The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-28 00:00:00

I ') 1 :1 1 1 6 1. !> II 0 P E it ,A, c 'I -I;.\: IDEN 1 - tider the rttarta, ast, it 4,t :tfr. W. 11 lerlAon. ')'f) ft, FVF Mts!;rs.Vey, 11. Ifni :h. If. f .!49:xy. IVal . .vorth, &v. .7.lisses ramp:). kDreil IN )1 , rt, IV 11;:a:.t z r•-,41 -,,•••• It in to. r I 1 , VNIAti K, 't ICS, i .1 • 11r. .1 'ft_ . PVFN the c •me.ty Tll E Ey' GEN I 3! kg Nevno'ds. After which.'! rinr,;trket rom!cChri,ornig mime, V 'iN E'S D.%)"; or. ilarlopin and the Pidry of the True Lo 7 ot. 'rheptuttotni...uists the unrivaileil I .Pelerrfi a. 'I I II E.\ TR E-ROY AL M.- 11 11,e1t,!.e and Direltress, Madame Celeste. Last Nl.2hts of the Spanish Dancer, Isal_rd Cnbas. 'THIS EV 1''.17,;(1, the lv poilar Dra• - ea of ST. MA 'tY's EVE. It n tst (ht—r eharrt , ter) Madame Celehte. Ater wh;ch, wil! prvin.-e , l a new (;rand Christmas r.x triv:wanzi. and i•nntornim :sif; T 1! It US 11 ItE III). th e LITTt.iEAT Gown, Mr. 11. Marshall— Col•nnldne , Eosins:). ir Al 7. Air Torn T r• • Ilivtorleal Dr , mn, loandel ,n Mr. el•arlts TYckellK'm vro. k, -"A Tale of Two (Ries," is post poned orothy. 1))Y.1l' It I N (' E S S's Lessee. Mr. A. flnrrls, 1111..1"1 RE.- I:,,pn , tetzenicnt of Vie Won'ertitl Dane r, Mona. Espinosa. First appearance of Wile. 31a,rietta Rosetta, lirinelpal Dan aeusz.of Ill'a : and the Delapieire These likillc-ialented Children will appear every night. The Royal l'iirc..ss•s I:illes on parade every evening. TIIIS EVENING, THE CIIICICET ON THE If EAIITET. After .n t 3 barlesqle pantomime, by 11. J. gyrnti. cCl..d. T GLA NT KILLER ; or. harle quin hr ntr", Nni,zhti of the Round Table. Jack, 311.1 —lfar!erinin. Mr. Cornmek l'anta _non, hr. emit° • Columbia-, Mistl Caroline Atlanta Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. 110 YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- J. , !ssee, Mr A. Harris. In eonsrlitere,. o; the ; re t• sileces and demand for places. there win he ITNI.! 11o:c a d pnsitivclv 111, LAS T', '!ornine rertormlinee of Vie Pantomime oT .TACK T .11ANT (universally acknowleiged the best l'ao•cinime of the sea 4,;,,), on MONDAY, .lsnnnry 39. Children under Ten II Ir-trice: eont:ne lee nt two o'clock. V I.:kV EATI{F. - RON'A A1)14:1,1111 A 1 SCIIA. •n t Nr,mvier. Mr Rent VrehAter lleprAuct . o - . of T s DEAD llEAll'r, tritli all its I,ower ful ofreet,.. T:116 EVE s:ING, THE DEAD ITE.ART. Messrs. B. Wybiter, J. I. Tf,nlr, r)Avirl Fisher. P. Rodf ri, C..T. Smith, Bißirvzton, Pon-eft P. , 9lcr. Ifis,llVookrar, K. Kelly. After w!lie'. Tlf NYItPIIs TIIELTTELKyriEIqI ; or. The Kni.eb: tine Hessrs. Toole, Bedford, Elvlroe. E0:21,r, hiss Woolgzr, C. Webb, K. Labllaw. Ii 414 ..714.A1 —o,Tntr.ene, , ft seOtt. ftox • tno,• ••• sZo charsre for Reeti - sfAls. nor tAr •,1 I , ,r!cir•nvlet. Af? Foos to leTVarittil of this eMablisllffieti; mre s:netly pro!iibi!cd. it»n~ m. smith I 0 Y A Si.J .1 S'S Tti EAT!: E, ginz-gfrrist, •larneg'v. Eeßsoe, Mr. T. B. Chatter- Um. Theneare<t i'!)e , tre to Cliel , ea. - Phalle°, ald West ralurter, OR. P.trk.'.mi;r op,” to earria,z - es and foot passen zurg ail !tours of tip? n!...rLt. • • "F • ' • ..,• , nrlnrinrer t. PA I; I: x - rs AN 14 (;I * ,t, R esArg. ll.l'. Craven aad J. Frand.. M nrrsy 3nd F;iza Arden. entitled* MY NAM F, T' Ywirig, Barrett, Miss Lystht liter whi .h. •1 Tra Neil:NA L. o Thompaon., Clara St. 'asso, Followed by 3 W . , A ilOr SEITOLD !RI Wynirintn ni,d Mr li. Crnven. To eonclod.• tha new paiito:nitne of PUNCH AND .11:11)Y. 11“ is Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Colnp4Alne, and Pantaloon, and the wanderial Pert orrninz • Reduced —63llery, ad; lit. 14. The llox-ofr.oe open from 11 to sdßily. Doom open at hall-past Fix; perform on-e 4.nmmenera .t 7. A' i,Eys It() VAL A MPH !THEATRE, Womttninater-rOmi • Last Fire Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season. TIPS EVENING. the New grectarular Drama by Mr. R. Phillips, THE EMPElloit'S DEC . ;EE, with full stud of horses and great piT ets.—Feencs in the Ci , e'e by Astley's world-renowned Equstrians, terminating with the Eques trian, Operatic awl Comic Pantomime of II Alt I.EQ i 'IN TOM 31001:I ; or, 'ld Tow t r theltuntsman and the God dess Diana Diana, with 5011 , 3, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and dazzlitrr Transformation "ceue.-11nrlecinin, M. Richarde; M,ll!e. 31aeo,:i ; Clown, M Ililderbrandt ; Pan taloon, Mr. I'. At,blt A family of Sprites Epzom Races by Living Jockie: and r4al P,uies, with ring and Stage corn blued. Commence at 7. Grand Mornity.r rtormanc,s of the Pantomime on Satur day. .lan. 28, and Saturdays, Feb. 4 and 11, at Two o'. lock each day: •o• kg r , spectfu - y intfmatos his Farewell nenctlt will take place on 3lotrlay. Jan. 30. I IANTERI3UR HAI L CONCF,icrs._ EVERY EVENING. rr.d.de 'llennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grant Sel , etfon from Meyerbeer's new opera 91 DINORA )I,asca. gleorze !Jolson (the Mall Corse- Con an:l Mirni , r, W. r, and E. W. hackney. F,creral interestia: Are arlded to the line Art' nallery. The .•iite - ot il.ille hare be n re-decorated and baantiGe.l, and , ninatitute one of the most unique and brilliant sizlits of the met ronolia. R')SA WIN 11IM IC'S celebrated PICTURE of the HOUSE PA lit li nar 9 , 11 ed to !be already raxoniiticent Collection of Pain:laza in the Clnterbary flail Fine Arts Gallery. The gallory is tpe lrolu 11.1 11 on Sunday Evening. T b.:AT Orvict. JAN. 28, 1860. rTutrom - AeTvik, IN TNT. SHAD% hl—highest Amer noon yer.terdny. 33 -lowtst this n:orrking and during the night 39 —this ii‘y At noon r. novrt WIND. South-Westcrly ; light, with fine froFty weather. HIGH \t'A'FER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 5!•.. Ow.—Aftt!noon, sh. 15m 3in.--Afttrno9n, oh. 15m Tans D.A'• i. , r; -mcnaosx.-M 4 , , A. 14: - •12,[ t _ S 1 )`‘ S '."l' U ) Y • .1.1. N. 28, 1 stx) • 'cc3; , k it i,:►: 1:«11 ti:r! commnr► r(grt thtt mITIN bi!k havi. I - Nen for t :4es: , ion ft-em u"..g such Lilts A 9 couh 11:1v(> lx•eD cd liuuFe of Lorch-, ar.t! kv!l P'!e Com.rults ro. find con wiv, the w s eft :41. .;:l • .# 1r wit :;ra ' !i i to ;):;, !se ! , 1 (•) (a it NV:ls OW /1 -1:11 ! tn: fir tir n t( L 1:.• `;al -;y d liarskirglitt rot InTm( ,‘ 111:0,t hz:vc con s'tit r . c%i a ho nliovt. 'llc i itio !:(iigt Us. 11;) i ICO !It ier. va'e ! 0 livit(Te(4 111! , :c y uch ti(l,ooe i ..n•u 11.44 4 I , in' it tti)c4 tits litt , 4ll , ,di a w 4 ittik : r ua 5.3 the hope th..a their b.. p! lirgs b: ebr:stcnrd into Parli trneritarl Hu nu; 11 i!)ietrs ai.d otht rs members wt.rt: too hu.y With their own palm. rs to bk. trouhlt d hhe private ..orlecrnsofotLers---though millions - f prospeo!ive property del:ended on the eiTll k. Tilt. 1 m.oters the)e private bills w; re treo:l4 11- as—"• Cr B ,r!)irinns"—in pl:ra se , .)log . n . :uell or our legislative " nl .Ing" huffs a b?lu'in.ll yet it eomprehen7sib'e n::21:7 ~;y to fie le: rriel I.mgliage of the far East. S.) nAtch so t often t' very authors of the bills so in terwravo ' aru wi;h crude inconsibteneics as to bAil“r,rn tht un,imited understanding.-,! It WAS 1. , ti:i COTI,nI•MI W,ll app?..tled to, b: c tulsc inva;.iat ., answer retntl:d to GI)), plain suggc d ror it '• nirsva vs xas— "There's no prece- ii , 1., woi were ricTer to get or :en! Wore 1 . ": V b.ACtiCe than her, re done fly wp:kiog ii the maze, of roystei-, and, like 1'1 , 2 v hapo. . A change has alteady gare 'yrstertlay a list of s ' : "" Sight` , ► the :311 in the P.:l.l4llAm tat V luivatt• , ii tl7e order-book of the llouse-of C.:LT-nous, uro lobe now transfe: red to the. 