The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-13 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY' STHEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant success of the closing nepreseutations, and in order to accommodate the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; FRIDAY, March 19 ; and SATURDAY, March 20. . ra „d ai , March 16, LA TRAVIATA Violetta, Piccolo with ; Alfredo, Giuglini. Thurs day, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spesia; A zuc ena, Sannier ; Manrico, Giuglini. Friday, March 19, LA ZINGARI ("The Bohemian Girl"), for the last time, being for the Benefit of Signor Giuglini. Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO Marie, Piccolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo by Maclllc. Piccolotnini and Signor Gin- irn - Applications to be made at the Boa-office at the Theatre. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12e 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 38 6d; gallery, 2s. lEER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- SIGNOR GITJGLINI'S BENEFIT. LA ZINGARI (" The Bohemian Girl.") The very numerous demands for the repetition of this forQurite Opera have induced the Direction to repeat it in the farewell week. and LA ZINGARI will be presented for the last time on FRIDAY, Starch 19, being for the Benefit of Signor Giuglini. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buelatone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THB HUNCHBACK. Julia. Miss Amy Sedgwick. ; Master Walter, Mr. Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclereq. Orchestra Stalls (which may 'se retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Box e s 2 0 Pit Gallery ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented the historical play o 1 LOUIS XI. Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Kam. After which, a now grand eomie Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor ma,ck ; Clown, Mr. }lane; Pantaloon, Mr. Paula ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. TEi .: A. T R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING) Saturday, March 13, a n3w and original Comedy THE LOVE KNOT. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray, &a. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPUL Lessee—Mr. Y.!:2in. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MORE, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SETILLE. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. TRIG EVENING, will be presented SHE STOOPS PO CONQUER. Mrs. Dillon and Mr. Toole. Followed by the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mallon and Mr. J. L. Toole. After which, a domestic tale, by Westland Manton, en titled A HARD STRUGGLE. Mr. C. Dillon, tic. And THE BIRTH-PLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3oz-dice open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE STRAYGER. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. Concluding with THE ORPHAN OF GLYINCOE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lzg company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Meddle, Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. flenshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critch9eld and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BR HAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT —3l orn . , 33 min. aft. 12—Even., 4 min aft. 1 To-MOBBOw —Horn., 24 min. aft. I—Eve . n., 44 min. aft. 1 lagamovrTgß, ry THE SLOE. THE WEATHER—Suy Orrrez, MARCH 13. 46—highest eines noon yesterday. 41—loweat this morning and during the night. 49 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 29.33—a fall of ,three-quarters of au inch since last night. Wisp, S.W. ; rather fresh and squally with much rein. It began to rain yesterday evening and continued heavily in the night. The change will be productive of good for a large fleet wind-bound in the channel. .r.. gch , 4 ._ • LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1858. The first announcement made by the new Ministerial Leader of the House of Commons in his place in Parliament will be received with universal gratification. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that a despatch had just been received from the French Ambassador, in answer to one previously addressed to the French Government, and that " the painful misconcep tions which unhappily for a time subsisted between the Governments of the two countries have entirely terminated in a spirit friendly and hon ourable, and in a manner which will be as satis factory to the feelings, as it will be conducive to the interests, of both nations." The correspon• fiance on this subject will be placed on the table this moment her Majesty'a permission can be obtained. We may, therefore, reasonably antici pate that it will be before the public on Monday evening. They will then have an oppor tunity of judging for themselves of the sufficiency of the explanations, and whether they are such as to completely eradicate the supposed grievances that caused annoyance on either side. Until that time we must suspend our judgment. It is, however, scarcely to be supposed that the Right Hon. Gentleman would have made so distinct and positive a statement, if any doubt could exist as to the nature of these illaPortant documents. He could not fall into so gr av e an error at the very commencement of his functions as ark influential Minister of the Crown. The pleasing fact affords an additional proof, if that were required, of the benefits resulting from prompt and free discussion. The neglect to an swer the despatch of Count WlLEwsitz was a serious mistake. It was regarded in France as a virtual admission of the truth and accuracy of Till the stat emen t s co ntai ne d therein.h e b complaint was t a ken pro confes s° , and the more of because th e l a t e C a bi ne t procee d ed to le so, gislat ® thereon, without protesting against any of the ctriees thereby promulgated. It would have h be e , prej u di c i a l to the interests not only of bot nations, but 3 f th e civili se d wor ld , that there should h ave bet, : nothing of hoktiiiti s tlerna t anent coldnes s , t o say ee believe that th e heat Way to But we merit the respect of other States u : re a ,,,: ac i e l i 3 to carefully abstain from offering an aitto l a Or aDficting an 3 .D ury on any Government, kOwever weak , not to tolerate for a s i ngle 'mordent any undue assumptions on the part of the most powerful. Our English expa• difficulties, that th a t many rience tells us Might otherwise lead to untoward results, go no further than mere words—and who has visited France, without witnessing disputes carried on in the most energetic language and with riolent ges ticulations, that lead to nothing further ? We rejoice to find that the House is disposed to kraut the fair trial to the New Administration THE SUN, LONDON SATURDA Y EVEN! NG), MARCH l3, 1858 which we have always advocated, and which they have a right to expect, Nay more, that even the Times itself is becoming a convert to the opinions which we have put forward on that point. It may unquestionably be very inconvenient to have the progress of legislation suspended at the very com mencement or in the centre of a session. But it is an inseparable incident to Parliamentary government ; and unless reasonable allow ances were made on the accession to office of a New Cabinet, we should practi cally be exposed to a monopoly of power, even tually leading to irresponsible authority. When a hostile vote has been arrived at