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APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.- With a copy of THE SUN Newspaper is presented GRATIS (with a Supplement) a MINIATURE PHOTO GRAPHED FAC-SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUN of MONDAY, the 2d January, 1865. - - - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT India whether the present invasion of Bhootan had been undertaken with the consent and sanction of the Home Government; whether it was true that two of her Majesty's European regiments had been ordered up to support the invading force; and whether it was the intention of the Indian Government to keep the troops in the unhealthy country . of Bhootan during the coming rainy season ; and if so, what arrangements had been made for putting them under cover. Sir C. WOOD, in reply, said ho was averse to the occupation of the country ; but it had been under taken with the consent of the two countries. It was intended to send a regiment and a half thither, and the greatest care would be taken to preserve the health of the troops. for superannuations and allowances ; and £79,000 for dis embodied militia and yeomanry cavalry. The Public Offices (Site and Approaches) Bill, and the India Offices (Site and Approaches) Bill went through committee. HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. *** For the convenience of Sucscribers wishing to pre serve the Photograph a suitable frame Is provided, and may be had at "The Sun" Office, Price ls. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. The Trusts Administration (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX." Now ready at all the Libraries. in 1 vol., 10s. 6d., CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." From the Times, Feb. 4.—" A more charming story to our taste has rarely been written. A novel without a fault." Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Tile Committee earnestly APPEAL for coNTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss , f life at sea, and to enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of t hiheat maritime country, which loses 2,000 siaors annually casualties alone, without including tnose Wh o may perish by war Subscriptions thankt ully received by the banker'', Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-Etrte, and by the Secre tary, at the Ofilees, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASII, Sec. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to Ihr, 12 now in operation. Last year no fryer than 455 poor., friendless, young, females were rejected have o v in e want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087 Wh o i been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a tevv of the most recent cases: - F. v., sgeel 16. fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. P. aged 13, homeless, both ad A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, desertedby her mother. S. a, aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 11. aged 15, fall en , mot h er dead, A. B.', aged 16, f a ll en, both parents dead. 11. S. aged 14, hom e l ess, d eserted by her parents, 31 . If- aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. IT., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. U., a?,ed 18, Saber), father dead. . R„ aged 18, fall en, b oth parents dead, S. 8., a g ed 17, fallen , both p arents d ead. M. A. . 8 D aged 17, fall en , b oth parents dead. The new . ~ aged 15, fall en, b oth parents dead. o un home the Committee w i s h to form would be for have N 7, girls, almost children from the age of Bto 1 5 ,who been led ast ray from the path of virtue. __Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr, but Cooper,Bs, Queen-street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and. Co.. Lombard -street luis i " hould a the cha- The only I intg NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF LOST LENORE," &C. 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DI CAMERA, every - Tuesday and Thursday Morning, and Saturday at 8. THE -O X FORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). - OBPIIEE AUX ENFERS. FAUST, and NORMA will be performed during this week. Principal artistes : —Mons. Lavessiere, Signor Spagnoli, Mr. Green, and Misses Ellison and Barrie, with full Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), W. Randall, Little Bob, Miss Kate Balite, Les Freres Talliott, and the Grotesque, D'Aubans. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—a:ea, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford, and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, (According to Act of Parliament). CANTERBURY HALL.—EVERY EVENING at half-past Nine o'clock. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-streer, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'. Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NITGENT. Operatic Selection, SONNAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss ELLION. Comic --NELLY POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J. r. FORDE. WEST, FRED. FRENCH, CERITO SYLVESTER. The BROTHERS A ',TOFF, from the Theatre Desarts, itouen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the Crystal Palace. Stalls, is. ; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at Seven o'clock. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GIIEVILLE. AfADAIIIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, .LY_L established 29 years at the Bazaar Maker-street NEW ADDITIONS.