The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-24 00:00:00

RE R] OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAGE. 1T is intended to present the following Requisi -i- tion to A. J. B. BERESFORD HOPE, Esq.. M.A., M.P., ut 'Trinity College : SIR, We, the undersigned, - Members of the Senate, respectfully request that you will consent to become a Candidate, in the event of a vacancy, for the representation of the University. We are of opinion that your consistent and earnest attach- Mont to the Constitution in Church and State, your eminent services to the cause of religious education, your Parliamen tary experience, your literary reputation, and the zealous Interest you have always manifested in whatever concerned the well-being of the University , combine to point you out as *person well qualified to be our Representative servants in Pulls iment. We are , Sir, your obedient , Here will follow.the signatures.) Members of the Senate, whether resident or non-resident, Icho desire to join in this R e quisition are requested for send their names as early as possible, to some one athe undemen• /toned persons, who have consented to act S ecretaries : Rev. W. M. CAMPION,.en'ICoe. Rev, W. G. CLARE, Trinity College . Bev. W. C. MATHISON , Trinity College. Rev. T . E. B. MAYOR , St. John's College. Rev. E. -EL PEROWNE, Corpus Christi College. W.` WITTS , King's College. IPC A. NYOLFE, Clare College. Cambridge, Micron 18, 1859 iIEATRE , ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. T Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed the origigal English Ballad Opera, entitled VILLIAM AND SUSAN. William Mr. Haigh ; Susan, Miss Lnoette. After which, TWO ILMADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Mr. R. Roxby. Followed by the BALLET. DIVERTISSEMENT from ROBIN HOOD. a I) OYAL PRINCEStS'S THEATRE. - Under the Management of .Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be perforiued THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with Shakapere's Play 01 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstome. A new Comedy, MILLINER TO THE KING; or, The Royal Salute. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. With NOTHING TO WEAR. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. THE CRITIC. Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, Mr. Comyton• And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING will be presented EXTREMES; or, Men of the Day. With a Ballet and Farce. Reduced Prie,es—Drnss Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 29. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sol6Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. This Evening, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John Grundy, Mr. Wright. After which THE BENGAL TIGER. Mrs. A. Wigan, J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Arden. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. 'A. Wigan and Miss Keeley. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. Acting Ittanager—Mr. Wm. Smith, Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5- no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. D OYAL STRAND THEATRE. _LIU Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark and Miss M. Ternan. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with DICK TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK, interspersed with ex traordinary hippodrasnatic effects and striking situations. Dick, Mr. James Holloway. To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, 'Madame Bridges, Meddlle. Fleurette, and Madame Fran cisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night at any theatre. Grotesques : Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To ceinclude with a new farce called DYING TO LIVE. The performances on Saturday, March 26, will be for the BENEFIT of Mr. W. COOKE, Jun. who will make his first appearance since his late severe accident, assisted by the fol lowing distinguished artistes, who have kindly volunteered their valuable aid :—Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss Laidlaw, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. W. IL Eburne, Mr. Mackney, and Mr. G. Forde.—For particulars see full programme. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 28, ; Gallery, ls.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY. in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 )'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec .ion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Mudic Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall. will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MuswAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment. the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will *dorm every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, MA.RCH 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this raornin' g and during the night. 55—this day atnoon. BAnommTEA-30.00. Wlsn, Nerth-Westerly ; light, with fine mild weather. THE SUN. THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1859. There has been a temporary armistice between contending parties in the House of Commons. • Yesterday was, comparatively speaking, a day of rest, of which honourable gentlemen, of all grades and varieties of political opinion, were only too happy to avail themselves. A little repose was indispensable. There were the clear and con vincing arguments of Lord STANLEY, and the logical statements of Mr. Hons - MAN, to be attentively considered by the independent liberals. The latter so clearly pointed out the duty of the party with which he has so consistently identified himself that it .ought to be decisive, and to insure the passing of a Reform Bill within the present session. Then, on Tuesday, were the bril liant orations of Sir E. BULWER LYTTON and Sir HUGH-MTALMONT CAIRNS —orations that will be duly appreciated by every disinterested and unprejudiced person throughout the length and breadth of the land. In the representative branch of the Legislature there are private and personal feelings in operation. Right Honourable and Honourable , Gentlemen have given in their adhesion to some one of the quasi Liberal leaders. One follows Lord 'JOHN RUSSELL, and will, under any circumstances, support his'propositions whether right or wrong—others pin their faith to Lord PALMERSTON, duly appreciating the privileges of the entree at Cambridge House, and the value of enjoying and participating in the brilliant entertainments of the noble viscount. Another, and by no means an insignificant number, feel that s ' political gratitude " which consists of a " lively sense of favours to come." They are pining for office, or for the valuable privilege of pitchforking friends or'relations into situations. But such are not the sentiments either of the middle classes or of the hard-handed and sturdy operatives, who only desire to earn a fair and honest subsistence by their own' exertions. They deprecate all factious movements. They care not what party may be seated Od the Ministerial benches, provided that the honour, dignity, and safety of the United Kingdom be maintained intact, and provision made to promote the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of the industrial population. In none of these respects have the present Government been found wanting, and we believe that if a new appeal to the country should be rendered necessary, by a maiolity i n f avour of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion, that the