The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-14 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENINCi tha performance will commence with the new Opera, LARA. Principal characters by Messrs. Swift, G. Honey, Forbes, Terrott, and Renwick ; 31 saes Louisa Pyne, Cc, ttrell, Barrington, and Romer. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. After the Opera will be , riven the Burlesque, entitle d THE LION AND THE UNICORN. Principal characters, Messrs. Rouse, Anderson, dcc. ; Misses E. Button, Cottreil, Furtado. To conclude w.th the GRAND TRANSFORMATION SCENE. Doors open at Half-past Six- Commence at Seven. COVENT - ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED SUCCESS OF CINDERELLA AND THE WONDERFUL LoN.A.To. THIS EVENING a new Op , ra, in one act, entitled niE RIVER. brit ITE. The music by Frank Mori, the words by George Lin'cy. t hara3iers by Dlessrs. G. Perrin, Weiss, A, Cook, Lyall, E. DUBS k, and Mdme Florence Lands. Condu ;tor, Air. A. MEL LOS. Aiter which, at a quarter -past S, the Grand and highly successful eahtorabi,e, cI NDEREt.t.A, m Whiac at Donato will reappear. 3 lag nifizent Scenery and gorgeouscestories. Commen:e at SLven. THE AT R E-R OY AL, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENILY THE EIGHTH te.minating with the fall of Wolsey. Mtssrs. Phelps, Walter Lacey, II: Marston, E. Phelps, Barrett, Sin clair; miss Atkinson, Mrs. Vandenoff, &c. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROT tiEltS ; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. Bel more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Koselle, &c. Misses Lydia Thompson. K. Lcclercq, &c. ; Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri, W. A. Barnes, T. Morris, Cormack, Saville • Udine. Boleno, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano. THEA TR E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Feb. 14, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone. !roger., (nark, Coc, Wea the..by, & 1 / 4 1.; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, ntzwilliam, &C. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FUR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weatherbby, &c.; Mesdames Snowdon, Hill, &c With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. And THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.-- 6431 e troDrb•u.,r anti Manktgut, Aut. B. 0 eosi,nr. Tlll3 EVENING, STEPHEN DIGG ES. Messrs. J. L. Tool, Billington, Ebnrne ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Lillington, and M ss H Simms. To conclude With THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedloid, Bihi= gton, otuart, S.ephen son, C. J. Smi h, Eburne ; Mrs. A. Melon, Mrs. I.ll.llington, Miss K. Kelley, and iiss A. Seaman. ---------. —.7.-------_ against the measure being brought to a successful termination. It often happens that an excess of particularity defeats its own purpose, and it will be very unfortunate if this session passes away without something decisive being done to remedy the evils attendant on our present system of prison manage ment ; for while one proposes, and another finds fault, the harm is being done and the evils spreading far - and wide, to the obstruction of justice and the detriment of the best interests of society. The intelligence from the Eastern World brings us information which is interesting, if not especially important. Englishmen have now such extensive and varied interests in India, China, and Australia, that they can no longer look with indifference on ' the accounts received from those distant quarters even in tranquil times. Two departments of the intelligence usually received by the Overland Mail are not, however, altogether pacific. New Zealand has been the theatre of a prolonged and unsatisfac tory struggle for many months past, and if the loss of life has been comparatively small, the injury to the settlers has been very serious. They have been forced to leave their homesteads, their fields, and outlying farms, and to take refuge in the fortified towns, so that great hindrances are placed by this war in the progress of the • thriving colony. It would be a long and tedious task to enter upon the numerous causes of the war, and the mistakes in dealing w i t h th e natives, but all parties must agree in cordially wishing for a speedy termination of hostilities and the final adjustment of the old standing grounds of dispute. The mili tary news received from New Zealand is of little moment. Affairs are much the same, and the Waikato district continues tranquil, so that it is hoped that though the chiefs have not yet definitively tendered their submission they have practically abandoned the struggle. In Taranaki the Maories still hold possession of a great part of the country, and the settlers are still unable to resume their homesteads and their occupations. General CAMERON is on the spot, and will probably soon try the effect of active and decisive measures upon them. The great subject of conversation in the colony is the change of Ministry. A Government has accepted office under Mr. WELD, a prominent member of the War Party. The programme which this gentleman proposes is certainly vigorous and original. He complains of the results of the double system of Government, declares his intention of recommend ing the Assembly to request the Home Government to withdraw the whole of the troops, and leave the Governor to be guided only by his constitutional advisers, leaving to these of course the option of resignation in case of any material difference with their head. This, it will be seen, is very much in accordance with the English model, but it is doubt ful how far the colonists will be inclined to agree to the military portion of the scheme. It is all very well to call out volunteers at a pressing crisis, and the colonists have responded nobly to the call, but it is questionable whether the prisoners or the popu lation of the colony are equal to the maintenance of a standing army. There are not idl e hands enough in a young and poor settle ment to provide sufficient recruits at a very ; low rate ; but it remains to be seen how far the Colonial Legislature will accept the new theory, which may in some respects be adapted to their re quirements. From Japan we learn that affairs are still doubtful, though European remonstrances are no longer disregarded. Two Japanese have been executed for the barbarous murder of the two Eng lish officers ; but an unsatisfactory appendage to this story is the news of a fresh murder—this time of two Frenchmen at Yokohama. The men appear to have been intoxicated, and got mixed up in a riot, which, of course, in some degree palliates the crime, or would do so in any other country ; but, in Japan, the recurrence of these assassinations tends to increase the feelings of insecurity among the European residents. Both among the Daimios and the common people there is evidently a strong, hostile feeling against Europeans, whether from prejudices of religion, or from the long-established custom of excluding foreigners from the Empire is uncertain. Whether it will die out by the association with the western strangers, or whether the great princes and the ' priests are fostering it for their own ends must be proved by further experience, but the European Powers had need to keep a jealous guard over the lives of their subjects. A little more precaution