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan; also a full-length MODEL of KOHL, taken at his trial —are now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open, It till dusk, and 7 till 10 evening. Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS.-NOTICE.-RE ENGAGE lIENT of J. LEVY, the celebrated Paga nini Cornet-a-Piston, will appear EVE itY EVENING, at Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock, and perform on Distin's Patent Light-Valve Cornet. Conductor—M. LUIGI CURTL Manager—M. GRENET. nRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, N../ a id Dining-room, consisting of a new and eAegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dm Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her ILEkiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly tacilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. R.ALOII Y is given by Mr. TENNAN I. at 149, Strand.. W.C. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA. AMAR ELL .t. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue--no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per mont h wilt keep it in perfect colour. Price one g uiu ea per bottle, or in half bottles, iCs. 6i. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH-PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder: gives the teeth a pearl v, hiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. trice Is. Ed.-12, Three King-court, Lombard street, London. CITY SH O W-R OO M FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 117, HOUNDSDITCH. T DEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS, Pi • Cut and Engraved. of the choicest designs. T DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER , DESSERT, t.. 1 • and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. T DEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, • and Flower Vases for the present season. JT DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, • the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. TDEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' t • in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, tJ • in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. -- T DEFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS ti • in Lamps for India. JDEFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT • Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). JDEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB • Mess, and Genus' Furnishing Orders of,China, Glass, T DEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS . with Pattern Books and Special Design. • JDEFRIES and SONS have just added Five • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147. Houndsditch. BED .ROOM CANDLES. 4,pRICE'S CANDLES, wEich will not drop grease when carried."--Thin, very hard candles sold in boxes ls. and 3s. each, are recommendel as the beat carriers. " EXTRA. HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 20. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," In packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candlesticks to fit thin candles, is. and 2s. 6d. each; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOATS.I Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SHERWOODOLE ";Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. cansuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bat " Price's Patent," from ed. ties. 6d. and ls. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail throng - I Wholesale by Pri'34 s Patent Lend ft any Grocer. Candle Company:(Limited), Lou pRIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., Jr,c., To the Queen and the P ince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them hilly equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. Is. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. .. • . Is. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .. • • ls. sd. per lb Second quality Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. • . Is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton K -street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— ensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England hi: the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the first reading of this bill, the object of which, he stated, was to confer on the court in Ireland the' same power that was possessed by the court in England of continuing the registry of land which worked so beneficially in this country. The bill was read a first time. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Brighton, Hove, ilnd Preston Constant Water Ser vice Bill was read a second time. The Crystal Palace District Gas Bill and the Merthyr- Tydvil Local Board of Health Bill were also read a second time. TheWhitehapel and Holborn Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed. The Bank of Ireland Bill, and East India High Courts (Amendments) Bill were also read a third time and passed. PRIVATE BILLS, &o. Lord REDESDALE moved that no bill brought from the House of Commons should be read a second time after the 29th of June next. That no bill confirming any pro visional order of the Board of Health, or authorising any enclosure of lands under the special report of the Inclosure Commission of England and Wales, or for confirming the scheme of any charity commissioners of England and Wales should be read after the 29th June next, and that no bill confirming au provisional order of the Board of Trade under the gont*al Pier and Harbour Act, x. 861, should be read a second time after the same date. He also moved that when a bill should have passed the house with amendments these orders should not apply to any new bill sent up from the House of Commons, which the chairman of committees should report to the house was substan tially the same as the bill so amended. These formal motions were agreed to. PRIVATE BILL COSTS BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, The Duke of CLEVELAND moved the insertion of an amendment with a view to protect landowners from what he contended would be a great injustice if the present bill were carried in its integrity. By its provisions the land owners would be compelled to pay the costs of an unsuc cessful opposition in defending his rights, if the committee should consider the opposition vexatious. