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Now ready, in Crown 8v0,.105. 6.3., with Portrait of Fox in his youth . LIFE OF CHARLES JAMES FOX. Volume I. By the Right Hon. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. RED SEA AND INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Limited). THIRD CALL of £2, making (with deposit) £lO paid. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a CALL of £2 per Share has been this day made on the Shares of the Company, payable on TUESDAY, the 15th March,*at the Public Draw ing Office of the Bank of England. Interest at the rate of percent. will be charged on all Calls in arrear, and the Gua ranteed Interest will not run until the payment is made. Dated this 11th day of February, 1859. By order of the Board. C. L. PEEL, Secretary. 62, Moorgate-street. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1859, R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison - THIS EVENING THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Messrs. Weiss, Honey, St. Albyn, Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison. )liss Louisa Pyne and Miss Susan Pyne. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. TO conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED HIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clc thing. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRVRY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, OUR GAL. Mr. ftml Mrs. Barney Williams. Followed by BARNEY THE BARON. l'o conclude with the new pantomime, ROBrN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. HITS EVENING will be performed the play of LOUIS XI. Louis (King of France), by 3lr. C. Kean. Alter which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. • THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. 3liss Amy Sek,,wick, Mr. Buckstone, After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled lINDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. p OYAL L.YCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING, for the Benefit of Madame Celeste, when will be produced a New Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled THE LAST HOPE. After which, TILE CHILD OF TILE WRECK. Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Ballet. Miss Rosina Wright. Reduced Prices—Dress Bo xes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 38. ; Pit, es.; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Revival of MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster. First appearance in the New Theatre of Mr. Wright. Con tinued Succ e s s of the INVISIBLE PRINCE. ..-- - THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with MASKS AND FACES ; Mr. B. Webster, C. Selby, Mr. Bil iington, P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Sims, Mrs. Bil -11110 on. Alter which, WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE LNVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at a quarter-past six--Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan are engaged. Due notice will be given of their appearance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye 3laydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEIC'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and, Manager Mr. William Cooke. THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the revived irs matte Romance from Sir Walter Scott, entitled KENIL WORTH, re-produced with original effects and additional splendour. To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, &e. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes. Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. 11. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene, with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Sceoctry, and every incident hi bustling reality, from Regent-street to the "New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill." Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor --C. Mowrox. The public is most respectfully informed that the Frsm ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing' Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MusicAt ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perf'orm every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 59—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'10. WIND, Westerrly; fresh, with fine weather. We resume our notice of Mr. -MACINTOSH'S new strategies in warfare. He says—" Having briefly, but I trust clearly, explained my new system of terminating wars,' I shall now state what steps I took to bring my invention before the British Go vernment." • Mr. MAclNTosii communicated to Lord ABER DEEN (then Prime Minister) on 13th June, 1853, the nature and properties of his invention, which is nothing less than a method of annihilating fleets and destroying the fortifications of an enemy, without the possibility of failure, the means being inexpensive, simple, and very easily applied by the admiral of any fleet. He was directed to communicate with the Right Hon. Sir J. GRAHAM, then First Lord of the Admi ralty, who, after an explanation of his plan, simply informed him, by letter, that "their Lordships desire to thank you for your communication." Being convinced that England was fast drifting into a war of some magnitud e w ith a nat i on whose powers of defence our Admiralty was partially ignorant of, he embarked for Constantinople in December, 1853, with a supply of mater i als, for the purpose of carrying out his system in connee tion with the Tu rkish Government, by -whose permission and joint assistance he had hoped to have destroyed the Russian fleet then within the harbour of Sebastopol. Oviing to the ,fact that England had not yet declared war with Russia, Lord STRATFORD DE REDCILFFE, our Ambassador, was unable to assist him, but strongly recommended his immediate return to England, and again to communicate with our Government. lie consequently returned for that purpose, and on the 18th March, 1854, re ceived an official letter from Captain O'BRIEN, private secretary to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, requesting him "to call at the Adniralty and inquire for Admiral BERKELEY, who will attend to the matter which you arc desirous of bringing under the notice of the Government." Tie had an ' • interview with Admiral BERKELEY (then First Sea Lord), and, after having clearly explained the peculiarities and capabilities of his new system of warfare, Which the Admiral acknow ledged to thoroughly understand and appreciate, he nevertheless considered that our improved steam fleets could accomplish much more against land defences than was possible to be Performed by sa iling ships of war.. Mr. MacniTos u states th a t " the novelty and humanity of my syste m appeared so extraordinary, that the Admiral ex pressed an opinion that, although my application might be effectual if applied, it appeared to him an inglorious method of attacking an enemy, without letting him have any chance of retaliation. He, nevertheless, strongly recommended me to return to Turkey, and lay my method of destroying the fleet and defences of the enemy before the Turkish Government for adoption, and that he