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THE - SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1859, WAREHOUSES WANTED. A large stack required for immediate occup_tion. The waterside preferred. Particulars address ed to J. 11. W., at Messrs. Bax and Sons, 143, Bishopsgate-street, will have prompt attention. Navy, if he began at nine or even ten o'clock ; adding, that as the First Lord had had rather more than three weeks to prepare it, he might make that evening, and allow the On Tuesday, March 1 , price 65. , No. I. of B ENTLEY'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. CONTENTS: English Parties and English PolitiCs. The Religious Future of India. Gladstone on Homer. Prospects of Art in England. Russian Civilization. Sir Bulwer Lytton's Novels. Horace Walpole. The Currency and the Last Crisis. Oxford Examinations. Austrian Italy. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. statement of the Home Secretary, respecting Church-rates, to stand over until Friday night. No one knew better than the [veteran Viscount that such a course would be perfectly impracticable. The estimates could not be brought forward without notice, when many who might feel disposed to take part in the discussion were absent. Nor was it likely that Sir JOHN FAKING TON could have been provided with the necessary documents, the "facts and figures" recorded in black and white, which should be submitted to the House. What would he have said to such a sug gestion if made while he was holding a prominent position in the Ministry ? We fancy that be would not have had much hesitation in designating it as a specious, unworthy, and factious pretext to endea vour to damage a Ministryby one of the most egre gious fallacies that could be promulgated. But, to " make assurance doubly sure," the noble lord has given notice of motion, on his own account, that he intends to take the opportunity "of making some observations, and drawing the attention of the House to the state of affairs on the continent of Europe, and of expressing a hope that the 9overnment may be enabled to make some com munications which will tend to encourage expecta tions that the general peace of Europe may not be disturbed." He also added, probably remembering the period when he was "First Lord of the Jokery," that " he did not apprehend anything he might have to say would interfere materially with the in ention of bringing on the Navy Estimates the same UYA O R ADENE, u N . d G e r L t l h S e H s ole a P a . E e m R e A n of 3 C I f O o o V L E ot ilT o Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Messrs. Weiss, Honey, St. Albyn, Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison. Miss Louisa Fyne and Miss Susan Pyne. _ _ Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. 'Po conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RI !An- HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clething. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, BARNEY THE BARON. Mr. an I Mrs. Barney Williams. Followed by THE LATEST FROM NEW YORK• ro conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Manag,rement of Mr. Charles Kean. rriis EVENING will be performed the play of LOUIS XI. Louis (King of France), by Mr. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Sedgwiek, Mr. Buckstone, &c. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, Re-engagement of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, will be produced a New Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled THE LAST HOPE. To be followed by a Grand Ballet and Scene from THE SIEGE OF TROY. Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Harriet Dalton, Miss Jenny Lauri. Mr. John Lauri, and Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE CHILD OF THE WRECK. Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s • Pit, 25.; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Powerful Novelty.—Crowded Houses.—Last Six Nights of MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster. Trium phanj reception of Mr. Wright. Glorious success of the INVISIBLE PRINCE. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with MASKS AND FACES; Mr. B. Webster, C. Selby, Mr. Bil lington, P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Sims, Mrs. Kil lington. After which, WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole. 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. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan are engaged. Due notice will e given of their appearance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING. WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydentte. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, and during the week, 'the revived •.'.:•a matic Romance from Sir Walter Scott, entitled KENIL WORTH, re-produced with original effects and additional splendour. To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, &c. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmin,gs ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene, with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery, and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to the "New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill." Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; 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 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters land is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music 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 MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT COMDICIICCS 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 perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.64. WIND, North -Westerly ; light, with fine cold weather. There is an old fable relating to a certain dog in a manger, who would neither eat the hay therein himself, nor permit any other animal to partake of it. Lord PALMERSTON seems to occupy a similar position with respect to Reform. He will neither bring forward a measure himself, nor, so far as lies in his power; allow any one else to do so. An urgent appeal had been made on Monday evening by the First Lord of the Admiralty, to several members who had given notice of motions on going into Committee of Supply, to yield their right of precedence on that occasion, in order that he might make his statement respect ing the Naval Estimates. The community at large are looking with intense anxiety for that statement. They wish for full and authentic information respecting " the wooden walls" which have so long been the g l or y, pride, and security o f our Island Home, and prevented its sacred soil from being polluted by the footsteps of invaders. Never, perhaps, was a period when there was so much justifiable curiosity: manifested, and naturally so, inasmuch as it is the first time for a series of years that our maritime supremacy has been questioned. The Naval Estimates must, therefore, take precedence of all other Government measures, however urgent ; and the official expla • nations given may do more to