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he did not think the amendment of the noble duke would effect his object. Many persons who had no locus standi induced landowners to come forward and oppose a bill, and, under the guise of landowners, they were really the opponents of the bill. He suggested an alteration to the effect that the committee on a private bill should have the power of taxing the opponents of the when they considered that opposition vexatious, and not, in fact, promoted by the landowners themselves. The alteration of the Lord Chancellor was agreed to, and the bill, with some other amendments, was read a third time and passed. The East India (Governor-General's Powers, &c.) Bill was read a second time and passed. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Lieut.-Colonel BROWNE took the oaths and his seat for Evesham, in the place of the late Sir H. WILLOUGHBY. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Acton and Brentford Railway—Banbury Water—Barnet, Hendon, Hampstead, and London Railway—Bristol and Exeter Railway—Bristol Docks—Coventry Central Sta tion and Southern Junction Railway—Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers)—Littleborough Gas—Man chester Improvement—Maryport and Carlisle Railway— Metropolitan and St. John's Wood Railway—REdhill Gas— Scarborough and Whitby Railway —South Metropolitan Gas—Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway —Sunderland Corpo ration—Birmingham Water—Cheltenham Water—East London Railway—Fulham Railway—North Eastern Rail way (Pelaw and other branches)—and Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation Bill. WIMBLEDON COMMON BILL. Lord BURY moved the second reading of this bill, which was calculated to convert the common from what it was at present, a dismal swamp, into a place of recreation and enjoyment. The object of the bill was to carry into effect the proposals of Earl. Spencer, the lord of the manor, to dedicate the common to the use of the public in perpetuity:- There were objections made to the scheme of the noble earl, but irrwas only anxious to con vey the common to the public in the most beneficial man ner. The principal objectors to the bill, he believed, were owners of villas in the surrounding neighbourhood. If the bill was rejected, and it was said that Lord Spencer had no legal rights to give, he would consider himself absolved from the promises he had made, and he would deal with the matter as he thought fit. Mr. COX moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He hoped the houso would support the decision of the committee, which had reported that it was not desirable that the common should bo fenced round or . enclosed. If the common rights were extinguished the common would no longer be a common, and the public would soon be deprived of the rights they possessed. He was not a villa holder in the neighbourhood, neither did he know a single owner of property near the common. He opposed the bill on the part of the 3,000,000 of his fellow creatures who used the common as a place of re creation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DRAX opposed the bill. He contended that Lord Spencer had no power to enclose the common without an act of Parliament. Mr. LOCKE, as chairman of the committee which had reported on the matter, denied that he had been actuated by unfairness. He could not understand what the noble lord actually proposed, on the part of Lord Spencer, to bind himself to. All he could make out was that Lord Spencer proposed that, if his legal rights were not at tacked,been said that Lo r d Sp e n ce r was giving up a great deal, he wo u ld g i ve u p f enc ing in the common. It had but he confessed he never could be made to see it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LOWE thought that some injustice was about to be done to Lord Spencer. He thought that when a nobleman proposed to give up 688 acres of land to the public, his offer should not be summarily disposed of without more inquiry. Mr. - ROEBUCK thought the house at the present mo ment was totally unfit to decide upon the matter. (Hear, hear.) He confessed he knew nothing of the matter, and he thought that out of common decency and common sense the bill ought to be sent before a propor tribunal—a select committee. (Hear, hear.) Mr. L. KING thought it much better the bill should be sent to a select committee than to reject it on its second reading. He should vote for such a proposal. Mr. PEACOCK assured the hon. member for Caine that Lord Spencer could not do as he pleased with the Common. If he had sat upon the committee he would have found that Lord Spencer's rights were not so clear as he now imagined. • Lord ELCHO said ho thought tho feeling of the house was favourable to the second reading. (No, no.) A strong feeling, he believed, was entertained at the