would in struct Admiral DUNDAs (then commanding the British Fleet in the East) to assist me." _ _ It is naturalto conclude that the Admiralty intended to assist Mr. MACINTOSH, and by requesting his return to Constantinople (where he had a supply of material ready for use), and promising to send out instructions to Admiral DuNDAS to assist him in his object, it would appear that the Admiral's intentions were both prompt and laudable. It will appear that the Turkish High Admiral had made arrangements with the British Admiral not to permit any ships of the Turkish fleet to enter the Black Sea, unless accompanied by a squadron of the Allied fleet, owing to the destruction of part of his fleet at Sin ope, when it will be remembered that the Russian Admiral cruised about the Black Sea, waiting for a Black Sea fog, and under its favouring veil pounced upon the Turkish fleet and completely annihilated it. Mr. MACINTOSH hastened to join the Allied fleet (then anchored in the Bay of Baltshik, north of Varna) bearer of a despatch from Lord STRATFORD to Admiral DUNDAS (date 27th May). A council of war was immediately assembled, consisting of several of the leading superior officers, amongst whom was Captain DRUMMOND (now Commodore), the corn man der of H. M. steamer Retribution,who had previous to the official declaration of war, gallantly entered the harbour of Sebastopol (" under the favouring veil of a dense Black Sea foy") to the amazement and horror of the Russians, bearing official despatches to the Russian Governor. " The unanimous opinion of the Council was, that if the sea-face batteries of Sebastopol were to be bombarded by the Allied fleets, and their total de struction effected, such must be done under the cover of a dense black fog, similar to that above described. " Admiral DUNDAS fully agreed with the general opinion of the Council, but stated he would have to consult Vice-Admiral HAMELIN (Admiral-in- Chief to the French fleet) prior to the adoption of my system." It will now appear that Admiral BERKELEY'S promise to send out instructions had not been com plied with, as Admiral DUNDAS " declined taking the responsibility of employing such an unusual mode -of warfare without having written orders from the Admiralty, and suggested that I should immediately apply to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with the view of having proper in structions sent out." Mr. MAclNTosll immediately returned to Con stantinople, and " had an interview with Lord STRATFORD, who, although much surprised at our Admiral's inertness in carrying out our 'Articles of War,' which empower to burn, sink, and destroy,' suggested I should again communicate with the Admiralty." Mr. MACINTOSH remained at Constantinople for a period of twenty-two days, expecting a reply to a letter he had sent to the Admiralty ; receiving none, he returned (second time)to England, and in reply to his despatch of June 26, received the fol lowing answer, viz., that "the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are not prepared to adopt your plan," (July 5, 1854). This peculiar conduct of Admiral BERKELEY, in first persuading Mr. MACINTOSH to return to Tur key with promise of assistance—neglecting to send out the promisod instructions, and then, on his re turn to England some months after, to coolly write, or cause to be written to him, that "the Admiralty are not prepared to adopt your plan"— is worthy of those who can conscientiously act with such openness and candour. Tt rather appears in the light of official wilyness, to ward off an unwelcome applicant ; the country risked nothing by the pro posed trial, as Mr. MACINTOSH frequently ex pressed a wish to perform the whole experiments at his own private expense ; the riddance was the true object, and not the honest welfare for the national cause. The Lords of the Admiralty again refused to send out any instructions to either Sir CHARLES NAPIER or Admiral DUNDAS, with respect to applying Mr. MACINTOSH'S agent against the enemy—(date, 11th July, 1854.) Having devoted so much time, energy, and capital in his endeavours to awaken our Govern ment to, at least, practically test (on a large scale, and at his entire personal expense) his system against the enemy's fleet and sea defences, and finding all his exertions of no avail, he proceeds to Paris with introductory letters to his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor NAPOLEON, who, unfortunately, had left the day of his arrival for Biarritz. It ap pears he had an interview with Monsieur DueAs, the Minister of Marine, and tested on a small scale his system of warfare to the satisfaction of the Minister. On his return to England he communi cated to the Earl of EGLINTON and the Earl TALBOT the very discouraging results of his correspondence with our Admiralty, also the prompt and energetic manner in which the French Minister had attended to the matter. From satisfactory tests Mr. MACINTOSH per formed before their Lordships, he received several letters for presentation to his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE (then Secretary of State for War), which resulted in an audience. His Grace was prompt in responding to his wishes, and promised to see the Lords of the Ad miralty on the subject of his new war agent, which resulted in a despatch from their lordships (August 16, 1854) to Mr. MACINTOSH, appointing fora trial in their presence, to take place at Portsmouth. Mr. MACINTOSH complied with the wishes of the Lords of the Admiralty, and on the 19th met Sir JAS. GRAHAM, Admiral BERKELEY, and Capt. Sir T. MAITLAND at the George Hotel, Portsmouth. After having distinctly informed their lordships of the opinion of the Council of War and Admiral DeNDAs, relative to the application of his agent against sea-def ences , an d th e " u tt er f o ll y of attempt ing to a tt ac h, the sea -faces of Sebastopol by ships of war, owing to the enemy's forts mounting innu merable guns of an enormous calibre, and that their concentration of fire was so adjusted as, ships coining within r an ge .' to sink any provided all MACINTOSH, havingrovided a ll th e neces sary materials for testing his new agent, requested both of the Lords Commissioners to accompany him on board H.M.S. Excellent to witness the experi ments, suchbeing in compliancevritlitheirlordships' ay, both of despatch of the 16 t h inst. Stran g e to s the Lords Commis sioners com p lained o f serious indisposition, and also b ein g p ressed for time, an d although he urged and repeatedly requested their Lordships to witness his experiment (" which would have occupied less than one hour "), he could not induce them to accompany him. Sir TuomAs INIAITLAxp and the Government chemist were directed to witness and report. We give the details in full : "We proceeded on board the Excellent, and having shipped a sufficient quantity of the hydro-carbon in a six oared gig, pushed off towards Rochester Creek, and there discharged on the water a sufficient quantity, which, float ing ou, its surface, was propelled by the wind to about 200 yards,-when Sir Thomas Maitland directed me to ignite it, which I did by projecting a small ball of the metal potas sium