The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-04 00:00:00

Commence at Seven, HE ATRE-ROY AL, DRURY-LANE. A_ Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be produced an original E ng li s h Ballad Opera, entitled WILLIAM AND SUSAN. William Mr. Haigh ; Susan, Miss Lucette. I`o conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or,. Harlequin Friar Tuck an the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREA3f. Atter which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled TILE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, an entirely new comic drama, called THE YOUNG MOTHER. After which, THE HONEYMOON. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, . Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. THIS EVENING, will be produced a new comic Drama, by Edmnnd Falconer, entitled TILE LEPRACHAUN ; or, Bad Luck's Good Luck with Good Looking After. Messrs. Bat ney Williams, Barrett, Arc. After which, THE HOUR AT SEVILLE. Mrs. Barney Williams in ten characters. To conclude with IRELAND AS IT WAS. Mr. and Mrs Barney Williams. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; U4pper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Fifth appearance in the new theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan.—Revival of DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John Grundy,_ Mr._Wri , ht. Unprecedented sncces/ of the INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. - J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar, THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John Mildmay (his first appearance), Mr. A. Wigan • Mr. Potter, Mr. Charles Selby; Hawksley, Mr. Billington; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Billington ; Mrs. Sternhold (her first appearance), Mrs. A. Wigan. Alter which, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John Grundy, Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Wool,c;ar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST. Atter which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Te Queene. ye Earle, and ye 3Thydenne And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager SpMr. William Cooke. other An Grand tacle. THIS EVENING, and during the week, an entirely new dramatic romance, interspersed with extraordinary hippo dramatic effects and striking situations, taken from the last popular noel by H. Grant, Esq., called THE HUNDRED CUIRASSIERS. Produced with new scenery, mechanical arrangements, gorgeous in 1 characteristic costumes, elabo rate equestrian and spectacular appointments, and the hand somest Stud of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs. Holloway, Phillips, Anson, Francis, Anderson, M. Howard. Herbert ; Mesdames Dowton, Blanche, Julia Weston, Thorne, &c. To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, die. Madame Blanthe, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes. Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr: H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene, with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery, and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to the " New Palace for the People, at Muswell Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; GalleW, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.: Stage Manager; Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public Is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS WOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 ,'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec- Jon of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters !and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and tho recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. Mae MosicAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAITVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-ST,'N OFFICE, MARCH 4. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'29. WIND, Weeerly , light, and fine. Without one alteration, it is surely impossible that the Government Bill should pass, even as an instalment of Reform. Yet that alteration, we are • told, Lord DERBY is determined to resist to the uttermost. Even should the bill pass a second reading, it is said that he will resign or dissolve Parliament if the clause which disfranchises the county freeholders whose qualification arises in boroughs be not retained. If this be his determi nation, he will have to resign. Lord JOHN RUSSELL evidently triumphed over this blot on the bill more than over any other ; and with good right. The country will soon see with dismay that, while not one single worthless borough is to be disfranchised, an immense number of county electors—electors, too, of the favourite old class of forty shilling free holders --are at once to be struck off the county lists. Probably most of the county members can afford to vote for this clause. They have been re turned in defiance of the class of freeholders in question, and not by their aid. To get rid of them is but to get rid of some hundreds or thousands, as the case may be, which swelled the minorities of Liberal county candidates when such gentlemen have thought it worth while to come forward. If we are not mistaken, however, this clause will be the most unpopular of all. Government will be charged with showing no respect to one of the oldest of English franchises. Indeed, Mr. COBDEN used to say that, omnipotent as the Rouse of Commons is, there is one thing it could not do, and that is to repeal the f o rty shilling freehold f ranc hi se for the counties. Perhaps the Government r e _ members this challenge and resents it : whether wisely or not remains to be seen. Mr. DISRAELI, indeed, plainly treated these votes with contempt, as "manufactured votes." But it remains on record that one of the judges—of strong Tory predilec tions, too—when a Tory registration committee impugned just the class of freeholders whom the Government now would deprive of their rights, declared, in open court, that he thought it highly commendable and constitutional for persons even to unite to purchase a freehold to gain themselves a vote. Nor can MI. DISRAELI deny that there is any argument against such votes but the merely Party one, that it interferes with the purely agri cultural character of the county constituencies. The good quality of the votes, as Judge TYNDALE saw, could be denied by no Englishman ; the artizan or other person who could contrive to get £6O or £7O worth o f real pro p e r t y must be a safe man in the view of any party. He would never attack the rights of property. Ilis little would be as dear to him as a hundred thousand acres to a i interest t o enough in politics to buy the property n or d er semi-feudal landlord. And, if he took g ain the vote, this only shows all the more strongly that he ought not to be excluded from the repre. p OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT IL GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa ryne and Mr. W. Harrisox THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, rHE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing. ,0 .... , s oo 0,1.114, 4. .2 - ~........ , 1 4 , 4 1, •- , , , ..t 1 / 4 .10:- . et" -..---- .., 1-, ~A,-, / ° ''s 'N • •.",-, A 2 , - ",:(. 140:tear . w.,,•e 1" • 4 41111‘ ~/ ~, ',,, . 014 .