present moment against enclosure, -and he confessed he was of that opinion. Ho had had an opportunity since the discussion began of speaking to his noble friend (Lord Spencer), and ho was quite agreeable for the bill to be referred to a select com mittee. Alderman ROSE said Lord Spencer was not going to li give up so much as was thought. The common was 1,000 acres in extent ; but Lord Spencer was going by act of Parliament to get a property of 300 acres of the district. He did not think tho rights of Earl Spencer were so very great. All he ever could discover was that his lordship had the right of digging gravel, feeding, and cutting turf. His lordship wished the committee to believe that he was g i v i ng u p great rights, but When asked to do so he was unable to comply. Mr. W. COWPER was of opinion that the bill ought to be read a second time. He thought the proposal a very valuable one, and he was sure the House only desired that Wimbledon Common should become the property of the public. The motion for a second reading should be agreed to, especially as Lord Spencer had consented to the with drawal of that portion of the bill respecting the fence, and other objectionable matters. Sir G. BOWYER thought the bill ought to be read a second time and referred to a select committee. The bill was then read a second time without a division. CANADA (TRANSPORT OP TROOPS). Mr. S. AYTOUN moved an address for returns of the sums paid out of the Imperial Treasury during the years 1862, 1863, and 1864, for the transport of troops to Canada; the expense of maintaining them while there ; for arms and military stores of all kinds ; whether for the use of the regular troops or of the Canadian militia, andwolunteers; or for any other object connected with the defence of Canada and, of all sums expended by the Colonial Go vernment during the years 1862, 1863, and 1864, for the pay or clothing of volunteers, for providing arms or stores or for any other object connected with the defence of Canada.--Ordered. THE WICKHAM UNION. Mr. DISRAELI said on an early day ho should call the attention of the house to some papers relating to the Wickham Union in Buckinghamshire. THE INVASION OF BHOOTAN. Lord DUNKELLIN aeked the Secretary of State for THE PLAGUE IN RUSSIA. Sir J. PAKINGT ON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the attention of her Ma jesty's Government had been directed to the disease now prevailing in Russia and some parts of Prussia ; and whether the Government proposed to take any steps to ascertain the true nature of the disease, and avert its in troduction into this country ? Sir G. GREY said the attention of the Government had been called to the subject, and instructions had been sent to her Majesty's ambassador at St. Petersburg, to inquire and report into the nature, origin, and mode of treatment of the disease that had appeared there. Instructions had also been sent out to her Majesty's ambassadors at Berlin and Vienna to make inquiry, anddirections had also been forwarded to her Majesty's consuls in the Baltic to send the earliest information to the Govern ment of the appearance of the disease at any of the ports. It was the intention of the Government to send a medical officer to St. Petersburg to report upon the disease, and a notice had been forwarded to the customs to be particular in examining ships coming from that part of the world. He had received information by telegraph from Russia that the disease was a fever hitherto unknown in Russia, and that the deaths had been upwards of 80 in a day, but that it was, happily, diminishing. He had received information from Berlin by telegraph that an unknown disease had appeared there, but it was not known for certain that it came from Russia. He had also received a telegram from Dantzic stating that the disease was one that affected tha brain, and mostly attacked children. From Warsaw he had received intelligence that no epidemic was raging there; and also the same intelligence from Sonigsburg and Memel. A telegram, dated to-day from Stettin, which he had re ceived but an hour ago, stated that no disease had appeared there up to the present time. The most active steps had been taken to obtain the earliest information by telegraph of the appearance of disease. THE DEFENCE OF CANADA. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Lord ELCHO drew attention to the speeches and opin ions of several leading Canadian statesmen on the question of the defences, and from which it appeared that the colo nists expected that their portion of the expenses was to be raised on imperial credit ; that the responsibility of this country extended to giving protection to every man in the colony, and that England was to supply the gunboats re quired on the lakes. Under these circumstances it was the duty of the Government to come to a clear understanding with Canada in reference to what the mother country could or could not do ; and he thought they ought to say that as long as Canada stood by us we would stand by her. Discussing the probability of defending Canada effectively the noble lord undertook to say that if he went beyond the narrow circle of military official authority, for every prac tical man who held that Canada could be defended there were ten who would declare that it could not. The same authorities would tell them that the only points that should be defended were Quebec and Halifax, particularly Hali fax, and that we should maintain in Canada a number of regiments sufficient to garrison these places in time of war, and to train the colonial