into it. This had the effect of generating an impene trable black, suffocating fog. We pulled up to the burning material and ignited a piece of paper, clearly demonstrating that ships of war could follow up in its wake without injury to the attacking party, thus enabling squadrons to form up in a line of battle under cover of the black smoke, and when within point-blank range of any land batteries, to disembark troops and take possession, or simultaneously open a concentrated fire and entirely destroy them. No animal can breathe within the folds of this smoke ; conse quently, on its entering the embrasures, it would naturally compel all the gunners to beat a quick retreat, thereby leaving the enemy's forts at the mercy of the attacking squadron." To scientific or practical judges, such an experi ment would have been probably conclusive, but as the Lords of the Admiralty were too callous to the interests of the nation, neglecting, as they did, to witness in person the experiment, when they had a fitting opportunity (of their own appointing) for so doing, it would be needless to attempt to prove that any of the several other trifling experiments Mr. MACINTOSH subsequently and successfully performed before Sir THOMAS MAITLAND, would add one iota of increase to the balance of opinion in its favour. It is the energy and presence of a chief which gives weight, value, and promptness of action. Dilatoriness is but too often the result of this absence, and needless delay necessarily follows. In diverging for a moment from the thread of this communication, the Leviathan, of yester day's date, triumphantly extols the past acts of its political fraternity—Sir CHAS. WOOD is the cham pion of his party ; it says, " The present Govern ment could not have found so much to do if other Governments had not left a great deal undone." Again, "We can give the public some idea of the actual—[add, also, past]—state or affairs." It is an undeniable fact, that at the time these editorial remarks were penned the contents of Mr. MAC INTOSH'S interesting and instructive book were in the editor's hands. Never was more truth spoken, but it evidently falls heavier on the giver than on the intended recipient. The Leviathan, in wielding its colossal Nasmy thic engine, is rather too clogged within its own wheels to always admit of a free and uniform stream of unbiased patriotism. Too much is rather injurious, and too little is quite immaterial for the good of the country, when such clashes and cen sures the acts of their own political sphere. On the 6th December, 1854, Mr. MACINTOSH addressed a letter to his Grace the Duke of . NEW CASTLE, informing him of the successful experi ments made at Portsmouth, &e., and from some successful experiments made before his Lordship, his Grace promised that Mr. MACINTOSH'S system " should be fully investigated." It appears that by a despatch from the Admiralty (9th December, 1854) to Mr. MACINTOSH he was informed that Captain Sir THOMAS MAITLAND " had been directed to send in a report," but from two applications, under date 12th and 13th Decem ber, for copy of Sir THOMAS'S report, it was refused. Mr. MACINTOSH received the following despatch from the Admiralty, which is of too much import ance to be omitted : "Admiralty, 16th December, 1854. "Sir,—ln reply to your inquiries relative to your plan for destroying ships, &c., I am directed by Admiral Berkeley to acquaint you that your plan, with Sir Thomas Maitland's report, have been forwarded to Vice-Admiral Dundas, Commander-in-Chief of H. M. ships and vessels on the Mediterranean station, for his consideration.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, •(Signed) " P. PORRIER. "J. Macintosh, Esq." Mr. MACINTOSII states that " it will be hereafter clearly proved that neither myself nor Admirals DUNDAS and LYONS ever obtained a copy of those instructions." He again requested, on 20th Decem ber, for a copy of Sir THOMAS MAITLAND'S report ; but on the 26th December, and on the 22d January (1855), his third application was rejected, for the following reason—viz., "it not being customary to furnish reports made by their officers in such cases. " Would it not be more beneficial for the interests of the country, and scientific pursuits generally, that such an antiquated and secret custom should be at once abolished. All experiments (with the exception of those in question) are generally carried on by public servants of the Crown, at the expense of the nation, and if no better reason can be assigned than "old custom," new rules and more enlightened customs should be adopted. A period of six weeks having elapsed since the despatch of the 16th December (1854) had been sent to Admiral DUNDAS, Mr. MACINTOSH applied (on 23d January, 1855) to the Lords of the Admiralty, requesting to be informed of the " result of their communication to, and nature of, the an swer " supposed they had received from Vice- Admiral DUNDAS. The reply from the Admiralty (dated 27th January, 1855) was, that " no report had been received from Vice-Admiral DUNDAS." Mr. MACINTOSH states, " Vice-Admiral DUNDAS having returned to London, (Bth February) assured me that he had never received my plan or Sir THOMAS MAIT i LAND'S report." I consequently re newed my application of the 23d ultimo. Also, " From a subsequent interview I had with Admiral Lord LYONS on this subject, he also informed me that no such plan and report had ever reached him." In reply to Mr. MACINTOSH'S letter of the Bth inst., the Lords of the Admiralty informed him that "it was not intended to adopt the plan, and that their Lordships are not in the habit of giving copies of the reports of their officers"—(date 13th February, 1855.) "Prior to the despatch of the above letter the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty had seen Vice-Admiral DUNDAS, and from both Admirals not having received the plan and report in question, their Lordships could not, consequently, send him any other than an ambiguous reply. He was for the fourth time refused a copy of Sir THOMAS MAITLAND'S report." It is a well-known fact that all Government despatches were conveyed from England to Con stantinople, and from thence to the Admirals com manding the Fleets by special messengers. Mr. MACINTOSH begs of " The Honourable the Members of the House of Commons" (to whom he has ad dressed his book) to call on Admiral BERKELEY to produce a copy of the instructions, together with Sir THOMAS MAITLAND'S report and Mr. MACIN TOSH'S plan, and further to satisfactorily and fully explain the extraordinary discrepancy of the above proceedings. There is nothing to which Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not ready to turn a hand : he is one of those men who are ready to make themselves generally useful, to undertake any job that offers, in fact, a " Jack of all trades." We have already had the opinion of SYDNEY SMITH that he would be pre pared at a moment's notice to accept the command of the Channel fleet, or perform the most arduous Operation in lithotomy, without for a moment fancying the possibility of a failure. There can be no doubt that he has the most perfect faith in his own infallibility. We cannot then