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NEW TB.A.VELS IN SPANISH AMERICA. - A Wednesday next will be published, with Coloured 3fap, 5 Mustra ,-. /l o ps Ohromo-lithography, And 12 Wood Engravings, in Bvo., price 18s. cloth, MITLA ; A Narrative of Incidents and Personal Adventures on a Journey lifMexico, Guatemala, SalvadOr, In the years 1853 to 1855; with Observations on the btodes of Life In those Countries. By G. F. YON TEXPSICY. London : Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- LAST NIGHT BUT FOUR, TBIS EVENING, the opera of LA TRAVIAT A. To conclude with the successful Divertissement, by 31. Maggot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Idadlles. Clavella, lacchi, and Pasquale. • Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), _pit and one pair, 21. 2s ; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, U. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 32 6d; gallery, 25. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, LAST NIGHTS. Piccolomini, Spezia, Sannier, Belletti, Vialetti, Aldighieri, Luchesi, and Giuglini. THIS EVENING, Feb. 18 (Last Night but Four), LA TRAVIATA: • SATURDAY, Feb. 20 (Last Night but Three), LUCIA DI L'AIDIERmeolt. • ¶UESDAX. Feb. 23 (Last Night but Two), LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO, and Last Act of LA FAVORITA. • THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (Last Night but One), LA ZINGARI, being the Italian version of the Bohemian Girl. . SATURDAY, Feb. 27 (Last Night), IL TROVATORE. - Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box•ottlee at the Theatre. • 13.11 r R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lassee, Mr.. E. T. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new coml.; drama, A LUCKY HIT. After which, TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. TIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with the oomedy of THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, Mr. Hudson. After which, TWICE KILLED. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. ' After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled - THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle -qnin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; -Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s, d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 6 'Upper Boxes .. 3 0 tipper Bones 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery .ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. • THIS EVENING, will be presented THE QORSICAN BROTHERS. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor =tack ; Clown, Mr. Hnline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paule ; and _Columbine, Miss C. Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FAIRY CIRCLE. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. ' After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commen,:e at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— THIS EVENING, Feb. 18, Shakespere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit ; Macbeth, Mr. Charles Dillon., With Locke's celebrated Music. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ' • or, Harlequin awl the Ghebers of the Desert Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and "Wool,gar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J, Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columb:nes, Misses Malcolm and Zees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans -formaation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. loz.office open from 11 to 5 daily. STRAND THEA.TRE.—Lmee, Mr, T. Payne. 1.7 Under the management of . Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, 2d night of a new Drama, adapted from a work of Mr. Charles Dickens, entitled SILVER ,STORE ISLAND ; or, Perils of Certain English Prisoners. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Turner, Bolton, Howard, Dean, Van Buren, dm; Misses Portman, Hastings, Victor. To be followed by the highly successful Bur'esino of THE LADY OF LYONS; or, Twopenny Pride and Peany-tence Characters by Messrs. Gomersal, Bolton, Howard, Swan.- borough; Mi 'see Victor and Tempest. To conclude with the screaming Farce of A WOMAN IN MY DUST HOLE. Messrs. L. Buckingham, Turner, and Miss Craven. Commence at Seven. Boxes, 25.; Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, Is. ; GAllery 6d. Ha'f price at Nine. Commence at Seven. "ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Ores wick. THIS EVENING, will be performed an original English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harleciain Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.--- OPEN EVERY EVENING.--The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o. 13 elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, -Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brnaell, Miss. Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. ,ToLes, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. 'Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. 'I. Critchfield and E. Hackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; .Director, Herr F. Jonghma.ns. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dte., until twelve o'clock. - Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 43 min. aft. 4—Even., 59 min. aft. 4 To-MORROW—Morn., 16 min. aft. s —Even., 35 m'n aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SoN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 13. IIIEIIOMETZ3, IN Tll7. SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 36 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.17. Wish, East South Easterly; fresh and cold, with very Sze wintry weather. ab ( S n* Vl V is 1) 4 4, 4 • LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1858. The East India Company has followed the example of Parliament, and passed numerous `votes of thanks to different persons concerned in the recent events in India. Of course their own Governor-General was the head of the list, and the name of Mr. HALLIDAY, Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal, which had been omitted by Parlia ment, was added to the list. We cannot feel greatly surprised that the Directors should take advantage of the short time during which they may still exercise the forms of government, to 'Puff themselves, and the first resolution praising their subordinates was virtually praising them selves, and if the present opportunity had been relinquished, no Other might have occurred. It would, however, have been better for Lord CAN- Aurm if the matter had been deferred until the nation generally had been better qualified to pronounce a more decided opinion on the vexed question of the value and efficiency of h is services, and the resolution could be carried without qualification or opposition. At present it was taken cz t .in merely r e a r el ° -salis. An amendment was propos e d, :that Lord CANNING'S name should b e omitted , y •but practically amounting to a censure on th e Noble Lord, and referring to the " of fore 'sight, ignorance, and obstinacy on the part of the supreme Government, which refused to employ those resources which were within his power ; to adopt measures 'obviously