wishes. It is, to say the least of it, inconvenient to have a subject of such vital importance shelved, and the people disap pointed, after being excited by the hopes held out of a speedy settlement of the interesting and important question. Lord DERIAT, avoiding this mistake, declines to give any specific undertaking on this point ; but he declares that, "as soon as the pres sure of Parliamentary business enables the Government deliberately and carefully to consider the question, they will direct their attention to the defects which exist in the laws regulating the representation of the people in Parliament, and to the amendments which may be made in those laws, and that they will give that attention with the sincere and earnest desire to trifle, no longer with this great question ; but with the hope that they may be able in the next session of Parliament to lay before the Legislature and the country a measure which may, for a time, will settle a matter of such deep importance, and which, although it may not please everybody, may at least be accepted as a fair and reasonable measuraby moderate, impartial, and well educated men." This, as We have stated, is scarcely as ex plicit as the community would desire. No doubt a reasonable time should be given to those who hare so unexpectedly been elevated to office, to prepare a bill of their own ; but surely it can not require so long an adjournment. The ques tion has been ventilated for several successive years. Its leading features have been dis euued in Parliament during the last half-dozen Years. Every member of the Cabinet must have long sines made up his mind on its salient points ; have been prepared to criticise the long -promised bill, and to aubject its provisions to a close and searching examination. It could not, then, re quire so many months to indicate the nature and extent of the proposals that vrould finally b e brought forward. On this subject the popui ar of the Legislature will naturally be enacting, bran c h The independent re p resentatives of inde pendent constituencies have a right to kuow what are the final intentions of the Government, and what they really may anticipate if they consent to wait for another session. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY will bring the matter to a stringent teit by his annual mo tion on the Ballot, and the competitors for office, Lord PALMEPJTO an d Lord J. RUSSELL, may possibly now gee the matter in a very different light from that in which they regarded it on pre vious occasions. As we recently stated, " the I Ballot " will be the touchstone to test the pre tensions of the rivals, the instrument that will ensure success to its advocate. Why, then, should not Lord DERBY accept it ? It is resorted to in the various clubs of which himself, and his colleagues, and subordinates, are members. It is there found to act well. There is no person that asserts that, so far as these important social institutions are concerned, the practice is repre hensible or un-English. Why, then, not give it a fair trial, and thereby afford full protection to the voter from intimidation, whether by landlord, employer, customer, or mob ? Why not strike a blow against every corrupt influence, and impurity of election, by means far more effectual than any that have been hitherto suggested That point, at least, must be set at rest, and that at no distant day. Should Lord DERBY follow the example of his predecessor, and endeavour to shroud himself in a veil of mystery, on this point he may rest assured that a decisive answer will be imperatively demanded. The stability of his Government will mainly depend on the promptitude of the decision he may arrive at in reference thereto. The Attorney-General spoke on other points— the extension of the franchise and more suitable arrangement of electoral districts—in his address to the electors of East Sussex,!on which we yester day offered some remarks—" Let Lord DERBY fairly carry out the views of his efficient law ad viser and also concede the Ballot, and we venture to assert that he will be sustained by the great body of the people." And why should he not ? There are no great questions at issue to divide and disturb the country—nothing to induce them to prefer one set of men to another, provided they obtain equally good measures. The great reproach hurled against the new Ministry is that they will accept and carry out the proposals of their predecessors. The Times declares that "he (Lord DERBY) had neither to stigmatise the measures of his foes nor to announce any of his own invention. On the contrary, he was entering into vineyards which he had not planted, and wells that he had not digged, in the shape of bills which he was prepared sub stantially to adopt, either because his friends had already voted for them, or, because once in troduced, it was necessary to go on with them. Lord DERBY could not hold out any hope to the parties most jealous of political originality of either doing anything the late Goverfiment was not doing, or leaving undone any thing it had in hand !" Why, then, the virulent and almost factious opposition to the new Cabinet ? If the assertion be correct, it is manifest that the nation loses nothing by the change of men, while those who lately held office will be stimulated to something more acceptable to the nation in the desire of recovering their lost positions. The people will certainly not condemn them until they have a full opportunity of being heard in their own defence. We have chiefly referred to the statements re specting Reform, as they will be most eagerly perused by the community. Lord DERBY will, of course, answer the French despatch, and on the proceedings that then take place his future Course will be marked out. He has witnessed the manner in which his predecessor alienated the popular feeling, and with such a lesson he should carefully abstain from anything that would exhibit his Ministry in a truckling position. He emphatically declared that under all circumstances, and without distinction, the right of asylum would be maintained inviolable." We shall, however, await further information, before decid ing on the mode in which Lord DERBY may deal with the question that ejected Lord PA.LIKERSTON and his colleagues from office. An India Bill is to be introduced this Session, which, it may be assumed, will transfer the Government of that important Empire to QUEEN VICTORIA. The Premier declares that it ►ill secure most of the objects of the Bill of the late Ministry, and at the same time be free from some of the objections to which that Bill was liable. On this subject, too, we must await further infor mation, which fortunately will not long be with held us. On the whole, we believe that more may be expected from the new Ministry than from their predecessors, and therefore we shall treat them fairly, and refrain from condemning until they have done something really worthy of condem nation. Not the least remarkable circumstance con nected with the Revolt in India is the rather ex traordinary fact that not one single soldier, of any note whatever, has made his app earance among all these Sepoy :Alutineers. No—not one ! While the troops of the QUEEN and of the Com pany have each, in turn, supplied history with new names of glory, within the compass of a few months, and that, too, abundantly ! The contrast is