'Muse of 1.0,104.11 btsgin with The gen T al reason w.sigrtti ror all hills in the Com mons wiu, that they might contain some one or more money c‘au,...es, Would vitiate their btilog tta,t•sed it.to cr'ginaily introduced in the Lords. Ali this Tay have been constitutional enough where t:1( re Is es a money clause in bill, bat sirhY not .e() if t.nelt 'actually were the case? The old ster( oisped answer was ready—there',, no pr; c ecnt. for 11::;s b gimirg in the I.olds, : 7-1. (,ur Con,litational fiJr( 6 . 411 wure idle, of course, to argil( with men s , ) I in t!le routiac or H a d t h, r ( "11,} tietcd on rni;princi i or we hnir I aff no. ioi:w:!ye, no elect;ie to le i:1 tact, " no nothin-," a grnph, ro ii,01 ,, g; •:j) tht foftt:-- - -!o.t whir !;•!v 0.1 top• cif .tbtAe- it s - 4UId goon with new ones, on the good old plan of • bygone (Flys. It has served our fathers in their time, and it v.vre an in:-alt to their memory to presume on being. wisn: than they. ?Tr. - MASSEY deEerves great I)r4is for his ..our , .ge in origimlting a change of stem, and as accultlinql c.,infurrcd %VW . % the iii iir man of Co:n mi: tees of the House Lords as to what Bills migla he first introduced there in ordvr to save time to both houses, and time and money to the promoters of those bills. Accordingly a number of bills were selected ; but there was one drawback which we ware going to point out yesterday, but which was so obvious that it has now been remedied. It was that after the bills had been sent to the Lords the examiners should see that they had passed the standing orders. Why, that ought to have been done first, and then everything would proceed smoothly. 'This has been den°. So we may now expect that the time of both. houses will be occu pied at the same time more beneficially for the public, and far more agreeably for their lordships, who will now have something to do during the session, instead of being literally overwhelmed towards the end of it, and then not able to perform their duties at. all. It is an immense and twofold advantage, of course, that there should be Peace and Free Trade between France and England. Peace, moreover, is best secured through Free - Trade. The most re liable and important of all guarantees for the maintenance of amity between two nations is that that secured by means of their un restricted mercantile intercourse. All these, to be .sure, are but the merest truisms. They are simply self-evident propositions. They have but to be s'ated in so many words—they require, after being so stated, not one syllable in the way of com mentary or elucidation with a view to their en forcement. But—granted all this—when it is sud denly announced that a Commercial Treaty has been concluded between France and England to this very end, namely, to bind the two countries to gether in securer amity by means of a free mercantile intercourse—it becomes a matter of curiosity to say the very least of it, to inquire into the manner in which this extraordinary arrangement has been arrired at. For it ma,,t be pirticulnrly born in recollection—it cannot for an instant, in fact, be for gotten that up to the date of the contrivance of this Mercantile Treaty, France has rigidly conducted her cernmcrce upon a Protective system, and England now during very nearly the three last hatres upon the widest and the grandest Free Trade principles. Let it be remembered also that at the very same time we are here, in this Free Trade country of ours, mustering and arming 100,000 Rifle Volunteers and hastening forward at an im mense cast our efforts at military and maritime reorganisation : mainly, at any rate, if not entirely because of an insular jealousy that has sprung up in regard to our French neighbours ! Our allies across the Channel having nearly as large steam fleet as ourselves, and an army of from 500,000 to 600,000 of the most skilled and daring soldiers in Christendom! Because of that army, and because of that fleet—whether eauselessly cr not at this moment it signifies nothing—above all, because with that army and with that fleet France proclaims herself (through the lips of her desp)tic ruler) to be the one country in Europe everprepared to make war for an "idea' —BECAUSE of all this, England has been lately increasing her national defences, end rallying round the QUEEN'S colours corps upon corps of Riflemen. In the midst of all which warlike, though strictly defensive prepara tione,-xe are abruptly informed that a Commercial Treaty has been arranged between Protective France and Free-Trading England `•ith the view to the acquisition by both countries of the most material of all guarantees for their continued amity —for the organisation between them of a system of more and more unrestricted mercantile inter course. Wit.' in the compasa of the recent Speech from the Throne, her :ii.AJESTY, only the other slay—upon one hand announced the arrangement of this Commerefd Treaty between France and Eng land—and on the other accorded her gracious tvel nne to the gathering together around her ~tandaids of the numerals bands of volunteer Ifkinen. Undcr these circumitancoA it bec:Enc:s naturally, we repeat, a matter of euriosity to inquire into mat.ner is Which this surprising Treaty has ;leen arrarged, and into the precise form, and ten d:l-icy, and character of its arrangetnants. So in quiring —ii, is remarkable to find at the first turn of the leaf, nsit were, that t7.i. grand Fc-eTrad,Tre:tty, io bcgic w ith, is di.stincrly and unmistakeably lop d. That tae colck!s..l(m.z, on the part of 141,3 at t to r, :',:PL 1.4 C. ICt• prOCit 1 101 i on the part of France, is to begin eighteen months further on! When, m•rccver, we find that Mr. COBDLN hat: been p. tng,.!ged, on the pit t of ling;e4nd, in .arrangi;ig that one-bidcd ch( my over von& r in Pais—we eqnnot, for the life of us, hdp calling to ritin , l atzt C'onDEx, bein; the f wetno.t champion and 21 post Jo of Frce T. adr, e!so and peculiarly one of the most n , tab!r tirocutzs of l'enca-at any-price. Knowing end ;ming the giat ingiy oNts-sided charl.eter Of he Treaty he has been arranging with an especial regard to the more firmly securing the bounds of amity between France and England, we ask not unnaturally upon the instant—lf this be the pric?, of Peace paid down by this Peace-at-eny Price Pknipotentiary ? We put the query point blank on Thursday ; and upon the very nest morning ekterdny morning —the chief among the daily organs of the political opinions enter tained by Mr. COBDEN and his associates observes distinctly—writing of the Treaty and of the not very surprising objections made to it at the first b!usla on fl.c score of its being so monstrously one-sided :—" If iu the tnean tine we are reqy ired to make a sacrifice of revenue, we arc qui' e prepared, under all the circumstances of the case, to pay i, cheerfully as a premium of : i n surance on a great policy of peac , 2 with Pralle.: Wh y I his is Ltntranount to a 'grant avowal of the tact suspected—that thiS is really and truly the price to ba mealy paid down by England for Peace at the instance of her Peace-at any-P r i ce 'Plenipotentiary! the T..eaty is only y e t lompleted conditionally upon its approval by R tr . liament! We may leave the matter confidently, therefore,.to be decided upon by the House of Commons—certain tha', in striving to secure Free Trade with France, it will not do so by the Paltry means of those pueillaAirnous views known popu larly as the doctrines of Peace At any Pride. absorption of. Nice ani Savo What is before us ? Wh y o b s y lial - l l say P tance,wit i oh le t -view to demonstrate the perfect disinterestedness of the Italian policy of the Imperial Government ? The piecemeal modification of the Reform Act Of 1832--by way of st tiling. the qu:stion - effectually, far as it clucerns the present genzration P The perpetuation of the Income Tax--as the most de- I LD:31 . 