called for ; and to attend to the communications which were set before him." This led to a ve r y damaging expla nation, which materially diminished the value of the vote. The Chairman declared that no member was bound by the resolution to an approval of the w hole policy of Lord CANNING, but simply thanking him for the energy and ability with w hi c h, h e e mployed the resources at his command. The Court did not even go so far as to say that Lord Ca..zernra did not cause the mutiny—did not say " yea or nay upon that point." The strongest argument used was, that " if it were premature to acquit Lord CANNING, it was premature to condemn him." But, surely, while serious doubts were enter- tained there could be no imputation in refraining from an active demonstration in favour of the accused, while the matters in dispute were sub judice. As we have already intimated, the proper time would have been when the rebellion had been completely repressed, and peace and tran quillity completely restored in India, or when, through loss of health or other unforeseen causes, he was returning from the position he had occu pied. "Then his conduct might be fairly and impartially canvassed, and the fiat of the British Parliament and the British nation expressed on his exertions. Then the expression of public opinion would be unalloyed ; then it would be truly satis factory." But by the premature ventilation of the question the whole matter has been rendered ridiculous, and the value of the testimonial to those whom the nation delighted to honour mate• rially deteriorated. We cannot, as yet, even concur in the very limited manner in which the resolution was car ried—viz., " for the energy and ability with which he employed the resources at his command." In this we do not allude to the general indignation of all the European inhabitants of Calcutta and Bengal, untrammelleil by official. ties. We restrict ourselves within the very narrow bounds assigned. It has been stated, and we believe without con tradiotion, that he refused the valuable aid tendered by JUNG BAHADOOR and his valiant Ghoorkas— aid that had been partially accepted by the local authorities, who were snubbed for having dared to break through a single red-tapist fetter without the sanction of the Governor-General in Council. Ithe Nepaulese Prince was not permitted to advance his troops into Oude. An important alliance might have been endangered by the refusal ; and there is but too much reason to believe that the awful and heartrending massacre and other even more terrible atrocities at Cawnpore, and the fearful sufferings of the fugitives at Lucknow, were occasioned thereby. It could scarcely be' expected that in so doing he had employed the resources at his command to the best advantage, when such frightful results attended not merely his inaction, but his deliberate refusal to avail himself thereof. We may also ask whether there was that dis play of energy and promptitude in disarming the disaffected Sepoys, which might have prevented the outbreak at Dinapore, and the loss of many of our gallant soldiers, who, while marching to the relief of Arras, fell into the artful trap laid for their reception? and whether adequate prepara , tiona were made for forwarding the reinforcements from England, of whose anticipated arrival due notice had been given, to the scene of action I When these interrogatories had been satisfactorily answered, it would have been quite time to have gone out of our way to thank Lord CANNING " for the energy and ability with which he employed the resources at his command to suppress the widely spread mutiny." But until they are suitably responded to, it seams to have been a very serious mistake to do so. As to the gallant officers engaged there could scarcely be a difference of opinion, and we rej Ace that the name of Sir W. PEEL has been added to the number of those specified by name. Although not a General, or ranking with a General, he was of the highest rank in the service to which he belonged, and he had discharged the important duties that devolved on him in that capacity in such a manner as to elicit the highest approbation of all classes in the community. The omission of his name could only have been considered as a slight to the Naial Brigade. It was -unquestion ably a case to establish a precedent if none had pre viously existed. It was no trifling matter to bring a number of 24-pounders under the very walls of Lucknow. Perhaps no naval officer had ever be fore been called on to perform such services, and every encouragement should be held forth for similar exhibitions of zeal and ability, producing such valuable results. The other proceedings require but little obser vation. It might have been well to notice the fidelity of a large majority of the native Princes. The same reasons that induced the Court to with hold an expression of opinion until the mutiny or rebellion was entirely suppressed, should a for tiori have operated with regard to Lord CANNING, with respect to whose conduct there were so many different and conflicting views. The minimum rate of disceunt, which at the Bank of England was 10 per cent. up to the 24th December, has, since that time, been reduced to 3 per cent., and even that is so far beyond the current rates, that the Old Lady is unable to hod employment for her surplus capital. Good trade bills are eagerly sought after, and readily discounted at 2i or 2i per cent. Bullion is accumulating in the Bank vaults and unemployed notes in its till. At the last return the amount of specie in both departments stood at 16,574,6471., and the reserve of notes at 10,617,4451., and the next Gazette will probably show very consi derable augmentations in both items. We may therefore confidently anticipate the speedy arrival of that state of affairs known as " money being a drug in the market," when the wildest specula tions will be fostered and stimulated, although legitimate trade has not, and will not for a consi derable time, recover from the effects of the ter rible blows it sustained during the latter months of 1857. This is one of the inevitable results of the Bank Charter Ac! - . Indeed it must always attend a purely metallic currency, or one closely assimilated thereto, and varying with the amount of bullion. There is a regular cycle, through which matters move, when the culminating point of prosperity has been attained. The descent is steady, but gradual. The pace is then accelerated, until the nation, and all classes save the hard cal culators, travel with fearful velocity on the road to ruin. These gentlemen, who have created the panic in the first instance, largely avail them selves of its effects, and transfer the property acquired by the earnings of their softer com panions to their own pockets. When that is accomplished—when they have made their bargains —the scene is changed, as if by the enchanter's wand. Monetary ease is achieved, but that stage is rapidly passed. Speculation and excitement follow, until there is another mania, which will certainly be succeeded by a crash and wild panic, When sauve qui peut becomes the only motive by vthish the hest hearted and moot liberal men are actuated. The Bank must find employmekt