wonder that, although pledged to bring forward one of four rival bills for Parliamentary Reform, he should also enter into competition with the Lord Chancellor in a Bankruptcy and Insolvency Reform Bill. The noble lord brought forward the heads of his with few exceptions, it is scheme last night, and, manifest that it is a creditors bill, intended to ren der more stringent the law with respect to all who are unable to satisfy the claims of their creditors. Of course it proposes to abolish the distinction between traders and non-traders. That, however, has long been re garded as a matter of inevitable necessity. The folly and injustice of paralysing a man's future energies, and compelling him to expend all he may acquire, or to contract debts sufficient to cover the amount, has long been regarded as by no means a favourable specimen of the wisdom of our ances tors. Surely the man who had surrendered all that he possessed, and had been declared entitled to his discharge or protection on certain terms, should be rendered free to labour for the benefit of himself and family, without having a constant millstone hanging about his neck. One energetic man out of a thousand may conquer the difficulty, but that men would voluntarily come forward and satisfy the equitable demands although the legal claims were extingnished, we see many honourable instances in bankruptcy, and we believe that the proportion would be equally large amongst insolvents. It -has been said that it would not be right to deprive a creditor of the chance of his debtor's afterwards coming into possession of property, under a bequest or otherwise. This, however, is easily disposed of, although the " expectation" might not appear on the face of the schedule. If it arose from any deed or settlement previous to the date of his petition and the consequent vesting order, it would go to the assignee as a matter of course. But when it arises from a subsequent bequest it should not be interfered with. TestatoiS are anxious to benefit their own relatives or friends, and not cre ditors, whom they may believe, and not always erroneously, to have led them into temptation. We have known of many wills having boon altered to prevent the legacy falling into the hands of the assignee, but never of one having been given with a full knowledge of the law on the sub ject. The creditors have only been bene fited through - the ignorance or indolence of the testator. The rule is seldom beneficial to them; it is invariably injurious to the man who has suffi ciently expiated his extravagance, or misfOrtune, whichever might Lhave been the cause of his in solvency. Lord JOHN deplores the expenses of the Court of Bankruptcy, and proposes to reduce them. But they will still, even under the most favourable circumstances, be far beyond the means of thousands of those small traders who obtain relief through the Insolvent Court, but who are virtually kept without certificates for the rest of their lives, although their conduct may have been perfectly free from blame, and they would, if possessed of the requisite £l5O for ex penses, be entitled to a first-class certificate. Nine out of ten petitioners for protection are of this class, and there can bo no doubt that they ought to receive the same relief that is extended to their wealthier but perhaps less meritorious brethren. We strongly object to any extension of the County Court jurisdiction in matters either of bankruptcy or insolvency. There is no uniformity of decision; no fixed or recognised rules. There is no bar in attendance—no regular reporters to exercise control over the judges, some of whom are as widely lenient as the majority are unjustly severe. The Insolvent Court, the administration whereof elicited so handsome and well-merited a complement from the Lord Chancellor, cannot be dispensed with. It is the poor man's court. It is one where fair and im partial just* is equitably administered ; where the assets are distributed with comparatively trifling deductions, and which, under any circumstances, must be retained for the benefit of the community, of the creditor as well as of the debtor class. Short is the twilight in India. May it be as short financially as physically. From the summit of Indian administration, to which he has ascended not only by the political luck of his father's having superseded Lord PALMERSTON, but by his own appropriate attainments and abilities, Lord STANLEY proclaims that having taken the post amidst financial darkness, he clearly sees a finan cial dawn. The look behind him is, indeed, still a gloomy one. The two years of the mutiny have caused a deficiency of not less than 21 millions, and it has been impossible yet to take any account of compensation for losses incurred during the mutiny both by Englishmen and natives ; for the latter, , must of course be dealt with as fairly a f eels former. b How shall this heavy change i s t not he rebels, be met, especially when, as we are accustomed to hear, the Indian exchequer is but too much like that of Austria, in a state of chronic deficiency ? Can Government be long carried on if every year it has to borrow, and if its taxation shows no signs of elasticity ? It must be acknowledged that Lord STANLEY met these inquiries on Monday night in the true spirit of an Englishman. There appeared to be no desire to overlook difficulties, but a full determina tion to meet them ; and the spirit and enlarged views exhibited by the noble lord are about the best guarantee we can have that they will be met successfully. The nature of the deficiency should be steadily looked at. It turns out that it has not been an uniform one ; that in the course of the ten years prior to the mutiny, the first three and the last three, only, were years of deficiency, and the inter vening ones years of surplus. Also, when the employment of a considerable portion of the income in remunerative public works is taken into account, the last year of the ten, perhaps others also, were years of surplus. This shows a balanced inoome and expenditure prior to the late disturbance. Again, a great part of the debt his been incurred through wars, such as those in the North-West, and in Burmah, little likely to recur. So that, if ex ternal and internal peace can be maintained for a few years, the revenue would in the natural course of things be fully equal to the expenditure, and even permit a reduction of the debt. The debt itself cannot, moreover, be re garded as oppressively heavy, not being more than two years' income, while with us it amounts to thirteen or fourteen times our yearly revenue. The pressure, also, of taxation on the 130 millions of our Indian empire, subject to it, is not more than fourteen shillings, while with us it is £2B, annually, per head. Of course the relative poverty of the people makes a vast difference ; still, since there is little indirect taxation, it cannot well be considered heavy. Amongst other encouraging facts must be noticed the improved credit of our Indian administration. In the year 1800, upon the small debt then exist ing, the Government had to pay 81 per cent. interest. The average interest of the present com paratively large