virtually amounting to a want of confidence, or such as to lead to a resignation of those in office, Parlia ment must submit to the necessary consequences, and give the new men time to mature their plans, and to bring forward measures which they can confidently recommend, and on which they are prepared to stake their political characters. opinion, which appeared in The Sun of Thursday, Dr. PHILLIMORE states this exclusion from legal advice to be "unjust and indefensible," on the general grounds of international law. We have accorded the just claim of a legal adviser to M. BER NARD from the first moment of his arrest ; and had Lord CLARE) DON' demanded and enforced this right, so utterly baseless is the charge, that we believe it would have been impossible to have committed the men, notoriously innocent as they are, for trial at all. However, for tan long months—during which Lord CLARENDoN has bean is receipt of his salary at the Foreign-office, and enjoying every comfort which his official quarters and his own fireside could furnish—for these ten long months have the two wards of our Foreign-office been groan ing under a Neapolitan incarceration, and sub jected to treatment which has almost deprived one of them of his reason. We repeat what we have said before, that Lord CLARENDON ought, if he held that the case must come to a trial, to have It is impossible to complain of the course adopted ; votes were only asked on account in matters which could not be neglected consistently with the interests of the community. There is no desire to curtail in any degree the privilege of discussion, or to avoid due criticism on the acts of the Government, but while they are bring ing forward matters that have been bequeathed to them as legacies by their predecessors, it would obviously be premature to raise captious objections, or to refuse the opportunities of full explanations on every matter on which differences of opinion may be anticipated. insisted on the bail of the British Government being accepted for their appearance on the day of trial. Whatever the charge, the evidence was so slight, that this demand might have been enforced without violating the reasonable comity of na tions. It was never even suggested. It was treated as merely an unlucky thing that the two men had got into such hands. We believe a CROMWELL and a MILTON would have written an epistle to his Majesty that would have controlled such luck as that. We have had Ministers and Admirals, and Soldiers, and Ambassadors, who held that bad luck was but another name for bad management, and who would have scorned to acknowledge the possibility of bad luck to Eng lishmen :in the hands of King 8031131'S police, while the nation was at the vast expense of Gib raltar, Malta, and a Mediterranean Fleet. The Navy and Army estimates were partially brought forward last night, and votes for four months taken on account. These votes have been entirely framed on estimates prepared by the late Government, and were essential to the efficient management of the united services. It would have been impossible for the present heads of these important departments to have accurately investigated all the multitudinous details. At a later period, the sanction of the Houses will be asked to the remaining balances, and then the views of the Government will be expressed thereon. Full liberty is retained to add, alter, or amend, as occasion may require ; but the First Lord of the Admiralty has candidly stated that he does not think he will be able to propose any reductions therein. But the ten months cannot be helped. They must remain as a lasting disgrace in history to Lord CLARENDON'S administration of the Foreign • office. It is now Lard MALMESBURY'S turn. We have been disgraced as much as possible hitherto, let the tide now turn. We were glad to hear that a messenger was sent at once to Naples by the present Foreign Secretary. What his instructions were, and what the telegraph and express train will yet convey to him, is everything. The subject must soon be fully discussed in the House, for a peti tion has been sent up by the men of Newcastle on behalf )f their fellow-townsmen Warr, and his fellow-prisoner PARK, requesting that the House will " instantly demand through the Government the release of their unfortunate fellow-country men," also that satisfaction will be sought for the outrage committed against England, and compen sation, such as is now possible, for the injured men. These demands are by no means exces sive, and the petition must not lie dormant. Under all the circumstances, nothing less ought to be asked, nothing less accepted. We have ample moans to enforoe them, for Sicily needs but the word, and the sight of our ships, and a guarantee never again to be recalled, and the gaoler of our countrymen would find that in seizing and impri soning Englishmen groundlessly for ten months, he had indeed caught a Tartar. Since the publication of that able civilian Dr. PHILLIMORE'S opinion, in writing thus, we write not mere British sentiment, but the mere teaching of international law. Lucidly has the Doctor gene through all the pleas of the Neapolitan Court for the seizure of the Cagliari, and shown how utterly false and bad they are. The Neapolitan There has been an increase in the number of seamen and boys, and in the Coastguard of 3,680, of which 2,000 are for service afloat, and 1,680 for the Coastguard, a very valuable branch, the members - whereof can be made available for gene ral service at a very brief notice. As, however, the number of seamen in actual employment exceeded by 860 the number voted in the original and supplementary estimates last Session, the total nominal increase will be reduced by that number, and the real addition will be 1,356 seamen and 1,680 for the coast guard. Similar Totes for four months were taken for the Army, the nominal increase in the strength whereof is 3,339 men. But this by no means shows the real augmentation, as the troops trans ferred to the Indian establishment amount to no less than 62,342. The real addition to our military power will, therefore, be 65,881. We are also informed that the number of enlistments, which within the last six months amounted to 36,000 men, was no less than 7,500 last month ; so that it is manifest there is no lack of the military spirit, when so many could be found to come forward freely and voluntarily to brave the dangers of the tented field, and all the oasualties of hard service. judges plead piracy —Dr. PuILLIMORE shows that they or the of f icers they defend were the pirates. The Cagliari had not left Genoa 0. , 1 a pirate ; when seized she was not engaged in acts of piracy ; her ripen, the admitted legal test, were papers regu larly granted by the Sardinian authorities. She Under the existing circa mstances of the country we do not believe that there will be the slghtest disposition to cut down either branch for the sake of any paltry saving, which would, indeed, be a penny wise and pound foolish policy. The "pain ful misconception'' with the French Government may have happily terminated. But still it is well to maintain the national defences, and our brave and hardy defenders in the highest state of effi ciency. The expense is a question of comparatively trivial importance. A single week of war would cost far score than the preparations which would prevent any reasonable prospect thereof. They may, therefore, be regarded as constituting an insurance fund to guarantee the nation against more serious cost and formidable injury. We are glad to find