for its extra means. It is compelled to purchase all the gold offered at a fixed price, no matter how little it may be required. It is too costly a material to be suffered to lie idle, slumbering in its vaults. The Directors know that the Proprietors expect handsome dividends, and they feel bound to pro mote the interests of their constituents, even at the expense of the nation. They have b een formally reliev e d f rom the regulation of the rency by the A c t o f 1844, and they do not feel cur themselves bound to i ncur any present losses, uo matter how beneficial they may be to the commu nity at large. A circulating medium for domestic use, posses n dep osits sing in trinsic value, has pre c i se l y the same effect as the payment nt e b r y e s onOyEit- It STONE and the Times. of held at call, so loudly deprecated . must and occupation. Men cannot afford to keep it useless and unpro ductive. Of course they will prefer unexception able investments, but if these cannot be procured —and at present the demand largely exceeds the supply—they must be contented with others of a more doubtful character. Then it is that foreign loans and all species of frauds are introduced. Legitimate and cautious traders are outstripped by reckless speculators without capital, who are pro vided with ample funds by parties anxious to find employment for their money in any shape. Other nations step forward to bleed JOHN BULL, wbo, confident in the strength of his purse, and believ ing that all things will remain couleur de rose, enters into engagements which he cannot perform under different and more adverse circumstances. The nation is thus drained of its bullion. The hard calculators, who have produced the mischief, closely button up their pockets, except at exorbi tant rates. They hoard their cash, and thus paralyse the active circulation, and reduce to ruin the dupes whom they encouraged in the first instance. This is the regular course of events, and we shall see a repetition of similar events so long as the impolitic and iniquitous code is main tained without change or n - loclification. Each time the evil will be enhanced, as Government will exhibit greater reluctance each time to inter fere with the working of the law. Probably they will wait the next panic for a minimum rate of 12 per cent., for 15 the following one, and so on. It is for the people to say how long they will patiently endure the existence of such a law— a constantly recurring source of mischief to the industrious classes. We give another, and, as our readers will see, a very able and valuable testimony to the success of the Ballot. • Mr. PIA; if otherwise unknown to our readers, witnesses for his own competency and trustworthiness, by the style and tone of his address to the crowded meeting which listened to him with such enthusiasm at Taunton. Indeed, it is plain that no point in the Reform pro gramme commands more hearty and unquestion ing support than the B.illot. On the degree in which the suffrage shall be lowered, on the dura tion of Parliaments, on the arrangement of con stituencies, honest Liberals differ ; but all hearty Liberals are also hearty for the Ballot. One of Mr. PYKE'S amusing revelations is that of the hoax practised on tha Times. People natu rally hoax the willing, and, at present, The Times 'is willing enough to be hoaxed on the Ballot. We all remember how it swallowed the tale of the rail way duels in Georgia ; and yet more eagerly, we doubt not, it swallowed the story that the editor of the Adelaide Dispatch had condemned the working of the ballot in the colony of Victoria ; and much it made of the testimony of a writer, too far off, if he ever existed, to know anything about the mat ter. But, alas, the reason why none of us but The Times knew anything about the Adelaide Dis patch, is because visitors to us from Australia know nothing about it. Mr. PYKE had never heard of such a paper. "He knew Adelaide well, but he certainly must say he did not know the Adelaide Dispatch ; he had never heard of a colonist that knew of such a paper till he saw it quoted in the Times, and, for his part, he thought it must be a kind of myth," His other audacious remarks, respecting the "Leading journal," the reasons that it had "now ceased to lead, and only followed in the wake of public opinion," we can hardly venture to repeat. Mr. PYRE is of opinion that any want of suc cess with the ballot in California, France, or else- where, may be easily accounted for by the want of an efficient Registration, or from allowing candi &tea to provide their own voting tickets. -• It cer tainly doesseem impossible, with the simple precau tions adopted in Australia, with a registration simi- lar to our own, that fraud can be practised. A re ! turning officer, and the scrutineers of all the can didates, who are present throughout the time of polling, must all be in collusion to render such a thing practicable. Even a millionaire would find it impossible to buy up such politically hostile, not to say honourable, persons in a contested election. If the voting-paper is delivered to the voter, as it is in Australia, only in the room where the scrutineers and his assessors are, if each paper then endorsed with the returning officer's name and the number of the voter on the register, if the names rejected by the voter be then erased by him in a private compartment, and the paper dropped by him into the ballot-box in the pre sence of the officer and the scrutineers--it seems impossible that even Professor FRIKELL could, by any legerdemain, give more than his single vote. Mr. PYKE thinks, with Sir H. ELTON, that the Ballot is quite as much a conservative as a demo cratic measure. It was found to be so at Mel bourne. The mob and the rowdies found they could do nothing in the way of intimidation. The very candidates who were mobbed carried it at the ballot-box. This is really ♦ery natural, and is by no means to be set down to the peculiar character of the Melbourne populace, where the suffrage is almost universal. The noisy ones too commonly pass themselves off for the people. The real people, both here and in Melbourne, all English as they are in temperament, are opposed to violent changes, and on the whole trust their superiors, and men of ability and character, far mole than their equals or than empty-pursed demagogues. One grievous defect, we confess, belongs to the Ballot. As an Irishman said to Mr. PYRE on the polling day, "Ole, Sir, this is as dull as a funeral ; the people all look as if they were going to church. The) eis no fun at all." Well, that is very bad. We ought—no doubt Father CON WAY and Co. think so—to have a little Irish fun at such times. Dulce est desipere in loco. Which being translated means, it is delightful to get drunk and crack heads at elections. Still there are two opinions about the dulca of such doings, and we ourselves do not like head-cracking at least, either actively or passively. As to the other species of "fun," why, "De gustibus," &c. Still, the Ballot itself would not prevent Paddy or a long-shore man from getting ac "glorious' as TAM COSHANTER—onIy Paddy must be glorious at his own cast. TUE 6IERITS OF GENERAL WINDHAM. 