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appeal to you fey a renewal of the trust you have for the last six years done me the honour to repose in me. " If the result of his past conduct is office, and his lord ship's declaration, had not justified the assurance that his measures would be directed with a wise and prudent at tention to the amelioration and maintenance of the laws and institutions of the country, and that necessary changes should be undertaken and carried out in a spirit of pru dence and deliberation ;—if I were not convinced that his resolution to uphold the dignity of this country is only equalled by the ardent desire that we should enjoy tte blessings of peace and amity with surrounding nations' i t would not have been necessary for me to address y ou . and to ask yon, as I now do, to ratify by my re-elect ion your approval of the conditions under which I am about to take a part in the administration of the affairs of the nation, t 4 be, Gentlemen, "I have the honour to J, " Your obedient and faithful zerrant, "LOVAINE. " London, lit March, 1858." His Lordship will be unopposed. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. The Senate met yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, when the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole was again re turned as the representative of the University in ParEa meat. As there was ne opposition there was a very thin attendance of electors, not more than a dozen besides the officials being present. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. The nomination of a member for this county conse quent upon the acceptance of office of Mr. Disraeli, has been fixed to take place on Monday next at the County hall, Aylesbury, when it is expected the light hon. gentleman, who seeks re-election, will deliver his "manifesto." No opposition is anticipated. BELFAST. The new Solicitor-General has issued the following address : " TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF BELFAST. " Gentlemen, —Having accepted the office of her Ma jesty's Solicitor-General my seat in the House of Commons tam become vacant, and I venture to ask from you the restoration of the important trust you have already twice committed to my care. My public conduct has been now for some years before you—my political principles are well known to you. In discharging the important duties of a law officer of the Crown, I trust that, without any depar ture from those principles, I may be enabled to find enlarged means and opportunities of promoting all mea sures of public advantage and improvement, and of watch ing over the interests of the town and constituency with which I am connected by birth and long association, and to represent which I consider the highest honour that can befall me in public life. I hope to have the pleasure of waiting upon you as soon as the arrangements consequent On my new duties will permit me. And meantime I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obliged and very faith ful servant, " H. M. Cams." FILER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant success of the closing representations, and in order to accommodate the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR DAY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows : Tuesday, March 16, LA TRAVIATA : Violetta, Piccolo mini ; Alfredo. Ginglini. Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia; Azncena, Sannier ; Manrico, Giuglini. Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO : Marie, Piccolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo by Madlle. Piecolomini and Signor Giug lini. Prices s—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair. 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, March 11. Flexes in the meantime may be secured by application to Mr. Fish, stage door, Her Majesty's Theatre. No other representation can be possibly given before the Commencement of the Summer Season. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Master Walter, Mr. Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buckstona. 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 may be retained the whole of the sveniagl. 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. 5. d Dress Boxes Upper Boxes ....... ........ 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr, Chas. Kean ; Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After winch, a new grand eornie Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. TR E T H OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be presented Sir E. L. Bnlwer s play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Elsworthy. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MCRE, Mr. Barney Williams, After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B, Williams. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. - ROYAL LYCEUM THE ATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADY OF ST. TR )PEZ. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr. Webb, and Mr. J. L. Tools : Mrs. C. Dillon and Miss Woolgar. Followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Margery, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Cousin Joe, M. J. L. Toole. After which, the new f tree of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 30x-office open from 11 to 5 daily. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. lA/ Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed the play of LUCRETIA BORGIA. After which, MY WIFE'S OUT. To conclude with THE SAILOR OF F RANGE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING. —The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S:lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz..—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Nfiss Bruaell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. 1. Critchfield and E. Mackaey. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonglamans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 6 min. aft. s—Even., 22 min. aft 5 To-ifoßitow —Morn., 38 min. aft. s—Even., 51 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 5. lIIIIINIOXETE/t, IN THE SHADE. 42—highest since noon yesterday. 37—loweet this morning and during the night. 40 —this day at noon. BABOICIETICIL dawn to 29.48, now up to 29.60. W I 3 D. N.N.E. ; rather fresh, with slight snow, and a a*tided thaw, and plenty of slush. &•,.