something, certainly, very startling. Here, out of a comparative handful of British infantry, fighting their way valiantly through an all but overwhelming inundation of rebellion, rose sud• denly to view, hero after hero, not unworthy of being ranked with the warriors of old, men whose deeds will be long cherished with admiration in the world's remembrance. There was the "Fiery NEILL," the avenger of the atrocities of Cawnpore. There was NICHOLSON, his gallant brother-in-arms who fell, too, like NEILL, "in harness," his sword blade yet red with the blood of victory. There likewise appeared GREAT HED, with the dash of MURAT and the enterprise of ANOLZSEY. There, again, was the bold OUTRA3I—of all that dauntless host the preux Chevalier. There, moreover, for a few radiant moments—moments never after to be forgotten by a race whose heroism they served to illustrate so resplendently—there, in the deadly breach, stood Lieutenant SALKELD . ! There reeled— blinded and wounded, among the smoke and ashes of the flaming volcano of the magazine lit by his order—the self-sacrificing, the self-immolating Lieutenant WILLOUGHBY ! There, above all resolutely pressing onward in the direction of beleaguered Lucknow was the chief among the chiefs of that perillou3 epoch, the most glorious soldier among them all—that embodiment of the "Christian Hero" of Sir RICHARD STEztx—tlae noble-hearted, keen-sighted, unflinching, unhesi tating, liorztoct ! Such, in brief, were the fore most among our little warrior band—the leaders of our numerically insignificant forces in the san guinary struggle between life and death in 1857 in ilindostan. note, But for one single s o ldi er o f an y we look in vain among all that swarming horde of very nearly 100,000 mutineers. Disciplined according to our own system ; armed with our own arms ; clothed in our uniforms —au army all but flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone— rose again s t us in the Sep oy army - ah) rehallikm upon a miserable pretext about somagreabld cartridgea, has not i n one solitary instance given to -view in all this terrible twelvemonth of strife, o:gz Captain. li o t, one ! There has been one ruffian certainly dis tinguished above them all h by his preternatural and unparalleled infamy—but liis pre-eminen c e l, .imply the " bad pre-eminence" won to him by his atrocities. NANA SAHIB is simply notorious among the leaders of fighting men just as lIBITRIOT was notorious at the head of the troopers of the French Republic during the Reign of Terror—HENßloT, whose habitual battlefield was the Place de Greve, and whose rallying standard was the blood-red *colour of the guillo tine 1 No—again we say not one single soldier of any mark whatever has, from first to last, made his appearance among these Sepoy mutineers. Not one of them has shown any generalship —any strategic skill—nay, for that matter, any com mon brute courage. They have fought simply like a set of wild hounds—encouraged in each instance to resist for a while simply by the obvious fact of their enormous numerical preponderance. How may this be accounted for?—among a race certainly not deficient hitherto in the ability of the soldier's craft---a race that has long since numbered up in history as famous warriors as GHENGIS KHAN and AIIRUNGZEBB. What may be the source of this unexampled lack of anything at all like their former valour or their pristine generalship ? What ? Is it not Remorse—born from the memory of all their fiendish atrocities ? Is it not remorse—acting upon all their physical and intellectual energies like a sudden palsy ? Might not thousands of Sepoys among that popu lous host each mutter to himself, literally, in the famous words of MASSINGER—, " Some undone widow site upon mine arm, And takes away the use of 't ; and my sword, Glued to my scabbard with wrong'd orphan's tears, Will not be drawn." The execrable crimes by which at Delhi, at Cawn pore, at Bithoor, and elsewhere, this deadly revolt was first of all inaugurated, would really appear to have evidenced themselves in the extraordinary fact we have here particularised—the fact of this Sepoy host of nearly 100,000 Asiatics, disciplined by Europeans, not having onco throughout the whole conflict given to the world a single soldier of any eminence whatsoever. The result of those diabolical deeds of inhumanity being the paralysis of the warlike genius and power hitherto dis played by the warrior population of Hindostan. ALTEST NEWS. INDIA. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram has been received from Malta at the India-house : " To SIR JAMES MELVILL, K.C.8., INDIA-HOI7SE, LONDON. " The Commander-in-Chief was at Futtyghur on 'Tannery 24. " Brigadier Walpole's column was near the Ram gumma, preparing to cross into Rohilound. A rebel force was on the opposite bank of the river. "By intelligence to January 22, Sir J. Outram had been again assailed, and an attack by the whole rebel force in Lucknow was daily expected. " Reinforcements bad been sent to Sir James Outram. "Saugor was relieved by Sir Hugh Rose's force on February 3. "On the march to Saugor, Rakjhur was attacked on January 26th, but the garrison evacuated the place. " The chief rebel leader in Central India, Ma hommed Faril, was, however, taken and hanged. " On January 31st Sir Hugh Rose defeated the insurgents at Banda. tOur loss was slight, but Captain Devill, of the RtJyal Engineers, was killed. " The fort and town of ATah were occupied on January 24th, the greater part of the garrison having escaped in the night during a violent storm. "Punjaub and Scinde all quiet. " All quiet with the exception of Candish, in which, however, no new excesses are reported. " Proof has been obtained that Shorapoor Rajah has been collecting troops for a rebellion. " A Bombay force from Belgaum, and a Madras force from Kurtool, are advancing to Koolea with the Nizam's troops, for the reduction of the Rajah. " D. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government, " Bombay Castle, Feb. 9, 1858. "Per steamer Euxine. "from V. G. MONTA.NARO. "Malta, March 1, 1858." We (Fimqs) have received the aubjoinedtelegram from our - MAUI correspondent, dated March 1, 11 p. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 26. " rae Bombay mail leaves to-day with intelli gence from the Commander-in-Chief to the 28th of January. He was still at Fu ttygliur, waiting for the siege train from Agra, which left that station on the 22d. "An attack from Calpee was expected at Fut tebpore. Troops from Allahabad and Cawnpore were concentrated to oppose it. " Sir James 0 utrara had been reinforced at Alum• bagh, and held his own. " The Ghoorkas have marched from Goruckpore on Fyzabad, in Oude. " The Fort of Ratghur was evacuated by the enemy on the 26th. " The Nawab Mahommed Favil Khan has been hanged ; and at Delhi the Dewah of Furruck nugger likewise. " Awah was abandoned to the Rajpoetana field force during a storm on the 24th. g' The trial of the King of Delhi was to commence on the 2d. of February. " The Rajah of Shorapoor in the southern Mah ratta country, is about to be attacked from three quarters. " The rest of the 18th Royal Irish, besides the ;Ist Highlanders, have arrived at Bombay. " The Habeas Qorpus case is at an end by the arrival of an act from Calcutta justifying the prisoners' detention. " The Bombay money-market was much easier " The Bank had reduced its rat© of discount 3 per. cent. " The import market was active. " Exchange, 2s. Otd. for credit. " The above news has just been received by the Ewan, from Alexandria, for which port the Colombo left this afternoon. The Eaxine leaves for Marseilles at 4 to-morrow morning. Neither the outward nor the homeward Australian mails had reached AlrAndri% up to the afternoon of the 26th. " Tke Vectis, from Marseilles, has just arrived." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING, The Moniteur publishes the following in its official columns : " General Changarnier and General Bedsan have permission to return to France." - lofiltiilt: uncffi the publication of the first volume of the " Corres , after ttlbee;:f2" cial columns the 3loniteur announces Pondenue of Napoleon 1.," which it states to be O z ni cra : t; ! ,_ h we e .tl.3 m ile ct o b f e . beautiful f i t pe workslmperial that printing-office.l2as over i F s u e l d t four iu Italy, Rt,l.l4,unittatinatthbraoefe6Tuauphanirt, ofin ttuheyeayueiapraitgwnos es on the last day of the year eat of Wurruser. The volume is ushered in by a report of the Minister of State, upon the high importance of the work ; the decree which constituted the commissio n c h arge d w ith th e collection and publication of the " Correspondence of Napoleon 1.," and, finally, the report addressed by the commission to the Emperor upon the re searches and labours to which they had devoted themselves in the performance of th e i r d u t y . A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says : " Orsini, Pierri, de Rudio, and Gomez, on return ing to their prison after the trial, appeared to retain all their usual calmness, but at the moment when the strait jacket was beine put on them, Pi err i gave way to the most violent rage, ve n ti ng hi s pass i on particularly against Orsini. ' I wish,' he said, ' that Orsini had a dozen heads, and that they were all to be cut off, in order that he might suffer the longer.' De Rudio is very much cast down ; he f anc i es he sees the sceffold sta n di ng b e f ore hi m , and he declares that in his sleep h e f ee l s as if th e iron were touching his neck. Orsini preserves a composed attitude, and mostly rema i ns silent. pierri , it is said, expected to come out of the affair safe and sound ; a n d so d eep ly haciforthat hope taken pos sess i on o f hi s m i nd thatseveral days before all his thouzlits had been concentrated on what had become of his um brella. He had even written s evera l l et t ers on the subject, requesting that it might be sought for and be ready_ for him when h e s h ou ld b e released from prison. ' The Times Paris correspondent says :—" Ru mours have circulated for the last t wo d ays th a t, after all, the life of Orsini is likely to be spared. To what degree they . are entitled to credit I cannot say. lam equally ignorant on what grounds his title to clemency is based morethan his companions. His letter to the Emperor,as published in the Moni teur with the rest of the proceedi ngs , h as pro d uce d an unpleasant impression on the representatives of some of the German States, and it certainly will not promote g oodwill betwee n th e C ourt of V i enna and that of the Tuileries. It is still th e t o pi c o f severe remark in diplomatic circles. Though Orsini is a lid to display much calmness since his condemna tion, yet, to prevent any attempt by his own hand, it was thought prudent to use the camisole-de force, or straight waistcoat. The others, with the exception of Gomez, who is no t con d emne d t o death, are similarly treated. The chaplain of the pri- Sea has been with them, but it is not said whether his exhortations have had much effect. They attended Divine service yesterday in the chapel of the prison. The minutes of the t r i a l were t o b e submitted this day to the Parquet of the Court of Cas4ation by the Attorney-General. They will be distributed, and the Court will appoint one of the Conseillers to draw up the report, on which the con firming or invalidation of the sentence of the Lower Court will be founded. I may add that there A little or no chance that the sentence will be dis turbed, and i:-, is probable that the whole affair will be decided in the course of the week." It is stated that Lord Malnaesbury has already answered the despatch of M. Walewski, and, it is said, in a to ne an d sp i r i t b ecom i ng a B r i t i s h Minister. It, of course, expresses a desire to cul tivate the beat re l a ti ons w i t h thi s coun t ry , an d t o remain in alliance with her, but it declares that the right of asyl um s h a ll b e ma i nta i ne d i ntac t . I t i s not said whether the suspended bill will be taken up by the new Government. BOURSE, Alarchl.—The settlement of the account has gone on readily in the Rente with easy terms of interest, b u t th e market has b een fl at, an d prices declined o w i ng to a fall of gon Consols. The market conti nue d h eavy to t h e c l ose, w h en t h ee followin g Rare the e quotations :- 4i per Cents Do. end raonti — Belgian 4 3 per Cent. ...., ... 69 30 Piedmontese (5) 9O Do. end month 69 40 Roman B9 Bank Shares 3015 Austrian Credit Mobilier ... 875 --- Spanish Threes Do. Account B7O Home Debt 3 i RAIL' Orleans ....,.... 13971 Northern! 963 New Ditto 797 Lyon and lediteran. 830 New Ditto ........ ; 7 97i Geneva . . 7OO 'AY& Midi Western 6B2i Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian AUSTRIA. According to a letter from Vienna, M. de Pro kesch has received instructions, from his government relative to the disturbances in Bosnia, and in which he has been charged to urge on the Porte the im. perative necessity of pacifying that country, by granting all the reforms which had been promised. A letter from Vienna, in the Nuremberg Corre• spondent, says :—" The approachinc , winding-up of the eminent banking firm of Simon G. Sina may be looked on as certain. The head of the firm, Baron Sine, has recently been appointed representative of Greece at the court of Austria. As his with drawal from business was made a condition of his ap pointment, the baron has consented to add this to the many sacrifices which he Las already made to that country.' Another letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The Government of Oldenburg had made a proposition to the Germanic Diet to pay the arrears of pensions of the old officers of the armyof Schleswick-Holstein. Austria opposed the adoption of that proposition on the ground that the Diet had decided, in the sitting of the 6th April, 1854, that it would merely grant assistance to these officers, and that the present proposition went much further. The Assembly has now decided in accordance with the views of the Austrian repre sentative." THE SeN, IMNDON' TUESDAY EVEN 1 NG, MAIICH___ 2, 1858 PRUSSIA. The Second Prussian Chamber has adopted, by a large majority, a proposition o f M. d'A uerswald, calling for the execution of the a r ti c l e o f the con stitutionrelative to the suppression of all exemp tions from the land tax. The Government has presented to the Chamber a bill for increasing the tax on home-made sugar. — ifiePrincess Frederick Charles has given birth to a daughter. Accounts from the Ha gue s l a t o th at th e ab sence of a Vrolik, Minister of Finance, from the secret debate held by the Second Chamber on the commercial treaty between Holland and Belgium, which had at fir6t been attributed by the public to political motives, proceeded from the death of his mother-in-law, who expired shortly before the opening of the sitting, In consequence of the disturbances which took place on the 23d in the military college of Turin, that establishment has been dissolved, and it is to be reorganised on a new basis. The ()flick/ Journal of th e T wo Si c i l i es o f t h e 18th ult. publishes a complete list of all the vic tims of 0 , 3 memorable earthquake of December 16th, 1857. The total num b er of dead amounts togi3soandthe the wounded to 1,359. It appears throughout list that, contrary to what is tto case in battles and other circumst ances i n w hi c h e clod that of the p ersons more or l ess seriously g h r u e m a t a l n y e life is at stake, th e number of dead has c e injured. Thus, at Mont emurro, a pl ace of 7,000 inhabitants, 5,000 were crushed to death by the falling houses, and 500 severely injured. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) --- MARLBORO U GH-STREET. TnE TICK, TICK, TIOK, OF A TAP-ROOM CLOCK. — William Jones', aged 26, was charged before Mr. Bing ham with the following impudent robbery ab a public house. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Catherine Gain, the wife of a respectable licensed victualler in Bruton street, Bond-st reet, that on going into her tap - room h er attention was attracted to the clock, of which she suddenly missed its old familiar tick. She had heard it two minutes before, and at once divining that some trick had been played with it, ehe directly said to the prisoner, who was in the room, "What have you been doing to the clock I" he replied, "Nothing ;" but she, not satisfied, laid hold of him. The p r i soner, on her doing so, crouche d down, an d as he did so she detected him quietly, and as he hoped unobserved, slide on to the floor, behind his feet, the large brass weight of the tap-room clock, which he had detached, a e d which of course exp l a i ne d th e mys t ery o f its silence, whilst the clock-hand indicated the exact minute it was stolen 20 past 11. Finding ho was dis covered, h e b ro k e from h er grasp an d en d eavoure d t o escape, bat s h e, barricading him in with the tables, called for assistan ce. Her husband came in and prisoner was secured and banded over to policeman 0 161. Pr's 'ner told th e mag i s t ra t e h e h a d no thi n g to say. Policeman I tlo C, attended to make known t h e prisoners character, or some part of it, which was that Le had him in custoiy at this court about five months ago on a charg e o f copper and lead stealing, but from some deficiencies in the evidence necessary to conviction, he was di , !obarged. H e b a d , h owever , k nown hi m to have been previ onily coavieted and sentenced to one month by Limm or by Priso —Oh, for felony. Mr. Bi ngham told the prisoner he might take his choice wh e th er of the two he would have the case settled, a jury. Mr. Bingham —Then -Dinghane—Then I have no difficulty whatever— it is a clea r case. I shall at l east preven t y our s t ea li ng settled hy you, by all means. cloak weights from public houses and tap-rooms for three months to c , me. You are cotrinnitt. , i to the House of Correction for three months and hard labour. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A COIL PlT.—Four men were killed on Thursday in a pit called the Lodge Colliery , near West Bromwich. The mea were at work about eighty yards from the bottom, when a large piece of the work The quantity o f ear th which fell weighed about fifty gave way, fell upon them , an d buried them. tons, From the ,-videncA given a+ the inquest the " wo.k ' appea rs to bave b e euinciifitrently propped, if it was not absolutely in a dangerous state, The verdict returned was "Accidental death," THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—The opening paper in Blackwood is the continuation of " What rill He do with It 1" The instalment is brief, and does not chronicle any event of particular importance. Some years are supposed to elapse between this part and the one which will follow it. The second part of the travels in Zanzibar and East Africa is somewhat interest ing, as showing us a picture of races and scenes quite removed from ordinary experi ence . Th e article which immediately follows it, is on a topic of considerable importance—one that has engaged the attention of legislators and reformers, and is likely, from the complication of the subject, and the difficulties which surround it, to demand some years of examination and experience before it can be satisfactorily dealt with. "Our Convicts--Past and Present"—is the title of the article, and it deals with the subject in a comprehensive and rational manner, though the author, like many wiser men, is unable to give a decided solution of some of the attendant problems. The separation of first offenders from hardened criminals, but without that solitude and silence which defy the powers 'of human en durance—the difficulty of holding out encourage ment for good behaviour and obedience to disci pline without offering a premium to hypocrisy— the obligation to provide them with the neces saries of life, good of their kind, and some degree of comfort, without provoking comparisons with the friendless poor who are struggling with starva tion and temptation ; and when all these questions are suitably treated, there yet remains another of no inconsiderable magnitude—that of providing the convict on his release, with employment—to give him the means of decent livelihood without giving him an advantage over the honest labourer. There is much sensible reasoning in the article before us, especially in the part relating to the testimony of the police officers in a law court as affecting the sentence passed on the culprit. Of course this is not alluding to the testi mony as to the commission of a crime, but as to previous character and habits. It is justly observed that it is not in human nature to help abusing such a power, and that a policeman is no more fitted for the possession of irresponsible power than the captain of a merchant vessel or the Emperor of Russia. Indeed, social philosophers might question if he were as much so, as from his perpetual contact with vice and crime, his sphere of observation is necessarily narrowed, and ho loses the power of sympathy and comparison, which others of more extended opportunities might be capable of exercising. The essay will well repay perusal by all who take an interest in a question so nearly affecting the social well-being of the community. "Stories from Ancient Sind" give us some curious glimpses of ancient Mohommedan conquests. The second paper on " Food and Drink" continues this interesting subject, and will afford much gratification to the lovers of chemical and physiological science. Among the remaining contents are a pleasant paper on Mr. Snllivan's work on " Cumberland and its People, and a favourable notice of Mr. Bucklancl's "Curiosities of Natural History." Fraser's.