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NZW - TRATNGS IN SPANISH AMERICA. On Wednesday next will be published, with Coloured Map, 5 Illustra tions in Chrome -lithography, and 12 Wood EngraTings, in Bvo,, price 18s. cloth, MITLA ; A Narrative of Incidents and Personal Adventures on a Journey in Mexico,*Guaternala ' a nd Salvador, in the years 1853 to 1855 ; with Observations pn the /lOUs of Life in those Countries. By G. F. Poe TEMPSILY. London: Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row. trR MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT FOUR. THIS EVENING, the Opera of LA TRAVIATA. To conclude with the successful Divertissement, by M. Mascot, entitled L'ITYNENEE, by Iladlles. Clavella, Mor. lacchi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit aid one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 11. 55.; . three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10. ; gallery stalls, 38 6d pit, 38 6d; gallery, 2s. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE , LAST NIGHTS. • Piccolomini, Spezia, Sannier, Belletti, Tialetti, Aldighieri, Luchesi, and Giuglini. THIS EVENING, Feb, 18 (Last Night but Four), LA TRA.VI ATA: SATURDAY, Feb. 10 (Last Night but Three), LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. TUESDAX, Feb. 23 (Last Night but Two), LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO, and Last Act of LA FAVORITA. THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (Last Night but One), LA ZINGARI, being the Italian version of the Bohemian Girl. SATURDAY, Feb, 27 (Last Night), IL TROVATORE. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticlets to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. T",. R E-R OYA G , DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new comi3 drama, A LUCKY HIT. After which, TWO HEADS BETTER TITAN ONE. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER, Commence at 7. THEATRE. ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with the comedy of THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Plecipo, Mr. Hudson. After whiCh, TWICE KILLED. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which maybe retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes ' 5 0 Drees Boxes a Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit . . 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will, be presented THE QORSICAN BROTHERS. After which, a new grand comie Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche FloWer and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cox , mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FAIRY CIRCLE. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— THIS EVENING, Feb. 18, Shakespere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit ; Macbeth, Mr. Charles Dillon. With Locke's celebrated Music. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAH ROOKH, anti the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR P - or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Flolsten, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. lox•ofliceopen from H to 5 daily. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. Umler the management of Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, 2d night of a new Drama, adapted from a work of Mr. Charles Dickens, entitled SILVER STORE ISLAND ; or, Perils of Certain English Prisoners. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Turner, Bolton, Howard, Dean, Van Burenolia.; Misses Portman, Hastings, Victor. To be followed by the highly successful Bur!esque of THE LADY OF LYONS; or, Twopenny Pride and Pe3ny.tence Characters by Messrs. Gomersal, Bolton, Howard, Swan borough; Mimes Victor and Tempest. To conclude with the screaming Farce of A WOMAN IN MY DUST ROLE. Messrs. L. Buckingham, Turner, and Miss Craven. Commence at Seven. Boxes, 252; Stalls, 35.; Pit, ls. ; Gallery 6d. Ha l t price at Nide. Commence - at Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Mamma._ giseplxora 2.nri Cfr.o,4ol,t_ THIS EVENING, will be performed an original English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. After which, QUEEN 3fAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Juliet. CIO; by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad• bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance ol Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dm., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brandi, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Harr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, 5. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY—Morn., 43 min. aft. 4—Even., 59 min. aft. 4 To-Moßßow—Morn., 16 min. aft. s —Even., 35 min aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SUN OPFICE, FEBRIIA.RY 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 36 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.17. WIND, East South Easterly; fresh aid cold, with very fine wintry weather. . . • - ,k.. - 41 . LONDON, THIIRSDAY, FEB. 18,8. The East India Company has followed the example of Parliament, and passed numerous votes of thanks , to different persons concerned in the recent events in India. Of course their own Governor-General was the head of the list, and the name of Mr. fIALLIDAv, Lieutenant -Governor of Bengal, which had been omitted by Parlia ment, was added to the list. We cannot feel greatly surprised that the Directors should take advantage of the short time during which they may still exercise the forms of government, to puff themaelTes, and the first resolution praising their subordinates was virtually praising them selves, and if the present opportunity had been relinquished,, no other might have occurred. It would, however, have been better for Lord CAN NING if the matter had been deferred until the nation generally had been better qualified to pronounce a more decided opinion ou the vexed question of the value and 'efficiency of his serv i ces, and the resolution could -be carried without qualification or opposition. At present it was taken cum grand salts. An amendment was proposed, not merely that Lord CANNING'S name should be omitted, but practically amounting to a censure on th e Noble Lord, and-referring to the " want of fore sight, ignorance, and obstinacy on the part of the supreme Government, which refused to employ those resources which were within his power ; to adopt measures obviously called for ; and to attend to the communications which were set before him." This led to a very damaging expla nation, which materially diminished the value of the vote. The Chairman declared that no member was bound by the resolution to an approval of the whole policy of Lord CANNING, but simply thanking him for th,e energy and ability with w hi c h he employed the resources at his command. The Court diet not even go so far as to say that Lord CANNING did not cause the mutiny—did not say te yea or i py upon that point." The strongest argument used was, that " if it were premature to acquit Lord CANNING, it w as premature to condemn him." Buf, surely, while serious doubts were enter