The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-22 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, LAST NIGHTS. Piecolomini, Spezia L , Balmier, Belletti, Vialetti, Altlighieri, uehesi, and Giuglini. TO-MORROW EVENING (TUESDAY), Feb. 23 (Last Night but Two). LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO, and Last Act of LA FAVORITA. To conclude with the successful Divertissement, by M. Mascot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Clavella, Mor iacchi, and Pasquale. THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (Last Night but One), LA ZINGARI, being the Italian version of the Bohemian Girl. SATURDAY, Fab. 27 (Last Night), IL TROVATORE. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, li. 55.; three pair, 15s; gallery boxes, 10s; gallery stalls, 3s ficl ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. Doors open at half-past 7—commence at S. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticlets to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. T HE T R E-R OYA G, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed CLOUD AND SUNSHINE. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Elsworthy. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK /WRITER. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Beatrice, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Benedick, Mr. Howe. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle qttin 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. a. d Dress Boxes 6 0 Dress Boxes 3 6 Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper B oxes 2 0 Pit Gallery R OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspero's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Chas. Kean ; Gertrude, Mrs. C. Mean. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FAIRY CIRCLE. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— For the Benefit of Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EVENING, Feb. 18, Shakespere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Fancit ; Macbeth, Mr. Charles Dillon. With Locke's celebrated Music. After which, A ROUGH DIAMOND. Margery, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Cousin Joe, M. J. L. Toole. To conclude with GOOD FOR NOTHING. Nan, Miss Woolgar ; Tom Dibbles, Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3ox-oftlce open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed an original English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. To conclude with PERILS BY LAND AND WAVE Messrs. Shepherd, Potter, Widdicomb, dtc. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brinell, 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. Sappers, du., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Third Edition of The Sun of this evening will contain the official announcement, by Lord PALMERSTON, of the resignation of Ministers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAT—Morn., 32 min. aft. 7—Even., 7 min. aft. 8 To-bioaitow —Morn., 52 min. aft. B—Even., 41 min aft. 9 THE WEATHER—BuN OFFICE, FEIIIICIABX 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SEAMS. 45—highest sines noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 41 —this day at noon. BALROMrTZB, 20.93. WIrD, E.S.E. ; rather fresh, with fine cold cloudy weather, FEBRUARY 22. 42—highest since noon yesterday. 3t-lowest this morning and during the night, 41—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.82. WIND, E.S.E. ; fresb, fine, and cold. l;11 „t„,....) LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 22, 1858. Lord PALMERSTON has resigned, and, acting no doubt on his advice her MAJESTY immediately sent for the Earl of DERBY, who unhesitatingly undertook the task of constructing a new Administration ; and already the programme has bees put forward on apparently good authority. The only available parties were the Noble Earl and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The latter could only have attempted a reconstruction of the existing Cabinet, with a slight infusion of new blood, such as might be obtained by a junction with the PEELITES, or rather the ABERDEENITES, for, as we long since declared, they have long ago abandoned the principles of their quondam leader. Her MAJESTY'S opposition wore the legitimate parties to profit by the victory which had only been obtained by their assistance and co-operation. It could only have been on Lord DERBY'S declining the duty imposed on him by his SOVEREIGN that Lord JoAN Mamas would have been applied to. We cannot regret the accession of Lord DERBY to office. The Noble Lord has doubtless profited by the painful but salutary lesson which he re ceived more than five years since, and it is more than probable that he will now be disposed to pay attention to public opinion, and to act more in accordance with the popular wishes. He has se cured the co-operation of many able and expe rienced men, far better certainly than the list of ineapables which, with rare exceptions, constituted the PALMERSTON Cabinet. The course so speedily adopted was that which might have been antici pated from the chivalrous character of the Con servative leader. It was a duty which he owed o the country in general, and his own party in particular, an d h e has promptly and honourably discharged it. Although differing in many respects from the Noble Earl, we rejoice to find that he has accepted the onerous task imposed on him by the desire of his SOVEREIGN and o f his countrymen , When Lord DERBY came into p ower some six years since, we, belonging to the section of ad. Teamed Liberals, and never in the slightest degree abandoning or compromising the principles we had invariably advocated demanded, fair play ; for the New . t Government we desired that their policyahould be fully developed—that they should have a reasonable opportunity of stating their opinions, and the nature of the measures which they proposed to inaugurate. 'We knew that they would have to make a high bidding for popular favour, and that the Whi gs would b e compelled to put forward still better offers ; for the Whi gs , in office and out of office, are very different persons, and a brief exclusion from place and power has invariably been the best mode of enlightening their views, a nd inducin g them to join the com munity in their reasonable demands. Mr. DISRAELI, in his budget, proposed a modi fication of the iniqui tous principle on which the Income Tax was framed. It is true that he did not go far enough, but still he recognised the distinction between thehard earnings of industry, and the dividends, interest, and annual produce, arising from actual property already accumulated and realised. This was the admission of " the sharp end of the wedge," and would inevitably have led to still more important modifications of that, which, if properly constituted, would be the best tax for the community, but in the existing form was nothing but a legalised swindle. There were many other good points which