on the part of the victims would often avoid risk, but in these cases habitual danger seems, to produce recklessness. From India there is nothing special to be learned by the present summary of news. The Secretary of State, when questioned last night by Lord STANLEY, promised a detailed account of the Bhootan expedi tion to be shortly laid before the House, so that we shall before long have the official report of another of the many small wars which it is our Pacific Government's good pleasure to carry on in out-of-the-way places. The departure of Mr. MASSEY for India, which is to take place in a few days, contradicts the report that Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN was to have no successor as Finance Minister. The office is a responsible one, and is certainly no sinecure, since day by day the Indian revenue increases in importance, and has not yet reached the assured condition and regular system of administration of the Home \ Exchequer. New principles remain to be tried, old errors to be abolished, in connection with the administration of our Indian finances. Mr. MASSEY does not, we believe, belong to the school of the bullionists who produced the Act of 1844, and is not fettered by the traditions of a worn-out and contracted system of monetary policy. He will be, therefore, more likely to meet the commercial wants of India in a free and enlarged spirit, since his opportunity is a great One. li e must, we should hope, be aware of th e a dvantages offered to comme rce , an d the stimulus given to trade of every kind by a modified pape r currency on limited liability principles. If he should have the foresight and courage to introduce this he will relieve the Calcutta merchants from the pres sure which they have lately felt, and to which they will become more and more liable as the commerce of India extends. There are many reasons why a paper currency, always advantageous under proper restrictions, should be especially advantageous to India. Immense sums of money are now coming into native hands in return for cotton, and these sums are being put to li ttle profit. The llindoos either bury it in the earth after immemorial custom, or melt it into ornaments, to neither of which pur poses could they put a bank note. They would therefore be more likely to spend the money to their O ibn w es itirdiol easily oft l and ayi thet n o g it idly general by , a advantage tage of the country the silver currency,tina carried from place to pltaheee.moThneye could argument, something like a however, in its favour is the deficiency of entirely . which a few months back pro ducedcirculate would it be to The pro panic. How much wiser, instead o f re • :n ess a of m t e h t e alli cc e u : t u ry rrr w e o n ui cy d , paper rupees under Govern ment authority. li vri „, t e extension of ih safety, then be relievedof the a Sudden collapse a terrible feardLra: commerce would proceed would be byunche m ck a 7l ket. The and trade ill the mone y quest . :. 31 cannot be postponed much longer, for the increasing demands of the merchant, the planter, and the speculator will have to be met somehow, and we trust that Mr. MASSEY will have the wisdom and the statesmanship to save India from the doom of those recurring panics which periodically attest, among ourselves, the mistaken prudence and the short-sighted policy of our financiers of 1844. Cheap trains for working men is a great deside ratum, and at the present time the subject has be come one of great interest and importance. On the first of March the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway will commence their new plan of providing cheap railway traffic for the working classes. By this scheme, mechanics, artisans, and labourers, will be able to obtain a weekly ticket for a shilling that will allow them to make one journey a day in each direction, on all the line between Ludgate-hill and Victoria. This is a voluntary undertaking on the part of the Railway, and reflects great credit on the directors. It has been made compulsory on the Metropolitan Railway, by an Act of Parliament, that they should run one working man's train per day, but the enactment did not include other trains. Various restrictions are made to insure that no un fair advantage is taken of this privilege, and these are only right and reasonable. It is to be trusted that success will attend this effort of a praiseworthy character, and that other lines will follow the example thus worthily set. The necessity that exists for some relief being afforded to the working classes is very apparent, and the subject was touched upon in the House of Lords last night, when Lord HOUGHTON moved for a return of the number of unions and parishes that had availed themselves of the Act of last year, which " enabled them to receive from the Metropolitan Board the sums of money expended in the relief of the casual poor," &c. In the remarks which were made on this subject the Earl of LONGFORD said that the provi sions contained in the bill were necessary in conse quence of the numerous evictions which had taken place by the metropolitan improvements. It is a serious thing to reflect upon that so many as fifteen thousand evictions have taken place, and the subject thus assumes a vast social importance. Lord DERBY was the first to bring this matter forward, and, with a foresight and good feeling that did him honour, he called the attention of the House of Lords to the question. Had more notice been taken of the affair then, and more heed paid to his , suggestions, it is very likely that we should not now have to deplore the great extent to which the evil has spread and the serious aspect which it has assumed. Lord LONGFORD very properly observed that though the sanitary condition of the metropolis necessitated the removal of narrow thoroughfares, their lordships ought to reflect that in giving autho rity for wholesale removal, they rendered them selves in some degree responsible for the miseries that ensued by the overcrowding of other districts. This is perfectly true, and it is only a one-sided legislation that does not look beyond the immediate end in view to the ultimate effects on those who are compelled to be the victims to the general schemes of a large and comprehensive nature. The West minster Improvement Bill displaces 3,500 persons, and the commissioners who have charge of the mea sure have reported that they did not provide accom modation for these persons because their chief object was the " improvement of the sanitary con dition of Westminster." Surely such is most short sighted policy, and can never prosper in the long run. It cannot be to the interests of society that so large a proportion of the population should suffer such ills ; and if the sanitary condition of one part of the metropolis is benefited, the summary mode of proceedings will inevitably inflict upon another part of it many and serious evils. It is of great importance that this subject should be taken up without delay, and receive the attention that it de serves, from its immediate and prospective conse- quences. The Concentration of the Law Courts. A meeting of the Jurisprudence Department of the Na tional Association fo'r the Promotion of Social Science was held last evening at their rooms in the Adelphi ; Mr. Thos. Webster, F.R.S., in the chair. A report was read from the committee of the department in