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HOUSES. —Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, uourban, aad Country RESIDENCES to LET or SEL P art i cu lars upon application forwarded for two stamps, upon stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. QOUTII KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, - 7, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort Gardens, E i v aston- place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and T hurioe Squar es, Boltons, &c. Messrs TOPLIS and RO BE KTS have RE DENCES to SELL and LET in these and s urrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Re g ent -street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SE RVI CES. —D uring the storms of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to the savin,f. of 707 persons from different Nv reeks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended .021,174 in the same peri.Kl on its life boat estabshmeats, in addition to grantiag £1,930 for to wards for saving lite and exerzising, the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution e.trnestly A PPEAL to the public for NSSISTANCE to enable them to meet th Continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received by the London and Country b an kers ; and by the Secretary , Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (Thursday), Mr. Charles Deffelli's new opera, in one act, (.3:IItIoTMA.S EVE. Madame F. Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D. Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Alfrel Mellon. After which, at 8, the grand comic, spectacular. and ope ratic Christmas Pantomime, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace. (See other advertisements). Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Hermar n Vezin, &c. After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston. Master Percy Rosen' ; Misses Ilazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Boleno. C. Lauri, Cormaca, Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE T.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sothern Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Nelly Moore, Snowden &c. To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAS MARKET Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Ba'tleman, Weaihersby, Sus ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar, Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c. To conclude with FISII OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. ROY AL LYCEUM T REATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Pechter. stances are in appearance suspicious against me, but I cannot help that." This is a contradiction in terms at any rate, and the apologists for rebellion find their proteyee's own words condemn their THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. 31r. H. Widdicomb. After Vhich, TETE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. leechter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomn, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatricl, D. Evans ; Aiesdames Ternan, &worthy, Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. assertions. If anything can provo more effectually than another the great injuries which Earl RUSSELL has inflicted upon Jamaica and all colonies in general, it is the reports met with concerning the manner in which the blacks have received the news of the suspension of General EYRE. In the account given by the Special Correspondent of the Times, we meet with the following significant declaration :—" The negroes in the interior are quiet, but exult openly in what they regard as the disgrace of Mr. EYRE. ' MiSSiS QUEEN send Governor home to hang him,' is a common saying among them." Nothing can possibly show the inconsistency of our Government more than this, and it fully verifies the justice of Lord DERBY'S observation, that not only was Earl RUSSELL'S decision neither just nor generous, but it established a bad precedent, and would prove inju rious to the future good government of our colonies. Taking all things into account, it cannot be too much regretted that, for one reason and another, such exaggerated accounts should have been sent to this country and obtained credence in the colony. Still more is it to be lamented that, through political motives and sectarian prejudices, these ridiculous 1 stories should have met with so much attention in 1 England. In whatever way the Commission decide ultimately concerning the transactions in Jamaica, it will always remain a lasting disgrace to a certain portion of politicians here that they have so treated a question that concerns the honour of our public servants and the welfare of our colonial empire in general. The only good that can come out of the evil will be that the public may learn not to put so much faith in future upon the professions of those who advocate with their lips what their acts deny, and pretend to be votaries of civil and religious liberty, while they show them selves pretty plainly to be worthy of the darkest days .of benighted bigotry, and as perverse as if they were the agents of the greatest desr ot. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC RETREAT, Messrs J. L. Toole and P. Bedford, After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 136th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, F. Bedford, II Phillips, Eelix Rogers, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billingtcr, &c. To conclude with riEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips. Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whi,h, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Calhaem. F. Villiers, J. G. shore, G. Murray, D. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven :(sth time), a new and origi• nal Comedy, THE FLY AND THE WEB. Mes-rs. Par- Belle and Price ; Misses Swanborough and Raynhara. After which win be pi oduced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannib3.l Islan is. Messrs. 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QPORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LATr.ST EDI nos of " fH tt; SUN" as soon as pub llsht.d.-4, Bath-stn et, City-road, E.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Bn. 12m.—Afternoon, Bh. 46m. To-Moitßow.-31orning, 9h. 24m.—Afternoon, 10h. sm. ' . 4'4` fr"": 414411. 46.* ‘ P ik *TA 1 6eva. Crs7 LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 186-6-. The controversy between the Admiralty and Captain COWPER COLES has been of long standing, and never, perhaps, have the unfairness and preju dice which too often characterise our naval adminis tration been more strikingly and painfully exempli fied. Here is a gentleman of great experience and undoubted practical ability suggesting an important alteration in the mode of constructing our war vessels, yet although the Admiralty officials cannot refuse to acknowledge his claims, they practically refuse to give his system a fair trial. They profess, indeed, to be anxious to see it tested, and engage him in an official capacity, but only to tantalise him with all the postponements, interruptions, and innumerable vexations which make the sickness of hope deferred so weari some to hear. When they had agreed to give his method a trial, instead of allowing him to build a new ship, they were seized with one of their periodical fits of economy, and cut down a wooden three-decker. Nevertheless, in spite of all the difficulties and the de lays occasioned by the very half-hearted manner in which the work was carried on in the dockyards, the Royal Sovereign played her part so well that she was a decided success. Rumour, always mali cious, whispered that she succeeded too well to please certain parties at the Admiralty, and accord ingly there was a decided unwillingness to send her to sea. She was sent to Portland and other places round the coast, but when cross-questioned in the House, the Admiralty officials declared that she was only a kind of floating battery, and they were afraid to run the risk of sending her across the Channel. This was certainly rather aggravating to Captain COLES ; but nevertheless he has gone on, endea vouring to improve and perfect his system, which at the first had only been imperfectly tried. How ever, at the close of last year, it was suddenly an nounced that the Lords of the Admiralty had be come so far convinced of the merits of the turret system that they were going to build a turret ship themselves, the turrets to be of remarkable strength, plated with armour of extraordinary thickness, and carrying Armstrongs of 600 pounds calibre. The most astonishing part of this intimation was that Captain COLES, the redoubted promoter of the turret system, was to have nothing to do with this new sea monster, but that Mr. E. J. REED, the chief constructor, was to be the designer of it, and this after Mr. REED hac: been universally regarded as the champion of the versus the turret system, and after the Admiralty had pooh-poohed and discouraged Capt. COLES'S vessels in every possible way. Upon this Captain COLES, with a very natural indiscretion, addressed a letter to a contemporary, complaining very justly that neither he nor his ships had had fair play, that he had never received encouragement or assistance from the Admiralty, and that the treatment he had received was neither fair to himself nor to the The Address has been agreed to in the House of Commons, but Ministers are not yet out of the wood, and may expect some difficulties in the debate of to-night. There is no disguising the fact that this is a very inauspicious commencement of the session for the Government ; indeed it would be difficult to say in what department they have yet got into trouble. Last night there was a regular discussion about Ireland and its wrongs and griev ances, which endedin the rejection of the amendment proposed by THE 0 TIONOGII UE by an immense majority-346 to 25. Of course, there was the usual talk indulged in by certain vehement defenders of their country as to the bad treatment of the Irish, but when we consider the recent events that have taken place in that country, we must say that, on this occasion at all events, more reticence might have been displayed with great ad vantage. It is not the way to render the adminis tration of justice more easy for those members