--;1111 CU 4 ,t LONDON, FRIDAY, lIARCH 5, 1858. The Ministerial re-elections and the statements delivered on the hustings by the several candidates are, for the time being and until the renewal of g - the Parliament campaign, th esub jects re ;dek.. with the b greatest interest 'Emory hint y tbe gen era l community. Althoug h a new R e f orm Bill was explicitly mut as to the future mgt i g eageri p o l icy of the Govern- promised in the last speech from the Throne, friend % I canvassed by en • emies as wall as there was such an eVident disposition on the part and, by the s til l utes more numerous section of the late Premier and his colleagues to shirk who look t o us an:ialolated. to promote vided that the c ourse r ?" till "' men ; and, re th e whole question as long as possible by every the welfare, happiness, 1,,s y t of the na- ; really alm ost species of injurious procrastination, that we are proaperit wh o, are profoundly indifferent disposed to regard as more propitious whom the state chariot may be t o those by u \ to the Liberals of the United Kingdom the vaguer, reason the more candid and \ me:erneinteg7ly urances, volunteered Mon day its onward career ! y the Chief of the chiet \ *but for that very Ac..ofttlesrtit,,epreating as something very nearly * objection urged against Lor A d s pE y a e s t Y :1 111 3 his col utional the r custom o f " a Minister with 200 votes is \ on leagues is that the SovEaz e iZto lainie4" new Administration ready to proceed with all the measures, for which Lord PALMERSTON" calculated on the aid of his pledging overwhelming majority." Indeed the Tines, the ; considered—measures whiohe"heur; not J ,uly leader of the malcontents, seems to fear that L)rd visers are not in any By Prepared at a t T lT 's ad- DERBY should concede more than could be antici- , to submit to the consideration of the Lee m oment • gislature l o f DERBY dashed the h pated from his predecesso r. It blames file At- the Ear °pee of th e e by this distinct avowal, torney-General for speaking too freely in favour more sanguin " I will of " equal electoral districts," which it designates not pledge either myself or my colleagues to as " by far the most important element in the introduce either now or at any time a Bill upon Chartist theory of the future Constitution." Now this subject." But—observe the Premier had Sir FITZBAY TCTtra.-y' a argument went not to the already admitted the insufficiency of the previous extent of a complete equalisation, but rather to a more suitable apportionment of political power—so that the opinions of a few hundred favoured electors should not carry with them as much weight of more than double as many thou sands of persons equally competent to form sound practical views on public affairs. It also asserts that popular demands may be rashly granted, or imprudently refused according to the pressure of the moment, on an unstable Ministry." It is for these very reasons that we are willing to give a fair trial to the existing Government, to judge them rather by the proposals which they bring forward, than by the reckless and untenable ob jections of factious opponents. Nothing could be more injurious to the publio interests than to confer a virtual monopoly on one man or set of men, which would be the result if the people were blindly to follow the advice of the Times, and constitute Lord EUMERSTON an absolute dic tator, whose will should be obeyed under any pcs- sible circumstances. As yet no opposition has been offered to the re-election of any of those who, by the acceptance of office, have vacated their seats in Parliament. Mr. WALPOLE has been returned without opposi tion for the University of Cambridge, General PEEL for Huntingdon, and Lord STANLEY for King's Lynn. The Secretaries of State are there fore already provided with seats. The Co lonial Secretary has spoken boldly and explicitly, in a manner that will receive the cordial approbation of the nation. He has long been recognised as a sincere Liberal— the most promising and rising statesman of the day. His accession to office materially strength ened the Government, affording as it did reason able grounds for anticipating that, at least, as good measures might be anticipated at their hands as could be looked for from Lord PALMERSTON ; more especially if, as the Times desires, he could have everything his own way, and had nothing to fear from a hostile vote in the representative branch of the Legislature. The Leviathan declares that he delivered " a speech which might have suited any member of the late Government on the occasion of a re-election," and that "for everything he has an elaborate reason, except for his position as a member of Lord. DERBY'S Cabinet." Now we are disposed to think that his cc-operation goes far to prove that he has reason to believe that his views will be more fairly carried out by his present Cabinet, than if he had accepted the office tendered for his acceptance by the late one. The Noble Lord justly and proudly referred to his votes on two questions of social reform, of no ordinary importance, which received the Legislative sanction during the past Session. He describes the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill as "a step, but only a single step in that course of Legal Reform, of the necessity of which every year and almost every day that he lived convinced him more and more." The Divorce Bill, rendering equal justice to rich and poor in the most important matter affecting their happiness, and protecting the property of deserted wives, also received his ardent and unqualified support. He then touched on three very interesting topics—the future Government of India, the question of Parliamentary Reform, and that of our relations with other European powers—and went fairly into each. On India he had opposed the renewal of the Company's Charter in 1853, and supported a motion for carrying on the Indian Government in the name of the Crown. These opinions he will - be prepared to carry into practical execution. He at the same time declares that a strict religious neutrality is the only course which will be wise and just. On the Reform question he also speaks boldly and earnestly. He asks for delay until next session, in order to enable the Government to frame a just and comprehensive measure, at the same time honestly avowing that in our Parlia mentary constitution there are many anomalies removable by legislation—anomalies of which the evil is not merely theoretical, but results in practical abuse. Adding that the excessive value which belongs ,to every single vote in small constituencies has a direct tendency to produce corruption—and also that many districts have not their adequate share of representation. This shows that he concurs on these important points with the Attorney-General, and induces us to hope that he may be numbered amongst the supporters of the Ballot when the time arrives for taking the opinion of the House on that question. At the same time ho deprecates the introduction of piecemeal reforms, desiring that the whole sub ject shall be dealt with in its entirety. This is a reasonable application, under the circumstances, which he has so clearly and distinctly explained, as if satisfied that Lprd DERBY'S Government were determined to introduce a large and compre hensive measure—and Lord STANLEY'S speech goes far to prove that such is their intention—and we should willingly accord the time claimed for maturing a bill that ought to prove acceptable to the nation. The handsome tribute to the honesty and power—the best protection of the poor and humble against the powerful—a protection which our Legislature