The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-12 00:00:00

in ER isiA.J . ZSTY- 1- S THEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant success e ltd o ,,ing representatioan, and In order to accommodate the :umbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE 0011CIXDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; FRIDAY, march 19 ; and SATURDAY, March 20. Tuesday, March 16, LA TRATIATA. Violetta, Piccolo mini Alfredo, Ginglini. Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia; kzuceaa, Sannier ; Martha) ' Giuglini. Friday, March 19, LA. ZINGARI ("The Bohemian Girl"), for the last time, being for the Benefit of Signor Giuglini. SatirdaY, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIRENTO : Marie, Pkeolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo by Madlle. Piccolomini and Signor Ging- Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. Prima; —Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four p ersons), pit via otyipair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three - poi 4 . 15s ; gallery boxes, lOs ; gallery stalls, 33 6d ; pit, 36 6d; gallery, 2s. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — SIGNOR GIUGLINI'S BENEFIT. LA ZINGARI (" The Bohemian Girl.") The very numerous demands for the repetition of this favourite Opera have induced the Direction to repeat it in the farewell week, and LA ZINGARI will be presented for the last time on FRIDAY, March 19, being for the Benefit of Signor Giuglini. Applications to be made at the Box-oMo° at the Theatre. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. • THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss Amy Sedgwiek ; Master Walter, Hr. 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 ; Pant:,loou, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclersq. Orchestra Stalls (which may lee 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 Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspere's Tragedy el HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Chas. Kean ; Gertrude, Mrs, C. Sean. After which, a now grand eomia Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flow3r and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor stack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, 111;s C. Adams. THEaLTR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING) FRIDAY, March 12, a new and original Comedy THE LOVE KNOT. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray, &o. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK 'HORNER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Lessee—Mr. Pen. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MORE, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THE XTRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be presented SHE STOOPS ro CONQUER. Mr% Dillon and Mr. Toole. Followed by the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole. After which, a domestic tale, by Westland Manton, en titled A HARD STRUGGLE. Mr. C. Dillon, &c. And THE BIRTH-PLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3ox.ofilee open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed LUCRETIA BORGIA. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. Concluding with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE. CkNTERBT3 Mr HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow- ' qg company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Sllections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dle., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brinell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr P. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchqeld and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &s., until twelve o'clock. air. AUCITIEITL73 BRAIIA."St appcmr crory EvAninc. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 0 min. aft. o—Even., 17 min. aft. 12 To-MoßßOw—Morn., 33 min. aft. 12—Even., 4 min aft. 1 THERMOMETER, IN THE SiUDE. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 12. 4L—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and daring the night. 41 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.18, WIND, W.N.W. ; moderate, with fine cold sunshiny weather, Vri T ivp „J#N, 123 4-5 Int LONDO7'.T, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1858. A further consideration of AL Da La GllENOU pamphlet, to which we alluded in our leading columns yesterday, does not in any degree alter our first impressions. Although the tone is apparently moderate, and the language courteous, there is an under current of strong feeling, and we may add determination, running through th entire document. It displays the elaborate polite! ness of the professed duellist of the olden time when the niononlachia was in vogue, which might be justly regarded as far more dangerous than bluster or violence. It seems to be but a tempo- rate appeal to the reason, while it is really a menacing demand, the meaning whereof is simply, " Do what I require, or take the consequences !" The preliminary part was a careful summing up of benefits alleged to be conferred on England since the first election of LOUIS NAPOLEON, aL4 seems intended to exhibit the deep ingratitude of Great Britain should it refuse so moderate a concession to a tried friend and faithful ally. It is the attempt to establish a claim that, if rejected, must put us in the wrong, in the event of any untoward results. But we may ask, have all the favours been on one side ? Has there been EG reciprocity on the part of England to the Govern ment of Louis NAPOLEON, whether as President °r Emperor ? Was it for our sakes merely that he maintained friendship with this country, or was it rathe r to consolidate his own power ? He must have known that the chief hopes of the various parties into which the people of France were divided rested on a rupture with England. That every section—Legitimist, Orleanist, and Demo craticu—saw that it would afford the strong est chance of getting rid of his authority, and allowing a chance to the causes which they respectively advocated, in the chapter of accidents that would probably follow. lie would certainly not have exhibited that profound sagacity which he is Supposed to possess, if he thus played the game of 'ili a • - political opponents. We have, however, already zroolioteidzs.e pretensions, an d p o i n t e d out the by th e v,, t2 . 7. 1De 1 1 r t ging thereto. Wh a t was d one the Fren c h t o promote his own inter es t s and. certainly afford no adeeZttre his dy nasty can of England should yield to ior a :-. ll , w a llY the P eo p l e su bvert their most cherished n jeta"Qu ' and stitntiot, ' obedience to his commands. The " Peace policy suited his book best at that time, therefore he adopted it. And in everything that has since taken place, the same ruling principle is perceptible. But coming to the real points, the alterations ht of asylum, t he more than hinted at, disc ussion in the rig liberty of the Press, and the freedom of The first is praised so far eel it benefited Lours NAP°l3Olf, the exile. He thought it was all tight that he should be permitted to form plans in this country against the stability of a friendly Government. But it is intolerable that any of those who have surrendered all that is DISCONTINUANCE OF THE TELEGRAPH STATIONS,— The Admiralty have at last admitted the uselessness of this po y e mode o o d n e soufcshigerlearivicisinegs' by directing that tho se em are to be paid to the end of March, from which time their services will be dispensed with. We believe the electric wire is to supersede the arm telegraph, an improvement which has long since been under the consideration of their lordships. METROPOLITAN leirßovomENTsa—Yesterday the City Commissioners commenced the destruction of the houses at the corner of the Minories and Whitechapel, to widen and improve that thoroughfare. Tae commissioners issued orders yesterday for the demolition of the houses on the south side of Aldgate, eastward from Jewry street, to widen that thoroughfare. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Yesterday morning informa tion was given to the F division of an extensive robbery from the Lamb public-house, New Turnstile, Holborn, consisting of a gold watch, chain, and seals, diamond rings, a gold neck chain, snake pattern, with a slide representing a sailor climbing the ropes, and other property to a large amount. FIRE AT WALVi , ORTII,—Last night between five and six o'clock a fire broke out in . the premises o f M r . P err y, James-street, Walwortb , a tapauner. In the boiling house were several coppers filled with varnish and coal position, when all of a sudden the contents of one of the coppers boiled over, ran into the furnace, and instantly became ignited, when the flames communicated to other coppers are filled with the same material. The men employed in the factory made an attempt to extinguish the fire, but they were unable to do so. The engines were sent for, but the fire was not extinguished until upwards of sixty gallons of varnish were destroyed and the building much injured. The property was not insured. A SHIP ON FIRE,—On Wednesday evening a fire broke out on board the Alice Wilson, a fine ship of about 1,500 tons burthen, lying in the Birkenhead Great Float. The conflagration originated in the galley, adjoining the foremast, and the flames spread with such rapidity that it was at first feared the vessel would be totally destroyed. Information having been conveyed to the police-office, the fire brigade were quickly en the spot, and there being a plentiful supply of water the fire was confined to the galley and the foremast. The galley was entirely osasumed, as well as the rigging of the foremast. At half-past nine o'clock the conflagration was extinguished. The damage must have been considerable. The Alice Wilson arrived is the Mersey about three weeks ago from Callao with a cargo of guano, and was undergoing repairs in the Great Float. COAST DBFENCES.—It is stated that a party of Royal Engineers have recently visited Sunderland for the pur pose of surveying the mouth of the river Wear with a view to the erection of batteries at the mouth of the river, and that they have decided upon recommending to Government to place a battery with four guns on a line with the Blue House, a battery of four guns on the large bank to the south of Poker-terrace, a battery of eight guns en the north side of the south outlet of the new dock, and a battery of four guns on the south side of the Oete outlet. The guns to be of 10-inch bore and fire heavy shot. According to the Australian advices just received, the steps taken by the Government Emigration Com missioners of this country in compelling all emigrant ships they charter to be provided with Clifford's new method of instantly lowering a boat in case of accident have been followed by the Government of Victoria, and a notice has been gazetted, that "all colonial steamers on and after July 1, 1353, are to be provided with Clifford's patent, or on e i n th e i r o pi n i on equally efficient." The loss of life caused by the collision of the Champion and the Lady Bird appears to have been the immediate cause of this resolution. THE KENSINGTON GORE ESTATE.—The gross total amount expended on this estate, as made up to the 31-t of Jan., 1453, is returned at 312,0361 (against 206,000/. granted by Parliament)—vie , 298,624/. expended by the Royal Commissioners, and 13,4111. by the Department of Science and Art. The sum of 259,136/, has been paid for the purchase of the estate, 15,6921. for laying out grounds, draining, and road-making, and 15,0001, for building ti Museum. 3,835/. is set down as the cost of form ing a collection o f an i mal pro d ucts , & c ., recently pre sented to her M a j esty ' s G overnmen t. Other sums will have to be paid (in addition to these) to complete the purchase of the es t a t e out of moneys i n th e hands of the Royal Ex! - teition Commissioners, including 54,7161. (less the deposit of 6,0001. Consols) to be paid to the Earl of Harrington upon completion of the purchase of the. Ha rrington estate. Under the expenditure of the Science and Art Department, 13,4111. is set down as the expense of removal from Marlborough-house to South Sensing ton and constructi on o f th e Sheepshanks Gallery, &a., up to the 31st of January last. The Sheepshanks Gallery itself cost the sum of 3,2701. for its erection. Thus gross total expenditure amounts, as already stated, the to 512,0361, against the sum of 206,000 t, voted by Parliament. THEATRICALS IN Via rSOVINCES. —CHELTENHAM. On Weatiesdity evening last Mr. R. Maisey's annual benefit took place at the Royal Wells Theatre, on which occasion "The Hypocrite" and "An Alarming Sacri fice" were given. In the former the character of Char lotte was admirably sustained by Miss L. Forester, a young lady of considerable talent. Many parts of the performance were extremely clever, evincing sound judgment and discrimination, approaching very nearly to perfection, and richly merited the applause which the audience, a very numerous and fashionable one, so ltherally bestowed. We look forward, at no distal 15 period, to see Miss h Forester on the boards of one of our London theatres, to which she would certainly be an acquisition. The Mawworm of Mr. Shenton was clever nod effective, and deserves to be mentioned in teims of praise, as does also the Darnley of Mr. E. Bolton, a very promising young author. The whole west off in a manner highly satisfactory. PASSENGERS FROM INDIA.—The Ripon steameihip, Captain Powell, with the heavy portion of the B )mbay mail, left Alexandria on the 27th ult., at 9 a.m., and may be looked for Southampton on Saturday next. She has the following passengers from Bombay :—Mrs. Campbell and four children, Mre, Mowatt, Mr. Knox, three children, and servant ; Mrs._ Spring, three chil e. ! dear to the human heart—home, friends, family, and fortune should be permitted to give expression to their opinions and feelings, to murmur a complaint, or even seem discontented with a system that has occasioned so much misery and suffering. If the right of asylum is more than ever sacred in France, why is it that pass port regulations are framed which prevent any person from treading its soil without what may be termed " a ticket of leave" from his own Govern ment ? Surely that cannot easily be obtained by a political refugee. But the assertion that " assassination is ele vated into a system," is even glorified in this country, is repeated. We hear of " atrocious libels, in which the murder of the Sovereigns of Europe is regarded as a right, a duty—in which thrones, altars, armies, laws, the magis tracy, society, and GOD himself, are dragged through blood and mire." Let these statements be verified, and the guilty parties pointed out, and they shall be punished ; but we beg to tell M. DE LA GUENOIIIERE that, in this free coun try, assertion is not accepted as proof. A case must be clearly established before the liberty, either of the British subject, or of "the stranger within our gates," can be vexatiously interfered with. We repeat our statement that the exist ing laws are amply sufficient to punish crime, and that the substitution of penal servitude for a protracted imprisonment, would not be sufficient to deter any man from entering into a conspiracy where, in case of success, he would be an accessory before the fact of murder, and liable to suffer the extreme penalty of the law ! The demand pre ferred can render no additional security