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THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 1860. Thanks to a timely, a complete, and altogether a very excellent pamphlet just issued from the press of the Messrs: MACMILLAN of Cambridge,* we are enabled to judge with some distinctness (just before the reassembling of Parliament) of the progress and of the wants of the Volunteer Movement. The compiler in this instance, or pamphleteer (Mr. DUDLEY BAXTER), has contrived in the course of a sufficiently brief and very readable epistle, addressed to the Earl DE GREY and RIPON, to give a succinct history of all that it is really essential to know in regard to the rifle corps movement, in reference to the most important results at least of its rise and development. The noble lord whose name has been here particularised as that of the ad ministrator especially addressed by the pamphleteer has been selected by the latter as the recipient of his communication, for the simple-reason that his lordship, as one of the Under-Secretaries of State for 'War, has had this Volunteer movement placed particularly under his charge ; and, furthermore, that the noble earl is known personally to take a very great interest in it. Therefore it is that Lord DE GREY and RIPON is singled out as the mark far the paper pellet fired at the War Office by the pamphleteer. If for nothing else, the " opuscule" before us would be recognised as valuable and in teresting for the authentic tables contained in it (extending from page 5 to page 14 inclusively), e numerating. the Volunteer Corps throughout Great Britain, giving us an estimate of their expenses, 813 P cif Ying as nearly and as accurately as possible the strength (numerically) each has already at tained, and intu • nating at a glance, by a simple variation in the typography, which have been and which have not been gazetted. Be- and this, however, the brochu re calls attention to certain difficulties already noticeable in the as more or less obstructing the working oritsystems machinery. The particulars, tabularly arranged (pp. 5-14) in the pamphlet, are brought down to the First of January, and are drawn variously from the Army List and the public newspapers. They include more than the two classes of corps already spe cified—the gazetted and the ungazetted—they embrace a third class, namely, those which have been comtaenced at public meetings, but which are not yet organised. In regard to these three classes, the writer observes—" Their strength is given a:3 reported, where the notice was of recent * The Volunteer Movement ; its Progress and Wants. 8". pp. O. Macmillan and Co,, 1860. B E NS 0 N'S WATC H E S. " Perfection of mechanism."--Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 3.3 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Py ne and htr.W. Harrison. THUS EVENING, VICTORINE. Messrs. Mengis, 'IL Hal2t, H. Ccrri, G. Honey, Walworth, dm Misses rarepa Thirlwall. ROYAL Conductor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Doors open at half-past 6 —C o mmence at 10 minutes to 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LeSBCP, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS. Miss Reynolds. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. • THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Re-engagement of the Spanish Dancers. THIS EVENING, the popular Drama of ST. MARY'S EVE. Madeline (her original character) Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING THRUSHBEARD, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. H. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan sense of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre Family. These hizhly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. After which, a new f - ,hristmas burlesque pantomime, by 11. J. Byron, called JACK TILE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Are...ur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—llarlequin, Mr. Cormack - Panta loon, Mr. faulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. R ONAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. In consequence of the great success and demand for places, there will be Two More Morning Performances of the Pan tomime of JACK THE JIANT KILLER, universally ack nowledged the best Pantomime of the season, on MONDAYS, January 23 and 30. Children under Ten Half-price ; com mence at two o'clock. VEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL 11 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of THE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, TIIE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smitb, Billington, Powell, Romer, Miss Woo'gar, K. Kelly. ,- • , After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Moe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor ler bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. POYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS ETENING the nerfornumces will conunenoe with PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Messrs. 11. T. Craven and J. Francis, Mesdames Murray and Eliza Arden. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Supportd by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, dze. - , Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform - anoe commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE ; Westminster-road. • The Last Fiye Weeks of Mr. Cooke's Season THIS EVENING, the New Spectacular Drama by Mr. R. Phillips, THE WARRIOR'S CAREER, with full stud of Horses and great effects.—Scenes in the Circle by Astley's world-renowned .Equstrians, terminating with the Eques trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY; or, Old Towler thelfuntsman and the God dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and dazzling Transformation Scene.—llarlequin, M. Richarde ; Columbine, Mdlle. Mason! ; Clown, _M. Hilderbrandt ; Pan taloon, Mr. P. Abbot -A family of Sprites - Epsom Races by Living Jockies and real Ponies, with ring and Stage com bined—Performing Elephant, Dogs and Monkeys, and the Great Salamander War Horse enveloped by, real fire. Commence at 7. Notice.—The Grand Day performances, at Two o'clock, will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21 and 2S, and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 11. Mr. Cooke respectfully intimates his Farewell Benefit will take place on Monday. Jan. 30. CANTERBURY HALL CON CERT S.- EVEItY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from Xleyerbeer's new opera of DINORAII. - - - Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critellileld, and E. W. Mackney. - • Several interestinz Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant eights of the metropolis. ROSA BON II EUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 20, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.30—5ti1l falling. WIND, South-Westerly ; fresh and squally, with con tinuous rain, and dirty weather. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuffs DAY.