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I _?_ o l3 A-T.—Mo rn i ng, lh . 3 0m.—A f ternoon, lh. 55m, 2 , u itrto w. - Horning, 2h. 18 Afternoon, 2h. 40m, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Second EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the BRITISH NATION LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION will ha beld at the Offices of the Association, 316, R.cgent ptrcet, London, on MONDAY, the 6th day of March, 1865, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, for the purpose of confi no'ng the Resolutions passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of this Associa ion held on Saturday, the 25th day of February, 1865, empowering the Directors, under the 222 d clause of their Deed ot Settlement, to effect an Union of anGther Assurance Company and this Association. By order of the Board. IiSNRY LAKE, Manager. Feb. 25,1865. HER, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING the performance will commence with the new Oper 4 , LAR A. Principal cha racters by M M ess. Swift, G. Honey, F or b e =, Terrott, and Renwick, Bses Lou sa Fyne, Ct. ttrell, Barrington, and Romer. Conductor, Signor A RDITI. After the Opera will be given the Burlesque. entitled THE 3 1()N AND THE UNICORN. Principal characters, blessrs. Rouse, Anderson, &c. ; Misses E. ttutton, Cottred SFORxiie, Furta lON To conclude wth the G ((AN D T A.N SCENE. a st Six. Comm ence at Seven. Doors open at Halt-P 110YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- CT A.RD EN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING a new Opera, in one act, entitled THE RIVER SPRITE. The music by Frank Mori, the words by George Lin'ey. Charalters by Messrs. G. Perrin, Weiss, A, Cook, Lyall, E. Dussek, and Mdme. Florence Lancia. Condu:tor,Mr. A. MELLON. Atter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA. Magnificent ce nery and gorgeous accessories. Commen:e at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Mcsars. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Sir E. L. 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There are so / p an ties which bind us to the sister island independently of the mere political union—the natural qualities both of the beautiful island and of its gifted, enthusiastic people, are so attractive, and the sense of a long course of unjust and ill advised legislation is so present on both sides of the Channel, that an Englishman comes to the consideration of. Irish affairs under some difficulties. No one doubts that, independently of the harsh measures adopted to • wards Ireland in the early days there have been years of misgovernment its ernm sub en j t eetiz th n, wilfully and ignorantly. The Cat'nolic Dis abilities were manifestly a grimous injus tice to a people who still retained their old faith, and the hardship was the more se verely felt because the natural gifts of Irishmen especially qualify them for distinguishing themselves in public life. Their fiery natures, chafed under their comparative degradation and obscurity, their enthusiastic patriotism burned at the depression and wretchedness of their beloved country, and various local and incidental circumstances helped to foster a state of things which England could not have wholly averted, but for which she was made wholly responsible. Matters have now improved. What ever may be their mistakes or mismanagement, , Englishmen are now unanimous in their anxiety to do justice to Ireland, and to con sult the welfare of her people, and thoughtful and educated Irishmen have long ceased to raise the cry of wilful oppression and brutal tyranny. The condition of the country is by no means, however, such as we would have it, and the difficulties attending any attempt at legislation for a race and a religion dissimilar to those of the governing country do not seem to diminish. The picture drawn by Mr. POPE HENNESSY last evening was melancholy enough, and it lost nothing of its force by his advocacy. The hon. gentleman is an earnest and eloquent speaker, and the misfortunes and grievances of the Emerald Isle found in him an able advocate. But while all parties agree in re gretting the absence of material prosperity in Ire land, there are some considerations that should have weight with the impartial` observer. The crops, it is said, have diminished during the last few years, though this statement does not bear reference to three very important branches, wheat, flax, 4nd potatoes. The wheat crop has been good; the flax cultivation, as we all know, has greatly increased in consequence of the cotton famine ; while the yield of potatoes, that great staple of the peasant's food, has been reasonably good. Still, some kinds of cereals, it must be frankly admitted, have made but a meagre return during the last few years—a fact, however, not to be attributed to English misgovern ment, but to deficient harvests. Even in 1863, when the success of the English wheat harvest was the cause of general rejoicing, the Irish harvest was not of a first-rate character, and this season the hay and oats.have been very deficient. This difficulty, then, may be set down to an exceptional cause, while there is a corresponding gain to be set against the loss. The number of cattle in Ireland, as those may remember who examined the last official report, has very greatly increased during the last few years, and a marked addition may be also seen to the number of horses. These, then, are favourable signs, and although the con stant stream of emigration that is going on from a thinly populated country must be a matter of sincere regret, yet we must bear in mind that an exceptional cause has been at work there also. There can be no doubt that the civil war in America has been mainly instrumental in beguiling a large proportion of the emigrants of the last two or three years across the Atlantic. To an Irishman always poor, always sanguine, and always warlike, the pictures drawn by unscrupulous Federal agents have proved un fortunately fascinating, and those who might per haps have shrunk from the tender mercies of the American army, had they known where they were going, have often been enticed to the States by spe cious promises of profitable civil employment. We may reasonably hope that the people are now getting undeceived, and will not for the future be so easily made the dupes of designing agents, and indeed the reduction in the rate of emigration for 1864 en courages this expectation. Still the Irish difficulty remains unsettled. The country is poor, the people discontented and ill cared for, and yearly diminish ing in numbers, the crops are unsatisfactory, and industry generally is not thriving. Such, at least, is the picture drawn by the Irish members, though some of their statements are disputed by the members of the Go vernment. Mr. HENNESSY'S solution of the question is a vote of public money for public works, such as arterial draining and the re clamation of waste lands. Mr. GLLDSTONE'S answer to this proposal brought forward several substantial arguments. He pointed out the difficulties which stood in the way of grants of the public money, and showed that, except in the instance of Lancashire, which