would have been brought forward, but forthe premature defeat occasioned by what we then termed, and must still designate, as the unfair and factious opposition offered. Let the nation clearly understand what the Derbyites tender for its acceptance, and what it may expect from the new Opposition—as well that of Lord J. RUSSELL as of Lord PALMERSTON. We shall then be able to arrive at a calm and deliberate conclusion between the rivals, and to accept that which promises to be most beneficial, and accept that which offers the greatest good to the greatest number. Lord DERBY has undoubtedly put forward a strong and promising programme. He will, of course, himself, occupy the chief position. He has also secured the services of Mr. GLADSTONE, the skilful debater, who has been wooed by every would-be Premier, and without whose aid, the task of forming a government has repeatedly been declined. Recognising to the fullest extent the extraordinary talents of the Right Hon. Gentleman, we cannot help thinking that his adhesion will prove a source of weakness rather than of strength to the DERBY Cabinet. He is to a certain extent committed on the Bank Charter question, and from him we can only an ticipate fresh restrictions, instead of the liberal and judicious modifications that might be hoped for, if Mr. DISRAELI had been placed at the head of the financial department. That Right Hon. Gentleman had on a former occasion consented to waive his powerful, and almost irresistible claims to the leadership of the House of Commons, and to transfer his services to a different department from that which he had previously occupied. As Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he will have most important and arduous duties to attend to. It is hinted that the arrangement is but of a temporary character ; that he is to exchange with Lord STRATFORD DE ItEDCLIFFE, who will become Foreign Minister, while Mr. DISRAELI goes to Constantinople as Ambassador. We cannot, however, believe that the Right Hon. Gentleman would at such a crisis abandon the position for which he is Bo pre-emi nently qualified, and which he has achieved by the distinguished reputation he now enjoys. Sir FREDERICK TLIESIGER, the eminent, the learned, the graceful advocate, is to be placed at the head of the profession of which he is now the most brilliant ornament. Lord ST. LEONARDS has very handsomely waived his claims to the Lord Chancellorship in favour of his quondam Attorney-General. Of the new Lerd Chancellor we may say, nil teliget quod non ornavit. There are some points, however, to which it will be essential that he conform to the exigencies of the hour, and materially modify his views on " the Oaths and the Marriages Affinities Bill." Mr. WALPOLE has already been tested at the Home, and Sir JOHN PAKINOTON at the Colonial office. Lord ELLENBOROUGH has given ample proof of the stuff that is in him, and it is needles to say that great anticipations may reasonably be entertained of his discharge of the duties attached to the Minister for War. Sir EDWARD 1311LWER LYTTON, the brilliant, the accomplished poet, novelist, orator, and statesman, has also accepted a position in the Cabinet, and Lord STANLEY, as the head of the India Board, adds the weight of his name, which has generally been accepted as that of "the coming man," the head of future Administrations. Sir FITZROY KELLY, as Attorney-General, gives the soundest lawyer at the bar his proper position ; and Mr. HENLEY will make a very respectable President of the Board of Trade. Although it is unusual to notice, on such occasions, any below the rank of a Cabinet Mini ster, we cannot refrain from expressing our satis faction at the promotion of the amiable, excellent, and talented Recorder of Hull to a position more befitting his talents, and for -which he will prove himself to be eminently qualified. The list is unquestionably good, but it is on the measures brought for ward that the perma nency of the new Ministry will depend. The vexatce questiones have been got rid of. They have proved themselves to be true conservatives, so far as the national honour was concerned. Let them now show that they are also willing and ready to bring forward the domestic improvements so urgently required by the nation. The people will give them fair play, and there should be perfect reciprocity. They should also act fairly towards the people. We still bide our time, and shall judge of the New Ministry by their acts. Unless the proverb of " the darket hour before the dawn " be true, the prospect would be hope less indeed for Europe. We know what is going on here, but the first glance at the position of despots and their standing armies abroad, is in . deed a gloomy one. The Peace of Paris was a peace of despots, and a peace for despotism. Just at the moment when England was in a position to outshine all the glory acquired by the casual ex plea at the Malakoff, a glory which our artillery had prepared for ourlight-limbered neighbours; just as our army was ready to have swept the Crimea, and our fleet to have enabled us to occupy or to demolish Odessa, and every town on the Black Sea ; just as we might have delivered the Crimea, Bessarabia, and Circassia, from the grip of the bear, and made them the territories of freedom— -- just then the Autocrat of the coup d'etat, and the Autocrat of Spielburg found that a brother Auto crat was in danger, and we gave up liberty for the enslaved, and our own national honour, to please an " illustrious ally," and an anything but illustrious go-between. One act alone showed the purport and object of that peace—Lord CLAREN• DON, the Foreign Secretary and Plenipotentiary of England, not only did not remonstrate against, but even signed a clause which was a practical attack on the Belgian press, and a coercive decree from the great Powers against a small Power, not there represented. Count WALEWSKI, and those for whom ho acted, seem to dread above all thing the daylight of a free press. The Isle of Serpents' affair, and that of the Danubian Principalities, allow how the French Government has leaned, since the peace, to a brother despot ; the proposed Riverain Code for the Danube shows how all the benefit of the liberation of that river is coveted by the recusant Austrians, who never dared to fire a gun all the time ; and the present state of \ th roguery and evaii her. Bll.ck S ea ports exhibits the guery s A i L n t a w l s i x . T h t h a w ,l . J suite o C i o ß un u t " W ia land, and the mill E fear of being his feet with ou t mpEnoituforgeort.terhi ht: mPooltahleidr: called a es to a erre chkeonztgh. All this is bad enough ; but the worst is, that such is now the state of Continental Europe, that the opposition of enlightened discussion is exchanved for the hideous opposition of the dag ger . D es p ots ' I and assassins divide between them the functions of Liberals and Conservatives. The pen and the speech are silenced, and they avenge themselves with pistols and