0 (.1.,, G ive way of ceilfirrning th e uatiQnal confidence in .1.3 prescience as Chanctilor of the Exchegner The attcnipt at some ftuther diplomatic cynotliAtion of the Chin e means of aven ae-43 the best voisiblr ging the infamous Peiho ambuscade •_~ ! FITE SUN, LONDON, sATuRoA'Ni,TN' JANUARY 28 1860. The concession of all sorts of advantages, for a year and a half to come, to the French monopolist,—as the most ingenious method that cou!d posibly be contrived for the iy:fu4ng Free Trade principles jute the mereantilei)olicy of the French Govern ment ? The toleration of dcrisive remarks as to the folly and futility of the R fle Corps Movement such as those intemperate oleiervations indulged in the other day to that effect by the Scottish Com mander-in-Chief (Lord Me:r.vat.e)—by way of most earnestly encouraging the patriotic enthusiasm in the development of our NAtional Defences ? Which of all these wonderful things arc we to accept the most eagerly or the most willingly ? Certainly they are one and all talked about just now pretty freely both in and out of Parliament, in the City and the West-end, in the club-room and in the drawing•room. But, perhaps, they are one and all wrong. Perhaps in regard to them all, we arc each of us labouring under some surprising delusion. They may be the merest canards. They may be no more credible than—if we are to judge of these things according to the views of Lord PALMERSTON or Lord GRAN VILLE—than Mr. RElrre.R's telegrams ! Yet they are talked of, nevertheless. The newspapers (that never, of course, contain a word of truth of any kind) are full of them. However this may be, we are told to wait—as %ve have certainly been waiting Heaven knows how long—for (let us say) the re moval of the Income Tax! For the settlement, at last, of the question of the Reform of Parliament ! For the more perfect organisation of our insular de fences, both military and maritime ! For all these and many similar boons we have been waiting, again we say, Heaven knows how long! The good time is always coming—never come ! We are everlastingly told to " wait a little longer." The Reformer, the Patriot, the lover of peace, and the advocate of economy, each in turn—" never is but always to be blessed." Now, however, the delay is " positively" like the Farewell Benefit of a celebrated Cantatrice " for the last time." The holyp roverb tells us " Hope deferred maketh the heart sick." Ac cording to the 'Whig Commentator? upon the text, however, it ought to make the believing Liberal, the credulous Reformer, al most sink at last under the weight of a very plethora of contentment. Again, under the regime of this beneficent Coalition, we are consoled by the reminder that, at any rate, by way of a good, or rather of the very best beginning, we have the Alen ! As to the Measures well, in their regard, as in the instance of the foes looked for by the soldiers at bay in MacnEnt's castle— " the cry is still They Come !" The Commercial Treaty—the bran new Budget—the Reform Bill Redivivus—they are all coming : the Treaty almost immediately—the Bud get as soon as possible afterwards—the Reform Bill on the 20th Feb -nary. And in the meantime, just as we may feel disposed to view it, either by way of staying our appetite, or by way of giving a keener edge to it—we are told that each is about as nearly as possible—Perfect. The assurance, certainly, and not unnaturally, makes us await each disclosure with a livelier senso of eager expectancy. It will at least have the relish of novelty, if we are not again doomed to disappointment. The Grace has been formally pro nounced, and this timo—looking to the closing paragraphs of the Royal Speech—it must be con• fessed, with more than neural unction. The next thing is to Uncover—that those who have been bidden to the banquet may at once Di: cuss, with what relish they may, these measures of mercantile, legal, fiscal, and parliamentary improvement. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 27. The Earl of St. Germans, the Lord Steward, and Lord Proby, the Controller of the _Household, had audience of the Queen yesterday, and present,td the Addresses from the House of Lords and the House of Commons, in answer to her Majesty's gracious spcceh from the Throne on Tuesday last. The Royal dinner-party in the evening included the Princess Alice, the Maharajah Duimp Birgit, Viscount Eversley, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Right Hen. Sir James Graham, the Right lion. Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, Col. Oliphant, and Major ,Elphineone, The band of the let Life Guards played during dinner: Gle, "The Red Cross Knight" Catllcott. Selection, " Don Carlos" . IVs'zer; "Berdenlieder" Gung'l. • Overture " Figaro" ' Mozart. ller Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Draw ing-rooin the following select ion : Overture—" Melresetille" Seem(' Scene (lit Act), " Lohengrin" Wagner. The Queen, with Princess Alice, rode in the Riding house this morning, attended by the Hon. Mary Mated. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. went out shoot ing, attended by Mai ,r-General Sir 11. Thnt inch anal Lieut.- Col. Ponsonby. . Sir Hamilton Seymour and Col • Parker had the honour acorn - lips:tying R,yal Highness. Princess Beatrice took a carriage chive and visited hist. yal I I nes.l the Duchess of Kent at. Frigin:no. Ilk Highness th M.:bare.jah ])steep Singh took leave of Ler Majesty and returned to Lund ,Zia the forenoon. The following visitors have alas !ea the Ce.stle :—Viscount Eversley, the Right lion. Sir James Graham, the Right lion. Sr Ilam:M.n and Lady Seymour, and Col. Oliphant. A deputation on tho- subject licenFeza in theatres s had an interv:e‘%' with Sir George C. Lewis ycsterd.ay at the IT-rue-„Bice. The deputation corwiated of Lord Fcrrncy. M.P. ; Mr. J ,lin Locke, Q M.P.; Mr. Edwin J M.P., Sir ,3 . Du% e, M.P., Mr. Roupe!l, M.P., Mr. Wil liTcs, ALP:, Mr. 'l'. Duncombe, M.P., Sir C. Napier, M.P., Mr. Spl,ner, M.P., and Mr. Newdegate, M.P. 6 A deputation from the African Steamship Company had an intervir.v with the, Right lion. T. Milner Gibson and the Rixhtllon. W. Cowper ye.3terday at the office.9f the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. Mac gregor Land and Mr. T. Norton, directors, and Mr. Duncan Campbell, secretary. •A deputation from the National Temperance • League, consisting of Mr. Joseph Payne (Deputy Assistant-Judge), Mr. George Cruikshark, Rev. G. Small, M.A., Rev. P. W. Williamson, Rtv. a W. M'Cree, Rev. W. Ackworth, 'hey. G. Morris, Rev. J. Harcourt, Mr. IV. Tweedie, Mr. John Phillips, Mr. S. Cording, Mr. T. Hudson, Mr. T. Lowther Thve, Mr. Silas Tucker, Mr. IV. Ladbaok, Mr. John Ambler, Mr. James M'Currey, Mr. Hayne, Mr. J. Eastbrook, Mr. W. Marlow, Mr. John Stewart, Mr. G. C. Camphsll, Rev. J. Doxey, Mr. G. Howlett, Mr. Handel Cossham, Gladwin„Mr. John Taylor, Mr. J. Wade, Rev. 7. Rodgers, Mr. T. Whittaker, Mr. G. H. Marshall, Mr. Jos.ph , Taylor, Mr. A. Simner, and Mr. John Mat thews, .hid rip interview yesterday with Sir G. C. Lewis, at the Home-oftieo. De:Tatches from the Governors of British Columbia am ficli;;•el:{nd were received yesterday at the Colonial -office I), , tp.ttellcA were sent to the Governors of the North Arne• rican Provinces and Bermuda. Sir George Grey, .C. 8., and Lady Grey have left Howehin's Hotel for Paris for a short time. The Right Hon. W. G. Ha 3 ter and Mrs. llaytez° have arrived at their residence on Hyde-park. terrace, rr,,m Brighton. His Royal Highness the Prinee of Orange has arr:ved at Fenton's Hotel from Paris, attended by Count de Bylandt, Count Itechteren, and Lieutenant-Colonel Vanden den Bosch., His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will leave St. James's Palace early in the ensuing week, to pr.ss a few days with her Majesty and the Prince Consort at Windsor Castle. Lord and Lady John Russell received the Earl of Mint°, Lord James Butler, Lord Sudeley, the Right Hon. Sir George C. and Lady Theresa Lewis, the Hon. George Elliot, Captain Falbe, Mr. Campbell of Islay, and a select party, at dinner last evening, at their residence in Chesham-place. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Cormnous commences his customary full-dress Parliamen tary dinners "adore Easter on Saturday next, at his official residence at the N( w Palace of Westminster. TIIEATIIE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN (ENGLISII , -The opera of the " Crown Diamonds" last even attractfd •a• crowded and fashionable audience, Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison sustaining their usual characteri ? with, if possible, increased applause. Her \ijesty's box was occupied by the Prince of Orange and suite. Among the visitors we also noticed Lady Cunning-, ham, Lady Townley, the Right Hon. the Lord and Lady MAyoress, Sir Frederick Roe, Bart., Captain, Roebuck, tto. OPF.RA).- LATE 6 'l* N The following telegrams have been.. received at Mr. licutcr's office : PARIS, 'SATURDAY. The Moniteur of to-day say:=,-- Their Majusties will nc,t receive on Sunday - nex t in consequence of the illness or - the Grand lit I nh ess Stephanie of I3aden. TURIN, lAN- 27. The Marquis Massimo d'Azeglio has been ap pointed Governor of Milan, M. It ttazzi has left for Nice. PARIS, JAN. 2T, Yesterday M. Thouvenel paid his visit I r o u. quette to the Papal Nuncio and the Ambassi drys of Austria, Great Britain, and Russia. A telegram from Nice announces that %he stat e of health of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden has become alarming. TOULON, SA N. 27. A fire broke out last night in the bake , house of the Arsenal, and threatened to be very d isastrous. By the activity of the authorities and of numerous workmen ti fire was extinguished. Austrian forces would cross the southern frontier it' Sardiniim troops should be sent into Tuscany and the Romagna, but he must have good reason to believe tb.tt Austria will not interfere, as he offered to bet Tive ducats to one that Austria would not be in volved in a war during the year 1860. It appears to me that her Majesty's speech is calculated to damp the ardour of the war party in Austria, but the Ost Pelf tsche Post, having read that part of it which relates to Italy through Austrian spectacles, has discovered that the words " freedom from foreign intervention" apply to the Emperor Napo leon rather than to the Emperor Francis Joseph, "as the latter, strictly speaking, has as good a right as the King of Sardinia to send troops into the so-called Emilia," The Imperial Govern ment now turns :a deaf ear to those persons who advise it to sell Venetia, but the time is hardly far distant when it will be necessitated to take into serious consideration the counsel of its well-wishers. Another reason why Austria will not sell Venice is, that she knows the sale of one province would produee an exceedingly bad impression on the others, and more particularly on the Southern Tyrol and Hungary. A few nights ago many persons paraded the streets of Verona shouting Evelyn ?Italia ! and Evvira Plitdipendenza! and some of them were taken into custody, but I have not heard that any violence was used by the authorities. During the night of the 19th or 20th instant a " tricolor" was hoisted on the mast or pole which is on the principal place of Chioggia, and it was not remarked until the inhabitants of the town went out in the morning to make their customary purchases. During the last two or three days the members of the Hungarian deputation have been the " lions" of Vienna. Instead of the kalpag (the national cap, trimmed with fur), the Hungarian deputies wear a felt hat, with a turned-up brim, which produces a very disagreeable impression on the Austrian autho rities, who have an innate aversion for anything and everything which is like a earkmaro hat. In gene ral the colour of the dresses worn by the Protestant petitioners is black, and in some cases the spurs attached to the ezismen (short hessian boots) are of the same sombre hue. The deputation consists of some 50 or 60 persons, who represent the Calvinist Superintendencies on this and on the other side of the Theiss, and on this side of the Danube. The superintendency on the other side of the Danube is not represented, Government having prevented its holding a " Convent." Yes terday evening the Hungarians intended to go in corpore to the Burg Theatre, but only a few of them succeeded in getting tickets. The deputa tion has had two or three interviews with Count Rcchberg, the Minister President, but they will hardly be able to obtain an audience of the Em peror. Some of the Magyars now here are re remarkably fine specimens of humanity, and the national costume shows their stately figures to great advantage. The substance of the petition of the Protestants to the Emperor is, that the ancient and legal basis of the Evangelical Church in Hun gary may be restored. Count Leo Thun avers that the Imperial patent will not be suspended; but it appears to me that it cannot possibly be enforced if the Protestants are true to themselves. Violent measures are entirely out of the question, as the present is by no means a favourable moment for religious persecution. In my more recent cor respondence little has been said of the countries conterminious to the eastern provinces of Aus tria ; but it is now necessary that your atten tion should be directed to the state of affairs in the Selavonic provinces of Turkey in Europe. It is almost impossible to doubt that the Sclaves in Turkey mean mischief, as information, has recently repeatedly reached me that there is to be a general rising in Bosnia, the Herzegovine, Servia, Monte negro, and Bulgaria (?) in the spring of the year. It is not in my power to assert that there is an understanding between the South Sclavonic races in Austria and their brethren in Turkey, but it would be good policy on the part of this Govern ment to endeavour to satisfy its S:clavonic subjects, who are nearly, if not quite, as discontented as the Hungarians. The late Count Jellachich once told me that he was almost ashamed to look - his fellow countrymen in the face, as he had not been able to keep any of the promises which he had been autho rised by the Schwarzcnberg cabinet to make to them. The Ban was for a time extremely rest iff, and openly condemned the conduct of " Herr Bach," but, an i;lustrious lady found a handsome young wife for him, and he soon became perfectly docile. INDIA. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office in anticipation of the Bombay mail due in London, via Marseilles, on the sth of February :-- BOMBAY, JAN. 10. The Waghurs have been severely beaten by Major Nonner. The loss on our side was 16 killed and 40 wounded. A large force is preparing for China —namely, 12,000 Europeans and 8,000 Sepoys. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The following telegram has been received by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany, dated January 27 : The Panther, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Marseilles at 2 o'clock p.m. this day. The mails left for London at 5 p.m. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office in anticipation of the Australian mail, due in London, via Marseilles, on the sth of February : ADEN, JAN. 18. MELBOURNE, DEC. 19. The Australian Parliament met on the 29th of November. The financial statement presented by Government showed a considerable retrenchment in the expenditure. A resolution concerning the Melbourne Mint, and a motion for the payment of members, have passed the Assembly. Parliament has been adjourned for the holidays until January 10, and on its reassembling the Land Bill will be taken into consideration. The Geelong Railway has been purchased by Government. Government Debentures for £1,000,000 sterling leave by this mail, together with the sealed mini- mum price. A mercantile panie prevails, and many failures have taken place ; among them P. M. Tennant King (commission works), W. and J. Pole, and Burge. The banks are very stringent in making ad vances; the warehouses are ovarstockod. The following goldships have sailed since the departure of the last mail : Dec. 7.-1 he Saldanha, for Liverpool, with 113,000 ounces. Dec. B.—The Essex, for London, with 14,000 ounces. Dee. 19.—The Malta, mail steamer, with 3,650 ounces, fur London. SYDNEY, DEc. 18. Parliament assembled Oil the 29th of November. The Budget proposed large reductions in the expen • diture and a Government subsidy for a European telegraph. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. THE. BOURSE; Jan. 27.—The market has been very dull. Threes, after having been done at 68f.. 55c. receded to 681. 45c., but have since railed to 681. 50c. Alobilier varied horn 75.5 f. to 751 f. 25c.; Austrian, 515 f. to 512 f. 50e. ; Lombard, 555 f. to 553 f. 75e ; Orleans, 1,357 f. 50e. to 1,352 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 895 f. t0.892f. 50e. ; Western, 582 f. 50e. to 585 f. The following Were the last quotation:____ 14 per Cents. 75 Credit Fonder 747 5 Do. end molit' I Belgian 41 :3 per Cents.. 6 50 i Piedmontent. (5) Do. end nvint.h.... 68 60! iZonian BO 50 Bank Shar:s 2825 —I A u , str i an 81 50 credit I+.lnbilior .a. Do. 0e...0ut ItAlLwAy.k. (`a.h. A r . 1 . 41,,n , . OrlenliA Northern New ditto 826 25 .. 827 1)0 Lyons and itlviiternmean Geneva 506 2.5 .. 506 25 Southern Western 585 .. 582 50 Eastern Sardinia. Austrian Lombard .... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7c. ; money, 25f. 5c.; three months, paper, 21f. 90c.; money, 24f. 871 e. AUSTRIA. A Vienna says :—<< It appears cert a i n that the question letter estion of a congress will soon be again the object of serious negotiations. France an,4 England are endeavouring to gain over the powers to the congress. It is even as serted that France has instructed her repre sentative here to declare that she still con siders herself hound by the treaties of Villa franca and Zurich. But it is very doubtful that the Western Powers will succeed in persuading the powers to meet it: congress. It is not to be thought of, to far as concerns Austria. At least, Count de Ittchberg has recently declared, in the most positive manner, that under present circumstance he world not take part in a Congress. A communication was received here so far back as the 16th from the Pontifical Goverment, announc- ing that it declines to accept the propositions con tained in the letter of the Emperor Napoleon. A deputation of 40 Hungarians has arrived in this city, and as it. comprises Several magnates who are of the Roman Catholic religion, the belief is that it has come to treat of the general affairs of Hungary, and not specially of the question of the Protestants. The deputation has solicited an audience of the Emperor." A letter from Vienna, dated Jan. 25, says : The intelligence that Sardinian troops are about to march into Modena, Parma, and the Romagna has roused the ire of the Government, and produced an unpleasant impression on the public, which dreads the renewal of hostilities, as it firmly believes that another campaign in Italy would lead to a finan cial catastrophe. Yesterday morning, after the re ceipt of a telegram announcing the appearance of Sardinian troops at Mirandola, near Modena, such vio!ent language was used by influential military men that an immediate intervention on the part of Austria, appeared probable, but information bas since reached me that the Emperor, " for the moment," intends to remain a passive spectator of tie doings of the non:-Austrian Italians. My infor mant was either unable or unwilling to say whether SARDINIA. The Debats says :—" The Nord, on the authority of a Paris letter, states that the King of Naples has decided on an intervention in the States of the Pope, in order to re-establish the authority of the holy See over Romagna. Although the Nord has considered this news as serious, and has pointed out all the inconveniences which might be caused by this resolution of the King of Naples, there is reason to believe that the intentions of the Neapo litan Government have been exaggerated, and that it has merely shown itself disposed to replace the French army at Rome in the event of its departure being called for by the Holy See." Th e Offl4?itil (hizette of Turin publishes the fol lowing order of the day from the new Minister of War:— " Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Sol diers !—Having been called by hi. Majesty to the high honour of directing the Ministry of War and the Navy, I shall zealously endeavour to fulfil the King's intentions, and to be always ready to meet whatever event may arise from existing uncertain ties. The illustrious general who preceded the has opened a new era for the army; he organised it, iotroduced proper regulations, and set the seal to his work as a brave soldier and able captain in the Crimean campaign. Durirg the last war, in which you fought with so much glory, the sol diers of the new provinces, separated from their former Governments, came to swell our ranks, while a great part of Italy erganisei troops for the common defence. Tnis sudden increase of forces, and the changes which have taken place in the kingdom, show the necessity of profoundly studying the altered circumstances of our military family. In the midst of so many things to be successively accomplished, my confidence is strengthened by a profound conviction of your per severance in your designs. My work will advance, aided by the counsels and experience of your gal lant chiefs, who will take pleasure in preparing the way for that success which I confidently expect from the discipline and valour of you all, who have never disappointed the hopes of your king and country. " FANTI. "Turin, 22d Jan." The inde'pendente of Turin states that Commander Boncompagni and Count Pepoli of Bologna are both at Turin at present, whence it concludes that a very decisive measure is about to be taken by the Piedmontese Government with regard to Central Italy. It is stated in a letter from Florence that the difference bctAvcen the Tuscan Government and Cardinal Corsi relative to the name of the Grand Duke being retained in the prayers used in the diocese of Pisa has been arranged by the Cardinal consenting to substitute