tains(' there could be no imputation in refraining from an active demonstration in favour of the accused, while the matters in dispute were sub judice. As we have already intimated, the proper time would have been when the rebellion had been completely repressed, and peace and tran quillity completely restored in India, or when, through loss of health or other unforeseen causes, he was returning from the position he had occu pied. " Then his conduct might be fairly and impartially canvassed, and the fiat of the British Parliament and the British nation expressed on his exertions. Then the expression of public opinion would be unalloyed ; then it would be truly satis factory." But by the premature ventilation of the question the whole matter has been rendered ridiculous, and the value of the testimonial to those whom the nation delighted to honour mate rially deteriorated. We cannot, as yet, even concur in the very limited manner in which the resolution was car ried—viz., " for the energy and ability with which he employed the resources at his command." In this we do not allude to the general indignation of all the European inhabitants of Calcutta and Bengal, untrammelled by official ties. We restrict ourselves within the very narrow bounds assigned. It has been stated, and we believe without con tradiction, that he refused the valuable aid tendered by JUNG BAHADOOR and his valiant Ghoorkas— aid that had been partially accepted by the local authorities, who were snubbed for having dared to break through a single red-tapist fetter without the sanction of the Governor-General in Council. The Nepaulese Prince was not permitted to advance his troops into Oude. An important alliance might have been endangered by the refusal ; and there is but too much reason to believe that the awful and heartrending massacre and other even more terrible atrocities at Cawnpore, and the fearful sufferings of the fugitives at Lucknow, were occasioned thereby. It could scarcely be expected that in so doing he had employed the resources at his command to the best advantage, when such frightful results attended not merely his inaction, but his deliberate refuSal to avail himself thereof. We may also ask whether there was that dis play of energy and promptitude in disarming the disaffected Sepoys, which might have prevented the outbreak at Dinapore, and the loss of many of our gallant soldiers, who, while marching to the relief of Arrah, fell into the artful trap laid for their reception ? and whether adequate prepara tions were made for forwarding the reinforcements from England, of whose anticipated arrival due notice had been given, to the scene of action ? When these interrogatories had been satisfactorily answered, it would have been quite time to have gone out of our way to thank Lord CANNING " for the energy and ability with which he employed the resources at his command to suppress the widely spread mutiny." But until they are suitably responded to, it seems to have been a very serious mistake t) do so. As to the gallant officers engaged there could scarcely be a difference of opinion, and we rejoice that the name of Sir W. PEEL has been added to the number of those specified by name. Although not a General, or ranking with a G&neral, he was of the highest rank in the service to which he belonged, and he had discharged the important duties that devolved on him in that capacity in such a manner as to elicit the highest approbation of all classes in the community. The omission of his name could only have been considered as a slight to the Naval Brigade. It was unquestion ably a case to establish a precedent if none had pre viously existed. It was no trifling matter to bring a number of 24-pounders under the very walls of Luc - know. Perhaps no naval officer had ever be fore been called on to perform such services, and every encouragement should be held forth for similar exhibitions of zeal and ability, producing such valuable results. The other proceedings require but little obser vation. It might have been well to notice the fidelity of a large majority of the native Princes. The same reasons that induced the Court to with hold an expression of opinion until the mutiny or rebellion was entirely suppressed, should a for tiori have operated. with regard to Lord CANNING, with respect to whose conduct there were so many different and conflicting views. The minimum rate of discount, which at the Bank of England was 10 per cent. up to the 24th December, has, since that time, been reduced to 3 per cent., and even that is so far beyond the current rates, that the Old Lady is unable to find employment for her surplus capital. Good trade bills are eagerly sought after, and readily discounted at 21 or 2i per cent. Bullion is accumulating in the Bank vaults and unemployed notes in its till. At the last return the amount of specie in both departments stood at 16,574,6471., and the reserve of notes at 10,617,4451., and the next Gazette will probably show very consi derable augmentations in both items. We may therefore confidently anticipate the speedy arrival of that state of affairs known as " money being a drug in the market," when the wildest specula tions will be fostered and stimulated, although legitimate trade has not, and will not for a consi derable time, recover from the effects of the ter rible blows it sustained during the latter months of 1857. This is one of the inevitable results of the Bank Charter Ac.. Indeed it must always attend a purely metallic currency, or one closely assimilated thereto, and varying with the amount of bullion. There is a regular cycle, through which matters move, when the culminating point of prosperity has been attained. The descent is steady, but gradual. The pace is then accelerated, until the nation, and all classes save the hard cal culators, travel with fearful velocity on the road to ruin. These gentlemen, who have created the panic in the first instance, largely avail them selves of its effects, and transfer the property acquired by the earnings of their softer com panions to their own pockets. When that is accomplished—when they have made their bargains —the scene is changed, as if by the enchanter's wand. Monetary ease is achieved, but that stage is rapidly passed. Speculation and excitement follow, until there is another mania, which will certainly be succeeded by a crash and wild panic, w hen sauve qu i p ea t b ecomes th e on l y mo ti ve byw h rah the best hearted and most liberal men are actuated. The Bank must find employment for its extra means. It is compelled to purchase all the gold offered at a fixed price, no matter how little it may be required. It is too costly a material to be suffered to lie idle, slumbering in its vaults. The Directors know that the Proprietors expect handsome dividends, and they feel bound to- mote the i n t erests of their constituents, even a prot the expens e o f the nation. The formally reliev e d f rom the regulatioy have been n of th e cur rency by th e A ct of 1844, and they d o not feel themselves bo un d t o incur any present losses, no