that the Lords of the Ad miralty have directed attention to the gun-boats now lying idle at Gosport, having directed in quiries in order to ascertain how soon fifty of these very useful vessels could be got afloat, if required for service. The answer was, that they could be got ready, and under steam, in little more than 48 hours. We trust that this report will be forthwith acted on, and that ere long every one of those available will be commissioned and put in effective condition. W e have repeatedly explained the benefits that would result from the operations of our little feet, both as Coastguards and along the coasts and in the rivers of India and China ; and should the Govern ment act thereon, it will establish for itself a strong claim on the thanks and gratitude of the nation. had fallen, indeed, int) the hands of those who might properly be called pirates, but no legal maxim is more sure than that possession by pirates cannot interfere with the rights of the lawful possessor, and the Cagliari was, when taken, in the hands of those who had been, and were, her lawful possessors. But if one lie will not do, a conflicting lie must be tried. First, the Cagliari was a pirate—this being felt to be false ground, she must next be brought under the category of a vessel of war, and dealt with as the hostile ships of a regular enemy I The Doctor shows the im possibility of both charges being true. But taking the last, he proves that under no recognised in ternational law could the seizure of the Cagliari be for a moment justified. Such of our readers as may have passed over the Doctor's reasonings, supposing them to be a dry legal document, would, we believe, be gratified by turning to it again, and following the Doctor in his careful and spirited refutation of Neapolitan sophistry. Wait—trimmers may say--for the result of the trial ; yes, wait till the opportunity of asserting our lawful position and our dignity has passed away ! If the men be acquitted, we retire in disgrace; if con victed by such creatures of corruption and perjury as enabled B•xss to chain POZRIO by heavy irons to a felon, what are we to do then ? Are we to be judges of the judgment of a court which wo have allowed to take its own course ? We have one course fairly open—to support by our fleet the Sardinian demand for the restitution of a vessel and crew piratically seized by the Neapo- Lord MA.LMBSBURY has now an opportunity to show the difference between himself and Lord CLARENDON', and to let Englishmen see whether the exchange was, so far as the Foreign-office is litans, and to dare FERDINAND to refuse it. Of course we are thankful for the assurances of the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night ; but he must be prepared with the arguments which alone have weight with the King of NAPLE3. concerned, worth making. We do not now advert to the WALEWSKI despatch ; there is another affair in hand, farther south, in which he may earn the laurels both of diplomatic firmness and of humanity. The Neapolitan insult, setting aside the cruelty, is, we think, quits as great, we should say greater, It is amusing, but at the same time, strange to say, it is eminently saddening to remark the total, the utter, the absolute incapacity of foreign nations to understand the working of our Parlia mentary system. There was the Gazette de France than that of WALEWSRI'S inconsiderate language. The cruelty and injustice cannot - , however, be separated from the insult, for it is by them—by cruelty and injustice perpetrated on two poor the other day pointing the finger of scorn, with an air almost of commiseration, at England, because of the latest result of this Parliamentary system —the sudden change of our Governments. Scorn sailors,—that England is treated with contumely. from one entirely unconscious of a native Senate, Our Viscounts and Earls, when outrageous lan- without freedom of speech in the Tribune, and a guage is addressed to them, ought to be able to deliberative Assembly without the capacity for deli take care of themselves and of the English name r beratien ! There is something pitiable in pity too ; if they are not, it is now quite plain that such as this—pity so blind and so deaf, so inca the House of Commons will teach them their duty pable of discrimination, the subject of such by rather sharp lessons. But two worthy Eng- bewildering monomanias, the victim of such lishmen, of the mechanic class—they have no astounding hallucinations. It would, of course, means whatever of taking care of themselves, and be altogether beside the mark to suggest to the especially when they are not merely threatened in Gazette de France that, instead of a change of words, but seized, shut up in a felon's dungeon, j Cabinets resulting from an unexpected division of and for weeks or months, if we remember rightly, a chamber of representatives—there might pos denied all access to a legal adviser, and even the sibly, just possibly, be changes of Ministries con- En lish C onsu l re f used permission to see them. sequent upon. the whims of irresponsible Sove- TtiEt just inthis last particular that our censure reigns. Those, however, who think as the Gazette of Lord CI. AdtENDON'S imbecility begins. He de France thinks upon these problems of Govern oziti,to have insisted at once on a parson autho- ment, are not for a moment to be reasoned with. ain(1,7'71:17, attenainliaalth: with a Y lam s j u ,orapan with sons having free acces s to ta6n 1 anti on Neapolitan legal Their these p er i ' opinions are only to be looked to as start m f or tb,,,, vmalliatex-Atainatiorn, and watch- ' i linr , phenomena to be wondered at, but, as poor ought to have denied t right to exclude proper advise \ ou rci th il. : ll Vir A.zr and . pAim. A lia ; t mortals, without the chance of our comprehending o any cluit* d formed the brutal Monarch thr.as't, and I to 'h ave in _ conform in this point to the nations, be should dea l amenable only to such with him as a great our a d e i Is, State the \ through We can only venture to gaze at them e tefus©d to \ practice of civilised ' Eaerely barb • anan, the h force as a few days would j u d , marvel tarnou i m a r s e m ci o i p k s e e d 0 - smoked-glasses, l i‘ a i s o s e n s d , in this same hu mbles • . com e r amenable gment th e 0 pirit of curiosity and a j y u rt s f t t a er s n w o e oti m . ity W d e o r attention for a passing moment to Elation of the • eclipse of the luminous assemble at Naples. In his able English Parli 4zette de li ' r enable him to aro.ents. A. , ancs in the matter of dpectade such as this serves only with us upon occasion to dash away a fair hope as to the political emancipation of this or that continental population. It reminds us that if we can construct in a few months a modern Ark like our new sea monster the Leviathan, and that if we could seven years ago run up a mag nificent palace of metal and crystal upon the green sward of Hyde Park, almost as it were in a single light like the fairy palace of Aladdin, we can never hope in a like time to manufacture an oak out of an acorn. Neither can we seriously speculate now a-days on the beautiful day-dream once upon a time so fascinating to political visionaries, of building up in a day constitutions requiriug for caatheny centuries. It e oak of our con stitution their remindsgro uwst,hmtohreeolvaeprs: that has needed more than a thin shallow soil for its expansion from the seedling acorn of the old Wittenagernote. So that time and space alike have to be regarded as essential matters of con sideration in respect to these giant popular Legislatures. It is not every C or t es, every Nationale, or C or p s an equiv a l en t t o our L Co eg n i g s r i e a s t s i , f y Anglo-Saxon Lords and Comm ons , our e t h v e a r t c o A n s s e t e i in t ü b t l et e half elective, half-hereditary imperial British Parlia ment. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has con sented to preside over a meeting of the Havelock Me morial Fund, on Friday, the 19th inst., in Drury-lane Theatre, which is kindly lent free by Mr. Smith. The Right Hon. the Speaker will hold his first levee (full dress) this evening at half -past 10 o'clock, at 7, Carlton-house-terrace. The transmission of the Egyptian tribute this year to meet the dividends on the Turkish debt has again been awarded to the Bank of Egypt. It is stated as one result *f the late " painful miscon ception" that the Count de Persigny will not continue to represent the Emperor of the French at this Court. We do not, however, vouch for the correctness of the report. The ruinous and disgraceful competition lately carried on between the Great Northern and London and North Western Railways was terminated yesterday by a reso lution to return to the ordinary fares. The influence of other companies indirectly affected is said to have been exercised to produce this result.—Times. We have reason to believe that Lord John Bereeford, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, has resigned his see into the hands of the new Government, and that he will be succeeded by the Right Rev. Dr. O'Brien, Bebop of Ossory. The late Archbishop was born in 1773, graduated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1793, was consecrated Bishop of Cork in 1800, trans lated to Relishes in 1807, to Clogher in 1819, to the archbishopric of Dublin in 1820, and to the Primacy of Ireland in 1822. It i s sa i d that Dr. O'Brien will be suc ceeded in the see of Ossory by Archdeacon Gould. BOILER EXPLO SlON.—Yesterday a very shocking and fatal accident took place at the house of Mr. J. Turner, of Godley, near Hyde, Cheshire. About half-past 8 o'clock, without giving any warning of impending dan ger, the boiler i n th e k itchen exploded with a loud report, blowing out a piece of the wall at the end of the house, which is a detached building, causing the instantaneous death of Mr. Turner's daughter, a young lady of about 19 years of age, who was in the kitchen at the time. The boiler had a self-feeding apparatus, but it is sup posed that it bad been choked and the supply of water had failed. It is said the boiler had no lid or safety - valve, and hence there was no exit for the steam. MR. BAILLIE, M.P.—We learn that our county mem ber has been prevailed on to accept the office of Secre tary to the Board of Control in the Derby administra tion. In the earliest unofficial programme of the distribution of appointments, Mr. Baillie's name appeared in connection with the Board of Control ; bet it subsequently disappeared, to the surprise of friends as well as of opponents. We believe that the delay was occasioned by a disinclination on the part of Mr. Baillie to accept office, and that it was with reluctance he ulti mately acceded to the urgent request of the chief of his party to undertake the management of Indian aff Lira in the House of Commons ; the head of his department, Lerd Ellenborough, representing government in the House of Lords.—lnverness Advertiser. The temper in which Mr. Disraeli's silence as to his future policy was resented by some of the more zealous supporters of the late Government indicates pretty plainly the degree in which the new leader of the House of Commons may rely on the forbearance of those whom his accession to office has unavoidably irritated. The country will feel no great sympathy with an Opposition whose animating principle is vindictive disappointment, but the house will probably evince quite as little for the politician whose ascent to a high parliamentary position has certainly not been marked by any sensitive abstin ence Bernal Osborne in his old charact er was the signal for from personal attack. The re- a pp earance o f li r . hilarious applause, and the house, never unfriendly to v.vacious mischief, testified a keen appreciation of the fact, that the Momus of faction was once more freed from the encumabering decencies of office. From an enemy whose principal inspiration is rancour and whose main artillery is coarseness, no Administration in this country has much to fear.—Morniny Papee. THE "MISCONCEPTION" BETWEEN FRANCE AND Esoil.orD.—lt is understood that the correspondence which has passed between the two Governments will be laid before both Houses of Parliement on Monday. It is composed of a series of despatches, the last of which, closing the correspondence, arrived yesterday afternoon, just before the house met. Both Lord Malmesbury and Count Walewski, it is affirmed, have throughout shown great judgment and di-cretion. In reply to Lord Mal mesbury's request for an explanation of those passages which have es much offended the Heusi, of Commons, Count Walewski very frankly reminds the country of the undoubted proofs given by the Emperor of the value he attaches to our alliance by his concessions to our views, both daring the war and since the conclusion of the treaty of peace. He proceeds to observe that after the Emperor had been many times exposed to and escaped attacks made by assassins who were proved to have concocted their plans in England, he thought it no presumption to appeal to the friendly feeling and jus tice of our nation to prevent, if possible a recurrence of any idea of wishing to i nc l u d e E ngl i shmen such crimes. Count Wa:ewski repudiates, in the Em peror's name, in the category of the refugees to whom he alluded, or of a desire to change our laws, or an intention to con demn them ; but now, regretting the misconstruction placed on his intention, he requests that the correspond ence may cease, and the alliance continue. —Times. Du. GUTHRIE ON THE " WEEKLY OPPERTORY."—The following is an extract of a letter addressed by the Rev. Dr. Guthrie to a gentleman in Manchester, who is con nected with a well-known section of the Church of Eng land, in reply to questions as to th e d es i ra b leness of substituting weekly collections for pew rents :—"Not h only do we collect voluntary offerings a t every public meeting for worship on the Lord's-day, b ut on week day o s o t ro p o ra ra ye o r in we have pew rents, in many of them none ; and so far from obj ec ti n g to the substitution o f voluntary offer ings for these, we would much p re f er the volun tary off e rings if they would ser ve the purpose. We would say that pew rents 'should not be attempted wherever an attemrtheeetiCrc g u 4 ' whethe r t h ese be held in theh. I n some of our churches ich pt is making to evan gelize a heathen district of any of our large towns. Were voluntary offerings universal i n your English churches, as they ehould be, you could raise an immense revenue for the glory of God and the service of the church. In my congregation alone, where we collect voluntary at both forenoon and afternoon worship, we receive about 5001. annually of voluntary offerings, and this besides raising about as much from pew rents, and about 1,1001. for a fund out of which all the ministers of the Free Church receive an equal share. That fund, to which congregations give according to their ability, amounts to about 100,0001. a-year. The income of the Free Church, all voluntary, is about 3 00,0001. annually; and