debt is only 41 per cent. ! A hopeful prospect is opened also by the in creased commerce of the country. Though con fessedly so much below what it might be, it is a rapidly increasing commerce. Lord STANLEY took the twenty years from 1837, and each five years showed a large aggre gate increase ; the extreme differences being that in the five years ending 1842, the imports into India were £43,000,000, while in the five ending in 1857, they amounted to £101,000,000. The exports for the parallel periods were, in the former one, £63,200,000, in the latter, £102,700,000. Very few countries indeed have doubled their exports and imports within the same space of time. The tonnage of vessels employed in the trade sustains the same inferences; and with regard to cotton especially, of which we hear so much, the progress is largely in the right direction. In the five years ending, as before, in 1842 the exports of that article amounted to 352 millions of pounds ; in the five ending with 1857 to not less than 863 millions. " The cotton supply has increased in the ratio of five to two of the tonnage, and the exports have nearly doubled, and the imports more than doubled." But there is every reason to hope that this na scent life of Indian commerce will rapidly develop itself. Happily the stand-still policy has come to an end. Colonel ARTHUR'S noble principles will now enjoy fair play; instead of trusting to squeezing the needy the reliance will henceforth be placed on enriching them, and making even heavier taxation a much lighter burden. Already irrigation, canal, and road works, have been splendidly remunerative to the Government; and taught by its own success on a small scale, it will now effect much greater things by calling in the aid of railway and irriga tion companies through a well-considered system of guarantees. We stated some of the almost mar vellous facts of irrigation last year; this year the company whose project and documents called forth our remarks has received the hoped-for guarantee, and will soon commence operations ; and " water is gold in India." Railways will now make rapid progress. They do not cost - above one-third of what they do in England, and it is reasonably ex pected that in three years' time, 3,100 miles will be open—connecting the three Presidencies, bringing the cotton districts virtually to the coast, and also enable Government to derive revenue from land which is yet for the most part uncultivated. At the same time, the electric telegraph will soon bring us into immediate correspondence with our distant empire. The line as far as Aden will, it is expected, be complete next midsummer, and the Turkish Government will construct another line to the Persian Gulf. Thus—though the land tax, the great source of revenue, admits of comparatively little expansion— there is every hope for the improvement of the circumstances of the population. They will then be able to bear other taxes, from which the wealthy in India now escape. The present difficulties and pressure Lord STANLEY does not deny, but he takes a justly cheerful view of the future. On two points the financial prosperity of India must depend—the earliest possible reduction of the military establish. ments and expenses caused by the mutiny, and vigorous, yet judicious, encouragement of commerce. To a speech so full of matter, of facts, and statistics as that of the noble lord we can do, of course, but imperfect justice. We can only say that it will abundantly repay the perusal of all who are spe cially interested in the subject. It is one in which, responsible in his measure as every Englishman is for the welfare of India, we ought all to feel much more than a passing interest. Reasonably enough might Lord STANLEY, after such a speech, ask powers to raise a loan in Eng land, not for Russian railways, nor to aid Austria in grinding and oppressing Italy, but to benefit our own empire colony, and thereby eventually to benefit equally the commerce of our native land. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, accompanied by the Marquis of Lorn and family, arrived at their villa at Campden-hill, Kensington, last evening, from Inverary Castle, N.B. The duke and duchess have been detained in Scotland by influenza in the family. The Duchess of Sutherland, who came to Stafford House, accompanied by the Earl of Carlisle, on Monday, from visiting the Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labouchere, at Stoke Park, near Windsor, left town yester day, to join the duke at Trentham. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P., and Lady Mary Labouchere, have been entertaining a small circle at Stoke Park, their seat near Windsor. The Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord and Lady Bagot, Lady Dover, and th e H on . M rs . oke, have been among the guests. DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF LEINSTER.—The Duchess of Leinster expired yesterday morning, at Canton House, near Dublin, in the 66th year of her age. Her grace was greatly and deservedly esteemed at Maynooth and in the surrounding. districts ; and the poor and desti tute of that neighbourhood, to whose wants she had con stantly and liberally ministered, will deplore her loss not less bitterly than the members of her distinguished family. The deceased was third daughter of the third Earl of Har rington, and married the present duke in 1818. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF BRISTOL.—We have to announce the demise of the Marquis of Bristol. The venerable Marquis was in the , enjoyment of his usual health up . to Saturday last, when ho was attacked with gout, which seized him in the stomach, the symptoms increasing in in tensity up to the time of his death. He died at half-past two yesterday afternoon, at his house in St. James's-square. The deceased Frederick William Hervey, Marquis and Earl of Bristol, Earl Jermyn of Horninghurst, County Suffolk, and . Baron Hervey, of Ickworth, County Suffolk, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was son of Frederick, fburth Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derry), by his wife Eliza beth, daughter of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart. The venerable peer was born on 2d Oct., 1769, and was consequently in the 90th year of his age, and the oldest member of the House of Lords. The Master of the Rolls, who is charged with the winding-up of the Mexican and South American Com pany, proposes on the 24th inst. to make a call of £5 per share on the persons settled on the list of contributories since the 21st of July. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new Australian mail contract commences this day, by the de spatch of a mail steamer from Sydney for Suez, which is expected tb reach the latter port en the 28th of next month. The new monthly service from Southampton will commence on the 12th of March, THE CASE OF MR. POOLE.—The Archbishop of Canterbury has fixed Friday next, Feb. 18, for hearing Mr. Poole's appeal, at the Palace, Lambeth. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Palmyra, 706 tons, Captain Jamieson, sailed from Plymouth on Sunday, the 13th inst., for Sydney, New South Wales, with 282 emigrants, under charge of Surgeon- Superintendent William Holman. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.- Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena honoured the opera of "Satanella" with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of Lady Churchill, Miss Byng, Lord Vern lam, Col. F. H. Seymour, and Captain de Ros. At the Court of Bankruptcy, yesterday, Robert Hills, the bankrupt banker of Gravesend and Dartford, failed to be present at a meeting appointed for hearing his application for certificate, and it was stated that he was be lieved to have loft the country. CRYSTAL PALACE DISTRICT GAS COMPANY. — The report of the directors shows that the profits of the year amount to £2,952 Bs. Out of this sum they recom mend the declaration of a dividend on the capital of the company at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum ; which, after writing off the sum of £l5O for preliminary expenses, £2OB 7s. 9d. for Parliamentary expenses, and £2OO for de preciation on land, leaves a balance of £285 Os. ld. to be carried to the profit of the next half-year. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RAILWAY.—It ap pears that, after providing for the preferential dividends for the past half-year, there will remain a sum of £3,000, out of which it is proposed to pay a dividend of 1 per cent. upon the original shares of this company. This will absorb about £2,000, and leave £l,OOO for the commencement of a reserve fund. A RAILWAY SERVANT CONVICTED FOR NEGLI GENCE.—On Monday, a ganger on the Great Western Railway was fined X 2 by the Bath magistrates, at the Guildhall in that city, for having on Saturday placed what was called a "trolley," loaded with ballast, upon the line at Sydney-gardens, without sending a signal-man back a mile with a red flag, the consequence of which was that the down goods train ran into the trolley and smashed it to pieces. Henry Amor, inspector of the engineers in the employ of the company, stated that the prisoner had been employed under him for 14 years, and his conduct had always been very good ; but the directors were determined to punish every disobedience to orders. SALMON FISHING.—At the mouth of the Spey very nearly 200 salmon were taken last week. About Craigello.clue, a section of the Spey very much frequented by anglers, no clean fish have yet been g o t. Th e fi rst d ay ' s fishing in the Deveron was excellent, the number caught being somewhere about 70, some of them very large. The subsequent takes, in gross, do, not come quite up to the number captured on the opening day; but, on the whole, the fishing as yet is reckoned a good one.—Elgin Courant. Salmon fishing has now commenced on the west coast. A number of fish were taken in the Doon in the early part of last week, though the spate caused by the melted snow was rather unfavourable to fishing operations. The salmon are of first quality, and sell at from 3s. to 3s. 6d. per lb. We regret to see that herrings are being brought into the market in immense numbers. Trawling for them has been carried on with much assiduity during the past week, and nearly a million fish have been taken. Such an enormous destruc tion of fish now will no doubt affect the takes at the proper season, and it is a pit y th a t the fishermen have not intelli gence enough to enable them to know that if it be continued it will ultimately ruin the herring fishing on the west coast. If they destroy the spawn they cannot expect to catch the fish,--Ayr Express. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, TUESDAY, FEB. 15. Our Bourse opened very flat, and Rentes were done at a decline of per cent. since yesterday. Half-past Two.—Tendency downwards. A fur ther fall of I per cent. has taken place in Rentes. There are many rumours current, which cause un- easiness. Half-past Three. Bourse closes heavy, and Rentes 67.75 for money and. 67.70 for account, being -2. per cent. lower than yesterday. Railways declined 5-9 francs. FRANCE. Our Paris papers had not arrived when we went to press. AUSTRIA. It is related in high military circles that Marshal Prince Windischgratz is going on a mission to Berlin. The cash payments of the Bank are for the moment almost suspended, as all kinds of diffi culties are thrown in the way of persons who wish to obtain silver in exchange for their notes. The rate of exchange on London is 105 fl. Austrian cur rency for £lO sterling, which is equivalent to 10fl. cony. currency for £1 sterling. The Servian Skuptsehina was yesterday dis solved by Prince Milosch. A committee, composed of thirty-four members 'of the Skuptschina, is to complete the labours of that assembly. M. Wuts chitsch has been sent to prison, and is to be tried on a charge of having appropriated to his own use certain large sums, the property of the State. If the " Hospodar-maker" is .made to refund his ill gotten gains it can do no harm, but any violence offered to the person of tla old man—he is 82 years of age—would cast an inalible stain on the reputa tion of Prince Milosch. . 5 55,,, , , , .5, 114 . • , ~..,<,---,4 0, 1, , _ ~ v r ~,, -- -1, 0 7. .'4 P• 11 0 ii - R o lf 4 ; 106 0 ‘ - •••---,0 . . t_ :i. , THE SUN. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1859. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTBALIA. We extract the following from the Overland Commercial Gazette, Port Louis, Mauritius, of Dec. 27, 1858: _ _ " We have the satisfaction to announce that, to facilitate the recently-established mail service be tween this port (Port Louis), Australia ' and the mother country, the Mauritius Dock Company have begun the excavations for a vast dry dock, to afford every facility for repairing such noble vessels as we shall shortly have calling at our port. "The size of the dock is to be 350 feet long, 80 feet 'extreme breadth; 60 feet mean and 40 feet minimum breadth; depth, 22 feet ; in fact, capable of easily taking in such mag nificent vessels as the Duke of, Wellington, of 3,756 tons ; length, 278 feet ; length of keel for tonnage, 202 feet ; depth of hold, 24 feet ' • breadth, 62 feet. Her Majesty's steam frigate Mersey— length 3361 feet ; length of keel for tonnage 254 feet ; breadth, 52 feet ; burthen, 3,726 tons. Her Majesty's ship Boscawen, which was lately here, is 2,212 tons, length 213 feet. Such a vessel would appear like a long-boat in the new dock. " The mast important fact is that merchant ships of all sizes can be taken into dock and immediately repaired. " The pumping machinery is being constructed by Messrs. Gwynne and Co., engineers, London, whose names stand so favourably before the public. Engines of 100 horse power juin. work three centrifugal pumps, discharging 12,000 gallons of water per minute, and the dock, containing 13,000 tons, will be entirely emptied in 21 hours. Besides these pumps a smaller one worked by a separate engine will keep the dock dry during repairs to vessels. The company have in addition a forge and every appliance for the repairs of iron vessels, which fact cannot possibly be too widely known. The con tractors have engaged to finish the excavations in a year, but doubtless vessels will be received in