- • it o' l ,011.1. J. RO IT ''''' ~ ••• ' f., ru ' lli l ''' •0 ~,,,, • (...,,, •• ~, Wif. --- , , ~ THE SUN. FRIDAY. MARCH 4, 1859. sentation. He prizes the privilege, and it is men of that stamp we want for voters. A bill disfran chising county freeholders, and disfranchising no rotten boroughs, must, we should think, be doomed. The journal which seems to have been wonder fully conciliated by what so exceedingly " dis mayed" the Chancellor of the Exchequer, suggGsts that it may be possible to pass this bill this session, and next session to proceed with the distribution of seats, and, we suppose, some other such small matters as emancipation of the remaining county voters. But what, except a few minor improve ments, will the bill give us ? It will but very slightly increase the constituency of the kingdom. The " fancy franchises " will add but few electors ; and the disfranchisement of county electors will nearly balance, we expect, the enfranchisement from the £lO qualification in counties. We shall gain next to nothing in regard to better representation. The upper section of the working classes, who now are almost wholly unrepresented, will continue to be so. The middle classes in large towns, and the landlords in counties and most small boroughs, will still be the only classes represented. We shall have gained no fulcrum by this bill from which we can move the class that governs us, and which lives so largely at the expense of the nation. If, indeed, the £lO county franchise had been conceded with out the nullification which accompanies it, that alone would be well worth having. As it stands w e cannot see how any Liberal can vote for the second reading of the Bill even as an instalment of Representative Reform. In committee he must vote for the exclusion of the disfranchising clause. The toleration of all the little boroughs will, of course, be as acceptable to the present members, as it must be distasteful to the intelligent, populous, and wealthy districts of the country. How can the twelve wealthy and populous counties be persuaded that they ought to be outvoted by a few thinly peopled and poor districts? " Interests," we are told, ought to be represented—but what " inte rests ?" That of Arundel is, we are informed, the interest of 900,000 English Roman Catholics—it is the interest of the Duke of NORFOLK, and of no thing and no one else. And so of the great majo- rite of these small places. Mr. DOD can tell us in a minute what gentleman's or nobleman's interest is represented in each. It certainly is not the in• terest of any appreciable number of the population It is good stewardship, doubtless, to secure the votes of all the members for these places, but what will the country say to such trifling with what every Reformer, but the Cabinet, has acknowledged to be one of the chief Reforms needed? But the bill wholly wants the two points which all popular reformers insist—extension of the franchise, and protection for the voter. The latter, we know, will not be a deficiency about which the majority of the House will grieve much. But the fact remains that, as Mr. BRIGHT justly observed, "the Reform party is a Ballot party." It is the one point on which all parties of Reformers agree. The great majority of the Liberal party in the House have voted for it again and again. No rest will Ministers of any party have on this point till they concede it. It will, no doubt, be wormwood and gall to the dominant and domineering parties, but it can only be resisted for a time. We shall never, indeed, know the mind of any constituency which any Reform Bill can create—we shall not, indeed know:the real opinion of the present constituency— till it can be given freely. We regard it, there fore, as a fatal blot to the acceptableness of this bill to the country, that it in no way notices the Ballot. It will not do. No Ministry can secure the goodwill of the people which does not show its confidence in the people, by enabling every man to do his own voting. We earnestly hope that Mr. LOCKE KING will persevere in his wise and equitable measure, and obtain some degree of justice for younger children. The mere suggestion that .real estate should be divisible amongst the next of kin seemed to fright the House from its propriety. Not Mr. NEWDE GATE himself was more astonished or horrified at the introduction of the Jew Bill. It was a fatal blow aimed at the best interests of society. If carried, that class who merely cumber the face of the earth, or who are only tolerated on account of the comfortable places into which they may be pitchforked through the interest of the wealthy brother, might possibly- think that they had some right to a portion of the property, and complain of parents who disregarded their natural claims. The great bugbear seemed to be the vague terror of a minute subdivision of property But really there is no well-founded cause for apprehension, as we explained yesterday. The territorial aris tocracy—the lords of the soil—have their arrange ments made at the time of their marriages. The father (if living) and the intended husband convey the estate to trustees ; some for the purpose of barring contingent remainder, others for a term of 99 years to ensure payment of the stipulated join tare, and then for a further term, to enable the parties to raise portions for younger children; sub ject thereto, it is strictly entailed, and the process is repeated every time that a first tenant in tail in remainder enters into the happy state. The solicitors on each side invariably deal with the questions at issue as if their opponents were swind lers of the darkest dye, and that their sole objects must be to rob their wives and children, or to cheat every person with whom they were in any way connected. There would be but little prospect of property of this description being affected by the bill, which has unfortunately been rejected for the present ses sion. Even should it by any chance escape the settlement, it would be tossed on the other horn of ;he dilemma, and disposed of by will, in stric accordance with the prevailing prejudices of the dominant class. Even the yeomen who have in- herited their acres through a long line of ancestors may feel desirous of transmitting the family hold- ing to one of their family in its integrity, that there may still be a representative of the tenants who had occupied the lands for a series of ages. There is nothing more simple or easy. He only w a n t s t wo w it nesses, an d print e d papers, purchaseable in every district throughout the length and breadth of the land for a few pence, to prevent the possibility of any per son of ordinary comprehension making a mistake, although he might at the last moment employ the doctor or schoolmaster to do the work of the lawyer. We must say, however, that we cannot sympathise with the man who, desiring t o make an un f a i r disposition of his Pr o p erty, should be de feated by his own undue procrastination, or resorting . to unskilful assistants for the sake of effecting a trifling saving of expense. Nor do w e thi nk that at the last moment, when the approach of death REPRESENTATION OF THE WEST RIDING.—Some of the reformers of Sheffield have suggested Mr. Frank Crossley, M.P. for Halifax, as the candidate for the West Riding, in association with Sir J. W. Ramsden, Bart., at the next election. NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND.—The election for North Northumberland, occasioned by Lord Lovaine accept ing the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trade, will take place on Thursday, the 10th. Lord Lovaine will be returned without opposition. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE.— Some time ago there was a rumour that Mr. William Brown, M.P., intended to retire from Parliament at the next disso lution. It appears that the hon. gentleman does seriously eternity. c o o f n a t r e e m ci p ui la s t it e ioja that lo sp o Pembertonp il andhasplac H ed eyw his oo nr , E a v a l t ., t b h aiie the head y to induce that gentleman to allow himself to be put in knowat the next election. Mr. Heywood is con- The class, however, who will be most closely the pre li m i nary are the retired tradesmen, and others, who ected with an old Liverpool family, which has been long known as comprising many liberal politicians. have invested their savings in land, on the faith of meeting yesterday, reported in our columns, W. are requested to state that ___ , the Solicitor-General's admirable bill. Indeed , fact there has beewinthnothree W forra estminster Reform Society. In when the transfer of land . is rendered has no connexi on there present w almost as easy as that of stocks or since 1849. It is h o p e d that thasesuo united efforts o w n e e i n d Wn a h o e ef s s t tt r n hb m el it s sw te o r . ing an association to watch th e reform movement and to funds, the distinction b e t we en real and personal sections of reformers property cannot be maintained. There need not . Protect its electoral inter es t s , so l ong neglected, removes many delusions, parties would be desirous to commit a grievous wrong as their passport into THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY . EVENING, MARCH 4, 1859. be any great sub-division of property. If left between several children, it may be fortwith sold at a moderate cost, and the proceeds divided amongst the parties fairly entitled thereto. The change is one required by every prin ciple of equity and fair play. It im poses no restriction ; all that is demanded is, that in the event of a party dying in testate his wife and younger children should not be left destitute, but that they should in some degree participate in the bounties lavished on one who has no stronger claims on the husband and father than those which would be completely ignored unless the bill should receive the Legisla tive sanction. Accounts from the far East are in the highest degree satisfactory. From India we learn that Lord CLYDE formally announces the campaign to have closed, and to have closed triumphantly. According to a General Order from the Governor- General, the Commander-in-Chief pronounces Re bellion to have ceased in Oude. Quiet was restored to the Bombay Presidency. A field force, under Sir Hr au ROSE, was en route for Aurungabad, to put down the lawless Rohillas, still devastating the Nizam's territory. TANTIA TOPEE, defeated on the 21st January, 1859, at Seekur, was by the 26th in full flight either to Beekaneer or to Joudhpore— but by the 6th of February had again directed his steps northward towards Munglowe, in the Shekawattee. From China the latest news is that his Excellency the Earl —soon, no doubt, to be Marquess—of ELGIN has been celebrating the completion of his late extraordinary diplomatic successes by penetrating into the interior of the Celestial Empire—going 500 or 600 miles from Shanghai up the broad flood of the mighty river the Yang-tse-Kiang. Penetrating to the almost fabulous Hankow—proving that the whole distance may be accomplished by a steamer in four or five days—astonishing the natives by his apparition in those remote inland waters, surrounded by his attendant barbarians, with their little array, formed :by the Dove and the Lee gunboats in com panionship with her MAJESTY'S ships the Furious and Retribution. Eventually—upon Lord ELGIN'S return to this country, to receive the reward he has well deserved—his lordship would do good service towards the diffusion of general knowledge, towards the advansement of the interests of com merce and of civilisation, if he prepared for the press a fitting historical record of his late glorious Asiatic Expeditions. PROTECTION OF AMERICAN PROPERTY. President Buchanan sent an important message to Congress on the 18th, calling upon them to give him powers to use the army and navy to protect American citizens and property on the Isthmus transit routes. Subjoined is a copy of the message : "To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. " The brief period which remains of your present session, and the great urgency and importance of legislative action before its termination for the protection of American citizens and their property while in transit across the Isthmus, between our Atlantic and Pacific possessions, render it my duty again to recall this subject to your notice. " I have heretofore presented it in my annual messages, both of December, 1857, and December, 1858, to which I beg leave to refer. " In the latter, I state that the Executive Government of this country in its intercourse with foreign nations is limited to the employment of diplomacy alone. Where this fails, it can proceed no further. It cannot legitimately resort to force without the direct authority of Congress, except in resisting or repelling hostile attacks. " It would have no authority to enter the territories of Nicaragua even to prevent the destruction of the transit, and protect the lives and property of our own citizens on their passages. It is true that oh a sudden emergency of this character the President would direct any armed force in the vicinity to march to their relief, but in doing this he would act upon his own responsibility. " Under these circumstances I earnestly recommend to Congress the passage of an Act authorising tie President, under such restrictions as they may deem proper, to employ the land and naval forces of the United States in preventing the transit from being obstructed or closed by lawless vio lence, and in protecting the lives and property of American citizens travelling thereupon, requiring, at the same time that these forces shall be withdrawn the moment the danger shall have passed away. Without such a 'provision our citizens will be constantly exposed to interference in their progress and to lawless violence. A similar necessity exists for the passage of such an Act for the protection of the Panama and Tehuantepec routes. "Another subject equally important commanded the attention of the Senate at the last session of Congress. The Republics south of the United States on this continent have unfortunately been in a state of revolution and civil war ever since they achieved their independence. As one or the other party has . prevailed and obtained possession of their ports open to foreign commerce, they have seized and confiscated American vessels and their cargoes in an arbi trary and lawless manner, and exacted money from Ame rican citizens by forced loans and other violent proceedings to enable them to carry on hostilities. The Executive Governments of Great Britain, France, and other countries, possessing the war-making power, can promptly employ the necessary m eans t o enforce immediate redress for similar outrages upon their subjects. Not so the Execu tive Government of the United States. If the President orders a vessel of war to any of those ports to demand prompt redress for outrages committed, the offending parties are well aware that in case of refusal the commander could do no more than remonstrate ' • he can resort to no hostile act. The qu es ti on must then be referred to diplomacy, and in many cases adequate redress cau never be obtained; thus American citizens are deprived of the same protection under the flag of their country which the subjects of other nations enjoy. "'The remedy for this state of things can only be sup plied by Congress, since the constitution has confided to that body alone the power to make war. Without the authority of Congress the President cannot lawfully direct any force, however nea r it may b e t o th e scene o f difficulty, to enter the territory of Mexico, Nicaragua, or New Granada, for the purpose of defending the persons and property of American citizens, even though they may be violently assailed while passing in peaceful transit over the Tehuantepec, Nicaragua, or Panama routes. He cannot, without transcending his constitutional power, direct