1. Two nieces, co-heiresses, the Miss Win dharos ; one, married to Lord Alfred Paget ; the other, to Lord Macdonald, whose oily brother is Private Secretary to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge. Lady Macdonald was appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber in 1835. 2. A brother-in-law, the late Earl of Listowel, the intimate friend of Lord Palmerston, and Lord of the Bedchamber to her Majesty. Vide Peerage. AN OLD K.C.B. THE SON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI NG, LAMBETH DISTRICT SURVEYOR. veVoer perceive that sSuorn electors to-morrow. If the spirited and Liberal t b a o t---"P"--7--- ro t u ill g e h ele o c f tio L n know their own interest, they cannot do better than choose a gentleman of great and acknow atnofbeathpisctormicet ledged eminence in his profession—Mr. Tress—a most worthy candid a t e for the post. We have long , kliown Mr. Tress, and we Clll honestly commend him to the good peoplo of Lambeth as a gentleman not easily to be matched for such au appointment. L ANEST NEWS. INDIA, THE BOMBAY MAIL. We have received from our Malta correspondent the Bombay Overland Times of the 23th of January ; in anticipation of the mails. _ The following summary is from the paper in question : Sir Colin Campbell, with about 10,000 men, left Cawnpore on the 24th of December, and ad vanced west ward through Rohilcund. After clear ing the country as they advanced, our force was attacked on the 3d of January, at the bridge across the Kalee Nuddee, but the enemy were repulsed with loss. Lieutenant Younghusband, Punjab were severely wounded. On the night of the 2d the rebels vacated Furruckabad, which was occu pied by our troops on the 4th, without opposition. Many gun s were captured in th e - var i ous a ff a i rs with the enemy, besides much valuable property. After the subjugation of Robilcund the Comman der-in-Chief was to advance again upon Lucknow. " Sir Colin Campbell's force, which has probably crossed the Ganges at Furrackabad, and is direct ing its march thence upon Lucknow, consists, as we esillieppose of 10,000 or 12,000 men ; w hil e we h a dsatisfaction yesterday of learning that Jung Bahadoor, the Nepaul Commander-in-Chief, with his army of 10,000 Ghoorkas, composed of 14 regiments of Infantry, and four batteries of Ar tillery, of six guns each, arrived at Segowlee on the 21st ult., to approach Lucknow, as we pre sume, on that side. It is not improbable that ere now a junction has been formed between all these forces, and that Oude is already won ; the task s i m ply of following up and exterminating our cruel foe remaining to the soldier. "General Outram, at the Alumbagh, continued to hold his position, notwithstanding repeated at tacks by the enemy. On the 22d December he at tacked the enemy, about 5,000 strong, who had taken up a formidable position on his right flank, and completely routed them, killing 250, and cap turing four guns. On the 12th January General Outram was attacked by 30,000 of the rebels, who were repulsed with the loss of 400 men. The post of Alumbagh was again assailed on the 16th, and the attack lasted for 11 hours, the enemy being headed by a Hindoo fanatic who was wounded and taken prisoner. The insurgents were driven back with severe loss. With the force at his disposal, about 4,000 men, General Outram is fully able to main tain his position. " On the 26th of December Colonel Rowcroft's column, consisting of part of the Naval Brigade and two Ghoorka Regiments, attacked a body of the rebels, 5,000 strong, in the Goruckpora district, and entirely routed them. This victory has cleared that part of the country. " Brigadier Campbell, with a small force from Allahabad, marched against the rebels in the neigh bourhood, and attacked them on the 4th January, killing upwards of 350. " The Bareilly insurgents, about 1,000 in num ber, attacked fluldwanee, 18 miles from Nynee Tab on the Ist of January, but were driven off by the Ghoorkas, with the loss of 20 killed. " A small force from Deese, under Major Raines, marched against the village of Rowah on the 6th of January, and engaged the rebels collected there. After a sharp fire of musketry the village was carried by storm, and the enemy driven out. A few offi cers were wounded in this affair. " The Bhopal Contingent were disarmed at Sehore on the 12th January by the force under General Rose. About 150 prisoners were tried by court-martial, and shot by musketry, and many others were killed in attempting to escape. "The rescued garrison of Lucknow arrived at Calcutta on the 9th January, and were received with enthusiacim by the European inhabitants. " The Bigliop of Calcutta died on the 2d of January, and was interred on the 4th in St. Paul's Cathedral. The Bishop of Madras has been ap pointed to conduct the duties of the Metropolitan See. " The 94th Regiment arrived at Kurrachee on the 14th of January, overland via Suez, in the steamer Oriental. The 7th Dragoon Guards have also arrived at Kurrachee. cc th e Punjab continues quiet. The Nizam's dominions are tranquil. The Bomb a y an d M adras Presidencies remain undisturbed." In addition to the summary, the Bombay Times has the following _" The pro gress of Sir Cohn Ca mp b e ll h as b een marked hard fighting sin ce our l ast advices, the insurgents by no having retreated r a pidl y across the Ganges into Oude, leaving the Dooab i n our un disturbed possession, and abandoning Furruckabad as soon as the Commander-in-Chief arrived in the neighbourhood of the place. Colonel Seaton's column, the brilliant s uccess of which we chr on i c l e d in our last issue , is in c ommunication with the C expected. to open i mmed i ately, and there will probably be s ome hard fighting there be fore the provinc e is redu ced to subjection. It is i n ds m mayDaCommander-in-Chief's be rb - i is I l -Chief's force, so th at all opposition in ou the now atom end. Th e , 3ampaign in 0 impossible to arrive at any reliable estimate as to suffering f rom t h e demoralisation the force now assembled iu an d around Lucknow but it is not unlik el y th at it numbers 100,000 men ; , defeat ever int ro d uces into an army, f or a foothold in th e empire. To meet dawnehsdiPahiarclotwhni°sltltlgapillrobably lend its energy to their last li rebels, amply pr ov id e d with t s h tr i u s g h g o l s e t o) f ammuni tion and warlike stores, our resources are as fol- Lows :-- _ " .At i m three or f our m i les out of Luck now .. ,Sir James o utram is p osted with 4,000 men, having th e main body of the Oud e f orce i mme di a t e l y in bh front. A letter from his camp, dated 26th ultimo, de-tribes his position and recen t opera ti o ns as follows : i.lbli' it General Outram's division is encamped here in a large plain, about three and a-half miles from Lucknow. The enemy are posted in force in our front, and have 3,000 or 4,000 in posi tion on our right. They fire round shot at the Alumbagh enclosure, and towards our batteries, nearly the whole day long, but without doing much damage. Our heavy guns play into their batte ries steadily m orn i ng and evening, and occisionally during the day. The country people have, within the last few days, given signs of thinking that our Government is again in the ascendant, and they now voluntarily bring in supplies in tolerable quantities into camp, but before that we had twice to send out strong foragin g p art i es ( cons i s ti n g of cavalry, artil lery, and infant ry ) to pay v i s it s t o villages known to be well stored w ith gra i n, and it has had a won derfully good effect. We surprised the 3,000 or 4,000 sepoys who were on our right, a few mornings ago, attacked th em soon a f ter d a yb rea k, a nd t oo k four of their guns and a good many ammunition waggons, well fill e d w i t h roun d s h o t, &c. It was c,-.):Dpleta ald a most successful morn ing's work.' "Our latest news from this force is comprised in the following memorandum, received via Agra, yesterday : They rem a i n CawnPore, Jan. B.