about:nine months. OLYMPIC THEATRE. The " Porter's Knot," which achieved so great a success before Christmas, through Mr. Robson's masterly combination of humor and pathos as the self-denying " man of Kent," but which was with drawn iu the holidays, because, during the early days of " Mazeppa," the two parts of Solomon ,Burr and the Tartar chieftain proved too weighty a load for one pair of histrionic shoulders, was revived on Monday night. " Mazeppa" is not withdrwn, and thus the week's bill presents a series of " six nights wi' Robson." ST. JAMES'S HALL: If the new experiment inaugurated on Monday night with a vocal and instrumental concert selected from the chamber music of Mendelssohn prove suc cessful, the Monday Popular Concerts will have been instituted to some purpose. The first concert of the new series was nothing short of a triumph. Although the whole programme was drawn from one source, the absence of variety was never for one instant thought of. But Mendelssohn was one of the few richly -endowed musicians towhom it has beengranted to excel in every style, and an uninterrupted suc cession of compositions from his pen leaves the ear and the mind just as fresh in the end as at the beginning. The quartet of singers (who entered heartily into the task assigned them) comprised Miss Stabbach (soprano), Miss Palmer (contralto), Mr. Wilbye Cooper (tenor), and Mr. Santley (bass). To each of these was allotted a song; while the ladies had to sing a duet, and the ladies and gen tlemen, combined, a quartet, in each part of the concert—eight vocal pieces in all, one of which, " The Nightingale," a four-part song, was rede manded and repeated to the general satisfaction. The chief honours of the evening, however, fell to the instrumental performers ; and certainly more admirable quartet playing has seldom, if ever, been heard. The concert lasted about two hours and a-half, and never, perhaps, did a vast audience disperse more thoroughly delighted with the entertainments provided for them. The next concert of tho series (on the 21st inst.) will be devoted entirely to Mozart. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Mr. E. V." Gardner, professor of chemistry to the institution, is now delivering a new lecture upon " Flame and its resistants," which bids fair to outrival all his former efforts, highly successful as they have been. When we for a moment recollect how frequently we have had to notice this gentle man's new lectures we are astonished at his won derful . powers as a lecturer. Every subject he takes in hand is placed before his audience in a manner that rivets their attention, and thus much highly useful information is nightly and daily disseminated. The object Mr. Gard ner appears .to have in view in his new lecture on flame is to prevent those frightful acci dents that have been so frequent of late, viz., the ignition of ladies' dresses, especially since crinoline has come into fashion. " Now," said Mr. Gardner, "if ladies would only take the trouble to mix with their starch a small quantity of sal ammonia, boraX, alum, or either of the phosphates of soda or ammonia, or the silicate of potash or impossible to all danger w ou ld b e avo id e d." It i s to correctly estimate the value of such useful information, and we trust it will not be disregarded by the fair sex. The lecture was illustrated with experiments upon the fireproof material discovered by Signor Buono Core, " the Italian Salamander." Truly, the gentleman is correctly named, for he remains unscathed in the midst of hundreds of jets of gas, his clothes blazing away with fire and flame, and the very boards on which he walks being ignited with combustion. This feat is also intended to show the efficacy of this new chemical prepara tion to prevent ignition. Another attraction has also been added to the already long list of amusement, in the shape of a lecture, illustrating the beauties of Gay's "Beggar's Opera." The lecturer was Mr. Lennox Home. The principal airs from the opera are admirably sung by Mr. Thorp Reed and Miss Roden, who has proved a great acquisition to the institution. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Sunday Times understands that her Majesty's Theatre will be converted into an hotel, a lease having been recently granted by Lord Ward for that purpose to certain parties.—The Mu s i ca l lir!ln a short time her Maje s ty' s T heatre may be says expecTed " to open in a very strong sense of the word. Not only will the doors revolve on their hinges, but the very walls wilt be removed, or, at least, perforated in new fashion ; and in lieu of the voices of Piccolomini and Giuglini, the sound of hammer and saw will be heard in the Haymarket, to be succeeded after a while by the clatter of knives and forks. There seems, in shok, to be no doubt that - the old opera-house has been ptirchased by a joint-stock company, who intend to convert it into 4 huge hotel, managed after the Transatlantic fashion," ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. GREENWICH. The polling took place yesterday in the districts of Greenwich, Deptford, and Woolwich, and from the commencement Alderman Salomons obtaiiaed large majority over his opponent, Mr. Angerstein. This majority was contributed by the two former districts. Mr. Angerstein obtaining a majority of 139 at Woolwich. The following was the state of the poll at the close of the contest : Salomons Angerstein Majority At the close of the poll Alderman Salomons and Mr. Angerstein addressed the electors at the sever polling booths, and it was stated by Mr. IL I" Taylor that another election would take place fe! Greenwich within a few days, as a new writ would be immediately issued to elect a successor to Gene' ral Codrington. In anticipation of this event, Mr. Angerstein's committees will continue their ope . r tions, it having been publicly announced that Mr: Angerstein will be a candidate for the next vacancy. The official declaration took place this forenoon , when Alderman Salomons was declared dull elected. HYTHE. FOLKESTONE, 'TUESDAY EVENING, Shortly after 12 o'clock to-day the election of a member to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re tirement of Sir J. W. Ramsden took place at the hustings erected at the Town-hall, Hythe, in th e presence of a fair number of electors. Baron Mei er de Rothschild was accompanied from Folkestone and Sandgate by a vast cavalcade and two bands, and just before reaching the town the horses were taken from the carriage, and the• candidate dravre by the inhabitants to the hustings, where he was received with reiterated plaudits. He was eu r : rounded by a number of influential friends, consP cuous among them being Sir Moses Montefiore. The usual formalities having been gone through, The MAYOR of HYTHE (the returning officer for the borough), Mr. James Watts, called upon th e gentlemen present to nominate the candidates. Mr. W3l. RAYNER then nominated Meyer Ms" t chel dc Rothschild as a fit and proper person t serve as a member for the town and port an borough of Hythe. (Cheers.) The MAYOR of FOLKESTONE (Captain ItennicA R.N.), seconded the nomination. There being no other candidate, the Baron