a gun to be fired into a port, or land a seaman or marine to protect the lives of our countrymen on, shore, or to obtain redress for a recent outrage on their property. The banditti which infest our neighbouring republic of Mexico, always claiming to belong to one or the other of the hostile parties, might male a sudden descent on Vera Cruz or the Tehauntepec route, and he would have no power to employ the force on shipboard in the vicinity for their relief, either to prevent the plunder of our merchants or the destruction of the transit. In reference to countries where the local authorities are strong enough to enforce the laws, the difficulties here indicated can seldom happen ; but where this is not the case, and the local authorities do not possess the physical power even if they possess the will to protect our citizens within their limits, recent experience has shown that the American Executive should itself be authorised to render this protection. Such a grant of authority thus limited in its extent could in no just sense be regarded as a transfer of the war-making power to the Executive, but only as an appropriate exercise of that power by the body to whom it exclusively belongs. The riot in Panama in 18,56, in which a great number of our citizens lost their lives, furnishes a pointed illustration of the necessity-which may arise for the exertion of this authority. " I therefore earnestly recommend to Congress, on whom the responsibility exclusively rests, •to pass a law before their adjournment conferring on the President the power to protect the lives and property of American citizens in the cases which I have indicated, under such restrictions and conditions as they may deem advisable. The knowledge that such a law exists would of itself go far to prevent the outrages, which it is intended to redress, and render the employment of force unnecessary. - Without this the Presi dent of the United States may be placed in a painful posi tion before the meeting of the next Congress. In the present disturbed condition of Mexico, and one or more of the other republics south of us, no person can foresee what occurrences may take place before that period. " In case of emergency our citizens, seeing that they do not enjoy the same protection with the subjects of European Governments, will have just cause to complain. On the other hand, should the Executive interpose, and especially should the result prove disastrous, and valuable lives be lost, he might subject himself to severe censure for having assumed a power not confided to him by the Constitution. It is to guard against this contingency that I now appeal to Congress. Having thus recommended to Congress a mea sure which I deem necessary and expedient for the interest and honour of the country, I leave the whole subject to their wisdom and discretion. " JAMES BUCHANAN. " Dated at Washington, Feb. 18." The message was debated in the Senate, but no action taken in reference to it. LATEST NEW The following telegrams have been received a. Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, FRIDAY, The Moniteur of this morning says :—The Con stitutionnel has announced that the evacuation of the States of the Church by our troops has been ordered by the Emperor, and that the French corps d'ar2nee has received orders to withdraw to Civita Vecchia. This news is at least premature. VIENNA, FRIDAY. The official Vienna Gazette of this day contains the following in its non-official part :—As soon as the notification in writing of Cardinal Antonelli shall arrive here, it is understood that the evacuation of the States of the Church by the Austrian troops will follow : because, in this, as in the entry of the troops, the desire of the Holy Father is decisive (maassgebend). BERLIN, MARCH 3. The latest news from Vienna state that Lord Cowley hopes for a better result to his endeavours than appeared would be the case at the time of his arrival. MILAN, MARCH 3. The Archduke Governor has returned to Milan. The Austrian army in Italy has been placed on war footing. TRIESTE, MARCH 3. The steamer just arrived brings news from Con stantinople to the 26th ult. Two corps d'arinee, consisting together of 20,000 men, have been concentrated at Sophia Nissa. The Minister of Finance has been dismissed. The Commissioners of the Porte have quitted Sassy and Bucharest. The Russian Consul at Trebizondhas relinquished his official connection with that Consulate. It is said that Austria will grant to foreign vessels the privilege of navigating the Danube. MARSEILLES, MARCH 3. Advices from Constantinople to the 23d Feb. state that a convention has been signed for the purpose of forming a new bank in London. Sir Henry Bulwer has remitted a note to the Porte, in which he claims the fulfilment of the promises made by the Humayoun. It is believed that Sir Henry was acting in concert with France. The fugitive Bulgarians are seeking refuge in the caverns of the Balkan and of Servia. The Porte is increasing its military preparations, and all the redifs have been called in. It is said that Omar Pacha will command the corps of observation in S chumla. There is a violent agitation in the Epirus and in Thessaly. The Divan and the Greek Patriarch are engaged in a dispute on the subject of reforms in ecclesiastical matters. TURIN, MARCH 3. The public subscription to cover the loan has been opened at the bank. A large number of persons have subscribed, and it is certain that the whole loan will be covered, if not exceeded. Mr. Gladstone has arrived here, and will dine to-day at the residence of the English Ambassador, Sir James Hudson ; Count Cav our and General della Marmora are among the guests invited. Numerous volunteers continue to arrive here from the different Italian States. Letters from Piacenza announce that the number of the Austrian troops in that place is increasing daily. Almost 12,000 men have been placed on a war footing since the Ist of March. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The report is current here that Austria has made counter-proposals to Lord Cowley, which had been supported by Prussia. It is asserted that the vessel's had left which were to convey the troops back to France. State apartments are ordered to be got ready at Fontainebleau. It is whispered that some impor tant personage is expected soon to be the tenant. Who can it be ? every one asks. It can hardly be the Emperor of Russia--certainly not the Emperor of Austria—and it is very unlikely that the Prince Regent of Prussia is coming just now. Can it be the Pope ? Pius VII. was once the occupant of these old walls, which witnessed his captivity and the abdication of his captor. We also hear that orders, are sent to Cherbourg to complete the Impe rial yacht Aigle, to arm and prepare her to sail on the 15th April ; and that the furniture for the Im perial apartments on board the Aigle is ready, and will be sent to Cherbourg at the end of the present month. BOURSE, March3.—The Vienna quotations having 'arrived with a fall of 1 per cent. on the Metalliques, the French funds at first declined, but afterwards rallied on a report that the Austrian Cabinet had given Lord Cowley counter-propositions. Threes, after having been done at 67fr. 35c., rallied to 67fr. 60c., and are now at 67fr. 40c. Mobilier varied from 750 fr. to 740 fr. ; Austrian, 510 fr. to 512 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,310 fr. to 1,315 fr. ; Lyons, 820 fr. to 822 fr. 50c. ; Southern, 505 fr. to 506 fr. 25c. The following are the last quotations : 4f per Cents. 97 20 Do. end month 97 15 3 per Cents 67 40 Do. end month 67 50 Bank Shares 2870 Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Foncier 645 Belgian 44 — Piedmontese (5) Roman B6 25 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 39 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 917 50 .. 