grenades. We Englishmen do not under stand. assassination as a political resource. Our temperament is against it, and we have botter and safer, and, eventually, more successful weapons. The very columns of our journal are worth more than all the daggers and pistols in France and Italy in the warfare of Liberalism, and it may be safely predicted that, were the patriots of those countries permitted to do what we do every day, they would soon throw aside the vile weapons to which they resort. But while we execrate the crime of the exiles for liberty—while we detest murder for freedom's sake, or to avenge murdered freedom, yet let us be just. Temptation, though no excuse for crime, is yet a mitigation of its enormity ; and if ever the impulsive natures of Italians and Frenchmen were provoked to unnatural violence, they are just now. So far as we can tell, such men as OREN' and his companions had no selfish object to serve. They were maddened, literally so we mean, on one point. ORSINI, so far as we yet know, was sane otherwise—a man, indeed, of a kind and even mild temper, but he was in sane on his country's wrongs. He saw Italy ground down to the earth under Austrian and French armies. Ho probably regarded the man who kept the latter on Italian soil, as the worse of the two oppressors ; the subverter of a republic by the soldiers of a republic, and indi rectly the buttress of Austria. He brooded over what he had seen and known till on this one point he was deranged, and till reason was powerless except to devise cunningly the means to gratify a diseased mind. Such at least is the picture which seems a natural one to us ; and it seems the natural picture of the state of mind of political assassins. Of course, such self-generated insanity can nei ther be taken account of in a court of j ustice, nor be allowed for a moment as a moral vindication of the criminal. We are looking simply at the fact. We know what human nature is ; we know that pondering over a wrong, real or supposed, often converts even an Englishman into a being, in the view of his neighbours, beside himself ; what then can be expected when whole countries live under a perpetual and grievous wrong, and when those countries are the hot-blooded tribes of Italy. It would be strange indeed, if among a people of such mental endowments, such love of liberty, and such fiery natures some were not from time to time mad dened by their oppressors. To us it seems hopeless to look for the extinction of assassins till the gene rating cause is done away. When Monarchs rule by immense armies alone ; when intelligence far surpassing that perhaps of the Monarch and his ad visers is not allowed toutter any opinion of its own; when police and spies dog the footsteps of every man supposed to be something better than a sub missive or indifferent slave, men will be driven to imagine deeds of violence right and honourable, from which, excepting under such perverting ins fluences, they would shrink with horror. We, in England, revolt from what we feel to be the in herent:cowardice of the assassination, but the poli tical assassin looks at the glory he shall gain amongst the circle to whom he is known. Be thinks the cowardice belongs to the man whose life depends on huge standing armies. Be dwells on their crimes, as he deems them, against free. dom ; and regards every soldier around their thrones as an evidence of the cowardice of a guilty conscience. He thinks himself the courageous man for venturing his own life to destroy the life of the oppressors of liberty. Perverted as such reasoning and sentiments may seem to us phlegmatic Englishmen, we believe them to be a pretty accurate description of what will be found passing in numerous minds across the Channel, and still more across the Alps. But, if so, how foolish both the Conduct of the French EMOROR and of our own Government. The wise course with all kinds of insanity, and still more with a kind of moral insanity like this, is not to notice and irritate it, not to be put into a fright, but just to deal with ft, as much as possible, like ordinary crimes of a similar character. As with the Israelites under the oppression of PHAROAH, so of the assassinating class, the more you oppress them, or rather the more you direct specific laws against them, the more will they multiply and grow. Terrific punishments, ingenious an d appa rently complete repressive laws, and movi ng a ll the adjacent kingdoms to devise measures against them, such things do not but confer a false glory on the enterprise and stimulate the invention of the class who are aimed at. It becomes a battle of the otherwise obscure and cunning fanatic, with the greatness and wisdom of Princes and their coun sellors. Of course death must be the punishment for assassins ; yet we verily believe that a good whipping, and subsequent confinement in a mad house, would do infinitely more than bills brought in by a Premier here, and repressive laws and the guillotine there, to put an end to such schemes as those which seem to have confounded the coun sellors of two great nations. It is, indeed, sad to think that half Europe is now in the condition which makes it a hotbed of assassins. In Belgium, in Switzerland, in Sar dinia, now, we hear of no such things. Here, of course, they are unknown—so far as native growth is concerned. Tyranny, however, exports them to us, and then charges us with smuggling. We can hardly account for the fright and flurry into which the EMPEROR'S Ministers, and probably the EMPEROR too, have put themselves. At first he used to take these incidents to an arbitrary domi nion somewhat violently obtained at least, more ; but on this occasion all his self-possession appears to have left him. We can cornpree head his stretching out his arms to Sardinia and Belgium, and begging a law or two where they dare not refuse, but how could he forget himself so far as to let the bullying braggadocio of his Gascon colonels be heard beyond his own reception room—how could he let it get into print and into the Monitcur ; and then how in the world could he think that an English House of Commons would stomach the imperious lan guage of such men as Counts PERSIGNY and WALEWSKI. Is there dissatisfaction and danger that we know not of in France itself ? Has the entire suppression of all the intellect and libe ralism of France in behalf of stock-jobbing medio crity and absolutism begun to tell? Is there volcanic matter more ready to cause an eruption than we on this side the water can discover ? We confess the unusual trepi lation of so cool a mind as LOUIS NAPOLEON'S has dune riloie to shake our faith in the present order of things than anything which has occurred since his acquisition of the Empire. Can it be that the really elect of eight millions trembles before a few Italians, and must in consequence cut himself off by a stringent pass port system from DieJand, affront her by demands she would not concede to NAPOLEON 1,, and enact laws for Franco which place the