—All well at Alumbagh. unmolested. The road is a little strong between h ere and t h ere i n pl a c e s ; but par ties of four and six military train come over on messages without danger." " A little affair has taken place at the village of Rowah, near Deesa, on this side, which will be found fully described elsewhere. "Colonel Rowcroft attacked the rebels, 5,000 strong, including 1,100 Sepoys, on the 26th De cember, in the Goruckpore district, and completely routed them. He took two guns, and all their tents, baggage, and ammunition, Only one dooly bearer was killed, and ono Soobadar wounded. About 40 of the enemy we re killed, and a large number wounded. This victory has completely cleared that part of the country. Ally Kurreem is said to have been killed in this affair, The 70th Bengal N.T. embarked for China on the 30th December. The 47th have also volunteered for foreign service. " The force under General Sir James Outran was attacked at Alumbagh on the morning of Tues day, the 12th inst., by 30,000 men. The enemy were repulsed with a loss of 400 men. Our loss was six wounded." The troops at the Alumbagh are 4,000 strong, and consist of : Engineer Park—Lieutenant liutchin, Superin tending Engineer. Artillery Park—Lieutenant Thomas in charge. Madras Sappers—Lieutenant Scott. CAVALRY. Military Train—Major Robertson in Command. 12th Irregular Cavalry and Hardinge's Corps. ARTILLERY. Major Eyre, Commanding. Royal Artillery, Captain Maude, Bengal Artillery, Captain Olpherts. EUROPEAN INFANTRY. Her Majesty's sth, 75th, 78th, 84th, and 90th Regiments, with Ist Madras Fusiliers, NATIVE INFANTRY. Ferozepore regiment, Major Brarsyer. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE BOMBAY MARKET FROM THE 9TH TO THE 22D OF JANUARY. We have received no advice from England since the Overland Mail of the 10th December, which reached ue on the morning of the 66h instant, per steam ship Pekin, The Overland Mail of the 26th Dacenaber is hourly expected. Our money-market is considerably tight, and may continue so for some time to come. Discounts remain at 12 per cent. FEBRUARY lB, 1858 IMPORTS. Cotfon Piece Goods.—The tone of our import market has certainly improvrd within the last few days, and the news from home will doubtless tend to sustain it. Gray shirtings, 40 to 45 inches, have advanced in value from 2 to 6 ernes per piece ; gray T cloths and gray madap9llams have also advanced—as also low gray jam/tett. Bleached and Fancy Goods.—These have also gene rally improved in prices. Yarns.—Both mule and water twists have undergone little change in value. _ EXPORTS. Cotton.—There has been no improvement perceptible in the dulness in the market for this staple ; and the holders remain firm lookiog out for better aocounts from home. j Oil Seeds.—This market has improved within the last few days, especially linseed. Tonnage.—The rates of freights have remained un changed since our last. We quote for London and Liverpool, if. to 1/. 33. ; and for China, re. 6 to 7 per candy. EXCHANGE. The market has been somewhat subject to fluctata• tions, and we quote 2i. lid. for document bills ; 2'. ld. fur credit bills Lon China, at 60 days' sight re. 218. BANK AND OTHER SHARES. Bank of Bombay, I,ooor. each, 31 per cent. premium ex diridend._ Oriental Bank Corporation, 250 r. each, 45 per cent, premium ex dividend, Commercial Bank, 500 r., 2 per cent, discount, Mercantile Bank, 250 r., 15a per cent. premium. Agra Bank, 500 r. each, 36 per cent. premium. Rink of Madras, 1,000 r., 8 per cent. premium tx. dividend. BOMBAY MONEY MARKET. Friday Evening, Jim 22. EXCHANGE. On London.—Six months' sight, 2s. 11(1. for doct. bills ; six months' -ight, 2.. ld. for credit bills. On Calcutta-60 days' sight, 100/r.; 30 days' sight, 1011 r. ; at sight, 1021 r. On Madras-30 days' sight, 98ic. ; at sight, 99jr. Oa China—at 60 days' Fight, R. 218. Apollo P. Corn. „ 12,000 do. 21,500 Colaba P. COW. „ 7,000 each 24,000 Hydraulic P. Corn., paid up, Rs. 4,000 4,500 Cotton Spinning Com., paid up Rs. 4,000, 100 pm., Oriental and Weaving and Spinning Company, paid up R.. 1,600, 160 pm. per share. East India Spinning and Weaving Company, paid up Rs. 50, 1 per cent. premium. Colaba L. Corn. „ 10,000 do. 8,500 sellers. B. S. N. Corn. „ 400 420 „ Gr.lnd. P. R. Corn. 218-3 paid in Bombay, or 201 pm. in England-17 Rs. per share discount. Do., New Sharep, paid up 21-13-1. at 21. per share, par. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Four per Cant. Sicca Rs. Transfer Loan Co.'s Rs. 87 noml. I f Smca Rs. Loan, 1832 33 „ 85 Co. ' s Re. Loan, 1835 36 „ 79/ Co.'s Re. Loan, 1842.43 „ 79/ New Five per Cent. Co.'s Rs. Loan 91 • PincEs or BULLION, &a. Sovereigns, each—. Re. 10 BArilc of England notes lO , Spanish dollars .. 232 Republican dollars 2lB to 224 German criiwns 215 to 21E Sycee 1051 Gcl , l leaf (range of quality) Gold ingot'', according to touch, for 97 touch 16i FREIGHTS. Cotton. To London To Liverpool To China 11. to 11. ss. 11. to U. 58. 6 to 7 ra. BERLIN, FEB. VT. A letter from Vienna states that a battle has lately taken place in the Herzgovine between the Rajahs and the Turks, in which the former had 10 killed. The latter had 40 wounded, but the number of their killed is not mentioned. The Turks have destroyed Zupzi, and the Rajahs have occupied the mountains at the back of that place. A body of 800 bashi-bazouks have just arrived at Trebinga. BERNE, FFB. 17. The federal commissioners, MM. Dubs and Bischoff, left yesterday for Geneva, accompanied by the secretaries of the departments of Justice and Federal Police. The assigning fixed residences to the refugees will be at once carried into execu tion. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur is destitute of a single particle of intelligence of a political character, except a f u ll translation of the examination at Bow-street of M. Bernard, the refug , !e arrested by the English police at the instigation of the French. The Emperor and the Empress honoured with their presence the evening before last a grand ball given by M. Fould, Minister of State. The Diplo matic Corps, the Marshals, the Ministers, and members of the Senate, Legislative Body, and Council of State, were present in great numbers, as were all that Paris contains of persons most re markable for their wealth, position, or t lent. Dancing was kept up until four in the morning. Orsini and Pierri have decided on having M. Jules l?avre as legal counsel at their approaching trial. De Rudio and G-omoz having declared that they had not made any choice, President Delangle has named NI. Mathieu to act for the former, and M. Nicolet for the latter. The Journal du Havre of yesterday says :—"A passenger hy the steamer from Southampton to our port gives the following account of the very near capture of Allsop. At the station of Basingstoke, where the train stops a short time, Allsop, who was in one of the carriages, seeing himself scanned with great attention by a police -agent, jumped out at the other side, and took to flight so rapidly that he escaped. He cannot, however, long re main at large. It is supposed that his intention was to proceed from Southampton either to Jersey or to Havre." While we Par'sians are enjoying the mild and genial temperature of spring, Italy is a prey to all the horrors of winter-- "-Nec jam sustineant onus • Silva laborautes jeluquo Flumina constiterunt acuto." The Po has been frozen over to such an extent that men and animals have been able to cross it without danger, which is the first time it has been so since the commencement of the ill eeni.ury. Some old perso ns remem b er having witnesse d a similar circumstance in 1788, and also having heard their fathers say that the river was completely frozen across in 1775. BOURSE, FEB. 17. —The market was buoyant at the openin g , ow i ng t o a f ur th er r i se of in the Eng lish Consols, but the movement was suddenly checked by a fall of 55f. on the Mob Her, which had a bad inflnence on all speculative securities. The following were the last quotations : ,j per Cents 95 Do. end month — - 3 per Cent. ..... Do. end month 7O 15 Dank Shares .„ Credit Alobilier Do. Account B9O Credit Foncier Belgian CI Piedinontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes llome Debt 37,3 RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto Blll Lyon and Mediteran. 865 New Ditto B32k Geneva Midi Western 692 Strasburg Grand Central . . 647k Sardinian Austrian GREECE. A letter from Athens, of the 7th, gives a short account of the fete celebrated there the previous day, on the anniversary of his Majesty's complet ing the 25th year of his reign : "At ten o'clock the roar of cannon announced the departure of their Majesties and Prince Adal bert of Bavaria from the palace to the cathedral in a State carriage drawn by six horsA preceded by a detachment of cavalry, and followed by several other court carriages. All the digeit.,ries of the State, and several foreign officers from the vessels of war at the Piraeus, were assembled in the church to receive their Majesties. After the Te Deurn, the Royal party returned to the palace, where they received the diplomatic body and de putations from the provinces and from all the cor porations, who came to offer their congratulations. The city was decked out in the most delighlil manner. • Doric columns, triumphal arches, and other ornamentations, consisting of garlands of flowers, were erected in all directions. During the course of the day, all the general and great digni taries called at the palace to pay their respects to Prince Adalbert, and in the evening there was a grand dinner at the palace, followed by a ball. The city was brilliantly illuminated. An envoy extraordinary from Constantinople had arrived on the previous day to congratulate their Majesties." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 12th publish copies of the propusitions male in July by the Mexican Envoy for the settlement of the dipute between his country and Span, and of some of the corre spondence which took place ; but these documents are not now of any general interest. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier and their family had left Madrid for Andalusia. The Queen and King accompanied their Royal Highnesses to the railway station, and her Majesty pro mised to visit them at Seville before long. The Order of Maria Louisa had been conferred on the Princess Clemeutina d'Orleahs, wife of the Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha ; on the Princess Charlotte, daughter of the King of the Belgians ; and on a Princess of Sardinia ; and the Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos 111. has been granted to M. Alvarez, private secretary to the Queen. A royal decree enacts that M. Lopez shall cease to be Under Secretary of State for thedepart ment of the interior, but that he shall resume his duties as member of the R')yal Council. The pro ceedings in the Senate and the Congress were un important. The government had presented to both chambers the public accounts from 1853 to 1855, and a bill sanctioning the supplementary credits obtained in 1857, and those proposed for 1858. MARSEILLES, Wednesday. The steam-ship Vectis, with the Bombay mails, arrived at Mar seillts this day. Mails leave for London at 3 p.m. A Vienna letter announces that M. Christie, representative of Servia in the riverain commis sion of the Danube, had been summoned to 13e1- grade to become Minister of Justice, and was to be replaced at Vienna by M. Hakik. By a decree of the King of Hanover, the ses. sion of the Diet of that kingdom has been ad. journed to the 6th March next. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The screw steamship Kangaroo, Jeffrey coma an der, has arrived from New York, with advices to the 4th inst., one day later, $lO,OOO in specie, and upwards of 200 passengers. The screw steamship Edinburgh, from Glasgow, had arrived at New York. On the Bth inst. the Kangaroo passed the American ship Simoom, bound west ; on the 13th, in lat. 51 N., long. 21 W., spoke the steamer Arago, f,orn Sou.harripton ; on the 15th passed the Coquette, bound ease ; and on the 10th, off Badycotton, pass:d the barque Britin's Pride. In the Senate the debate upon the Lecompton message of the President had b, en a , journed. The House of Representatives had received the reports of the Naval Commit ee upon the action of Commodore Paulding in capturing the Filibusters. The majority reported his conduct as a grave er. or, a hich called for the disapproval of Congress. The subject was referred to the committee of ihe whole. Ad vices had been received from the head-quarters of the army at Utah to the 18th. Brigham Your g had delivered another warlike sermon in the Taber nacle, and enjoined the Saints to stick by him. Col. Johnstone anticipated the troops would have to fight in the spring. The money-market on iha 3d continued active, and loans on calls were made as low as 4 per cent. ; acceptable securities were scarce, and a large amount of available capital remained unemployed. The stock-market was • also active and buoyant, especially for Curnterland, New Y ,, rk Central, Erie, Reading, and Toledo. The following were the closing rates Central Bonds, 95 ; New York Central Sevens, 100 ; ditto, Sixes, 881; Illinois Central Railroad, 97 ; Erie Railroad, 21 ; Harlem Railroad, 9; Reading Railroad, 58i ; Hud son Railroad, 20 ; New York Central, ex Ilividend, 82 ; Michigan Oeutral, 61 ; Michigan Southern, 20; ditto Preference Stock, 34i ; Delaware and Hudson Company, 1124 ' • Panama Railroad, 931 ; Cleve land and Toledoßailroad, 443- ; Cleveland, Colum bus, and Cincinnati Railroad, 91 ; Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 71 ; Gelena and Chicago, 30. Foreign exchanges clos d at full quotations. Cotton continued firm at the advance quoted on the 2d, with sales-1,200 at 10Z-c. for middling, and 11.1.. for middling fair. The flour-market remained without important change. Superfine State held firmly at $4 20c.