if we in our poor country_poor as compared with England—raise such a sum as that from our share of the population, amounting to about 1,000,000, what might the Church of England do did she put forth her vast reso urces ? Including o ne t hi ng and another—l mean stipend and the value of a manse and garden—none of our ministers have under 150/. a-year. Unendowed as we are now by the State, we are better off than very „ me) , ee the clergyale, of the Church of England. That shows what can be done through the voluntary offerines of the people." NOISES EMITTXD BY FISH. Dr. Dufosse has under taken to study the mechanism by which fish produce sounds. That cert:sio fish ars capable of producing curious noises has been known since the time of Aristotle and spoken of by Cuvier and other celebrated natural. ists ; indeed many a discipl e of Isaak Walton must have frequently observed such phenomena. But the mechanism or physiology of these acoustio properties has hardly ever been hinted at. The author we have just mentioned assures us that the anatomical study of various fish has ,proved to him that in some the males possess an organ capable of producing Bounds, whilst the females either are deprived of it, or it is so modified as to remain for ever silent. Thus, in the melee of the two species, ophidium baPbatuirt of Cuvier, and 0. vassali of Risso, we find an air vessel capable of producing a noise, and to which are attached, according to the species, one or two small bones with their appending muscles. In the fetnatea of sheets two special, however, the small bones and muscles are wanting. M. Dufosse clisoies sounds produced by fish into two distinct cate gories—the first, which he calls abnormal sounds, are those produced when the animal is taken out of its native element ; they way be attributed to all kinds of organs, vary constantly, are accompanied by convulsive move meets, and can in no way characterise the fish, or its sex. The second, called normal sounds, are always formed by the same organs, and are characteristic of the fish which produces them. As it plays no part whatever in the pro duction of the latter, no babbles of gas are observed to be emitted during their manifestation. In a fish called by the French " saurel " (trad t lows), a species of scomber or mackerel, very common on the coasts of France, and which, If seized by the back fin when swimming, endea vours to escape, whilet if it is touched on any other part of the body, remains perfectly quiet, and emits a kind of harsh poise. The author has ascertained that the noise was produced by the friction of the superior bones of the pharynx against the lower ones, and the surrounding asperities or rough parts of the fauces.—lllustrated inventor. ITEST NEWS. EXECUTION OF ORSINI AND PIERRI. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) We have received the following telegram from our Paris correspondent : " PARIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 13. "At ? o'clock precisely this morning Orsini and Pierri were executed on the Place de la Roquette." Intelligence has been received from Constanti nople to the 6th. The Persian troops have beater, at Karakan, a numerous body of Kataks, who designed to enter the country to co•operate with the revolted Indian Sepoys. Prince Adalbert, of Bavaria, was present at a grand fete given in his honour by the French am bassador. The Sultan was to invite the prince to a state dinner, previously to his departure. Quarrels of race were becoming every day more violent in the Turkish empire. The Bulgarians refuse to pay the dues to the Greek Patriarch; and the Paella of Trobizond has issued a circular accusing the Christians of being deficient of respect to the Mussulmans. The Presse d'Orient states that the conflagration of the governor's palace at Adrianople was the re sult of a plot, the begs having refused all assist ance." BERLIN, MARCH 11. Advices from Copenhagen state that the Danish Government having made the vote on the maritime fortifications of the capital a Cabinet question, the bill was adopted on the second reading by 41 votes to four, 11 members having abstained. As to the Duchies, the Pre3idout of the Council declared that the Government will make conces sions compatible with the interest of the country, while maintaining the principle of unity in the State. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Regency Privy Council met to-day. There was perhaps more than one matter to be taken into consideration, but the principal point was that of the Italian prisoners under sentence of death in the prison of the Roquette. The Council opposed any commutation of punishment for several reasons, namely, the number of victims killed, wounded, or disabled for life by their crime. If any life be spared, it is that of De Rudio. It is contended that this man acted in all probability under re straint, or rather under menace, and it is remem bered that, on a former occasion, be was wounded with a poignard for what his fellow-conspirators no doubt called weakness or cowardice, but which he would term remorse. The execution is said to be fixed for to-morrow morning at day break, and two only, namely, Orsini and Pierri, will mount the scaffold. The wife of De Rudio, with her child, has been in Paris for some days. The effect produced by the pamphlet "Napo leon 111. et l'Angleterre" on the public gener ally is favourable. It is undeniable, however, that the great body of the people, whose well-being depends on peace and amity with England, and who, notwithstanding all appearance to the con trary, would consider a rupture as one of the greatest calamities that could befall the country, are well pleased with the continuance of friendly relations of which the brochure gives assurance. It is stated as a fact that the resumption of the Conspiracy to Murder Bill is not demanded by this Government. Tile Emperor, it is said, sets too high a value on maintaining friendship and alliance with England to insist on a measure which con cerns himself personally, and which is thought to be distasteful to the English people. He perhaps also believes that, even if passed under such circum stances as the present, it would hardly be ever executed, and the feeling in England might be one of eobiness and estrangement, with little or no com pensation. _ The accounts of Prince Jerome's health this even ing are net encouraging. He is suffering under a very severe attack of influenza, and, at his age, this is rather serious. The Moniteur Bays :—" The indirect revenues of the mouth of February exceed those of the corre sponding month of 1857 by 2,251,000 E, and if it be taken into account that the second decime on regis tration dues has ceased to exist since the beginning of the present year, the improvement is in reality 4,269,000 f. The month of January had shown an amelioration of 2,100,000 f , so that the increase for the two months amounts to 6,369,000 f." TheThare de la Loire, says:—" Two shells found at Maussave have been deposited at the parquet of Aix. They appear to be of a similar manufacture to those used on Jan. 14, but the screws are different." BOURSE, March 11.