favour of the concentration, under one roof, of all the courts and offices of law in London. The report, after showing what had already been done with reference to the project and the present station of the question, urged the necessity of the metropolitan and provincial law societies, and similarboclies;petitioning Parliament, and waiting upon their representatives to request them to support the bills. Mr. SEYMOUR TEUTON hoped that the members of the legal profession and others would use their influence with their representatives in Parliament to support the Govern ment bills, and recommended that the fees of all the con centrated courts should be paid in stamps, as in the Court of Chancery. Mr. ROBERT STUART trusted that the bringing together of all the courts of law would promote the fusion of law and equity. Mr: E. W. FIELD dwelt on the fallacy attempted to be raised that no funds in Chancery existed available for the erection of new law courts. As one of the Commissioners of the Court of Chancery, he was well able to refute such an assertion. With regard to the interior accommodation of the - proposed buildings, provision should be made for the deposit of all the legal documents connected with the ad ministration of the courts, as the existing courts were quite inadequate for such a purpose, as was admitted by Lord Chelmsford and others, who were opponents to the present scheme, and thought it possible that accommoda tion might be afforded for a general deposit of the wills proved in all the prerogative courts in England, as was contemplated by a measure some time since proposed in , Parliament. He was glad to see that the benchers of Lincoln's-inn were coming round in opinion as to the desirability of the Carey-street site. The site of 'the Thames Embankment, though tempting to the eye, would not be so convenient either to the members of the profes sion or to the suitors, and as the fees of the latter would provide the funds there was no reason why the suitors should be dragged to the water side for ornament sake. Grand exteriors generally showed a great want of accom modation within ; and he approved Mr. Cowper's plan of appointing a committee to consider the requirements of the interior force before the outward decoration. He hoped, as the building was intended ultimately to be vested in the Board of Works, that some solicitors, or gentlemen earnest n the object in view, should be appointed on the govern- ing body. Mr. F. HILL approved of the Carey-street site, and pro posed that the report should assert more emphatically in its favour. _ _ _ Mr. HASTINGS said that the site had many technical ad vantages combined which no other available site could pos sibly afford. A portion of the site being in the City of London would enable the citizens to settle their own liti gations under the advantages of the new courts within their own jurisdiction. The feeling now was everywhere becoming unanimous in its favour. The CUAIItMAN thought for tho purposes of utility the proposed site was by far the best located, as it was adja cent to the inns of court and the immense number of public law -offices. The projected basement-communication with the Temple and Lincoln's-inn was highly favourable to the spot chosen. After some observation; in which Sir F. H. Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., Mr. W. S. Cookson, and Mr. Williams took part, the report was adopted. M. MAILLART'S LAPA• "—ihe success of M. Maillart's "Lara," at Her • Majesty's Theatre, is frank and incontestable. Thefactca t n h not of course have proved otherwise than agre ea bl e to poser of the music r whe s n e the d th that e h w e s aosu conveyedthe spurtnehei°on composer ; n and we aree not upri h ave addressed the subjoined very hearty and unaffected letter to Mr. IV. Harrison, tho manager : " Dear MaffreHr eted Har rison,—Permit me to thank you with all my heart for the a fl a ttering zeal and intelligent care with which you have produced Lara ' I deeply regret, and shall always ree•Tet, that it was not in my power to be in London on the day when, for the first time, one of my operas was represented in England. The sympathetic favour and kindness with which the English public, whose artistic taste is so ele vated, has welcomed my work, touches mo profoundly • and I shall never forget the generous hospitality with which the music of 'Lars' has been received in the coun try of the great Byron. Will you, my dear director, be the interpreter of my sentiments of gratitude to your excellent artistes, and to my confrere, the Maestro Arditi, your emi nent chef d'orche,stre, to whom, as well as to yourself, I am indebted for a good part of the success of my work, and believe me, &c., A. MAILLART." The above letter is con ceived in the spirit and written in the language of a gen tleman and an artist.-31v4kal World. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. k echter. THIS EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. 3lsssrg• 5 - } :merY , C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. Horsman, lien rade, E. Boyce, and Elswortny. Atter which, at halt-past 9, a New Drama, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. Rt. bert blEmite, r.M r echter. Messrs, Widdieomb, C. Horsman,itzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, Raymond, Oollett; Mesdames E.sworthy and B. Percy. To conclude with BEA.RFACED IMPOSTORS. Mr. 'W if:44l°mb. Doors open at Ilali-Past Six. The Box-office open daily from Llcv n till Five. ReYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Alanager, Geo. Vining. • 1113 EVENING. a new Extravaganzi, entitled THE MAGIC kIURSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I ItINCES. Atter which, TIIE bTKEETS ON' LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre., ter. 11. Melton ; Mrs. Henry Maiston, Miss Emma iiantett, and Miss F.nny G'wynae. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanag - eress Mrs. SwanborouLtu. Tti IS EVENING, at 7, THE WILFUL WARD. Mr. Belfold ; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama. MILKY WHITE. Illetirs. Craven, Stoyle, Jame. ; MlB Swahborough. To conclude :v th rr tiE " GRIN" Mr. Fenton, ; Mesdames Raynham, &moon, Johnstone, 4tc. COALS. The LILLTESHALL COMPANY'S COAL-, Direct from their owu Marquis'.......26g. per ton. Double 218. per ton. Top 255. „ p Well screened and delivered within rive miles of their De pots, Westbourne Vitt-road, W., and 17, South Wharf , yaddington, W., and Dikiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN bCO TT, Bole Lgent THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDEtt (late liltOOKS). Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cwienctisti-street, Oxford-street. frIIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing the Lateat seuitTlNU IN lELLIti EIN Gan be had Every Evening of Cr. It. GLI , ,N tE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, 11 pie-park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN ' supplied as oon as Published containing all the LA PEST N PAN'S an 1 SONIA ING INTEL LIGE:NeaI, by ii. %V. II A lat IS, Ne spaptr Agent, 4, Thaektriars-roan, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 23m.—Afternoon, 4h. 40m To-Monr , ow.-Morning, 4h. 56m.