result will occasion as much surprise to hon. gentlemen, and as large an infusion of new blood ixto the House of Commons, as that which occurred two years since. It will be only . another proof of how greatly the wishes and feelings of the people are misunder stood by those whom they have selected as their representative s. The present bill unquestionably falls far short of thenational requirements ; but it contains good elements, which may easily be moulded mill ;o the ' requisite form in committee. But what dces Lord JOHN RUSSELL offer in its place ? What are the views of Lord PALMERSTON ? We have no infor mation, on these important points. They are merely bidding for office—desirous of getting to - what is vulgarly but expressively termed " the sunn y side of the' hedge," without binding themselves to any thing, or giving any pledge to the real Reformers as to what may be anticipated should they again be placed on the Ministerial benches. We cannot tell what they propose to do, but a correct estimate may be formed of what will be left undone. They will oppose THE BALLOT with all their power and all their strength ; they will not do anything to suppress bribery, corruption, or intimidation—to give protection to the voter in the independent exercise of the franchise, and enable him to act in the manner which in his soul and conscience he believes to be right. That principle is sneered at and derided, and yet it is the very • point on which the great body of the people of England, m ore especially those who will be enfranchised by any measure that can be carried, have set their hearts. Many are now deterred from calling for THE BALLOT for the very same reasons that they are prevented from voting for the candidate who would best represent their wishes and political opinions, by the dread of the consequences that must inevitably follow to themselves and families. On the one side the landlord may perse cute, on the other the employer threaten—the most profitable customer may go to the rival shop—or the "Bill Sykes" of the district ominously lift his bludgeon with a very sinister ex presgon of countenance. Even religious motives may be pressed into the cause by the minister of the place of worship of which the voter is a mem ber, and spiritual threats fulminated against the man who dares to vote according to his own will. These are matters which, although disregarded by wealthy gentlemen, who can venture to vote openly everywhere (but in their clubs), are still felt deeply by those whose prospects and interests may be materially affected. As we have repeatedly stated, without THE BALLOT there can be no settlement of the Reform Question ! This evening the discussion will be renewed, and the more the subject is discussed, the better for the country. Every admission on either side will be valuable. It will bind the person by whom it is made and also his followers. A true estimate of the real state of the case will be promoted; and the various constituencies enabled to judge how far their chosen representatives are worthy of the confidence pre viously reposed in them. If the resolution be carried, any measure of reform will be shelved for the present session, and "in politics a lost op portunity does not always recur !" There are always excuses to be found by persons unwilling to carry out their professed objects, and the Whigs have availed themselves of such pretexts for eight years past. It would almost seem as if the several parties had changed sides. We find professing Liberals energetically striving to throw out that which would unquestionably be a large instalment of justice, although not going to the full extent of their wishes, while, on the other hand, those who have hitherto repudiated any change are now willing to meet in some degree the popular demand. The matter cannot be satisfactorily arranged until both parties have been compelled to bid against each other, so far as the glittering prize for which they are struggling will tempt them to go. Let the second reading, then, be carried, and the bill fully amended in committee, and something will be obtained; if the resolution be carried, nothing will be done, and those who vote with the majority will have " lost the substance while grasping at the shadow." The History of Party in this country has, throughout, been the History of the opposing ranks of the Whigs and the Tories. Each of those great parties, however, under their last leaders, has suffered a total disruption : the Tories, under Sir ROBERT .PEEL—after having been elaborately re organised under the title of Conservatives ; the Whigs, under Lord JOHN RUSSELL—after having taken to themselves the more vague and less dis tinctive title of Liberals. The scattering in the former instance was a political necessity, recognised as such by a conscientious and magnanimous states man, in the presence of one of the most terrible famines upon record—one ingeniously described by his chief political antagonist as a famine of the ninth century in the midst of a population of the nineteenth. In the presence of that dire calamity, with the responsibility of guiding the vessel of the State through the tempest, and off the lee shore, Sir ROBERT aided the triumph of truth, even though his so doing directly deprived him of his own political supremacy. His course in this was mani festly dictated by the sublime principle—fiat jus titia rust ccelum. He preferred voluntarily de scending from the height of power to maintaining his position there at the cost of his own integrity. Every selfish consideration impelled him to persist in the course the maintenance of which he himself had hitherto in error advocated. By yielding honestly to the force of his new convictions, he knew perfectly well that he must disband an array of supporters such as no statesman had gathered un der his standard during half a century previously. Sir ROBERT knew that as the immediate consequence of this he lost office, with no prospect of ever re turning_ to it. _He_ knew that some of the intimate friends, that many of the personal asso ciates of past years would be thereby at once trans formed into violent and implacable antagonists. He was perfectly well aware that his motive would be liable to misconstruction, that his conduct would be distorted in all probability by the most extrava gant misrepresentation, that whQn in reality he was manifestly the reverse he would be charged with the most glaring inconsistency. These were the alarming circumstances under which the last leader of the old Tory or new Conservative party felt himself constrained to scatter it to the winds. It was the great and powerful party chief proving himself beyond this —a true patriot. It was a Par liamentary- CINCINNATUS resigning the rod of the dictatorship, not to return to his farm, but to remain in the councils of the nation at a period of the most critical anxiety to accord the aid of his advice to h is countr y in his capacity, thenceforth, up to the period of his lamentably premature demise—as the arbitrar of the destinies at once of the Legislature and of the Administra tion. Not thus has the Whig party been destroyed by its latest leader, Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The dis ruption of that party has been effected by Lord JOHN as an act of sheer necessity. The noble lord in. this has surpassed even the estimate formed of his character by his friend SYDNEY SMITH, the reverend and the wit. Events have proved that Lord JOHN possessed a daring far beyond even the attempting