—Fraser presents us with a variety of refreshing and vigorous articles this month—those relating to politics being sound in argument and liberal in principle ; and those gracing the fields of light literature and intellectual mattbr, exhibiting an attractive degree of amusing originality and lucid discussion. The opening paper, "An Anglo- Indian View of the Indian Crisis," displays im portant and accurate judgment in the treatment of the question—maintaining opinions not much to the credit of "head-quarters" of Indian Govern ment. Dr. Whewell's book , " The History of Science and some of its Lessons," is dilated on in a very able and enlightening tone, but as this mas terly work will receive our special notice before long, we shall merely advert to it, as constituting a first-elms production of its kind—calculated to equally advance the philosophical student's pro gress and general human intelligence. The paper "Concerning Country Houses and Country Life" is a charming dissertation on the pursuit', build ings, and literature connected with rural existence, It is a compound bouquet combining the poetic odours of new-mown hay, wild thyme, and fresh turned furrows, with a strong infusion of common sense and sufficient essence of classical taste. It Eays— I believe that in the mind of most men of cultivation, there is some vague, undefined sense that the country is the scene where human life attains its happiest develop ment. I believe that the great proportion of such men cherish the hope, perhaps a distant and faint one, that at some time they shall possess a country home, where they may pass the last years tranquilly, far from the tumult of cities. Many of those who cherish such a hope will never realise it ; and many more are quite unsuited for enjoying a country life were it within their reach. Bat all this is founded upon the instinctive desire there is in human nature to possess some portion of the earth's surface. Speaking of Gothic architecture, the writer gives the following opinion, with which we cordially concur :—. I do not think we could say better of any work of man, than that it bears with advantage to be sot side by side with the noblest work of God. Yet, though a worthy Gothic building looks beautiful anywhere, it has a special charm in a sweet country landscape. It seems just what was wanted to render the scene perfect. It is in harmony with the trees and flowers and hills around, and with the blue sky,overheal. It is a perpetual pleasure to look at it. I do not believe that any mortal can find real enjoyment in standing and gazing at a huge square house, with a great wagon roof, and with square holes cut in a great level blank wall for windows. It may draw a certain grandeur from vast size, and it may possess fine accesso ries,—be shadowed by noble trees, backedby wild or wooded hills, and shaded off into the fields and lawns by courtly ter races; but the big square box is in itself ugly, and never can be anything but ugly. But how long and,delightedly one can contemplate the worthy Gothic house of similar pre tension—with its lights and shadows, its irregular sky-line, its great mullioned bay-windows and its graceful oriels perched aloft, its many gables, its wreathed chimneys, its towers and pinnacles, its hall and chapel boldly shown on the external outline—for the characteristic of Gothic is, that it frankly exhibits construction, and makes a beauty of the exhibition; while the square-box architecture aims at concealing construction, -- producing the four walla, pieni:d with the regular rows of windows, quite irrespec tive of internal requirements, and then considering how to fit in the requisite apartments, like the pieces of a child's dissected puzzle, into the square case made for them. There is an unusually interesting story, in six chapters, entitled " Lone-House Dale," which will amply repay perusal. The concluding artic'e, on "The Decline and Fall of Lord Palmerston's Ministry," deals with the said Ministry in forcible and plain terms ; advocating the measures which are equally consistent with, and necessary for, the presarraTion of foreign relations and English hon our. The unvarnished meaning of these t einarks recommend the passage so warmly that we cannot resist quoting it, as being the condensed opinion of all right-minded Britons : Every man in England is deeirens to preserve a firm alliance between two nations, wkich allied can do so much good to the world, and at enmity could go near towards ruining each other. But as between individuals so it is with nations ; real friendship can be maintained only by self-respect on both sides. Whilst France is governed as it is now, by repression, it is but a m oc k ery f or E ng l an d t o seem to sympathize with the spirit of its rulers ; and the adulation which since the success of the coup•cretat has been poured on the head of the Emperor, has done a good deal, unfortunately, to unhinge our alliance with the nation and make it personal to the ruling dynasty. The consequence of the extreme deference to the Emperor is that we are expected to do that for him which we would have done for none of his predecessors. Lord Palmerston in a very violent manner rebuked the House of Commons for making allusions to points which he could hardly have expected to be passed over. We think, however, that Lerd Palmerston, or whoever may succeed him, would do better, instead of bullying indepen. dent members of the Legislature, to maintain a firm and respectful tone towards the French Goverunasent, avoiding all cause of reasonable offence, and making every conces sion consistent with the honour and dignity of England, and at the same time not to shut his eyes to the possible course into which a Government relying solely on its enor mous army may sooner or later be driven, and to keep a good look-out on our coasts, and an efficient fleet in the Channel. Bentley.—" Lord Palmerston ; a Piece of Poli tical Patchwork," by Pei° Mole, is the striking piece of alliteration that greets us on opening Bentley. It treats of the various characters which have been ascribed to the veteran statesman, and the different sketches of him which eminent writers have given. It is followed by the opening chapter of a story called " Heiresses," which will probably improve as it proceeds. A spirited ballad, entitled " The Lord Protectlr's Ghost," tells us how a gay cavalier, returning from a revel, is startled, in passing Tyburn, by the ghastly appari tion of " Him who, though uncrowned his forehead, Reigned the Ruler of the land," " French Financial Operations * is rather an alarm ing title for an article in a serial supposed to be devoted to mirth and entertainment. It is founded on M. Cassefigue's recent work, and will probably convey some useful information to those who may not have met the original ].works k. Monkshood's writings always repay pel. Hi present subject is " Ferrari's Guelfs, and Ghi bellines," and treats of the factions which distracted Italy for so many centuries. Mr. Dudley Costello continues his story of "Faint heart never won Fair Lady," in his ac ea•itomed manner. A paper on " Saiond of P.ris," curioub agreeable reading. The singular papers entitled " Thanatos Athauatos," proceed in their moralis ing and sometimes mel mcholy strain, giving e x _ tracts from ancient and modern, grave and gay, early fathers or pagan philosophers, as the case may be. The curious story of " Queen Stork" com es to a curious and not very intelligible conclusion. Mary Nl,nek con`libut - i s ono9 grac-fill verses, supposed to be addressed by a LK On GI d toil e e lover slain in battle. "A Night of Tumults," by authorthe of " Too much to Wear," brings - to