—Afternoon, sh. 12m. jit ufl , LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 14, 1865. Sir Or. GREY certainly devotes a considerable share of attention to the subject of Prisons, and the right hon. gentleman has every reason to do so, for this matter is one that is most deserving of notice, alike from its own intrinsic importance and from the errors that have lately crept into the system that prevails in this country. Dealing with the laws that appertain to criminals is the most painful duty that devolves upon the Home Secretary, and the difficulties that hedge in such a question render the undertaking both irksome and arduous. The Bill which the right hon. gentleman obtained leave to bring in last night appears, so far as we can judge, at first, to be a step in the right direction. The first thing necessary to be done, as truly stated by Sir G. GREY in his introductory speech, was to consolidate the existing law. It is now a consider able period since the last consolidation took place, and since then many changes have been made, at intervals, and the supplementary enactments cause considerable confusion when it is necessary to ascertain the precise nature of the law in any particular. This Bill now projected is, however, to be one for the amendment of the Law as well as for its consolidation. The principal ob jects which were stated last night appear to contain nearly all that is desirable for the purpose of better ing the arrangements of all prisons, and rendering their discipline more in conformity with what should be the principles of such institutions. The purp or t, as briefly stated, seems to be to construct prisons so that separate confinement can be made practicable, and also to provide such means in every prison as will insure that sentences of hard labour are and will be carried into effect. The means by which these plans are to be carried into effect is by re quiring a certificate to show that the requirements of the law have been complied with before the Trea sury allowance for the maintenance of prisoners is given. This is a very excellent suggestion, and, doubtless, it will be found very efficacious in carry ing out the object for which it was designed. With one thing and another the discipline maintained in our prisons has become very lax and imperfect, and nothing but a thorough chan ge w ill co unteract the evil that h as taken such deep root, and gained such a stronghold of late years. We have gone from one extreme to another, from a system of coercion and harshness that was most severe to a perfect mockery of justice, a course which pampers criminals. It is indeed high time that a stop be put to all this, and that energetic measures be adopted at once, for it is almost impossible to realise the full extent to which such lax management and faulty procedure in prison discipline may injure the community at large, by giving a false tone to things, and by virtually holding out a premium for crime. As Si r G . GREY truly observed, it will be easier to judge of the merits of this Bill when the details appear ; but, meanwhile, its promise is good and augurs well for the manner in which this subject is being taken up by the authorities. The right hon. gentleman proposes, if the Bill be brought to a second reading, 0 refer it to a select committee, in order that it may receive the proper amount of revision. This is the right course to pursue, and it is to be hoped that the scruples of over-zealous members will not militate rHE SUN,II.LONDO.N, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1865.1 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Sir Bulwer Lytton's Comedy of sqloney." The morning performance yesterday at Drury Lane, in aid of the Royal General Theatrical Fund, went off as brilliantly as any one could have reason ably desired. It consisted, according to the an nouncement which had been appearing for some time previously in the advertisements, of Sir Bulwer Lytton's radiant and witty five act Comedy—a comedy already one quarter of a century old—the comedy of Money. The following being the powerful cast of the characters :—Alfred Evelyn, Mr. Creswick (in lieu of Mr. Alfred Wigan, who was announced to be suffering from severe indis position) ; Captain Dudley Smooth, Mr. Walter Lacy; Lord Glossmore, Mr. Parselle ; Benjamin Stout, Esq. , Mr. Buckstone ; Graves (his original character), Mr.B. Webster ; Sir Frederick Blunt, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Chippendale ; Sharp, Mr. Braid ; Old Member, Mr. Rogers ; Winch, Mr. Maclean ; Frantz, Mr. Stephenson ; Tabouret, Mr. P. White ; Sir John's Servant, Mr. Weathersby ; Lady Franklin, Mrs. Alfred Wigan ; Clara Douglas, Mrs. Charles Mathews ; and Georgina Vesey, Miss Nelly Moore. Mr. Creswick's Evelyn was as creditable an impersonation as the circumstances would allow of —Nature not having cast him for the part. Mr. Buckstone's Benjamin Stout was as comical, in its droll way, as ever Keeley's could have been. Mr. Walter Lacy was a perfectly deliberate and perfectly gentlemanly Captain Dudley Smooth Deadly Smooth, according to the club-room sobriquet. Mr. Wm. Farre - n's Sir Frederick Blunt elicited many a hearty burst of laughter from a good, but not over crowded house. The Old Member as pourtrayed by Mr. Rogers was as delightfully ridiculous as could be wished—with his laconic irrascibility about the abstraction of the snuffbox. The Lady Franklin of Mrs. Alfred Wigan was clever enough in its way : but—for all that—it needs hardly to be said, it was not Mrs. Glover. Mrs. Charles Mathews, we have seldom seen to so much advantage as in Clara Douglas, in her repre sentation of which character she was throughout subdued and ladylike, occasionally evidencing much pathetic and emotional tenderness. The choicest impersonation of all, however, in the whole of this particularly powerful cast of Money was Mr. B. Webster's delightful pourtrayal of Graves, his own original character. Always the consummate artist whatever he does, Mr. Webster was perfectly " in the vein" yesterday, and held (as he always can do, whenever he lists) an absolute mastery over his audience by the every glance of his eye, by the every tone of his voice, by his every seemingly careless and casual gesticulation. The brilliant dialogue told with admirable effect throughout. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales occupied the Royal box during the whole performance, entering the theatre, before the green curtain first rose, amidst a round of loyal applause, and leaving it in a t ft im er e th w e h s e a n m t e he gre: rfo c r ur m t e a r i s n h ha a d d e t r he olil las y t fallen like m for ani been summoned to appear before the footlights. The Prince and Princess seemed to enjoy quite as thoroughly as any one else in the house this new and perfectly exceptional histrionic entertainment. Address to Mr. Charles Kean. (From the Vancouver Times.) The following address to Mr. Charles Kean will have some interest for our readers, and we therefore give it in full, and connect with it Mr. Kean's speech to the audience on his last appearance in public in Vancouver Island, which may in some sense be considered as his reply to the address : To Mr. Charles Kean, — We, the undersigned colonists of Vancouver Island, de sire to offer our congratulations on the extraordinary suc cess which has attended your professional labours here, and to express our wish that they should be prolonged for a few days that we may have an opportunity by compli mentary benefits to yourself