forces in time of peace. But what they attached most importance to was the fortifying of Halifax and making it impregnable—a second Gibraltar, in short. England, however, could not enter into arrange ments to furnish unlimited credit, or take upon herself to erect defences at Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, and along the whole line of frontier. Neither could she send 30,000 troops to man the defences, nor compete with the United States on the lakes in the construction of gunboats. As a matte; of policy, moreover, it would not be wise or for the interest of the Canadians themselves to erect permanent fortifications, to burden their country with debt, and make it the seat of hopeless battle in the event of an American war. He by no means wished to desert Canada, but he did recommend that a similar course should be adopted with regard to her that had been pursued towards Turkey and the Danubian provinces. In conclusion, the noble lord moved for copy of papers and extracts of correspondence relative to the proposed Canadian defences and the share of the total cost which is to be respectively borne by - Canada and the United Kingdom. In seconding this motion, Sir J. HAY contended that the only portion of tho North American provinces that could b 3 defended was tho eastern portion—Montreal, Quebec, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence ; but unless forces were at once sent out, which could only be done after ter minating the convention regulating the marine of each country on the lakes, it would bo impossible to improvise a sufficient naval force for the purpose in the event of an American war suddenly breaking out. The only true base for the defence of Canada was Halifax and Nova Scotia; and he urged the necessity of expediting the arrangements for finishing the inter-colonial railways, and thus complet ing the communication between Quebec and Halifax. Mr. BUXTON argued that it was the duty of Govern ment to submit to the deliberate decision of the people of Canada the question whether they, in fact, desired the United Kingdom to take part in their defence on land, or whether they considered that her doing so greatly increased the risk of their country becoming the theatre of war. Colonel SYKES recommended the withdrawal of the British troops from Canada, that good terms should be maintained with the United States, and that if the latter resolved to attack the colony we should only attempt her defence by naval operations conducted on the coast. Mr. ADDERLEY combated the arguments of Lord Elcho with regard to the possibility and policy of assisting in the defence of Canada, insisting that it was the duty of England to encourage the colonists to make strongholds along their frontier, which they themselves should garrison, and which might be as easily defended as the new fortifica tions at Portsmouth. It was the interest of this country to maintain the independence of our North American pia - - vinces ; and if it was neither impossible nor impolitic to defend them then the sooner they were enabled to develope their resources and strengthen their defences the better. If there were some dOubt at the present moment as to the feeling of the Canadians, it arose from the fact that the question of federation still remained undetermined, in con sequence of the reluctance displayed by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to enter it. The time would soon come, however, when the federation would be completed, and that once accomplished, he had no doubt it would be equal to taking charge of its own defence. Mr. CARD*ELL objected to producing the paper asked for, on the ground that the Canadian Parliament had been prorogued, and that four gentlemen were now on their way to this country for the purpose of conferring with Go vernment upon the subject of the defences. The best de fence of Canada was the knowledge on the part of foreign Powers that war with her meant war with England. Her next best defence was the spirit and energy of her own people. To call out that spirit had been the object of the Government; and that spirit had been evoked in a manner rarely witnessed. After some observations from Mr. KINGLARE, Mr. J. B. SMITH reminded the house that Canada was virtually an independent country, being in possession of self-government; that her people were in a very pros porous condition, and that all the public lands had been made over to her by England. It was the duty of the Canadians, therefore, to provide for their own defence. But if we went to war with the United States, which he did not consider to be likely, he objected to choosing Canada as the battle-field. Remarks were also made by Mr. Alderman Rose, Sir F. Smith, who deprecated the revival of the discussion, and Captain Anson, who repeated his previously expressed con viction that Canada was defenceless in a war with the United States. Sir J. PAKINGTON complained of the manner in which the Government had produced Colonel Jervois's report. He had been informed that the report itself was withheld, and that the document laid before the house was merely the letter that covered it. How was it, ho asked, that the re ports of Colonel Gordon, Colonel Wetherall, and others, had not been produced? Further, he complained that the Government had misled the house with regard to the rela tions existing between themselves and the Canadian minis tors on the precise policy to be adopted. Mr. C. FORTESCUE donied that the Government were in possession of any reports that conflicted with the recom_ mendations