to the EMPEROR, but if granted it may greatly humiliate Great Britain, and that seems to be its sole intent and object. It is not in a similar way that minor powers are approached. We have already commented on the attempt made to compel Sardinia to surrender a British subject to " become the whipping boy to sustain the buffets that it is not yet deemed quite safe to administer to England." A. similar effort has been directed against Switzerland, the nation where the right of asylum was " so boldly maintained in his favour," and for which he professes to feel sincerely grateful. The despatch to the French Minister, at Berne, is open to far greater exception than that of Count WILEWSKI to this country so reasonably complained of. It speaks of dilatory and evasive replies, and requires that the demand should be repeated in a more peremptory manner. And the Envoy is " to insist upon it with the President of the Confederation that measures be taken without delay, in order that refugees notorioulsy known as disposed to take part in criminal enterprises, espe cially those organised into societies in the canton of Genoa, should be deposited far from the French frontier." And it is added that in the even t of the Helvetic Government not consulting upon the means of satisfying their just (!) requirements it will incur a grave responsibility, and will only have to take to itself the consequences tehk,h its de tennin4ction may entail." There is, there can be, no mistake about this, and a similar demand may be addressed to ourselves should the gentle sug gestions of M. DE LA GIIENOUIERE not be promptly responded to. It is, then, right that we should be prepared for any alternative that may arise-8i vis pacem pars bet/ton is a sound principle. Like the Scot tish knight, Great Britain must be " ready, aye ready for the field." She must be prepared to g ivo a snitable roroption to either friend or foe. Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI have proved that, notwithstanding the Indian and Chinese difficulties, our land and sea forces are in a highly satisfactory condition, that we have seldom or ever been better provided with the means of offence and defence. This is truly satisfactory, but still we should emphatically urge the propriety of looking to our " wooden walls" and coast defences. The chan nel fleet should be put in a thoroughly satisfac tory condition. We should not require even twenty-four hours' notice to be enabled to repel any invasion, or rather attempted invasion. It is to the Admiralty that we must chiefly look at present. We have frequently explained how many cumbrous and practically useless men-of war might be cut down and converted into screw steamers, which could be made available at any moment. Let Sir ;MEIN PAKINGTON look to it. His administrative powers will now be tested, and he may rest assured that no reasonable expense will be grudged by the Parliament or people of Great Britain in placing the navy in the most efficient condition. We may also add, "'twere well it were done quickly." procrastinations. The Reform Bill, to which the defunct Ministry had solemnly pledged themselves in the Speech from the Throne, has been massacred prematurely not even as among the Innocents, but even be it said in ventre sa mere—and this not so much by any fault on the part of the new Cabinet as by a defalcation on the part of their predecessors. Parliamentary Reform, indeed, it should be borne in mind, is not set aside for another year by an act of commission on the part of Lord DERBY'S Government, The dissipation of the popular hopes in this particular is rather, it should be said in truth, the result of an act of omission on the part of Lord PsaustEstaTo3's Administration. Lord PALMERSTON was pledged to it—and his pledge, as already observed, dis tinctly, and formally, and emphatically reiterated. Lord Denny, on the contrary, it is needless to add, was not in any way whatever pledged to it eves indirectly or inferentially. So that, as the new Leader of the House of Commons fairly enough observed the other day in the Court House at Aylesbury—Reform has again "fallen through" for another session in consequence of the late collective Ministerial resignation. It is to be re gretted ; but it was unavoidable. We must make our minds up to it as an unwelcome necessity, thrust upon us by an unexpected conjuncture of circumstances. But, in reason, in justice, in fair ness, we ought not to tax the new Cabinet with being the cause of our disappointment. The most we could, as rational men, ex pect from them in the matter is precisely the very assurance that they themselves have just now frankly volunteered. That— with India still to be tranquillized, with its Gsvernment to be re-organized, with the French alliance to be secured and strengthened, with the national dignity at the same time to be main tained haughtily intact, with our monetary system to be dealt with vigorously, sagaciously, and comprehensively, with the Income-tax, and other desirable fiscal modifications (let us hope) to be equitably adjusted, with all these things upon their hands to be taken into account, and weighed in the balance and summarily decided — afterwards the great question of Reform will be accepted by Ministers at the earliest opportunity, and will be then conscientiously taken by them into their serious consideration. More than this, we say, c not reasonably have been expected from the DEB,Dr-DISRA.ELI Government. Let them be true to that conditional engagement, and the fast-speeding session of '5B will not have been altogether a hiatus in the annals of Parliament. Not altogether !—with an Indian revolt sup pressed, the double-government abolished, the currency re-considered, and law reforms effected like those now distinctly foreshadowed by the First Law Officer of the Crown, reforms relating to the transfer of lands and to bankruptcy. Eeer getic efforts applied to such matters of vital im portance by the uew Cabinet will the most effectually console the Reformers of our system of representation for the otherwise vexatious disap pointment of hopes so long and so vainly cherished. Another slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, while it has again, of course, painfully tantalised, has also again whetted the relish of the community for that draught of parliamentary reform which must, sooner or later, be quaffed unstintingly. When this Reform comes, as come it will, it can no longer be partial —it muet be complete and comprehensive. The Ministerial Elections being now completed we may expect that her MAJESTY'S Advisers will at once set earnestly to work with the business of the session hitherto so long and unexpectedly in terrupted. The pressing character of the measures to be introduced by the New Cabinet will of course be only "indicated" before the short Easter vaca tion. Afterwards, but not till than, we may look for the energetic furtherance by Ministers of the delayed and disturbed labours of the Legislature. A. lath pausing time was obviously from the first a necessity altogether unavoidable. An Administration called into existence so very suddenly, by the force of circumstances wholly beyond even the most sagacious observer's antici* pations, requires, beyond all doubt, " breathing time" sufficient to form its plans, and then " hear ing time " sufficient to submit those rapidly mc. ditated plans to the calm and dispassionate consi deration of Parliament. Balled though the late' Government was so very abruptly by the un dreamt-of decision of the House of Commons, it must be recorded of the out-going ministers that they had the magnanimity to acknowledge at once what they would hardly have had the obtuseness not to recognise—the peculiarity of the position of their immediate successors, a peculiarity of posi tion deprecating instantly of itself anything at all resembling hasty or factious opposition. However curtly this acknowledgment was made, it was made nevertheless. The ex-President of the Council intimating, on the part of himself and his late colleagues in office, the intention of her MA.