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 21m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, lb. 16n. From the above it will be perceived, as we took occasion to intimate yesterday in our strictures upon Lord NIELviLLE's speech at Edinburgh, that Scotland has paid but small regard to the absurd views entertained, in regard to the Rifle Corps movement, by her redoubtable Commander-in- Chief. While Lord MELVILLE scanning deri sively the agitation of this Rifle Corps movement, after the fashion of Sir CHARLES COLVSTREAM, sees really " nothing in it"—ScotlanLi ac tually takes more kindly and more :‹ea lowly to the movement than England and Wales ! Insomuch that we find " Edinburgh and Berwick, can boast of 11 volunteers to every 1,000 inhabitants, and the average for the whole of Scotland is 5 per 1,000. Whereas no English county reaches a higher proportion than 4-.1- per 1,000." It is true that even the 11 per 1,000 of Edinburgh and Berwick have been surpassed in Oxford and Cambridge, where we find as many as 14 and 18 per 1,000 of the inhabitants enrolled as volunteers. But, taken as a whole, the proportions are im mensely in favour of the patriotic ardour of the Scotch. No English county, as we have seen, attaining a higher proportion than 41 per 1,000, while upon the whole of Scotland it is, upon a broad average, as many as five for every thousand ! So much for my Lord MELVILLE and his super cilious and contumelious depreciation of the Rifle Volunteers. To the rest of the statistics compacted together in this singularly opportune and most acceptable pamphlet we heartily commend the attention of all in any way interested in the progress of the Move. ment. With regard now to the propositions put forward in the sequel of his argument by Mr. DUDLEY BAXTER, we shall content ourselves here with one single quotation. The pamphleteer has estimated, andwith reason, the probable aggregate of the volunteers by next summer at 100,000. Cal culating the annual expenses of the whole force at L 2 2s. per man,or at a total for the 100,000 of £210,000 —and taking the average cost of the rifle and artillery corps at £5 ss. per man, or upon the total of 100,000 at £525,000, he observes, " A patriotic movement which is likely to produce contributions in money and equipmments of so large a value as £525,000, and which will probably pledge itself to an annual expense of between £lOO,OOO and £200,000 ought not to be neglected, or treated in a parsimonious spirit. That would be a short-sighted, as well as an ungenerous policy. If Me volunteers dwindle away, we shall never again have 100,000 men on such easy terms. The yeomanry cost £6 a man, and the militia cannot be less than £4 per annum. The volunteers will think themselves handsomely aided with £1 for each effective member." Those words are surely sufficient of themselves. They need not one syllable of commentary for their enforcement. All we need do now, therefore, is very earnestly to commend them to the consideration of every really patriotic member of the Lower House of Par liament. When a Dissenter pleads his conscience as a rea son for declining to pay Church-rates, the High Churchman turns round and tells him that his con science is in his pocket. Now, whether Dissenters can fairly be suspected of pocket consciences, when the " temporalities " in question are so small, may well be doubted —and most candid persons will at tribute the objection to pay to the same sense of injustice which resents so frequently the over charge of a penny, while the objector would freely contribute his pound. But when a POPE pleads his conscience against an EMPEROR, and uses this convenient plea as the chief, or only one, for retain ing in his possession territories almost as large as the entire native land itself of Ananias and Sapphira, we can but feel that he has something in view for which it may be worth while to imitate the worthies on whom St. Peter himself inflicted such condign punishment. Of course we do not doubt that Popes are as conscientious as they are in fallible—only—in the eyes of carnal-minded lay men, when conscience pleads for temporal dominion, wealth, and aggrandisement, these grand tem poral things hide conscience from their view. When they see any man, and especially a man who claims to concentre in his person the attri butes of the Great REDEEMER himself, eager to govern all he can, and get all he can in the worldly sense, they have need to be told that "conscience" is the reason for it all, for they would not guess it was there, were they not told it. They do not themselves pretend to seek " temporalities " for " conscience' sake," and it is only by a most vigorous effort of faith—of faith against all their own experience—that they call conceive even of his holiness doing from conscience what they always do from motives passable enough as the world goes, but having no title to the dignity or respectability of a conscientious paternity. But the Pope, unfortunately, is under the strongest temptation to affiliate his mental offspring to the more respectable of the two fathers of all his thoughts. Unfortunately, we say, because th e world will think that offspring so lik e its own must have the same origin. Leaving, however, the conscience of his Holiness, and letting it pass for what it is worth, we can only apply to the case the ruder judgment of mere laymen. We make a conscience of justice we hope, though our claims to " Holiness" may be but small; and in this balance by which laymen settle their affairs we must weigh the claims of even his Holi ness, to the Legations. He puts rebellion into one scale. We put the right of rebellion into the other. When, then, w e l oo k at h i s we i g h t an d ours , we see in his nothing but a word ; in ours some thing so solid that it has outweighed, at some time or other, the mero word, in perhaps every State in Christendom, or even in the world. England, France, Germany, Italy itself, all are what they are, in virtue of repeated rebellions. In deed our snug little island itself was once the fief of the POPE, but our sturdy barons, like the sturdy Bolognese, saw fit to rebel against his Legate. England had no fancy to becoming or remaining a Legation—an outlying dependency of his Holiness. Our patriots, like those of Italy, rejected his temporal rule before they repudiated his spiritual authority ; and his temporal assumptions had much to do with our discerning the absurdity of his spiritwil preten sions. Hi t: Tilly probable is it that in Italy it will be the same, and that his clinging to temporalities will convince those who are now faithful Catholics, that Popes cagoot be the successors, as the Catholic Marquis D'AZEGLIO says, of Him who said that His " Kingdom was not of this world," and of Apostles who certainly had no temporal power to delegate. All the free nations, and all the lovers of liberty in Europe and in the world, are of one mind re specting the right of the Legations and of the other Roman States too, to abolish at once and for ever the temporal reign of. the POPE. Never amongst all persons deserving the name of freemen, was there a greater unanimity than on the fact that the Government of the POPE is amongst the scandals of civilization. We need not repeat the results of M. ABOUT'S investigations. The main facts had been known for years. The very laws—witness those respecting the Jews, by which Mr. LANGDALE has the effrontery to defend that outrage on the most sacred rights of humanity in the Mortara case—are, many of them, worthy only of the darkest ages. But the administration of them is a disgrace to the name of Government. It is obviously such, without descending to de tails, that those who live under it would not do so one moment longer, were foreign bayonets withdrawn. What can the POPE'S foolish sup porters make of this undeniable fact ? Will they, in this country at least, pretend that subjects de serve the name of rebels in any dishonourable sense when their ruler cannot