who have influence to be for ever taking the part of those who are really culpable, and exciting others who need no encouragement to do mischief. THE 0 ONOGII CE complained that the English people doubted the reality of Irish grievances in this , country, and was at great pains to prove their ex istence, and even went so far as to warn the house that great sympathy existed with the Fenians. His desire that the Government should institute an inquiry into the reasons that existed for Irish discontent was a suggestion most incapable of realisation, and not likely to come to a successful issue. Mr. GLADSTONE took a very pro per view of the question when he said the house should resist the omission of that paragraph in the Address which related to Ireland, and also added that it would be most inexpedient for them to de clare that "disaffection" existed in Ireland to a great degree. The right hon. gentleman also dwelt strongly upon the i njudiciousness of the course proposed, since it involved the House in a dangerous admission. " I further doubt the wisdom of representing that the cause of that dissatisfaction must be interpreted in the pre sent instance as synonymous with Fenianisru, that that dissatisfaction is the result of causes which it is our duty, and which it is therefore impli ed t o be in our power, to remove." It is always unwise for Pa rliament to make promises in a vague and general s ense which cannot be fulfilled, and at any rate are not at all likely to be The Chancellor of th e Ex chequer also declared, with great reason, that the more clear and unequivocal this language was, not only would they better discharge their duty to the Throne, but the greater mercy would be shown to tile deluded persons who were at once the agents and victims of the conspiracy. Taking all things into consideration, perhaps we may come to the conclu sion that this first debate on Ireland has ended happily, and although, as Mr. GLADSTONE insinuated, t ° the amusement of the lio6 e, 4 ‘ the tranquil country. The grievances of a disappointed and ill-used man seldom, unfortunately, attract too much at tention ; but there was a sting in Captain COLES'S complaint which the Admiralty could not but feel. Hi 4 gtriCitirefi Q 1 NI, REED'S flip, the Enterprise period of the evening" was not of long duration, and Research, the Pallas and Bellerophon, still the result of the strong discussion proved that I none of which have succeeded in combining the good sense of the House was triumphant over every other consideration. Had the Government displayed the same tact and decision in other matters of importance that they have done in this affair of Fenianism they would not now find themselves in such an awkward position. 1 The Legislature in Kingsto n h as b een summone d at an earlier period than previously intended, in order to empower the Royal Commission to enforce the attendance of witnesses, and to administer oaths. This will be very desirable in all respects, and pre vent much of that exaggeration and prevarication in certain quarters which has already done so much mischief to the cause of truth both here and in the colony itself respecting the late lamentable trans actions in Jamaica. More, all obstacles are re moved, and the sooner the real work of the Commission begins in earnest the better for all parties concerned. The condition of the island is at present tranquil, and all parties are comparatively quiet until the Commissioners have given their opinion ; but, of course, in such a state of things people will talk, and it is earnestly to be trusted that much heed will not be given to the reports and statements that abound in all directions, and which, while professing not to mean anything, in reality cause only too deep an im pression. If one thing in this whole affair is more to be condemned than another it is the publication in the papers of Kingston of the proceedings at the trial of GORDON. In a case of such importance it was essential to the cause of justice and the maintenance of order that the first publi cation of such an affair should come before the English public and the Colonists in an authentic form, and substantiated by official authority. It is certainly strange that while some people persist in stating that the evidence could hardly be weaker against GORDON than it was, we find that GORDON I himself at his trial declares—" I admit that circum- 1 ' strength and speed, or, as a satirical critic once more strongly put it, " can neither fight nor sail," contained, unfortunately, enough truth to be very unwelcome. The consequence was that Captain COLES was called upon by the Admi ralty to acknowledge or disay . ow his letter, and adopted the only course possible to him, see ing his name was affixed to it. Upon this the Admiralty dismissed him from his official position, on the plea that it was contrary to the rules of the service for any officer employed in it to enter publicly into controversies on matters con nected with the profession. So Capt. COLES is thus quietly disposed of, and his invention is to be carried out by others, who will, we presume, reap all the glory if it should realise the expectations formed of