matter how benefici a l they may be to the commu nity at large. A circulating medium for domestic use, effect possessing a s intrinsic value, ha s prec i sely the same the payment of interest on d eposits held at call, so loudly tmustdeprecatedd fi b n yL o o c r e d up O at v i E on n : STONE and the Tinto, Men cannot afford to keep it useless and unpro ductive. Of course they will prefer unexception able investments, but if these cannot be procured —and at present the demand largely exceeds the supply—they must be contented with others of a more doubtful character. Then it is that foreign loans and all species of frauds are introduced. Legitimate and cautious traders are outstripped by reckless speculators without capital, who are pro vided with ample funds by parties anxious to find employment for their money in any shape. Other nations step forward to bleed JOHN BULL, who, confident in the strength of his purse, and believ ing that all things will remain couleur de rose, enters into engagements which he cannot perform under different and more adverse circumstances. The nation is thus drained of its bullion. The hard calculators, who have produced the mischief, closely button up their pockets, except at exorbi tant rates. They hoard their cash, and thus paralyse the active circulation, and reduce to ruin the dupes whom they encouraged in the first instance. This is the regular course of events, and we shall see a repetition of similar events so long as the impolitic and iniquitous code is main tained without change or modification. Each time the evil will be enhanced, as Government will exhibit greater reluctance each time to inter fere with the working of the law. Probably they will wait the next panic for a minimum rate of 12 per cent., for 15 the following one, and so on. It is for the people to say how long they will patiently endure the existence of such a law— a constantly recurring source of mischief to the industrious classes. We give another, and, as our readers will see, a very able and valuable testimony to the success of the Ballot. Mr. PYIE, if otherwise unknown to our readers, witnesses for his own competency and trustworthiness, by the style and tone of his address to the crowded meeting which listened to him with such enthusiasm at Taunton. Indeed, it is plain that no point in the Reform pro gramme commands more hearty and unquestion ing support than the Ballot. On the degree in which the suffrage shall be lowered, on the dura tion of Parliaments, on the arrangement of con stituencies, honest Liberals differ ; but all hearty Liberals are also hearty for the Ballot. One of Mr. PYKE'S amusing revelations is that of the hoax practised on the Times. People natu rally hoax the willing, and, at present, The Times is willing enough to be hoaxed on the Ballot. We all remember how it swallowed the tale of the rail way duels in Georgia ; and yet more eagerly, we doubt not, it swallowed the story that the editor of the Adelaide Dispatch had condemned the working of the ballot in the colony of Victoria ; and much it made of the testimony of a writer, too far off, if he ever existed, to know anything about the mat ter. But, alas, the reason why none of us but The Times knew anything about the Adelaide Dis patch, is because visitors to us from Australia know nothing about it. Mr. PYKE had never heard of such a paper. "He knew Adelaide well, but he certainly must say he did not know the A6lelaids Dispatch ; he had never heard of a colonist that knew of such a paper till he saw it quoted in the Times, and, for his part, he thought it must be a kind of myth." His other audacious remarks, respecting the "Leading journal," the reasons that it had " now ceased to lead, and only followed in the wake of public opinion," we can hardly venture to repeat. Mr. PYKE is of opinion that any want of suc cess with the ballot in California, France, or else where, may be easily accounted for by the want of an efficient Registration, or from allowing candi dates to provide their own voting tickets. It cer tainly does seem impossible, with the simple precau tions adopted in Australia, with a registration aim lar to our own, that fraud can be practised. A N- I turning officer, and the scrutineers of all the can didates, who are present throughout the time of polling, must all be in ccllusion to render such a thing practicable. Even a millionaire would find it impossible to buy up such politically hostile, not to say honourable, persons in a contested election. If the voting-paper is delivered to the voter, as it is in Australia, only in the room where the scrutineers and his assessors are, if each paper then endorsed with the returning officer's name and the number of the voter on the register, if the names rejected by the voter be then erased by him in a private compartment, and the paper dropped by him into the ballot-box in the pre sence of the officer and the scrutineers--it seems impossible that even Professor FRIKELL could, by any legerdemain, give more than his single vote. Mr. PYKE thinks, with Sir H. ELTON, that the Ballot is quite as much a conservative as a demo cratic measure. It was found to be so at Mel bourne. The mob and the rowdies found they could do nothing in the way of intimidation. The very candidates who were mobbed carried it at the ballot-box. This is really ♦ery natural, and is by no means to be set down to the peculiar character of the Melbourne populace, where the suffrage is almost universal. The noisy ones too commonly pass themselves off for the people. The real a people, both here and in Melbourne, all English as they are in temperament, are opposed to violent changes, and on the whole trust their superiors, and men of ability and character, far more than their equals or than empty-pursed demagogues. One grievous defect, we confess, belongs to the Ballot. As an Irishman said to Mr. PYKE on the polling day, " Oh, Sir, this is as dull as a funeral ; the people all look as if they were going to church. Theic is no fun at all." Well, that is very bad. We ought —no doubt Father CON WAY and Co. think so—to have a little Irish fun at such times. Dulce est desipere in loco. Which being translated means, it is delightful to get drunk and crack heads at elections. Still there are two opinions about the dulce of such doings, and we ourselves do not like head-cracking at least, either actively or passively. As to the other species of "fun," why, " De gustibus," &c. Still, the Ballot itself would not prevent Paddy or a long-shore man from getting as "glorious" as TAM 0' SHANTER—onIy Paddy must be glorious at his own cost. THE MERITS OF GENERAL WINDHAM. 1. Two nieces, co-heiresses, the Miss Win dhams ; one, married to Lord Alfred Paget ; the other, to Lord Macdonald, whose only brother is Private Secretary to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge. Lady Macdonald was appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber in 1855. 