rely on a native army ? What would they think of their own case, if the Government of our QUEEN were such, that she t3are not enlist Englishmen into her army, but had to hire all the mercenary scamps of the Con tinent and make them her guards ; and had, in addition, to ask our distinguished ally for some 100,000 men to prevent her subjects from sending her back to Saxe-Gotha ? As to the practical part of the case, however, we suspect the conscience of his Holiness will be taken little account of, whether a Congress meet or not. Diplomatists look only at what can be done. Con gress, or no Congress, force is renounced. That fact is the key to the whole question. Count CAVOUR, the Italian patriot, is again in power. GARIBALDI is exerting his influence again. BIION OOMPAGNI is writing earnestly for Malian liberty, and doing something for it too. The professed respect of Louis NAPOLEON for the treaty of Zurich is a mere piece of verbal consistency ; the FACTS are all working towards the independence of the Lega tions and of Italy, while the POPE and his Cardinals have to be content with words ; the King of SARDINIA evidently feels freed from his former constraint; the Emperor of the French openly fraternises with our Government, whose views are sufficiently well known. The result we may hope will be the certain freedom of the Legations, and, if French soldiers leave Rome—which it is ru moured they will do, though we can hardly believe it—the freedom of Italy from the Alps to Sicily. THE EARL OF DERBY A T LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 20. One of the most distinguished companies that ever aseembled to grace the civic board met last evening at the Town-hall. The party was a pri vate one, being one of those genial and hospitable reunions for which our chief magistrates are so famous. The guests numbered about 50, including the Eafl of Derby, Lord Stanley, Sir Thomas G. Hesketh, Bart., Mr. Thomas B. Horsfall, M.P., Mr. Joseph C. Ewart, M.P., the Hon: Algernon Egerton, M.P., and Captain Mends, R N. After dinner the usual round of toasts afforded ample scope for the easy play of eloquence, which, under the shelter of privacy, became, if not so spirited, more sparkling, The Earl of Derby, in a lengthy address, alluded to the state of the political world. He expressed a hope that the ensuing session would witness the adoption of a Reform Bill. It was desirable that the vexed question should be set at rest, and he believed the Conservative party would offer no factious opposition to the present Ministry in bring ing forward a substantial measure of Reform. The liberal Ind manly tone pervading the speech elicited frequent applause. Lord Stanley was also happy in his remarks, which indicated sympathy for progress in toleration. The health of his worship, the Mayor, was pro posed by the Earl of Derby, and heartily received. The company separated about 11 o'clock. .. ca,. ":;-' , :i• „ g t ~ t 'Vt. ) c• - ' -''' - z-,- - e ‘, :=SI 6 S.-,, ins 4( vi . . 7, ,_-. i %OP .., 04,170 , ,- r-4, 1 :-. l ' +-- , -e , „.,., 1 - ; , „ 4 ...• , - .. -. :( ~,,,, , :..,, , 0-1,, ,,, t- -. ,--. i , ,---calizsi, •- ~,,-..,',.. - t..... ....,... date. It is increased where, from the time that has elapsed, there is reason to expect that the corps is now nearer the average size. Where no numbers are reported, it is calculated by the following rules : Gazetted rifle companies are estimated at an average strength of 80, being the mean between their mini mum of 60 and their maximum of 100 ; and gazetted rifle subdivisions at an average of 40. Gazetted artillery companies are by a similar process put down at an average of 65, and sections at 40. Un gazetted rifle companies, as bein g more lately formed, are calculated at an average strength of 70, and their sub-divisions at 35 ; and ungazetted artillery companies and sections at 55 and 30. The third class of corps are supposed to average 50 effectives, except in very small places." Acting upon this plan in his calculations, the pamphleteer brings us at last to this very satisfactory conclusion that already in England and Wales and Scotland we possess as nearly as may be some 73,000 odd hundred volunteers. The result is so important that we give the writer's tabular statement in its entirety : SUMMARY OF THE ESTIMATED VOLUNTEER FORCE ON JANUARY 1, 1860. ❑ ropula. Volunteers. Country. tion. i Artler y'Rifles. ' Total t. c. 2 5 England Wales Scotland Add for omissions 800; 7,200; 8 000 I Grand Total .... 20,810,351! 6,716! 67,0781 73,794 3.5 ISE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING; JANUARY 20, 1860 ROYAL THEATRICALS. The fourth dramatic performance this season took place last night at Windsor Castle. The following was the pro gramme : A comedy, in two acts, by Mr. Tom Taylor (adapted from M. Octave Feuillet), entitled, THE HOUSE OR THE HOME? The Right Hon. Horace Chetwynd, M.P. General Witherington C.B Mr. C. Selby Frederick Wardour (clerk to the Foreign office) Mr. Billington Lady Helen Chetwynd Miss H. Simms The Hon. Mrs. Wardeur (mother to Frederick) Hopwood (Lady Helen's maid) Miss Laidlaw After which a petite drama, in one act, by Mr. Benjamin Webster, entitled, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. William Penn Holder Mr. Benjamin Webster Mr. Beaumont Fletcher (a barrister and dramatic author) Mr. Billington Mr. Belgrave Jones (porter, &c., to the Adelphi chambers) Mr. C. J. Smith Miss Constance Belmour Miss H. Simms [Under the management of - Mr. George Ellis, and under the direction of Mr. W. B. Donne, her Majesty's Exa miner of Plays.] [The 'Theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve.] Shortly after eight o'clock the Queen and Prince Con sort, with the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Arthur, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and accompanied by the dinner company, entered the Theatre in St. George's Hall, when the performance immediately commenced. THE LATE QUICK PASSAGE OF TEE PRINCE ALBERT.- The following authentic abstract from the log of the At lantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company's screw steam-ship Prince Albert, which has been forwarded for publication, may not be uninteresting to our readers. It will be seen that from New York to St. John's, Newfound land, the Prince Albert averaged 11 knots an hour, and from St. John's to Galway (i.e., across the Atlantic), during the whole passage, 12 knots an hour. This is a great thing for any steam-ship to have done. It is the first return voyage of the Prince Albert since she was lengthened, altered, and strengthened by Messrs Laird, of Birkenhead, for the company : Abstract Log of steam-ship Prince Albert's sixth voyage, Nicholas Prowse, Commander, from New York and St. John's, Newfoundland, to Galway : Date —January. Course. Dis. Winds. - deg. N. 54 K 214 Westerly. N. 74 E. 270 S.W. N. 61 E. 294 S.W. N. 56 E. 252 S.W. N. 64 E. 260 Westerly. N. 57 E. 274 W.S W. N. 87 E. 306 W.N.W. N. 83 E. 282 W. N. 88 E. 802 S.S.W. N. 89 E. 280 N.W. Thursday, sth* Friday, 6th Saturday, 7th Sunday, tith M nday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 11th. Thursday, 12th Friday, 13th Saturday, 14th Sunday, 15th .. • • Monday, 16thl. • • • 40.52 42.09 41. 0 40.51 49.30 51.58 E 2.30 53.01 53.12 6. 