was a case of peculiar temporary distress; money was not generally lent to England or Scot land, unless at a very high rate of interest, not so much in order to make the transaction profitable, as to avoid unfair competition with private money lenders. In Ireland, he said, they had been willing to proceed on a different principle, and lend money without any:view to profit. "With regard to advances in the way of reproductive expenditure, his hon. friend said that, between 1817 and 1863, these advances amounted to £13,959,000 for Great Britain. Of this BUM £7,658,000 and £3,500,000 had been repaid in principal and interest. Within the same period £26,292,000 had been advanced for public works in Ireland, of which only £12,292,000 principal and interest had been repaid." That pOint, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer very justly, should not )e overlooked, because it showed that Ireland had Lot been forgotten, and he further pointed out that the difference of taxation in the sister kingdom was virtually a grant to the people. Perhaps the most singular argument brought forward on either side in the whole course of the debate, which after all did not reach a conclusion, was the assertion gravely m a d e b y Si r F. IT EYGATE and supported by other members, that many of the evils of Ireland weie- attributable to Free Trade. Why the increase of trade and commerce, the develop ment of manufacturing and mercantile ' a in dustry, which are the natural, r industry inevitable consequencesre of Free-trad e things which Ireland most wants. ; e the ve r y If r stimulus to en gage the interests could have suffieient of her people in d eve l oping and employ the energi es the resources and capabilities of th • en' own land in stead of seeking other scenes of action —if a judi cious outlay of capital could be followed wi th some thing like certainty by a fair return of interest, the evils of which Ireland so justly complains would in a great measure right themselves. Increased com fort and plenty would bring increased civilisation ; and with the disappearance of the half-savage and degraded poverty of some parts of the peasantry would disappear the agrarian outrages, the wild no tions of opposition to the law, and self-administered justice. These are the cures which Ireland wants, and as gradually the prosperity and tranquillity of the country developes itself, we may hope to see an end to the evil of absenteeism and many other evils which the rude and unsettled condition of the coun try now fosters and increases. The great curiosity which has so ton ' long prevaile d kelp before res pecting the fat e o f t h e D uc hi es i s h very long to be gratified it appears, for there are signs and. tokens that a crisis is impending' The Prussian &xnbassador at Vienna has signified to the Austrian C a b inet the nature of the Prussian claims in respect to the Duchies. It will not, there fore, be very long before this important communi cation is made public, and meanwhile it is hardly necessary to say that speculations will be rife on the subject, and on dits the order of the day. In the present instance there can be no doubt that there is much more ground afforded for comment than is usually the case in matters of this kind, for the Berlin Cabinet has been at no pains to conceal its intentions throughout, if indeed it has not gone out of the way to brave opinion and to defy criticism. Under such circumstances, then, we are fully justi fied in premising that a rare spoil will be made by Prussia, and that she will retire from the contest self-crowned with the honours of war, and largely endowed with the trophies of peace. The more selfish and grasping, the more grasping and calcu lating the people, the greater advantages do they reap from these affairs. It is a notorious fact, that England has always been backward in making anything out of a war, but it is quite otherwise with kingdoms like Prussia, and those infatuated indi viduals who have persisted in declaring all along that King WILLIAM and Herr von BISMARK did not design any wrong to the Duchies will find them selves wofully mistaken, and may hide their dimi nished heads in future when political prophecies are in vogue. One very significant circumstance of the affair is that Prussia is making most strenuous efforts in the Duchies, and working her way slowly but surely in those dearly-coveted territories. There can be no doubt that it was on account of some secret motive that the settlement of affairs has been so long delayed, and that the tactics of Herr BISMARK have been to gain time officially while he made the best use of his time in a private manner. As he knew from the beginning what were the objects to which: he aspired, it is all nonsense to say that he was con sulting on the necessities of the case, and dwelling upon the chief points of the arrangements in respect to their bearing upon future affairs. Such excuses may suit, and they may be made to suit, but as for being valid, they are no more so than the men who make them are genuine in their professions or honest in their views. The Prussian party is making great efforts to secure the passing of resolutions in favour of annexation to Prussia in the Duchies, and for that purpose many attempts have been made to influence and direct those who give an opinion. Next week an assembly of delegates will take place from the political associations of Schleswig and Hol stein, and from their expressions much may doubtless be gathered of the tone prevailing there. It does not at all follow that we should glean an accurate ac count of the real, true, and circumstantial opinion of the people represented, because there is every probability that Prussian policy has, to a great de gree, triumphed, and that 'evidence will be afforded of the success of the artful dodges and deep machi nations of Herr BISMARK at this Conference. There is little chance that the Austrian EMPEROR and his Government will deem it advisable to thwart the Berlin administration, but most probably they will give vent to their irritated feelings by making a protest which will serve to satisfy the scruples of the nation, and thus another instance will be afforded of might triumphing over right. It is certainly a new style of alliance for one party to dictate terms to the other, instead of both taking steps to pro mote the success of the predetermined object, and by common consent acting in earnest on terms of equality. It is satisfactory to notice that Mr. NowroN has been at some pains to inquire into the merits of the prosecution which has been instituted against the Canterbury Hall by the lessees of the regular theatres. It is certainly the right way to administer justice, to be well assured of all the particulars of a case before deciding upon it, and when this informa tion can be obtained by personal observation so much the better for the clearness of the decision, and the just settlement of the dispute. At the Lambeth Police-court, yesterday, Mr. NORTON de clared that he had attended at the Canterbury Hall last Saturday, and that he had been much pleased with the performances he had witnessed there. He further mentioned that he had an opinion at