has created, and which no legisla tion can take away, proves that the Fourth E3tate may be certain of fair play from any Government of which the Noble Lord is a leading and influen tial member. On the Refugee question he is the most explicit, and, we may add, the most satisfactory, of any person that has hitherto spoken. He shows that it is by no means clear that any legislation is required. He thinks and hopes that it is not. At all events the point will soon be elucidated by an impending trial that will prove the real state of the law. On the whole, the speech of Lord STANLEY is just what might have been expected, from his well-established reputation, and goes far to create confidence in the Cabinet with which he could feel himself justified in holding office. It fully merits fair play, which is all that he claims at the hands of the nation. THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 5, 18r:ti. Reform Bill, the one in the responsibility and glory of carrying -which he himself had personally participated. And—in addition to this signifi- cant admission, he now immediately added t 3 his announcement of his inerradicable repugnance to enter into any positive engagements—this suffi ciently emphatic and re-assuring declaration, " I prefer to go beyond rather than to fall short of any pledges or promises which I may give in this house." Remarking still further—" But this I may say, that as soon as the pressure of Parliamentary business enables us distinctly and carefully to consider the question, we will direct our attention to the defects which exist in the laws regulating the representation of the people in Parliament." Nor is this all—the Prime Minister observes ab solutely in so many words, " We the advisers of the Crown will give that attention to the subject, " with the sincere and earnest desire to trifle no longer with this great question, but with the hope that we may be able"—mark this ; not vaguely, not indifferently, not upon the arrival of the Greek Kalends, or contemporaneously with the quadrature of the circle, but—" in the next ses sion of Parliament, to lay before the Legislature and the country"—in so many plain words, A. New Reform Bill ! As Lord DERBY describes it—" a measure upon that subject which may for a time settle a matter of such deep importance, and which, if we cannot hope to please everybody — which would indeed be a most extravagant expec tation—may at least be accepted as a fair and reasonable measure, by moderate, impartial, and well-educated men." More than this, perhaps, we could hardly in reason look for from the lips of a Conservative First Lord of the Treasury. More than this—of course in their own peculiar interpretation of the words—would hardly be projected by the more rationally advanced of our Liberal Reformers. For no one surely but the daftest day-dreamer would cherish for an instant the visionary notion of a Parliamentary Reform Bill otherwise than one of a purely temporary character ; Reform upon every imaginable subject obviously " growing with the growth and strengthening with the strength, of a people steadily advancing on the path of civili zation. Wherefore, what we perceive we must expect to make up our minds to now, is the post ponement of the question of Parliamentary Reform until the next session of the Legislature. Lord DERBY tells us this bluntly and point blank. Lord PALMERSTON intimated the same unwelcome truth indirectly and inferentially. It comes pretty much to the same thing in the end—as to the time lost before the giving of these wished for improvements. Only that circumstances have now happily elicited from the Conservative Leader the very satisfactory explanation of what is really meant by Conservatism—implied by the almost indignant exclamation, " My Lords, there can be no greater mistake than to suppose that a Conservative Ministry necessarily means a sta- tionary Ministry." A slight difference, this, from the ever memor able dead-lock declaration—the dogged " thus far and no further"—of the late Duke of WEL LINGTON. Ulteriorly there is every fair prospect of our obtaining a measure productive of great, judicious, and comprehensive changes in our whole system of representation. The resolutions of the committee appointed to investigate the charge against Mr. Bril'T have fully and completely exonerated that honourable and learned gentleman from the charges -which were sohastily adopted by Mr.ROBBIJOK. They show that he did not corruptly enter into an agreement with the Ameer ALT MooRAD KHAN or his agents to advocate or prosecute his claims in the House cf Commons. Nor was any money paid in pursuance of any such agreement. The resolutions will be found in, ex tens° in another part of our impression. They confirm the statements made by the Hon. Gentle man to the Committee, that his parliamentary advocacy was wholly disinterested, and was be stowed from a sense of the injustice with which the AMUR had been treated by the East Indian authorities. It was not until a certain result had been attained, and the Ameer recommended to return to India, that any pecu niary question was ventilated, and that not as a remuneration for put Parliamentary services, but for professional aid to be rendered in India. Considering the high professional character of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, and the extraordinary ability he invariably displayed on every occasion, we cannot feel surprised that the Ameer should have been desirous of se curing his valuable services in India, so that he may be enabled to aid and advise in earning out the objects which he had previously placed in such a satisfactory position. It could not be asserted that 10,0001. would be au extravagant re compense to a barrister in large practice for surrendering for at least a year the emolu ments he was realising, and the prospects of professional advancement which he might fairly anticipate. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that when the vacancies on the judicial bench occurred in Ireland, Mr. BUTT was generally considered as having an excellent chance for the Solicitor-Generalship. That prospect would necessarily be relinquished had he gone to India, and his practice necessarily impaired. He would also have devoted a large sum to Insurance Companies to guard against the extra risk, not sanctioned by policies previously granted, or those which might be effected in anticipation of the journey. It was, there fore, only wonderful that he should have accepted even 10,0001. as an adequate return for what might so greatly have affected his future position both in the Legislature and at the Bar. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman having been thus completely exonerated, it is only to be regretted that Mr. ROEBUCK should have lent himself to what calm investigation must have proved to him to be harsh and untenable proceedings against a brother mem ber. It would have been well if he had considered more closely the character of the c3m plaint, which did not proceed from one who had been in any way defrauded of money, but was a matter of private vengeance by a third person, who was himself a party to the agreement, if any such existed, and who never said a word on the subject until there had been a dispute with the man whom he attempted to injure. Mr. ROEBUCK ought, at least, to have awaited the production of the docu ments which Mr. BUTT offered to lay before him on the following Monday, and also to have received the explanations which were freely tendered. He expresses his belief in the truth of the charges without hearing the defence of the party incul pated, and must now deplore the credulity which induced him to lend himself to a proceeding so vexatious, and so completely without adequate foundation. --------- Mr. B UTT h as p assa d the ordeal , and we trust that Mr. ROEBUCK will be prepared to make the amends honorable for the trouble and expenEe which his rashness has occasioned, on the earliest opportunity for so doing. The last official aot of Lord Palmerston was to send a donation of loot. to M. Mogrtdge, the widow of the admirable writer so long known as " Old Rurephrey." THE CHARGE AGAINST MR. ISAAC BUTT, M.P. The following are published as the resolutions of the committee of the House of Commons appointed to investigate Mr. Roebuck's charge against Mr. I. Butt :- 1. That Isaac Butt, Esq., Q.C., a member of this house, did not, as stated in the petition of Edward Lees Coffey, in or about the months of Julyor August, 1856, corruptly enter into an agree ment with his Highness Ameer Ali Moorad Khan, or his agents, to the effect that the said Isaac Butt should, for a sum of money, advocate and prosecute, in the House of Commons, with her Majesty's Government and the Honourable East India Company, the claims of his Highness for the recoveryof histerrit ory,ofwhichhe had beendeprived by annexation by the Honourable East India Com pany, nor in pursuance of such corrupt agree ment, have divers sums of money been actually paid by the said Ameer Ali Moorad Khan to the said Isaac Butt." 2. That Isaac Butt , Esq. , in or about the month ' did enter intoan agr e ement with his Ameer Moorad Khan to go to o H f i J o u n ly e , ss lB th s e 7 India to assist him in prosecuting his claim with the local government of Bombay, in consideration of the sum of 10,0001., of which the said Isaac Butt received 2,000/. ( 1 , 99 9 1 . net), and the remainder was to be paid in bills proposed to be drawn or ac cepted by the Ameer. 3. That Isaac Butt, Esq., did, in the period which elapsed from the month of June, 1856, to the month of Sept., 1857, advise and assist his High ness Ali Moorad Khan in prosecuting his claim on the government of India, and with that view had frequent personal interviews in the year 1857, after the meeting of the present Parliament, with the President of the Board of Control, and also some communications with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the East India Company, and with one other member of the board. 4. That on the 11th day of August, 1857, Isaac Butt, Esq., received from his highness Ali Moorad Khan a cheque for another sum of 3001., but it has not been shown to your committee that such payment to Isaac Butt, Esq., had any reference to proceedings in Parliament. LORD CHELMSFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SDH. SlR,—Allow me to advert to two errors in your notice of Lord Chelmsford, contained in Wednesday's Suit. First, Sir F. Thesiger was QueeA's Counsel, but never was Sergeant, Secondly, Lord Cottenham was not, like Lord Chelms ford, transferred from the bar to the woolsack per saltun The former first sat at the Rolls as Sir Charles Christopher repys, where he decided several reported cases.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, PERRY SPARKES, Barrister-at-Llw, Exeter. Exeter, March 4, 1858. [Our correspondent is quite correct. We quoted the paragraph from a morning paper.—ED. Sun.] EIIGLAIVD IS MIGHTY YET. Let war upraise its gory brand, Ana strike with grief tha bleeding land ! Still heroes riso !a glorious band ! And teach us never to forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet. Let famine, with its stealthy tread, Steal from our poor the needful bread ; Still, never let the word be said, That shows us Britons' can forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet. Though plague, with hideous poison blast, Among our homes hath fiercely passed ; Fan while our tears are flowing fast ! Oh ! Britons, let us ne'er forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet. Let schism distract ! let cant prevail Let rogues succeed where good men fail ! Let preachers rant, and party rail ! Spite of all this, we'll ne'er forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet ! And while we're weeping tears of blood— For horrors done by Satan's brood ; That rebel crew, once more subdued • The whole wile world shall ne'er iorget, England, think God ! is mighty yet. Though foreign despots dare to claim England's subservience ! England's shame Let us---in freedom's holy name ! .Swear that we never can forget, England, thank God ! is mighty yet. FRANK DE FONBLANQUE. The Empetot has presented to the Musee des Scoriae rains of the Louvre a beautiful leather casket, bound with steel clasps, which. belonged to Henry IL of France. Lord Stratford de Redeliffe is going to Consilmtinople to take lean of the Sultan, previous to his final retire ment. Mr. Lyons, secretary to the Legation at Flere.nce, is, we hear, to be sent to Naples to watch the trial of the English engineers. The overland Australian mail, via Marseilles, is Expected to arrive in Ie• ndon 911 the 9t - h, and at South ampton on the 15th inst. The Rev. Father Ravignan, the well known preacher, has just expired at Paris. The paragraph in an Australian journal, stating Miss Madeline Smith had arrived in Australia, is not true. Miss Smith has never, it appears, charged her elace of residence since she lett Glasgow.--Edinburgh Witness. THE MAILS.—SOOTLIAMPTON, Thursday.—The steam ship Indus, Captain Evans, lett this day with the Eest India and China mails, a f ull cargo, specie of the value are Commanders J 201,2161. 19s. 61., 0s and 94 pass engers , among w h om C ling and P e ch e ll, Major Balfour, Captain Drummond, and Lieutenants Williams and Galbraith. The Bishop of Bibles will embark at Mar seilles for Hong-K THE LATE GALES.—DovER, Thursday Evening.—The east arid n orth-east gales have continued, but with rather I paet, ea'csseveritY'during the la s t 25 h ours. The Engl i sh ma il Prince Frederick Wiliam, left for Ostend at 4 30 a in. yesterday, made a good passage, and returned here again last evening at 11. Tne Belgian packet, with the mails of Tuesday, arrive.l only three hours before her, and both mails were despatched by the same train at 2 to-day. e heavy sea in the bar at Calais prevented any arrival or departure ixcept at a great risk ; but the India mail got over yesterday, and the French and Eng lish mails came over tc-day at 4.40 p.m. Ts-night the mails will depart in due cours,, a y e sterday, decided to employ steam tugs in EMPLOYM ENT OF STEAM T UGS IN THE LIFEBOAT SER VICE.