liberty of every Frenchman at his mercy ? Our contebaporaries the Times and Standard appear to entertain oninions wide as the poles asunder on the sui,juot of LotLi attorruhaks bill for the abolition of imprisonment for debt—the one accusing his Lordship of unfair leniency, and THE 5t5N LONDON,I MONDAY EVEN 1 NG, FEBRUARY 22, 1858 the other, in terms which we , trust few of its readers will be found to admire, taxing him with Eastern severity, and with legislating for selfish and improper objects. We have looked somewhat carefully into the bill on which such very oppo site sentiments are entertained, and having given it our best attention, we cannot refrain from say ing we think both our contemporaries are very decidedly wrong. The subject is undoubtedly a difficult one, but we think Lord BROUGHAM has grappled with it, and successfully; for the bill, it, while altogether abolishing imprisonment in the ease of the honest debtor, yet, at the same time, ensures the punishment of the dis honest one. Under the bill a Judge trying the cause—trying the question of debt or no debt —has the power, also, of trying whether the debt was incurred fraudulently, or without the debtor having at the time of contract the means of pay ing it, and this being proven, the judge has power, and is bound) to order immediate punish ment bty imprisonment. S o aga i n, if a cre dit or has obtained a judgment against his debtor, he may summon him to show cause why he should not pay or be committed ; and if it appear that the debt has been contracted by false pretences, the debtor may be imprisoned. But this bill does a great deal more ; it proposes to abolish the distinction between traders and non-traders, and to extend to the latter the laws in force relating to bankrupts, with, however, the very proper reservation, that this shall only have effect as regards debts and liabilities which shall be con tracted subsequent to the passing of the act ; and by another bill, which his Lordship has since introduced, viz., the " District Courts of Bank ruptcy Abolition Bill," his Lordship proposes to abolish the present system of first, second, and third class certificates, and, in lieu of leaving the assignees and creditors to imprison a fraudulent bankrupt or not as they may think proper, to give the Court a direct power of punishment by impri sonment. This last bill is quite as important as the other, and we think the two (for they appear to us to be parts of a whole) are well calculated to bring about a more healthy state of things, and to put a stop to the frightful frauds and most dishonest and disgraceful practices that are now daily being brought to light. The bill we have last referred to distinctly defines the offences on proof of which punishment by imprisonment is to be awarded, and it also defines the qlcantum of punishment. W e annex a co py of the cla uses on this subject, and may take an early opportunity of recurring to this bill XXXIII. And whereas the powers hern.tof: , ,re rested in the l iornmisaionera of the Court of Bankruptcy have not been found sufficient for the prevention of frauds or misconduct by bankrupts, and it is expedient to give powers for that purpose : Be it enacted that section 257 of the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act shall be, and the same is hereby repealed ; and that if at the sitting appointed for the last examination of any bankrupt, or at any adjournment thereof, or atany sitting or adjourned sitting for the allowance of his certificate, it shall appear to the Court that the bankrupt has been guilty of any of the offences hereinafter in this section mentioned, it shall be lawful for the Court to adjudge that such bank . rnpt shall be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two _____ years. List of Offences within the meaning of this Act, and in this Section above referred to. First—lf the bankrupt shall at any time after his bankruptcy, or within two months next preceding his bankruptcy, with intent to conceal the state of his affairs, or to defeat the objects of the law of bankruptcy, have destroyed any book, paper, deed, writing, or other document relating to his trade, dealings, or estate. Second—lf the bankrupt shall, with the like intent, have kept or caused to be kept false books, or have made false entries in, or withheld entries from, or wilfully altered or falsified, any book, paper, deed, writing, or other document relating to his trade, dealings, or estate. Third—lf the bankrupt shall have contracted any of his debts by any manner of fraud or breach of trust, or by means of false pretences, or without having had any reasonable or probable expectation, at the time when contracted, of being able to pay th same ; or shall by any manner of fraud, or by means of false pretences, have obtained the forbearance of any of his debts by any of hispreditors. Fourth—lf the bankrupt shall at any time within two months next preceding his bankruptcy fraudulently, with intent of diminishiug the sum to be divided among his creditors, or of giving an undue preference to any of his creditors, have pail or satisfied any such creditor, wholly or in part, or have made away with, mortgaged or charged any part of his property, of what kind soever, Fifth—lf the bankrupt shall at auy time after hie bankruptcy, and with the like intent as last aforesaid, have concealed from the Court, or his assignees, any debt due to or from him, or have concealed or made away with any part of his property, of what kind soever. tae bankrupt snail have contracted any of his debts by reason of any judgment in any proceeding for breach of the revenue laws, or i n any ac ti on f or breach of promise of marriage, sed uc ti on , cr i m i na l libel, slande r , assau l t, malicious prosecutio n , or malicious trespass. the bankrupt s h a ll under his bankruptcy, battery, malicious conversion, arrest,ssv enatt or at any meeting of his creditors within thr,e months next precedingvx of tprtheeryeto, hare a tt empte d to account for a nxby fictitious losses or e x penses. x t the sitting app o i n t e d f or the l as t exlminat i on of any b an k rupt, or at any adjourns fluent thereof, or at any sitti ng or a dj ourne d sitt i ng for the allow ance of his certificate, it shall appear to the court that t he bankru pt has been guilty of any of the lvh.is If property )r ao offences herein-after in this section mentioned, it shall be lawful for the court to adjudge that such bankrupt shall be i m prisoned for any term not exceeding one year. Li st o f Offences within the meaning of this Act, and in this Section above referred to. rirst—lf the bankrupt shall have put any of his creditors to any unnecessary expense by any vexatious or frivolous defence or daiy to any suit for the recovery of any debt or demand proveable under his bankruptcy, or shall be indebted in costs incurred in any action or snit ve. - t Itiously brought or defended. S econd —lf the bankrupt shall at any time after his bankruptcy, or