2. A brother-in-law, the late Earl of Listowel, the intimate friend of Lord Palmerston, and Lord of the Bedchamber to her Majesty. Vide Peerage. AN OLD K.C.B. LAMBETH DISTRICT SUI?VEYOR. ve7ore p fo o r rce t i h ve e t ß ha o t ro t u h g e h Tle o c f tio L n d to-morro w . I f the spirited and Liberal electors know thei r own interest, they cannot do better s t oi ; .than c h oose a gentleman of great and acknow ledged eminence in his profession—Mr. Tress—a most worthy candidate for the post. We have long known Mr. Tress, and we cin honestly commend him to the good people of Lambeth as a gentleman npt easily to be matehed for such an appointment. THE SON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI LATEST NEWS. INDIA. THE BOMBAY MAIL. We have received from our Malta correspondent the Bombay Overland Times of the 23th of January, in anticipation of the mails. The following summary is from the paper in question : Sir Colin Campbell, with about 10,000 men, left Cawnpore on the 24th of December, and ad vanced westward through Rohilcund. After clear ing the country as they advanced, our force was attacked on the 3d of January, at the bridge across the Kalee Nuddee, but the enemy were repulsed with lcss. Lieutenant Younghusband, Punjab Cavalry, and Captain Maxwell, Bengal Artillery, were severely wounded. On the night of the 2d the rebels vacated Furruckabad, which was occu pied by our troops on the 4th, without opposition. Many guns were captured in the various affairs with the enemy, besides much valuable property. After the subjugation of Rohilcund the Comman der-in-Chief was to advance again upon Lucknow. 'Sr Colin Campbell's force, whi c h h as pro b a bl y cros ‘ sed i theGanges at Furrackabad, and is direct ing its march thence upon Lucknow, consists, as we suppose, of 10,000 or 12,000 men ; while we had the satisfaction yesterday of learning that Jung Bahadoor, the Nepaul Commander-in-Chief, with his army of 10,000 Ghoorkas, composed of 14 regiments of Infantry, and four batteries of Ar tillery, of six guns each, arrived a t S egow l ee on the 21st ult., to approach Lucknow, as we pre sume, on that side. It is not improbable that ere now a junction has been formed between all these forces, and that Oude is already won ; the task simply of following up and exterminating our cruel foe remaining to the soldiers. "General Outram, at the Alumbagh, coßtinued to hold his position, notwithstanding repeated at tacks by the enemy. On the 22d December he at tacked the enemy, about 5,000 strong, who had taken up a formidable position on his right flank, and completely routed them, killing 250, and cap turing four guns. On the 12th January General. Outram was attacked by 30,000 of the rebels, who were repulsed with the loss of 400 men. The post of Alumbagh was again assailed on the 16th, and the attack lasted fur 11 hours, the enemy being headed by a Hindoo fanatic wto was wounded and taken prisoner. The insurgents were driven back with ' severe loss. With the force at his disposal, about 4,000 men, General Outram is fully able to main tain his position. "On the 26th of December Colonel Rowcroft's column, consisting of part of the Naval Brigade and two Ghoorka R eg i men t s, a tt ac k e d a b o dy o f the rebels, 5,000 strong, in the Goruckpore district, and entirely routed them. This victory has cleared that part of the country. "Brigadier Campbell, with a small force from Allahabad, marched against the rebels in the neigh bourhood, and attacked them on the 4th January, killing upwards of 350. " The Bareilly insurgents, about 1,000 in num ber, attacked Huldwanee, 18 miles from Nynee Tal, on the Ist of January, but were driven off by the Ghoorkas, with the loss of 20 killed. " A small force from Deesa, under Major Raines, marched against the village of Rowah on the 6th of January, and engaged the rebels collected there. After a sharp fire of musketry the village was carried by storm, and the enemy driven out. A few offi cers were wounded in this affair. " The Bhopal Contingent were disarmed at Sehore on the 12th January by the force under General Rose. About 150 prisoners were tried by court-martial, and shot by musketry, and many others were killed in attempting to escape. " The rescued garrison of Lucknow arrived at Calcutta on the 9th January, and were received with enthusiasm by the European inhabitants. " The Bishop of Calcutta died on the 2d of January, and was interred on the 4th in St. Paul's Cathedral. The Bishop of Madras has been ap pointed to conduct the duties of the Metropolitan See. " The 94th Regiment arrived at Kurrachee on the 14th of January, overland via Suez, in the steamer Oriental. The 7th Dragoon Guards have also arrived at Kurrachee. " The Punjab continues quiet. The Nizam's dominions are tranquil. The Bombay an d M a d ras 'Presidencies remain undisturbed." In addition to the summary, the Bombay Ti mes has the following : " The progress of Sir Colin Ca m pb e ll has been marked by no hard fi g hting since our l ast advice; and abandoning F urruckabad the insurgents having retreated rapidly acros s th e Ganges into Oude, leaving the Dooab in o ur un disturbed possession, as soon as the Commander -in-Chief arr i ved in the neighbou!hood of the p la Ce. Colonel Seat on ' s column, the brilliant success of which we chr on i c l e d in our last issue, is in communicati on w i th the c Commander-in-Chief's force , so that all opp os iti on wat an end. The some to s fighti n gubietion there be . It is in the Dooab is no immpaign in Oude may be expected to open immediately, an d f t o h r e e r et the e il p l rovienc probable T b s reducede impossible to arrive at any reliable estimate as to the force now assembled in and around Lucknow, but it is not unlikely that it numbers 100,000 men ; and, although suffering from the demoralisation which constant defeat ever introduces into an army, despair will probably lend its energy to their last struggle for a foothold in the empire. To meet this host of rebels, amply provided with ammuni tion and warlike stores, our resources are as fol- lows : cc At Alumbagb, three or four miles out of Luck now, Sir James Outram is posted with 4,000 men, having the main body of the Oude force immediately in his front. A letter from his camp, dated 26th ultimo, describes his position and recent operations as follows : " ' General Outram's division is encamped here in a large plain, about three and a-half miles from • Lucknow. The enemy are posted in force in our front, and have 3,000 or 4,000 in posi tion on our right. They fire round shot at the Alumbagh enclosure, and towards our batteries, nearly the whole day long, but without doing much damage. Our heavy guns play into their batte ries steadily morning and evening , and occasionally during the day. The country people have, within the last few days, given signs of thinking that our Government is again in the ascendant, and they now voluntarily bring in supplies in tolerable quantities into camp, but before that we had twice to send out strong foraging parties (consisting of cavalry, artil- I lery, and infantry) to pay visits to villages known to be well stored with grain, and it bas had a won derfully good effect. We surprised the 3,000 or 4,000 