preserve the peace of Europe than any diplomatic communications, framed on the most approved "red-tapist" prece dents. It was not merely the statement respecting the Naval Estimates that depended on the forbearance of the hon. gentleman. The Government Reform Bill was appointed to be brought forward on Mon day ev ening ; but unless the Naval Estimates were discussed on Friday, the Reform measure should necessarily be adjourned, and the Government prevented from obtaining the credit to which the promptitude and energy displayed justly entitled it. The hon. gentleman thus appealed to exhibited symptoms of yielding. No man would like to face an independent constituency soon after having delayed the explanations respecting the state of the Navy, and of the changes to be introduced into the representation of the people. Lord PALMER STON, however, interfered. He thought the Go vernment pressed too hard upon gentlemen who had given notices for Friday, and that there would be ample time to make the statement respecting the or another, sufficient to equal in amount the aver age of the old rate, then the QUEEN, by Order in Council, may declare that Church-rates are to cease in that parish! Church-rates are to be abolished, therefore, only by owners of property and others subscribing enough in various modes to equal the present rates ! The only relief, so far as we can see, therefore, is to the "conscientious" objectors. How large that class will become, no mortal now can guess. On the one hand, in the country village, the rate-payers will generally be afraid to offend by pleading" con science ;" on the other hand, thousands and tens of thousands, who did not know they had a conscience before, will suddenly discover that they possess that useful defence. " Conscience" will become a kind of pet little house-dog to bark at the tax collector, with the advantage of costing nothing to keep it, and of not only escaping assessed taxes, but of frightening away the tax for mother Church. Lucky the men under Mr. WALPOLE'S bill who keep a conscience. But surely Mr. WALPOLE made a very perverse use of the facts deducible from his own return—of these the one on which he justly laid the greates stress was, that the contributions from voluntary sources for Church-rate objects amounted to £262,000, the sum raised by Church-rates to one thousand pounds less. Mr. WALPOLE inferred that landowners would readily charge their property in perpetuity with the latter amount ; he should have inferred that they would willingly charge themselves, if need were, with two sovereigns instead of one as an annual donation, that tens of thousands of other Churchmen, who have now no inducement to contribute, would readily do so, and that without all the paraphernalia of rent charges, orders in Council, and the rest of it—without still leaving an open sore in every parish, he might have cast the Church of England upon that libe rality of her worshippers which Dissenters have found amply sufficient from worshippers equal, in deed,in numbers, but unquestionably not equal in wealth. The same inference is surely deducible from the great fact to which he adverted, that in the first half of this century, notless than £900,000,000 had been voluntarily contributed for church purposes, while the State had contributed but one million and a half ! He might have added that nearly all this was contributed after it was found that the State would give no more ! The conclusion, we must re-assert, is that which the latest facts have compelled every fair-minded churchman to adopt, that the Church is better with out Church-rates than with them. She would have more money, money heartily contributed and well applied ; she would escape parish broils, and the charge of being the cause of them ; she would cease to present a repulsive aspect to Dissenters, and we verily believe would receive, as free gifts, more money from them than she now wrests from them under the aspect of a heartless extortioner. It is vain to dispute whether Church-rates be a charge on property or not—an odd kind of charge to be sure, one which a majority of those who hold it can any day refuse ; practically, Church-rates are an imposition and a nuisance, and they must be got rid of by abolition. Mr. WALPOLE was surely guilty of a practical, as well as a logical inconsistency in one of his main arguments for his plan. He endeavoured to show that the proportion of Churchmen holding pro perty was very great, and that they showed great willingness to contribute to the rate ; that hence it was a hardship to deprive them of the pleasure of paying a rate—of the pleasure of being forced to pay ! Mr. WAL POLE would, surely, have earned XERXES' prize for the inventor ,of a new pleasure. If the gist of Mr. WALPOLE'S plan is to transfer the liability to Church-rates from the occupiers to the proprietors, and these proprietors be such willing Churchmen, why then let them club voluntarily and raise the money they need. We must finish our remarks for the present ; several points demand notice when we have seen the bill, when we must not forget Lord JOHN RUSSELL for out-Torying the Tories in his zeal for the Church. evening." Was this the result of the noble lord's 53 years' experience of Parliamentary life ? Could he by any possibility suppose that such a subject could be ventilated without producing a score of eager ora tors who would occupy the entire evening and probably require a further adjournment? It was therefore a perfect farce to speak of it as not interfering materially with the Naval Estimates. Had the matter been so very pressing, Lord PALMER STON would nothave encouraged the lion. gentlemen who had been. so urgently appealed to by Sir J. PAKINGTON to persevere in the motions of which they had respectively given notice. " Inveterate, indeed, must be that love of place which would seek, for any other purpose than the discharge of the most imperative public duty, to obtain office at the present moment !" This is the opinion of the Times ; and for once we fully concur with our contemporary. But we can neither "hope nor believe that no party motive is mixed up with the present demonstration." The Viscount in the Opposition is out of ' his element . He has served with so many different parties that he cannot sit easily on the Opposition benches, and therefore he makes the most convulsive struggles to resume the more pleasing position. The nation will not, however, be hoodwinked. The people will clearly comprehend the causes of this new-fledged zeal, and we believe that, accord ing to legal phraseology, the noble lord will " take little or nothing by his motion." Mr. WALPOLE'S Church-rate Bill was treated on Monday by the House with the courtesy and good-will to which his personal character and his obvious motives entitle any measure proffered by him. If he has not succeeded, the fault is in the subject rather than in the man. He is driven by circumstances, probably by conviction too, into a position in which he must attempt that, most unsa tisfactory of all