—The following were the closing quotations : Credit Fouler Belgian 4,2 Piedmontese (5) Roman BB Austrian Spanish Threes home Debt .WAYS. Midi Western 660 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The following circular has been issued from the recruiting department, Horse Guards, dated March 4 : " At the instance of the Secretary of State for War the General Commanding-in-Chief directs it to be notified that soldiers who have purchased their discharge, or ob tained a free discharge by indulgence, and who subse quently re-enlist within two years after their discharge, will be allowed to reckon their former service towards pen sion ; which regulation, however, is only to apply to men who have re-enlisted or may re-enlist after the 30th of June, 1557 " By command of his Royal Highness the General Com manding-in-Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." Orders have been received at Sheerness Dock yard to lay down the lines immediately for a new screw frigate, to be named the Orestes, and to be commenced on the building slip immediately the Clio, now building, is launched, which will be in all probability about Juno next. The Orestes will be 225 feet between the perpendiculars, being 25 feet longer than the Clio, and 4 inches more beam, this class of frigate, or rather corvette, being found most desirable in the British navy, more especially as we have so many three deckers and line-of-battle ships both building and ready for sea. The new Lords of the Admiralty having inquired yesterdayof the Portsmouth authorities how aeon 60 gunboats could be got afloat if wanted for service, Col. Greene, the Admiralty engineer, was despatched to Gosport to ascertain practically the answer. At Gosport the gunboats are hauled up under sheds, where they are under the attention of a staff of engi neers of the steam fleet in reserve. A trial of the new machinery just completed by Messrs. Hum phrey, Tennant, and Dyke, of Deptford, was accordingly ordered, with th 3 object of answering the question of the Admiralty. The machinery principally consists of an enormous endless screw ' 126 feet in length (the longest in use), by 6 inches diameter, and weighing four tone, in one continu ous piece. The trial was made in the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Colonel Green, Captain Dacres, C. 8., and the principal officers of the dockyard, when a gunboat of 80-horse power was drawn out of its shed across the transverse lines to the launching rails in the short space of six minutes. Therefore, it is estimated that in little better than 48 hours 50 gunboats could be afloat and under steam. The action of the whole machin ery, with screw, was much admired by the scientific staff present, and Messrs. Humphrey and Co. were congratulated upon its highly satisfactory and ex peditious working. The Melampus, 42-gun sailing frigate, which, until relieved by the Arrogant steam frigate. was the Coastguard ship for Southampton water, having been dismantled, was taken up and placed in or dinary at Portsmouth yesterday. Tho Ithaclaraanthus, steam storeship, Master Commauder Sturdee, left Portsmouth yesterday for Woolwich. The Renown, 91, Captain Forbes, will try her speed at the measured mile in Stokes's Bay to-day. Detachments of volunteers from the Limerick and Roscommon Regiments of Militia (now at Al derskott) have this week joined the new cavalry regimentj(the 18th Hussars) at Leeds Barracks, and there is every probability of the regiment being soon filled up. The head-quarters have this week been joined by Major Jenyns and other officers. The Argus, revenue screw yacht, Comnander J. W. S. Grandy, arrived at Sheernes, yesterday, baying Commodore C. Eden, comptroller general of the Coast-guard, on board, and flying his pennant of red at the main. The gallant commodore's ob ject for visiting there was to inspect the screw coast guard ships fitting for sea at that port. The Arrogant, 47, screw, Captain Leopold G. Heath, C. 8., has ridded topmast and pointed top gallantrnasts in the steam basin at Portsmouth Dockyard. She will haul out of the basin next week. The Blenheim, GO, screw block ship, Captain Francis Scott, C. 8., we hear has at length dis covered the cause of her leakage, and she will be enabled to go out of dock at Portsmouth die next springs. Th; Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Harry Eyers, C. 8., hap completed the recoppering to the load water line, and will haul out of the steam basin dock the next spring tides. The Cressy, 84, screw, Captain Edward Polley? . Halsted, is ordered to haul into No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness next week, when the Majestic, 84, screw, fitting at present for second-class steam reserve, will haul out of that dock. The caws° of her being redocked again is solely occasioned through the late accident, when she was driven with great force stern on to the basin wall. The Lapwing, despatch gun vessel, Commander 0. Reilly, having had all her defects made good, went out of Devonport Harbour on Thursday, and now only waits her sailing orders. The Orlando, 50, screw frigate, building at Pembroke, is now so far completed that a few months will make her ready for launching, and this event is likely to take place early in the summer, probably at the commencement of June. This magnificent frigate will be the first launched of the half-dozen ordered to compete with the monster American frigates. She is the lai gest frigate in the service, being about 360 feet in length over all. Two other first-class ships, the Revenge, 91, line of-battle screw, and Aurora, 51, first-class screw frigate, are also very much advanced in c)nstruc tion. The Racoon, 22, screw, Capt. J. A. D. Paynter, will (weather permitting) take her trial at the mea sured mile at Stokes Bay on Tuesday next, the 16 It inst. The Scout, 21, screw corvette, fitting for first class steam reserve at Sheerness, is rigged with top gallantwasts an end. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.---{This Day.) LONDON, March 13.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze Had cloudy with rain. PLYMOUTH, March 12.—Wind W.N.W.--Arrived Ata!mitt, from London ; Agincourt, ditto ; both for Port Philip. HELL, March 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Luomi, for Moulmein. NEWPORT, March 12. Wind Corbuse, for Buenos Ayres. - - CARDIFF, March 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Emma, and Record, for Rio Janeiro. SWANSEA:, March 12.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrived —Lord Prudhoe, for Cuba. SOUTRAMPTON, ➢larch I'2.—Sailed—Tamar, (a), for Alexandria. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, March 12—Chapin, from New Orleans ; Ore gon, Mobile ; Montezuma, St. John's, N.B. ; Norval, Paraiba ; Kalamazoo, Charleston. Arrived. March 13.—James Runt, from llavannah. Sailed—Niagara, steamer, for Boston. Off - Lina, Polonaise, Bar rick, and Doctor. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W. by S. ; three hours' ilood ; fresh and cloudy. Arrived, March 11-- Mariner, from Demerara. Arrived, March 12. —Brate Pomise, from Constantinople ; Greenwich, Nassau; Oseno, Havannah ; Furet and Provi dence, Gravelines. Arrived, March 13.—Isis, and Wanderer, Demerara ; Ellen, Belize ; Belgium (steamer), Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind W. S.W., very strong. AncLored.—Emma Colvin, from London, for Ceylon; Rectitude, barque, from Dundee, for St. John's. Put back—Thomas Blyth, for the Mauri tins. Tie name of the officer so highly eulogised by his Royal HighneEs the General Commandlng-in-Chief for his conduct when in command of the ; , 4th, on board the Sarah Sands, was Major Brett, not Butt, as erroneously printed in our columns on the 11th. 41 per Cents 92 55 Lo. . end month 3 per Cent. ..... ..: 69 23 D. end month "69 40 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier B'7 50 Do. Account 822 05 RAIL' Orleans Northern Now Ditto 7BO Lyon and Moditaran. 