a satisfactory conclusion the history of the Dal rymples, and the present number of Bentley. United Service. —The usual amount of sensible matter, connected with the important topics of our land and sea forces, is given in this number. "The Reminiscences of China and the Chinese " are continued, iu which the opium subject is treated with dispassionate reasoning, together with a plea sant page or two of general information respecting the customs and state of the people. " Our Schemes Hof Military Education and Reform " con tains some just and apposite observations on the practical training of soldiers, but we must dissent from one opinion expressed in it, and honestly aver that we shall ever believe The victory of Inker man to have been essentially a " soldiers' battle," and that incompetency of judgment, or some defal cations in the administration of our military ruler-i, equally questionable, were too obvious in the whole of the Crimean campaign, for any prejudiced par tisan to successfully defend, or effectually disgui-e. An excellent paper on " The Army Sanitary Com mission" deserves careful attention. After the author has given an impartial description of the average state of our barracks and the condition of the men, he says— If we look into the long rolls of our best regiments we shall find that they are not composed of the same materials as during the Peninsular war. Our national Highland and Irish regiments aro no longer of pure descent, and though the majority may be so, still a large proporti n of heterogenous elements enters into their composition. Our Highland glens no lon.;er abound iu brave lads and bonny lasses ; the garb of old Gaul is seldom seen on the heath-covered mountains, un less on the " hurdies" of Sassenach menials ; the sound of the bagpipe is no longer heard on the gale, the chatter of the grouse and the black cock, the scream of the curlew, and the whistle of the gamekeeper, are the only liltings now heard on the hill ; even the ancient eagle is banished from his heredi tary eyrie, and dares not descend from the clouds without risk of life from an Ely's cartridge or a riflebullet ; thousands of hearths round which happy families once gathered, are now as cold as the grave ; the bat and the owl, the thistle and the nettle, aro their only tenants now, the more favoured rod deer crop the currant bushes in their " kail-yard," and many a " strath" that once sent forth a thousand mon at the summons of tie Fiery Cross would not now muster a ser geant's party. Most noble despotism has depopulat d the ancient nurseries of our best soldiers to provide for themselves a month's shooting in autumn ! " The flowers of the forest that fought aye the foremost, The flowers of the forest are a' woode away !" And Britannia in her utmost need now mourns their loss when no longer forthcoming. Nor is the state of Ireland more favourable for recruiting. The bigotry of priests, the exaction of tithes,.the oppression of landlords, and the difficulty of procuring bread, have driven tens of thousands of its stalwart sous out of the coun-• try to seek their more happy fortune in foreign lands. The consequence is that the army is now chiefly racruited from the workshops, the factories, the stable, and ihe counter ; from the do-nothings and the do-no-goods, and the devilma cares ; from the runaways, the spendthrifts, and the drunk ards; from half made ministers, doctors, and lawyers, im practicable younger sons of old families, improvident charac ters in dread of the parish beadle or the constable, whilst the. best men of their class remain at their avoc •tions at home, and find more profitable employment as navvies, railway at tendants, or policemen. But there must be some causes for all the sickness and mortali y of soldiers, not apparent to the ordinary observer ; and if we enter into the orderly-room, the dry-room, the hospital, and peruse the defaulters' book, and the sick re ports, we shall probably find sufficient explanation. In them we shall find that about one-half of the cases under investiga tion, under punishment, or uuder treatment, an the conse quences of their own intemperance or indiscretion ; all of them undermining the constitution, and settling on tho weakest organ of the body—the lungs, ending in consump tion and premature death, 'and as the deaths are accounted for under the head of consumption, the original causes that in duced consumption do not appear in the sick reports. The concluding remarks in this admirable paper contain an amount of truth which we should re joice to see acted on by those in authority : Having established the fact that intemperance and indis cretion are the soldiers' greatest enemies, we must look for some explanation even of their prevalence, and this we shall find in the idle, indolent, objectless, in -door, half•employed dog sort of life that they generally lead,—a prey to ennui, and the blue devils,—anti the blue bottle and the brothel are their succedaned. Now that we have arrived at what seems to be the real cause of all the soldiers' failings and ailings, and of their in crease 1 rate of mortality, the great objec to be. k pt in view is to divert their attention into more salutary chancels. Men even the most illiterate and the least intellectual, cannot with impunity be treated as animals by drilling, feeling, clothing, housing, and locking up like cattle, so that their sleeping rooms when let out in the morning are found to be " in a very thick and nasty state." The circulation of the mental faculties is as necessary as the circulation of the blood through our veins, or the electric current through our nerves ; much has been dune for the soldiers on this head, but all that hasbeen done is insufficient, and much more must be done if we would improve their health and reduce their mortality to the level of their free brethren at the spade, the plough, or the shuttle, the ham mer, the trowel, or the batton. Moro exercise is essential both for body and mind, more hope of bettering their position by promotion to commissions, more prospect of being able to exist after discharge on the bounty of the State, without haying recourse to begging or ballad-singing, or being a bur den to their surviving relatives. A discharged soldier is generally tho most helpless individual possible ; most of them never excelled in any profession before enlisting, and after discharge feel themselves cast upon the world unfitted to resume their juvenile omp eyrue , .t. But there are very numerous berths in public departments to fill which no better and no more deserving men could be found than our pen sioned soldiers ; and when we have seen the doors of public galleries and museums, the gates of public parks and gardens, and the ranges of royal palaces filled by stolid masses of fat contented ign irance, who never did a day's military duty in their lives, we have thought what prizes such offices would have been to our discharged deserving soldiers. The Mechanic's. —This valuable serial is replete with intelligence on various objects connected with inventidons and improvemsists. An "Apparatus for .onornising " A New Hydraulic Engine," and " Improved Fttruaces," are among a long list of fresh appliances of science. The papers elucidating the working and intentions of the rela tive patents are clearly and concisely written ; ren dering the magazine