and Mrs. Kean of showing our deep sense of your unequalled genius, and our hearty thanks for the high intellectual and social enjoyments which you have conferred upon us by this visit. While.laying upon a small scale on the western shore of the American continent the foundation of a nation which we hope will grow to be a second England, we are con scious that it is not alone by the freedom of our commerce, nor by planting on this island the religion and laws under which we were reared that we can succeed, we must amidst our practical labours in developing our gold fields and our coal and copper mines, in utilising our unequalled forests of timber and spars, and in exploring the fishing banks on our coast, and the unknown valleys in the interior, not forget that, whatever further discoveries we may make or whatever our mineral wealth may be, if we neglect to cul tivate the literature and arts of our race we shall fail to reproduce in the West a fac-simile of the civilisation of the East. . _ We cannot refrain from noticing on this occasion that yourself and Mrs. Kean are the only two celebrities of the world who have visited our young colony, and if from this' time the taste for intellectual pursuits is encouraged and strengthened among all classes, neither ourselves nor our children will forget how much we are indebted to the les sons which you have taught us from the stage. We shall follow your future movements in public life with interest, and retain an affectionate regard for your happiness when you finally leave the stage for the ease and retirement which your years of devotion to the cause of literature, art, and morality, have so nobly earned. R. Finlayson, M.L.C., J. S. Helmcken, Speaker of the House of Assembly, J. J. Southgate, M.L.A., C. B. Young, M.L.A., J. Wessenburger, B. W. Pearce, James Carswell. M.L.A., W. F. Tolmie, M.L.A., G. E. Dennes, M.L.A., Lumley Franklin, Robt. Burnaby, M.L.A., Thos. Harris, Mayor Selim Franklin, M.L.A., M. W. T. Drake, Allen Frances, U.S. Consul, George Hunter Cary, Thomas Lowe, T. C. Nuttall, James Jackson, David Leneveu, Godfrey Brown, W. Sebright Green, J. W. Powell, M.L.A., and many others. Ladies and Gentlemen, —This being the last night that Mrs. Kean and I will ever perform in VancouVer Island. I take the opportunity of expressing our grateful acknow ledgments for the warmth of our reception and the gener ous hospitality that has been offered to us during our brief stay. It is gratifying to know that while you are occupied i developing the mineral wealth and the other re s urces of the Island, poetry and art are not overlooked, a d that Shakspero finds a response in the heart of the infant colony. Our agreeable visit will long remain impressed upon the tablet of our Memory, and be assured that we shall never cease to take a lively interest in the future welfare of this country. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I respectfully take my leave and once more beg you to accept the most cordial thanks of my wife aufl myself. MUNICIPAL DEPUTATION TO MR. AND MRS, CHAS. KEAN. Our worthy Mayor (Thos. Harris, Esq.), accompanied by the members of the Council, waited upon Mr. and Mrs. Kean at the St. George's Hotel this afternoon. The Mayor in a few eloquent remarks presented the following address : T C o it m y r e . o a un na c m il rs C . h C am ha be rl r e s s , ICDeeacn. — 2l, 1864. We, the Mayor and Council of the city of Victoria, Van couver Island, on tho eve of our departure, in presenting to you this address, desire to expresS tho gratification you have afforded us in common with our fellow citizens, during the period of your short stay amongst us, and sin cerely trust tho same high and dignified position yourself and highly gifted lady have always sustained will have a happy effect upon the members of the profession you adorn. _ Wishing you every h app i ness, an d with the highest sentiments of esteem, Ive have the honour to rem ain y ours, very truly. Signed by THOMAS lIARRIS, the Mayor, and all the Corporation. - Mr. CHAS. KEAN, in thanking the Corporation on behalf of himself and wife, for the honour bestowed on them, said that during their pilgrimage round the world th e y had re ceived similar flattering toke n s of regard, which were much appreciated. It was a matter o f grea t su rprise to him that taking into considerati on t h e lim i te d p o pulation of Victoria to see the theatre crowded night after night during an en gagement extending over a week. After a few minutes conversation, in which Mrs. Kean and Miss Chapman took part, the deputation withdrew. SALMON FISHING. —For several days after the opening of the salmon fishing on Loch Tay the sport was but indifferent, Owing to the dull and hazy weathe r . During the past week, h owever, t h e fi s hi ng h a s been ex_ cellent, and a large nu m b er of sa l mon i n fi ne c ondition have been landed. Tho net fishers have seldom been so success ful at the beginning of the season as this year. Anglers generally have also been more or less successful. The Earl of Breadalbane, who is an expert rod-fisher, has succeeded every day he was out in killing a number of salmon, some which weighed nearly 301 b. each. The loch, owing to the low state of the water, is still swarming with kelts ; but there is also a large stock of clean salmon, and with more mild and settled weather a good fishing season may be anticipated.—Scotsman. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) A ROME. ROME, FEB. 12. The day before yesterday Count Sartiges for warded a note to the Holy See remonstrating, on the part of the French Government, against the two letters of Mgr. Chigi, the Papal Nuncio in Paris, to the Bishops of Moulins and Besancon. The Papal Government has disavowed the conduct of the Nuncio. A memorandum has been sent by the Pope io the Russian Government complaining of the suppres sion of the Catholic convents in Poland, and also of the violation of the Concordat of 1847. One of the Secretaries of the Russian Legation has been banished from Rome for three weeks for fighting a duel with a Neapolitan noble. His anta gonist was banished the city for life. SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 14. Senor Barzanallana, the Minister of Finance, has announced that a capitalist has offered to ne gotiate a loan for the Spanish Government at 41. The Novedades of to-day publishes fresh mani festos of the Progressist party, recommending entire Abstention from the partial elections. These mani festos appear to indicate that. the Progressists desire changes in the Constitution. THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, passed the Needles at 11.20 a.m., to-day. MARSEILLES, FEB. 13. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Peluse, with [ndia and China mails, arrived here at nine p.m., io-day. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 14. An Imperial decree has been published, fixing the rate for the transmission of autographic despatches, and permitting the public, on and after the 16th inst., to transmit autographic despatches between Paris and Lyons. The ball given by Prince Napoleon and the Prin cess Clotilda at the Palais-Royal, on Saturday night, was of a most splendid description. The company comprised the Ambassadors, Ministers, members of the Privy Council, elite of the fashion able world, and all the illustrious of Paris in litera ture, art, and science. Not fewer than 22 rooms were thrown open on this occasion, and still the space was not by any means too great for the number of per sons present, not fewer than 2,400 invitations hav ing been sent out. At the entrance, the grand staircase seemed to disappear amidst a profusion of flowers disposed with the greatest art, a similar style of ornamentation having been adopted in the rooms above. The first arrivals took place a little after nine, and in another hour the rooms were crowded. The Princess Mathilde arrived at ten, and shortly after their Majesties entered, having been received by Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda, at the entrance of the salons. The Empress leant on the Prince's arm, whilst the Em peror conducted the Princess. On their Majesty's entrance, the orchestra played the national air of Queen Hortense. The Empress wore a charm ing dress of sea-green tint, and a rich suite of sapphires on her neck and head. The Princess Clo tilda had on a white dress, with a complete suite of emeralds and diamonds. The Princess Anna Murat was also in white, with diamond ornaments. In:fact the display of jewels was extraordinary. The Em peror, the Prince, and all the male guests were in plain evening dress. Two orchestras played during the evening, one disposed behind the grand stair case, and the other conducted by Strauss, placed be tween the two large rooms reserved for dancing, and situated in the gallery looking on the inner court of the palace. A buffet with refreshments was placed in the large marble dining hall, and a grand supper was served at half-past twelve in the pro longation of the gallery. By the Prince's express orders no change was made in the apartments ex cept such as were indispensable for the fete. Every one admired the numerous pictures, arms, busts, and objects of art arranged with exquisite taste. The Emperor more than once went through the rooms, regarding the various beautiful objects. Their Majesties left at a little after one, but dancing was kept up with great spirit until after four o'clock in the morning. BOURSE, Feb. 13.—The market continues firm, but not much business is doing. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 20c. Mobilier 960 f. Railway Shares continue to be firm at about late quotations. The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cents _ 96 40 Italian Loan 65 Do. end month 65 25 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian B9 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred WAYS. Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 15 Do. end month 67 25 Credit Mobilier 965 Do. end month 962 50 Bank Shares 3550 Credit Foncier 1275 Roman RAHN Orleans Northern Cash. Acct. 930 928 75 ... 1007 50 ... 1010 Lyons and Mediterranean 943 75 ... 947 50 Southern 578 75 ... 577 50 Western 540 ... 542 50 Eastern Sardinian 307 50 ... 307 50 Austrian 441 25 ... 443 75 Lombard 546 25 547 50 North of Spain 340 25 345 Saragossa 405 403 75 Ditto to Barcelona 215 Address to King Victor Emmanuel. TURIN, Feb. 1. The following address to the King from the Turinese youth is in circulation, and has already received numerous signatures Sire—Attached to your august person, born and brought up in this city in which you also have first seen the light, we, who better than any can testify to your virtues and your love for Italy, are deeply affected at your departure, and believe it our duty to lay at your Majesty's feet the :sincere ex pression of our regret. Sire, if we are sorrowful, it is because we have seen you depart in sorrow. You are too generous, sire, not to forget the facts which have afflicted you. Yes, sire, we implore you to forget them. It has been truly said, sire, elsewhere, that the people of Turin—the true people—have dis approved what has occurred. The proverbial de votion of Turin to the House of Savoy cannot be supposed weakened owing to a moment in which an erring handful of her inhabitants forgot their duty. The youth of Turin, sire, loves you. It is proud to have so generous a monarch as its fellow-citizen. It would gladly hasten by its wishes the day when it will be able to show you that the remembrance of the benefits received from your Majesty is inefface able from the hearts of the inhabitants of Turin." At the first ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Oriental Financial Corporation, held to-day, the report stated that the gross profits from the commencement of the business in April last amounted to £21,762 13s. 2d., which, after deduct ing expenses of management, rebate of interest on bills, and all other charges, and carrying 10 per cent. to the credit of preliminary expenses and office furniture, left a balance of £16,975 18s. 11d. Out of this sum the directors had appropriated £706 3s. to the payment of ad interim interest to 30th June last, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, and £3,298 12s. Bd. for dividend to 31st December , 1864, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, leavi ng the sum of £12,971 3s. 3d. to be carried forward to the next account. The operations in India were upon a satisfactory basis, and are capable of consi derable extension, but the commercial uncertainty which had existed during the last few months has induced the directors to restrict business. E 0 [CO, (REUTER'S EX .PRESS.) PARIS, Feb. 12. The Me'morialDiplomatique of to-day says :—" We learn from Rome that notwithstanding the painful surprise with which the Holy Father heard of the publication of the Emperor Maximilian's letter to his Minister of Justice, under date of Dec. 25, his Holiness manifests a most earnest desire to stifle the conflict in its germ. The most positive assur ances are said to have been given to his Mexican Majesty that the Pope intends neither to weaken nor withdraw any of the promises given to the Em peror Maximilian respecting the disposition of the Court of Rometo make concessions compatible with the interests of the Church in the definitive settle ment of the ecclesiastical affairs of the new empire. It was in the sense that Mgr. Meglia was about to be instructed to furnish the most formal explana tions to the Mexican Government. But at the same time the Court of Rome would represent to the Mexican Government the impossibility of deviating from the general and constant rules in accordance with which all concordats are concluded between the Holy See and foreign Governments. These conventions do not belong to the category of ordinary diplomatic acts, for, in concordats, the Pope stipulates not as a temporal prince, but as the supreme chief of the Church and therepresentative of Catholicism. The Holy Father is therefore obliged, in the negotiations which precede and accompany the conclusion of concordats, to gather round him the enlightenment of the members of the Sacred College, and to refer the most essential points thereof to 'examination by special congregations, in order that not a single clause may infringe the dogmas of the Church. It is for this reason that concordats are negotiated either directly with Rome, or indirectly through a cardinal, who acts in this ca se as the legate of the Pope. Thus the celebrated concordat signed in 1801 with France necessitated the mission to Paris of the Cardinal Secretary Consalvi, although the preliminary negotiations had been opened by Mgr. Spina, assisted by the