sepoys who were on our right, a few mornings ago, attacked them soon after daybreak, and took four of their guns and a good many ammunition waggons, well filled with round shot, &c. It was a complete surprise, and a most successful morn ing's work.' "Our latest news from this force is comprised in the following memorandum, received via Agra, " Ca.wupore, yesterday Jan. 8. —All we ll a t Al um b ag h. They remai n unmo l ested. The road is a little strong between h ere an d there in places ; b ut par ties of four and six military train come over on messages without danger." "A little affair has taken place at the village of Rowah, near Dc.osa, on this side, which will be found fully described elsewhere. " Colonel Rowcroft attacked the rebels, 5,000 strong, including 1,100 Sepoys, on the 26th De cember, in the Goruckpore district, and completely routed them. He took two guns, and all their tents, baggage, and ammunition, Only one dooly bearer was killed, and one Soobadar wounded. About 40 of the enemy were killed, and a large number wounded. This victory has completely clea:ed that part of the co un t ry. Ally K u rreem is said to have been killed i n thi s affair. The 70th Bengal N.I. embarked for China on the 30th December. The 47th have also volunteered for foreign service. " The force under General Sir James Outram was attacked at Alumbagh on the morning of Tues day, the 12th inst., by 30,000 men. The enemy were repulsed with a loss of 400 men. Our loss was six wounded." The troops at the Alumbagh are 4,000 strong, and consist of : Engineer Park—Lieutenant Hutchin, Superin.. tending Engineer. Artillery Park—Lieutenant Thomas in charge. Madras Sappers—Lieutenant Scott. FEBRUARY 18, 1858 CAVALRY. Military Train—Major Robertson in Command 12th Irregular Cavalry and Hardinge's Corps. ARTILLERY. Major Eyre, Commanding. Royal Artillery, Captain Maude. Bengal Artillery, Captain Olpherts. EUROPEAN INFANTRY. Her Majesty's sth, 75th, 78th, 84th, and 90th Regiments, with Ist Madras Fusiliers. NATIVE INFANTRY. Ferozepore regiment, Major Braver. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPOET OF THE BMUS MARKET FROM THE 9TH TO THE 22D OF JANUARY. We have received no advice from England since the Overland Mail of the 10th December, which reached us on the morning of the 6a2 initant, per steam ship Pekin, The Overland Mail of the 26th December is hourly expected. Our money-market is considerably tight, and may continue so for some time to come. Discounts remain at 12 per cent. IMPORTS. Cotton Piece Goods.—The tone of our import market has certainly improved within the last few days, and the news front home will doubtless tend to sustain it. Gray shirtings, 40 to 45 inches, have advanced in value from 2 to 6 annas per piece ; gray T cloths sod gray madapollatns have also advanced—as also lOw gray *ousts. - Bleached and Fancy Goods.—These have also gene rally improved in prices. Yarns.—Both mule and water twists have undergone little change in value. EXPORTS. Cotton.—There has been no improvement perceptible in the dulness in the market for this staple ; and the holders remain firm looking out for better accounts from home. Oil Seeds.—This market has improved within the last few days, especially linseed. Tonnsige.—The rates of freights have remained un changed-since our last. We quote for London and Liverpool, 1/. to 1/. 33. ; and for China, re. 6 to 7 per candy. EXCHANGE. The market has been somewhat subject to fluctuta tions, and we quote 2.. lid. for document bills ; 2-. id. fur credit bills ; on China, at 60 days' sight ri. 218. BANK AND OTHER SHARES. Bank of Bombay, I,ooor. each, 31 per cent, premium ex dividend. Oriental Bank Corporation, 250 r. each, 45 per cent, premium ex dividend. Commercial Bank, 500 r., 2 per cent. discount. Mercantile Bank, 250 r., 15i per cent. premium. Agra Bank, 500 r. each, 36 per cent. premium. Bank of Madras, 1,000 r., 8 per cent. premium ex. dividend. BOMBAY MONEY MARKET. Friday Evening, JAM 22. EXCHANGE. On London.—Six months' sight, 2s. lid. for doct. bills ; six months' i.ight, 2g. ld. for credit bills. On Calcutta-60 days' sight, 100ir.; 30 days' sight, 1011 r. ; at sight, 1021 r. On Madras-30 days' sight, 981 r. ; at sight, 991 r. On China—at 60 days' sight, Rs. 218. Apollo P. Com. „ 12,000 do. 21,500 Colaba P. Corn. „ 7,000 each 24,000 Hydraulic P. Com., paid up, Re. 4,000 4,500 Cotton Spinning Com., paid up Rs. 4,000, 100 pm. Oriental and Weaving and Spinning Company, paid up R. 1,600, 160 pm. per share. East India Spinning and Weaving Company, paid up Re. 50, 1 per cent. premium. Colaba L. Com. „ 10,000 do. 8,500 sellers. B. S. N. Com, „ 400 420 „ GI-dad. P. R. Com. 218-3 paid in Bombay, or 201, pm. in England-17 Re. per share discount. Do., New Shares, paid up 21-13-1, at 2/. per share, par. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, Four per Cent. Sicca Rs. Transfer Loan Co.'s Re. 87 noml. 11 Sicca Rs. Loan, 183233 „ 85 f t Co.'s Re. Loan, 1835 36 „ 791 ft Co.'s Re. Loan, 1842.43 „ 79i New Five per Cent. Co.'s Rs. Loan It 91 Paicas oir BULLION, &O. Sovereigns, each__ Re. 10 Bank of England notes lO Spanish dollars Republican dollars 2lB to 222 German crowns 215 to 216 Sycee silver lO5l Gold leaf (range of quality) Gold ingots, accordipg to touch, for 97 touch 16i FREIGHTS. Cotton. To London To Liverpool To China 11. to 11. 5.. 11. to 11. 55. 6 to 7 rm. BERLIN, Fps. 17. A letter from Vienna states that a battle has lately taken place in the Herzegovina between the Rajahs and the Turks, in which the former had 10 killed. The latter had 40 wounded, but the number of their killed is not mentioned. The Turks have destroyed Zupzi, and the Rajahs have occupied the mountains at the back of that place. A body of 800 bashi-bazouks have just arrived at Trebinga. BERNE, FEB. 17. ' The federal commissioners, MM. Dubs and Bischoff, left yesterday 'for Geneva, accompanied by the secretaries of the departments of Justice and Federal Police. The assigning fixed residences to the refugees will be at once carried into execu tion. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur is destitute of a single particle of intelligence of a political character, except a full translation of the examination at Bow-street of M. Bernard, the refugee arrested by the English police at the instigation of the French. The Emperor and the Empress honoured with their presence the evening before last a grand ball given by M. Fould, Minister of State. The Diplo matic Corps, the Marshals, the Ministers, and members of the Senate, Legislative Body, and Council of State, were present in great numbers, as were all that Paris contains of persons most re markable for their wealth, position, or Went. Dancing was kept up until four in the morning. Orsini and Pierri ha.ve decided on having M. Jules Favre as legal counsel at their approaching trial. De Rudio and Gomez having declared that they had not made any choice, President Delangle has named M. Mathieu to act for the former, and M. Nicolet for the latter. The Journal du Havre of yesterday says :—"A -passenger by the steamer from Southampton to our port gives the following account of the very near capture of Allsop. At the station of Basingstoke, where the train stops a short time, Allsop, who was in one of the carriages, seeing himself scanned with great attention-- by a police-agent, jumped out at the other side, and took to flight so ra pidl y that he escaped. He cannot, however, long re main at large. It is supposed that his intention was to proceed from Southampton either to Jersey or to Havre." While we Paisians are enjoying the mild and genial temperature of spring, Italy is a prey to all the horrors of winter— " -Nec jam sustineant onus Say*, laberantes j el uque Flumina constiterunt acuto." The Po has been frozen over to such an extent that men and animals have been able to cross it without danger, which is the first time it has been so since the commencement of the present century. Some old persons remember having witnessed a similar circumstance in 1788, and also having heard their fathers say that the river was completely frozen across i>a 1775. BOURSE, FEB. 17. —The market was buoyant at the opening, owing to a further rise of in the Eng lish Consols, but the movement was suddenly checked. by a fall of 55f. on the Mob'lier, which bad a bad in:fln ence on a ll speculat i ve secur ties. The following were the last quotaticus 41 per Cants 95 Do. end month -- - 3 per Celat. ..... Do. end month 7O 15 Bank Shares .. Credit Alobilier Do. Account B9O Credit Fonder Belgian 4 Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes ...... Home Debt 373 RAIL' Orleans . 1415 I Norther n - 970 New Ditto Blll Lyon and Mediteran. 865 New Difito 832 Geneva •--- 5 Midi Western 6921 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian GREECE. A letter from Athens, of the 7th, gives a short account of the Dote celebrated there the previous day, on ihe anniversary of his Majesty's complet ing the 25th year of his reign "At ten o'clock the roar of cannon announced the departure of their Majesties and Prince Adal bert of Bavaria from the palace to the cathedral in a State carriage drawn by six horses, preceded by a detachment of cavalry, and followed by several other court carriages. All the dignitaries of the State, and several foreign officers from the vessels of war at the Pirmus, were assembled in the church to receive their Majesties. After the Te Deum, the Royal party returned to the palace, where they received the diplomatic body and de putaticas from the provinces and from all the cor porations, who came to offer their congratulations. The city was decked out in the most delightful manner. Doric columns, triumphal arches, and other ornamentations, consisting of garlands of flowers, were erected in all directions. During the course of the day, all the general and great digni taries called at the palace to pay their respects to Prince Adalbert, and in the evening there was a grand dinner at the palace, followed by a ball. The city was brilliantly illuminated. An envoy extraordinary from Constantinople had arrived on the previous day to congratulate their Majesties." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 12th publish copies of the propositions male in July by the Mexican Envoy for the settlement of the dispute between his country and Spain, and of some of the corre spondence which took place ; but these documents are not now of any general interest. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier and their family bad left Madrid Tor Andalusia. The Queen and King accompanied their Royal Highnesses to the railway station, and her Majesty pro mised to visit them at Seville before long. The Order of Maria Louisa had been conferred ou the Princess Clementina d'Orleans, wife of the Duk• Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha ; on the Princess Charlotte, daughter of the King of the Belgians ; and on a Princess of Sardinia ; and the Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos 111. has been granted to M. Alvarez, private secretary to the Queen. A royal decree enacts that M. Lopez shall cease to be Under Secretary of State for thedepart ment of the interior, but that he shall resume his duties as member of the Riyal Council: The pro ceedings in the Senate. and the Congress were un. important. The government had presented to both chambers the public accounts from 1853 to 1855, and a bill sanctioning the supplementary credits obtained in 1857, and those proposed for 1858. MARSEILLES, Wednesday. The steam-fihip Vectis, with the Bombay mails, arrived at Mar seillwi this day. Mails leave for London at 3 p.m. A Vienna letter announces that M. Christie, representative of Serria in the riverain commis sion of the Danube, had been summoned to Bel grade to become Minister of Justice, and was to be replaced at Vienna by M. Hakik. By a decree of the King of Hanover, the •es sion of tke D et of that kingdom has been ad journed to the 6th March next. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The screw steamship Kangaroo, Jeffrey cowman der, has arrived from New York, with advices to the 4th inst., one day later, $lO,OOO in specie, and upwards of 200 passengers. The screw steamship Edinburgh, from Glasgow, had arrived at New York. On the Bth inst. the Kangaroo passed the American ship Simoom, bound west ; on the 13th, in lat. 51 N., long. 21 W., spoke the steamer Arago, from Southampton ; on the 15th passed the Coquette, bound east ; and on the 16th, off Ballycotton, passed the barque Britain's Pride. In the Senate the debate upon the Lecompton message of the President had been at•journed. The House of Representatives had received the reports of the Naval Committee upon the action of Commodore Paulding in capturing the Filibusters. The majority reported his conduct as a grave en or, which called for the disapproval of Congress. Dui subject was referred to the committee of ihe whole. Advices had been received from the head-quatter s of the army at Utah to the 18th. Brigham You, g had delivered another warlike sermon in the Taber nacle, and enjoined the Saints to stick by him. Col. Johnstone anticipated the troops would have to fight in the spring. The money-market on the 3d continued active, and loans on calls were made as low as 4 per cent. ; acceptable securities were scarce, and a large amount of available capital remained unemployed. • The stock-market was also active and buoyant, especially for Cumberland, New York Central, Erie, Reading, and Toledo. The following were the closing rates :—lllinois Central Bonds, 954 ; New York Central Sevens, 100 ; ditto, Sixes, 884 ; Illinois Central Railroad, 97 ; Erie Railroad, 24 ; Harlem Railroad, 9; Reading Railroad, 581 ; Hud son Railroad, 20 ; New York Central, ex oividend, 82 ; Michigan Oentral, 64 ; Michigan Southern, 20; ditto Preference Stock, 3if ; Delaware and Hudson Company, 1121 ; Panama Railroad, 931 ; Cleve land and Toledo Railroad, 446 ; Cleveland, Colum bus, and Cincinnati Railroad, 91; Chicago and Rock Island Rail. oad, 71; Gelena and Chicago, 30. Foreign exchanges closed at full quotations. Cotton continued firm at the advance quoted on the 2d, with sales-1,200 at 1010. for middling, and 110. for middling fair. The flour-market remained without important change. Superfine State held firmly at 64 20c.