- JESTY'S Opposition to wait for overt acts before pronouncing any opinion whatever upon her MAJESTY'S Government. Allowance being made for the interval thus un avoidably lost to the country by these abrupt changes, consequent upon the transference of power from one set of administrators to another —it will be evident enough, at a glance, that all the industry in the world, on the part both of the Cabinet and the Legislature, will fail to make up, IQ.y a the close of the present Sessi3n, for a very Februz:l3l" aucl a wholly inevitable deficiency, yso far as legislative achievements concerned—has already 1),„„ lost l are March is fast slippin g April will have entered far into its &rat frao:tniani,elr:t away from us in, vai:togetuer. before the short Easter recess can have reached its to r ri b l e i n c a io t n i 0: cvlt . And then the very best Will hive t o • h the residue of the session, ~ „ best may be, ,, before the grouse can be seasonably decimated. Already We may calculate 1858 by reason o u pon one certain 19ss t• the session o f f these inopportune TR rSUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING MARC FT 12, 16N8. Li.Esrr NEWS. AMERICA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The Montreal Steam Ship Company's steam ship Indian has arrived with advises from New York, via Poitland, to the 26th, and from the latter port to the 27th. The New Orleans Dedecs of the 26th asserts that the South has already opened the African slave trade, and that a regular depot has been estab lished on Pearl River, in Mississippi, where cargoes have been received, the negroes sold, and put to work. The Delta says the vessels engaged in the trade generally use the French flag. The Canadian Parliament was opened on the 26th, with a speech from the Governor-General. At New York, on the afternoon of the 26th, corn was firm ; Southern white, 66 to 70 ; Southern yellow, 66 to 68i ; State and Western flour dull ; superfine State, 4 25 to 4 30 ; com mon to good Western, 440 to 4 90. Southern quiet ; mixed to good, 4 65 to 4 95. Sugar active. Molasses firmer. Freights dull. The Senate had rejected the Army Bill. Advises from Vera Cruz, to the 21st, report that little political change had yet occurred, al though the Government was violently opposed by General Mejia, who was also committing terrible outrages upon the people of Pierra Blancha. They had applied to the constitutional Government at Guanaxuato for aid against him. It was reported that the States of Vera Cruz, Oj Ica, and Puebla had sent 80,500 men and 40 pieces of artillery against General Zuloaga. The troubles in Carnpeachy had been settled. The whole State of Yucatan was united by Zuloaga. Zuloaga bad issued a decrees making the duties on goods imported via Tern Cruz and Tampico payable in the capital, and pay- meat otherwise would not be recognised. The New York Stock market on the 26th was dull. The latest quotations were :—Erie, 32i ; Chicago and Rock Island, 79i ; Illinois Central Bonds, 95 ; ditto Railroad, 98 ; Michigan Southern and Northern Indian Railway, 281 ; New York Central Railway, 871; Hudson Railway, 314 ; Harlem, 14k ; North Carolina Sixes, 92/ ; Mis• souri:Sixes, 831 ; Panja, 1041 ; Michigan Central 70 ; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 16. THE CALCUTTA MAIL. MALTA, MARCH 10. The Do3otia, which left Alexandria on the afternoon of the 6th inst., brings intelligence that the Calcutta mail had mot reached Suez. The Columbian had left Suez for Ceylon and Australia, with a detachment of the 92d Regi ment, which was to have gone to Bombay per Pottinger. AUSTRIA. The following telegram has been received from Vienna : " VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING. " An excellent understanding has already been established between the Derby Ministry and this Government." This Government professes to believe that the Emperor Napoleo'n had no arriere pensee when he gave orders that the letter addressed to him by Orsini should be inserted in the Moniteur, but the public, both of high and low degree, is of a very different opinion. The prevalent impression is, that the Emperor of the French published the docu ment in order that the Italians might be induced to consider Austria the sole impediment to the 1.- alisation of their plan for the unity and indepen dence of their native country. The only Austrian paper which gives expression to the opinion of the great public on the matter in question is the Folks freund, and it could not venture to do so if it did not enjoy the especial protection of the Archbishop of Vienna. The clerical organ thus expresses itself : " The letter written by Orsini to the Emperor Na poleo❑ has created a great sensation, and the eyes of al those persons who have read that 'last will' (vermachttaiss) are involuntary turned towards Austria. Let us candidly express our thoughts on the subject. If the thing had hap pened in any other monarchical State we should not hesi tate to declare that the character of its Government was compromi-ed ; but we cannot say as much of the Govern ment of the Emperor Napoleon, a 3 Count Morny himself, asPresidentofthe Legislative Assembly of France,not long since clearly and distinctly explained that it was perfectly well aware of its origin, and was, beeidee, firmly resolved that it should never be forgotten. We are, then, in clined to consider the publication of Orsini's letter and the speech of M. J. Favre as two of those incidental occurrences (soups de theatre) which the Emperor Napoleon in his last speech declared to be totally un necessary in France." The total silence of the other papers on a sub ject of such importance to Austria is c ►used by the strict orders they have received to avoid giving offence to the French Government. MONTENEGRO. The following reliabla private information bas been received from Cattaro. The civil and military authorities are in an unusual state of excitement. The frontiers towards Montenegro and Turkey are strongly occupied, and the concentration of troops in the neighbourhood of Cattaro continues. The 21st Battalion of Chasseurs has been despatched to Ragusa, and the 10,h to Castelnuovo. Not long ago the war steamer Elizabeth arrived with a divi sion of "Wooher" infantry regiment, which is on a war footing, and two oilier companies. Towards the end of January the 25th battalion of Chasseurs was sent as a reinforcement to Budua and Castel lastua. The staff and band of the battalion are, however, still at Cattaro. At Dragal, on the fron tier of the Heizegovine, where there have been skirmishes between the Turks and the Monte negrins, Austrian pickets have been pushed for ward. The troops in Castellastua and Budua are to do all in their power to keep the Montenegrius from supplying the insurgents with ammunition. The bazaar (market) at Cattaro is now but ill at tended, as the Montenegrins, young and old, aro preparing for war. In the detachments of Monte negrins which pass along the Austrian frontiers there are men of 60 years of age. "In fact," observes the writ-x of the letter, "things begin to assume a very serious appearance." A small de tachment of ' Wocher" Infantry was nearly lost in sailing from Risano to Castelnuovo. The storm was so violent that all the baggage was pitched into the sea, in order to lighten the vessel. For tunately no lives were lost. The Montenegrins have made an unsuccessful attempt to get possession of three Turkish forts on the coast of the Lake of Scutari. It is to be sup posed that the Montenegrins are likely to make a descent on Spizza or Antivari, ports on the Adri atic, as Abdi Pasha of Scutari has sent troops to those places. EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The ad journed meeting of the proprietors in this company was held this afternoon, pro forma, at the company s offices, Gresham-etreitt, City, Mr Campbell, M.P., in the chair, and adjourned to the 31st inst., in consequence of the officers of the company not having had sufficient time to get out the past expenditure area future probable expense of the completion of the Leviathan. By that time it is expected the directors will be in a position to give to the shareholders the information on these beads, which w e e required at the former meeting, and for which it w adjourned. Tees NEW LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.