the name of King Victor Emmanuel for that of the Grand Duke. The Tuscan Government has issued a decree abolishing tithes, and enacting that the priests en titled to them shall receive an equivalent from the public treasury. The Milan Gazette states that 18 Swiss officers and two privates in the Papal service have deserted from Pt s a ro. Colonel Schmidt, Papal Commandant of Perugia, has issued a notice warning all the citizens of that town to abstain from spreading alarming news on pain of the severest penalties. The withdrawal of gold from the Bank yester day was £136,000 in bars, making £286,000 since the date of the account publigked yesterday. FRANCE' AND SAVOY. The Patric of yesterdAy publishes the following article : " It is not a shift or provisional arrangement. which France is now following up in Italy. The late campaign has given her the right, and has almost imposed upon_herthe duty, or founding in the Italian Peninsula a permanent work with every condition of stability. Italy was a perpet ualeause of disorder ; it was a European malady-. That malady wants a radical cure. It was no longer a nationality ; it was a volcano. This volcano must be distinguished. What means were best suited to obtain this desirable result ? Nothing better could have been done than what has been done—that is to say, to ask from geography, language, history, their opinion, expressed by the popular wish. " To superficial minds the popular wish, though often repeated, is simply a fiction. To clear-sighted minds, to historians worthy of the name,to M. Au gustin Thierry, for instance, the popular instinct, resisting all circumstances and traversing the most various phases without losing anything of its power, is history itself. The present condition of Italy gives us a striking example of this truth. Left to themselves, the populations endeavour to realise the conceptions of the diplmmey of two centuries, conceptions which wore only violently interrupted in 1815, when the spirit of hatred and the spirit of retaliation took the place of skill and prudence. " In a remarkable article published in the Revue des Deux Moncles of the 15th of July last, M. St. Mare Girardin called to mind that at the end of the 17th century, and before the vicissitudes of the Spanish war, England and Holland had no more wish than France to abandon Italy to Austria. It is known,' he observes, that before the will of Charles 11., which gave the whole Spanish monar chy to the grandson of Louis XIV., treaties of par tition of that succession, always on the point of being mooted, had been made - between France, England, and Holland? "We have nothing to do to-day with the con tents of the first of those treaties of partition, but let us consider what was contained in the second, ur.der date the 17th of March, 1700. The Archduke Charles of Austria, afterwards Emperor Charles VI., was called upon to take the inheritance of the Spanish monarchy, especially Southern Italy,which was given to the Dauphin. As regards the Duchy of Milan, it was not to be given either to the Dau phia or to the Archduke : it was allotted either to the Duke of Lorraine, who was then to hand over Lorraine to France, or to the Duke of Savoy, who was then to make over Savoy and the county of Nice to France. " The same attraction which draws through his tory the Milanene territory into the arms of Pied mont draws Savoy and the county of Nice into the arms of France. In this point of view, it may be said that if the cession of Lombardy to Pied mont is an aggrandisement, it is not, properly speaking, a conquest. The event had been long foreseen and desired, and the delegates of the Milanese municipality who came to offer the keys of the city of Milan to King Victor Emmanuel in the camp of the Emperor Napolean 111. did not obey the pressure of victory, but sentiments of old standing, and sympathies consecrated by centuries. "In like manner, when, in 1792, Montesquieu was ordered to occupy Savoy, he did not enter as a eonqueror, but as a friend, and M. Anselm Petetin, whom we quote first with pleasure in this question, has said with truth—' rhe entrance of Montesquieu into Savoy was not an invasion ; it was a festival.' " Again, in the same year, '1792, when General D'Anselme was ordered by the Convention to make the conquest of Nice, the town, though provided with formidable artillery, surrendered on the first summons; and the corporation of Nice proceeded to the head-quarters of General D'Anselme to sup plicate him to occupy the town to maintain order. _ _ "In fact, the country of Nice had long been French like Savoy. It was so profoundly French that it had no difficulty in becoming a French de partment, and since the last separation, since 1815, at each political subversion, Nice experienced a deluded hope that she would become, by the aid of treaties, that which she really is by her heart and asp iration P. Does it not, moreover, suffice to cast a glance upon the map to understand that it is a fragment detached from our territory ? Does not a g l ance on the map suffice to show Y that on the d a y when France shall have the frontie r o f th e Alps on the side of Savoy she will, logically, want the maritime Alps ? Treaties made in hatred to France may have decided otherwise, but they have outraged geo graphy, and diplomacy in 18L5 was in flagrant opposition to nature. A wise and enlightened psliey will re-establish the proper state of things. No obstinacy will be shown in separating territories connected by so many bonds. Like Savoy, the County of Nice will again become French, and th i t great nation called France will no longer have for frontier a rivulet called the Var." (From the Times.) " Her Majesty's Government have received no information as to the negotiations stated by the Ministerial journals in Paris to exist between France and Sardinia for the annexation or the l)uchy of Savoy and the County of Nice to the dominions of the Emperor of the French." • Such is the answer of Lord Granville to the inquiry of the Marquis of Normanby upon a subject whin has at present assumed no official shape, and which exists only in rumours and conversation and newspaper articles—just as the Italian question did thirteen months ago, or as the fate of the Pope did only a very few weeks since. IItT Majesty's Governm-nt know of no such design as that of annexing Savoy and Nice to France. At the same time it happens, by a singular coincidence, that the Government of France has been long acquainted with the opinions of our Government upon any such arrangement ; and from the tone in which the fact is communi cated we may conclude that Napoleon 111. has not been encouraged by the English Cabinet to indem• nify himself for his disinterested exertions in fa vour of the unity of Italy by adding to the French Empire an important portion of an Italian king dom. Of course, the French Emperor has no such design, for, if he had, considering the intimate bonds of friendship which bind him and us to gether' and the frankn ess o f hi s disposition, he would have told Lord Palmerston or Lord John Russell what his intentions,were, and Lord Gran ville would not have been left in ignorance of any thing so important as a formed plan for the parti tion of the kingdom of Sardinia. If the Emperor of the French has said nothing, it is, of course, be cause he means nothing. If her Majesty's Govern ment has no information, it is, of course, because there is nothing to be informed about. The House of Lords, upon Lord Graaville's answer, immediately " dropped the subject," and