—Tce .Mersey Dock s an d H ar b our Board, at their l i fe b o ats to and fr om wrecked vessole, and in ren tuirweitnirgi dering other services which may be required. The tugs are not to be of less than 100 -horse power, and the remuneration of their trailers will he greduated accord. ing to the distances run and the length of time engaged alongside the wrecks. The latter point will he regulated according to the will of the lifeboat master. By the new arrangement it is expected that a steam tug can be con stantly maintained at the entrance to the river, ;Atli steam up, reae y for action. ;past eight, at Burlington chisel' in the c h a i r . Papers ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCl ETY .. —E ven i ng meet i ne, count of Expl ora t ions i n the tri N I:bun:dere read a , ds rle). Roderick h eFr B ai , erkt a hl t e r h mA a l uc t Desert east of the Hawaii ; by Cyril C. Graham, E , q., F.R.G.S. 2. Contributions to the Knowledge of New Guinea ; by Dr. S ilornon Muller; communicated by John Yeats, Esq , F.R G.e. S UBMA RINE TELEGRAPH BETW EEN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—A highly respectable meeting o f commerc i a l and other gentlemen was held on M on d a y wee k, in the Victoria Rooms, Jersey, to take into consideration the desirableness and possihiliiy of establishing a submarine ce mmmunication between England and the Channel Islands. Mr. Jude,eQeetteville having been called to the chair, briefly stated the objects of the meeting, and said that at the request of the Chamber of Commerce he had corresponded with Messrs. Newell and Co., who appeared incluied to undertake the laying down of the electric cable at the cost of about 20,9001. to take for themselves shares to the amount of 5,000/., and find friends to take sense to the same amount. The Attorney General said that when in London lately, with Mr. Robert Pipon Marett, they had interviews with the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, with the Secretary and the First Lord of the Admiralty, and with Mr. Washington, the hydrographer of the Admiralty, and everywhere they had found an assur ance that government would concur and assist in the undertaking if a respectable company were formed. Mr. Bishop, president of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce, spoke in favour of the proposition, and the (sleeting then separated. A meeting is also announced to be held in Guernsey in furtherance of the above object, and little doubt is entertained of its success. REGENT -STREET NOT TO BE PAVED.—A very important and num erous l y atten d e d mee ti ng o f the vestry of St. James's, Westmivater, was held early yesterday morning, in the vestry-room, for the purpose of coesidering the motion of the Hon. Mr. Byng, which had for its object the repairing of one-fourth of Regent-street, commencing from Oxford-street, with three-inch granite cubes. This resolution had been carried at a former vestry meeting, and gave great offence to the inhabitants of Regent-street, who came to the conclusion that their trade would be serieusly affected by the proposed "improvement." An agitation was set on foot, and a meeting was held at the Hanover-square Rooms, when elr. Jay, D. Nic 1, Esq., Mr. Chinnoces, and other gentlemen entered their pr At-at against the paving, and Mr. Nicoll placed an amendment on the books to rescind the resolution of Mr. Byng. Mr. Nicoll yesterday, in a long speech, pointed out the injury ',bat. would be sustained by tire traders of Regent -street if the granite pavement were laid down, and concluded by proposing his amendment to rescind the resolution of Mr. Byng. A discassiort ensued, at the termination of which the hon. gentleman's amendment was put, wh en upon a division it wart adopted by 22 again-t 13, and the question is now said to be finally arranged. No MORE MADEIRA.—A Funchal correspondent says that it is now an open question whether any more Madeira wine will ever be produced. None has been made sit ce 1851, and there are now only some 7,000 or 8,000 pipes upon the entire island. All recent attempts to thatm facture this wine have utterly failed, and pumpkin vi now adorn the old grape arbours once covered with abundant clusters of rich grapes. EST Nit,WS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have received the following despatch from Marseilles this (Friday) morning : " The steam-ship Euxine, with the Bombay mails, arrived at Marseilles at 11 p.m. yesterday. " The mails left for London at midnight." AMERICA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The steamship City of Baltimore has arrived from New York, with one day's later advices and 43,369 dole. in specie. On the 18th ult. she spoke the Schultza, and on the 19th passed the steamship Africa, hence for New York. In the House of Representatives the special Kansas Committee had adopted a resolutiott in strucing the chairman to procure from the State Department the census and registry of votes taken in Kansas, in accordance with law. A steamer bound for Fayetteville had exploded at Whitewall, and killed from 15 to 20 persons. The New York money market was very buoyant, and the supply ample. The stock market generally drooping. Virginia Sixes declined ; Missouri, ; New York Central, 1i ; New York and EriP, ; Panama Railroad, i; Illinois Central, 1. Easiness entirely speculative. Foreign exchange steady, and good and commer cial signatures in demand. Bankers' b lls firmer. Rates—London, 1071 to 108/ 60 days' commercial signature, and 109 to 110 for bankers', with little doing over 1091 ; ditto, at sight, 1101 ; Paris, 60 days, 5 171 5 131 ; Hamburg, 37 371. Cotton declined another quarter cent. and closed heavily at the reduction. The flour markets were irregular. Medium and better grades well supported ; Southern a little easier for some descriptions ; Canadian steady. Corn meal in bettor demand. Corn more active, with good demand for export. Pork firmer. Beef higher for gobd qualities; prime mess firmly held ; bacon, ditto. 'Lard less buoyant. Crude turpen tine firm. Spirits animated, as 471- to 48. Good qualities of sugar in fair demand. Freights to London—Bacon, 255. ; beef, 4s. 6d. ; cheese, To Liverpool—Corn, in bulk, 5d ; bacon, 20s. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 16. Cotton declined ic. Sales, 6,000 bales ; mid dling 11 to 111. Stock in port, 390,000 bales. AUGUSTA, FEB. 17. Cotton dull ; declined ic. to The Alboni, from Sunderland, had arrived at New Yoik, with loss of maintopsail, mainspencer, stove boats, &c., having experienced heavy gales from the westward. The Charles Fulgate, from Baltimore for New York, with a cargo of corn, was ashore at Squan, with four feet of water in her hold and filling fast. The Indian Queen, from Mat.nza for Philadel phia, is below Norfolk, in distress. A schooner was ashore at Long Branch, West Indies. One dead body was taken from the rigging. Crew supposed to be lost. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Para, Captain Hicks, has arrived, with the India and China Mails. She left Alexandria Feb. 20th ; Malta, Feb. 23d; and Gibraltar, Feb. 2Zth ; and has had strong gales and variable winds. The Pera brings 67 passengers, among whom are the widow and daughter of the late Brigadier Wilson, and several officers wounded at Cawnpore, Lucknow, &c. None of the lady refugees from Lucknow have come by the Pera, and there is no case of mutilation on board. Dr. Mackenzie, late surgeon of the steamer Ori ental, died in the Pera on the 23d ult. The Pera brings 240 packages of specie (value not stated), 1,593 bales of silk, 147 cases ditto, 23 cases of shawls, 800 bags of wheat, 126 cases gum, and sundries. The Pera spoke the steamships Britannia, leaving Malta 23d, Colombo 25th, at 2 p.m., 110 miles east of Cape de Gatt ; Sultan 28th, at 5 p.m., 40 miles south-east of Cape St. Vincent ; and Indus at 7.30 p.m. last night, off Portland. Gibraltar exchanges on the 27th were quo tod— London, 491 ; PariP, sf. 29c. ; Marseilles, de. ; Genoa, sf. 35i3. The Russian schooner Carl put in at Gibraltar on the 22d with loss of foremast, bulwarks, boats, &c. On the 23d the British schooner Caroline, from Newport to Venice, with railway iron, arrived under jurymasts to effect repairs. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. 'We have an arrival which brings us news to the 26th of February, from the Turkish capital. It was rumoured that the negotiations between England and Turkey in relation to the occupation of the Isle of Perim, had closed by an acceptance of an indemnity by the Ottoman Government. A violent earthquake has laid Corinth in ruins, killing thirty persons. The shocks continue with less violenc?, but increasing the damage. A fire at Constantinople has burnt 300 houses. The palace of the Governor of Adrianople had been destroyed by fire. The mischief is attributed to incendiarism. The reports of the European Commissioners in the Principalities will not be complete before the end of the month of March. The authorities of Genoa have invited the citi zens to energetic action, for the suppression of disorder. Nocturnal patrols have been formed, and the best results produced in the restoration of public peace. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Emperor and Empress yesterday afternoon paid a visit to Prince Jerome, who is still suffering from influenza. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yes!eiday at tho Tuileries at half -past ten, and remained sitting for nearly two hours. The expected Malmesbury despatch has not reached Paris to-day, at least in an official form. There is some doubt if Gen. Bedeau will return to France, and thus avail himself of the Emperor's invitation to do so. _ _ The French Government has never demanded from Switzerlvud the expulsion, and transportation to America, of a certain number of refugees. "'he only question was the localisation of these persons in the cantons the furthest removed from the frontier. A still greater crowd than that of yesterday watched the whole night in the Place de la Roquette in the expectation that Orsini and his. fellow-con victs would be ex. cut ed at an early hour . V.is morn- They lingered till 9 o'clock without teeing any sign beyond the holes dug in the ground for the supports of the platform and they left much disap pointed. It was rumoured among the multitude that an order was received to stay the execution. This is not the case. The appeal of the prisoners against the sentence of the Assize Court is not yet disposed of ; indeed, it was only this morning that the papers were transmitted from the Imperial Court to the Court of Cassation. MM. Leon, Bret, and Fournier, advocates, are informed that they have been appointed by the Court to support the appe jl ; but it is not yet known when it will come before the Criminal Chamber. If means are not found to hasten the affair, and bring rt on to morrow or the day after, it can hardly he pleaded before Thursday next, unless the Criminal Chamber departs from its rule of sitting only three times a week, namely, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. These things, however, are sometimes got through with unexpected rapidity. It is not true that M. Hubner. the Austrian Ambassador, has made any representations to the Government of France concerning the publication of Orsini's letter to the Emperor, printed in the report of the late ti ials. The Patric thus comments on the authorisation to retur❑ to France given to Generals Bedeau and Changarnier : " The preservation of public order alone led precautionary measures to be adopted towards men who had rendered services to their country o❑ the field of battle. These transitory measures could not, in our opinion, cease in a more opportune moment than the present. The attempt of the 14th January has exposed to us the point from which society is menaced. It is the duty of Govern ment to be vigilant and severe towards f actions which seek to obtain a general combustion by means of assassination. But it can show confidence to men in favour of order, who are equally iute rated in opposing horrible projects which, thank Heaven, have nothing to do with politics." BOURSE, March 4.-1 he arrival of the first tele graphic despatch with a rise of per cent, in Con sols gave better tone to this market, but tike second despatch stating that the improvement had not been maintained, prices gave way. The following were the quotations :- 4i per Cents 95 10 to. end month 3 per Cent. ..... ... 69 25 Do. end month 69 45 Bank ShAres Credit Mobilier 857 50 Do. Account B6O - RAIL' Orleans Northern"- 950 Credit Foncier Belgian CI Piedmontese (5) — Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Now Ditto 785 Lyon and Mediteran. 820 New Ditto Geneva Midi Western 675 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian ITALY. NAPLES, Feb. 27.