—Eight FRANCE. horses and three carriages, belonging to Lord Eglinton, PARIS, THURSDAY. the new Lord Lieutenant of Ir eland , were shipped, per Ariel, steamship, at the Broomielaw yeeteiday for Dub- The appeal of Orsini and his accomplices to the lin, to be forwarded in time for his Excellency's publ e Court of Cassation was rejected to-day. (Wry into Dublin on Friday first —Glasgow Daily Mail. The Moniteur publishes the following : SNOWBALLING MELEE ON THE LLYEBPOOL Ex " Despite the universal horror created by the CHANGB.—Yesterday(ThurAday)theLiverpool EAchange attempt of the 14th of January, and the general es- presented an animated appearance by the merchants and pression of sympathy which it elicited for the other parties who visit the reading-room, availing them- Imperial dyn as t y , some anarc hi s ts, not deterred by selves of the opportunity presented (owing to the snow their small nu m b er , w i s h e d, on a given signal, to having fallen very heavily during the night, and remain get up a cert a i n ao i ta ti on . The were preparing ing to the depth of several i tc h es on t h e groun d) by movements on differentpoints of Franco, which, commencing to snowball eac h ot h er in t h e most vigor without offering danger to the maintenance of order, ous manner. They b a d not , h owever , t h e " f un " l ong sufficed to cause anxiety in the public mind. On e to xe t i h te e d ms b elves f before the cotton porters and labourers, a b ew stray balls from their more influential neighbou y r the 24th of February arrests simultaneously and accur:,C e c gt u tn id t n o retort ins manner which for vigour made, frustrated these culpable plans, and led to now commencedYo in re o n t i b e e arn su s r t pa a s n e d ed tie The aonse merchants the discovery and seizure of arms, of munitions of war, and compromishig correspondences. The num- that both parties received som e e'hard knocks. l i s e in ne a e tt w e a r s s her of those arrest s has been singularly exaggerated ; went on the ex c it emen t i n creased ; and, on Inspector they are limit e d to the arrest of 50 of the ringlead- ' Ride intimating the state of affairs to Mr. MaiDleld, ers at Paris, 20 at Lyons, 12 at Marseilles, and to orders were given fur the ringleaders to be taken into an average of three or four in 40 departments of the custody. This, however,was not easily done,for on Major empire. Despite this precaution, an assembla ge Grieg, together with about 29 policemen, making their actually took place at Paris on the night between appearance on 'Change, they ware met with a storm of the 4th and sth of March. Vigorous and dec.ded snowballs which se e med for a moment to disconc.rt the measures put it down, and led , o the arrest of 2 0 tactics of the -worthy major, who retired i n t o a d oorway of the Town-hall, while his amen, after getting roughly individu a l s . Th u tum ult at Chalons-sur-Saone was handled, managed to arrest four cf . the °combatants, who doubtless co L itected with this plan of systenie.ic were brought before Mr. M nsfield, and, after receiving agitation, which the resolute conduct of honest men an dmon i„,.. y caut on, discharged. The only serious so soon suppreved.." event of the day was the alleged .11 -treatment of a bo y j* The p u bli ca ti on o f the pamphlet, "Napoleon I a police-officer. The lad is said to be seriously in 111. and E ng l an d," has produced a good effect in jured in the spine, and Mr. Manetiele has promised to Paris ; but the English election speeches have investigate the circumstance, . COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, lisitan 11. The Queen and Prince drove out yesterday morning, and afterwards wallied in the grounds. Prince Alfred visited her Majo3ty yesterday, and re ;urned to Alverbank. The Prince Consort has honoured Mr. Matthew Noble with sittings for a bust about to be presented by the Committee of the Art-Treasures Exhibition to the city of Manchester. Lord Inchiquin bad an interview with the Esrl of Derby yesterday at his official residence in Do Ruing• •' Phillips and two street. . Sir James Brooke had an interview with Lord StanleyL. t • children ; Captain Forbes, ieu . Horseley, Mr. Bend, yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir G. Le Marchant drop, and servant ; Captain and Mrs two children, and servant ; Mr. Tulle, her, Mr. and and Sir C. Nicholson had also interviews with the noble lord. Mrs. Wallace, and four children ; Major Landon, Mr. Gibb s Mrs. Shakespea re, i n fant , and servant ; Majer HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO BIRIZINGHAM.—We under- Willi am s, Mr. M a wson, and two of th e P en i nsular and stand that the committ ee o f the Birmingham Musical ' Festival will take measures with the view to induce her Oriental Company s servants--R. J ames (from the Noma) and J. Cook (from the Gre na d a. ) Li eutenant Majesty to make her vi s it to Birmingham, to open e Aston-park, also the occasi on f or a ttending the first day Ingl field, froze Bom ba y , was to land at Malta, of the Festival, already fixed for the 31st of August. Da. ADAM CLARSE.—We are gratified to perceive In order to further the views of the Festival Committee, that a movement is on foot with the object of placing It is understood that Lord Leigh, the Lorelitieutenant monumental erections in honour of the late D r . Ad am of the county, has placed his residence, Stoneleigh Clarke, at Portru sh, near the Gian t's Causeway, and at Abbey, at the disposal of her Majesty. Ports: ewart, where the learned commentator received The Countess of Jersey's party for this eveningis post his early education. These will consist of an obelisk poned, on account of tue death of a near raiaaion, and statue at the former place, and a school church at The Earl and Countess of Bradford and Miss Mon- the latter. Cominita es, comprising gentlemen of vari• creiffe have arrived is Balgrave-square, from Weston °ad denominations, are exerting themselves to carry out Hall, Staffordshire. this worthy intention, and a large amount has been We are informed that a marriage is about to be already sent in to them, which is independent of a hand solemnised vary shortly between the Hon. Richard souse contribution from America. Among the donations Chetwynd, el lest eon of Viscount Chetwynd, and Miss already obtained in Ireland, the name of his Grace the Camp sell, eldest daughter of Mrs. Walter Campbell. Lord Primate appears, followed by tho-e of the Earl and Countess DOVVag .r of Anirim, L or d Robert Montagu, The Emperor of Russia has instituted a cent ra l c o rn• mittee for the question of the emancipation of theD.L , peasants. Tnis committee, which will be presided over theand Eother f C i u h fl a u r e l envtiil,,T, persons r o o f rn !tell persuasion,Esg ~g p .. w h.() by the Emperor himself, is composed of thirteen cone- unite in deeming the great Wesleyan scholar eminently ilB C 6 o l u .