4 .59 63.10 57.20 52.21 40.t.0 40.50 3?.30 25.01 16.40 * Left the wharf at New York at 2.30 p.m. t At 10 a.m. sounded on the banks of Newfoundland, then steered Nll deg, IV 40 miles for Cape Spear. Passed an iceberg, bearing from Cape Spear about N by E half E, distant 30 miles. Made Cape Spear 4.45 pm. t. Left St. John's at 3 p.m. ; discharged pilot outside the harbour 3.15 p.m. Anchored at Galway 11.30 a.m. NICHOLAS rnowsz, Commander. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, lAN. 20. The following diplomatic changes have been decided upon, and will be published in the Moniteur immediately after the arrival of Thouvenel : M. Adolph Barrot, at present Ambassador at Madrid, to succeed M. Thouvenel at Constantinople. The Duke de Grammont, Ambassador at Rome, to replace M. Barra. The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne to be raised to the rank of Ambassador at the Papal Court. M. de Billing, Chef du Cabinet (private) under Count Walewski, to be Chief of the Financial De partment at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, re placing M. Armand Lefebvre, who is to return to his former office at the Council of State. VIENNA, JAN. 20. The following is official:— All reports published by the Sardinian papers concerning the desertion of Hungarian soldiers from the garrisons in Venetia are unfounded. The results of an inquiry, ordered by the Com mander-in-Chief of Verona, show that not one Hungarian soldier has deserted his colours since the conclusion of the peace at Villafranca. Several secret agents, however, have been arrested for en deavouring to tamper with the Hungarian regi ments. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Patrie of this evening, in mentioning the reports on the Ministerial crisis in Sardinia, says : " The appointments of Count Cavour and Gen. Farini as Ministers are positive, but nothing cer tain is as yet known as regards the other Ministers. "Letters from Florence state that, in consequence of a conspiracy in favour of the Grand Duke hav ing been discovered, several arrests have taken place." SARDINIA. TURIN, JAN. 19. The slight indisposition of the King continues, and in consequence the reception of Baron de Talleyrand; who was to present his lettrea de creance to-day, did not take place. The following will probably be the list of the new Ministry Foreign: Affairs War General Fanti. Public Instruction Signor Mamiani. Finance .... Signor Jacini. Justice Signor Cassini. Public Works . Signor Elena. For the Ministry of the Interior M. Dexambrois, Signor Farini, and Signor Cassilla are spoken of, but nothing has as yet been decided. ANTIBES, JAN. 19. The Governor of Nice has prohibited the journal L'Avetair from discussing the annexation of Savoy to France, and reproducing articles of foreign papers treating on that question. MARSEILLES, lAN. 19. M. de Thouvenel has arrived here, and will leave this evening for Paris. M. de Lesseps has also arrived. Letters from Constantinople to the 12th inst. report that Kibrisli Pasha was about to return to office, Sir Henry Bulwer having expressed to the Sultan the displeasure of the English Government at his dismissal: M. de Thouvenel had, before leaving for Paris, insisted upon receiving a more precise declaration concerning the Suez Canal project. Adviees from Athens of the 12th state that a change of Ministry was shortly expected. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle (Seoond Edition) says We do not yet know all the details of the Treaty, but we feel persuaded that both France and England will find it greatly to their advantage, because, from what has come to our knowledge, the general bases will be as follows :-- " On the side of France, suppression of prohibi tions, and diminution of the duties on coal and iron. " On the part of England, reduction of the duty on wines, spirits, articles de Paris, and silks." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) The Treaty of Commerce with England will be signed before the present week is out. Lord Cowley has returned to Paris with full powers to do so, and there only remains some minor details to complete that most important act. The Emperor is, as you are aware, bound by engagement till July, 1861, in favour of the French manufacturers ; but it is said that the treaty will take effect in England forth with, though not in France for 18 months to come. This satisfaction will, perhaps, not be grudged, considering the difficulties that had to be met here. The Prohibitionists are, as might be expected, most discontented at the fall of their monopoly. We hear of threats of blowing out furnaces, shut ting up manufactories, leafing thousands of work men on the streets to starve, or to be fed by the Government, &c. 150 angry Protectionists, from various departments, assembled in the courtyard of the Minister of Commerce and Public Works yesterday, and asked an audience. M. Rouher professed his wish to hear what they had to say, 150 men haranguing all at the same time was not to be thought of, and it was difficult to give an hour to each. They agreed to name a deputation of five, who conferred with the Minister on the projected reforms, that is against them. What passed I know not, but we may guess the sort of arguments they put forward; andl doubt that they convinced the Minister that France would inevi tably be ruined if the impost levied on the French people for the benefit of a few were done away with. • _ _ The " inquiry" commenced the day before yester day, when M. Minerel and other noted Prohibi tionists pitted themselves against M. Dollfus and others on the opposite side. A manufacturer, well known for his wealth and his liberal opinions on these matters, declared, in the presence of many persons, that he was actually ashamed of the enor mous profits which he and his confreres had made for years past. The Debate, which at first excited some surprise by the terms in which it spoke of the Emperor's letter in favour of a greater freedom of commerce, now publishes a strong article from the pen of M. Michel Chevalier, the well-known political econo mist, praising in the most unqualified manner the proposed modifications. The Imperial plans, he observes, are above all distinguished by the great characteristic that they have nothing in common with those hasty projects which are called into existence by political necessities, but are, on the contrary, the fruit of long and patient examination, arriving ei ery s whicho a peace. a theconclusion, Emperorl n j just additions hast i in t o t n i amt the e e t dt o v inaugura for te u g a l policy his views—readiness of communication and pub lic credit—M. Chevalier suggests, as a third, pro fessional education, so as to prepare a greater num ber for the industrial arts. The article then pro ceeds to say— "What is not less significant in the Imperial letter is the qualification it contains of the system of ultra-regula tion. Our great:enterprises,' it says, ' are embarrassed by a host of restrictive regulations.' These words deserve to be received with the utmost gratitude, In France regula tions paralyse almost everything. Tha meet fecund ideas of the Government itself are smothered or impeded by regu lations. As one example of this truth among recent events let us take draining. The admirable effects of draining hav ing been well established, the Emperor solemnly announced one day that 100,000,000 f. would be lent to agriculture to promote drainage. But regulations intervened, and the idea of the Chief of the State became a dead letter. In proof of this, ask what is the amount of the advances made on account of the 100,000,000 f." The writer also directs attention to the fact, that although the importation of