exceedingly useful to those interested in its subjects. The editing and arrange ment of this work are carefully carried out. LITERATURE. Mitla ; a Narrative of Ir.cidents on a Journey in ille; - cieo, Guatemala, and Salvador. By G. F. Von Tempsky. Longman. Many entertaining works of travel have already been published respecting the troubled States of Central America. Their gorgeous tropical scenery, the very lawlessn6es of the marauders that infest them, their rapid decadence and insignificant posi tion beside the bustling energy of the United States and the prosperous activity of the Canadian domi nions, combine to tinge them with an air of romance ; while the nature of the adventures met with by the traveller, and the comparative novelly of the incidents and scenery, generally render works of this kind agreeable reading. The present is no exception. It is written by a German, and he has acquitted himself of his laborious task most honour ably. Ho has had the advantage of an fl nglish edi tor in Mr.J. S. Bel!, the author of a "Journal of a Residence inCircassia but it is probable that little supervision was needed. The usual tales of bandits and murderers abound in his pages an 1 those who seek the marvellous ol terrible will not be disap pointed. For instance, on quitting Mexico for Durango, a party of thirty Mexicans, armed and mounted, proposed to him and his friend that they should join thorn. From various reasons they declined, and what was their horror, on pursuing their journey a day or two lwer, to come upon the corpses of the whole party on the high roa,l. They had been surprisf'd and murdered by a band of the Indians who infest this locality, and whom the government, such as it is, is totally unable to sub due. The following extract gives a picture of a ball at Durango, in honour of the anniversary of Independence— ti,Jxicans, in general, are abstemious ; but, on par ticular occasions, they will look a little longer into the glass than is compatible with gravity of demeanour afterwards, which is the more difficult for them to pre. serve, as they are unaccustomed to resist the influence of drink. Such was the case here. Amongst the gal. lints most conspicuous in elegance of manner was one officers i of the of the Zacatec cas band of heroes, n blaz cg uniform. lie was the admired of many a fair one, to whom hie noble bearing centradieted clearlythe calumnies He and d surveyedseem seemed d of doubt as to the courage of him and his comrades. accordance r t d o a a n n c o e t hwevirta,hl o i u t. r, applied occasion- He seemed to be anxious to confirm their favourable engag e d was reaio n i in someto who,h ave at selectedst imulantsso tiet distance n b ia d n f d r . o n ni g H sidled up to my a at lly last t o h p e in b io a n ll- b ro y :rn om fr e om actonine friend, conversation with some accoainta in nc e e. The probably caused by this choice of a victim were twofold ; nay friend wa- a little man, besides biting a foreigner • and seemingly alone amongst a crowd enthusiastic the story short, in favour of any y hea European.cst d o To make derogatory never - very a e t c o r n y , reflec tions on foreigners in general, andbefore him in particular. Th e scene became interesting and hopeful. I came up i n ti me to hear him assert, with e e :Ts, r French,in d d loud emphasis, th a t b y h i s bands had died Englishmen. Germans, y friend sid l ed citn ei , e u eriiecttlsi t ; and him,nd o the ln o whispered some thing in hie ear , and gave him peepa a pistol, in so inner breast pocket of his coat. The talisman acted with wondrous suddenness. A slight paleness replaced, for a moment, his flushed colour ; but immediately he was himself again, he cast a look of unutterable fierceness on the smiling pair of us, and— retreated. At :hat rnome:,t, a sadden cry iu the street, a ;et:a atvi . nsia a 'unault, near the door, were bard. For a moment, everybody seemed paralysed ; the next, some rushed through the doorway, some through the win dows, to see what was going on in the street. A minute after, the bleeding body at a young man was carried in, under the wail of women, and laid oa a sofa. The cause and incidents of this catastrophe were the fol lowing young Man bad excited the jealousy of another, by dancing too often with his sweethear i!..censed lover eggs t.vo inPrltlx his inLerent, a.t."l the tu, et i;VJ ik.CLU Lue blreCL• unconscious rival is called out to the street, under some pretext or another, As he passes the doorway be receives a thrust from the blade of a sword sans, * pistol is snapped at him, and a stone, dashed in h ie teeth, bears him to the ground. He had time to recognise one of his assailants—the one who gave the thrust, the instigator of the plot ; and he saw all the three run down the street, and disappear in the darkness. Suffice it to say, that the victim survived ; his three assailants were sentenced to severe punishment ; but whether it ever was executed, with all the rigour of the law, I know not, and much doubt ; for, in Mexico, a sentence and the execution of it have not the same certainty of con nection as Cause and effect. The knife and lasso are not the only drawbacks to the delightful climate of Central America. Her• is a description of the plague of mosquitoes. The river Guasamaleo is broad and deep, with a heavy current, and surrounded by the delwe vegetation of a most luxuriant tropical country. It is now navigable, for nearly ten leagues from the mouth, for vessels of goodly draught, and thelharbour, on the Atlantic side, is much better than that on the Pacific. The region all around, as far as the eye can wander, is an unbroken expanse of foliage,—a virgin forest of the most luxuriant tropical growth,—rich, blooming, overflowing with strength avid vitality,—a picture of untrammeled nature revelling in produc , ion and reproduction from au inex haustible soil. So tar, everything is worth seeing ; but there are thorns on this rose ; for the bushes of endless varieties are powdered over by countless millions of rue-quitoes, that, on being disturbed, buzz in clouds around your head, and seem, as a Yankee might say, "to crowd out" the very atmosphere around you. Reader, do you know what mosquitoes are ! Hese the weary minutes of the night been ever counted on you by a hundred stings in each of them t Have you felt the fever that rages in the blood when the fatigue of the day draws your bead to the pillow, and sleep is flagellated out of you by stings that burn like nettles I If not, you will think this chapter on mos quitoes a light matter, to be slipped over in the book of tropical characteristics ; but experience would teach you to think differently, as it taught me after this lesson. ------ We . bad been forewarned of what was to be expected, and had brought our mosquito-Wettings with us, other wise we might have been obliged to do to ourselves as we did to our horses, that is, tied them with doable roper, to prevent them running into the river from the sheer madness of pain. Poor animals, they were covered wick blood in the morning, my white horse had quite crimson hue, and all three of them looked exhausted ani weary. An American settler, who lived near the banks of this river, with his wife and family, retired, every day at three o'clock in the afternoon, into the fastnesses of his mosquito-bars, taking with him provisions for supper, a