an operation for lithotomy. He has destroyed a great political party without the shadow of a reason. He has not only destroyed it, but he has rendered the mere name of it a hissing, and a Foil; and a derision. Remembering what the Whig party has been, who have been its chiefs, what have been its achievements, all this is only the more lamentable and incomprehensible. It is most of all incomprehensible, bearing in mind that with the dominion of that party were bound up the dearest hopes and interests of the house of VIPONT —we beg pardon, of the house of BEDFORD. No boon, such as the triumph of the principles of Free Trade, remains afterwards by way of compensation. All is lost by it—nothing is gained. It is as though, for no earthly cause whatever, a leader of men had himself shorn the plume from his own helmet, had broken his sword over his own head, had lopped the spur from his own heel, instead of leading the way to fresh victories. It is a course the most perverse, the most insensate, the most incomprehensible. That it is literally what has been done of late years by Lord JOHN, as the last leader of the Whigs, let one of the ablest adherents of their cause relate in his own impressive language. It was not idly that the right hon. gentleman the late Secretary for Ireland spoke thus on Monday evening :—" Was it not matter of history that the great Whig party had never prospered since 1846. Unhappy differences dealt a deathblow to the Cabinet in 1851 ; humiliation befell them in 1853 ; and a still heavier scourge smote them in 1855, when the most illustrious of their body separated from them to seek other sym pathies for the time, taking with him all the noblest traditions and living renown of the party, and leaving such a void behind ! In that material and moral ruin of a great historic party the world saw both a retribution and a moral. And did the plague which smote the leaders spare the followers ? Why, in what condition had they been ever since ? In what condition as a party were they now ? , Could they justly be dignified with the title of a party ? For the last twelve months they have been less a party than a mob—without leaders, without union or combination, without a common policy, principle, or purpose. Why, they had exhibited the most piteous spectacle—a spectacle of the utter disor ganization and the low estate to which a great party might sink, never to rise again until it recognised and dealt with the real cause of its calamities." What Mr. HORSMAN thus forcibly avowed we all know, only too painfully, to be strictly true. These things are matter of history. We can only read them and wonder. They are there only to all appearance as riddles, contrived for the purpose of puzzling posterity—certainly without any con ceivable advantage gained for this or any other generation. ',...-3:, , ''.-,';';',. , 4 , :• ,- , 4V . - V; I % • ,! • , , s ot'. i• m 44 ..-,... d le to ,iik l 0: - i': , X? ' ± -, 'i • '" . 4 , 75 •V - :,' f - i ) , , F —' lll . $ ‘ ' s js te.. - ;41 ;• :.,',,;.c.5i14t7.•• # &' , • '1 , ,,-*• - .1. ... 0: : , ~,-,,;;-,,, ~,,:.,.... t • N.4ftstistrw. „.••• .1,, ' , 1 4 , - .1 - , - •' 11 1 4 / 7 ".'"i t , •:. 1 t.' ... --;.,t'-. 1 ,,,,..k... ~- ' '' k - ;. 111 poi ...,,, 44a? .'"i. ,'i ~.. # THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1859. BANK OF ENGLAND. The following is the house list of the Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, viz.:- FOR GOVERNORS. Bonamy Dobree, Esq.—Governor. Alfred Latham, Esq.—Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS, Henry Hulse Berens, Esq, John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Arthur Elward Campbell, Esq Kirkmanllaniel Hodgson,Esq Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq Robert Wigram Crawford, Esq John Gillibrand Hubbard,Esq William Cotton, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. .Tames Pattison Currie, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. James Malcomson, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. George Joachim Goschen, Esq George Warde Norman; Esq. James Alexander Guthrie, Esq Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Thomson Mulkey, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the sth April, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 6th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. VOCAL ASSOCIATION. The third dress concert of the Vocal Association was given last evening in St. James's Hall. The first part consisted of Handel's delightful serenata, " Acis and Galatea," with Mozart's accompaniments. The second part of the concert was miscellaneous, and contained among other works of excellence, Mendelssohn's " Ave Maria," from " Loreley ;" Mr. Benedict's brilliant overture to the " Minne singer," an air from the same composer's English opera "The Bride of Venice," Weber's "Through clouds by tempests," and many other selections from the best masters. The selection of music at these concerts is always admirable. Works of classical merit, yet calculated by their brilliancy to attract the popular ear, are frequently introduced, and it is very seldom we meet with a • piece in their programme that has not either scientific construction or flowing melody to recommend it. It is to be regretted that the singers are not always equal to the adequate per formance of the music they undertake. On the present occasion the vocalists all exerted themselves, and for the.most part acquitted themselves creditably, but such music as Handel's demands first rate singers. Madame Catharine Hayes sung Men delssohn's " Ave Maria" with all her usual ability, assisted by the choir of the Vocal Association. Miss Stabbach also distinguished herself particularly. We must not omit to mention that Mr. Santley, who possesses a good bass voice, obtained an unanimous encore in the magnificent air, " 0, Ruddier than the Cherry." Mr. Benedict's abilities both as composer and conductor, are so well known that it is unnecessary to say that his overtures elicited warm applause, and that the performance of the orchestra was all that could be desired. The hall was cr owded, as is usually the case with these attractive concerts. The ford Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford were honoured by the company at dinner last evening of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, at the noble and learned lord's family re sidence in Eaton-square. A Cabinet Council was held at five o'clock yes terday afternoon at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby,the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Sotheron Esteourt, the Earl of Malmes bury, Gen. Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir 3'. Pakington, and Lord John Manners. A deputation from the Northfleet Docks and Lon don Quays Company (Limited), headed by the Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, MX., the chairman, had an interview yesterday with the Secretary of Stateand the Under-Secre tary of State for War and the .Quartermaster-General, on the subject of the accommodation the company will be able to afford for the embarkation of troops and stores at the Northfleet Docks. A deputation from the Grand Junction Canal Company and the Duke of Bridgewater's trustees had an interview with Lord Lovaine yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. G. An derson (chairman), the lion. Philip Pleydell• Bouverie, M.P., Admiral the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, M.P., Mr. John thirdon Rebow, M.P., Mr. Chas. Rogers (secretary), the Hon. Algernon Egerton, and Mr. Fereday Smith. On inquiry at the residence of the Earl of Minto, in Eaton-Square, yesterday, our reporter was informed that his lordship had passed a tolerable night, but in other re spects was much the same. THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone, entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence on Carlton-house terrace, the Neapolitan exiles, Signor Settembrini and Signor Spaventa. There were also present the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Southesk, Lord and Lady Overstone, the Right Hon. J. S. Wortley, Sir Walter and Lady James, Mr. E. Ellice, M.P., and Mrs. Ellice, Mr. Lacaita, and Mr. Panizzi. A select circle assembled later in the evening, several of the Neapo litan gentlemen being among the visitors. THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND.—We learn that the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., will take the chair at the anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund, fixed for Wednesday the 18th May next. The remains of the late Colonel Tait, C. 8., and aide-de-camp to the Queen, were interred yesterday after noor in the churchyard adjoining the grounds of Fulham Palace, in th' presence of the Bishop of London, and the other brothers and near relatives and friends of the de ceased. The Bishop of London was elected a Governor of the Charterbouse, in the room of the late Earl of Ripon, on Tuesday last. Another vacancy has occurred among the governors of that foundation by the demise. of the Earl of Devon. Madame Fermis, the 'dancer,' has arrived in Paris from St. Petersburg, to resume her place at the Grand Opera. The London and North Western Railway' traffic return shows this week an increase of £3,081,- the Great Northern an increase of £l, the Great Western an increase of £ 1 ,721, and the London and South Western an increase of .0395. It is understood that upon the completion of the undertaking of the Isle of Wight Railway and Telegraph Company, the prospectus of which was lately adveftised, the London and South Western Railway Company contem plate working the line. The French provincial journals state that on the anniversary of the birthday of the Prince Imperial, their Majesties gave a sum of 1001. to each child born on the same clay; and whose position may render such a gift needful. The three stocks of the Chester and Holyhead R a il wa y Company will now be placed in the official list, under the head of " Linos leased at fixed rentals," the deed of conveyance to t ho Londo n and North We s t ern C ompany i n :tended appli cat i on to the committee of the Stock Exc hange for a settlin g c l ay b e e n e s n t o c rn o m a p r l y e t e n d n o t t e h n e f lB a t n h and quotation in the shares of the Great Ship Co m p any havi T n h g e (Limited) was posted yesterday moruiur), LATEST NEWS. THE PROPOSED CONGRESS The following telegrams have been received al Mr. Reuter's office :-- VIENNA, THURSDAY, NooN, Austria yesterday agreed to the proposed Congress, which will probably meet at Aix-la- Chapelle. PARIS, THURSDAY MARCH 24. The Moniteur of this day contains the following: The Cabinets of London and Berlin have given their consent to the proposal of Russia concerning the assembling of a Congress on Italian affairs. The reply of the Cabinet of Vienna is not yel known. MARSEILLES, MARCH 23 The General of Division last night received a message from the Minister of War, dated 2 o'clock p.m. of the same day, transmitting him orders to keep back in Marseilles the reinforcements of 1,000 men which were intended for Algeria, but they had already left at 12 o'clock, per steamer Euphrate, for their destination. TURIN, MARCH 23, On the 21st inst. a picket of Austrian cavalry crossed to the Piedmontese side of the Ticino for the purpose of exploring the frontiers opposite Pavia, which having dime, they returned to that town. To-day the annual commemoration of the Pied montese soldiers slain ut the battle of Novara in 1849 was celebrated in the Cathedral. The cere mony was solemnised in the 'most impressive manner. The Ministers of State, deputtitions from Parliament, the officers of the Sardinian army and the National Guard, the students of the University, and the immigrants from other parts of Italy were present. It is rumoured that Count Caveur has resigned, and that his place is to be filled by M. Alfieri. Nothing is known in reference to the replies of England, Prussia, and Austria. TOULON, MARcir 23, The journal Sentinelle of this day announces that four steam frigates have received orders to sail for the purpose of fetching troops from Algiers.. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The official note in the Moniteur announcing the proposal of Russia to convoke a congress for the discussion of the Italian question is commented on by several of the Paris papers ; the Presse observes: —" The initiative taken by Russia proves not alone the great value she attaches to the preserva tion of peace, but also that she does not consider herself so perfectly foreign to the responsibilities of war as had been supposed. In proposing this congress she has performed a deed which will be appreciated by civilisation and policy. The French Government offers a startling proof of its sincere desire to maintain peace. This is a sound, skil ful, and frank policy. Austria cannot refuse to accept the congress. By refusing, she would prove to Europe that she fears her justice, and she would then probably forfeit all chances of assist ance in the event of war. England beholds her best hopes realised. Why did she despatch her first diplomatist to Vienna ? It was in order to draw the Italian question on to the field of diplomacy. The Emperor of Russia has obtained for -Lord Cowley and for England the object of their search. We may offer one simple observation—the majority in the congress will belong, not, to the contending powers, but to the conciliatory. parties, that is, to England, Russia, and Prussia. Such being• the position, it is not too rash to' await a satisfactory solution of the question at issue." The Patrie considers that the meeting of a con gress would represent a great success for French policy :—"Russia acknowledges, then, with France, that the state of Italy is abnormal. The same idea doubtido prevails in London and Berlin. The Emper i tZ of the French offers a fresh proof of his moderation by the readiness of his adhesion to the initiative taken by the Emperor of Russia. H e thereby evinces his sincere desire for the preserva tion of peace, and thereby acts in harmony with all the precedents as with all the principles of his policy. We cannot presume that the Vienna Cabinet will reject the idea of a conference. Cer tainly, it would not venture to accept so grave a responsibility. The meeting of a congress may therefore be considered as almost certain. This first result is a great success for the policy of France, and is at the same time a valuable gua. rantee for an honourable peace." The Union contains the following :—The Moni teur has spoken, • and hope has returned to the hearts of our unemployed diplomatists. All hail ! then, to the Sultan of the French press ; the political world and the commercial world are indebted to it for at least one pleasant day. Not that the note has escaped all sorts of comments. Some would have liked it to have been more explicit ; others consider it too reserved with regard to Prus sia and Great Britain. Why—it is asked—does such silence surround