917 50 New ditto 7BO .. 782 60 Lyons and Mediterranean 823 7 . 5 .. 822 60 New ditto Geneva 520 .. 520 Midi Southern 505 Western 590 .. Eastern Grand Central — Sardinian 397 50 „ Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 25t. ; money, 24f. 95c. .. 505 AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels says :—" If unfortunately war should break out be tween Austria and France, a corps d'armee of the latter power would daubtless be directed towards Piedmont by Mont Cenis. This forms a matter of serious consideration in the Federal Council. Ac cording to the final act of the congress of Vienna and the treaty of Paris of the 20th Nov., 1815, a large portion of the territory of Savoy is comprised in the Swiss neutrality, as recognised and guaran teed by the great Powers. In case of war, it is for mally interdicted to any foreign army to traverse that neutral territory, or to take up a position there, with the exception of the army of Switzer land, charged to watch over its inviolability. It was lately stated that a provisional and conditional contract had been entered into between the French Government and the Sardinian Railway Company for conveying, in case of war, French troops towards Mont Cenis, and this line is constructed in the zone rendered neutral by the public law of Europe from the bridge of Culoz on the Rhone to the neighbourhood of Aix-les-Bains. This circumstance has thrown the Federal Government into great per plexity, and a few days since formed the object of a communication to the Sardinian Minister at Borne. Dr. Kern, its Minister at Paris, has also been charged to notify to the French Government the formal opposition of Switzerland to the con.. veyance of any troops on the railway in question.' ITALY The Piedmontese Gazette contains an article, in reply to the Vienna Gazette, on the subject of call ing out the contingents of the army of Italy, and represents that measure as a continuance of provo cative measures on the part of Austria. It at the same time directs attention to the purely defensive attitude of Piedmont, which has not yet recalled a single soldier absent on furlough. The Opinione of Turin, in a leading article on the announcement that Cardinal Antonelli had re quested both the Austrian and French Governments to withdraw their troops from the Papal States, considers this step as resulting from a secret arrangement between the Pope and the Cabinet of Vienna, in order to lead to the departure of the French troops from Rome. Should any disturbance occur, it says, after the evacuation, the Austrian troops might be marched to Rome at the shortest notice, while the Pope would at the same time decline the assistance of France. But the Opinione adds that it cannot see how France can leave Rome and Civita Vecchia until she has obtained positive guarantees that Revolution will not raise its head again as soon as General Goyon has left the capital with his troops ; and these guarantees consist in the reforms necessary to ensure public peace by satisfying the legitimate demands of the people. France is not disposed, it adds, after an eleven years' occupation, to deliver up Rome either to Austria or to the Revolution. The Ladipendente of Turin announces that the Piedmontese Government has taken measures, in concert with the authorities at New York, to have Poerio and his companions provided with money on their arrival there, and to place a steamer at their disposal in order to convey them to Piedmont. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, The New York arrived off Cowes this morning, with the New York mails to the 19th ult. She brings £70,000 in specie, but only three small packages of it are for England. The Indian, Prince Albert, America, and Leba non, had arrived out. In the Senate, on the 15th, the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill was taken up, and a debate ensued upon a motion to strike out the item of 75,000 dollars to defray the expense of sending the negroes captured on board the Echo back to Africa. The motion was finally rejected by a vote of 40 to 10. Letters received from Cuba to the 10th ult. state that the inhabitants were universally in favour of a union with the United States. The great event of the season in the fashionable world at Washington, the ball in honour of Lord and Lady Napier, came off with great eclat on the evening of the 17th ult. On the 18th ult. the Pre sident lent to the Senate one of the most important special messages ever communicated to Congress. It calls upon Congress to confer upon him the power to use the army and navy to protect American citizens and their property on the Isthmus transit routes. The message was debated, but no action was taken in reference to it. Therumour from England, by the Prince Albert, that Brazil had offered to act as mediator between the United States and Paraguay, is regarded by the Government as wholly destitute of truth. The Utah mail, to the 2d ult., had arrived at Atchison, but there was no news. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Cotton was firmer on the 18th, with sales of 2,600 bales, about 1,500 of which were in transitu. Middling uplands may now be quoted firm at Hie. Flour and wheat firm. Coffee and sugar steady. Freights also steady. Engage ments moderate and rates unchanged. Money is unchanged in value. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 18.—Cotton unchanged. Sales to-day 9,500 bales. The Prince Albert's advices had no effect on the market. MOBILE, Feb. 18.—Sales to-day 7,500 bales at lqe. to Le. CHARLESTON, Feb. 18.—Sales, 3,700 bales at an advance of lc. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT. The Sultan steamer, Captain Cook, has arrived with mails from Lisbon of the 27th ult., Oporto and Vigo 28th. She brings 28 passengers, £825 in specie, and a cargo of fruit, wine, eggs, &c. On the 27th, at 10.20 a.m., the Sultan passed a Dutch steam squadron, steering for Lisbon, consisting of two 20-gun frigates, two 12-gun corvettes, and one 8-gun corvette, all under steam. The Sultan left the Bogot steamer at Lisbon, from Valparaiso and Rio de Janeiro, with steam up, ready to start for Liverpool. Dates from Rio are January 22, when eonsiderable sales of coffee had been made for the States, and the exchange on London was at 26. When the Sultan left Lisbon the deputies were discussing an Opposition motion to rescind Sir Morton Peto's Lisbon and Oporto Railway contract, but the Ministers had declared their intention to submit the contract in an effective form to the Cortes on the 28th Feb., and there appeared little doubt of it being ultimately approved. Lisbon ex changes, at three months, were quoted as follows : London, 53i ; Paris, 530 to 532 ; Amsterdam, 4213 Hamburg, 48 ; Genoa, 528. Operations on London were limited, both money and bills being scarce. Paris and Hamburg done at quotations, and other pla ce s nominal. The stock market was again dull, and prices had declined 1,, The 3 per Cents., registered, being at 47 to 4 ; Coupons, 461 to : and Deferred, 31 to 311 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 81 to I- per cent. prem. ; and Oporto Bank shares, 21 to 22 per cent. prem. TIIIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Coastwise and by land carriage the arrivals of English wheat fresh up, to-day, were limited, and the show of samples was, consequently, small, but in fair average con dition. For most kinds we experienced a slow inquiry ; but, compared with Monday, no change took place in the quotations. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat, in which the transactions were on a limited scale, at previons quotations. Floating cargoes were very dull. Scarcely any barley was on offer, and the trade may be called firm, at very full prices. There was a good demand for oats, at extreme quotations. We had a fair demand for oats, beans, and peas, at full prices : but the flour trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. Bnglish 1,610 1 1,120 ; 3,410 ' 2,080 i 1,230 Irish - Foreign .. 3,910 j 70 1 680 I 580 sks I 1 bls NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat here to-day are moderately exten sive for the time of year. Generally speaking, the trade is steady, as follows : Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. 1 Inferior 13eof 3 oto 3 4 Mid. d 0..... 3 6to 3 8 I Pm.largedo. 3 10 to 4 0 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 6 Large pork.. 2 6to 3 4 s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 oto 3 6 Mid. do .... 3 Bto 4 2 Prime do. .. 4 4'to 4 8 Veal Small pork BOROUGH HOP. The show of new hops, especially of fine qualities, has become limited, and the demand for most kinds is rather active, on higher terms. All other hops move off slowly, but at full prices. Mid and East Kent pockets —7OB to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 64s to 75s „ Sussex do sBs to 708 ), COLONIAL. TEA.—The market continues very steady, and at public sale, out of 28,281 packages offered, 6,445 were sold at fully late rates. Common congous are now quoted 13,0 to 13id per lb. SUGAR.--There has been rather more inquiry for the superior granary descriptions, but other qualities have been dull, and to effect sales a slight concession had to be made by holders. In the refined market the supplies of dried goods were very moderate, and prices continue steady. Pieces realised 46s to 46s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—The demand for good qualities of plantation has been active, and prices have shown increased firmness. Native Ceylon has also been in good demand, at fully late. rates. RICE.—The market continues very inactive. No public sales have been reported, and prices are unaltered. SALTPETRE.—A moderate business has been reported in the private market, at about former rates • and at public sale the better descriptions wer e a shade firmer. WooL.—Tho public sales of foreign and colonial wool continue to proceed with rather more animation, and th© rates current at the commencement of the sales have been fully sustained for all qualities. TALLOW.— Increased dulness has been apparent, and prices have a downward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot and for forward delivery is now quoted 52s to 52s 3d per cwt., and at public salo ( , nly u small quantity found buyers eat of the quantity (ARTA In the event of the second reading of the Parlia mentary Representation of the People Bill being agreed to, Sir Francis Baring will move to omit in committee clauso 15, disfranchising persons employed in ar sena l s , d oc kyardis and Govern men t ya rds. • THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL JOHN HUNTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The remains of the celebrated physiologist and surgeon John Hunter having been recently found in the vault under the church of St. Martin in-the-Fields, where they were deposited on Oct. 22, 1793, I am directed to inform you that the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, feeling it their duty to obtain for the remains of this illus trious man a resting-place worthy of them, have asked permission of the Dean and Chapter to de posit them in Westminster Abbey, which has been most readily accorded ; these authorities stating also that " they shall be proud to be the guardians there of the ashes of so great a man." Your early insertion of this information will afford the highest gratification to the medical pro fession, amongst whom, since the discovery of the remains, the deepest interest has been excited that they should receive the highest honours which can be paid to an illustrious man. March 3. E. BELFOUR. THE PRIVY CO UNCIL, (5-c. (Faorn the Court Newsman.) Her Majesty the Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord President; Earl of Hard wicke, Lord Privy Seal; Earl of Derby, First Lord of the Treasury; Earl of Malmesbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Major-General Peel, Secretary of State for War; the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir John Pakington, First Lord of the Admi ralty ; Lord John Manners, First Commissioner of Public Works ; the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Steward ; Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain ; and the Duke of Beaufort) Master of the Horse. Before the Council the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole had an audience of the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty his seals of office as one of the principal Secretaries of State. At the Council the Right Hon. T. Sotheron-Estcourt was sworn one of the Queen's principal Secretaries of State, and received from her Majesty his seals of office. The Earl of Donoughmore was declared by her Majesty President of the Board of Trade, and Lord Lovaino Vice- President. The Earl of March and Lord Lovaine, by command of the Queen, wore sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Earl of Derby, the Earl of Malmesbury, and Sir John Pakingtou had audiences of her Majesty. The Queen held a Court, and Mr. Rivers, Peruvian Minister, had an audience of her Majesty, and took leave. M. Osma had an audience of the Queen, and delivered his credentials as Minister Resident from Peru. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by the Earl of Malmesbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The Hon. Frederick Bruce, C. 8., had an audience of the Queen, and kissed hands on being appointed Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China. Mr. Bruce was presented by the Earl of Malmes bury. The Court was attended by Lord Claud Hamilton, Trea surer of the Household; Viscount Newport, Vice-Cham berlain ; Col. the Right Hon. Cecil Forester, Comptroller of the Household ; Viscount Strathallan, Lord in Waiting ; and General Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting, Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumalo dined with Mr. Harcourt and the Countess Frances Waldegrave last evening, at their mansion in Carlton-gardens. His Excellency Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Minister, and Count Brandenburg; Councillor of Legation, were present at the,. Queen's levee on Wednesday, at St. James's Palace. The Earl and Countess of Portarlington have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Emo Park, Queen's county. Lord. and Lady Aveland received Mr. Justice Erle, the High Sheriff of the county of Rutland, and the leading barristers of the Midland Circuit, at dinner at Nor manton Park on Monday last. Sir William Erle passed the night under his lordship's hospitable roof. Lord Herries has left Claridge's Hotel for Ebring ton Park, near York. The marriage of Lady Harriet de Burgh, youngest and only unmarried daughter of the Marquis and Mar chioness of Cianricards, with Mr. T. Vernon Wentworth, only son of Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, of Went worth Castle, Yorkshire, was solemnised yesterday, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. _ . - , The Hon. Air. and Mrs. Smyth Vereker received at dinner on Wednesday, attheir residence in Chesham place, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, the Earl and Countess of Laneshorough, the Ladies Anna and Catherine Loftus, Viscount Eanelagh, the Hon. Mrs. Keith Falconer, the Hon. Hallyburton Campbell, Sir Adam and Miss Hay, Mr. and Mrs. M'Garel, Major and Mrs Hall, Mr. Cornwallis West, and , Mr. Dayrell. EDUCATION IN THE PIT DISTRICTS.