—The final meeting of the medical men appointed to examine into and decide on the mental state of Watt, the engineer, took place yesterday in the British Hospital. There were present the Attorney-General, a judge, and the Chancellor of the Grand Criminal Court of Salerno, the two medical men from the Lunatic Asylum of Averse, Mr. Roskilly, and Mr. Acting- Consul Barber. The medical report was uniform, that, after an examination extending from the 17th to the 26th inst., in their opin'on the employment of any force to compel the attendance of Watt in court would be both nocivo e pericoloso—injurious and dangerous. Allusion was made in the proces verbal to the settled conviction of the prisoner that he had nothing to do with the Grand Criminal Court, and his settled determination not to attend it. " Indeed," said his brother, "any force would be resisted by him, and would infuriate him." The Attorney-General was anxious that a detailed re port of the daily investigations of the medical men should be drawn up and presented to the court, so as to show on what grounds they had come to their conclusion and furnish some elements for discussion of the case. This report was ordered to be prepare d and presented to-day at 12 o'clock. It cannot possi bly contain any novelty. It will simply detail a series of interrogaeories as to why he would not come down to the court, and determined and uni form answers that he had nothing to do with it, and would not come. On the first day he received the medical gentlemen courteously enough, but after wards be appears to have become suspicious and rude, and shown impatience at their questions. On his being asked why ho would not leave the prison when Mr. Barbar came for him, he replied, " Be cause it was too late at night." He was reminded that ; on the contrary, it was early in the morning ; but nothing like a rational answer could be elicited. It was about this time he declined taking a cup of coffee which had been offered to him, until a friend had first tasted it. A similar suspicion appears to have occupied his mind last Wednesday, when dining with his brother. After tasting his soup, he rose from the table and went into another room, refusing to take anything else. "It all comes of his imprisonment, Sir," said his brother to me, " Henry is no longer the same man that I re member him. He has one fixed idea, and it is all about his imprisonment and trial. If left alone he becomes sad and melancholy, sighs deeply, and asks continually when it will be all over, and how it will end. He is always in a restless, agitated state, and at night takes no repose, rising and dressing and walking about, so that the lodgers below com plain that they cannot sleep. His eye is enough for me, Sir—it is so wild—have you not observed it ? and then his neanner is twitching and nervous." William Watt, his brother, arrived here last Tu -s -day, having come under the auspices and with the assistance of the Foreign-office. He speaks very warmly of the kindness which he received from Captain Flawor al, the Queen's messenger, voile whom he travelled, as he does also of the unre mating attention of Mr. Acting-Consul Barbar. To his friends he does not write from a reluctance to enter on so painful a subject, lut he trusts that they will see this statement. The report of the physicians will be brought under the formal con sideration and discussion of the Grand Criminal Court of Salerno on Monday next. THE DANUBE. The Military Gazette of Vienna announces that, in consequence of the treaty of Paris and the act relative to the navigation of the Danube putting an end to what is called -" privileged navigation" ou that river, the Steam Navigation Company of the Danube has conclud , 3d a new convention with the Austrian government which modifies that of the 15th April, 1853, in such a way as to relieve the company from the neces4ty of supplying vessels, under certain circumstance?, to the Austrian navy, but leaving in force tho cl4uses rehtive to the tran-p. , rt of troops and ammunition. THE HAGUB. ." The most con t r adictory reports, says- a letter from the Hague, have been for several days past current here cn the subject of the Cabinet. Al though it is certain that M. Vander Bruggen, the head of the Ministry, and M. Vrolik have tendered their resignation, it is not known whether M. Gevers and M. Van Rappard will follow their example. No man of talent appears to join the Ministry, and mediocrities cinnot give it the strength it stands in nqed of. The Chamber, which on the Ist instant was to discuss the law on judicial organisation, has been indefinitely adjourned, after having been informed that the Ministers of Justice and Finance had resigned, and that they had been authorised by the King to withdraw the financial laws and those rc lative to judicial organisation. The Minister of War, at the same sitting, presented his budget for the second half-year of 1858." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 27th ult. are, like those of preceding days, devoid of political news. They are a good deal occupied with the State of Mexico, which they regard as of extreme gravity. Camor Publico asserts that, in several provinces of Spain, crimes are lamentably frequent, and it calls for the adoption of measures calculated to secure life and property. The Espana complains of the measures relative to passports just adopted by the French Government. The Queen had pre sented a valuable object in gold to a famous statue of the Virgin in the Dominican convent at Barca. Her Majesty has resolved on leaving for Aranjuez on the 28th of the present month. Neither the Senate nor the Congress had met. Ti,e majority of the bureaux of the Saranian Chamfer of Deputies have terminated the examina- rAYS. tion of the bill on conspiracies against foreign sove reigns. Nearly all the bureaux, while admitting the necessity and the principle of the measure, propose to introduce amendments which will seri ously modify it. It appears that the announcement of M. Brofferio having been chosen reporter is premature. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa announces that several political refugees have been ordered away from La Spezia. THE LOSS OP THE ELLEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. Sir,—l beg leave to communicate to you the fol lowing distressing account of the loss by fire of the ill-faied ship Elltn, which I have received from my brother, who writes from Madras, under date the 18th (Jf January. My brother was a passenger on board the Ellen, and your publication of the an nexed extract may serve to dispel the anxiety of those whose friends embarked with him on the voyage, which met with so melancholy an interrup tion.—l am sir, yours, &c., A READER. March 1. " I take the first opportunity that has offered itself to me, to communicate an occurrence of a very painful character. I left London on the 7th of October, and had a very pleasant sail until the 7th of December, when we were aroused from our beds at two o'clock in the morning by the cry of " Fire." Little can I describe the feelings which agitated me when I reached the deck, the ship being already a mass of fire. We immediately directed our course for Algoa Bay, 500 miles dis tant. I had to go to the pump at half-past two o'clock, and remain there all that day and the next night, together with other of the passengers, until my fatigue became almost intolerable. 