the outset as to the merits of the case on the evidence brought before him, and his subsequent considera tion had served to strengthen that opinion. It must be confessed that the decision which the worthy magistrate came to was as good as could be expected, and much better than would in all proba bility have been that of many in his position. He proposed that the Lord Chamberlain should be applied to for a license, which no doubt he would grant, and, therefore, he postponed his " final adju dication" until the application was made. This is the shortest and surest way of settling this vexed question, into which it is impossible to say that personal feelings do not in some measure intrude, and over which trade interests must exercise a con siderable influence. Mr. NORTON gave the best reasonfor his delay in giving judgment, in pronounc ing a high eulogium upon the character of the Can terbury Hall, and s'tating that for many years he had not had a single complaint against it. So far as the safety of the public is concerned, it has been shown that the greatest caution has been adopted, and that care has been taken to provide ample means of security. There are four exits from the place, which allow of a speedy clearance in case of accidental fire, and precautions are taken that the fireworks fall upon lead, water being in the midst of it. It seems difficult to understand in what precise manner the performances in the Canterbury Hall can justify the complaints made against them upon the score of offending public taste, or of not providing suitable means for safety or convenience ; and it is to be hoped that the Lord Chamberlain, by granting a license, will put a stop to these alter cations, and remove the legal obstacle that may interpose - to prevent the continuance of perform ances that have afforded great pleasure to the public and reflected credit on those who have arranged them, and carried them out in a spirited manner. LocO3IOITVE ENGINES ON HIGHWAYS.--In accord ance with the decision of the noblemen and gentle men forming the deputation which recently waited on the Secretary of State for the Home Department, request ing him to rescind the orders issued by him prohibiting the passage of locomotive engines along the highways of certain districts, excepting during very inconvenient hours at night, the following regulations were drawn up and recommended by the committee appointed on that occa sion for approval by Sir George Grey That in the opinion of the committee appointed by the deputation which waited upon Sir George Grey, Bart., upon the use of agricultural lecomotives on the highroads it will be sufficient for the protection of the public, under the Locomotive Act, 1864, if Sir Georno Grey requires the owners, or persons in charge t of s uc h eng i nes when travelling on the public roads, nhye engineo r p precededriverthe wengine, wohhoasevedsustsay sitprialslubetotoacsci= deems it necessary to stop or slacken the speed of the engine, and who shall be instructed to assist horses and carriages drawn by horses passing such engines; and as a further precaution it is recommended that the speed should be limited to four miles an hour." The following is the reply of the Homo Secretary:—" Whitehall, Feb. 14, 1865. My Lord,—l am directed by Secretary Sir G. Grey to ac knowledge the receipt of your lordship's letter of the 14th inst., forwarding a copy of a resolution of the Agricultural Locomotive Committee in reference to the use of locomotives on high roads; and I am to inform your lordship that Sir G. Grey does not think he is empowered by law to impose on the owners of locomotive traction engines regulations of the nature proposed in the resolution of the committee; but that he would suggest that the owners is of . such engines any district in which a restrictive order. to in force, should give public notice that opt suc h would be and should ascertainthey are willing g their a adoption tion of the order.—l have the h onour to be, my lord, your be satisfactory, so as to admit of a revocation ormodifica- WADDECGTON.—Tho Lord lordship's obedient servant, H. Kinnard , ILT, Ilvesie Priory, Inchture, .C 4 JO LITERATURE. Mr• Walter Thornbury's New Work. Haunted London. By Walter Thornbury. Illus trated by F. W. Fairholt. One Vol., pp. 518. Hurst and Blackett. Prolific though Mr. Thornbury very conspicuously is among our younger generation of authors or pro fessional men-of-letters, he can, when he so pleases, write as pleasant a book as well could be. In the present instance he has so pleased. The subject has evidently had a fascination for him. He has, more over—while thus running it - cleverly through with his steel pen and fixing it permanently upon paper— " handled it as if he loved it," according to Izaak Walton's famous recommendation. Already, within these last few years, our author has contributed a small library of his own to our bookshelves. Single volumes in abundance of a very miscellaneous cha racter. Two-volumed books of travels, now in Tur key, now in Spain, just as the fancy of the hour chanced to lead him. Three-volumed novels one after another dashed off currente calamo. Criticisms on art—commentaries on Shakspere, akin in some measure to the very work here submitted to our consideration, though relating to London, not at all periods, but at one particular period, the period that is of Shakspere individually. Now a labori ously elaborated biography of Turner, England's, the world's matchless landscape painter—now a brilliant anticipation of the same Life in a com pacter form for the new edition of the Encylojvdia Britannica. Anything, everything, seemingly has been as one to Mr. Walter Thornbury during these last fourteen years or so--in sug gesting themes to him for the manifestation of his plastic capabilities as a wonderfully industrious and at the same time also an exceedingly popular contri butor to our light literature. Occasionally—in writ ing thus assiduously, almost, as one may say, uninterruptedly, paper after paper, chapter after chapter, volume after volume—he has failed to do himself justice. As, in point of fact—considering the number of his books—might be set down at once as a thing inevitable. The fruitfullest land, as we all know, requires either to lie fallow for a while at intervals, or to have the greatest possible care taken in regard to the regulation of the rota tion of its crops. As a cultivator of his own powers, or rather, it should be said, of his literary reputation at the expense of his powers—he has occasionally, and almost inevitably, overtaxed the latter, in spite of their natural vigour, vivacity, and copiousness. In other words, among a number of able and sometimes brilliant works, he has given evidence, just once in a way, that he has written too much, or —to put the fact more accurately— too fast and too frequently. Not as a rule, has it been thus with him, however. On the contrary, we should add that it has been thus with him purely as the exception. At his best, indeed— few can be more delightful among the profes sional men of letters of his time. Let him but select for himself a congenial theme—let him but give himself reasonable leisure—let him but be in