— nt A ß a lu b d en e cillera of the empire, amo ng w h om are th e G ran d D u k e worthy of lasting remembrance in the country of his Co p n n st o a p n o t s in z e n , P E r x ii n ic i e w ( T ) roloNfa IN and i meeting ffalnativity. Tee ferven t p iet y , vast erudition, c e aseless zeal, and intense industry of Dr. Clarke eminently en of the Council of the Society of Arts was held on title his name to the honours which it is intended to Wednesday evening, for the consideration of this sub• bestow upon it. ject. The discussion occupied the whole evening, and THE SIAMESE AMBASSADORS IN PARIS We read in was adj mrned to Wednesday, the 24th inst. ' 1 the Elr' Mite :—" 'The French Opera presented at its last Lady Ceelinsford, the wife of the new Lord Clean- representation a curious spectacle. Th e Siamese =bag. calor, is the daughter of the late Major Tinling, of ' , sectors occupied one of tee l arge boxes on th e l e ft, in Southampton. The Hon. Lady Inglis, of Lucknow I company with some high Siamese personages., Four of celebrity, is Julia, the second daughter of Lord an d i their su ite were in another box adj iining, and about a Lady Chelmsford. Lend Chelmsfurd and tee late j d:zen others were in the orchestra stalls. Thepiecegiven L or d Chancellor Truro chose their titles from th e I was the Cheesa tie Bronze , and between th e acts, AL places where they first became distinguished as bar- I Feuillet de Conches, introducer of ambassadors at the ristere. Lord Lyndhurst , another Lord Chancellor, j imperial court, oonducted the east ern strangers behind selected his title from the place where he first saw' t the scenes, among the ballet girls. These young ladies th e first Lady Lyndhurst. The following Chancell ors I expected a distribu ti 'n of trinkets, bra ce l ets, an d of recent date were elevated to the woolsack without i diamonds, but nothing of the kind took place, as the having sat on the judicial bench—viz,, Lords Chellns- 1 ambassadors gave nothing hut a shake of the hand here ford, Lyndhurst, Brougham, St. Leonards , Erskine, i and there, and deep salutaticns. At one moment, how and Cottenham (Lord Cottenham was Master of the ever, the younger ambassador plunged his hand into his Roll.). deep and a id e pocket. (M ovement of general atention.) He drew out a round box which WYNNSTAY HALL—The residence of Sir W.W.Wy nu, e , he proceeded to open watt great delicacy. .(Profound sensation.) The boa which was destroyed by fire on Saturday last, wits situ contaieed bonbons, which the native of Siam devoured ated within a magnificent park of several miles in ex with great eagerness and apparent reliefs.- (General tent, near to the village of Ruabon, and close to the deception, violent murmurs from all parts of the assem- Great Western Railway, about five miles from Wrexham, sly.) The visit gs then left the part of the theatre Denbighehire. The house was extensive, but possessed little architectural beauty, it having been erected at dif- bellied the scenes and returned to their places. The third fegent periods and with no uniformity of taste. It was act of the piece seemed to strike them very much. cased with fine white stone ; and as a family residence , They gave no applause, but they used their opera-glasses offered large accommodation to visitors. In the days cf constantly, directing them to every part of the house. the present baronet's grandfather a Thespian temple was T HE OXFORD MIDDLE CLASS ExAMINATIONS.—A. attached to the house, in which the great English Ros- meeting was held in the Mayor's parlour, Manchester, terday cius used frequently to display his histrionic talents, as 5 es morn ing , to receive a report embracing a reply also several members of the Kemble family, when Roger from the Oxford examiners, to the effect that they will Kemble, with his corps theatrigue, visited the neighbour ing city of Chester. This ballot amusement was cone ted Mack ie, the mayor, presided ,and there was a fair attend• by the late Sir Watkin into a spacious dining-room, in mace. Mr. Meki nseg, the secretary, having read the re which that hospitable baronet used to entertain annually port, which stated that the application from Manchester for several years, in the month of September, some seven I had been readily acceded to, the following resolutions : :or eight hundred crack a g riculturists to a sumptuous were adopted " That this meeting, comprising dinner. At length the great dining-hall became mules.: educators and friends of education, recognises the porated with the mansion, adding materially to the con- vanllueteofte: examinations as a means of at once promoting veniences of the house. When the present baronet came a ,, c - mg• the effici enc y o f middle-class schools." into possession of the proper t y he prajected several ire- That the University of Oxford has put forth a compre hentive portant alterations in the buildi n g , which were made at n . t scheme which seems to meet the wants of the large the cost of several thousand pounds. The Wynnetay c"oTnhartyand of this district in particular." library and MSS. have always been considered both ; In 0 , th i s ,,meeting learns with pleasure that the antbo rare and highly valuable ; but in the formation of tie ul I n al ce i n u t xiord have consented to make Manchester a library, it is somewhat remarkable, much difficulty was en s addressedwell-knoGreenwood, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, Seabright MSS. were sold to various purchasers, among l as ev. _ of 0 wen's College, Mr. W. Ear whore were the late Mn. Johnee, of Hefoil, and Sir 'V. Y‘.',Y!.,,,, Professor Richson, Rev. Dr. Beard, Rev. F. B. W. Wynn. They were originally the collection of Ed- , gr " _le n " . G Williamson, Alderman Langwortby, ward Lloyd, the celebrated author of " Aramologia , Mr. '' re i?"Yt Mr. Kendall, and Mr. Ferris. AUSTRALIANu AXADEMIC Elowounsee-Tuesday night's Britannica " Mr. Johnes's portion was destroyed by G azt e announces that the Queen has directed that fire when his mansion was burnt down, and the late Sir W. NV, Wynn's portion was also destroyed by fire at letters patent be passed under the Great Seal, granting l decirin a book-binder's in Covent-garden, wher e the books we. s and gthat the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, B ac h e l or o f L aws , D o ctor of Laws, placed to be re-bound. The collecti on of MSS at . Wynnetay which had still been preserved , w as utt q ues- Bechelor of Medi c i ne, an d D oc t or o f Medicine, already ' granted or conferred, or hereafter to be granted or con tionably one of the best in Wales. The lo s of this ' (erred, by the 2eilate of the University of Sydney, in lasrary treasure caenot, therefore, be lo ked upon but I the colony of 1\14:5W South Wales, shall he recognised as with general regret. V'academic FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS.—A great number of firesdistinctions and rewards of merit, and he (, V,,rr , nlyeaterday i n var i ous p ar t s of the metropolis. : entitled to ran k , precsderice, and consideration in the ze tt g e , rn , :sing are the principal sufferers :—Mr. John United Kingdom, and in the colonies arid possessioes of I te ase, ‘ ,7. hex maker, Rtrl-Areet Ketisinktou ; Mr, the Crown througeeut the world, as fu l ly as if the said ~a44r,ht). (..ruwie,tree, S o b„' ' - . '''', ' ' Lad ben University• d by any of the grocer, 21, tga a ; Mr. C. Smith, cabiset , 6 `le! t's a greeted cer. e e, _ °via-fields, Bermondsey I United Kiogdcm. ; Mr Feast, and tl..,vD.U.exon-street, S it' Ifi Mr. TrotiesLa•T"' st. j z 0,, ... , elde ; Messrs. Lawrence I The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa announces that, well. It is und'er?.,,i-ge atreet‘,-rz.,la, Albany-road, }Kent-road ; owing to the present disturbed state of Monte Video, j except that 01 lar.the,,arrtliat the loss iya-rod, Camber- the Laing of Sardinia has resolved on sending the brig of f i v Sa is eeetred by • all the cases, ' war Caristoforo Colombo thither,' inettrance in order to prot.,:ct the Sardinian subjects residing there, i created great nuPasitlem All qqotations have , THE PROPOSED LONDON TRAMWA fallen. DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN MANNERS. Yesterday afternoon a deputation, consisting of Gen. Wyndham, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, M.P., Mr. Cosway, the chairman of the London Tramway Com pany ; Mr. Keating and Mr. Armaui, direcTors ; Mr. Samuel, the engineer ; Messrs. Wilkinson and Stevens, the solicitors ; Mr. Church, the secretary ; Mr. Coates, the Parliamentary agent, and other gentlemen interested in the question, waited upon the Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P., the Chief Commissioner of Works, at his office in Whitehall-place, to explain to him the nature of the proposed_tramway through a portion of the streets of London, a bill for securing which is at present before the House of Commons. General Windham having introduced the deputa- BOURSE, March 11.—The following were the [notations : 4i per Cents 92 45 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 69 Do. end month 69 10 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 845 Do. Account Bll 25 Credit Foncier 590 Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes ....... home Debt — RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto 7BO Lyon and Mediteran. 810 i New Ditto 7Bl Geneva Midi Western 665 Strasburg Grand Central 640 'Sardinian Austrian The following is the monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yester day (Thursday) :--. Capital Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capital Reserve fund Ditto, New DR. Fr. 0. 91,250,000 91,250,000 - 1,435 605 74 12,980,750 14 9,125,000 - Reserve immobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation 519,917,000 Do. of branch banks 43,347,600 -- Do. to order (Post bills) Bills parable at sight 2,648,186 Acuount-current of Treasury Creditor 94,137,131 28 Various accounts-current 123,910,877 41 Do. branch banks 25,975,152 Dividends to be paid 1,112,301 25 Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities 6,119,602 65 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 3,471,197 3 1,039.516,637 - Cash and ingots . 123, 194, 385 73 Cash at the branch banks - Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 2,648,729 68 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 25,291,400 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 51,859,800 38 Do. in the branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Scrip 243,500 Do. on Branch Banks Scrip 90,600 -- Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds New Shares, not settled 28,202,669 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration 802,811 67 Premiums on the purchase of matteres Sundries 5,587,321 42 1,039,516,637 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. DR. Fr. c. Capital - Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capital ' 1,435-505 74 Reserve fund Ditto, New Reserve immobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 78,635,287 27 Various accounts-current Do. branch banks 28,389,515 Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities, 4,4.48,846 92 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks 1,029,759,068 89 83,778,797 8 199,075,277 -- Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 3,476,446 61 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 23,472,300 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 48,805,555 90 Do. in the branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Scrip 225 600 Do. on Branch Banks Scrip ... Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 .. Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,189,482 3 New Shares, not settled_ 42. 114.573 Hotel and ttirnittne of the Dank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration _ Premiums on the purchase of matieres ._. _ . _ Sundries 4,000,000 - 5,663,617 - 466,394 51 4,438,549 86 1,029,759,068 89 GREAT SHIP CANAL. The following relates to a great project for con necting Lake Huron with the internal river naviga tion, of Canada, which has long been contemplated, as destined ultimately to be accomplished : " Sir,—ln a recent article you alluded to a project, now contemplated in Canada, for the formation of a ship canal to connect the waters of the Ottawa with Lake Huron, some further particulars regarding which may perhaps be of interest. " The, object proposed is to bring the vast trade of the Western States of America through British territory by constructing a route along which the produce of lowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan, as well as of Nebraska and the other States rapidly rising in the West, may be brought direct to Great Britain, without any change of conveyance. Already vessels of a small tonnage have passed direst from Chicago, at the head of Lake Michi gan, to Liverpool without breaking bulk ; but * their route necessarily passing through the Welland Canal and the various others made requisite by the St. Law rence rapids, is'not only circuitous, but is only avail able for vessels of a small size. The projected ship canal would afford an almost direct communication for ships of large tonnage to ports more than 1,200 miles from the ocean, and would form the great highway by which the Western States would be supplied and their produce expected, instead of the route now employed by railway, canal, and lake to New York. "The course proposed leads up the St. Lawr3nce and its large tributary, the Ottawa (passing the new seat of Government), to a point nearly 300 miles above their juncti,pn ; whence, crossing to Lake Nipissing, the French River leads down to the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, affording easy access to any place on, cr westward of, the three great lakes. Almost the only actually fresh cutting required would be between Lake Nipissing and the river Ottawa, through the Turtle Lakes, a distance of less than 60 miles, although both the French River and the upper porti,n of the Ottawa would require considerable outlay to adapt them for large vessels. The importance to Imperial interests of a ship route to the Western Lakes, proceeding entirely through British territory, at a considerable distance from the frontier, and affording a channel for the direct inter ' change of Western produce arid British manufactures, must be obvious, and Canada would therefore have some grounds for urging the home Government to view it as, to some extent, an Imperial work. Should the British Government consent to an Imperial guarantee of 6 per cent. while the canal is being made, there is every reason to believe that the Canadian Legislature would grant their assistance in the shape of 6,000,000 acres of land. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " CANADIENSIS." t ion, Mr. COATES said the proposition of the promoters of the street tramway was t-, lay a line from Not tingehill-gate to the Bank via Bayswater and the New-road, and thus to relieve Cheapside, Holborn, Fleet-street, &0., of the 1,592 omnibus loads of passengers to that district by which those thorough fares were daily impeded. The idea was to lay down a groove in which omnibuses might run three times as large as those now plying on the public roads, and carry three times the number of passen gers. It had been urged against them that as a . private company they were seeking to take the public streets. Of course the company expected to be paid for the capital they invested—not, however by every one who went into the streets in a car riage, but simply by those who for their own con venience used the tramway. It had been urged that the company ought not to make a profit out of the streets ; they did not wish to make a profit out of the streets, but out of the 50,0001. or 60,0001. they invested. From the streets themselves they would receive no payment, for the streets would be just as open to the public as they were now. In the second place, it had been alleged against the company that the groove they would put down in the public streets would be a constant impedi ment to all other traffic, inasmuch as the groove would rise and not he flush with the street. Lord J. MANNERS—WouId it not be more cor rect to say that the street would fall by the side of the groove? Mr. COATES said that all experience proved the r everse, and Mr. Scholefield, the hon. member for Birmingham, who had been in New York where tramways were lsid elwn, had borne testimony to the fact that neither by subsidence, nor crossing diagonally or otherwise, was there any impediment to the traffic wha' ever. All the promoters desired was to have an opportunity of proving their case before a committee of the House of Commons, and that was the sole object of the present interview with bis lordship. They denied most distinctly that they wished to secure for themselves any mo nopoly, or that they would in any impede the free course of traffic ; and they contended that this case did not in any respect differ from those in which property was taken to secure public improvements, and ample capital raised for that purpose. If the proposed plan were carried out the public would secure cheapness of fares, for the number of horses required would be diminished two-thirds, and thus passeneers could he carried at a cheaper cost. Lord J. MANNERS inquired whether the proposed grooves would be tic for other ordinary carriages f Mr. SAMUEL, the engineer, said that the wheels of ordinary carriages would not .be able to enter the' groove and it would not therefore- be any impedi ment toi their progress along the road. The groove would be i f of an inch wide, while the wheel of an ordinary carriage was from 1i to 11 of an inch in . width. Lord J. MANNERS inquired how, in the event of a carriage crossing the groove, it was proposed to stop an omnibus that might be coming along the line in that direction. Mr. SAMUEL said it would be done by applying the breaks, which were all-powerful in themselves, and the horses weuld be saved much more than they were at present. . Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, M.P., said be did not know anything about the company, but one of the solici tors knowing that he had been in New York, asked him to accompany the deputation. His _experience of tramwa , s in New York was favourable to such a scheme in London. The tramways in New York were wider than those proposed here, and he had seen carriages much wider than our omnibuses run ning upon them. He had seen carriages running on and across tramways at ail possible angles, but he had never seen any accident, any jolting, ()ran,' inconvenience. The omnibuses in New York held 40 or 50 people ; and ahhough the place he had Ito go was four miles by the omnibus route , and only three by another he might have taken, he always preferred the omnibus on the tram way, because it was so much more agreeable than any other mode of conveyance. Nothing could be mote successful than the system of tram ways in New York, Lord J. MANNERS—Are there such enormous holes in the streets of New York as we frequently find in the case of London ? Mr. SCHOLEFIELD—Oh, yes ; there are parts of New Yoik infinitely worse than anything we expe rience in London. (Laughter.) Lord J. MA.NNERS—Are the streets of New York paved? How long have the tramways been in existence there ? Mr. SonoLeauELD—They have been in existence 14 or 15 years at least. The Broadway is paved, but I really don't accurately recollect about the other streets. I think they are macadamised. Lord J. MANNERS said the case had been stated very clearly to him, and it should have his best consideration. Gen. WYNDHAM said that all the promoters asked for was, that if they made out a prima facie case, they should not be prevented from going into com mittee. All they wanted was fair play, and by that they were content to stand or fall. The deputation thanked the noble lord for the courtesy with which he had received them, and re tired. THE PASSPORT SYSTEM. •TO THE EDITOR OF THE WIN. Sut,—lt had always been supposed that the views of the British and Continental Governments as to the utility of the passport system to keep away evil or unwelcome visitors ware diametrically opposite ; and if so, to what account can the very absurd and complicated conditions annexed by the Foreign-office to the issue of an English passport to a natural born Englishman be placed, unless .to some secret dictation or influence of some Conti nental Government ? The conditions imposed when Lord Palmerston was at the Foreign office were three :—Every Englishman applyiag should be known to himself ) or to some one he knew' (one might suppose the entrée of No. 94. Piccadilly was in question) ; or the applicant was to be known to some one having an account with a banker, by which if it was intended must be a wealthyperson. Surely (wherever this narrow-minded and exclusive condition existed) the name address would suffi ciently show it, without the further trouble and impertinence of requiring a "recommendatitm,” which term runs also through Lord Clarendon's additional " facilities," as they are styled of apply ing through Mayors and Magistrates, and Justices of Peace. T.lncltr what law is it that the bureau cracy of the Foreign-office has imposed thole vexa— tious and nonsensical stringencies upon the whols sountry ? Surely every British subject ought to app?4y as of right for a Bii ish pwspott, giving his name and address duly certified, for which in gen izal the latest Directory should suffice, as the passport , would be sent to such address ; or let the applica tion be signed by the Collector of Taxes fcrr the district, or of, parish rates, or by the occupier of a house in the neighbourhood, simply as certificate of name and address. When more is required the. case should be exceptional. But the conditions: invented by the officials, even if they do not in.- , fringe upon the rights of their fellow-subjects, aro rid , culous and humiliating, and they offenl lsy assuming a prima facie unworthiness ; and 'O,l placing every one under a galling surveillan :es social and magisterial, hitherto unknown, th in fact, create a new law and state of soci( /VP Moreover, they present the anomaly that, the English Foreign Secretary is replying to. and denying imputations upon our national chars, oter, he regulations of his office, as they apply to . .Eug: lishmen, are framed so as to sustain and as c redit_ such imputations.—l am, sir, your very &a edient servant , CIVIS ANGLIC ;US. Bth March. TES POSTMAN• TO THE BDITOR, OF THE sun Sir,—The insertion of the following in your' journal may, perhaps, confer a great benefit upoll the letter-carriers : In all the Government offices there is bone more niggardly paid than the employes in the Post-office• A negro's treatment in the far west of America is nothing to what we postmen have to endure. is nothing short of slavery—slavery in the highest degree—from 6in the morning till 9in the even ing we ate in a continual trot. That's nothing. The pay is irks point, I have been in the Posteace 4 for 16 years. My salary Low is 255. per week, scarcely enough to 11 , e l , me in leather, much moil a wife and famtly,—l era, .A. POSTMAN rAYS. AI . P, P, T, V V XI 131 0