— $4 18c. freely offered ; extra State selling pretty freely at $4 25c. to $4 300. for inferior qualities. Southern continues dull and drooping. Canadian without improvement. Whciat unchanged. Corn more active, 65c. to 67c. for yellow. Pork firm, with a good demand. Dressed hogs dull. Beef steady. Prime mess firm. Beef hams steady. Bacon firm, and in demand at 8 to 84 for long middles. Cut meats steady. Lard steady. Butter and cheese quiet. Raw sugar steady, refined unchanged. Molasses, with increased supply, in favour of buyers. In spirits of turpentine the.re had been a large movement, and an advance to 43c., and higher prices were asked, although a large number, of barrels are rumoured to have been sold to arrive. Crude turpentine quiet. Tar firm. Scotch pig iron quoted at $24 to $25 for six months, according to brand. Freights to London.—Flour, 2s. 3d. ; pork, 3s. ; bacon, 25.5. To Liverpiiol.—Corn, 40. to 41d. in bulk ; wheat in ships' bags, sd. ; flour, is. 9d. to is. lid. ; cotton, 3-16 d. ; Sea Island, id. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 3. Cotton generally unchanged, sales to day 4,500 bales ; molasses, 20c. ; fkur firm, at 4 dols. 23c. ; yellow corn, 58c. ; freights firmer ; cottou to Liver pool in English vmsele 13-32 d., and in American vessels, 15-30 d. CHARLESTON, FES. 3. Cotton advancing, sales to-day 2,400 bales ; middling fair at 11c. The Jane Henderson sailed from Baltimore for Liverpool on the 2d inst. ; the Alliance sailed from Charleston for Liverpool on the 31st ult. ; the Richambeau, from Liverpool, has arrived at New Orleans ; the Deposit, frum Calais, for Providence, has arrived at Newport with sails split, sprung a leak, and had to throw overboard a large portion of dock load. MOBILE, JAN. 19. The St. Charles steamer, for Montgomery, when aboye Selma, ran i n t o a bank, iejuriug her bow, and causing her to leak badly. Her deck cargo was thrown overboard, the leak way partially stopped, and she proceeded to Montgomery, de livering her cargo in a damaged state. THE PACIFIC). The arrival at Southampton of the West India malt steamer Orinoco puts us in possession of files of the Panama Star and Herald to the 23d of January. The steamer Bogota, from Callao, December 11, arrived in Panama Bay on the 21st ult. The news from "Valparaiso is of a more satisfac tory nature than that previously received. The harvest was an abundant one, and therefore the scarceness'of provisions had in some means been relieved. The mines of Atacama were growing better every day, and the yield of silver ore was becoming very large. The particulars of •the loss of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Valdivia had been published. At 7 a.m., on the 11th of D -cember, she struck during a thick fog at Duas Point, 15 miles south of Llico. The ship at once c anmenc€ d to fill rapidly, and the passengers and crew were immediately landed. In less than two hours she went to pieces. The accident was attiihutt d deviation of th e c ompasses, the abip b e i ng b u il t o f iron. A destructive fire took place inValparaiso on the 17th of December, at 1 a.m., in the square in front of the former Custom-house. By the exertions of the fire brigade, as isted by the crews of her Majesty's ship Monarch and the Wrench frigate Enabuscade, the flamas were prevented from spread ing. The loss was calculated at 200,0001., partly covered by insurance. The national steamer Maria Isabel, recently pur chased in England for 200,000 dollirs, was lost in Miseticordia Bay, in the Straits of Magellan. H er crew (consisting of 117 persons) were saved by the Sardinian bark San Jorge, and had arrived at Val paraiso. The San Jorge, from Genoa, was pre- lAYS• viously repored lost or in distress in the Straits, and the Maria Isabel was ordered to search for her, and offer any assistance required. She was in sight of the San Jorge when the accident occurred. A French ship had brought a number of Sisters of Charity and two priests to Valparaiso. The British ship Salvadora arrived at Valparaiso, reported having passed on the 28th of November, in lat. 36 south, the American sloop Antoinette, boarded her, and found her deserted, took a few articles from the vessel, which soon afterwards went down. The republic of Bolivia, under its provisional President, appeared to be at present quiet. The Government was engaged in reforming the postal service. The pay of the army had been reduced. Signor Carbajal, Consul of New Granada, had made a reclamation against the Government for 9,000 dollars, being the amount stolen from him when General Cordoba attacked Cockahamba. It was said that Mr. Dana, United States Minister, was about to resign his mission. PROFESSOR FARADAY ON "STATIC INDUCTIuN." Professor Faraday the other night delighted a crowded audience of ladies and gentlemen, in the front of whom sat his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, with a discourse on "Static Induction." " What is Static Induction 1" was a general inquiry by the ladies before the lecturer commenced ; but the gentlemen interrogated could give no satisfac tory explanation. They fenced with the question as best they could, but it seemed pretty clear that they knew little or nothing about the matter. When the gi eat philosopher appeared, he twisted a large stick of sealing-wax in a flannel cap, and told his audience that was static induction latent. He separated the cap from the wax, and static induction was developed. He put them together again, and it vanished ; he held up the flannel cap, and said every one present was then thrown into 'he condition of static induc tion. The stick of sealing wax was put into a vessel of sulphur, in'o glass jars, and into metal ice pails, but neither sulphur, glass,. nor metal could obstruct the action ; nay, the thicker the in terposed mass the More freely was static induction produced. Neither solidity nor. thin air could. oppose resistance to the passage of dris mysterious force through apace. Everything in Nature is, according to Faraday, more or less under its in fluence ; and yet, if the educated classes of this country were submitted to a competitive examina tion, and were asked to explain the meaning of static induction, how few of them would. escape plucking ! To save them from that disgrace we will cram them for the occasion. In the dictionaries it will be found that Statics "is the science which con siders the weigh's of bodies," and that Induction "is the act of taking possession of an ecclesiastical living ;" but the candidate under examination would nevertheless commit a grievous error were he, in answer to the question, " What is Static In duction ?'' to say that it is the taking possession of a rich living. The matter he has to consider is absolutely without weight, and has no relation what ever to Church preferments ; therefore, let him not be misled by the explanations of the dictionaries. It has to do with electricity, and