it. Certainly we English have a singular method of carrying on our naval administration and of encouraging inventors. Since the days when we executed an admiral pour encourager les autres we have gone on doing our best to disgust men of independence and ability with the service. Were it not for the strong inherent love for the sea and interest in all connected with it that characterise Englishmen we should probably have succeeded in rendering the service and the dockyard alike unpopular. The Admiralty has a very comfortable fashion of receiving every plan and suggestion, and making no sign, neither giving it a fair trial nor returning it to the inventor. By and by, when the unfortunate suggester of the scheme is wearied out, his invention, if it be a good one, appears in a slightly different form as the Admiralty's own ; after the 'ashion in which we sometimes see rival theatres or publishers bringing out the same play or transla tion with trifling alterations. There was an in stance of this not very long ago with the Shoebury ness target, which the Admiralty appropriated as their own design ! The turret system is to be ap parently a more conspicuous example, only un fortunately the name of Captain COLES is insepar ably connected with it by the very controversy which the Admiralty have occasioned. Sometimes this system of discouraging the inven tor is carried a little too far, as in the notable in stance of Captain BLAKELY and his guns, which are now being made for a foreign Power, and may one day be turned against ourselves. We regret very much the whole affair, both in the public interests and in the interests of justice and fair play. Capt. COLES'S system may be imperfect, and fail to fulfil his expectations ; hut let it have a fair trial, when the question will very soon be decided. The ex pense of one ship is surely not so very serious, con sidering the amounts lavished in every department of our dockyards. Again, it is manifestly unfair to take the whole matter out of Captain COLES'S hands (he remarks in his letter of Jan. 10th that he has not even seen the drawings for the new ship) when he has never been allowed to carry out his in vention in the manner he wished. This is not the way to secure the services of those men who are best qualified to improve the efficiency of our service, nor to bring our navy up to what it really should be. But all the previous injustice and harshness is intensified by the dismissal of Captain COLES, by which hasty and ill-judged act the Admiralty lay themselves open to the suspicion that they wish to get rid of the inventor, while they appropriate his invention. Among the many causes of com- plaint which the House of Commons has agains the Ministry we hope this will not be overlooked, but that the whole affair will be thoroughly in quired into. Sir J. PAKINGTON, if he will take it up, will prove a powerful champion, and we hope before long we shall have Sir Jonx HAY again in the house to call the Admiralty to account, as he so well knows how to do. Surely a great public in- stitution should be above all petty jealousy and meanness ; and surely, too, a department on which the whole safety of the country depends should be conducted rather with regard to efficiency than to favouritism or pre- judice. The least that the Admiralty can do to repair their injustice to Captain COLES would be to allow him to design ships for Messrs. LAIRD or some other of our great shipbuilders. We should not be surprised if they provoke him into resigning his ungrateful country, and, after the fashion of Captain BLAKELY, carrying his services elsewhere. If the abilities of our own men of genius are to be turned against us it will not be very pleasant, and if we have to meet a fleet of COLES' turret ships, armed with BLAKELY'S guns, with some of our Admiralty contrivances, it will be more flattering to individual ambition than satisfactory to the country. Rothschild's filly, by Gunboat and Cast-off, has been named Cannorieve. The Presse is not very enthusiastic in its praise of her Majesty's Speech. It says, " The Speech does not display any research of style or imagination. The youngest graduate of Oxford or Cambridge, or a simple lecturer of the Rue Scribe or the Salie de Valentino, could give quite as good an account of the events of the day or of the political situation. We, however, direct the attention of our readers to the paragraph which mentions with manifest plea sure the assemblage of the fleets of France and England on the part of the two countries, an as semblage which cements the friendship of the two nations, and proves to the world their amicable concord in the interest of peace." The Constitutinnnel says, " We publish from The Sun the report of the sitting of the House of Lords, at which the Royal Speech was read, and also the report of the sitting of the House of Commons. The opinions of the London journals in regard to the Speech are as yet but imperfectly known to us, but, according to correspondence from London, the partisans of Reform have experienced a sort of dis appointment. The words pronounced upon this subject by the Queen do not appear by them to be sufficiently explicit