at any meeting of his creditors holden within two months next preceding his bankruptcy, have wilfully prevented or withheld the production of any book, paper, deed, writing, or other document relating to his trade, dealings, or estate. Third—lf tile bankrupt shall during his trading, or for ono year at least next preceding his bankruptcy, have omitted to keep proper books of account, or shall have kept his books imperfectly, oari ,i es4ly _ , and negligently, and so as not to exhibit at the bankruptcy the real posi tion of the bankrupt as to his debts and credits. Fourth—lf the bankrupt shall have omitted to take stock, and to enter the same in a book or on paper in writing, once at least during every two years of his trading. Fifth—lf the debts, claims and demands proveable under the bankruptcy shall, from time to time as such debts, claims, and demands were contracted, have so greatly exceeded the means of the bankrupt to provide for the due payineut or satisfaction thereof (regard being had to his actual and expected property) as to show gross misconduct in the bankrupt as a trader in con tracting the same. Sixth—lf the bankrupt shall, in his conduct as a trader, at any time after his bankruptcy, or within 12 months next preceding his bankruptcy, have wilfully committed or suffered any act which in the opinion of the Court shall not amount to any off ance above speci fied in this Act, but which nevertheless shall appear to the Court to have been committed or suffered by the bankrupt i❑ violation cf good faith, or with intent to defraud or injure some one or more of hic creditors, THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Nothing is yet positively known with respect to the I lew Conservative Ministry. At the clubs it is stated that Sir James Graham was offered a promi nent post by L or d Derby, Liut the right hon. baronet declined accepting it in t h e mos t pos itive terms. Lord Malmesbury has arrived in London. The rum oure d C oa liti on Ministry, under the premiership of Lord John Russell, is generally die believed. At three o'clock this afternoon a meeting of the followers of the Earl of Derby is to be held at his lordship's residence in St. James's-square. Until this meeting terminates nothing can be known with certainty as to the intentions of the noble earl. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT DEFFRREP. ...-.......,.......',‘-' +--.___, (FRo3r OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, FEB, 20. The plate van, and a considerable quantity of luggage, stores, &c., arrived by the steamers this afternoon for Osborne, and the different purveyors were busily em ployed conveyitar!, to the P:tlace the articles for which tij - had leobiyed oilers; this evening, threw a damp on all, as it announced that none of the articles ordered would in required, as the Royal Family had put off their intended visit." ITEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA. MALTA, FEB. 20, MIDNIORT. Her Majesty's ship Urgent has just arrived at Alexandria, bringing a telegram from Suez of political intelligence received there ou the 16th by the Bengal, with the Calcutta and China mails, of which the following is the substance : Sir Colin Campbell was waiting at Cawnpore for a heavy siege train from Agra, on the arrival of which he would move with his whole force, in concert with Jung Bahadoor, on Oude. The ex-King of Delhi suffers from fever. Canton was taken on the 29th of December. Commissioner Yeh was captured on the sth of January ; also the Tartar General. Ych was taken in the dress of a Coolie. lie was sent on board the Inflexible on the Bth. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 10. The Oriental arrived at Suez on the 13th, bringing intelligence from Bombay to the 28th of January. The news from the Commander-in-Chief's camp is to the 14th. Sir Colin remains in the Doab till joined by a siege train from Agra. Brigadier Walpole crossed the Ganges opposite Cawnpore, on the 14th, to march upon Bareilly. The Rajah of Bulubghur has been hanged at Delhi. The trial of the Nawab of Gurucknugger had commenced, that of the King is still postponed. The Military Governor of Delhi gave over charge of the city to the civil authorities on the 10th. On the 18th a mutiny took place among the gunners of the Nagporo Artillery at Saeopore. The infantry behaved well, and arrested the muti- neers. Captain Osborne, with the Rewah troops, has taken the town and fort of Meghir. Sir Hugh Rose was to move from Sehore on Saugor about the 15th. In Candeish an unsuccessful skirmish has taken place with a party of Bheels. Lieut. Stewart, of the Hyderabad Contingent, was killed. The Legislative Council has extended to Bom bay an act which justifies the detention of the pri soners sought to be released by habeas corpus. Exchange on London, 2s. lid. All the 92d Highlanders left yesterday for Suez, whence they proceed to Bombay, by the Oriental. MALTA, FEB. 21, 1 A.M. The Australian outward mails have not yet arrived. Strong headwinds prevail. The Pera arrived from Southampton on the 15th, and left for Alexandria on tho same after noon, with detachment for India. No local news. The following telegram has also been received via Corfu : ALEXANDRIA, FEz. 18. The Calcutta and China mails leave to-day with intelligence from Calcutta to the 25th January ; Madras, 29th ; Canton, 14th ; and Hongkong, 15th. The news from the Commauder-in-Chief s camp is to the 15th, when he had crossed the river and was moving towards Bareilly. The Coolies (Y) had risen in great number. The Commissioner, with a party of Sikhs, had been obliged to retreat before them. Reinforcements have been sent from Midna• pore. There is a report that the great Oude Zemin. dars have offered to surrender on •condition o. immunity. The Calcutta produce-market had continued to improve. The import market was firm. The money market was easy. Exchange, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 21d. on credit. CHINA. The Tartar General and Yeh were taken pri soners on the sth Jan. Yeh has been sent on board the Inflexible, and remains a prisoner off Tiger Island. The Cantonese were returning to the city. The blockade has not yet been raised. Exchange at Hongkong, 4s. 10d. SHANGHAI, JAN. 7. The import market had improved. In raw silk very little was doing, and quotations were nominal. Exchange, 6s. id. to Gs. The following telegram was received at the Foreign-office Feb. 21, at 10 a.m.:- - ALEXANDRIA, FEE. 16, 1858. The Bengal has just arrived at Suez, and brings the following intelligence. Sir C. Campbell had de feated the rebels (at) Futtyghur, and was waiting for a heavy siege train from Agra, on arrival of which he could move with his wholo force, in concert with Jung Babadoor, on Oude. Canton was taken on the 29th of December. Commissioner Yeh was captured on the sth of January ;,also the Tartar General. Yeh was taken in the dress of a Coolie. He was sent on board the Inflexible on the Bth. LYONS, Admiral. The