tasks, a compromise—a compromise too with conquerors on the field of battle itself. In front of him stood the now triumphant Church-rate Abolition party, who had often had it all their own way in the very house in which he offers them terms. Behind him were the Newdegates and Russells, the Beresford Hopes and Palmerstons, the Spooners and Cornewall Lewises, who think that Church rates are the linch-pin of Church and State, and that to withdraw them would be to upset the old coach of the Constitution. Good Mr. WALPOLE under takes the thankless office of mediator, and that be tween two parties who have almost made up their miads that no compromise is possible. One side says no man ought to be compelled to pay a penny for worship he does not attend, the other, Lord JOHN RUSSELL being leader, insists that every man is benefited by the Established Church, although he repudiates its creed and liturgy, and should be made to support it. Of this, more presently. Mr. WALPOLE has certainly made himself master of the history of the struggle of the last quarter of a century. He stated its variations fairly ; and he used it to show what the House could not be expected to sanction. It was impossible now to shift the burden to property which had yet paid nothing—impossible to throw it on the general taxation of the country—impossible, he thought, to substitute pew rents—and, very much against the grain, he thought to yield to " the results of a suc cessful agitation." But two more bases of action seemed to be left—that indicated by Sir G. GREY, of repealing, so far as this matter is concerned, the mortmain laws, and inviting the co-operation of voluntary aid, and that of giving relief to Dissenters by direct exemption. On these two principles Mr. WALPOLE founds his proposals. The first six are all directed to en abling landholders and other holders of real pro. perty, as we understand him, to charge their property with a rent charge in perpetuity, towards the objects for which church-rates are now legal; the incumbent and churchwardens to form a cor poration for holding all such property as may in this, and in other specified modes, be contributed in lieu of church-rates. At the same time, those who object to pay may be relieved from doing so by signing a paper, which all collectors are to carry in their books, by which they will declare that they have "conscientious" objections to paying. But how are Church-rates to be finally abolished by this plan ? M r . WALPOLE proposes to leave the old church-rate liability and law precisely as it is, s,Hedistinctly stated that he wanted to leave BirminghamLeed Manchester, and other recu sant towns and villages, an opportunity to return "to obedience to the law." Places where rates have been practically abolished for years are not to be released from their liability. I n a ll o f t h em any pugnacious churchwarden or clergyman, how might re-op en a church lmatrethg know there ever hopeless a o n f d su w c e ce a s l s l , ra te contest; this profession who g lor y in w eenytryconin sider a kind of social martyrdom for the Church. They can set a whole town together by the ears; and look on meekly, as if the human fighting cocks were very:wicked, and those who spurred them and set them on were harmless as doves. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in his bill, very wisely, did recognise the mischief of leaving not "place for repentance," as Mr. WAL POLE strangely fancies, but " place for quarrel and strife" in such towns. Five years' refusal of a rate, the Archbishop thought, should abolish the rate. Mr. WALPOLE has another plan, one by which, we may safely predict,hardly ten parishes in the ten thousand will be freed from rates. When his cor poration, composed ofthe parson and churchwardens, have received, as they think, property of one kind The business of the Stock Exchange is nearly brought to a stand-still. Bulls and bears are alike unwilling to enter into any new operations, and appear only desirous of closing their accounts with all convenient speed. There is, in fact, a total stagnation. The Government broker invests some £20,000 per diem on account of savings banks, and there are some few small bona fide purchases, but that is all ; speculative dealings have been alto gether abandoned. There has been a temporary armistice between the Taurine and Ursine forces, and each party seems to be unwilling to strike the first blow or re-open the contest. For once both parties are completely puzzled. The professions of peace ought to be satisfactory, but unfortunately the active preparations for war lead to very opposite conclusions. The purchases of horses, stores, and war materiel seem to be totally incompatible with the sense of security so highly prized in Capel-court. Deeds, not words," are the guides sought for, and if the EMPEROR would only discontinue his extravagant expenditure and extraordinary exactions for the purpose of in creasing his armaments, he would no longer be considered as " the standing menace to Europe," compelling every nation to' maintain its naval and military expenditure at the very highest point, and either to incur further debt, or to retain its taxation at almost a war rate. This exhausting process is rendered essential by the position taken up by the Emperor NAPOLEON. He it is who checks the prosperity that would naturally attend a period of general peace and tranquillity—who depreciates the quotations of the public Stocks and Funds of every European nation — prevents the men able and willing to work from obtaining " a fair day's wages for a fair day's labour," and prevents that fair credit so indispen sable to commercial transactions ! A little more candour and openness of conduct on the part of the French EMPEROR would smooth away every difficulty, and enable other Sovereigns to apply a considerable portion of their national revenue to the development of their national re sources, and to relieve their overweighted tax-paying communities of some portion of the burthens under which they have been labouring. He will not, however, dispel the mystery, and all his neighbours and allies must be the sufferers for his reserve. It is quite clear that the stagnation in the money market, the undue caution, amounting almost to panic, is attributable solely to the French EMPEROR. Seldom, if ever, have the Bank returns been of a more favourable character. Money is literally a drug in the market. Unexceptionable bills will be discounted at almost nominal rates, but woe to the small dealers ; for notwithstaading the abundance of cash they must either do without or resort to quarters where they must pay more than would be required by regular bankers even during the periods of the greatest scarcity and panic They are the chief sufferers, although of course the consumers must also contribute to some extent to the amount of their losses. By the last account, which appeared in the Gazette of Friday, it appears that the public de posits amounted to £7,620,255, and the private to £14,538,898, or, in other