'The smoke now made its way out of the hatches,' and diffused itself in all directions, which compelled us to stop up every part of the ship to smother the fire, but for which we should all have been suffocated. All this time a strong ga le of wind was blowing from the south-west, and a strong sea running. On Tuesday, Dec. 8, we sighted a ship, and at once bore down on her, hoisting our flag of distress. She heaved down upon us, and upon our making known to her our position, she said she would take us on board~ The boats were then lowered ; the sea rolling mountains high, and Almighty God only knows how we reached the ship in safety. Thank God, in his great mercy, however, not a life was lost, and our preservation: was most miraculous against such a sea anct wind. The ship that took us on board, was Swedish schooner, from Shields, laden with coals, for Madras, and she was called the Thor of Gefle. I still look back with horror on the frightful fate that threatened us in the ill-fated vessel. Every night I thought we should have been burnt up at her. Our rations were reduced to a pint of water i and two biscuits . a day, which had to serve us n place of breakfast and tea, and we were kept on two meals a day, at nine and four o'clock. We f could not eat the meat for fear of scurvy. You can hardly conceive my feelings in this shocking situa tion, which lasted for four weeks. At the end of that time we fell in with an English vessel, whic h furnished -us with some wholesome food, and we landed at Madras a fortnight afterwards—on the 16th of January. The only things I saved from ' the ill-fated vessel, were—one blue shirt, a pair of slippers, a cap, a pair of trousers, and my old coat, and not a farthing in money. THE WEATHER AND THE PARES. During the after part of yesterday a marked change took place in the state of the weather. The various royal parks, which in the morning we re covered with a mantle of white (with the ther mometer as low as 25, seven degrees below freezing point), suddenly assumed the appearance of a nue' bar of bog 4. The snow which had been aocutel l " lating for the last-two days, was, in most of the parks, thawed by the heat of the weather, the glas° rising at noon to 37, five degrees above freeza n g point, and the barometer changing to 30.53) but the wind still kept in the north-east quarter. A vast number of carriages, containing members of the nobility and gentry, lined the banks of thvi Ser pentine in order to allow the occupants to witness he evolutions of those disporting themselves; upon the ice. The sport, however, wa s confined to that portion of the river near the bridge and the long water iu the Kensington-gardens. Upon both places a great many members of the nobility be longing to the Skating Club, and about 1,800 others, amused themselves during the day. About half-pa: t twelve o'clock a gentleman named Edwardl Rose, whilst witnessing some others cutting o °' serpents and different figures upon the frozen sur face, either fell down or was tripped up, but one thing is certain, the unfortunate man fell great force upon the ice, and received such se rious injuries that he was unable to help himself. Ere was picked up by Iceman Robinson, when it w" found that one of his arms was broken. Be we' 4 7, therefore, conveyed to St. George's Hospital. S everal ; immersions took place during the day, but none 01 a dangerous character which may be attributed to Mr. Superintendent ' Williams, Deputy Parsont and the icemen under them, warning the people ° the most dangerous spots. The Round Pond 18 1 . 0 a worse condition than it has been for several yeual l and only about 60 or 70 pe sons ventured upon the ice during the clay. St. James's-park had not 0 11 ' it ornamental waters frozen over, and owing t ° the admirable cauions issued by Mr. Oharlier, the secretary, only two persons were bold enough t ° risk their lives upon the ice. The Regent' s- p ark t had a great number of promenaders along the b angs_ and several hundreds, in spite of the advice eves by the Royal Humane Society's men, insisted upon perilling their lives ; but only a few immersions took place of a slight character. " THIs POOR STROLLERS." On Monday night the chief members of the Lon don Adelphi Theatre—Messrs. Webster, Wright!. Bedford, and Madame Celeste — commen ced a brio engagement at the Queen's Theatie, Edinburgh* The piece selected for their first appearance Nral/ " The Poor Strollers," by Mr. Watts Phalli): This play, into which is crowded the usual Ad el p ht " effects," is in three acts, and forms an admirable' framework for the talents of the actors. Th e° " business " incidental to the last act is very po ful, and gives fine seep to the talents of I‘.i.r , Webster and Madame Celeste. Ali through the play we feel the intensity ard power of Mr. Webster's acting ; and the contras'' between the almost frantic gaiety of the earlie,t, scenes and the remorse incidental to the " business of the last act, was finely conceived and admirab l y carried out; Indeed, he has elaborated the ohs' racteristic of Pierre to a pitch that is sometime° painfully characteristic. All through the thre° acts, in every phase of the character, b e iff ' ' so completely master of th e varied situa tiono as quite to enthrall the spectator powerful delineations of the mirth, misery, Rithos of the poor stroller. Oft en as we have seen this able' actor, and famili ar as we ar _ with all his pet parts, we have nev er before see, : him display the histrionic powe r he exhibits in y hill przor stroller. He is most ably supported .Madame 'Celeste, who has had created . for her by Mr. Phillip (me of that class of characters i n which : , she is so thoroughly at home — pathetic and in tense / to the highest degree. We only regretted enei as it were, of Madame Celeste's fine style thing in it—we had but a glimpse, a revi/9i dancing. We could have done with a li ttle Me l of it. Paul Bedford had only a minor ParA in " Samson ;" but it was well dresee' and artistically performed. Wright as Ritts we° the right man in the r i g ht p lace ; but he is mor e than a mere farceur for all that. In fact, whey, of sa y that portions of his actin g reminded us ° Murray in his best days an d in h is best p a t 9 readers sill have some indieation of what Wrigh is. May we be permi tt ed ju st t o hint to the c°°/: , triunity at largo, and to playgoers in particull that they cannot often see acting like this, srri i, that, therefore, the theatre should be crowded evei night.—North Briton. THE _RESIGNATION OF MINISTE, FROM G. T. F. SMITIL'S PREDICT/ONA. The following extract (ta ken from her IViajes tb e Horoscope, a work prin ted and published by proprietor of the Ch eltenham Examiner, in the year 1848), is submitt ed to the public, as an inc that its ins on'' trovertibie fact. It is presumed co rroborates the verity of tb'P in the columns of the EAll7llinCr, publishers of Of original, responsibly above statement. Prediction re ferred to from the Spring or SOll2l/44'1. o f 1857 to Spring of 1858. " A. resigna tion or dissolution of the ginistry or Parliament will take place, one or both." What are the results? Moving with the peri ° to i j° stated, first we find a dissolution of Parliament the summer of 1857, and, secondly, a resig Vie s ' the Ministers cl ,se upon the spring of 1858. make eight predicted resignations uniformly ode a wing. I am not aware of more convinciog tri of proving science, than categolical facts will ft.tr nisi, ; comment on my part is combined in the in - ' tegrity of the whole matter. G. T. F. SMITH . , 6, Northfield -terrace'' naio °- February 24th.