machines for agricultural purposes and of tools has been strongly favoured by the Emperor, the severity of the Customs' regula tions has completely neutralized the boon. The duty, which ought to be about 15 per cent. in the usual course of things, is raised by the exigencies of the Customs' formalities to not less, in many cases, than 100 per cent: To struggle against such a system would be nothing but a waste of time, and some sweeping change, like that proposed by the Emperor, could alone remedy the evil. On the approaching abolition of the prohibitive system the writer remarks in these terms : " A part of the Imperial letter which seems destined to produce a great sensation, and which has already drawn forth general eulogium, is that which announces the fall so impatiently expected of the prohibitive system, which, in France, obtained proportions of which the annals of the whole world do not offer another example. It will not bo ono of the least strange episodes in the history of our times in the eyes of posterity, that this system, inaugurated during a furious war, and with a formal assurance that it should not survive peace, has been able to prolong its exist ence for nearly half a century after peace hal shed on nations its fertilising rays. It subsists entire in 1860, in spite of our desire to abolish it, caused by the example of the nations surrounding us. A coalition of private interests, which displayed prodigious activity in its hostility to the public welfare, succeeded in imposing on all Governments the maintenance of this retrograde institution, with its escort of such violent measures, unworthy of a civilised age, as confiscation, domiciliary visits, and search of the per son." As to the period at which prohibition will cease in France, M. Chevalier observes that, as the Im perial promise has been giTen, that it should not be brought to a close before the month of July, 1861, no doubt can exist that until then it will be main tained in all its plenitude. TILE BOURSE, Jan. 19.—Market dull, but prices steady. Threes have been done at 68f. 75c., to 68f. 85c. ; Mobilier 767 f. 50c. to 770 f. ; Austrian, 535 f. ; Lombard, 535 f. ; Lyons, 918 f. 75c. to 920 f. ; Orleans, 1,385 f. to 1,387 f. 50c. ; Western, 582 f. 50c. 535 f. ; Southern, 507 f. 50c. to 510 f. The fol lowing were the last quotations:- 41 per Cents. .... 97 50 Credit Fonder 730 Do. end month .. 97 35 Belgian 4} 99 1 per Cents 6B 80 Piedmontese (5) .. 84 75 Do. end month 6B 80 Roman Bl 75 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 770 Spanish Threes - Do. Account ..... 770 home Debt 43 25 LITERATURE. Undercurrents Overlooked. By the Author of " Flemish Interiors," &c. 2 vols. Bentley. This work treats of a momentous subject, and one whose importance is becoming daily more generally recognised. The situation of the lowest classes in large cities is a theme which always awakens the sympathy of the philanthropist and the attention of the social philosopher. A book, therefore, which sets before us truly the state of our labouring population, their sufferings and sins, their struggles and ,s / uccesses, the evils with which they have to combat, and the advantages which some of them possess over others, would be a work of value. We are:bound to say, however, that these volumes by no means fulfil this purpose. They consist entirely of a comparison of the worst phases of English poverty and crime with the best aspects of the Parisian lower classes, interspersed with remarks on the wonderful efficacy and self-denial of Catholic charity and the coldness and apathy of Protestant England. We do not question the perfect sincerity of the writer, or his earnest commiseration for the suffering he describes, but he has no right to under take a work of this kind with a feeling of prejudice in his mind. In the first place it is very difficult to make a fair comparison between England and any continental nation from official papers. Our evils and faults of administration, great as they may be, are never sheltered by national mystifica tion or hypocrisy. Public papers, reports to Parliament, letters, speeches, police courts, and other channels, bring to the light all the failings that can be discovered in the working of our system. We are so ready to grumble at our own faults, that continental nations, who studiously keep theirs in the background, cannot understand us, and think we are undoubtedly much worse tha n they are. In the second place, our worst-managed workhouses, asylums, &e., would look very well on paper, which is all we see of many of the Catholic and Parisian institutions in these volumes. The practical work ing of the one is dwelt upon, the cases which have occasionally been brought before magistrates of cruelty, aid similar charges are given at great length, while the plan of the other only is stated. :The rules are cited and their admirable na ture enlarged upon. Again, setting aside prejudice, the author has not perhaps had a fair opportunity of judging of Protestant charities. How is it that we hear nothing of the large numbers relieved by our hospitals ? Of the Free Hospital needing no recom mendation but sickness and poverty, relieving two or three thousands weekly? How is it that the numbers of Ragged Schools are not mentioned, and the strenuous efforts now being made,by Churchmen and Dissenters alike, to reach the lowest and most depraved classes are not even alluded to ? No doubt the working of our Poor-laws and Poor-rates are inefficient and defective ; no doubt hundreds in this wealthy city are struggling for bare subsistence ; no doubt there is among us, as among other na tions, a large number absorbed in their own gains and profits, and indifferent to the wants of the poor ; but the picture before us is drawn in extrava gant colours by an unfair and partial hand. Eng lishmen who peruse it will be inclined to question, if the lack of Catholic institutions is the eause of all this vice and misery, how it is that the sister island does not afford a happier contrast, and how it is that the domains over which the heads of the Church have ruled with unlimited power for ages are just now the most disturbed and discontented provinces in Europe It is simply absurd to take two great nations with an immense population with all the intelligence and the vices attending a, highly civilised state, and to tell us gravely that one is altogether virtuous and well governed, the vicious reclaimed, the sick tended, the poor well cared for ; and that the other, the most energetic and charitable nation in Europe, is lost in slothful ness and apathy, while infidelity is raging, crime increasing, and hundreds starving in its midst. We do not wish to assert that our workhouses are not open to improvement, but when we are told that they are about on a par with foreign prisons, we may console ourselves by reflecting that, at least, no one can be confined in them for five years "par prevention" at the pleasure of his judges without trial, as is the ease in French prisons. They have certainly good cause to make them com fortable, since the inmates are quite as likely to be innocent as guilty. But this is the strain of the whole work, with which it is useless to contend. We can only approve the discretion of the author in reserving the right of translation, since this picture of " Perfide Albion" will be more acceptable on the other side of the Channel than here. It will accord very well with the popular notion of Englishmen selling their wives in