the vein for the work he has thus taken in hand, and no one, we repeat, can be more delightful. And of this same propitious combination of mood, and time, and subject-matter, the goodly book here under consideration affords the happiest illustration that could reasonably be desired. True, that the self-same theme has been, again and again, descanted upon already, and that, moreover, in several instances by writers as charmingly anecdotal as Leigh Hunt—vide, for example, " The Town" and " The Old Court Suburb." Nevertheless the theme is in itself one, in its way, reallyinexhaustible. Antiquarians, anecdote-mongers, collectors of unconsidered trifles, may yet follow hard upon the heels of one another through this wondrous, mazy province of streets called London, without marring whatever may still have to be said by any after-comer with the like literary intentions. There are room and verge enough for all, in this vast wilderness of the twin capitals of London and Westminster. It no more matters to Mr. Thorn bury that Mr. John Timbs very recently, only a year or two ago, in fact, brought out his book, called " The Curiosities of London," than that Mr. James Grant a long while ago, a good many years since, brought out his hook called " The Great Metropolis." Insomuch are the Histo rians of London apart from each other that we might (were the two volumes but of equal size) put Leigh Hunt's work " The Town," cheek by jowl upon the same bookshelf with Walter Thornbury' a " Haunted London." A capital title, by the way, this last—the title of the book now immediately under notice—Haunted London! Meaning by that not merely localities like Cock-lane, but all Lon don. For, is it not Haunted, this London of ours T Haunte,d—happily—by Ghosts of Memories that will not be laid ! What footsteps have not tra versed these causeways, climbed these staircases, inhabited these dwelling-houses, prayed in these loved and loitered and churches and cathedrals, wept in these graveyards, laughedgeoacirdisco urses—shrewdlydueentte ds i n aAn t n h d e , s p e r oa theatres, fttl edalin these,r a a nt h 8 Ai nirg observant f fellow-crea ture. Thornburgll o cmr e aa these green parks and ke liu,ksetudaeut dmmayousenetembfaanikn,tpse eeornadnudetcyoestuetrhmroenuggher, skilled n and a t r m e s a s n , of the world, gracefully of letters, lovingly like a sy as for a e n y e o y u e for get themtoth the l all. endeit,Saunterwe wwiathcrehrimyoudo:un ture. Courtier and playwright, statesman e am street an he and —he beyond any be wiser than at starting— cer t a i nly, doubt of it, you will have bHeiegnenateyain our own street—(very naturally) thi s great thorough farert of THE STRAND—the Highway of Taking world,as N. P. Willis called it once up on a time, so calling it, by the way, not by any means hyp er b o li ca ll y, this grand trunk-road connected London with Westminster—turning into The Strand under the guidance of Mr. Thornbury, what is there that we want to know about the Strand that he leaves untold ? If he pauses, for example, in it before Sir William Chambers's noble palatial pile of buildings, called Somerset House, he thus recounts to us how the old palace that was wont to occupy the same site, presented a singular spectacle when the clearance for the demolition commenced. " At the extremity of the Royal apartments," he says, " two large folding doors joined Inigo Jones's 'ad ditions to John of Padua's work. They opened into a long gallery on the first floor of the water garden wing, at the lower end of which was another gal lery, making an angle forming the original river front, and extending to Strand Lane. This old part had been long shut up and was supposed to be haunted. The gallery was panelled and floored with oak. The chandelier chains still hung from the stucco ceilings. The furniture of the Royal apart ment was removed into lumber rooms by the Royal Academy. There were relics of a throne and canopy ; the cri mson ve l ve t cur t a i n s for the audi ence-chamber had faded to olive colour, and all the fringe and lace but a few threads and spangles had been peeled off them. There were also broken chairs, stools, couches, screens, and fire-dogs scat tered about in disorder." Again—there is the old StrandMaypole,thatwe have all heard of—in regard to which he tells us in so many words : " Tho Maypole was Satan's flag-staff in the oyes of the stern Puritans, who dreaded Christmas pies,- cards, and dances. Down it came when Cromwell went up. The Strand Maypole was reared again with exulting ceremony the first May day a ft er th e R es t ora tion. The parishioners bought a pole 131 feet high, and the Duke of York, the Lord High Admiral, lent them twelve seamen to help to raise it. It was brought from Scotland -yard with . drums music, and the shout s o f th e mu ltitude ; flags flying, and three men bare-headed carrying crowns. The two halves being joined togeth er w ith i ron b a nds, and the gilt crown and vane and kin g ' s arms p l ace d on the top, it was raised in about four hours by means of tackle and pulleys. The Strand rang with the people's shouts, for to them the May pole was an emblem of the good old times. Then there was a morris dance, with tabor and pipe, the dancers wear ing purple scarfs and ' half shirts.' The children laughed, and the old people cl a pp e d th e i r h a nds, for there was not a bigger Mayp o l e i n E urope. " Or, let us hear what he has to tell us about the once famous but now almost forgotten Strand Ex change : " Thomas Duffet, an actor of Charles ll.'s time, was originally a milliner here. At the Eagle and Child, in Britain's Bourse, the first edition of "Othello" was sold in 1622. At the sign of the Three Spanfsh Gipsies lived Thomas Radford, who sold wash-balls, powder, andgloves, and taught sempstresses. His wife, the daughter of John Clarges, a farrier in the Savoy before or filter gadford's death, married drunken General Monk, became the vulgar Duchess of Albemarle, and was eventually buried in West minster Abbey. At the sign of the Fop's Head lived, in 1674, Will Cademan, a player and play publisher, Henry Herringham, the chief London publisher before Dryden's petty tyrant, Tonson, had his shop at the Blue Anchor in the Lower Walk. Mr. and Mrs. Pepys frequented the New Exchange. Here the Admiralty's clerk's wife had "a mind to" a petticoat of sarcenet bordered with lace, and probably purchased it. Here also, in April, 1664, Pepys and his friend Creed partook of " a most delicate dish of curds and cream." Both Wycherly and Etherege have here laid scenes of their comedies ; and here, too, Dryden's intri guing Mrs. Brainsick pretends to visit her " tailor" to try her new stays. How keen-wittedly and keen-eyed, too, Walter Thornbury traverses the same paths already trodden byLeigh Hunt and others, let his comment on a cer tain well-known, but as he here takes occasion to designate, very foolish London tradition about the statue of Charles the First at Charing cross, sufficiently indicate. " London," quoth he, " Has its local traditions as well as the smallest vil lage. There is a village story that the sculptor of Charles I. and his steed committed suicide in vexa tion at having forgotten to put a girth to his horse. The myth has arisen from the supposition of there being no girth, and retailers of such stories (Mr. Leigh Hunt included) did not take the trouble to ascertain whether there was or was not a girth. Unfortunately for the story (like Charles ll.'s in the pail of water) there is a girth, and it is clearly visible !" Enough, however, in the way of illustra tive quotation from a book tempting us, let us frankly confess it, to pilfer tidbits from it, thus, unconscionably. There are abundant embellishments scattered among the letterpress in the shape of pretty little woodcuts, the pencillings of Mr. Fair holt. The whole work—printed as it is on the thickest paper and bound in bevelled covers, richly emblazoned—forming a very handsome volume, a volume worthy of being pronounced to be an acqui sition either for the table or for the bookshelf of any lettered Londoner. MB. WILLIAM STEEVENS.