following telegram from her Majesty's Acting Consul• General in Egypt was received at the Foreign-office Feb. 21, at 1.45 p.m.:— ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 16. The Oriental arrived at Suez the 13th inst. She brings Bombay dates to the 28th of January. The Commander-in-Chief moved on the 14th of January with the head-quarters of his army to a position (Kanowy) occupied up to that time by Walpole's Brigade. That corps had been previously thrown forward to the Ganges, for the purpose of constructing 'a bridge at a point opposite the confluence of that river with Rumguhr. Brigadier Walpole completed the required bridge, and crossed the Ganges by it into Rohil cund. The Commander-in-Chief reviewed and inspected the brigade previous to its departure for Bareilly, whither it was to march for the purpose of clearing the city of the rebels under Khan Bahadoor Khan. Sir Corm Campbell himself did not intend enter ing Rohilcund with the main body till he bad received from Agra a siege train, to be escorted down by her Majesty's 38th. The rebels, who passed from Rohilcund into the Moozufernuggur district on the 30th January, were b2aten by Oap'ain Boisragen and driven back across the river. The Calpee rebels are still in force, it is said, under the leadership of the Nana Sahib, and that this chief is threatening us in the direction of Nagotee. If this be so, the gradual concentration of columns from Jubbulpore, Rewa, and Sehore, tiler c sow , . be an end to tin.; resistan;:e. An engagement took place between Captain Montgomery, the Superintendent of Police at Ahmednuggur, and a gang of Bheols in the dis trict of Chan°lore, on the road to Mallagamur. Captain Montgomery, three other aims, and 50 men were wounded. This telegram arrived at Malta and Alexandria by her Majesty's ship Urgent, on the 20th Feb., at 11.50 p.m. LYONS, Admiral. THE FRENCH PASSPORT SYSTEM. PARIS, MONDAY MORNING. The Constitutionnel publishes the following "communicated" article :--"The public is warned that all foreigners coming from abroad will be admitted to the territory of the Empire only on the production of passports furnished by the com petent authorities of their country, and vised by a diplomatic or consular agent of France. The French visa must be renewed on the occasion of every journey to France." The result of the division on the " Conspiracy to Murder Bill" has produced a great sensa tion among all classes of people here. The Ministerial organs evidently did not expect such a result, and are much taken aback. Their language has lost something of its vain glorious style. Iu official quarters no trifling bewilderment is apparent, and eves people who are not over friendly towards England admit that matters have been carried too far with her. There is a pretty general feeling that a series of unfortunate blunders has been committed. It is difficult for ordinary men to explain, unless on suppositions of the strongest kind, mis takes which a novice in government could hardly have committed. M. de Morny's address, the military addresses, and, what is as great a blunder as either, M. Walewski's famous despatch. some certainly regret the fall of Lord Palmerston, but nearly all concur in condemning the causes which led to it. Few can recal without indignation the language of the colonels ; or with out shame the statement of a French Minister, that in England the doctrine of assassination is openly preached. It is said that the defence intended to be set up by Pierri during his trial is, that though he entered into the conspiracy for the assassination of the Emperor, yet he was suddenly struck with remorse, or perhaps fear, a few minutes before the time ap pointed for the commission of the deed, and that under this impulse he did not throw his grenade. Orsini, who it appears avows all, corroborates Pierri in that respect. It is certain that the grenade was found on Pierri, and what he says about remorse may be true. PARIS, Feb. 19.—The Legislative Body sat yes terday, Count de Morny in the chair. The order of the day was the adjourned discussion ou the bill relative to Measures of Public Safety, Arich 1 being under consideiation. Tee following is the official summary of the proceedings M. Legrand (du Nord) bad to remark that this article did not belong to the political, but to the judicial and permawnt part of the measure, supposing, as had been affirmed, that the bill was to apply only to the ill-dis posed, he could not see that was a reason why the guarantees which were the right of the accused should be suppressed ; at all events, the bill ought to be clear and precise. Now, he could not see that Art. 1 po a seated that character, and consequently, he must ask for explanations on the point. In particular, he should like to know if the article applied both to crimes aud misdemeanours provided for by Art. 86 of the Penal Code, or to crimes only. M. Adolphe Debelleyme spoke in favour of the article. He thought that the bill ought not to be separated from the facts which bad led to its presentation. The great character of the measure was one of imperative neces sity, and its object was the security of society—it wa', in a - word, a bill brought forward for the present con• juncture. Count de Pierre must oppose the bill. He felt astonish ment that the Government of the Emperor—thm Go vernment so well established and so strong—was power less to maintain order in the country. He was also surprised that some persons should have asked them selves what would have become of the country if the Emperor had perished on the 14'h of January. For his own part, he did not enter:ain the slightest doubt that the general ory would have been—" L'Em pereur eat mort l Vive l'Empereur I " A great mistake, in his opinion, was made in rapresent,ng the present Government as ono which was now establishing itself. The Government was perfectly established, and was so from the day on which the popular will acclaimed the name of Napoleon. Replying more particularly to M. Granier de Cassaguac, to whom he thought he could reproach a warlike humour of too persevering a charac ter, he thought that in mentioning the number of imprisonments effected by the Cornmstt3e of Public Safety that hon. gentleman seemed to imply that, with such an example before it, the present Government would have an ample margin to act in an arbitrary manner. Adverting to wnat bad been said relative to secret societies, he could not admit that they existed ; ' but he was of opinion that the mea•uros now proposed were not sufficient to annihilate them, while the enact ments of the Penal Code were powerful enough to rennier them innocuous. Art. 1 was then put to the vote and adopted. The Marquis de Taihoet wished to learn what persons could be affected by Art. 2, for he could not see that there was a just proportion between the acts mentioned and the penalties to be applied. M. Baroche, President of the Council of State, must maintain that no reproach of want of