of Colonel Jervois. General PEEL argued that Canada was perfectly defen sible, and hinted that such debates as the present were cal culated to do great mischief by discouraging the colonists, whose sentiments were thoroughly loyal and patriotic. Mr. LAIRD remarked that in case of war gun-boats could be built in this country in pieces and subsequently put together on the Canadian lakes ; but unfortunately we had no means of repairing vessels either at Bermuda or Halifax. After a few words from the Marquis of HARTINGTON, Lord ELOHO consented to withdraw his motion, as he understood that the papers ho require d were not in existence. The motion having been •withdrawn, the house went into committee of supply, and voted the sum of £1,748,000 on account of Civil Service estimates. The further consideration of the army estimates was then proceeded with, and the following votes were passed :- 432,200 for Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals; £131,000 THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS ON CONFEDE RATE PROSPECTS. The Congress of the Confederate States has issued an appeal to the Southern people, from which the following passages are extracted : Our absolute surrender and submission to the will of the con lueror are the only conditions vouch safed by our arrogant foe. We are told that if we will lay down our arms and place our lives, liberty, property, and domestic institutions at the feet of President Lincoln, he will be merciful to us. Upon his clemency we must rely to save us from universal confiscation and extermination. Yes ; these are the conditions upon which the people of the sovereign States composing this Confe deracy may be allowed to do--what ? To return into the Union from which they solemnly and deliberately withdrew themselves because their interests and their hcinour required it, and their repugnance to which for years of remorseless and cruel war have served to intensify. Thanks be to God, who controls and over-rules the counsels of men, the haughty insolence of our enemies, which they hoped would intimidate and break the spirit of our people, is producing the very contrary effect. From every part of the country there comes up in response a shout of mingled indignation and defi ance. A noble enthusiasm re-animates our gallant army, who have been battling so long for freedom and independence. Let us all be united now. Let there be no parties or factions amongst us. Let us rise to the height of the great occasion. Let us all be willing to spend and be spent in the cause of our country. Let us contribute freely all that we have, if need be, to carry on the war until our final triumph is secured. Let us take fraternal counsel together, and calmly consider our conditions and prospects. Such a survey, we believe, must tend to re-assure and encourage even the less sanguine. The extent of our territory, the food-producing capacity of our soil, the amount and character of our popu lation, are elements of strength which, carefully husbanded and wisely employed, are amply suffi oient to' insure our final triumph. The passage of hostile armies through our country, though produc tive of cruel suffering to our people, and great pecuniary loss, gives the enemy no permanent ad vantage or foothold. To subjugate a country, its civil government must be suppressed by a continu ing military force, or supplanted by another, to which the inhabitants yield a voluntary or forced obedience. The passage of hostile armies through our territory cannot produce this result. Perma nent garrisons would have to be stationed at a sufficient number of points to strangle all civil government before it could be pretended, even by the United States Government it self, that its authority was extended over these states. How many garrisons would it require? How many hundred thousand soldiers would suffice to suppress the civil government of all the states of the Confederacy, and to establish over them, even in name and form, the authority of the United States ? In a geographical point of view, therefore, it may be asserted that the conquest of these Confederate States is impracticable. If we consider the food producing capacity of our soil, we need feel no apprehension as to our ability to feed the people and any army we may put into the field. Although the occupation by of his ruthless_ policy of destroying the granaries, and agricultural implements of our people wherever he moves, has, undoubtedly, diminished the amount of our cereals ; still, in view of the fact that in every state, without exception, its agricultural labour has been devoted almost exclusively to the raising of breadstuffs (while before the war it was mainly devoted to the production of cotton, tobacco, and other exports), it is impossible to doubt that there is an ample supply of food in the country. Our transportation, it is true, is defective and inadequate, but this may be indefinitely improved by more energetic efforts and more thorough and systematic organisation. We cannot believe, therefore, that on our bountiful soil, so richly blessed by nature, there is any danger of our failing in this great contest for want of food— of our being starved into submission to the hateful yoke of the conqueror The people of the United States are becoming weary of this war. The foreign material for their armies is beginning to fail them. The mutterings of discontent at the prospect of a further draft upon their home popu lation are beginning to be heard in their large cities. The prospects of a war, indefinitely pro