—Our readers will be surprised and sorry to hear of the death of this well-known public character in connection with trials of agricultural machinery at royal and other shows, and re cently as the inventor and patentee of the new steam plough. Mr. Steevens died on Wednesday week, at his residence, 6, Godolphin-road, Hammersmith, in his 56th year. Mr..Steevens had many good social qualities, which, with more leisure and easier circumstances, might have proved highly valuable to society. These were demon strated by his being one of the originators and first movers in forming the Royal Benevolent Agricultural Institution, he having sought and obtained, through the courtesy of leading officers of the royal household, an interview with the late Prince Consort, and obtained from him the use of his name and promise of patronage and support by sub scriptions. The subsequent history of this institution we need not here relate ; but we feel assured we shall be ex pressing the sentiments of most of our readers by paying this tribute to an ingenious, industrious, and a well-mean ing and trustworthy man. THE LAW OF LIBEL.—The bill introduced by Sir Colman O'Loghkn to amend the law of libel and secure the liberty of the press provides that no criminal proceedings can be instituted for libel, unless the object of the libel has been to extort money or other valuable thing. The bill also provides that in civil proceedings for libel, in any public newspaper or periodical publication, " proof that the alleged libel was a true report of a speech or part of a speech spoken at any public meeting lawfully assembled for a lawful purpose, open to reporters for the press, and that the said report was published in the said public newspaper, or other periodical publication bond fide without actual malice, and in the ordinary course of business, shall amount to a defence, unless it shall be proved that the defendant declined or omitted, if required so to do, to publish in his said public newspaper, or other periodical publication, and in a portion of the same as conspicuous as that in which the said alleged libel was published, an explanation or contradiction of the said alleged libel, of not unreasonable length, immediately after such contradiction or explanation shall have been furnished to the said defendant by or on behalf of the party complaining of the said alleged libel." Farther, "proof that the defendant believed the alleged libel to be true, and that the same was published without any defamatory intent and with a lawful object, or, bona fide as a fair comment on a matter in which the public were interested, shall amount to a defence, unless the plaintiff shall prove that he has sustained actual loss or damage by the publication of the said alleged libel, :or un less the jury at the trial shall be of opinion that the alleged libel is such as is fairly calculated to cause actual loss or damage to the plaintiff by its publication." There are also provisions for the payment of money into court as in other personal actions, and that the defendant shall be entitled to his costs where the damages do not exceed 20s. It is also provided that a speech at a public meeting, reported in a newspaper, shall subject the speaker to the same process as a written libel. The privilege of Parliament or of courts of justice, or of any other public body entitled to privilege, in any way whatever, will not be affected by this bill. The Act is not to extend to Scotland. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNlNG.—OnWednes day forenoon Mr. Roberts, a shipowner from Lon don, went on board the Baron Clyde, a large ship lying on the shore at the foot of Messrs. Robert Steel and Co.'s iron ship yard, to examine her, a couple of hours prior to that vessel's sale by auction on board the ship. The tide flows in and out of the vessel, and being then high water there was about 12ft. of water in her, into which he slipped while poking his way along the beams near the after end of the ship between decks. There was no possibility of getting out of the water, except up a ladder by the foremast, which fortunately for him was there, but which he did not at first see; and being a good swimmer he made first for the side of the ship, hoping to climb up one of the large iron knees, but not being an acrobat, and from the weight of his overcoat, heavy clothes, and boots, he found that impossible, so he at once determined to make a raft of a few pieces of wood, of which there was a quantity floating about, and sit ting it out on his raft till the auction party should arrive and relieve him ; but soon espying something like a ladder in the distance, near the foremast, he made for it, and ascended with some difficulty, none the worse for his involuntary swim. There was not a person on board or near the ship and had the gentleman not been a good swimmer he must have been drowned, and nobody would have known of it perhaps for weeks. The ship has lain there for a year or more without any watchman. The decks were covered with snow and ice, and Mr. Roberts supposes a piece had stuck to his boot, and thus caused him to slip in between two beams.—Glasgow Herald. CRIME IN VICTORIA.—It is satisfactory to observe that the criminal statistics for the year 1863 (issued by the police department just before the departure of the last mail) show that for five years crime in Victoria had been steadily and largely decreasing. Within that time the number of persons taken into custody decreased from 30,357 to 22,255 ; the summary convictions from 20,218 to 14,302 ; 'the committals for trial from 1,428 to 1,081; and the convictions by the superior tribunals from 755 (in 1860) to 653. Thus, though the population of the colony has largely augmented since 1859, the crime as measured by the commitment, has diminished by 24 per cent. In many of the more serious crimes there has been a very marked reduction in recent years. In the year 1863 the great ma - jority of the offences were not of a serious character. Of the 22,000 persons actually taken into custody, 68 per cent. were summarily dealt with by the ma gistrates, 31 per cent. were discharged, and not more than .5 per cent. were committed for trial. In England, in the same year, the total number of persons apprehended was 452,273, and of these 62 per cent. were summarily convicted, 32 per cent. were discharged, and 4.2 were committed for trial. Of the committals, 60 per cent, resulted in convictions in Victoria, and 75 per cent. in England, while the proportion of acquittals was 31 per cent. in Victoria and 24 per cent. in England. It would seem, therefore, that justice is more sternly administered in England than in Victoria. As regards the character of the crimes committed in 1863, it is satisfactory to find that the offences against the person are largely in the minority. Of the cases summarily dealt with, only 784 were of this class, while there were 1,778 crimes in connection with property, and 11,740 offences of a miscellaneous kind. In this latter category are included 6,976 cases of drunkenness and disor derly conduct, and 1,036 convictions under the Vagrant Act, making together more than two-thirds of the whole. —Australasian. THE MONT CENIS TUNNEL.