words, nearly • (LATEST NEWS £21,060,000, a large proportion whereof might • be safely used by the Bank, exclusive of its own funds applicable to such purposes. And yet all that is out on private securities is £16,442,466 —an amount that is still gradually decreasing, notwithstanding the rate of discount being almost at the minimum point. The amount of notes in circulation is gradually reducing, now amounting to £20,489,345, and therefore but little exceeding the stock of bullion, which has reached the large sum of £19,747,154 quite suffi cient to sustain a convertible paper currency of £60,000,000, while the notes unemployed, or Bank reserve, is no less than £13,049,985, being an in crease within a single week of £424,900. Why, under such circumstances, there should be any want of money for commercial operations might puzzle the most experienced in monetary affairs. The NAPOLEON bogie may account for the flatness of the public funds, and the complete stagnation of all operations, but it is the dread of losing our gold that prevents capitalists from rendering the required pecuniary accommodation to merchants, traders, and manufacturers. They are biding their time until money becomes more valuable, and mean while the industrial community and the best inte , rests of the country are suffering for what is held in abundance, if the undue caution of the possessors would suffer it to be distributed. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23, 9 A.M. It is reported that Lord Cowley goes to Vienna on a special mission. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. It appears that 30,000 pairs of shoes and 30,000 greatcoats for the Sardinian army have been ordered in France. Intelligence from Hayti states that the ex-Em peror Soulouque has written to M. Mellinel, Consul General of France at Port-au•Prince, thanking him for having preserved him from popular insult. It is stated that Gem Geffrard is negotiating with the Dominicans for the fusion into one state of the two republics. BourtsE, Feb. 22.—The fall of Metalliques in all the German markets has had a depressing influence on the French funds. Threes, after having been done at 67f. 45c., receded to 67f. 25c. Mobilier varied from 745 f. to 740 f. ; Austrian, 522 f. 50c. to 517 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 822 f. 50c. to 820 f. ; Orleans, 1,305 f. to 1,300 f. ; and Southern, 507 f. 50c. to 505 f. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. 96 901CreditToncier.... -- ..... Do. end month 96 90 Belgian 4f . .— -- 3 per Cents 67 35 Piedmonteso (5) .. 82 Do. end month 67 35 Roman ' BB 50 Bank Shares. 2900 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 745 Spanish Threes Do. Account .. . ... 747 50 Home Debt —. , - io i .... • , Or. , , 1 111,„jt. ) ...,„,,i, . q:::,.." '-'''' a' t,tog r ii t A i liiiipi . .Y.; , .?, - , , ~;,... Fat- ,..., ,o i1m,,„,. . Drib .. l' ii;% to ..e - re 4 '._ ' THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1859. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern ... New ditto. 785 —. .. 785 Lyons and Mediterranean 822 50 .. 820 Nevi ditto — .. Geneva 525 .. 525 Midi — .. -- Southern Western 590 .. 537 60 Eastern Grand Central — .. Sardinian - Austrian - Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f..15c. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 25±. ; money, 241 95c. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 10th, in the Journal of Posen, says :—" The central committee established in this city for devising measures relative to the emancipation of the serfs held a few days ago a meeting at which the Emperor presided. M. Mouravieff, one of the ministers, who belongs to the party hostile to the complete emancipation of the serfs, and to the cession to them of lands which they occupy, read the draft of a project carefully drawn up, but which treated only of the ameliora tion of their condition, not of their enfranchisement. The Emperor, after having patiently listened to the end, said, All that is very good, gentlemen, but what is the result ?' Several members of the com mittee replied that they had adhered strictly to the terms of the Imperial ukase, in which there was no question of the emancipation of serfs, nor of lands to be given to them, but only of the amelioration of their position. The Emperor answered, Well, gentlemen, if it be thus that you interpret what I wished, and if you desire to adhere so strictly to the very letter of my ukase, I am ready to publish another !' The members of the committee, alarmed by these words, undertook to draw up a new pro ject." DENMARK. According to accounts from Copenhagen, a letter has been received from the hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg, addressed to the King, and which has been communicated to some of the Legations. This letter relates to the proposi tions which the Danish Government made to the States of Holstein, to obtain their adhesion to the new order of succession ratified by the pro tocol of London. The Prince recprests the King to withdraw that proposition, and declares that if his application be rejected he shall protest against it as an attack on his right of succession to the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, as well as in general to the Danish monarchy. It - is well known that the Princes interested in the order of succession have not adhered to the convention of London of May 8,1852. All that the Danish Go vernment have been able to obtain from the Duke d'Augustenbourg is that he would not oppose ma terially the new order of succession—a declaration which is purely personal and having nothing of the character of a resignation. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Some sensation had been caused by a somewhat disagreeable affair at Corunna. The Captain- General of that province some time ago gave direc tions to the 'commander of the fort of San Antonio, of that port, not to allow any vessels to leave which had not obtained aregular order. An English vessel, the Gibraltar, resolved to leave without one. She was told to stop, but did not obey ; some musket shots were fired at her, but she took no notice ; at last a cannon was fired to make her bring to, and on that she stopped, complied with the formality of obtaining an order, and left. SARDINIA. The Opinione of Turin of the 20th, in a leading article on the subject of the Danubian Principali ties, expresses its conviction that no European Power, except Austria, can object to Col. Couza's double election. A letter from Milan, in the same paper, states that the iron crown has been trans ferred from. Monza to Mantua. The members of the Chamber of Deputies of Sardinia who voted against the loan of 50 millions, not content with the motives brought forward in the discussion against the Ministerial project, have published a declaration, in which they defend themselves against the reproach of serving foreign intentions, and add that the nation well knows that a certain party intends to apply the loan to aggressive purposes, and that