adjourned. In the exercise of proper courtesy and credulity, and self restraint, all the diplomatists, and senators, and journalists of Europe ought perhap s t o do likewise. It is, notwithstanding, a disquieting symptom that the French press is applying itself so sedu lously to teach us the history of Savoy and of the county of Nice. The Paris newspapers are very anxious to fix upon our attention what happened to those pieces of territory previous to 1815 —pre vious to those "treaties made in hatred of France, in violence of geography and diplomacy, and even in flagrant opposition to nature herself." There is just now a very suspi c i ous d es i re to remind Europe how, in 1792, when Montesquiou was charged with the office of occupying the Duchy of Savoy, he was received rather as a friend than as an invader, and how his progress was a fete rather than a hostile occupation. However little we may happen to care for such memories, it is insisted that we shall call to mind how in this same year 1792 General D'Anselme, who was sent by the French Conven tion for that purpose, took possession of the coanty without opposition, the city itself, notwithstanding its formidable artillery, surrendering upon the first summons, and the municipal body going forth to the revolutionary army, and begging them to come in and keep order. We are called upon to believe that what Montesquiou and D'Anselme did with the armed Sans Culottes of those days was so just and natural, and so in accordance with the feelings of the inhabitants of Savoy and Nice, that these people have never ceased to .long for those times back again. Not only are we asked to believe all this, but the map of Europe is unrolled before us, and we are requested just to cast one glance at it, and then say whether Nice is not conspicuouAy a. piece of French territory, and whether it is not manifestly absurd that a - great country like Frnce should be bounded by a c-2nteruptible little brook like the Var? And then Savoy ! The mountains of Savoy are as evidently the natural boundary of France as is the —we were going to say the mid channel of the Rhine; but the appeal to geography and nature is not at this moment pressed to its legitimate end, Wbcia Wong, IA § Vac city cf ZsTicf and the western mountains of S ivoy, it is clear that she must have the Maritime Alps. Look at the map and read the wars of the first French Republic— nothing can be plainer. Why shan't' we have these studies forced upon us ? Such old claims and revolutionary precedents disturb our reveries, which are just now ot flourish ing financial statements and a large annual surplus. There are no illontesquious, or D'Auselmes, or even Piellegrus now-a-days to swarm over the French frontiers; why should we go reading old histories and pondering over modern maps ? We thought we were shaking down into a settled state, that every man was going to cultivate his vines to the utmost, that our lively impulsive neighbour had sown all her wild oats, and was'going into business with a steady resolution to make money and pay her way. Surely she cannot be already back again at hsr old tricks, casting covetous eyes upon her neighbour's vineyards? If we give way to these notions, nothing would be easier than to persuade ourselves that all our neighbours' possessions, on both sides of us, would be much better in our hands than in theirs. Would it not be too tantalising to a French army always to be encamped upon the peaks of the Alps, looking down almost into the streets of Turin ? Neither Hannibal nor the First Napoleon could resist the temptation. The Zouaves would he more than human if they did not, when perched upon those lofty posts, find some excuse from time to time for a foray in those fat plains. In inns and houses where chamber doors communicate it is always usual that the key should be left on the side of the weaker and more assailable occu pant, Poor unprotected Piedmont sleeps next to a strong and enterprising gentleman of rather liberal morality. Surely, in fairness Piedmont ought to have the key ? Not, perhaps, that it would be of much use if he were determined to force the door ; but, still, to take away the key and put it on his own side seems to be an unnecessary facility, if not a public affront. But we hope that France does not intend to do anything so shabby. It would rub all the gilt off her Italian eagles; it would take all the glory out of that magnificent " idea" for which she went to war. She might have it, of course, if she pleased—that is to say, Sardinia would not say her nay. Victor Emmanuel would not pause to barter a couple of cities and a few mountain tops against Florenbe. But what would the world say P What would that history which the French press is now pertinaciously insisting upon reading to us say ? We might p er h aps h ave a secret consolation in knowing that the p o p u l a ti on w hi c h persecutes us with monkeys, white mice, and hardygurdies would be draughted off into French armies and sent to Africa, but we should all feel ashamed of the great Italian liberator who had enveloped himself in the misty halo of a tremendous "idea," only in order that he might gain a beggarly hit of territory. Therefore we must hope that there will be no oc casion for her Majesty's Government ever to ex press to the Emperor of the French, in that " firmest and most friendly manner," the opinions which they hold upon this " great European ques tion," Therefore, we cannot believe that there will be any necessity for Lord John Russell to remind the French Emperor of Article XCII. in the Vienna Congress Treaty, which guarantees the neu trality of the provinces of Chablais and Faucigny, and the whole of the territory of Savoy to the nortk of Ugine, and places those provinces under the pro tection of the Great Powers, as " belonging to his Majesty the King of Sardinia." It would not be to the honour of Napoleon 111. or to the honour of France for history to have to write that in the year of grace 1859 France went to war for Italy and repaid herself for her sacrifices by a scrap of mountain territory. To state the case is to show how impossible it is that it can ever occur. So let Nice be composed and let the Savoyards be com forted. They are as safe from any interference from France—as Austria was last December twelve month. PONTEFRACT ELECTION.---The election of a re presentative for this borough, in the place of Mr. W. Cverend, Q.C., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, has been fixed for Monday next. There are two candi dates in the field,—Mr. Childers, the unsuccessful can didate at the last election, and Mr. S. Waterhouse, of Hope Hall, Halifax, who has come forward at the soli citation of the Conservatives. Both parties have declared their intention to go to the poll, whisk will take place on Tuesday-. 'TIE ARMSTRONG GuN.—ln reference to the second article which appeared on this subject in the Times of Thursday last, we have received a letter from Mr. Bash ley Britten, pointing out where that gentleman thinks an inferential injustice has been done him. Mr. Britten has misunderstood the drift of our remarks, which were simply to the effect that the attempts to bring our old muzzle-load hag iron ordnance into use by rifling them had not proved successful. Indeed, so unsuccessful have they been, that it is more than doubtful if the War-office will resort to the costly process of strength en i ng th ese guns w i t h wroug ht N t i w ng hi a ch sp t e h e e ia y l c s o u u n ld c, n is o t t a b n e d s u t s r e e d ng a t t h a e l n l— ed I n ; o s n te l a s CI) () L s rathery hoops—without having fur the express purpose of being afterwards ritled.