book, pipe, and tobacco. Two or three times the Mexican Government sent a little garrison of soldiers to an old fort at the mouth of the river ; but, each time, they died oat rapidly, from fever, caused mainly from the incessant irritation of mosquito . bites. We did not protract our stay in that neighbourhood , bat returned, in double-quick time, to Tehuantepec, where, at least, the plague of mosquitoes w a s compara tively unknown. The work is written in a lively and pleasant style, full of anecdotes and adventures. If it does not present any striking originality, it is, at least, in' teresting, showing Mexican society from a German point of view, and affording a pleasant insight into the manners of the people. We must not omit to mention the engravings, which are numerous, and the coloured plates, which are very elegant, *nu are a valuable addition to this handsome volume• COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace yester day m .rning for Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice ; and were attended by the Duchess of Wellington, the B 0 Beatrice Byng, Major-General the on. Choi. ° Grey, L, rd Colville, Capt. the Hon. D. de R° 6 and the Master of the Household. The Queen and the Prince were conducted , t° their carriage by the Marquis of Exet er , Earl pet warr, the Duke of Beaufort, and C o l. F. H. S e f mour. The Royal party left Buckingham Palace at bo lf. past 10 o'clock, in six carriages, and escorted hbit: detachment of Light Dragoons, for the pri",. station at Vauxhall of the London and $ 9O l, ee 1 Western Railway. Her Majesty left by asp train for Gosport. The Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Glibber left Buckingham Palace at half-past 2 clock 1 the afternoon for Osborne. rel i eve d Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal) has Major-General Buckley in his duties , as th . Equerry-in-Waiting to the Queen • Capta in tle . Hon. Dudley De Ros has relieved Colo nel F. Bt Seymour in his duties as Equerry-- Waiting the Prince Confort. a t' Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers ei tended yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing; street, and were severally introduced to the Earl of Malmesbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Despatches were sent yesterday f rom the Ci ° l° - nial-office to the Governors of the West inu' a Colonies. ARRIVAL OF TIIE COURT AT FOR TS ' MOUTH, EN ROUTE TO OSBORNB• PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY. Her Majesty was expected to have arrived here OseNnvenegoftoththeeßieldr-isApdomsititroanl Superintendent,of by half-past eleven. it was one o'clock when the Royal party entered the Royal Clarence-yard. in -Chief, Admiral Sir George Seymour, and in t t le . ab Hon. George Grey the honours of reception " e volved on the senior officer, Captain Harry EyreS, the eEnmati Commander' of the St. Vincent, supported by his officers. The Lieutenant-Goveruor, Major-General the Hon. Si r James Yorke Scarlett, and staff was in attendanc e ' the Captain Superintendent Dacres, C. 8., of Sash ° Hospital, John Davies, Esq., master attendant) & c * The Queen embarked on board the Fairy', tender, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, amid pelting snow-storm, which had prevailed all the morning. - The instant her Majesty arrived the Excellent (being the only saluting ship at Ports mouth) fired the royal sa lute. The wh ole of the ships of war hoisted masthead flags, and ashe_ Majesty passed out of the harbour's mouth t_lale crews manned rigging and yards and heart,itl,. cheered. The Garrison Battery took up the sal jug, and fired 21 guns as tho Fairy emerged fr7o the harbour's entrance, although the weather " r ely so exceedingly thick that the Fairy was scare discernible. The ships of war at Spithead, consisting of ilcf; nown, Curacoa, and Racoon, were prepared to r honours, but the Fairy having taken the in ne s pas, age, keeping the Hadar sho r e aboard, sh e #. Ica not visible from Spithead, and the shipa did now salute. Her Majesty and Court will return to town on Saturday next. AUSTRALIA.—The Donald Mackay one of bies, ° t s fr ; Janes Baines an Co.'s Black Bail clippers, arrivea be Liverpool yesterday, with gold and sovereigns to „,, amount of 1.00,0001. She passed Port Phillip Hea ds the 6th Deceirber, and came round by the north 0 Ireland. Her news has been anticipated. The Oliver Lang, which has now been at sea I ° s days, from Melbourne, with 189 , 7601. i n . g old, a nd the Sea Breeze, out 100 days, with 95,6361., were spoken with on the 2i and 22d o f J anuar y r esp T ecti B ve l y , kby tile he lac wall, Woolomoloo, arrived from Sdney. with 272,3001., has bLen 93 y days at sea. A changes of wind to the westward would probably brin g in thes supplies. DNATH OF Mx. T. TOO KZ.—We have to record the death of Mr. Thomas Tooke, the eminent statist, ell of. the unlers of the Society for the Diffusion °' Useful Knowledge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society' to whose records he has made many valuable coati' butions. Mr. Tooke was also a member, and semetitee chairman, of the Statistical society, whose meetings he constantly attended. STAMFORD ELRCTION.—STAMFORD, March 1..--Thie rwlning a meeting was held at !he George hotel for the purpose of receiving O .., Mr. Inglis, the can didate for . seat vacated by Sir F. Tbesiger. Mr. Joseph Phillips presided. • After a few words from the chairman, wh° stated that the writ did not arrive until a late hour 0 ° Saturday night, Mr. In g lis p roceeded to address tb t e electors, chiefly in laudation of the present Governros° Tlie hon. candidate said that, as he should leave opportunity of addressing his hearers more at log os upon the day of election, and of conferring With th e ir personally in Ufa interval, ho should not °coup,' a ttention further at present. The learned gehtlewo and his friends then proceeded on the canvass.tion is election is fixed for Wednesday next; no opp osi anticipatod. son ce rn " ETON COLLIGH—MONDAY.—The boating fieshen the menced as usual to-day (St. David'h-deY), Iv ;8 year' " long-boats" took the water for the first One "' $6 O under the direction of Mr. Lawlesq. The Pr e _ e i : too consisted of a ten-oar and six eight-oars, n early is thirds of the crew being new men since last eu n orth -81st consequence of the continuation of the bleak rta.oble• wind, the first venture was mo re cool than coral° • g to custorto,g, The annual foot-race came off, acoordin _ ting week, and was won by Mr. Johnstone, d about e d r °eP g competitors, after a splendid race, by e tt ` r - o tie te yards only. The course was about three c opes,: -13 he from the Datchet gravel-pits, and after a cir t :rminAlL.. , in a field next "Fifteen-arch ut 1z Pest erf b e fore ly4thap being fora,a., widto, into which each of toe youthful as:7 . 1 . h eck hig h ' he could reach the goal , had to plunge nleer ra ther thee , which in the month of M arch is a "oo A foreig e refresher." itish an`• . 1 hear MIIRDER.—GRNOA, Feb. 24.—A1l Br w ill i s captains who have of late years been in Cir nu e of the tigit 'o with regret of the barbarous assassination „s_ssi,por__! and A.merican ship-chandler, Mr Alex. . 1 : 3 7, , ,„1: tunic piece Lift ever.,:ng of SAtunt Luau who, by his lion.,st and upright captainsl_3 0.04 acquired the confidence of all foreign here.