— $4 18c. freely offered ; extra State selling pretty freely at $4 25c. to $4 300. for inferior qualities. Southern continues dull and drooping. Canadian without improvement. Wheat unchanged. Corn more active, 65c. to 67c. for yellow. Pork firm, with a good demand. dull. Dressed hogs Beef steady. Prime mess firm. Beef hams steady. Bacon firm, and in demand at 8 to 84 for long middles. Cut meats steady. Lard steady. Butter and cheese quiet. Raw . sugar steady, l refin e d unc h ange d . M o l asses, with in.creased suppiy, in favour of buyers. In spirits of turpentine there had been a large movement, and an advance to 43c,, and higher • prices were asked, although a 14rge number of barrels are 'rumoured to have been sold to arrive. Crude turpentine quiet. Tar firm. Scotch pig iron quoted at $24 to $25 for six months, according to brand. Freights to London.—F:our, 2s. 3d. ; pork, 3s. 9J. ; bacon, 25g. To Livertp,ol.—Corn, 4i. to 41d. in bulk ; wheat in od. ; flour, ls. 9d. to 18. 11d. ; cotton, 3-16c1. ; So a Island, id. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 3. Cotton generZy unchanged, halts to day 4,500 bales ; molasses, 20c. ; fli ur firm, at 4 dols. 2oc. ; yellow corn, 58c. ; freights firmer; cotton to Liver pool in English vessels 13-32 d., and in American vessels, 15-30 d. CHARLESTON, FEB. 3. Cotton advancing, sales to-day 2,40 u bales ; middling fair at 11e. The Jane Henderson sailed from Baltimore for Liverpool on the 2d inst. ; the Alliance sailed from Charleston for Liverpool on the 31st ult. ; the Richarnbeau, fr(im Liverpool, has arrived at New Orleans ; the Deposit, fry in Calais, for Providence, has arrived at Newport with sails split, sprung a leak, and bad to throw overboard a large portion of deck load. MOBILE, JAN. 19. The St. Charles steamer, for Montgomery, when above SAm3, ran into a bank, injuring her bow, and causing her to leak badly. Iler deck cargo was thrown overboard, the leak wag partially stopped, and she proceeded to Montgomery, de livering her cargo iu a damaged state. THE rACIFIC. The arrival at Southampton of the West India mail steamer Orinoco puts us in possession of files of the Panama Star and Herald to the 23d of January. The steamer Bogota, from Callao, December 11, arrived iu Panama Bay on the 21st ult. The news from Valparaiso is of 'a more satisfac tory nature than that previously receiver?. The harvest was an abundant one, and therefore the scarceness of provisions had in some means been relieved. The mines of Atacama were growing better every day, and the yield of sirver ore was becoming very large. The particulars of the loss of the Pacific Steam Navigation . Company's steamer Valdivia had been published. At 7 a.m., on the 11th of D.:comber, she struck during a thick fog at Duas Point, 15 miles south of Llico. The ship at once c-anrueneed to fill rapidly, and the pa , sengers and crew were immediately landed. In less than two hours she went to pieces. The accident was attribut dto deviation of the compasses, Oe ship being built of iron. A destructive fire took place iuValpr.raiso on the 17th of December, at 1 a.m., in the square in front of the former Custom-h9use. By the exertions of the fire brigade, as istecl by the crews of btr Majesty's ship Mouatcli and the Wrench frigate Kau citcle, the flamas were prevented from spread ing. The loss was calculated at 200,0001., partly covered by insurance, The national steamer Maria Isabel, recently pur chitsed in England for 200,000 dollars, was lost in Miselicordia Bay, in the Straits of Magellan. Her crew (consisting of 117 persons) were saved by the Sardinian hark San J orge, and had arrived at Val paraiso. The San Jorge, from Gawa, was plc- 'A S. viously reported lost or in distress in the Straits, and the Maria Isabel was ordered to search for her, and offer any ass i s t ance requ i red. She was . sight of the San Jorge when the accident occurred. A French ship had brought a number of Sisters of Charity and two pikes to Valparaiso. The British ship Salvadora arrived at Valparaiso, reported haVing passed on the 28 h of November, in lat. 34 south, the Ame, ican sloop Antoinette, boarded her, and found her deserted, took a few articles from the vessel, which soon afterwards went down. The republic of Bolivia, under its provisional President, appeared to be at present quiet. The Government was engaged in reforming the postal servic'% The pay of the army had been reduced. Signer Carbajai, Consul of New Granada, had made a reclamation against the Government for 9,000 dollars, being the amount stolen from him when General Cordoba attacked Cockatiarnba. It was said that Mr. atdt, United States Minister, was about to resign his mission. PROFESSOR FARADAY ON "STATIC INDUCTIuN." Professor Faraday the other night delighted a crowded audience of ladies and gentlemen, in the front of whom sat his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, with a Oiscourse on "Static Induction." " What is Static Induction ?" was a general inquiry by the ladies before the lecturer commenced ; but the gentlemen interrogated could give no satisfac tory explanation. They fenced with the question as best they could, but it seemed pretty clear that they knew little or nothing about the matter. When the gi eat philoFopher appeared, he twisted a large stick of sealing-wax in a flannel cap, and told his audience that was static induction latent. He separated the cap from the wax, and static induction was developed. He put them together again, and it vanished ; he held up the flannel cap, and said every one present was then thrown into the condition of static induc tion. The stick of sealing wax was put into a vessel of sulphur, into glass jars, and into metal ice pails, but neither sulphur, glass, nor metal could obstruct the action ; nay, the thicker the in terposed mass the more freely was static induction produced. Neither solidity nor thin air could oppose resistance to the passage of this mysterious force through space. Everything in Nature is, according to Faraday, more or less under its in fluence ; and yet, if the educated classes of this country were submitted to a competitive examina tion, and were asked to explain the meaning of static induction, how few of them would escape plucking ! To save them from that disgrace we win cram them for the occasion. In the dictionaries it will be found that Statics "is the science which con siders the weights of bodies," and that Induction "is the act of taking possession of an ecclesiastical living ;" but the candidate under examination would nevertheless commit a grievous error were he, in answer to the question, " What is Static In duction I" to say that it is the 'taking possession of a rich living. The matter he has to consider is absolutely without weight, and has no relation what ever to Church preferments ; therefore, let him n ot be misled by the explanations of the dictionaries. It has to do with