8111 New Ditto !" 782? Gonem THE BRAZILS. The following telegram has been received from Lisbon : " The Tyno has arrived with 300,0101. specie, and diamonds to the value of 29,0001., for England. " On the voyage she had 42 cases of yellow fever on board. There were teNi deaths, three of which were of passengers. " Yellow fever was virulent at Rio de Janeiro. " On the 14th of February the coffee sales were 140,000 bags, and prices had advanced." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 7th have reached us. The Iberia and the Espana say that the Marquis do Turgot, the French ambassador, is about to be recalled. The congress had again been occupied during an entire sitting in discussing the budget, but its debates presented nothing of interest. The Espana, referring to a statement in a foreign newspaper, that Spain is making preparations for military operations in conjunction with France in Cochin China, says that all Soaiu is going to do is what was announced some time ago, namely, to send some battalions and artillery and two vessels of war to the Philippines to second France is obtaining reparation for the outrages to Spanish missionaries. The Spanish fleet at Cuba consists of 32 vessels, some of them large ones. ft was said that the government had had sotno intention of depriving M. Gonzales Bravo of the post of Am bassador at London, and M. 'lances of that of Ambassador at Brazil, but had abandoned it. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives at its sitting of yesterday adopted unanimously and with. out discussion the treaty of commerce with Sar dinia. A letter from the Hague, of the 10th, says that the Ministerial crisis continued. The King had given another audience to M. Rochussen ; and afterwards M. Tats Van Goudrian, commissioner in the province of Zealand, had been summoned. --- The government of the principality of the junior branch of Reuss has decided that the special mili tary tribunal shall no longer have jurisdiction in civil causes in which soldiers are concerned, but only in criminal one. ; and that civil caues shall be tried_by the civil tribunals. --- The Zeit of 13,Tlin contains the following : "The hope we had recently expressed that Denmark would in the end consent to make equitable con cessions to Germany is confirmed by the latest in telligence from Copenhagen. We learn that the Danish cabinet has instructed its envoy to the Diet to make confidential overtures of Frankfort on terms which, if not conpletely Sitisfactory, may at least serve as basis for troali negotiations." A letter from Vienna, in the Wurtemberg Aloniteur, says :—"ln consequence of the dis turbances in Turkey continuing to extend, a body of 25,000 men are to be concentrat d at Scutari to keep Montenegro and the Herze govina in check. Other troops will also be scut iu to Bosnia and on the frontiers of Mon tenegro, for in Albania affairs are becoming every day more critical, and fears are enter tained of an insurrection. We may affirm that Russia is perfectly in accord with the Austrian cabinet as to the necessity of securing tranquillity on the frontiers of that country." TAE RECORDER OF IiULL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I was pleased to see yesterday in the columns of a morning contemporary allusion made by a correspondent who signs himself " John," to the omission of Mr. Warren's name from the list of the New Ministry. I entirely concur in the tribute paid by Jehu to the courage and eloquence displayed by the Recorder of Hull on the memora ble occasion of the introduction of the Conspiracy Bill, and consider that the least Lord Derby could do, when he prepared his programme for the puldic, was to reward those energies which had contributed so much to place him in his high position. Since the time of the " Chief Butler," however, prosperity has almost invariably led to the forget fulness of services, and decent mediocrity has been preferred to merit. Mr. Warren has, however, the consolation of knowing that his character and integrity have made him respected by those who differ from him in political views, and that they feel indignant at the slight he has experienced. In the event of a vacancy on the Bench, which is expected at no very distant period, and way pos sibly happen during the reign of the present Minis try, the elevatio❑ of the learned Recorder of Hull to a seat in which he may fiad fitter scope for those high judicial qualities he has shown in a subordi nate capacity, would be at once endorsed with public approbation. I am, sir, yours obediently, London, March 12. FAIR PLAY. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords justices.) IN RE ARMSTRONG.-LIINATIO PETITION. The Solicitor-General (Mr. Cairns, Q.C.) stated the object of the petition to the Court, viz.---That there should be an account taken of the personal estate of the lunatic. That the Master in Lunacy should make out a scheme. That the costs of all parties should be taxed ; and that some instruction as to the payment of these costs should be given the next time the case appears be fore the court. That the funds should be made subject to the payment of costs and maintenance. Mr. Maline.—Two thousand a-year should be paid. Lord Justice Knight Bruce. —In case the lady should question thitt, some one should appear for her. There are no parties here but parties who are very anxious to benefit her; but s9me one should be here, or perhaps should attend before the Master, and appear for the lunatic. Some person should be instructed to appear for her. The Lord Chancellor.—The Master of the Rolls will appear for the lady. Lord Justice Knight Bruce.—The trustees will ap pear before the Master of the Rolls as a committee. Appoint them a committee, and they will have a locus staodi to appear. His lordship thought that she might not be so well here as in her own country. That concessions should be made on both aides to bring this case with which the Court had been so much troubled to an amicable termination. The Lord Chancellor said that the Court would givs the Master power to make a temporary scheme. Lord Justice Knight Bruce said that as Mrs. Arm• strong had no objections to Miss Gardner as her corn • panion, he hoped that something would be done by way of accommodation, for it was impossible to allow such scenes in court to go on. There must be some way taken to compromise it, or the Cowl will take some method to settle it. Lord Justice Turner—The Court can make an order that there should be some immediate temporary proTi• sion made. Lord Justice Knight Bruce—lt is hoped that the Court will not find it necessary to interfere with the strong hand. Solicitor-General—I hope so. Their Lordships ordered the Master to make out A scheme within a short time, and to report by Friday. PROBATE COURT. (Before Sir C. Cresswell, Judge Ordinary.) IN RE ELIZABETH HOW, DECEASED. Dr. Deane applied for the granting of probate of the last will and testament of the deceased Elizabeth How as though she were a widow under the following cirousn• stances :—The testatrix died on the 20th February, 1857, having made her last will. &a., an 25th January of that year. At that time it was not known whether her husband was living or dead. Oa the 23d February, 1850, her husband ;ft England for the United States, aid arrived at New York on the 6th April following, and on the Bth April went by steamer to Albany, United States, which he reached on the oth of that month, but front that time to the present nothing had been heard of him. In her lifetime the testatrix caused inquiries to be wade relative to her husband in America, Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope, and also caused advertiseraenta to be inserted in newspapers in those countriee, but without effect. Since the testatrix's death the executor had made similar inquiries but without any eathfactory result, and it was prayed that the court would be pleased to grant probate in this case as the will of a widow. Sir C. Crese , aell said he thought he might very' [Well grant probate in this case as the will of a widow. Seven years appeared to have expired between the hus band's leaving and the making of the will and death of the testatrix, and from inquiries that bad been made there was good ground for believing the husband was dead. Probate granted accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. AMUSEMENTS OF MEDICAL STODENTS.