—At Jarrow on-the-Tyne, and immediately under the walls of the mc nastery of the venerable Bede, the following notice is exhi bited in a publichouse window:—' Notice.—Thare wil be a Coit supper at this house on Seturda_y forst the Winer to to Pay Won shiling and the Losse r to Pay toou shiling and sixpence. The Coits to start at toou o'clock, the forst tow on the list to Play and then third & forth and so one. Any ParsBns desirarous to join this supper must Lcve thare names with the Landlord of this House." EDINBURGH.—A meeting of the Edinburgh Par liamentary Reform Committee was held on Wed nesday evening, to consider the ministerial plan of reform. Mr. D. M'Laren, who presided, designated the measure as a most objectionable one, cutting off, as it proposed to do, 95,000 or one-fifth of the entire constituency of England, by disfranchising the 40s. freeholders. The proposal to make new boundaries for burghs would, he said, greatly dimi nish the number of county voters, as well as the creation of new burghs. Mr. M'Laren then gave figures with reference to several burghs in Eng land, showing the value of farms within them and the value of houses and stops. As to the reduction of the franchise in counties to £lO, the speaker contended that as it was applicable to land merely and not houses, the effect would be to bring in as voters a multitude of the smallest cottars in the Highlands, who would be at the beck of their landlords, while men occupying premises rented at £8 or £9 a year, and having an income of £lOO, would be excluded. Nothing was stated in the bill about the voters within burghs, requiring to reside within seven miles of them, and if, as he believed, that clause of former acts was to be repealed, the effect would be to enable parties to buy property in burghs, and residing anywhere, in order to go and vote in them. Altogether, he regarded the bill as the boldest inno va ti on and the most unconstitu tional measure that could have been proposed. Bailie Blackadder proposed that a petition to Par ment against the bill be adopted, which was seconded by Bailie Russell, and agreed to. MANCHESTER. —A meeting, convened by the Lancashire Reformer s ' U n i on , was h e ld on Wed nesday evening. Mr. Alderman Goadsby presided, and said he thought the Government Reform Bill was so ridiculous for the purpose for which it was intended that it would be laughed at but for the almost universal contempt with which it was looked upon. The bill lowered the fran chise in the counties, but, on the other hand, it reduced the number of voters—as would be the case to a considerable extent in regard to voters for South Lancashire residing in Manchester. He felt certain that on the second reading the bill would be rejected by the house. A new house would be the result; and he presumed that that body would have to canvass Mr. Bright's bill, or some thing very like it; for it would be an insult to the country to suppose that a majority could be re turned in favour of an administration whose Reform Bill was such an abortion as that introduced on Monday night. Mr. J. R. Cooper moved—" That the so-called Reform Bill of the present Govern ment is a mockery, a delusion, and an insult to the country; and that we pledge ourselves to support the hon. member for Birmingham in his honest and resolute endeavours to secure the most extensive measure of Parliamentary reform practicable." The motion was seconded by Mr. H. Ogden, supported by Mr. J. J. Merriman, and carried unanimously. A. petition to Parliament was adopted against the bill. A second meeting was held in the Indepen dent Chapel, Great Jackson-street ; Mr. J. Whalley in the chair. The Chairman said there was one thing in the Government measure he approved of, and all the rest was so bad that he did not know what to call it. It was satisfactory that there was now a party of politicians pledged to the £lO fran chise in counties.—Mr. Griffiths moved a resolution alleging the necessity for a large measure of Par liamentary reform. He said the meeting was assembled to say that Lord Derby's bantling could not live. The great point will be that relating to the equitable distribution of members to population and property. That was the very essence of a Reform Bill.—Mr. Macdonald seconded the resolu tion, and said he looked upon the Government measure as an insult to the country.—The resolu tion passed unanimously, as did also another pledging the meeting to support Mr. Bright. BRADFORD.—Yesterday afternoon a preliminary meeting of influential leading reformers of the dis trict was held in St. George's-hall, at Bradford, in order to initiate measures to elicit a demonstration of popular opinion upon the Government Reform Bill, which was denounced as a delusion and a sham THE ITALIAN QUESTION. Signor Farini's pamphlet, says a letter from Turin, could not be expected to add much to our stock of facts relating to the questions of which it treats. They all have been long generally known, and, indeed, of late they have been recapitulated even to weariness. The object of the present writer has been to state the question clearly, according to his point of which tends to show the necessity of war. He is one of those who do not admit that the q uestion. can be settled otherwise. He begins by a brie recapitulation of the principal events in the historf, of Italy since 1815, and insists upon the repeated violations by Austria of the treaties of that year , especially by occupation of territories not her own, and by fortifications she had no right to erect. She has violated them also, he says, with res Pee! to Lombardo-Venetia, by withholding from tha t country the separate administration to which they. entitled it, by not giving it a special council, as woe done to Hungary and Transylvania; and, final)" , after '4B, by taking away every vestige of self-Bawl' nistration from the Italian provinces, and definitivell incorporating them in the empire. At considerabl e length he insists upon and inveighs against the in' prisonments, tortures, eapital punishments, confis' cations, banishments, and other innumerable penal" ties and cruelties inflicted by Austrians on Italians at various dates in the last 34 years ; and in suppor t and as an instance of them, he cites the case of $ student named Ungarelli, for whose veracity be vouches, and whose long and painful narrative of the floggings and other sufferings inflicted on him 1852, in the prisons of Ferrara, Signor Farini at the end of his letter to Lord John Russell. The flagellation of State prisoners he affirms to have been a common practice of the Austrians, and he could furnish, he says, in proof thereof, many Per" fectly reliable testimonies in addition to the one he gives. He contrasts the results of the Austrian and Piedmontese systems, does not deny , that it were very desirable that diplomacy should succeed in settling the Italian question, but repeatedly declares his conviction that this is impossible. With respect to the question of Rome, in particular, he writes follows " It appears to me the most difficult and involved of all ; and I hold it for certain that if diplomacy attempts to greP. e its way through that labyrinth, it will net emerge from it either with honour to itself or satisfaction to the population. Certainly, my Lord, the Romans, as you have attested in Parliament, have, like the Reunions, a right to be consulted as to their wishes; but I have great diffioulty in believing that the Powers will afford them that oppo r tunity,_ or that; if they did, they would accept as valid the wishes the, would be signified. The Romans, like the Roumann, 'nu b % perhaps be reasonable