electricity, and with that peculiar condition of the force which is developed on the sur faces of all bodies in the presence of an excited however, distant they may be. That such a little thing as a stick of sealing-wax, should have the power, when rubbed, of producing that action in distant bodies through the intervening air and through solid ina - sees, wonderful as it seems, is ill reality no more marvellous than it should posses.s the power of failing to the ground. But that i 4 not the point to which our examination tends ; nor does the condition of the intervenin g partiolear by which those actions at a distance are supposed to be transmitted, come within the present range of questions. What the candidate would next be called upon to explain would be, why the pre" duction of electricity at a distance, by rubbing ,a slick of sealing-wax, is called Static Induction. le answering that question the safest course would 1 1 to look wise and talk bin about " static electricith,, positive and negative," "resinous and vitreous,„ and the "inducem en t o f opposite conditions. " . •"" the candidate introduces these phrases adroit:h h e will be sure to pass, but he must be careful, abov: 9 all things, to avoid expressing the opinion—however strong may be his conviction of its truth—that the term "static induction" is absurd and unintelligible: ant has little more 'elation to the subject Oa° " the taking possession of a rich living." In the numerous discussions that have taken place on education, the teaching of " corarnelz things " has been one of th e propositions wh i c h _Z has met with m os t genera l acceptance ; but to testa' eeaenon things, it is necessary to use common words. It w ou ld b e advisable therefore, to begin by the adoption o f a more simple form of language, for the te ac hi ng na t ura l science,. and it might not be amiss, in the promotion of that object, to 114, 1 :u_ an educational es t a bli s h ment f or teach i ng scientific men the use of their native tongue and the light . application of t erms . M os t o f th em m i g ht with advantage be sent to sc h oo l t o l earn again the letnents of the E ng li s h l anguage , an d b e eat .! write exercises in words of one syllable. We migh t l then hope th a t th e w i se men w h o write books, a°7 now use lon g , h ar d names t h at are not to b e f o und out, would te ll us what they mean in nice short words such as a ll o f us know. The last sentenceo offered as an example to guide them in their taw' The jargon of technicality ought to have diver peared with f u ll-b o tt omed wigs and gold-heade d canes, and when learned doctors threw aside th e ess of charlatans the charlatanry of technical Uu guege should h ave b een discarded. Not only the would the publi c i n genera l b e b ene fit e d by disuse of techni ca liti es th at g i ve a distaste t 0 scientific iuquiry, but science itself would gainer 17. the by the substit u ti on o f correc tly . signating names for terms concocted from the dead languages, which not unfrequently serve bu t to disguise, by their unfamilia r soun d s, sensele.! absurdity or the veriest p uer illi ty. M any of Oa" names that astonish the million by their gree n sounds, and are acc e pt e d w ith out dispute, wiLe, stripped of their G ree k di sgu i ses, an d duced to their simple meanings, resemble rather the desgriations of the nursery th a n the nornf_ s 'clature of sci e n ce . S uc h com bi na ti ons of nou_:yr and adjectives as "a great creat ure ," " a big birna to be found in early reading l essons , we bow scarcely expect to be applied t o s p ec ifi c terms „ men of science, nor would they venture to do so 11 their native language ; but, under the gal " megatherium" and " dinornis," childish Pr a is received with the deference due to wisdom- le ft But to return to our starting-point, where Wu the Prince Consort and a crowd of ladies and g,_ . uP . tlemen assembLd t o h ear a l ec t ure on "Static duction." We have endeavoured to explain t 1 1: iweaningro n the ; benefitbut why of thateattdid co s a te i d under i to their own ingenuity to explain as best they coul:, be competitive electricity term should for examinationould so mystified, we .r: I giving only general instructions t o l o ok wise a ta l k bg. Those instructions were based, 1?e! u understood, on the assumption that the examine rs aua knew as little about the matter as themselves,tisfatory would be eqtudly puzzled to give a a: explenetf on. The full-bottomed wig headed cane have indeed, not altogether deptote d ! onse'" and the habits of former times still cling unc of to oharlantarh ously to those most opposed 0 Faraday's lector, which fact the title of Professor affords an illustration. Hence necessitythe _, r sending' our philosophers to school, to learn their native language in its simplicity, before they 03 ; and the gold successfully undertake the teaching of " comic things.'.'--Morning Post. THE LATE LIEUT. SALKELD.—We are WO' ton granted enabled to state th a t th e Cou rt o fDi rectors h av e au annuity of 1001. a year to the family of the late e'al it, iant Lieut. Sallield, payable to his father, the Rev • Salkeld. The character for liberality towards their Or wants which the company have always sustained 1358 suffered no diminutien under th e recen t heavy pres°l2,erc upon their resources. In such i ns t ances o f well-direc _ rewards, the administration of th e com p an y present s ru advantage over that of th e Q ueen ' s G overn ment, wilci is has no fund at its coattran , J suni:ar purpo3e o , a ° s y obiiged to obtain the sanc ti on o f P ar li ame nt for be. grants, however meritorious the claims 00 Grindlay's Home News for India. On Monday th e marr i age o f th e R ev . J. S. grgatti; son of the celebrated Robert Moffatt, and MiS9 Un win, dau g ht er o f M r . J. S. U nw i n , o f B r ighton) ty p l i place at the Union-street Chap e l i n that town. " oeremosiy acquired an additional degree of interest ft. ° a the presence of Dr. Livingstone. The Il eVVlrni arrie Call* trill accompany Dr. Livingstone to Africa. e , Mr. Salisbury hay;•-, paired in favour of Sir John •r; lawney's measure on church rates v ith Mr. Maioviasr. ; good in favour of the Indian Bill, with Pal r (elalo) against. s THE ENGINEER HENRY WATT.—The followine, 1 b p Copy of a despatch received from the Foreign-office, tic, Mr. William Watt, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i n repl9 a letter addressed by Mr. Watt to Lord Claret:lo:' i , requesting the government to ai , ist him in reaching.',. br)ther, so long the victim of Nvapol.tan oppression F .reign-offioe, Feb., 1858. Sir,--I am directed ur the Earl of Clarendon to acquaint you, in reply Ycitar bete'. of the 19th instant, that if you will present Y 1„ the si t ' e i self at the Foreign office, Downing-street, in noon of Thursday next, the 18th inst., you win b e f f i3 a; f ree o f expense, to Naples, in company ( ag h .-1. w ill Messina) of one of her Majesty's messengers wu ° ,to be de:patched in the evening of that day ; an d .i. I n a- tho g t add that Lord Clarendon has much satisfacti on complying with your request.—Jam, sir, your obedi a7t servant, E. HAMMOND. To Mr. William W Newcastle."