with that peculiar condition of the force which is developed on the sur faces of all bodies in the presence of an excited electric, however, distant they may be. That such a little thing as a stick of sealing-wax, should have the power, when rubbed, of producing that action in distant bodies through the intervening air and through solid masses, wonderful as it seems, is in reality no more marvellous than it should possess the power of falling to the ground. • But that is not the point to which our examination tends ; nor does the condition of the intervening particles. by which those actions at a distance are supposed to be transmitted, come within the present range of questions. What the candidate would next be called upon to explain would be, why the pro duction of electricity at a distance, by rubbing a stick of sealing-wax, is called Static Induction. In answering that question the safest course would be to look wise and talk big about " static electricity," " positive and negative," "resinous and vitreous," and the "inducement of opposite conditions." If the candidate introduces these phrases adroit:y, he will be sure to pass, but be must be careful, above all things, to avoid exprest , ing the opinion —however strong may be his conviction of its truth—that the term "static induction" is absurd and unintelligible, anti has little more relation to the subject than " the taking possession of a rich living." In the numerous discussions that have taken place on education, the teaching of " common things " has been one of the propositions which has met with moat general acceptance ; but to teach common things, it is necessary to use common words. It would be advisable, therefore, to hegira by the adoption of a more simple form of language for the teaching natural science ; and it might not, be amiss, in the promotion of that object, to have an educational establishment for teaching scientific men the use of their native tongue and the right application of terms. Most of them might with advantage be sent to school to learn again the tlemenfs of the English language, and be sat to write exercises in words of one syllable. We might then hope that the wise men who write books, and now use long, hard names that are not to be found out, would tell us what they mean in nice short words such as all of us know. The last sentence is offered as an example to guide them in their tasks. The jargon of technicality ought to have disap peared with full-bottomed wigs and gold-headed canes, and when learned doctors threw aside the di ess of charlatans the charlatanry of technical lan guage should have been discarded. Not only would the puldic in general be benefited by the disuse of technicalities that give a distaste to scientific iuquiry, but science itself would. be the gainer by the substitution of correctly de signating names for terms concocted from the dead languages, which not urtfrequently serve but to disguise, by their unfamiliar sounds, senseless absurdity or the veriest puerillity. Many of the names that astonish the million by their grand sounds, and are accepted without dispute, when stripped of their Greek disguises, and re duced to their simple meanings, resemble rather the designations of the nursery than the nomen clature of science. Such combinations of nouns and adjectives as "a great creature," "a big bird," to be found in early reading lessons we should scarcely exp ec t t o b e appl i ed to specific terms by men of science, nor would they venture to do so in their native language • but, under th e gu i se o f " megatherium" and "Clinornis," childish prattle is received with the deference due to wisdom. But to return to our starting-point, where we left the Prince Consort and a crowd of ladies and gen' denten assembled to hear a lecture on "Static In duction." We have endeavoured to explain the u ru n e d a e n r in c g om of p t e h ti a t t iv t e er e m xami for na t t h i e on; benefitbut w o h f y ca t u h d a i t d c a p t n es . con dition onoofwen ingenuity lectricityshtoould we e ou l l e d ft giving only g enera l instructions to l oo k w i se an d beststifi tehde, y explainb be s a m s y ta'k bg. Those instructions were based, be it understood, on the assumption that the examiners knew as little about the matter as themselves, and would be equally puzzled to give a satisfactory. explanation. The full-bottomed wig and the gel' headed cane have ind ee d , no t a l together departe and the habits of fo r m er ti mes st ill cling unconsc i ously to those most o pp ose d t o charlantary, o, which fact the title of Professor Faraday's lectur e affords an illustration. Hence the necessity of native language in its simplicity, beitti sending our philosophers to school, orchool, e learn they ean m successfully undertake the teaching of " comon things."--Morning Post. TiII LATE LIEUT. SALKELD.—We are happy to be enabled to state that the Court of Directors have granted an annuity of 1001. a year to the family of the late gel iant Lieut. Salkeld, payable to his father, the Rev. R. Salkeld. The character for liberality towards their ser vants which the company have always sustained beg suffered no diminution under the recent heavy pressure upon their resources. In such instances of well-directed rewards, the administration of the company presents at advantage over that of the Queen's Government, which has no fund at ifs command for similar purpeles, and is obliged to obtain the sanction of Parliament for any pecial grants, however meritorious the claitas may be. Grindlay's Home News for lnaiet. _ _ On Monday tote marriage of the Rev. J. S. Moffatt, - , on of the celebrated Robert Moffatt, and Miss Emily Unoin, daughter of Mr. J. S. Unwin, of Brighton, took place at the Union-street Chapel in that town. The eerenuomy acquired an additional degree of interest front r. tie presenc , , of Dr. Livingstone. The newly-married couple will accompany Dr. Livingstone to Africa. Mr. Salisbury has paired i❑ favour of Sir John Tre• lawney's measure on church rates with Mr. Mainwaririf atza , n , t ; a , ,d in isentor of the Indian Bill, with Mr. Pal intr (ivlayo) against. THE ENOINhEE tiENRY WATT.—The following is copy of a despatch received from the Foreign-office, by Mr. William Watt, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in reply to a letter addressed by Mr. Watt to Lord Clarendon, requesting the government to assist him in reaching his brother, so long the victim of Naapoldan oppression " Foreign-office, Feb., 1853. Sir,—•l am directed b the Earl of Clarendon to acquaint you, in reply to your letter of the 19th instant, that if you will present your self at the Foreign office, Downing-street, in the after noon of Thursday next, the 18th inst., you will be sent, free of expense, to - Naples, in company (as far as Messina) of one of her Majesty's messengers, who will be despatched i❑ the evening of that day ; and I am to add that Lord Clarendon has much satisfaction in thus complying with your request.—l am, sir, your obedient ser►ant, E. HAMMOND. To Mr. William Watt, Sbieldfield, Newcastle."