—The Turin corre spondent of the Avenir National, writing on the 13th says : —" The Mont Cenis works will probably be completed sooner than was hoped ; rocks have been reached much softer than those hitherto found, and the progress may be calculated at the rate of 250 metres per month. Should no unforeseen obstacles arise the tunnel might be opened for traffic towards the close of 1868. I can guarantee the accu racy of these details, which interest the whole world." CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 18.—The Government has instituted a system of advanced schools, open free to all classes of the native population. The question of the secularisation of the Mosque property is again under the consideration of the Government. Telegraphic communi cation is everywhere interrupted by the tempestuous weather.—Reuter's 7'elegram. ROBBERY AT A JEWELLER'S IN OXFORD-STREET.— Last night, about 12 o'clock, it was discovered that some persons had committed a robbery on the premises of Mr. Nathan Woolf Jacobson, jeweller, &c., No. 312, Ox ford-street, a quantity of property (consisting of 80 gold and silver watches, 17 bracelets, and a number of rings) being carried off, of the value of £4OO. Mr. Jacobson's foreman hearing a noise in the shop, the door of which had been securely fastened, went upstairs, and then found the shop door open, as also the show case, from which the property had been taken. It is believed that the robbery was committed by some persons secreted OA the premises. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Feb. 23. The last number of the ministerial Provinzial Correspondenz confirms the news already telegraphed that the Ministerial Council has definitively drawn up the conditions to which Prussia should adhere in settling the question of the Duchies. These con ditions are also known to have been approved by the King. The semi-official organ further denies the statements of the Zeidlersche Correspondenz as to the intended consultation of the notables of the Duchies, and as to the communications the Vienna Cabinet is said to have made here upon the Prussian propositions. The official and complete notification of the latter will not be delayed longer than the ensuing week. The Correspondenz endeavours at the same time to complete the Government programme. It re peats that the Government cannot state any opinion upon the person of the future Sovereign until the Crown lawyers shall have sent in their report. Under present circumstances it cannot enter into negotiations with the various claimants to the throne. It is essential first to settle the pre vious question, i.e., to come to an understanding with the Austrian Government upon the relations to be established between the Duchies and Prussia. The choice of the future Sovereign must be based, first, upon a solution of the succession question ; secondly, upon the wishes of the inhabitants of the Duchies themselves, and upon political conside rations. But before the designated Sovereign is definitely recognised as in possession of the Duchies the Prussian Government will make the following conditions :-1. That he unreservedly ac cepts the programme of the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna, as to the relations to be established be tween the. Duchies and Prussia, and gives satisfac tory guarantees for its fulfilment. 2. That the arrangement in question shall be definitively exe cuted with the consent of the representative of the Duchies. It follows from this that whoever may be ap pointed Sovereign will find himself at the moment of taking possession in presence of an accomplished fact ; in other words, will not be permitted to ascend the throne until after the definitive settlement of the relations between Prussia and the Duchies, and until he has entered into a positive engagement to observe the conditions agreed upon. It is apparent from this programme that some time will probably pass before the much-vexed Duchies question is definitely disposed of. Looking at the position of affairs, it is difficult not to acknow ledge the justice of a saying some time back set afloat, viz., that the annexation of the Duchies to Prussia was already effected—the only question left was how to disanneY them. THE PAPAL 11UNCIO IN FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 24. Full and comp satisfaction has been given by the Court of Rome to the French Government in the matter of the Nuncio Chigi, and relations be tween the representative of the Holy See and the Minister for Foreign Affairs have been replaced upon their former friendly footing. A proof of the excellence of these relations is afforded by the mar riage of the Princess of Castelcicalo, cousin of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, having just been celebrated in the Nuncio's chapel. The Foreign Minister himself was the bride's first witness. His Excellency and Monsignor Chigi were observed to be upon the most courteous terms. The following details upon the diplomatic nego tiations which have brought about this de'nouement will be found authentic. When M. de Sartiges, at Rome, received M. Drouyn de Lhuys' despatch of the Bth inst., in which the Emperor's Minister complained of the letters addressed by the Nuncio to the Bishops of Poitiers and Orleans, the Ambassador immediately repaired to Cardinal Antonelli, who at once declared that he, for his part, disapproved the conduct of Motisignore Chigi. His Eminence, however, added that before giving an official reply, it was his duty to consult the Holy Father. At his interview with the Cardinal, the Pope said that he perfectly shared the opinion the former had already expressed upon the act of the Papal repre sentative at Paris, and he desired Cardinal Auto nelli to assure the French Government nothing of the sort should again occur. His Holiness added that it was his desire that his representatives in foreign countries should confine themselves to the accomplishment of their duties, and should not com mit any act which might be considered as an inter ference in the internal affairs of the countries to which they were accredited. This satisfactory reply of the Pope was immedi ately telegraphed in substance to Paris, and the Emperor was already in possession of the