it was for that reason they voted against it, and refused to the Cabinet the means of compromising the future wel fare of the country. This declaration is signed by M. Solaro della Margarita and four other members in the name of the 35 who formed the minority. The Presse d' Orient of the 12th, received through Trieste, says :—" It has been already announced that some troops will lu immediately sent to the Danube. It is merely necessary to bear , in mind the difference which recently arose between the Powers who signed the treaty of Paris and Austria, on the subject of a military demonstration of the latter on Belgrade, to comprehend that the sending of some regiments to the Danube cannot, in the present state of things, concern either Wallachia or Moldavia." The Vienna Gazette remarks on the late article of the Prussian Gazette, and declares itself satisfied with the attitude adopted by the Cabinet of Berlin. In alluding to the passage of that article relative to Russia, the official journal of Vienna says : " We have not forgotten the good relations which formerly existed between Russia and Austria, and we remember the time when the principles which are now in question found a powerful support in Russia. That is the reason why we share in the hope expressed by the Prussian Gazette with regard to the good offices of that State in favour of peace." At Venice contracts have been entered into for the construction of three new forts, wnich are to be completed in six weeks. According to the Opinions (of Turin) 5,000 workmen, collected from all parts of the Venetian territory, are already occupied on these works. • THE LATE DEAN OF CIIICHESTER.—We under stand that the late Dean of Chichester (the Rev. Dr. Chan dler) has, by his will, bequeathed the sum of £2,000 to be applied either towards the erection of a new church, the endowment of the Chichester Diocesan College, or to the improvement of the cathedral—to be decided by the new dean and the two archdeacons. After the funeral last week a meeting of the clergy present at the ceremony was held at the deanery, and, on the proposition of Archdeacon Otter, it was resolved that steps should be taken to erect some memorial of the late dean in connection with the building —the cathedral—for the restoration of which he had done so much. It is reported that the form which this memo rial is most likely to take is that of the restoration of the choir,—Sussex Advertiser. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. The 48th representation of " Satanella," which took place last night, was graced by the presence of her Majesty, who was accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, and other distinguished persons. The-house was very fully attended ; and although, in consequence of Miss Louisa Pyne having only just recovered from her recent indispo sition, some of the music belonging to the principal character was omitted, the performance evidently gratified the illustrious party in the Royal box. This is the second time within a very short period that Mr. Balfe's new opera has been similarly honoured. The entertainments terminated with the pantomime of " Little Red Riding Hood," her Majesty remaining until the conclusion of the bur lesque introduction. " Satanella" is now alternated with the " Rose of Castille," which has been revived in almost every essential particular, with the o-iginal cast, and with the same care that was bestowed upon it at the Lyceum and Drury-lane Theatres. Meanwhile the long promised " Rip Van Winkle," by an Ame rican composer (Mr. Bristow), is in active rehearsal, the production of which novelty will in all proba bility constitute the closing incident of the third season of the Pyne and Harrison management, and their first at the new and commodious establishment in Bow-street. THE OALTVAY LINE. GALWAY, FEB. 22, 5 o'CLocK: P.M. The following telegram has just been received by the Rev. Peter Daly from Lord Naas, London : " The Government have recommended the Trea sury to negotiate with the Atlantic Steam Company a contract for a fortnightly mail service between Galway and America, subject to such conditions as may be agreed upon as to speed and efficiency ; the rate of payment not to exceed £3,000 the trip. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, arrived from her residence, Frogmore, yesterday. Her royal highness returned to Frogmore in the afternoon. - We are very glad to learn that the Duke of Buckingham has rallied from his recent severe indisposi tion. It is hoped his grace will shortly be able to remove to London from Scotland, where ho is at present staying. The Countess of Derby will have an assembly this evening at her mansion in St. James's-square. The Earl and Countess of Darnley have arrived at 17, Bruton-stieet. The Earl of Meath has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Icilruddery Castle, Ireland. gir Edmund and Lady Fihner have left Farrance's Hotel for-Windsor. . Yesterday the marriage of the Hon. Miss Eliza beth Shaw Lefevre, youngest daughter of Viscount Evers ley, late Speaker of the House of Commons, with Captain Mildmay, R.N., nephew of Sir Henry Mildmay, was solemnised at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The Bishop of Winchester performbd the ceremony, CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the last meeting Mr. J. W. Kynaston, student in the Liverpool College, was unanimously elected a Fellow for his valuable and original paper "On the true composition of black ash or ball soda." -- - The Cunard screw steamer Etna has been char tered by the United States government to convey the French and English mails for America from South ampton to New York on the 9th proximo. LETTERS TO AFRICA. The American, screw steamer will leave Liverpool on Thursday next, the 24th inst., for the West Coast of Africa, with the mails for that continent. Letters will be received at the Liverpool Post office on that day till 2.15 p.m., with a late fee till 2.45 p.m., and on the landing stage till the departure of the mail tender, about 3.15 p.m. FOREIGN MAILS.—The following' notices were issued from the General Post-office yesterday, viz.:— Mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, Mauritius, Ceylon, and China, via Marseilles, will be despatched on the even ing of the 26th inst. Orissa, for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, and Mauritius mails, via Southampton, on the 26th inst. The next mail from Calcutta direct, Penang, Singa pore, and China, via Marseilles, is due in London on the 26th inst. The next mail from India, via Bombay and Marseilles, is due in London on the 3d proximo. THE PENINSULAR MAIL.