in their demands, but the Court 0 Rome, if I do not deceive myself, would be less yielding than the Ottoman Porte, and that of Vienna would be far more troublesome, and offer far greater resistance on the banks of the Tiber than on those of the Danube." In short, Signor Farini everywhere concludes fo r war. This was to be expected. He belongs on: phatically to the war party ; to those who see nu . possibility of repose or safety for Europe so long 0 there is an Austrian left in Italy. Diplomacy ° deems impotent to achieve a n y satisfactory result; Austria will not give way, and Rome, supported b/ her, will be equally unbending. He takes the the" roughly Italian view of the question, and insists on believing that, because England desires to keep th e peace in Europe, and to exhaust every possible pacific means before having recourse to the s word, she therefore sympathises with Austria. He speake of English journals which have made themselve s the advocates of Austria and have vouched for he t liberality (i mallevadori della sua liberalita.) tria may yield to pressure short of war, but no one will suspect her of voluntary liberality. Referring to Count Cavour's recent diplomatic circular, Signet Farini repeats the old assertion that Austrian We' naces preceded Piedmontese preparations for war" in short, that all the provocation proceeds from Austria. The Italian question consists, according to the pamphlet, entirely in the antagonist° between the Austrian and the Piedmontese systeinef and therefore Italy cannot hope for peace or sect' rity, so long as the position made for her by thl treaties of 1815 shall endure. Signor Farina expresses his great regret that the English nation does not espouse the Italian cause, and expressee himself towards England in courteous, friendly, and flattering terms. The concluding paragraph of the pamphlet is as follows : " The cause of our liberty (of Piedmont) is inseparably linked with the Italian question, and in vain may he hope to defend it, who, in the name of the violated stip ,u l4- tions of Vienna, seeks to sunder Piedmont from Italy' Of this truth those statesmen should per s uade th em selves who believe that an European Congress might be able to give order and peace to Italy and prevent that which to many appears inevitable. Certainly it wow, be desirable to obtain by peaceable means that which may cost many sacrifices; but as not even a conned of angels could change the condition of things and ti° nature of the Italian question, no one can hope that 14 , Congress can give peac e , liberty, and security to Italy, 1 " . it be not first agreed a mong th e P owers, t h at the trestle! of 'l5 be corrected, and that Italy must be independent of all foreign domination. If these bases were laid down and agreed to first, the Congress would be unable to avoid the dangers of war, and _perhaps, event,. would result in enlarging its 'fields. Every expediee" would be not only useless, but hurtful ; it might pee; sibly postpone war for some months, but, pe r h a p s , it woolti lead to war by means of revolution. The evils of Italy and the perils of Europe springing from the antagonise! of the Austrian and Piedmontese systems, peace canne" be established either by making some other State enter into the Piedmontese system, or by changing in Italy till seat or restricting the state of the Austrian system ; 0 3 1: it appears to me cer t a i n th a t, if th e P owers s h ou ld seer some compromise of the like nature, Austria, conscious, ee we are, of the true nature of the question, would say, el Metternich said in 1831, at Vienna, to an Ambassador of Louis Philippe's 'better to die of a violent death than to let oneself slowly waste away.' Wherefore it appears to Eae that public opinion, so painfully intent on that which, in 0 0 much discontent of the Itali an na ti ons an d arm i ng O f European Governments, the fates prepare, must hold it to be proved that the customary remedies of diplomacy cannot heal the wounds of Italy." COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MARCH 3. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT• —According to present arrangements, her Majcsti will leave Buckingham Palace for Osborne on the 12th inst. UNIVERSAL ROYAL YACHT CLUB.—We under stand that there are some gentlemen now at Cowes about establishing a Universal Royal Yacht Club, which shall be open to members of Royal Yacht Clubs, and to officers in the army, navy, &c. DIED at the Medina Docks, Cowes, on Satur. day last, Thomas White, Esq., the eminent ship builder. He was in the 86th year of his age. His funeral took place this day; and, as a mark Of respect to his memory, all the shops and nearly au the private houses in the town were closed. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 4.—Wind this day at noon, W.; moderate breeze and cloudy. FALMOUTH, March 3.—Wind W.—Sailed—Ann Best, for Cadiz and Buenos Ayres; Foisted, Venice; Provi dence, for Valencia; Wonder, for London. SWANSEA, March 3.—Wind W.—Sailed—Wm. Mar- Bland, for Coquimbo. DARTMOUTH, March 3.—Wind W.—Sailed—Her Mr jesty's gunboat Biter, for Portland. PLYMOUTH, March 3.—Wind Broomham, from Sierra Leone ; Gipsy Queen, from Savan nah ; Elphinstone, from London for Honduras. CLYDE, March 3.—Wind S.—Sailed—Agnos Anderson, for New York. OFF FLEETWOOD, March 3.—Arrived—Cleopatra, from Savannah. SUNDERLAND, March 3.—Wind W.—Arrived—Sara' derson, from Moulmein,. Abyssinia, from Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, March 3.—Wind W.—The Providence, from Newcastle, has been towed in to be surveyed, having been on shore in Sandown Bay, and lost false keel and stern post. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Cleveland, steamer, from Liverpool ; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from London; Atrato, steamer from St. Thomas ; B oruss i a , s t eamer , f rom Hamburgh; Sultan, steamer, from Lisbon; Eling, from Sunderland. Sailed—Napoleon, for Cherbourg ; Lady Eglinton, steamer, for Dublin ; Isabella, for Carentan ; Cleveland, steamer, for London ; Liver, for Poole ; Le C o q., for Cherbourg; Bartley, for Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W., light breeze. Arrived, March 3—Cascade, from St. Domingo; Valiera and Felicity, Nantes; Zered, New Orleans. March 4—i Mima, Pio liaches ; Victor, Ostend; Marie, Nantes ; Law rel,,Charente. Off—Bold Hunter, from Arica. The George Washington, for Boston, which put back leaky, is not supposed to have damaged any part of her cargo. A derelict brig, apparently belonging to Sunderland, of about 200 tons, was passed 24th of February, 40 miles N.W. of the Blaskets, with only foremast and bowsprit standing, by the Glencairn, arrived here from Tralee. Mary Eleanor, hence for Limerick, at Holyhead, after striking the south breakwater, but with little or no damage. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind S.W.; first hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, March 3.—Josephine, from Faro. Sailed, March 4.—Moselle, steamer, for Boulogne ; Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind W., moderato Passed.—Philosopher, from London, for Liverpool. Anchored.—Henries Retour, from London, for Rouen; :3oek of the Walk, from London, for Newport; Carmel , eliooner, from London, for Westward. Sailed.—Havelock, from London, for Hong Kong. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, D EVONS IIIRg- SQUARE, CITY.—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending February 26 was—Medical, 718 surgical, 452; total, 1,170, of which 340 were new cases. _~"~ En toc nu ItS t tni Do. Mal Ken Mar Mas x;.; Do. Nem Nem Nell Do. Pan Do. Dan 3 pe 3 Pe NGN NeN Lon Ind Ditt Con Exe Ditt Ditt Ditt Exc 13ri D at Me, Per Por Rllf w fr Z