telegram when he received the Nuncio at a private audience, and gave orders for publishing the Note in the Moniteur of the 19th, stating the explanation of MOnsignor Chigi, which put an end to the matter. The detailed despatch of M. de Sartiges received here within the last few days, confirms the tele gram previously sent. It reports the words of the Pope and of Cardinal Antonelli referred to above, and is couched in terms which show that the Roman Court has given the Emperor's Government all the satisfaction in the question that could possibly be desired. The publication of the " Vie de Cesar" will, it is reported, be delayed for a fortnight, the Viennese edition not yet being finished. The Emperor, however, has already received some 200 copies of the French edition, magnificently bound, in which he employs himself every morning in writing the dedications to the distinguished persons to whom he intends presenting the work. Although written in a plain and simple style, it is said that the book is very eloquent. The defence of Caesar is com plete ; and there are said to be portraits--that of Cicero, for instance—to which it would not be diffi cult to find precedent in the contemporary history of France. BOURSE, Feb. 24.—The market is somewhat unsteady. Threes, for the Account, having been done at 67f. 50c., are now at 67fr. 45c. Mobilier are unvaried at 917 fr. 50c. In Railway Shares quotations remain about the same. The market was firmer towards the c' an upward tendency. Th hose, and quotations had following are the last THE SUB, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1865; prices :-- 41 per Cents 96 50 f Italian Loan 64 80 Do. end month — Do. end month 64 90 3 per Cents. 67 55 Ditto Threes — Do. end month 67 50 New Mexican Credit Mobilier ... 927 50 Russian B9 50 Do. end month ... 925 Austrian Bank Shares 3497 50 Spanish Threes ... Credit Fonder 1280 Rome Debt Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOlO ... 1012 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 945 ... 947 50 Southern 582 25 ... 581 25 Western 540 Eastern 516 25 517 50 Sardinian 306 25 ... 306 25 Austrian Lombard 547 50 548 75 North of Spain 832 50 ... 332 50 Saragossa 4OO 398 75 Ditto to Barcelona 172 50 SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 21. The following is the text of the bill drawn up at the instance of the Queen of Spain for the sale of the Royal patrimony, three-fourths of the proceeds of which will be delivered to the public treasury : Art. 1. The patrimony of the Crown, perpetually inseparable therefrom, will consist as follows :—The Royal Palace of Madrid, with its stables, coach houses, parks, gardens, and other dependencies. 2: The Royal residence of Buen-Retiro, Casa de Campo, and La Florida, excepting that part of the first named marked out for new buildings and for a public road in the bills for improvement and embellishment already sanctioned by the General Administration of the Royal household and the municipality of Madrid. 3. The Royal residences at Avanjuez, San Ildefonso i the Pardo, and the Escorial, with their dependencies. 4. The Royal palaces of Barcelona, Valladolid, and Palma de Mallorca, and the Castle_of Bellver. 5. The Mu- seum of pictures and sculpture. 6. The Ro y al Arsenal. 7. The Alhambra and Alcazar of Seville: t 8. The right of presentation to the Monastal Sas Huelgas de Burgos, and to the Convent 4 Santa Clara de Tordesillas, which contain tombs of Spanish Kings and Princes, and the presentation to the other religious houses declared to belong to the Royal patrimony by the competent State au thorities. Art. 2. That the whole of the furniture d effects contained in the palaces and other establis'; meats comprised in the preceding article will ado be considered in the patrimony of the Crown, w i , t he out prejudice to the natural faculty resident in King to dispose of some or any of the same. Art. 3. The town and country property 11,4 rents at present forming part of the Roya l P at '; mony, and not comprised in Art. 1, are hereby up to sale. Art. 4. In the sale of the domains the following rules will be observed :-1. The purchase-Ineniele will have to be paid in four equal instalments' er first on the spot at the time of sale, and the ntLi o at certain annual periods. 2. The sales will ta ad , place at public auction, and the lots judged to the highest bidder. 3. The property lie continue until its alienation under the charge General Administration of the Royal patrimenPlie Seventy-five per cent. of the sum obtained hY sales will be considered as the property of the St ri a; will be .11 and be delivered into the public TreasurY., remaining 25 per cent. will appertain to the .0°.7. household. Art. 5. In order to buy up the rents aPPertUo 31 : ing to the Royal patrimony a certain time v", l, ' e j allowed to the tenants, and the conditions n'of which may appear expedient. At the expira tiO 4 this period the rents not bought up will be pllt to public sale under the same conditions of intrehtho as those offered to the tenants. The amou nt of ea redemptions and sales of rents will be apPerti°,,ll.'o and applied in the manner stated in Art. 4, relay to the proceeds of the sale of the property. tho Art. 6. The buildings and land belonging " - "„ r y Royal patrimony that may be considered n eee :" t he for the State, will be purchased by the same fourth part of the amount of its valuation, lc to will be deducted from the proceeds appert aining the Public Treasury by reason of the sales. , 03 3' Art. 7. The allowances and widows and erP'latri• pensions, and other obligations attached to P monial administrations of the property ae ld ',, - t io remain at the charge of the General Adm iral of the Royal Household and Patrimony. resent Art. 8. To carry out the objects of th e rfel bill a Commission will be formed com posed ! , % t ers lows :—The President of the Council of il l t io ee, who will act as Chairman, the Minister of Vice-Chairman, the other members of the Cl o yal sion being the Administrator-Generals of th e dept Household and Patrimony, two se n ators' a c , es to ties elected by the respective legislative heuf the which they belong, the Assessor-General ° ca w Ministry of Finance and the Consulting -Ad 0 General of the Royal Household and patr The Secretary of the General Administration also act as the Secretary of the Commissie be 113 Art. 9. The duties of the Commission Nywi,serfea follows :-1. To fix the regulations to be e l " sta te in the transactions between the officers of tile tr „ and those of the Royal Household and T cl ettl for the execution of the present law. 2. mine the periods and prices for the reder:tioo and sale of the rents. 3. To decide upon (111 0 the and demands pending between the State 5 , 1 . rOs' Royal Patrimony, upon the proprietorship • ' vs of sessions of any property, determining th e r 4 4)r the present bill. 4. To decide what eOCC, a ces' lands belonging to the Royal Patrimony a re 6. ria sary for the public service of the Sta te " 00 rasl draw up any bill or bills, which in their nPial o bject be expedient for the better fulfilment a the 0 of the bill. of the Art. 10. On the termination of the labolusdispoi, Commission and the execution of all th e ,, 01 X tions of the present bill, the Comm i ss ion wul a detailed report to the Cortes o f its procceu and of the results obtained. MARKETS—This Day, -~ - NT GAEN 11 1111.5°. Supplies of fruit an COVE d vegetables ßD are . seasonal) - The trade is steady, at the annexed quotations :-- A d ~, 0 0 hMtie Foreignrbreirersid,e pistetPror,lPDP.tu 0 0 : 0 0 0 0 [ O O, 1 6 0 60 Filberts, per T e o- 1 oto n Walnuts, paw .