wag declared duly elected. Baron ROTHSCHILD then addressed the electors, and was received with repeated cheering. He °,; pressed his sense of the honour they had conferr ed upon him, and after some allusions to local topies,l he said, the great duty I shall have to perform vfl be to watch what is now proceeding in Parliamen t, for if we consider the state of affairs we shall se ° in power men who have always opposed eve liberal measure that has ever beenproposed. (`` " 11 they won't be long in power.") They opposed re' form in every shape. (Hear.) They opposed refor o , of the representation ; they opposed the repeal o' the corn laws ; and set their faces against a recill e : tion in the taxation of the country, and vari°ll; other measures of a similar character. (But the.l will soon be out now.) It will be my duty, then' to watch with a jealous eye their proceeding and to see that they act in a liberal spirl'i (Hear.) The great questions of the day On will have to be considered will be—Reform—Tax a : tion—and Transfer of Land. These are not religious questions ; and I think I may go to the House °` Commons to consider well how those measures inel a act upon you here--to see how far they will te e .. to the advancement of the best interests of t h e country at large...(Hear.) Then.there are one 0 ' two points which may be considered in the 11°0° of C. ommOns which have ari intimate connexion with this neighbourhood—l refer more particularli f to the shipping interest, and to the necessity °, considering the present condition and prospects ei the coasting trade, with the view of remedyin„g those measures—(cheers)— w hi c h p re ss u nduly uP°' this class of .her Majesty's subj ec t s . I s hall go 1 1 to the House of Commons 'totally unfettered, en shall consider those measures which the Govern' ment bring forward with due deliberation. If th% are liberal measures, and are brought forward vri no sinister motive, shall support them ; but they try,iby any means, to bring back those ill y T uts which have been abrogated by the countrif then it will be my duty strenuously and firmly t ° oppose them. (Cheers.) +et The proceedings, which were of a quiet chartte ' throughout, were then brought to a close. MARYLEB ONE. The sudden announcement of the resignation °f Viscount Ebrington of his seat for the borough 0f 1 Marylebone yesterday, created no small amount 0 , 1 surprise as well as excitement in political circl es throughout the borough. As might naturally I ) : expected, the inquiry was everywhere as to Wt i was likely to come forward as candidates to succe ed the noble viscount, and large numbers of the ele c .; toral body, many of whom were on the form e ' occasion staunch supporters of Lord Ebring' ton when he contested the borough succes s ' fully against Mr. Jacob Bell, expressed a s trong desire to know whether it was the intention of I‘,; Bell again to offer himself. In the afternoon t he question of Mr. Bell's candidature was solved 1 1,," deputation of electors waiting upon that gentletaa' at his residence in Langham-place. Mr. Bell, W 1 1: appeared to be suffering severely from bronchitis was found scarcely able to articulate. He express the the gratification it would have afforded him ags l a to have come forward in the Liberal interest ; un that nothing but the delicate state of his health would have prevented him from at once issunil an address, asking for the suffrages of his broth% electors, At the present time, however, l i t was relucta n tly com p e ll e d t o d ec li ne . Amongs t , other names mentioned were those of Sir Josh" Walmsley, of Mr. Wilkinson, late member for Lol l ,: ' beth, and Mi. J os i a h Wilki nson , member of 0 : Metropolitan Board of Works for St. Panc, During th e d a y, b e f ore th e resu lt o f th e Greenwi ch election was k nown , l arge num b ers o f the friend of Mr. Jacob Bell declared, in the event of that ge ll b tleman declining to offer himself, and the election 0 " Greenwich being adverse to Alderman Salonionl that they would, on account of his being a resid e 4 chiefly, immediately get up a requisition to th e Alderman to stand for Marylebone. When t 4. result at Greenwich was, however, known, Ait 0 Angerstein was spoken of, as also Mr. Ilarl t " Chester, of Highgate. There appears, however , be a general feeling in the first place, that a resi dent candidate will be preferred, and secondly; suggested by Sir B. Hall at the meeting on Nl° e day evening, that whoever represents M ar ylel ‘ for the future must bo a business man and a WO' ing member of Parliament. THE WEST RIDING. hi 9 Sir John IV. Ramsden for the fi rs t time met committee on Monday in L ee d s , an d th e intervie was mutually satisfactory. It was not intended that the hon. baronet should enter into any ott l `; 0 meat of his :political views—this having been part done in his published address, and the fuller statement being left for the hustings on the W.." election at - Wakefield. But as questions were P',: e vited by the chairman, Sir John's opinions w e , asked on several points ; and the judgment, et o , dour, liberality, and independent thinking played in his replies commanded the warm tAPP r Ic , bation of the gentlemen present. Sir John e to pressed deep gratitude for the kindness shown him by his friends, and asked that it might be summated by their attendance at Wakefield o' Monday next.—Leeds Mercury. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on offer in to-day's marketo ti was again very moderate ; nevertheless, there was activity in the demand. Compared with Monday, no cha%6 took place in p r i ces . Th e con diti on o f th e sam ples w very midding. t sl l The show of forei gn w he a t was ra th er ex t ens i v e, bti kinds moved off heavily, at late rates. There was a good demand for malting barley, at 1 / 1 11 quotations. In other kinds very little was doing.. r ot Rather more business was d o i ng i n ma l t, on form terms. ft ll/ Oats were in moderate supply and fair request, at prices. There was a fair inquiry for beans and peas, at Monday's prices. The flour trade was inactive, at previous currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. English ...... 1,050 1,080 1,670 Irish ........ Foreign 2,600 i 3,910 Oats. Flour. 230 940 6 10 2,330 7,6 bio WHITECHAPEL. The trade generally rules steady, as follows :-- 4a; Beef, from 3a 2d to 4s 6d;. mutton , 28 10d tor, o lamb, Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; axed pork , 29 4 d " Od per 81b., by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. host There is an improved demand f o r nearly all kinds of •—• and prices generally aro well supported. A HORSE KILLED BY EATING w ,„ Friday last, Mr. T. Bennett, farmer,_ of liemsing/ — eotat lent a horse to a neighbour to f e t c h home some I_ A• ael if id after which it was tied up in a stable, where the Pa"' s ack: incautiously put about th ree bushels of wheat in 3 bo bei During the night the horse g o t l oose an d a t e nearly 3 e a on of the wheat, in consequenc e o f w hi c h th e a nimal t o ngli t Saturday morning wh en turned. put in a field. It is t a peck of wheat is sufficient to kill a horae,-oSUs s° prem. s • i