the name of Lord Cowley ? Why pay to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg the exclusive honour of the transaction, when every. body believed, on the contrary, that the merit was to be attributed to the British ambassador ? Why ? . . . But people are too inquisitive. The es sential point is to know whether peace is to be ensured, or whether the negotiations will merely represent a lull between two storms." The Siecle, with its usual power of reasoning, argues that warlike preparations must be pushed with fresh vigour, now that a congress is to be con voked :—" We entertain the firm hope that a per spective of negotiations will neither check the vigi lance nor efforts of France. We must prepare our selves more than ever for war since it can issue, quite as as peace, from the deliberations of a congress. We are on the eve of one of those selemu days which only appear at distant intervals in the existence of nations.. On our firmness, on our atti tude depend the future of Europe." BOURSE, March 23. Heavy sales were effected at the opening of the market, and prices declined, but a sudden rally afterwards took place on a report that the adhesions of the Cabinets of London, Vienna, and Berlin had arrived. Threes,' after having been done at 68fr. 50c., improved to 68fr. 80c. Mobilier varied from 787 50 to 795 fr.; Austrian, 542 fr. 50c. to 547 fr. 50c. ; Lombardo-Venetian, 522 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,355 fr. to 1,360 fr. ; Northern, 935 fr. to 937 fr. 50e. ; Southern, 515 fr. to 517 fr. 50c. ; Lyons, 842 fr. 50e. to 845 fr. The following are the last quotations : 41 per Cents. 96 Cr&lit Foncier.... Do. end month. 95 I Belgian 4f . — 3 per Cents 6B 80 Piedmontese (5) .. 79 Do. end month 6B 70 i Roman B5 Bank Shares...... 2860 Austrian Cr6dit Mobilier .. 795 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 796 25 Home Debt — RAILWAYS. • Cash. A ccoun t. Orleans Neirthorn New ditto. 802 50 .. 802 50 Lyons and Mod i t erranean 846 25 .. 817 50 Now ditto Geneva. • Midi Southern 'estern 6OO Eastern - Grand Central Sardinian Austrian - 545 • 550 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money 25f. 71c. ; , three months, paper, 25f.; money, 24f. 95c. 637 50 540 - AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter, in the Post-anapt Gazette, says : —" It has been asserted that Austria exercises over the Italian States a preponderating influence which is inconsistent with the independence of those States, and consequently with European treaties. • This, however, has never been proved, and in fact there are circumstances which imply the contrary. If Austria really possessed the in fluence over those states which she is represented to have, she would certainly have been able to realise her plans of an Italian Customs Union ; but the Duchies of Parma and Modena are the only Italian States which have consented to that mea sure, and they have done so, not through any in fluence of Austria, but because such a union ap peared to them advantageous. But Parma has since denounced the treaty, and the relations which existed on the subject are now broken off. Tuscany, the Pontifical States, and Naples would never con sent to a customs union, although Austria greatly de sired that they should do so. All this proves that Austria does not exercise preponderating influence in Italy. If she possessed it, the counsels which she has so often given to the Italian Govern ments to effect reforms—counsels always given in a friendly strain and without encroaching on their dignitywould not have been in a great measure fruitless. If the Neapolitan Government had listened to the counsels of Austria, her diplo matic relations with England and France would not now be interrupted." PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter in the Independanee of Brussels says :—" You will doubtless remember that Prussia replied to the Austrian despatch of the 22d January by a circular dated the 27th, and by a note sent direct to Vienna in the beginning of March. These documents maintained the Prussian view, and in sisted on the European side of the Italian question. The Austrian journals afterwards announced that the Court of Vienna, in a despatch dated the 6th inst., recommended the adoption of the necessary preparations for eventually placing tl federal army on a war footing, but did not announce the intention of shortly making a proposition to that effect at Frankfort, lam now told that the Cabinet of Berlin recently sent a reply remarkable for its clearness. Prussia, while still maintaining the same line of policy, gave it to be understood that she would not object to any direct discussion between one power and another, but that a one sided proposition made by Austria at Frankfort would not be likely to lead to an under standing. Austria, instead of undertaking her campaign at Frankfort, where she never could have been able to obtain a vote of the majority for the disposal of the military forces of Prussia, must now come to a direct understanding with the Cabi net of Berlin. Let us hope that, in the end, the court of Vienna will understand that direct over tures, such as Prussia had a right to expect, are the only ones likely to lead to a satisfactory result. Prussia would not pledge herself towards Austria for any case that might arise and without prelimi nary stipulation ; but that does not exclude a direct understanding under certain conditions." SARDINIA. The Indipendente of Turin announces the arrival there of the two sons of M. Bixio, for the purpose of engaging themselves as volunteers in the .Pied montese army. " The inhabitants of Leghorn," says the Opi nione of Turin, " had intended making a demonstration in honour of the volunteers pro ceeding to Piedmont, but on receiving a pro hibition from the police authorities, they renounced their project, declaring that they could not think of running the, risk of any disturbance, when all in Italy ought to be united." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th do not contain any political news of importance. The Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona had sent an address tolhe Government protesting against the idea of Cuba being sold to the United States, and expressing the opinion that an attempt will be made to take it by force. The Espana had again been ordered for prosecution for a seditious libel: " The Greek Government," says the Journal du llavre, "has sent to France a colonel of artillery to ord4 20,000 rifled carbines.". A Paris letter in the Nord states that the Sar dinian Cabinet has addressed a communication to the five great powers strongly insisting on being allowed to take part in the deliberations of any Congress on the affairs of Italy. According to the New Gazette of Prussia, the Emperor of the French has on several occasions lately recommended the Count de Cavour not to excite to war—assuring him that in no case would France go beyond the limits of her engagements. AMERICA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.I LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING The City of Baltimore has arrived with the United States mail of the 12th, and 184,202, dols. in specie. The North Briton, hence, had arrived at Port land. • The Senate had adjourned. A telegram from New Orleans contains the fol lowing intelligence from Mexico :—" The Liberals were concentrating for the long promised attack upon the capital, while Miramon was hastening towards Vera Cruz. In the order of his prepara tions for defending the latter city, President Juarez had drawn all the troops from the, other seaports down the coast, and it was feared the Conservatives might seize the occasion to exact forced loans at such unprotected points. General Ampudia had lately declared for the Constitution, carrying over to the Liberal cause his force of 500 men." Sterling exchange firm at 1092. The following were the latest quotations at the Stock Board : New York Central Railroad, 801; New York and Erie Railroad, 11; Haarlem Railroad, 12-a ; Reading Railroad, 491 ; Hudson River Railroad, 32 ; Michi gan Centralßailroad, 521; ditto Southern Railroad, 161 ; Panama Railroad, 117 ; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 591; Illinois Central Railroad, 69 ; Cleve land Toledo Railroad,. 