longed, is alarming their capitalists. Public credit must sooner or later collapse under the burden of expenditures, the magnitude of which the most skilful financier cannot venture to predict. Success gives us a country and a proud position among the nations of the earth. Failure makes us the vassals of an arrogant people, secretly, if not openly, hated by the most enlightened and elevated portions of mankind. Success records us for ever in letters of light upon one of the most glorious pages of history. Failure will compel us to drink the cup of humiliation even to the bitter dregs of having the history of our struggle written by New England historians ! Success is within our reach. We have toiled and panted onward nearly to the goal. We have almost grasped the costly price of inde pendence—never won except through anguish and blood. The crown stands ready to encircle the fair brow of our young republic. The :shades of our martyred heroes hover over us and beckon us on. The fearful entreaties of our mothers, wives, and daughters, to save them from nameless horrors, urge us forward. Will we pause? Can we falter? Will we allow the weapons which the God of battles has so often directed to the smiting of the de spoilers of our homes now to drop from our nerveless hands ? Shall we be discouraged by the superior number of the enemy? The battle to the strong Is not given, While the Judge of right and wrong Sits in Heaven I The God of David still Guides the pebble at his will ; There are giants yet to kill, Wrongs unshriven. But the enemy has already put forth his utmost strength. He has made his most gigantic effort. He has strained his energies to thei r g reatest ten sion. He has taxed his resources to their utmost limit. He is almost spent and breathless with hi s tremendous exertions. Let us stand firm. Let us he calm and resolute. Let us show that our faith is in our cause and in His guidance, who shapes the destinies of nations—" is fixed and cannot move." In that faith, and with humble reliance on that guidance, let us hope all • things, endure all things ; and when we strike the invaders of our country, let religion, patriotism, love, honour, noble pride—every sentiment sacred and dear to the heart of man —nerve our arms and give vigour to the blow. Then shall we conquer the peace for which earn. Thus shall we make the w e all so ardently y memories of our slaughtered sons and brothers glori ous and immortal. Thus shall we compel the nations of the earth to receive and welcome us among them. Thus shall we make the plough and the reaping hook replace the cannon and the sword, and our ravaged fields smile once more with teeming har vests. Thus shall we return our devoted soldiers to their long-abandoned homes, and enable our people once more to sit each under his own vine and fig tree, with none to make them afraidiThus shall we The draft of a bill to amend the laws relating to theatres and other places of public amusement, which was brought in by Mr. Locke on the 10th of last month, has been published. The first law which it proposes to amend is the 25th of George 11. c. 36, commonly called the act of King George 11., the second section of which enacted that no house, room, garden, or other place should be kept for public dancing, music, or other public enter tainment of the like kind, in the cities of London and Westminster, or within 20 miles thereof, with out a licence had for that purpose from the last pre ceding Michaelmas quarter sessions of the peace. The first clause of Mr. Locke's bill enlarges the scope of this second section of the act of George 11., making it apply also to places kept for the perform ance of stage plays, not only in and around London and Westminster, but throughout Great Britain, of course with the requisite variation in the matter of jurisdiction as regards Scotland. The second clause of the bill provides that no place shall be licensed for any of the purposes contemplated by it unless it is shown, to the satisfaction of the magistrates, that the place for which it is sought is constructed and arranged in :conformity with the rules pre scribed in the schedule. By the third clause, sec tion three of the act of George 11. relative to an in scription over a door or entrance and to the hour of opening, is repealed. The powers of the Lord Chamberlain, of justices of the peace, and of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, are saved by clauses four and six. The fifth enlarges the application of the Lord Chamberlain's power of licensing plays ; and the seventh extends the exist ing enactments for the protection of authors of dra matic pieces, musical compositions, &c., so that they shall be applicable to places licensed under Mr. Locke's proposed act for the public performance of stage plays. Appended to the bill is a schedule of rules, in tended to secure the safety of the public in theatres. These provide-1. That, with the exception of pri vate box lobbies, to which the public have not free access, every hall or corridor shall be at least five feet wide, and one foot more in width for each 100 persons over 500 who are to be accommodated in the part of the building to which it leads. 2. That in each part of the building there shall be doorway access of six feet width at least for each 500 persons to be accommodated in that part, and one foot more for each additional 100 ; and that no box or inter nal doorway shall be less than three feet wide. 3. That all doors shall be hung so as to open outwards, that is, towards the way of egress. 