—The Tagus arrived at Southampton yesterday with the Peninsular mail. She left Lisbon on the 17th inst., and Oporto and Vigo on the 18th inst. Amongst her cargo was specie to the value of £1,455. The Tyne, with the outward Brazilian mail, ar rived at Lisbon on the 14th, and left for St. Vincent the same day. The Tagus spoke the steamer Vasco de Gama, from England to Lisbon, the steamer Lusitania from Oporto to Lisbon on the 17th inst., and the India mail packet Cey lon, outward bound, off Ushant, on the 21st inst. The in habitants of Oporto are desirous of always getting their mail via Vigo, on account of the difficulty which the mail packet often has in calling at Oporto, and the consequent uncertainty whether the Oporto mail will be landed at Oporto or Vigo. On the outward voyage of the Tagus, she was unable to call at Oporto on account of the weather. VI PASSENGERS FROM BOMBAY.—The following is a list of the passengers by the Ripon steamship, Captain Munro, which left Malta at 6 p.m. on the 15th inst., with the heavy portion of the Bombay mails, and is expected at Southampton on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning : From Bombay.—Mrs. Tilley, three children, and servant; Captain Crozier, Colonel and Mrs. Boyd, infant, and ser vant; Rev. Mr. and Mrs: Churchill, seven children, and servant ; Capt. and Mrs. Hamstead, Lieut. Walker, Lieut. Follett, Lieut. Aylmer, Lie-at. Butler, Capt. Robertson, Capt. Anderton, Mr. Dimmick (4th officer Peninsular and Oriental Company), Mr. Andrews (ditto), Mr. Head (ditto), Mr. Surteds (ditto), Mr. Bowers (3d officer ditto), Captain Breedon, Mr. Bamfield, 13 firemen from the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Northam, G. P. Leese (apprentice, Malabar); Mrs. Cassidy. From Alexandria.— Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Grover, Mr. Pollock (chief engineer to the Orisa ; remains at Malta per order), Miss Temple, A. Grimenez, F. Angelo, and nine distressed seamen. The Hon. Mr. Reed ; American Minister from China, with his son and secretary, were passengers to Malta by the Ripon. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR ALEXANDER LEITH.— General Sir Alexander Leith, well known for his gallantry and achievements during the Peninsular war, died at his seat of Frecfield, Aberdeenshire, on Saturday morning, in his 85th year. He is succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander Leith, Esq. His second son, Major Disney Leith, of the Ist European Regiment of Fusiliers, Bombay, distinguished himself so highly during the Sikh war that he obtained the title of the " Hero of Mooltan." ACCIDENT TO SIR MAURICE BERKELEY.—On Saturday an accident happened to this well-known master of fox-hounds, near Dam - ley. Sir Maurice was following the hounds, which had that morning met at the kennel, and was proceeding with the sport when the horse which he rode put its foot into a cut and threw its rider. Medical assistance was fortunately near at hand, and Sir Maurice was conveyed in the carriage of Mr. Williams, surgeon, of Dursley, to the Castle, where he was attended by that gen tleman and Mr. Hicks, of Berkeley, and on making an exa mination it was found that although he had escaped with out breaking any bones, he had been very much shaken, and severely bruised about the chest and side. No appre • hensions are entertained of any lasting injury to Sir Maurice, and he is reported to be progressing favourably, and we hope will be able soon again to join the meet of the Berkeley hounds. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of business. Alderman Cubitt, chair man of the General Purposes Committee, brought up a re port on the regulation of the traffic over London-bridge, which stated that the commissioner of police considered the arrangements made for the purpose were im practicable, but the committee recommended that they should be tried for month, to be reported upon at the expiration of that time. Some discussion having taken place, Alderman Copeland moved as an amendment that the report be referred back to the committee for further consideration. Alderman and Sheriff Hale seconded the amendment, which was put and negatived. Alderman Wilson moved, as a further amend ment, " That the experiment be tried as far as Lombard street." The - amendment, having been seconded,- was opposed by Alderman Copeland. It was, however, ulti mately adopted, and carried as the origival motion. Tne court then adjourned MARE CTION. THE NOMINATION—(THIS DAY.) The nomination of a fit and proper person to re present this large and influential borough took place this morning, at 11 o'clock, at the hustings erected in Park-crescent, Portland-place. Long before the hour fixed for the commence ment of the proceedings a large number of persons were assembled in front of the hustings. There was an utter absence of the usual electioneering flags and favours, and from about half-past ten until eleved o'clock the district committees of the two candidates—Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and. Colonel Romilly—continued to arrive on foot. The gallant colonel was the first to present himself in front of the hustings, his appearance being marked by a feeble cheer, but when Mr. Edwin James was espied walking up Portland-place, arm in arm with Sir James Duke and Mr. Nicholay, and attended by the members of his central committee, an immense crowd rushed to meet him, and the cheering was kept up the whole of the remainder of the dis tance to the hustings. On the learned gentle man taking his place in front of the erection, he was again most heartily cheered by the assemblage, which by this time amounted to nearly 3,000 per sons. The registered number of electors for Mar•y lebone amounts to 21,000. The writ for the election of a representative to , the Commons House of Parliament, for the borough of Marylebone, having been read by Mr. Scott, GEORGE TAMPLIN, Esq., the returning officer, said the electors of Marylebone had assembled to -day to exercise their valued right of electing a fit and proper person to represent Marylebone in Parlia ment, and while the candidates for the honour ad dressed them he trusted the electors would keep silence, because if they did not do so it would be impossible for them to hear the observations that might be addressed to them. Two gentlemen wore anxious for the honour, viz., Colonel Romilly and Mr. James ; and as a number of gentlemen would have to address them, he trusted a fair and quiet hearing would be given to all parties. (Cheers.) Without further trespassing upon them he would call upon Thomson Hankey, Esq., to nominate his candidate, Colonel Romilly. (Hisses, and faint cheering.) THOMSON HANKEY, Esq., said for nearly thirty years the borough of Marylebone had sent members to Parliament, and during that period he would not say how many distinguished men the electors had chosen to represent them—(cheers)—but amongst them all he felt they had never had one who had more faithfully served them than the one who had just relinquished his important posi tion. (Laughter, cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") The excellent qualities of Lord Eb rington—(laughter)--entitled him to their highest respect, and he felt sure there was not a man in Marylebone who did not wish him a speedy and perfect restoration to health, to enable him to enjoy the comforts of private life at least for somo time. (Cheers.) He felt it would