precision could be alleged against the articles spoken of. The words "rnanceu vres and understandings" employed in the article already existed in several of the French laws. The manceovres which Article 2 could punish were not of an indeterminate character, but acts clearly iniuted out by the object which they aimed at. They bhould have for object either to trouble the public peace or to excite to hatred or contempt of the Government The Bill had not in view to punish either regrets or reminiscences, or even hopes. He could declare that opinions expressed with more or less warmth of language —epigrams or alttisions—were not what the bill desired to reach. M. Emile 011ivier would wish to have some explana tio) given of the real meaning of the article. It spoke of intelligence kept up either with the interior or with foreign countries ; ho would like to know whether if permitted a blame of the acts of the Government to be expressed in a letter written to a friend in the interior. Ho acknowledged that he felt uneasy at the vagueness of the languag - used, and in his opinion object and means remainedalikeat the mercy of arbitrary decisions. What, in his opinion,it was designed to reach and puni,d), was the opposition which was to be found in the bosom of facility circles. Having such opinions, he must call on the Go vernment Commissioners to assign a precise meaning to the languate of the article. M. BABOOHE said that the whole question was this— ought it to be permitted to excite to hatred and contempt of the Government, or to trouble public tranquillity, or, on the other hand, ought the Government to endeavour to punish the manoeuvres which aimed at that object. Nothing inquisitorial was intended by the article, and the words ()fleeted to were not more vague in the bill now under consideration than in the penal code. The fact of having written a letter which might have been seized, did not constitute a manceuvre,!and,for his part, he could not conceive an extreme case which might never occur, being brought forward as a sufficient reason for opposing a measure-intended to defend such grave interests as those at stake. M. OLLMEE must insist that the bill reached every provocation made in a public place or in the press. That he perfectly well understood ; but what he could not understand was that it should be desired to reach the remarks exchanged between friends. M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAO desired to reply to M. de Pierri on a matter which concerned himself personally. He wished to observe that for five a , d twenty years be had been defending the cause of order and society ; and when he looked at the sate of the country, he was apprehensive that the moment had not arrived for him to retire from action. e. 2,3, 4, and 5 were successively, put to the vote and carried. M. AYME must oppose Art. 6. Having voted for Arts. 1 and 2, he had not thought it right to oppose Art. 5, which rendered persons condemned in virtue of these provisions subjec to the measures of publ a safety, but he could not admit that that enactment be applied to persons condemned for other crimes or misdemeanours. It appeared to him that, as fa'r as related to such persons, there existed a sufficient guarantee, in Art. 221 of the Penal Code, which permits the judges, in extreme cases, to subject them to the surveillance of the police. Art. 6 was adopted, as were Arts. 7,8, and 9. • M. GAREAII, in speaking on A. 10, observed that at the moment of voting this most important measure, he felt an indescribable sadness in corning forward to declare that he could not accede to the bill. It was because he was more anxious than any other to behold the firm maintenance of the empire, that he felt unable to vote a bill designated unfortunate by its supporters, and die. astrous by its opponents. Art. 10 was adopted. The whole bill in its ensemble was put to the vote, and adopted by 227 votes to 24. The sitting was then brought to a close. A number of arrests of Italian refugees have been aide at Genoa. Also that ()fan Eng:iihman, who was taken at the inn called the Hotel de la Vile. A report was spread that it was Allsop who had been arrested ; but the prisoner is a younger man—his name is Durrell Hodges. It is said that some at least of these arrests are in c onsequenc e o the persons being implicated in the Paris attempt. f f lort., to zcco d tito tt.‘aci. 3:‘ Alt,ZOAkde: Black, the eminent architect, cf Edi n b urg h. Mr. B!aok ex pired on Friday morniiig last, at half-past one o'clock, haying just completed hie 60th year. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELBGRAPTI.) ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, Lang, Com mander, has arrived from Boston, via Halifax, with dates from New York to the 9th inst., 208,00 0 dols. and 10,4001. in specie on freight, and about 60 passengers. The House of Representatives had adopted a proposition to refer the Lecompton Constitution question to a special committee of 15 members' During the debate, which was continued up to 7 o'clock on the moning of the 6th, a fight occurred between Mr. Grow, of Pensylvania, and bMr• Keitt, Democrat, of South Carolina. Subsequently Mr. Keitt apologised, as did also Mr. Grow. The Navy Department had appointed the officerg to the steamship Niagara. Captain W. L. Hudson is again in command. In the New York money market on the 9th there was more activity, but the rate of interest was de clining. Money was freely offered. Foreign ex.- change was in good demand. On London at sight 110 - to 1101. Cotton, under the influence of the Arabia's atlvices, advanced to 11i for middlinguP" lands. Breadstuffs were inactive, buyers waiting for lower prices. Crude turpentine in demand. Potashes very firm. Scotch pig and bar iron very quiet. Railroad qualities in demand. Sugar mole active at steady prices ; molasses firm. Freight s unsettled. By telegraph we have advices, via Boston, from New York to the bveni ng of the 9th. Ihe fallowing were the latest quotations for Stocks Sixes, 91i ; Missouri Sixes, 83i ; Indiana Fives , 85 ; North Carolina, Sixes, 93i ; Tennessee Sixes, 88i ; New York Central Sixes, 88 k , Illinois Central Bonds, 94 ; Cumberland, 20k' Pacific Mail Company, 60 ; Erie Railroad, 24f Milwankie and Mississippi, 32 ; Harlem Railroad, 114- ' • ditto preferred, 20 ; Reading, 56 ; La Cro ss° and Mjlwaukie, 11 ; Michagan Central, 52 ; Mich gan Southern, 21. g ; Panama, 98f ; Gal e na an Onica,go, 81 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 43 ; Chicago and Rock Island, 70g. Cotton firmer, at 1144 e• fbr middling upland ; Btat e and western flour firm ; southern quiet ; wheat firm ; molass-s improved Ft eights to Liverpooi dull and unsettled. The Arabia, steamer, from Liverpool, at Nevi York, 7th inst. LATEST VIA HALIFAX. The steamer Indian arrived at Portland on th e 10ih inst. The City of Baltimore, steanr?r, arrived at New York on the 11th inst. The news by these steamers had further excit ed the cotton market ; and the !west despatches frcu l New Orleans and Mobile quote middling eett° l/ at I.li cents. ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON. 4. in. The United States mail packet Fulton, CaP .3 , O Wotton, arrived yesterday at Cowes, on her 10528 Havre. She left New York on the 6th inst. brought over 88 passengers-76 of which were we Ilav:e. Amongst her cargo was specie to the t u d of 300,000 dollar s f or E ng l an d an d 394,565 doll ho for France. She passed wh a t was b e li ev ed to be t: City of Baltimore on the Bth inst., steering wes t ' The news from the United States is two ciav g later than we lied previously received, but it is l l°s , of any importance or interest, except the followive which lacks confirmation : Chicago, Feb. Barr A rumour comes to us from Fayetteville, Arks!) of, that a fearful insurrection had occurred near that P 11 ,6 said to have been incited by two white mec• o , negroes are represented to have attacked two settleret,o burning houses and killing cattle. The insurrectioe 1`!0, finally subdued by the organi sa ti on o f a f orce of 0 , 11 • teers, who killed seven and c a pt ure d e i g ht een of the ' surreetimnistß. The truth of the rumour was deub W l n a General Walker, C o l one l F ran k A n d ers oe ) several other filibusters, have been indicted itt Orleans for violation of the neutrality la-we. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. g NEW YORK, FV 3. 1 17 3 ' 1 . 9 The cotton market was quite active yest er " - 60 at firmer rates. The prices obtained were 1 9 11 , 4 pg basis of Die. to 11c. for middling uplands) c ` °- at the latter figure. Flour was without change of moment P,,„ r " a ce o d and sales were somewhat less active, the del — ri n g for export being light, and the chief sales b e .3 made to the local trade and for the eastsvA_lies Wheat was firm and rather more active, with 6'oo of prime South.-u red at 1 dol. 22c. and cora° r Western white at 1 d o l. 18c. Corn was lea and at 65c. to 66c. for all grades. Pork easier ; mass at 15 d o t s . 50 c . to 15 d °js c i 62c. Freights to Liverpool were more aCtli r ef „ in flour and dead weight firmer. To London rr - T he Glasgow they were quiet and unchanged. f heaviest engagement to Liverpool 10,000 bbls. flour at Is. 10d. to 2s. • 'ate EXCHAN E. —Th o rates for choice bills conti firm, and quite up to the specie point. On 1 / 4 ; don, 109 i. to 110; on France, 5.161 to 5.131• market for money keeps easy. Both banks and P 4 consisted 0 vate lenders are disposed to extend their loansre, call at a moderate interest where 'he stock 0 011 %0 rals e unexceptionable. We quote demand lei t 6to 7 per cvnt. ; discount, 7to 8 per cell of short, anti 7i to 9 per cent. for long date paP er the best class. , EASE INDIA AND CHINA .11144."rg-. SOTJTHAMPTON, SATuitno,.;, The steam-ship Indus, Capt. Evans, arrived ti day at noon, with the heavy portion of the 11 India and China mails, 50 passengera,_ 2,50 0 /. t 6 specie, and on freight 98 bales of silk, 76 elePb, sll ,, o . tusks, 77 cases of oranges, and 184 package s ° ls ' dries. The latest dates are—Alexandria, Feb. 6 ; 10 ; Gibraltar, 15. She spoke the stealo-s-- Milan, Gibraltar, and Ripon. Her Majesty's ship Nugent, with the 92u 0 - o( ii , meat, for Bombay, was at Alexandria ; the Mar. term:eat, fleet at Malta ; the Curlew at Gibr. 3 vbo Capt. Anderson, one of the engineer officel;its, planned the defence of Lueknow, landed a t f er from the Indus. The Lucknow refugees f“-yillo petted in England by the Pera. Col. Thorold) fought at Cawnpore. is among the passengers' were A fall of snow occurred as the p a ssenge rs 0 0 crossing the desert—a thing unpieJedent ecl• was also seen on the Assyrian mountain! ). ."( THE ENGLISH ENGINEERS Iig KINGDOM - OF NAPLES' 1 0 * NAPLES, FEB* ie Our countryman Watt, the erted teer,_ is n c)- tl3O the British Hospital in Naples. 6 Mr. Barbn g o . acting consul, received an intimation frora Bay verement that he would be consigned to hiu 3 ' ; ited Bt t o hat re o m n a h in is f r o e r sp t o h n e si p b r i e li s t e y n , t h i e n w t o h u e ld h be psr l3 l,o* arbar went down to Salerno yesterdsaPyittala:ll,cl:o turned in the evening with Watt, who PPr'ije more tranquil and happy in his new quar ters. was unwilling to come up, this fac t is another 10:4 cation of the suspicion which be e ntertains of eso', one. Since his art ival he has bee n visited by ayho ther medical man, thus making seven in all,„.• e lf have seen him, and his opin ion corres p onds en to of with that.of the others, that he is in a high st't;its nervous excitability, and on one subject is 4- insan. The e appeal made by the murderers of poor -1 ' 111 , 41 1 1 ; ford came before the court on Feb. 12, vi ll 4 . * : i " t ol sentence was confirmed ; all the previous ") their imprisonment counts for nothing. en 6 1 9! Some little talk ensued last week 7 c n o tied of a Swiss citizen called Pittet having • pit teit t he passport, with an order to leave the confidential servant during mail Years late Sir S w ir iu : s il a lia m m A T ST e E m ß p w le A . . on to inquire .......-------................. Ninit the -- - --- tic , of ° royal commission in the United Kingdom Las been • fullY ' l ' sits Pe w fop . home to us by a letttr which we have received 130 re unknown member of the House of COLUD2OOO, /1 WO quests that his name, which by some error o f the c o be 130 ;.1, 0 109 lO vi'as omitted in the division list on Friday oig" 133 rosi‘ inserted .t in our columns as forming one of tainly no t ni g W o oer, T s h t state : s e c f e ‘4 :dl eje f l t g i rt r 1 who,y. i t W a p e p s e a a y rs, " h u a l s , "unknown," o h w i s n io " oa b l e h c , a , huistenttihoi: Irtel;ol33ol4btoefeefi "name," at 34, Charles-A, is evidently quite incapable of s :gning big n :rt 0 ,1 legible manner. We would not for the world ° er ut° our correspondent has not received proper fare;in to el in writing in his youth, nor will we go so l a te Ito that his mysterious autograph may not be P r o f w o clear to those who already have the hn i n u bst o e l t bl acquaintance ; ll we state means of affording information toto Etrang ers f;e ore , se e writer's Christian and surname it is a signa l f t° , n oir tCl ou r utte r I : nOrf c4 so, until our mind is relieved on these itsporta°rabi w© can but deplore with all sincerity t) comply with the request of. our anonYnieli 00 s pondent—Timm. , i g 80 t h ca AN AMERICAN SHIP ASHORE 05 'r• --- I ea'" ( rePrticaro Ob a ili e NIGHT.—SOUTHAMTON, SUNDAY —A here this morning to the effect that an B r ooks at ''-nf P named the William Singer,was ashore off at osbo n - 6 b Ink of the Isle of Wight. lt s stated tha t 81.- 1 "3 , 9' - 1,200 tons burden, and had or lull"' a' r9r(--4( t1 30 ° 11 O il. tors uf guan.. The wind ia blowingstrong iron; - very CIS ; east. The c a t where the bl i? is ashore is 1 , 5 o pe 13g ` gerous. Two steam tugs have left here, en d left Portsmouth, for the gcene of the disaster.