27k ; Chicago, and Rhode Island, 601; Milwaukie and Mississippi, 111 ; Galena and Chicago, 701. Ashes unchanged. Cotton active, at an advance of* of a cent. Middling uplands, 121. State and Western flour, 10c. to 15c. lower ; some descrip tions of Southern flour had avanced 10c. to 20c. per barrel. Wheat had recovered from a downward tendency. Iron dull. No change in molasses. Spirits of turpentine had advanced 11c. per gallon. Pork had improved. Sugar had declined of a cent. Tobacco in good request. Freights dull. CANTERBURY HALL. Yesterday Mr. Morton, the energetic proprietor of this popular place of amusement, gave a morning concert at his establishment, to which he invited the governors, committee; and children of the Licensed Victuallers' Schools, with power to the committee to invite an unlimited number of their friends and subscribers to the charity. Accepting Mr. Morton's kind invitation in the spirit in which it was given, the committee issued a vast number of tickets, and upwards of 1,200 persons attended to witness the performance ; and about 140 of the children of the Licensed Victuallers' Schools were also present. The children arrived at half-past one o'clock, and proceeded to the magnificent picture gallery, of which we have already given a detailed notice. MiSs Russell, Anderson, and Mr. St. Albyn, were loudly encored in the "LaUghing trio" from the ' Rose of Ctistille," as was also Mr. Mackney's nigger songs ( aud•Mr. I. G. Ford's description of his attempt to make himself a sailor. Madame Sauvlet was loudly applauded for her performance of a solo on the violin, Master Sauvlet was encored in his solo on the drum, and the whole family were encored in their overture to " Zampa." • • The concert having . ended, the children were bountifully regaled with cake and port 4ine negus by Mr. Morton, and then departed highly pleased with the entertainment, While the visitors proceeded to the picture gallery, to renew their inspectien of that splendid collection of paintings. GALWAY, WEDNESDAY, 9 A. M.—The Prince Albert, Captain Nicholson, has arrived from New York With 140 passengers. She ; sailed on the 4th inst., and was delayed and damaged by getting in the ice off Cape Race. Her news has been anticipated by the City of Manchester. The Prince Albert did not call at St. John's. THE CURRENCY LAWS. 20 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm,—Perceiving in your valuable paper of Fri day, the 18th inst., an excellent account of Sir Archibald Alison's lecture on the currency laws, it seems to m.e probable that you may be glad to learn some additional facts bearing on the character of the meeting. The chairman (formerly member for the county), in a few introductory remarks, pointed out the manner in which the steady employment and adequate remuneration Of labour were ruled by the monetary laws. He congratulated the meeting on the cordiality which subsisted between the indus trial classes of Glasgow and the supreme civil authority of the district, as evidenced in the appeal made to the sheriff, which had originated the in tended lecture, in the presence of an audience amounting to some 3,000 persons, whose conduct would, he trusted, not pass unobserved by the populations of other large cities and towns, equally interested in the same important subject. Several leading points on currency were then set forth by the Chairman, who was known to have long and practically studied the subject in connec tion with - that of the profits of masters and men ; but fearing to intrude further on your well-fillei columns, I will add my thanks as one of the gene ral public, for the space you have already devoted to the elucidation of a subject of the highest national importance, the true and simple principles of which —too long overlooked or wilfully misrepresented— are now, it is to be hoped, becoming appreciated by the class most interested in their adoption. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. B. Glasgow, March 21, 1859. SIGNOR GRAZI4NI. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I have abstained as long as possible from obtruding the question of Signor Graziani's engage ment, on the notice of the public. The time, how ever, has now arrived when I feel that my continued silence might be misconstrued, and I should feel very greatly obliged if you would permit the fol lowing correspondence to be inserted in your paper. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, FREDERICK GYE. March 22. "'Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, March 2' " Sir, —I see by your advertisements that you continue to announce Signor Graziani, the baritone singer, as being engaged at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. " The written intimation which I sent you that Signor Graziani was under contract to me, and the offer which I made you at our recent interview to allow either yourself or your legal adviser to inspect this contract, as well as every document connected with it, ought, I think, to have pre vented your repeating the announcement of Signor Gra- ziani's name. " It is my determination, if possible, to prevent the neces sity of having recourse to law proceedings, and, with this view, I beg to make the following proposal : " I propose that your claims to the services of Signor Graziani, as well as my own, shall be submitted to arbitra tion. " I will agree that the arbitrator shall be a Queen's coun sel, to be chosen by yourself. " If you object to such an arbitrator, I suggest that we should request any two of the following gentlemen to decide between us—viz., Mr. C. Kean, of the Princess's Theatre ; Mr. W. Arnold,.proprietor of the Lyceum ; Mr. Buckstone, of the Haymarket ; or Mr. 'Webster, of the Adelphi ; which two I will leave to your own choice. " Should you not approve of either the above tribunals, I am quite willing to leave the case to the decision of the gentlemen forming the committee of management of your own theatre. , "I beg the favour of an immediate reply, as I conceive it to be most improper that Signor Graziani's name should day after day appear in the advertisements of both theatres —I am, sir, your obedient servant, " E. T. Smith, Esq." "FREDERICK GYE Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, March 22. " Sir,.