—Wm. Brows, Fred. Watkins, Alfred Brown, and Richard Thorns°sr medical students, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham for creating a disturbance at four o'clock thin morning by knocking at doors. Police-constable Moe said about four o'clock Oil morning, while in Brewer-street, he heard violent knocking at the doors, hallooing, and shouting. Ili told the prisoners to go away quietly. He folios/id them into Little Windmill-street and into Poland-Areet, where he saw one of them go up to three or four doors, knock at one door loudly, and he then heard something drop on the pavement, when he took out his rattle and called for assistance. Police-constable 112 C said he went to the other constable's assistance, and opposite No. 56 he picked up a knocker which had been wrenched from the door. On examining the door he found the knocker was gone. Emma Veale, the landlady of the house, said she was greatly alarme d by the knocking ; she thought there was a fire, The knocker was worth Cs. The prisoners said they had nothing to say to the charge. Mr. Lingham said the charge against them was for being drunk, knocking at people's doors, and shouting at four o'clock in the morning. Such conduct would not be allowed, and he thought if he inflicted such a fine ad would affect their pockets it would be a warning to thorn for the future. The prisoners were then fined 40s. each, and 6s. for the value of the knocker. THAMES. .DURGLABY AND RoßDEßY.—Henry Williams, a well known thief, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with burglariously breaking into and entering the dwel ling-house of Mr. John George Wicker, No. 237, High street, Shadwell, and stealing therefrom various ar ticles of wearing apparel, and a piece of Coburg cloth. The prosecutor stated that he left home last Tuesday evening, and returned at nine o'clock, and found that his house had been burglariously entered, and missed a pair of trousers, a ♦est, and a piece of Coburg cloth. His drawers had been ransacked in search of money, but the thief or thieves were unable to find any. Richard Howitt, of No. 1, Hampton-court, Fish. street, St. George's-in-the-East, stated that he saw the prisoner three doors from the house of the prosecutor, with two men. lie watched them and saw the prisoner walk close to Mr. Wicker's door and reconnoitre, and also heard him say to his companions, " It's a good place to go to, we shall get some swag (Property) here. - He saw two of the men come ent of Mr. Wicker's house, each with a large bundle under his arm. The prisoner was with them, and he ran down the street opposite with them. He told Mr. Wicker what he had seen on the following day. He knew the other men. Mr. Selfe—What are their names ? Witness—One is called Gasman and the other Lucifer. (A laugh.) Mr. Selfe—Light and darkness. The prisoner asked Howell if he ever saw bins before? Witness—Yes, on Tuesday evening we had some gin together. Michael Crawley stated that between 6 and 7 o'clock he saw the prisoner near Mr. Wicker's house. The prosecutor said he had missed other property besides the articles he had mentioned. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, said, "I am as hinnocent as hany hinfant, my lord." rho prisoner was remanded until Thursday, and the police were directed to look after the Gasman and Lucifer. STATE OF TRADE. 000 M b A a N I es C , H i n E S I u T d E th ß g , 1 111 2 a 7 :O 6 N Amer night 12 , e 2 al l e: of cotton at Li verpool up to fast can. These sake include 3,500 b a l es for speculation and export, so that the quantity taken by millownere has not exceeded half th e present limited consumption of spinners. The quantity imported during the week has been 73,346. The effect has been a reduction of 4d. per lb. in price, while yarns have given way in our own market fully as much if not rather more. In fact, spin ners have bad to give way id. to id. per lb. since Tues day, and manufacturers, though many of them through having orders still uncompleted show considerable firmness, could not dispose of their cloth without a re duction fully corresponding to that on yarns. But the depression in trade here is not to be measured merely by the reduction in money value, or the uncertainty and perplexity arising out of a falling cotton-market. The uneasiness caused by the state of France, including the wh lesale arreit and deportation of political offenders, with Its probable consequences, and the state of our owa relations with that country, is interfering very much of with al a r h m u i a u n e s d s , b uy T e h r e s r a e r l e s l tele lees disposed general an d to u o n p d a efi ra .a t e a d feeli ng than any time since the partial revival of trade after Christmas. --- HERRING TIADE.—WICIC, March 4.—By the latest counts from Ireland. it appears only a few of the ontahr:rsetcsohnajneu.sehr°awtrier"dumep°rnliCesofriamngpirnogverroemnt.3og. Theto .345. The period of Lent will hoover in a month, and it is feared prices will then decline, but the stook over can not be heavy. The latest advice, f, om Stettin quote full crown brands at $l2. per barrel, and some few sales were made at that figure. Full unbranded fill' s s w a e le ek s. fir o l n r e ela o a r d, two lind s c o a rn r e gc e re t s her w s are quoted at $lO. ; spent at $9. The quantity of the two latter qualities was large, end there were no • n rnt a fil in w A h c i c e o h u i n e t sr represented ebneteendreceived g o f the Norwe gian e a r r e e t s e l i fpo p z : vnT h fpho e rre r e e eppo: t nl. h ;te i i . prices in some instances being as low as 2s. G v d e . ry pe h r e c a r v a y n This will tend to keep down prices in Baltic posts, al. andt.h though the T greater he s e p a r s tr e t u o i f e thecacatch s a c a b al a ' s g u med in Russia tions are usually made for the Lewis fishin w g of the cran is talked of at lls. to 125., but fishermen in this quarter are not likely to engage largely in it at these prices, as the fishing hitherto has not paid them. Some curer , , too, who embarked in the trade last year are not to speculate in it this year, having also lost money by it. There is no word of any early contracts fur fish, nor is it probable that much will be done in the line this season. NVe hope, however, that with the abundance of cheap money both at home and on the continent, the trade will show some symptoms of a re vival by the month of May, when other provisions are likely to advance. Cutch bas maint rined the same price i in the London market for the pas t three weeks, and it s not now expected to fall. The retail price, howeveT, this season is likely to be 25 per cent , un d e r last year a rates, 021124 huntad, I a 1