Smithfield, and similar inte resting facts. But the English public like fair play for themselves as well as for others; and though they have no objection to a little honest fault-finding, two volumes entirely occupied with their disparagement political, social, moral, and religious and the corre sponding elevation of their neighbours, will be a little too much for the national equanimity, espe cially when they arrive at the mortifying fact that ten Protestants go mad in proportion to one Catholic. It is like the virtuous indignation of American slave. holders on the miseries of the English poor. We can only lament the blindness and ingratitude that renders these unhappy people so insensible to their own advantages. Miserable and vicious as we are told our population are, we have not to commemo rate a " Harper's Ferry," our Government is not the plague and perplexity of Europe, neither have we had three changes of dynasty in twenty-two years. Echoes from the Backwoods. By Sir Richard G. A. Levinge, Bart. Routledge. The backwoods of North Amerisa, and descrip tions of its inhabitants, both human and animal, are the subjects of this little work. The natural history is simple and concise, and the anecdotes exemplify the character and customs of the various back States. The following example of the satisfaction or damages which a Kentucky hus band is contented with for an outraged wife, speaks for the style of the book, " Some good stories wo heard illustrative of high life in Kentucky. A man who had feasted his eyes upon a fair lady's graceful form, and followed her through the mazy dance, at last ejaculated, with great emphasis, By Jams that gal's worth spoons, so I guess I'll dance with her.' On the conclusion of the set, the gentleman's self -intro duction ran as follow s : Miss, will you dance with me ?' On the young lady's declining, he exclaimed, Well, you're i not so handsome but wh a t y ou might ; and f you have got a friend or a brother i n th e room , I'll whip him, by And at another ball, which had gone on with great spirit up to a certain Limo of the night, and fair partners and mint juleps had had their effect upon the disciples of Davy Crockett— ' The pipers loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew'— the host suddenly rushed in amongst the dancers, exclaim ing, ' Gentlemen, th e b a ll i s b ro k e , C a ptain Harris has kissed my wife.' Of course , a r egular commotiondraughtstook place ; and soft speeches wore foregone for hurried of cocktail, slings, 8,:c. 2 as a general search tookplac.efor muffs, boas, and tippets, and all thought of taking them selves off, when the injured husband suddenly made hisf h tere appearance, and, taking up a position in the midst of • room, called a gentleman; he has given Captain Harris has behaved like .—ho . out, ' Gentlemen, the ball may go on again . , has given me five me ample satisfaction, by -- I dollars I' " We were told of g il s e e e t h n t u l s v t r i n i t g h i his n g thumbs on t h the ground, as if in coin u , l a sio m ns an t hbe bein g furiously into the sand—on being asked ' what he was about, he replied, ' ho was practising gouging. " All carry knives, generally, Arkansas toothpicks. The blades, being longer than the handles, allow only three-parts to be shut ; over the point, a scabbard is car ried,when in expectation of a row, th e y t a k e off, their teeth with the point, p reparatory and to opening the full length of the blade, which is only re begin picking sorted to should the row become a general one. " The following is a specimen of their mode of proceed ing upon entering a steamer, particularly should it be crowded, and the chance of getting a berth doubtful. They take out their knife and place it on one, exclaiming, ' ll I that is my berth ; as much as to say, they aro ready to tight for it ; but should any one happen to have a pistol, and allow the possessor of the knife to see th e superid weapon, he will immediately give in, pocket the knif e , an d withdraw his claim, as be considers the other better armed, and,. in consequence, the better man. The old saying of " might is right,' is fully exemplified on the Mississippi, and this is the excuse for Lynch law." The Mind of Shakspeare, as exhibitei n I c tis ha tt p , o ra rt By the Rev. Aaron A. Morgan, M.A.N and Hall. This work commends itself to the philosophical student and critical investigator of our great dramatist, " who would inoculate himself with the mind of Shakspeare as distinct from the discursive flights of his genius." It is evidently the result of a long and careful study of Shakspeare's ethics and philosophy, and of a full appreciation of his un rivalled powers of expression. It is, as the preface terms it, " a Philological Concordance and compre hensive register of his maxims and wise sayings." The subjects, which exceed five hundred in number, are arranged in alphabetical order, and classified so that any particular passage may be readily dis covered. A brief explanatory analysis is affixed to each quot a ti on, w hi ch must necessarily have in volved a great amount of labour. The proverbs and songs introduced in Shakspeare's works are annexed, and the admirer of these beautiful as ments can quickly turn to them. .Notes on Noses. New Edition. Bentley. This amusing little work was published several years sinco, and has now re-appeared in a smaller and cheaper form. There is a great deal of truth in it, though the author pushes his theories to an extreme, as theorists are apt to do, and seems almost to think that the length and shape of the nose is the cause instead of the effect of certain peculiarities of temper or disposition. Nevertheless there is some foundation for his method of reading character, and if tho rofacr does not choose to agree with all his dogmas and inferences, he can hardly fail to be entertained by a perusal of the work. The Revival in its Physical, Psychical, and Reli gious Aspects. By W. A. Wilkinson. Chapman and Hall. This little work takes a careful review of the chief features of the late remarkable " Revival" in Ireland. Those who are attracted by the study of this singular and •omplicated question will pro bably be intolested in the perusal of the volume, but it is to be regretted that the author has dwelt NO much on the physical manifestations of excitement, which, whatever may be the good resulting from the " Revival," can only be matters of deep regret to all who desire the sincere and sober conversion of the people. The Historical Reason Why. Houlston and Wright. The Biblical Reason Why. Houlston and Wright. These arc two most useful and admirable little works, invaluable as books of reference, answering the questions that so often arise in daily life in reference to historical points. They contain a vast amount of condensed information, and their style being clear and simple, aid their price extremely moderate, they put useful information within the reach of a very wide circle of readers. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern ... 920 .. 920 New ditto 832 50 .. 830 . Lyons and Mediterranean 920 .. 920 Geneva 512 50 .. 508 75 Southern Western 5BO .. 585 Eastern Sardinian 405 .. 402 50 Austrian Lombard .... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 6c. ; money, 25f. 5e.; three months, paper, Mf. Ole. ; money, 24f. 90c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 15th publish a tele graphic despatch from Morocco, from which it ap pears that in the combat at Negro, already men tioned by telegraph, and which ended in the success of the Spaniards, the loss of the latter was about 300 killed and wounded. Up to the 10th the total loss of the Spaniards in Morocco was 26 officers killed and 80 wounded ; 391 soldiers killed and 5,358 wounded. According to some of the journals, Marshal O'Donnell, after the capture of Tetuan, intended to return to Madrid, and to leave the command of the army to General Villalonga ; but others say that he intended to make an attack on Tangier. The subscription for the wounded of the army opened in Madrid had, in four days, amounted to 1,500,000 reals. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The America steamer, with New York advices of the ith inst., passed Harst at 11 a.m. MURDERS ON BOARD THE AMERICAN 811IP ANNA. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Why is no inquiry held on the captain ? I he American Consul from Southampton, Mr. Thompson, has been for the last two days employed, at the office of the agent of the captain, taking depositions, and holding an inquiry on the charges against the mates, and has now left, taking with him the steward of the ship. If the case had been allowed to proceed before the magis trates, it would have been proved by John Thomas, one of the two surviving negroes, that in the early part of Decem ber, he being below, between three and four o'clock in the morning, heard something being dragged heavily along the deck ; that he peeped out of the poop hatch, and saw the captain and second mate dragging Pomeroy, a coloured seaman, along the deck, and that they then hove him down the cockpit, and there left him, and that as they hove him off, the second mate struck him on the back of the head with a belaying pin; that at four o'clock the same morning, when Thomas went to the wheel, he saw Pomeroy still lay ing in the cockpit bleeding at the back of the head. About WO hours after Thomas assisted Pomeroy between decks ; he then appeared to be dying, and when Thomas got him between decks he died in his arms. After he was dead Thomas examined the body, and found Pomeroy had a bad wound at the back of his head, where there was a great quantity of clotted blood. Again—as to the death of William Johnson, another of the murdered men, who was cruelly ill-used by the second mate during the day, it would have boon proved that at eight on the same evening that the injuries were inflicted on him, he was found dead, in the captain's cabin, laying en his face with thick clots of blood running out of his mouth. Can it be believed that five murders, with violence, could have been committed on board a ship of 450 tons without the knowledge of the captain ? Ought it not to be enquired how the captain, who kept the logbook himself instead . of the mate, as is customary, accounts for the death of these men. Poor Jack Tuthill was knocked on the head by the second mate with a be laying pin and murdered outright, say on the 15th De cember. We expect some such entry as this will be found on 13th December—" Jack Tuthill sickening. 14th. Poor Jack Tuthill getting worse. 15th. Poor Jack Tuthill died," and so on with the others. But we may suppose, what must have been the case, that ho did know that the murders had been committed ; and to put the most charitable construction on his conduct, we will suppose he was a weak-minded nonentity in the hands of two hardened villains, and afraid to act ; but even then, what was the reason that he did not call in the aid of the civil power when ho came into Cowes ? Why did ho not call in his consul P why did he not divulge the facts to the vice-consul, who is his shipping agent, and with whom he was in daily, nay, hourly communication ? No ; not a word was uttered by him ; and but for the steward, who managed to get ashore a few lines to the police, informing them of what had been done, the ship would have left the port without the horrible murders that were committed on board ever having come to light. Ought not an inquiry to be held into the conduct of this captain, instead of his being examined as a witness in favour of the mates ? We make these observations that justice may be done ; for, though true it is that these men are Americans, the crimes they have committed aro of such a horrible nature that every human being has a natural right to bring the; monstrous murderers to tho punishment they deserve and if Englishmen have no legal right to interfere because the criminals are Americans, at any rate it is to their in terest to see that such villains are not let loose on English soil. VOLUNTEER COR P HATA Rl' LEG GIN GS. The Mesars. Spill, of the Government contract works, Stepney, are issuing - an illustrated circular of the different kinds of leggings and gaiters, now in so much request for the use of the Army and the Volunteer Corps. Something of this kind was certainly wanted to exhibit practically the superiority of this material over leather, and its singular capabilities of receiving and retaining the best possible model. Besides the Military legging adopted by several of the Volunteer Corps aro drawings of ankle gaiters, knee pad leggings, and a handsome covering for the leg when riding, the simplicity of the fastenings of which are espe cially worthy of remark. MoRE Loss Of LIFE BY FlRE.—Yesterday morn ing an acoident of the most heartrending nature occurred at the residence of Mr. West, Gravel-lano, Mouthwark, which unhappily ended in the death of Anno West, aged three years. It appeared that the mother left the deceased in a room while she went down stairs for a moment. On her return she found the room in flames, and deceased lying on the ground enveloped in one mass of fire. An alarm being given the neighbours rushed in and e xt ingu i shed tllo 4thei- The child was removed to St. Th.01.444's Hospital, where it shortly afterwards oxvired. Lat. I Lon WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Thomas Babington (Baron) Macaulay, late of Holly Lodge, Kensing ton, was proved in the principal registry of the Court of Probate on the 12th of January, by Thos. Flower Ellis, Esq., of the Middl e T em pl e , b arr i s t e r, Recorder of Leeds, one of the executors, power being reserved to Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan• K.C.8., and Lady Hannah More Trevelyn, wife of SiriCharles, and sister of Lord Macaulay, the other executors. The personalty was sworn under £BO,OOO. He has left the following legacies :—To his bro thers, the Rev. John Macaulay and Charles Zachary Macaulay, each £5,000. To his sister, Frances Macaulay, £2,000. To his nephews, Henry and Joseph, sons of his brother, Henry William Ma caulay, each £l,OOO- To his niece, Margaret Jane, daughter of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, £lO,OOO, and to his nephew, George Otho Trevelyan, and niece, Alice Harriet Trevelyan, the son and daugh ter of Sir Charles, £5,000 each ; and to his executor, Thomas Flower Ellis, £l,OOO, and that he may' make a selection from his library of 100 volumes of printed books; the rest of his library, with his furniture and the residue of his personal estate, too gether with his real estate, he leaves to his sister, Lady Hannah More Trevelyan. The will bears date the 28th of October, 1858. Witnesses, G. IL Ellis, 7, Spring Gardens, J. C. Worman, his clerk. It was clearly drawn up and contained in a s heet and a half of dewy. The probate was obtained bl Messrs. Lyon and Co., solicitors. The will of the late Gen. Sir Frederick William Trench, of Moyvannon