—Temee- EARL POWIS' CLAIM ON THE CLIVE FUND- -- The ground. of the claim are, we believe, the phraseology of the deed transferring the - money to the benefit of the East India Corapany, for certain Purposes and under cer tain conditions. The question appears to be, whether the beneficial interest of the company is transferable to the Se cretary of State for India, or whether it has not absolutely ceased by the extinction of the company as a governing body. We have not the words of the deed before us, but be believe that they limit the grant to such period as the company might continue to possess an army and ships of their own. Whether this phraseology was intentionally employed with any provision of the abolition of the East India Company, or was designed to express permanency (as in oriental documents they say, "so long as the sun and '7lOOll shall endure"), may be matter of historical dispute, but we are afraid that legally the letter is with the Clive family, and the Indian Council will have some difficulty in combating their claims.—Overland Mail. Loss OF A STORNOWAY CREW.—A melancholy accident happened at the mouth of Byble Bay, near Storno way, on the evening of Monday, the 16th instant. Two boats, with their crews, belonging to that township, went out in the dusk to shoot their lines, and when on the way returning were overtaken by a shower of sleet and snow. accompanied by sudden and severe squalls of wind. In the shower the boats were separated, and one of them has not been heard of since, nor has any of her gearing come ashore, leaving no room for doubt that her unfortunate crew—Williarn M‘Leod, skipper; Malcolm M'Leod, his brother; Alexander M‘Donald, Malcolm M`Deneld, Alex ander Graham, and Donell I` . ..l•Leod, all belonging to the township of By ble—met with a watery grave in sight of their homes. William INPLeod and Alexander Graham were mart icd : the former leaves a widow and five children, the latter a widow and two children. To believers in "second sight" it may not be uninteresting to mention that abut three weeks ago the master of the mail packet between Wick and Poolewe related th a t h e and his crew and passengers, when on the voyage south, and when tacking three or four miles off Byble, heard dreadful cries as of persons drowning. When he gravely mentioned the matter on his return he was laugh e d at Y as a super stitious sailor, and he now appeals to the accident of Mon dey night--the presentiment of which, he asserts, was heard several weeks previously, and then mentioned. The sufferers were respectable men and excellent fishermen.— _ Yoe/here Ensign ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NOR HI-WESTERN BA ILWA - I. —An accident occurred about 4 o'clock on Thur.. day afternoon at the Hartford station on this line of rail way—midway between Crewe and Warrington— which oc casioned considerable destruction of property and seriously impeded the traffic for several hours. It appears a down goods train was in the act of shunting across the up rails to attach some trucks, when the up Scotch goods train, tra velling at its usual speed, and timed to pass through Hart ford station, came into direct collision with the shunting train, tearing up both lines of rails for some distance. The accumulation of wreck was so great that the work of clear ing the lines was a very formidable undertaking. Whoa the 5.15 p.m. up express from Liverpool arrived at Hartford the lines were quite impassable, and an engine and car riages having been telegraphed for from Crewe the passen gers and luggage were after some delay transferred and sent on to London, where they arrived at two o'clock yesterday morning instead of eleven o'clock on Thursday night: The up mail was also delayed considerably, and letters from the north were not delivered until noon yesterday. Happily no injury to life or limb occurred, and the line was in full working order at an - earlyshour yesterday morning. The midday Scotch mail, due at the Euston station at eleven a.m. yesterday, was two hours late in its arrival, having been delayed by a snow drift six feet deep for some distance on the Caledonian Rail. D EAT II OF COL. MOOD, OF LITTLETON—The death of Cul. Wood, which took place on Thursday last, at the advanced age of 81, is an event which may well claim a tribute of comemmorative regret. It is by the dazzling abilities of her few men of genius that a nation becomes illus trious and great ; but the quieter and less conspicuous vir tues of her citizens in the aggregate enable her to retain and solidify the greatness thus achieved, and of this larger and useful class the gentleman whose loss we now announce may rank as an honourable and faithful type. Col. Wood was educated at Harrow and at Oxford. Shortly after leaving the University he joined the Ist or Royal East Middlesex Militia as Lieutenant-Colonel, and succeeded to the full colonelcy on the retirement of the late Earl of Mane field, in April, 1803. This command he continued to fill up to the time of his decease, serving with the regiment at Aldershot when last embodied, and remaining with it during the whole time that it was stationed there. in 1831 he wta appointed to,the honorary office of Aide de-camp .to the Sovereign for the Militia force, an office then first created by William IV., and constituting its holler the representative, in a certain sense, of the wh o l e body of the Engli s h Militia. Th,., conspicuous zeal and activity displayed by Colonel Wood in the discharge of his duties would amply justify his claim to this distinction ; but the personal esteem in which he was held by William IV. must have rendered the honour doubly flattering. This esteem never faltered, and was affectingly recorded in his Majesty's gill, by the terms of which Colonel Wood was named executor conjointly with Sir Herbert Taylor. In 1806 Colonel Wood commenced his Parliamentary career being returned for Brecknockshire, which county he repre sented during a period of 40 3reara—retiring from the house in 1847. Colonel Wood, though a Tory, voted for the Ca tholice a i slt i r e e i i ff n e t r r e o n d e u e e s e introduced h by i i t i h he sGovernment t o h f e S p i ri r n ß c e i p brt e Relief Bill, th e second readingof the Reform Bill. and t Peel.. s of free trade occasioned among kis constituents at that period of excited party feeling induced him, in the true spirit of ceneilietion, to eacrifiee his own ambition rather than einKter hoetilities already rife by a contested elec tion. Aceordingly, on the diesolutiou of Parliament in lee 7, he voluntarily retired front the political arena. closing - at that date a long and useful senatorial career. In Breck nockshire, the county ho represented in Parliament, as well as in the whole principality, Colonel Wood took a lively interest, which did not real contented with empty profes sions. He married, in 1801; Lady Caroline Stewart, daugh ter of Robert first Marquis of Londonderry, who was for some years principal Bedchamber-woman to Queen Ade laide. He has left a lar g e f am ily an d a wide atid iuttutz ti4 9104 c0;4 1 9749119 ;9 N9lO 4 1 § OM • taw, a Per ( kier I 114 'w 2 indi 4 u Ditt itte• Ditt o Ditty Ditti Ditti , nKol Midis hitt( le bitto A ktte Ditto prehe n 4 lludeC Perri ' Tale Y th, ,tiite at Year of LYce hi! rat bu tnoc] 6 p, Vie] Con Prez o f T LORI T 1 hive heav triti 11:ctst, Nort Th Ven e Gra n proof itnd I loj been