5. That all alleys and gangways in the audience part of the house shall be kept free from seats and. every other obstruction to the free ingress and egress of the pub lic. 6. That all gaslights in any part of the build ing, which are or maybe at any time within two feet of any inflammable substance, shall be effi ciently guarded with wirework or otherwise. VatalAccident on the South Devon Railway. PLYMOUTH, April 6. During Wednesday night an accident occurred on the South Devon Railway near Totnes, through which Geo. Barratt, a stoker, was killed ; and High more, a driver, received such injuries as to leave but very faint hopes of his recovery. The two unfor tunate men, in company with two guards, left Ply mouth at 8.5 p.m. in charge of the night up-goods train for Exeter. The train reached Totnes about half way to Exeter, and passed on at high speed in perfect safety at about 10.30. But on arriving about 300 yards beyond, and passing over the railway bridge that crossed the River Dart, the engine, from some unexplained cause, ran off the rails, dragging with it 25 out of the 26 heavy trucks that formed the train, the tail guard's van alone remaining on the rails. .The engine was not brought up until its wheels were deeply imbedded in the adjoining marsh. About 100 yards of the rails and sleepers of the line were torn un : _The boiler exploded, but whether from the pri mary effects of the steam,. orfrOrn - figrieoutwarr injury to the casing- through the runningoff thane, has not yet been determined. Barratt met with his injuries through the explosion, and died before he could be; taken into Totnes. Higlunore was promptly removed to the waiting-room of the Totness Station, and medical assistance rendered him, but from the fearful injuries he had received it was con sidered that he could survive but a few hours. The guards escaped uninjured, and, on their recovery from the shock, hurried up the line with the lights of the train, to warn the night down express from London that was due within a few minutes of the accident, both lines having been completely blocked up. The news of the accident was also forwarded from Totnes shortly afterwards to Newton and Ply mouth by telegraph. From the latter station Mr. Compton, the newly-appointed general traffic super intendent, Mr. Avery, the goods traffic superin tendent, with assistance, arrived at ,the scene of the accident shortly after 1 p.m., by a special train. Assistance was also subsequently forwarded from Newton. The down express train was luckily made aware of the accident in time to prevent a collision that might otherwise in a few minutes have fear fully added to the calamity. On its arrival at the obstruction the passengers got out and walked into Totnes, where they were sent on to Plymouth by the special train, arriving there at 3 a.m. Active measures were then • taken to clear the line, which was accomplished in time to prevent the morning mail train from London being delayed any further than about one hour. The Plague in Russia, A communication, dated April 5, received from her Majesty's ambassador at St. Petersburg, says : —" The fever is contagious, and is called in French i%vre a rechute, in German das recurrirende fieber, and' the relapsing or famine fever' in English. It is also styled remittent fever, or ' typhus recur rens,' or ' bilious typhoid fever,' or ' synocha,' or miliary fever,' or 'typhinia.' It was unknown in Russia, until eight months ago, when Professor Botkin called attention to it as a fever he had never seen, though foreign physicians had described it. There is much ordinary typhus in St. Petersburg. The official journal states that the typhus and the April 5, that an kn typhoid fever and the febris recurrens' prevailing in St. Petersburg have now slightly diminished." „ Lordo wn N appearedf from B erlin, the valley of along the Vistula, and esp eciall y a t Elbing. The Prussian unadipsioerrd reports po r has ts Government is not aware that it came from St. Petersburg. Tl,e Medical Gazette of St. Petersburg says the a " i. r e e a y s e e na t ti r te oi : e , w out as epidemic autumn that is called t he in the north-east and south-west of the Russian empire. M. Gworling, the government doctor at Penn, announced that he had seen 40 cases of this disease, which commences with cold and shivering, followed by great heat without perspiration, ac companied by colic, headache, delirium, [general debility, and sometimes with a flow of blood7from the nose. The disease lasts from five to six days, after which the invalid recovers his appetite, fails into a sound sleep, and the fever quits him. The fever returns after a short interval, but again ceases, and the doctor has observed this to have happened three or four times. Quinine taken in large doses cures the fever, and removes delirium, but does not produce decisive effects, nor is sufficient to arrest the progress of the disease. The doctor adds that he has seen more than 300 persons attacked with the disease in the course of the years 1857 and 1858 in was mistaken for the ereitrag y ed ell w ow f ith e cu e c r l . l violence that it .PRESENTATION TO A SAILOR. -At a meeting of the Liverpool Local Marine Board yesterday a silver medal was presented on behalf of the Danish Government to Daniel James, second officer of the ship Thornhill, as an acknowledgment of his able services in rescuing the crow of the Danish schooner Anne Elizabeth in October last, when that vessel was waterlogged and sinking. The captain of the Thornhill recently received a gold medal for the same rescue. -4 y