- 7 -In reply to yours of the 21st, I beg to say Ido not think you ought to feel any surprise at the announce ment you complain of, since you well knew from Signor Graziani himself that I am warranted in putting forth his name. " It is true that on our interview you offered me unre stricted inspection of his engagement with you, and which I have no doubt was binding ; but he contends, and I think with reason and justice (and, indeed, as I have no doubt the public will), that your default in fulfilling the terms of it released him from the further observance of it. Hence his engagement with me. " The referenoe .of the matter which it is the object of your letter to prdpose, although unobjectionable in point of personal honour, I cannot accept ; for it is not so much a question between you and me as between you and the Signor. " For my own part, but without the slightest ill-feeling, I beg to say I shall continue the course I have begun, and if you think it yotir interest to appeal to the law, and so in volve the consequent publicity of the grounds which have guided Signor Graziani in his conduct towards me, you must do so, for it is incumbent on me to keep faith with the public. Hitherto I always have, and hope alwaysshall. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, " F. Gye, Esq." " E. T. SMITH." " Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, March 22, beg to acknowledge the receipt 'of your reply to my letter of yesterday. Your refusal to submit the case of Signor Graziani'S engagement to such a tribunal as either of those I proposed to you needs no comment. It is neces sary, however, that I should inform you, and,. in case you might have been misled, I hereby give you notice that I have made no default whatever in fulfilling Signor Gra ziani's engagement. " As to publicity, I can have no objection to that: remain, sir, you obedient servant, " FREDERICK GYE, " E. T. Smith, Esq., Theatre Royal, Drury-lane," DEATH OF CO UNT SIGISMUND KRASINSKL On the 23d inst. died in Paris Count Sigismund Krasiriski, a Polish noble, hero, and poet. He was related to the royal house of Saxony and Piedmont, and his godfather was the Emperor Napoleon, who appointed him on the day of his birth aide-de-camp to the King of Rome. The Confederation of Bar, the last of Polish national governments, 'tit a time when Poland was battling with its three invaders, was presided over by two Krasinskis ; one of them a marshal, the other Bishop of Kamienic. General Count Krasinski, the father of Si g i smun d, was Commandant of the Light Horse Cavalry under Napoleon. It was he that, after the death of Poni atowski, brought back to his country the heroic remains of the Polish Legions. Count Sigismund'g was an agitated and sorrowful existence. The sufferings of that ardent soul, consumed by the fire of the purest patriotism, were indescribably bitter. A great nobleman, a great poet, and one of the richest men in Europe, he might have aimed at the highest destinies, yet he voluntarily resigned him self to an obscure and passive life. The most bril liant Offers were made to him from the highest quarters. Once the Emperor Nicholas desired to see him. "Be with me," said the Czar, " and I will grant you anything you may ask." But Count Sigismund could not bear to witness the subjection of his country.• He went abroad, and sent forth from the depths of his voluntary exile snatches of glorious verse, which he never acknowledged. The Poles sang these inspired hymns without knowing their author. When there appeared in rapid succession the • "Infernal Comedy," " Tridion," the " Psalms," - and the " Temptation," an allu sion to the offers made to the poet by the Czar, Sclavonians read and wondered, and asked who could be this unknown genius whose verses found an echo in every Polish heart, and whose name remained a mystery. Some intimate friends of Sigismund at length suspected him of being the anonymous poet, who took more pains to conceal himself than others do to make themselves known ; but nothing could induce him to break his incognito.. He had left the world, a n d a w id e reputation had no attractions for him. We may imagine what deep sorrows must have crossed that noble heart and mind before it was reduced to this state of self-imposed obscurity, which would even stand in the way of its own fame. In his poems we see the reflex of his passionate soul, so deeply wounded, yet so sensitive and so ardently devoted to the honour of his name and the nationality of his country. They are the expression, in the noblest language, of the purest sentiments. His motto, that " Virtue is the highest wisdom," is also the leading sentiment of all his poems. War was the theme of Mickiewiez—philanthropy that of Sigismund Krasinski. Both have died in exile. The Nord newsparer, which is always purposely wrong on certain questions, has insinuated that the oi thet true road uponpointed elite of Polish society which assisted at the obse quies of Count Sigismund, had assembled ma i n l y to honour the son of a celebrated man who out, at atthecotwofhiscohmroes some passingl unpopularity, can improve and in crease their nationality. This awkward sentence contains a false . and treacherous idea. What the Poles have wished to honour in piously follow ing th e mortal remains of. Sigisimund Kra sinski is the poet, the man, the patriot—the inear duty, and o f sacr ifi ce. —D a il y nation of genius, of News. LITEI?ATURE. Every Day. By Mrs. Fester Langton. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a simple story, comprising in its limits many interesting incidents, and many of those humble details which are yet of no mean importance in the annals of domestic life. The lady who tells the story is a widow, who has met with many hard trials herself, but who has roused herself to enter again the arena of the wo r ld i n w hi c h s h e h as suffered so bitterly, to employ herself in ministering consolation to the troubles of others. She takes a genial interest in the whole of her extended ac quaintance, but of course some have the preference, and the varying lights and shadows which attend their onward way are finely described to us. Lady Bury and her daughters are important persons in the story, and Lord D ar li ng t on ' s f am il y is also very attractive. Mrs. Arden is a welcome guest every where to all who can appreciate her; some few narrow minds seek to detract from her merits to suit their own paltry purposes. Of this class was Miss Preston, the governess of Lord Darlington, whose conduct is very aptly described, and who is truly represented as occasioning great injury to all the unfortunate young persons who came under her care. Some of the events are strikingly introthiced, as, for instance, the scene that took place when Lady Bury was summoned to her daughter abroad. The glitter and gaiety of courtly attire was thrown aside, and instead of the gay saloon and the bril liant ball, they passed theirnight in hurried travel to attend the sick if not the dying. All the scenes of sorrow and suffering are very feelingly touched upon ; but it is to be questioned if they are not of too frequent recurrence for the pages of a novel. The work throughout bears, traces of an unfinished style and unpractised hand, but there - are also apparent so much right feeling and pure principle that it claims attention, and cannot fail to prove acceptable to those who like a record of home life in its joy and sorrow. It is very probable that this authoress, on a future occasion, may again appear before the public, and with more experience in com position, and greater concentration of expression, there is no doubt will obtain a greater success than at present. One merit is certainly to be acknow ledged, that of having chosen an admirable title for her story, and of having strictly adhered to the text, for this book is entirely what it repre sents itself at the commencement, a record of the eventia-of " every day." A Lady's Escape from Gwalior. By Mrs. R. M. Coopland, widow