Castle, Roscommon, Ire land, and Lower Grosvenor-street, a Knight Com mander of the Hanoverian Guelphie Order, who died on the 6th of December last, at Brighton, was proved in London, on the 11th of January, by Miss Mary Elizabeth Trench, the sister, Miss Louis* Elizabeth Domville, the niece, and William Mart Fladgate, Esq., solicitor, Craven-street and Eater:to square, the joint executors. The personalty was sworn under £25,000. The family estates in the county of Roscommon are left by settlement to his sisters, and he leaves to his sister Mary Elizabeth all the property connected therewith that belonged to him, and also leaves her his star and order of knighthood and his military appointments. Be queaths to his sister Ann Trench £2,000 and many legacies; to his niece Louisa £5,000, and specific pecuniary legacies to others of his family'. Directs that £2OO shall be distributed amongst his poor friends at Herwood, many Of whom he describes as cottagers and labourers. Be' queaths to the Duke of Rutland " the picture of myself hard at work at the Thames Quay,': is which undertaking the late Duke was much inter rested, and bequeaths to the Duke and to Lord Mae' ners and Lady Adeliza Norman such of his sketches and drawings as they may choose to select; the re mainder of his drawings, sketches, and lithograph* he leaves to his sister Mary Elizabeth, and has ar pointed her residuary legatee. The estates In Queen's County, left under his brother's will, in the event of his not having male issue, passes to his sister Mary Elisabeth. Will dated Bth of Novenr ber, 1859. Signed F. W. Trench, General. The will of the late celebrated General Sir Joseeph Thackwell, G.C.8., has just been proved. By a codicil, dated the day before his death, he de' prives his eldest son, Captain Thackwell, the author of the " Second Sikh War, in 1848-9," and noW • barrister-at-law, of all the property left him in: former will, includin g A g h a d a H a ll , Cork, 0. Conneragh House, Waterford, and gives it to ti tees in trust for his grandchildren, who mast "- educated in the tenets of the Protestant mile' Captain Thackwell had been received into th• bosom of the Holy Catholic Church only a short time previous to Sir Joseph's decease.—lllustrated London ..News. LAW INTELLIGENCR-(TITIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices). APPEAL-DEMURRER.-GREEN V. JENKNS. - At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel on both sides, their lordships reserved judgment. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Mastar of the Rolls.) ItIRD V. DINGLE—JUDGMENT. This cause, on further consideration, came on for Jog' ment this morning. His Honour said—ln this case the only question is, wi le ; ther the executors ought to bo charged with a surplus of :E6OO, which has been lost by them through their negl ee ; in not selling i n d ue ti me certain shares in the Norwici; , Insurance Company. It i s a ll eged that for more than years after the t es t a t or ' s d eath they remained unsold. '` ;6 testator died in N ovem b er, an d fi ve years afterwards, ' January, they sold them at a loss. They are liable in re' they y ct d o i f sc i h t— ar t g h e selertehecmanbveesr Now, question they must have do aboutthatunls t : something that they can refer to. Their plea is, that the,' placed a state of matters before the gentlemen who were entitled to the absolute property in reversion at the time , and there was no objection to the shares remaining u nsold; but there is no evidence of that, except that everything rw mained unchanged. I am of opinion that the burden of proof lay upon the executors, and that they have not suit ciently proved that they had any sanction on the part of the residuary legatees that these shares should not be sold. They must be charged with the costs of all these cases, and they must also be charged with the amount of the loss eta' tained by the want of sale in due time. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) JORDAN V. JORDAN. This was a petition of Ann Jordan, praying for a dissold . tion of marriage with hor husband, a solicitor's clerk, on th• grounds of adultery and desertion. Mr. Huddelstone, Q.C., and Mr. Beard were for th• petitioner. The parties were married in 1839 and lived together for some years. In January, 1856, the respondent left al petitioner, taking with him a portion of the furniture, au' formed a connection a female named Brown, with wil° lll ,, he had since cohabited, she (petitioner) maintaining hero° by her own industry, and had not received any assistance from the respondent since the time of the desertion. Evidence was adduced which fully proved the petitioner, l case. The Judge Ordinary pronounced a decree of divorce with costs against the respondent. The Marquis Conyngham and Lady Cecili* Conyngham havo arrived in town from tho Continent. TIIE ADMIRALTY COURT.—It is expected (.air the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette) that an order its council will be issued on Tuesday next, directing that th• future sittings of the High Court of Admiralty shall be 11 014 in_one of the Courts at Westminster. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty /0 Emigration Commissioners have given notice of their into' tion to recdve tenders on Thursday next, the 26th inst. , for a ship to proceed to Sydney, New South Wales, to be ready for the reception of passengers on such day as th e commissioners may appoint between the 21st and 28th 0 March. The ship must carry th e f u ll l ega l quan tity (31 water, and be furnished with cots for the single worael l and with Dible's ventilating apparatus, in addition to the usual means of ventilation ; also with an apparatus to 1) . supplied by the commissioners for distilling water, coolant and baking, for the use of whi c h £35 are to b e pa i d by t°,7 shipowner, who is to provid e th e requ i s i te fuel and paso W out and home (but not wages) for a man to work the apPa ratus. ESCAPE OF Rumo.—Ten convicts who recently' escaped from Cayenne in an open boat had arrived at Dents rara. Among them was Carlo de Radio, who was engag with Orsini in the attempt to murder Louis Napoleon 1 , 1 1 February last year, but escaped capital punishment, i!t t was sentenced to imprisonment for life. The fugitves reached Berbice. There Itudio left thorn, and the otha l ' then went to Georgetow n . A sc h ooner of war sent in P t ' s ; suit of them had not y e t arr i ved. It was said, however that the captain o f th e F rench war steamer Abeillo 9 4 , inaaded their rest ora ti on, b ut that by the Extra ditto2; Treaty his E xce ll ency the Governor had no right interfere. A FEMALE SAILOR IN COURT.—At the Roehdall Police - court on Wed nes d a y, a f ema l e, d resse d i n t h e ga rb O s a sailor, and self -named Tom Stewart, was brought up suspicious charact er . O ne o f the sergeants of the force observed the prisoner at the bottom of Church-lane, seeing something peculiar about her appearance, she taken to the police-office. Further investigation revea l the fact th a t t h e pr i soner was a female. In reply t• t Bench she stated that she had made several voyageo, 6 f li o r was on her w a y to Hull, wh ere s h e i nten d e d to 814 Melbourne. On promising to leave the town forthwith was discharged. I hay Pfia Cen hal 51., rate inai fall, Ste ditt 331 Per to 2 Mar Turl ire II til b 114 o . 114'1 e el 18i 0 ) 6 . ,, c „Id .. d 1tie,,,,. SA "4 ktlit Tt redu ab o , and Int Beal 3 per 3 per Now New Ina Di Ditti 4 Di tei g t or ,