be useless wasting time to dilate on the merits of Colonel Romilly. (Hisses, and cries of " James is our man.") He was no untried man. He had sat in Parliament--(cries of " We don't want him")—and he considered him one of the best men that could be found to fill up the vacancy in the representation of Marylebone. He would support a Liberal Government and Liberal measures. It was true they had two distinguished candidates for the honour ; and without for a moment detracting from the merits of Mr. James, he must say of the two he (Mr. Hankey) thought Colonel Romilly was the most qualified, and he therefore proposed him to the electors of Maryle bone. Mr. BRETTINGIIAM, of St. Pancras, said he had great pleasure in seconding the nomination of Col. Romilly. The electors were called upon to make a selection between a soldier and a lawyer. For himself, he preferred the straightforward, honest soldier, as they knew lawyers were bought and sold like cattle in Smithfield. (Hisses.) Colonel Romilly would vote for the ballot, which would make the House of Commons what it ought to be. He would also vote for the abolition of church-rates, and be found a firm supporter of reform. (Cheers.) Sir JAMES. DUKE, M.P., then came forward to propose Mr. Edwin James, and was received in the most enthusiastic manner. He said he had been selected for the honour of nominating his friend, Mr. James, to represent this great, important, and enlightened borough of Marylebone in Parliament. (Loud cheers.) In speaking of Mr. James, he had not a word to say against his gallant opponent. He was possessed of certain qualifications, but he put it to the electors whether he possessed the necessary ones. (No, no.) His friend, Mr. .James, had not been first in the field somehow or other his opponent had got the start of him—(cries of " Never mind that")—but he trusted that fact would not prejudice him in the opinion of the electors. Mr. James, it was true, was not descended from any high personage, but he had honest blood flowing in his veins, and he felt confident the important interests of the borough of Marylebone could safely be entrusted to him. It had been objected to Mr. James that he was a non-resident in the neighbourhood, but Mr. James would speedily remedy that. (Cheers.) He knew him to be a firm, steady, and consistent Liberal, and as such he proposed him as a fit and proper person to represent the borough in Parlia ment. (Immense cheering.) Mr. Ross said he seconded Mr. James because he looked upon him as a friend of the people. He did not wish to say one word to prejudice Colonel Romilly, who was a highly honourable man, but he did not think he was the pro per man to represent Marylebone. It was Mr. James was a lawyer; but what of that ? He thought that if he was elected, and even made Solicitor-General, he would have just as good a right to walk on the Terrace of Windsor Castle with Queen Victoria as Sir B. Hall. (Cheers.) He thought it would be a credit to Marylebone to have such a representative as Mr. James. He sprung from the people, and he believed he would not desert the people. He knew that Colonel Romilly had the advantage of his friend in the number of paid canvassers, but the electors would elect him notwith standing. He fully trusted that to-morrow he should look upon Mr. James as the representative of Mary lebone in the House of Commons, in which he would honestly and fearlessly defend the political and local rights of the borough. (Immense cheering.) He, therefore, had great pleasure in seconding the nomination of Mr. James. Mr. TAMPLIN asked whether any elector had any other candidate to propose, and receiving no an swer, called upon the respective candidates to address the electors. Colonel ROMILLY then came forward and said he stood there to solicit the honour of representing Marylebone. He thought the tribute paid to their late representative was well deserved. It was true the notice of the vacancy was very short, but his opponent had had quite as much time for the contest as he had. (No, no.) He had given many votes in Parliament, and not one of those votes could be said to be against the popular interests. (A voice, "Explain how you absented yourself from the division on the ballot.") It had been said that, while in Parliament, out of 127 divisions, he had only been present at 27—(hisses) —but such a statement was entirely untrue. (Cheers.) During the period he was in Parliament, which extended Ito three sessions, he had • voted in no less than 336 divisions. (Cheers.) It was said he was not explicit on the church-rate question, but ; •-,hf , had distinctly stated that he would vote Anf their abolition. He was also in favour of Mr. Locke King's £lO county franchise ; and with respect to the charge of being absent when the division took place in the House of Commons on the Ballot, all he could say was that in all these divisions, during the time he had a seat, his name appeared in the division list twice, and once with a pair. With regard to the question of reform, he assured the electors that he would support any practical extension of the suffrage. (Hisses and cheers.) He would make allusiop. to the distinction between a soldier and a lawyer. (A cry—" You've done nothing.") For 10 years he had done his duty as a soldier—(A cry--" And been well paid for it")—and at the present moment he had nothing to do with the army. (A Voice—" You are looking out for it, though.") It was said his opponent was a man of the people ; he (Colonel Romilly) was one also ; so was his father (cheers) who once resided in a humble house in that very borough. All he could say was, that if the electors conferred upon him the honour he sought for he would do his best to protect the rights and interests of Marylebone. Mr. EDWIN JAMES on presenting himself was re ceived with a perfect hurricane of applause. The first few sentences of the learned gentleman's address were entirely lost in the cheering, but we understood him to say that he considered it a scandal and dis grace that five days only should be allowed the constituency of Marylebone to select their representative. They had heard of some arrangement or other, but he put it to the electors whether they would submit to be treated as if Marylebone was a rotten borough, like Gatton or Old Sarum. (Cheers.) They had heard of some arrangements made in a drawing-room in Gros venor-square, but he thought the electors would rebel against such a dictation. They had also heard of a correspondence relative to a va cancy in their representation; but what had Sir Benjamin Hall to do with the retiring address of Lord Ebrington ? (Cheers.) He also thought the electors would agree with him that the correspondence left somebody else in a mess. (Laughter and cheers.) The electors of Mary lebone:would do as Mr. Thomson Hankey had done in the City of London—they would rebel against dictation of any sort. They said in the City " they did not want a young man from Northamp tonshire," and the electors of Marylebone would say, " They did not want a colonel