of the Rev. G. W. Coopland, M.A. Smith, Elder, and Co. .This is another of those melancholy records of what our countrywomen have had to endure; which have been so plentiful during the last twelve months. There is nothing particularly new in this one; but, as the writer observes, there has been no narrative of many of the scenes which she witnessed, and those whose friends or relatives were resident in Agra or Gwalior will feel an especial interest in her descriptions. She had only arrived in India a short time before the mutinies broke out. Her husband was one of the East India Company's chaplains, and she had gone out to share his Indian life, anticipating many years of peace and useful ness. The first anniversary of her wedding day found her a widow in the fort of Agra. When the mutiny in Gwalior, which they had been antici pating for some days, broke out, Mr. and Mrs. Coopland and several ladies of the neighbourhood were concealed by a faithful native in his hut. Unfortunately, a baby of one of the ladies cried and fretted, which betrayed them. Her husband was shot, but the natives spared the women, which, considering their murderous ferocity, was almost surprising. Their painful and toilsdthe escape— now walking, now riding, under a fearful sun, and all the while surrounded by jeering and savage looking natives, is simply told by Mrs. Coopland but, though her account is so plain and quietly written, it is evident they must have suffered a martyrdom from anxiety and physical want. Many of them, too, had the added distress of having seen their husbands or children shot, or of being in cruel uncertainty as to the fate of their relations and friends. When they at length reached the fort of Agra they were comparatively safe, but great must have been the satisfaction and relief of the poor afflicted traveller when she left that land where she hoped to find a home, but which had proved to her so cruelly inhospitable. The writer's opinion of the natives is naturally very unfavourable. She says that her judgment of them may be harsh, but she had no time to know them favourably, and whatever extenuation we may find for them in European misgovernment and the violence of tro pical passions, we cannot deny that their conduct in the mutinies was that of fiends. The volume is a mournful one, though not more so than the nature of the subject necessitates, and it will probably be read with interest by those who are unacquainted with the details of the mutiny in that particular New Zealand and its Colonisation. By William Swainson, Esq. .Smith and Elder. This work gives us an interesting picture of New Zealand. It traces the orig in and progress of the colony--past and present—the collision of the colonists with the natives, and their position and prospects. New Zealand as a field of emigration is also considered, its constitution and government, and the situation of the church. The scenery and climate form the subjects of separate chapters. The position of the aborigines in relation to the settlers, and the mournful decay of the native race whenever they are brought into contact with whites, are especially considered. The principles of the English Government are also fully discussed and entered into. The work merits the attention of all who are interested in the welfare of our colonies, and in tracing the fortunes of the Maori race, who are now slowly but surely passing away from their ancient territories and settlements. STATE OP TRADE. LEICESTER, March 23.—Although the demand for worsted goods is drawing to a close, manufacturers are tolerably well engaged in preparing cotton . articles. The past season has been a favourable one, a condition of healthiness havin g pervaded the mar ket. The operatives have been fully employed, and in some branches advances have taken place. Yarns are less in request, and certain descriptions of wool easier to purchase. NOTTINGHAM, 23d.—There is a fair amount of business doing this week in several branches of the lace trade, more particularly in plain goods but still business is by no means brisk; several local failures have also, to a certain extent, shaken con fidence ; there is, however, a feeling in the trade that business will improve. There is a considerable buoyancy in the hosiery trade ;, and, although there is hardly so much doing in the home departments, other branches are busy, and the operatives gener ally are will employed. Yarns are selling at high figures. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 24.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.I ight breeze, and fine weather. - PLYMOUTH, March 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrired— Maria Louise, from Havannah ; Phoenix, from Shields for Barcelona, to stop a leak. FALMOUTH, March 23.—Wind N.—Sailed—Pannico, for.Porto Cabillo. CARDIFF, March 23.—Wind W.N.W—Sailed—Don Juan, for Havannah ; Harriet Cairn, for New York ; Traquillar, for Savannah. CLYDE, March 23.—Wind W.—Salled—St. Lawrence, for Montreal. COWES, March 23.—Wind. N.N.W.—Arrived—J. H. Adams, from Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, March 23.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Mar garet Dundas, for Point de SWANSEA, March 23.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—United, for Madeira. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Susanne, from Newport ; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Georges, from Cherbourg ; Wonder and Atalanta, steamers, from Jersey ; Gipsy, from Llanelly ; Nancy, from Sunderland; Constantia, fron Newcastle. Sailed—Mo s l em , for Newport; Vectis, for Sunderland ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. by N. ; tide three hours' ebb; cloudy. Arrived—Clicks, from Buenos Ayres, Sailed—Bilboa, steamer, for Bilboa. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind, N.W. ; moderate. Passed—Fricanos, from Gamaia, for London; Zarah, for Glasgow ; Jessie Craig, for Mauritius ; Samuel, for Anti gua; Clarissa Bird, for Bombay; Wensleydale, for Malta —all from London; Julia, from Taganrog, for London. DUNGENESS, M Passed—Joha nna, f rom Palermo, for London. arch 23. Sailed—Co ns t auz i a de Onore, for Venezio; Monarch, for Gibraltar. SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. —On Tuesday the Commissioners of Sewers assembled in Guildhall. Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health, re ported on the state of 261 houses which had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 25 places which required sanitary improvements in the various particulars. The number of deaths in the City during the week had fallen from 63, the number of the previous week, to 58. There were but 50 births registered during the week—viz., 18 boys and 32 girls. THE RECENT ACCIDENT TO A MAIL PACKET OFF CALAIS.—The inquiry ordered by the Board of Trade into the circumstances attending the accident to the Prince Frederick William mail-packet, off Calais, on the morning of the 27th ult., in connection with which catastrophe the lives of three persons were lost, was opened at th e Customs house, Dover, yesterday morning, before the mayor and two other borough magistrates. After the examination of several Fitnesses, the investigation was adjourned to this day. inE tr In( ac( te: ter th( £3 L 6 fir' poi lt a; tiol to tl -East anc In tletiv actin 9t, 9 Th * Wes ahoy are c quiet Steal Well to BRIT 3 p er India Ditto Ditto Ditto Cons( Exch Ditto Ditto PRII Brazi Dii )4exi Dil Russ: spin?: Dit bit Turk seri( Joh: that hold furti The lekTe d ti( ~~