profound theologian, the Rev. Father CaseLli. In the same manner when Rome was about to conclude a concordat with Austria, Cardi nal Viale Prela, although preconised since March 7, 1853, remained at Vienna in his quality of Aposto lical Nuncio until after the concordat had been de finitively signed. Consequently, according to inva riable custom, a nuncio raisedto the dignity of cardi nal ceases, ipso facto, to represent the Holy See in any other quality than that of legate. Even the legates of the Pope have no power to sign a concordat until it has been referred to Rome, and authorisation has been received to accept the arrangements agreed upon. It follows that Mgr. Meglia, on his departure for Mexico, had only power fo open negotiations on the basis of the promises made to the Emperor Maxi milian ; but he was not even authorised to draw up the draft of a concordat presented to him by the Mexican Court. In other words, our correspon dent is of opinion that the dispute which has arisen between the Holy See and the Emperor Maximilian originated solely from a question of form and not a question of principles, which, in his opinion, will greatly facilitate the re-establishment of a good un derstanding between the two Governments. How ever that may be, it is certain that the recall of Mgr. Meglia is not so imminent as has been stated by some journals, considering that the Court of Rome, before coming to any - decision, intends to rely on the well-known devotion of the Emperor Maximiliat for a proper reception by his Majesty of the explanations about to be furnished by the Court of Rome." Cheap Trains for Working Men. On the Ist of next month the great boon which the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway have agreed to give the working classes will come into operation, and from that date mechanics, artisans, and daily labourers, both male and female, will be entitled to receive a weekly ticket at a cost of no more than one shilling, which will be available over the line between Victoria and Ludgate-hill for one journey each day in each direction. The necessity for such a gift to the working classes has long been felt, and in the case of the Metropolitan Railway a clause was introduced into the act by which the com pany are bound to run at least one working man's train each way each day at uniform rates of a penny per passenger. In the case of the Chatham and Dover no such clause was introduced, nor, consider ing the length of the line from Ludgate to Victoria, would it have been fair to insist upon it. The gift, therefore, has been purely voluntary on the part of the Chatham and Dover management, who have merely taken care to secure themselves from damage by obtaining an act passed last session, which, in relation to these working men's trains, modifies some of the provisions of Lord Campbell's act eaacdtaish o to r the compensation to be awarded in case in jury to passengers using thesebintrdaiintsse.lfOtfo run course,no ra ilway could be expected to work ing men's trains over a costly line at so low a rate as a p en ny per passenger in the face of the heavy in surance upon passengers which Lord Campbell's Act imposes. By the act passed last session, therefore (27th and 28th Vic., cap. 195), the liability of the company under any claim to compensation for in jury to passengers travellingwith such working men's tickets is limited to a sum not exceeding £lOO, and to avoid law costs the amount of compensation is to be determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Board of Trade, and in no other way. No tickets are to be issued for a period less than one week, and the maximum price of such tickets is, as we have said, to be ls. Various precautions are taken to prevent the trans fer of tickets, for which penalties are enforced, and a person so convicted can never receive a ticket again, while the company claim a reasonable time after each application to ascertain, if necessary, if the person so applying is really what he professes to be—an artisan, mechanic, or daily labourer. Con sidering how the poorer classes have suffered by the extensive evictions which metropolitan railway im provements and extensions have caused these work ing men's trains are really no more than a just re turn for the loss and inconvenience they have suffered. The united ar eas occup i e d b y new ra ilways and ex tensions in London during the last few years are equal in extent to several metropolitan parishes. The demolition of poor neighbourhoods has been carried on wholesale, and the result generally has been to drive the artisans and labourers to live in the outskirts of London, or else to overcrowd the cheap neighbourhoods which are yet left to them in the midst of the metropolis. Within the last 10 years the number of inmates to houses in poor neighbourhoods has risen in the ratio of 7 to 4, and, with this steady rise in overcrowding, has come an equally steady rise in the Registrar's returns of fever cases, which during the last three years have been more than double the annual returns for nearly a quarter of a century back. There seems no reason now, however, if the Chatham and Dover and the Metropolitan can afford, under such wise precautions and safe guards, to run working men's trains at these low fares, why other lines—such as the North London, Blackwall, North Woolwich, and other short lines of the same kind—should not do likewise within a short distance round London. To the working classes it would be difficult to over-estimate the value of these facilities, and it is to be hoped that the day is not very far distant when other suburban lines will follow the liberal example of the Chatham and Dover. Only one thing more will then be needed, which is to issue third class tickets, and thus entirely reimburse the work ing classes for the introduction of metropolitan rail ways, by which,up the present, they have suffered a good deal, and got very little in return. A provisional agreement ;has been entered into to-day between the London, Birmingham, and South Staffordshire Bank and the European Bank, for a transfer of the business of the former to the latter, to take effect on the 16th March. The nominal capi tal of the London, Birmingham, and South Stafford shire Bank is £1,000,000, of which £120,000 is paid up, and that of the European is £2,000,000, of which £600,000 is paid up. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—The weekly board of this charity has received intimation of a bequest of £5OO by the late Itirs. Elizabeth Hill Morgan, of Berkeley -place, Cheltenham, as a testimony of her appreciation of the great bonefits conferred upon the poor through its agency. ,44 Cart (mita HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 13• Her Majesty the Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended the afternoon service at Whippingham Church yester- day. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice were present at the m orning s e c ': vice. The service was performed by the Rev. Prothero. The Right llon. Sir Charles Wood had the linn our of dining with her Majesty yesterday, and re turned to London to-day. The Prince and PP rincegs of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales we nt to the morning dramatic performance at Druil - l a n i e Theatre in aid of the Royal General Dramatic Full' yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses were attende d by than Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Lieutenant-General KnollYs , an Major Teesdale. The Prince of Leiningen took leave of the Pri ac e c and Princess of Wales, and left Alarlborough II The Prince and Princess of Wales went to a P AY given by the Marchioness of Ely, at Prince in the evening. British Kaffraria. Papers have been laid before Parliament relative to the proposed annexation of British Kaffrari3: the Cape colony. At the close of the last I-Ce'wo war in 1852 the Kei was intended to be the e%trelll,, boundary of British Kaffraria, and Kreli, the P°,l"- mount Kaffir chief, was left in occupation of country between the Kei and the Bashee. W n a not until 1858 that he was finally driven h e Y ° . - regl e c the Bashee. From that time the intermedia te has been protected by the Cape mounted p° the but no actual steps have been taken to hri l4 t he country into occupation and settlement under,e• r, dominion of the British Crown. Krell, 11°''ve.b,s from whom it was taken as a punishment for o . to persevering hostility to us, has been preparin'ive make an attempt to recover his lost land , it 4 be t he impossible for his tribe to subsist much longer the country into which we have driven him. In coin country munications we have had with him he has beg the most earnestly to be allowed to return O r° Go- Bashee. It is found that, unless the ImPer i i al the vernments are prepared to increase gree;tll tot military expenditure for the defence of a ci b i e 6 gei frontier, it is necessary to be content wi th t-;pro for a boundary. The Governor of the Cal ) ; re poses, therefore, that Krell should be allow ed i ;psia, occupy a portion of his old territory, and be paid, an allowance of £lOO a year as long as he c°- , the himself in a friendly manner. Mr. W arile " . thia superintendent of the Tambookies locate d h -s , l a ent the Cape Colony, is to be placed as Br it t v ,ill he beyond the border in a position in which o nly able to control and regulate in a degre e . 11 % wad Krell and his tribe, but also the Tambookles 'l ~a frarift the boundary. Within the limits of BiritiSh the there are now residing several Kaffir eh ie ':' nl ie 3 heads of important tribes, who have been our in past wars, and to whom, thoug h relici"; salaries from the Kaffrarian Government, aoot straints of civilisation and establi s hed law % l ets but prove extremely unacceptable ; and the the i r th e of land assigned for the use of themselves an people are but small, and may herea fter Prcnrie &- sufficient for their maintenance. T he Colo' a 5 vernor proposes therefore to allow such of thewo, choose to proceed with their follower s over th e bai t and establish themselves beyond our actual rulelcoir under the general supervision of Mr. Warrier 3' ilosi'• tinuing to them some portion of their present div antes, which may lead them to ma i n tain a fri en :io intercourse with the British Government, an d a ' restrain their followers from committing dePr.a e e ;0 tions on the colonial farmers. Occasion Wil l 11 1" r taken also to adopt another measure, long con s '" - o f desirable—the annexation to the Cape 091°11 ! la cl3 British Kaffraria. This little Crown colon,' s' a r r iy between the Kaffirs and the Cape. It is P r°P , e are a part of the Cape frontier. The proposed ille3jape will not be popular in either colony. 11° th ,p e n ient• Kaffraria, defended by British troops, is c °ll ‘ - su re i 5 Tor British Kaffraria itself, however, the 111 , ea en iarge in reality necessary, for now that it eanr u ' e ex ictesssboorfdietrss le it g s it e im sta a b te its peo,-efor which clamour for representative instit liti°9s %. Cardw ell liswithanietns,tsanindust ce4l"tln will 8611- go . od materials are not to be found• her will propose to Parliament a bill enahilnb riA ;id h-affr jesty by Order in Council to annex Br- - s share to the Cape of Good Hope, with Whi ch it w representative institutions. Naval and Military Intel-lige Ce ' re- The Duke of Somerset w ill hold levees feralo ception of officers of the Royal NavY i c., 1 0, 0 Marines on the following Thursday s at 113' 2 o'clock :—Feb. 23, and March 2,9, and 1,6'00 Orders have been received at Chatham n o the the screw gun-vessel Torch, 5, now a ttache d ote e n ded commission. reserve, to be brought forw ard for irorntenclecl commission. It is understood that she is iii p ia for service on the West C oast of Africa. ds et the time the Torch wa s in the shipwrights' lignoe'ir. Ch a th am Dockyard she unde rwent extensive rrri• She was originally b uilt for the•AdmiraltylV fi;cl.oo vate firm, but her rotten condition, after a fe sv Jo of service, rendered necessary the removal of ° ee d, her timbers and planking. The Torch is fullY and she only requires the shipment of her °°' - to be ready for sea. h et The four depot companies of the Ist an cha' talions of the 15th Regiment have arrived at 1/P ham garrison from Pembroke, on the brew' of the depot battalions at the latter stati°ll y strength of the depots is 212 non -cow° n' rfil officers and men, with 53 women and childretwee officers attached to the two depots, /0 1° 1 3 0 , e' on leave, are Capt. J. Wilkinson, CaPt. t. kenzie, Lieut. H. W. R. de Coetlogo n, LI! ,e.llot. Churchill, Lieut. T. H. K. Fletcher, n - .3‘ 13 "; Naugle, Lieut. J. J. Osborne, Ensign ll' e ded rice, and Ensign H. B. Le Mottee. Bride' companies of the 40th Regiment-910e de; at Chatham garrison on Sunday fr ° t t, c lee, t h e pot battalion at Birr. The strength ef an 1 1- 145 non-commissioned officers and we n ' ee. 4e following t officers—namely, Capt. W. * A ger, Capt. W. Gibson, Lieut. W. Dowrean',„, C. V. 11. Rees, Ensign E. Martin, and Swinhoe. , c lfair 3' h ecA We have to record the death 01 4 1 1 , has "- Henry Byam Martin, K.C.8., whose dea' otice et Henry reported at the Admiralty as having irs l t ie, Genoa on Thursday last. The late A:, second son of the late Admiral Sir T. 13Y;rivi,,fC°ter G.C.8., and was educated at the ReYa,% s ig. t he lege. He first went to sea in October, b ora it , a long service afloat, he served in I- 84° r t . g t r e Carysfort on the Coast of Syria, inel ll 7oa : 1 :110 tacks on Fortosa and St. Jean c rAervA er o i obtained his decoration as a Cowma n 0 0 0 ,:ft Order of the Bath. He subsequently en s Ow: 1r the Grampus, 50, in the Pacific, and seas 11 : 1 ag K.C.B. for his services during the w 3l. dat e- c ich were no so sia in 1855. His commissions follows :—Lieut., March 20, 1823 ; ri eci ftear, April 8, 1825 . ; Capt., April 28, 19 ' ; 1 jun f ". ‘ 1,4 miral, July 13, 1854 ; and Vice-Ad acini l o 1864. As he was on the active ntaid there will be a promotion on the e ll ';" popi to flag rank. de been The unrmentioned gentlemen haveAdsv' 0. . • nated to naval cadetships : —Bryan wa d, f t Ebenezer Roe, F. C. Garvey, A. F. „n -1"-olvef' Powell, H. J. Morgan, and J. gugh d oe Business in the Forei - - • eff gn re in an d Colon° ing dl r , ‘ „0 Markets -during the last few clay's lla s d 'lav e ,i c ee• inactive. Only moderate transactien;ions entered into in sugar at about P a r' o iet s ite d Coffee and rice, however, bay be en or ci their values, while in tallow there a t i 011 3 . 4. little business, and prices have shavvia_ &We' movement for both present and fo wal"i At e , o ut D ° 41 ° 1 4 '34 t 4t(l°: S td . 1)0 4 1 , 0 ~o` P Q o Does moo, k. 4 1! 1,4 t