from, a drawing room." (Loud cheers.) He asked the assembly whether they would submit to fuch treat ment? (Cries of "No," and "There's pluck in us yet.") The seconder of his opponent had told them that lawyers were bought and. sold like cattle in Smithfield ; but were Brougham, Denman, or Erskine men likely to be sold ? (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") Then, again, it was said that Colonel Romilly had greater qualifications than he had—that he had nothing to do—all he, Mr. James, could say to that was, that he was just the man to do it. (Laughter and. cheers.) If the electors selected him he should. enter the House of Commons, not as the tool of any party, but he would go there on entirely independent grounds. They had heard a great deal about reform. Lord Derby had a bill, Mr. Bright had a bill, and Lord John Russell said he had one in his coat-tail pocket ; but why were they not produced ? If he found that Lord Derby's bill was a good and sincere one, he would give it his utmost support. He would be no party to a factious opposition made by an effete faction, who seemed to imagine they were born to govern. (Loud cheers.) Let the bills be produced, and he said again, if the Government bill was a good one, he should support it—if not, he would do all he could to upset the Government. He would support an ex tension of the suffrage, the abolition of church-rates, and a wise supervision over the public expenditure. Lord Palmerston had given notice for a motion on Friday next, which looked rather ominous, but he trusted war would never again arise ; but if it did it was the duty of the Government to be fully prepared for it. (Cheers.) His gallant opponent, in one thing, was his superior, that was "paid canvassers." (Cheers.) He (Mr. James) re lied upon the enthusiasm and honesty of the electors, and he confidently expected that to-morrow he should be returned as their representative at the head of the poll. (Cheers, and a voice " with a clear majority of 2,000.") With respect to his non-residing. in the borough, all he could. say was that, being a bachelor, it did not much matter to him where he resided, but by their next meeting that slight objection would be removed. (Cheers.) The RETURNING OFFICER then called for a show of hands, when about thirty at the most in the whole of the vast assemblage, were held up for Colonel Romilly. On Mr. Edwin James's name being pronounced, the assembled thousands held up their hands, and amidst enthusiastic cheer ing the returning officer declared the show to be in favour of Mr. James. A poll was demanded by Colonel Romilly, and it was fixed to commence at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning, and finally close at 4. The proceedings, which had been of the most orderly description, then terminated. EAST WORCESTERSHIRE. The election of a representative for East Worces tershire, in the place of Colonel Rushout, took place yesterday, the candidates being the Hon. Mr. Calthorpe and. Mr. Pakington. The poll com menced at eight and closed at five o'clock. There were eight polling places appointed—viz., Broils grove, Droitwich, Evesham, Dudley, Pershore, Stourbridge, Kingsnorton, and Shipston-ou-Stour. Although the whole of these places with the excep tion of the last two have the telegraph running close to them the candidates had made no arrange ments for obtaining regular returns from these places, but depended upon messengers and railway trains. What messages were obtained by means of the telegraph were kept strictly private, each party putting forth only such accounts as were favourable to their particular side. The conse quence was that the progress of the poll was kept almost entirely secret as far as the public were concerned. At Pershore, the stronghold of the Conservative party, there was as much of the popular excitement—bell -ringing, colours, music, &c.—as in the old time before the passing of the Reform Bill, and at Evesham there was nearly the same display. Sir John Pakington arrived at Droitwich about three o'clock from London, and proceeded at once to the hustings, where he recorded his vote for his son. At Bromsgrove the greatest excited prevailed throughout the day ; the crowd increased towards the afternoon, and disturbances commenced soon after three o'clock, the windows of the town-hall were broken, and; in the appre hension of more serious consequences, a police force was despatched from Birmingham. At six o'clock a report reached that place that the Riot Act had been read, and that scenes of violence had taken place. At Kingsnorton, and the other polling-places near Birmingham, good order prevailed throughout the day. At the close of the poll Mr. Calthorpe's com mittee announced the numbers to be as follows : Calthorpe . Pakington Majority for the Liberal . 326 The figures put forth, however, by the different committees were somewhat conflicting, and the correct state of the poll will probably not be pub licly known until the official declaration. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Termagant, 25, Capt. R. Hall, got up steam in Portsmouth harbour yesterday to proceed to Spithead at high water, but just prior to the time for starting it was found the screw could not be lowered into its proper position, and in endeavouring to ascertain the cause of this a leak was discovered in her slop room, which may possibly cause the ship to be placed in dock before proceeding to Spithead. Should the extent of the leak be ascertained and stopped in the ship's present position, and she should conse quently not require docking, she will go to Spit head and be officially inspected by the Commander in-Chief, Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, on Thursday. The Biitannia, naval cadet training ship at Ports mouth, Capt. R. Harris, will be inspected by Ad miral Sir George F. Seymour on the 25th inst. Her Majesty's screw steam yacht Fairy, at Ports mouth, yesterday steamed out to Spithead to try her machinery after completing her late extensive repairs. She afterwards took in her harbour moor ings off the Royal Clarence-yard. The Himalaya screw steam troopship, Commander Seccombe, at Portsmouth, was yesterday inspected by Colonel Somerset, C. 8., M.P., Capt. Seymour, C. 8., Capt.. Gordon, C. 13., ar.d. Staff-Surgeon J. 0- Moore. Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, the Commander-in-Chief, afterwards visited the Hima laya, and complimented Commander Seccombe ou the very favourable report he had received from the inspecting officers. The Himalaya embarked a, portion of the troop baggage yesterday, and this day embark the troops (2d battalion 13th Foot, Prince Albert's Light Infantry). The Lords oft u Admiralty have directed that the mess charges r all the officers belonging to her Majesty's ship Himalaya shall be increased as follows :—The Com mander, from £5 to £7 per month ; Ward-room Officers, from £3 to £5 per month ; and the Guile; room Officers, from 255. per month to £ 3 P month. 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