• 0 oto Cobnuts, pef r pus 0 oto v . Almonds, 0 0 to o y s Figs, Fel : 00a: ie. _ 0 o PeurreacahneSt,s!peerrub_to g 1 10 0 t o , , 00 D.Platunrasso,ifse,rJ•do-o.`:. oto 0 IRV e. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Foreign do., each 0 oto 0 0 , ilrapes,per lb 6 oto 10 0 Foreign do 1 oto 2 6 31elons Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hi-sv. 2 oto 3 6 Years, per do Oranges, per 100..4 oto 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0 Gooseberries sve oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 0 ° VEGETABLES. l b o gro 2 0 ° Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 6 6 , Shallots, Per v e i n i u ' u - Savoy y ditto ' d o. . 13 . 4. . dz 2 1 0 0 s t o o 4 3 0 0 i Cabbages, pr doz. 1 6to 2 6 I Horseradish, p,., ‘ o oto i 6. doz.,, • • 0 o to „ 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 3to 2 6' Beet, per , per ditto 0 oto 0 9 .to " o Brocoli oloto 1 0 Parsnips, per .4 0 . 0 v i . 0 y, per rtio , 1 oto 0 v Potatoes, per ton 80 0 to 20 0 Small salad. P. P n t ' 1 0 ,„ o 0 „ New ditto, pr pnt 1 oto 0 0 Mushrooms. PPA 0 v to 0 " JP urnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, e a " — 0 C r e a fe s r l y e to 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score •• ,0 0 0 0 ° 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and sav°„,, r l r ' e 0 0 / 10 0 0 Garlic, per lb r3orrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, di """ 0 " o u 0 Green peas, n.-sv. 0 oto o 0 Tomatoes, doz.• • 0 0 t r , 0 i French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditr o Z, 0 tou 1 ; Onions, doz. h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums Pe r 0 9 0 ' bun ot ° 9 New Do., dz bun 00to 0 0 Rhubarb, per 0 .1, r do. ola Spinach . . 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, P- h „, e 1 Brussels sprouts 1 6so 2 6, Seakale. par "--. Mi ne POULTRY. 10s I ljioe Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s Od ; ge ese, Gs Od to c u i c Pi goslings, 7s Od to 9s Od ; ducks, 2s 6d. .to 4s Od ; w ild cl i () ;(10 , 3s Od to 5s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s 6d each ;,„ f rey ', ,flS+ to is 3d ; pigeons, Os 10d to is 3d each; P' — d o or f od; 9s Od to 15s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to 12s Od ; ba% to 1 . ° 0 6 3; 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 30 „ "o c f to "„ipo l ptarmigan, is 6d to is 9d each ; pheasants, as,. 001; 9 ` . oa A O partridges, is Od to 2s Od; woodcocks, 4s Od t°, ',ls, V Oa urn ls 6d to 2s Od ; teal, 18 6d to 28 Od ; wild ''' ll o - Od t ° ok r 2s 6d ; widgeons, 1s 6d to 2s Od ; plovers, n a g, 0S 0 ,10" each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od ; roasting P n ' c r ; E . , 13 ,'; 0 4 ), Os Od each Ostend fresh butter, is 4d to o l: o u c i s, 0 5 1 0 `0(1 i" is 5d to is 6d per lb ; English eggs , French do., 8s Od to 9s Od per 100 ; leveret 3s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. 0 ,1 0 51 ' , to k ousc l s o6d O a d ; p ; ber : prawns, l]sb: BILLINGSGATE. 0 15 ' 10 11 Salmon, 2s 6(1 to 3s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os 0(1; to a d to 1 , od to ~.r ti - IA ,v o le , ' , Od ; c ° % Ocl 'no 6 ' lets, is Od to 2s Od ; lobsters,' 38 a to 40 6d; — e h; „ P a - Oe ; Os so dOb turbots, to o s d ,o s ; 3os p d i pike, e d , datokaor:ls,:sturgeotti, Is . 6 00 1 ; to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnet Os Od to Os Od I ts 6v n - a to Os 3d to 2s 6d per pair ; common s' oysters, 12 , s ° O . s , s„" Oa! fisnsoautoindvde;es,rhsB4,adessdsOoodedioe6r9sOdsoodzeOdtnop;l!2mrsabocudkse;hel ; villit' l/b c i to la 6 mackerel, °s Jo n s ()°,. lr i 0 0 Od N O, , i ce . 120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od to 108 Od per 1 ' Od P e to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os O d to 08 1 01 4 0 6 4 NEWPORT. f; tO ~ 3$ Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; m utton, aS -ci d v01 . " 7 lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; weal, 3s. 6d to 48 6d ; g u to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. i fo l, L WHITECHAPE , 4.olociL ill' Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, ras6a to siD vjd 48 Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d Pe carcase. The price ft° of wheaten b ß r ß ea E d A i D n .l'S the We ill:49 °l 6d to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 4 1b to to ~, A l p HIDES AND SKINS. i 4 , 0 1 ",' Ft;', 3 Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 6 4 .„ b t a to 4 '10,5', Id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3fd to aid ; 801 b to 881 b, ' b lg v 1041 s, ii to to 961 b 4d to 4id , ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; - " i f,.sl o ,v o°4; Od to Od. Ho • hide 180 s, 8s Od to 10$ Od ; c i t h ,ep, ';,„ go" 2s Od to 48 0d ; full, 6s 6d to Os Od ; oiled 0 " - od '" P 10 14s Od ; half b d - re s, lOs Od to lls 6d ; DovilA shearlings, 1s 6d to Os Od. *l ol ' clo 3 , HAY MARKETS. 10S; r 1 0 ' SMITHFIELD M . eadow hay, £4 10s to X.? 1 48 P e ~,, £5 lOs to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s w • Xi - - •('''' do , Supply limited. A 1016 V CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to '''-' 14e Y £5 10s to £6 lOs ; and straw, t° -1 lo ad' £1 9s j, A fair demand. OS ; 1 0 ~ s 5 - per WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 100 be el I , isr £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw,' ~ 8 0 to 0 , x , ..- Trade steady. The Berlin Prussia to having both his ------ had a wish --- tiog .• , journals mention an affec- pro which occurred or t o he military hospital of that pity P 1.,. 00.0 9 d ur i ng a late v i s it a thj,f,jet, Cation o f bo perceived a soldier who had udergone:l:i,, if ti P to arms and both his legs, asi° ofortdl'tor man, " Order satisfy. " Yes, sire," replied the tiviis g yea o o f moved, me to be shot !" The Sine', oll0:0 , vi isl i that !" replied, an '• I cannot satisfy so uuchrist ~a 0 til e 17 :0 left the bedside shedding tcars, c' • o vill ° sufferer lamented the skill of the raedical Ilie been able to beC save his life• rite 0 A letter e* e - li p from Vienna states that 9, larg . to of Poles who 014A° etts''' in had been assigned residences in ,111 Austria, butwho r y if they e~ oe• can leave the count . oreer to ,o, have made choice I too' of Turkey for ad refuge, 1° ~f e%io- fel the arm Themey,there, or otherwise to fin the roans ",,,,„ 0 ia.4t ; c o days n who have arrived in Vienna dig b,..te lidieoit they are sent, at their own request, to Tri,.co'Aoetr are conveyed insteam ships frontier. 1110 Cont punt at th e. There i are Nvii cent. In t th ere .x% Sine( ari l° l lllt . The st eamer 841 Pnael B howin, /1 :h 0 ha; nstituti th e A r Iv T " lesdai th e • coil] o ° ,4 °