to enable them to hope for the introduction of a Reform Bill during this session. The Ministerial change to which we alluded y ester day is confirmed, viz., the secession of Sir Charles Wood." Poncet, the murderer of M. Lavergne,was executed this morning at 7 o'clock near Versailles. He pre served his indifference to the last, and was seemingly less affected than the spectators. It is necessary to be cautious in placing confidence in some of the Paris papers. In their anxiety to give exclusive information, they are at times ridiculously and reck lessly careless and audacious. For instance, the Pays and the Gazette de France, which were published last night, both gave an account of the execution of Poncet from the report of an eye-witness to the terrible fact yesterday (Wednesday) morning. The Pays promised further particulars to-day. The Gazette de France was more modest, and contented itself with the little bit of exclusive news of an event (then only an anticipatory lie) which only became an " accomplished fact" 24 hours afterwards. One is naturally anxious for some explanation of the dilemma. I like to use mild and polite words. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 8. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Feb. 8. Feb. 1. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1837) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 524,619,525 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 182,500,000 :: 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 - 955,472,925 - 5,686,953 91 6,231,620 30 rent creditor - 64,244,151 64 65,039,262 64 Current accounts, Paris 163,455,098 62 143,636,760 47 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 2,272,883 76 2,6 - 28,515 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months -- Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 752,993 36 9,953,568 79 9,541,310 95 Total CREDITOR. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The Paris papers of to-day of course review her Majesty's Speech, and most of them in a favourable spirit. The Journal des Debars says :—" We believe that the Royal Speech will be well received in Eng land. It is very pacific in its assurances, and it presents in a favourable light the various questions with which the country is occupied at the present moment. These questions naturally are not very interesting to us, being exclusively English, and we remark that the only point upon which we should desire information, the rupture of the negotiations in regard to the treaty of extradition, is passed over in silence. Does this mean that the English Go vernment accepts purely and simply this interrup tion, and that it does not recognize the pos sibility, as far as it is concerned, of changing the conditions of the treaty ? We recall to recol lection that the passage of the Imperial Speech re ferring to this subject expresses only a vague hope of the substitution of new treaties for old ones." The Siecle says :—" It was, no doubt, with the idea of exhibiting a polite discretion that the Speech does not say word about Mexico. Its silence about Prussia and Germany seems to prove that on both sides of the Channel the determination is to forget Poland, and that the accomplished facts in Schles wig are accepted. The Queen was quite right in saying that the union of the fleets of England and France had contributed to cement the friendship of the two nations, and to prove their amicable accord in the interest of peace. We should have wished to see this accord exhibited in the interest of liberty and the independence of the peoples." The real business of the session is about to com mence. In the Senate, the discussion on the Ad dress may be a little angry, but entirely harmless. The Marquis de Boissy has taken care to be the first on the list of orators. He will speak about Algeria, the meeting of the French and English fleets, and the arming of the French navy. I was about to particularise other subjects on which the marquis will speak, but it would be easier to notice the few existing points upon which by possibility he may not speak. Your readers, no doubt, will re member that this marquis is particularly ad verse to England and the English, and that he said last session that nothing would give him greater pleasure than a war between the two coun tries, and that he should be happy to be placed in command of any expedition against England. The other members, whose names are inscribed as de sirous to speak, are Baron de Vincent and Cardinal de Bonnechose. The Baron means to take up the subject of public instruction. Of course, I presume, the Cardinal will take for his theme the necessity of maintaining the rights and privileges of the Pope. Your sporting readers will, no doubt, be inte rested with the following items :—Vermouth is at Chantilly, and will soon be able to reappear on the turf. The number of horses belonging to Count de Lagrange ie 'no than 160, Baron de THE SUN, LONDOIS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1866. Feb. 8. Feb. 1. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. Branch banks Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 377,360,451 67 371,202,682 82 Do. branch banks 326,966,219 348,944,363 83 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures 1). branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- 475,942 23 5,549,98 G 02 6,290,000 - 5,105,000 - 5,591,300 6;732;100 11,866,700 - 6,467,500 - 11,931,700 6,817,100 29,166,400 - 19,870,200 - 29,374,900 19,870,z80 626,300 - 412,800 - 633,900 428,400 60,000,000 serve Do. disposable Reutes Immobalisees 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,416,737 91 36,449,737 91 (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches ... Expenses of manage- 8,415,223 - 8,414,061 ment Sundries 223,087 98 206,439 73 9,498,625 52 16,296,571 96 Total 1,471,802,775 54 1,429,301,267 57 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. ( Si gned) ROULAND. AMERICA. In the Federal Senate, on the 24th inst., Mr. Wilson (of Massachusetts) proposed an amendment to the constitution providing that no payment shall ever be made by the United States, or any Sate, for or on account of the emancipation of any slave or slaves, or for or on account of any debt in curred to aid rebellion against the United States Govern ment. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. On the 25th inst. the bill to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau was passed by a vote of 37 to 10, after several ineffectual attempts to amend it on the part of va rious members. The bill is, in substance, as follows : Section 1 continues the original act in force, and autho rises the President to establish 12 or less districts, each under charge of an assistant commissioner. Section 2 specifies the clerks to be employed, all to be under military jurisdiction. Section 3 authorises the Secretary of War to order issue &c., to r e f ugees an d f ree d m en, a o s f p h i s - o d v e is s i m on s s, ne c e lo d t f h a i l n, fuel, .g Section 4 authorises the President to reserve for refugees and freedmen three million acres of land in Florida, Missis sippi, and Arkansas, to be albted in 40 acre parcels, and at a rental in accordance with the value of the land. Section 5 confirms for three years the titles of lands given by order of Gen. Sherman to freedmen in South Carolina, with the proviso that owners and occupants of said land ents, with the sanction of the ma 3' effFreedmen'seffect special Commissioners.rrangem Section 6 authorises the commissioners to purchase lands for the support of dependent freedmen and refugees, and to build asylums and schools, the necessary funds to be pro vided by Congressional appropriation. Section 7 authorises the President to extend military jurisdiction and jurisprudence, when necessary, for the enforcement of the laws and powers accorded to the bureau to secure the rights of person and property to the freedmen and refugees. Section 8 provides that whoever subjects any freedman to slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, or discriminates between black and white per sons in imposing legal penalties, shall be punished by a fine of $l,OOO and imprisonment for one year. Officers of the bureau to have jurisdiction overall complaints wherever such discrimination of colour is made, or whenever Statb or Federal Courts are not in full and peaceful operation. A motion by neverdy Johnson, of Maryland, to reconsi der the vote on the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, was lost in the Senate yesterday ; ayes 18, nays 22. Resolutions endorsing the President's course in regard to reconstruction h ave b een passe d by th e L eg i s l a t ures of Kentucky and N ew Jersey. The editor of th e Ch arlotte (N . C . ) Times has been ordered to pay a fine of $3OO for circulating disloyal writings within a district under martial law. He was arraigned before court-martial. General De'afield, in charge of the National Military Academy at West Point, has suggested that it would be im proper to decorate the grounds of that institution with cannon captured f rom rebels, w i t h th e i nscr i p ti ons, as has been proposed, showing the manner of their capture. The General thinks that the trophies of a civil war are better to be kept out of sight, as their presence can only revive un pleasant memories. The Fenians in this city seem to be undergoing a reaction from their late condition of excitement, and quietness reigns at the " Capitol." The triumph of the O'Mahony faction seems to be g3nerally conceded, although a strong oppo sition still remains. There are rumours afloat that the Brotherhood hare re cently secured a large supply of arms, ammunition, and military stores ; and darks hints are thrown out by Ameri can Fenian journals that important and startling develop ments are near at hand. L 4 Special meetings with closed doors," and " Cabinet deliberations on proposals calculated to shake thrones to their centres," are announced to have transpired in the Union-square head-quarters. The ope rations of the Brotherhood, however, so far as is known outside, appear to be confined now to procuring the circu lation of rumours calculated to keep up the flow of money into the treasury of the order, and to guarding the moneys so procured from peculation. Their seccess in the former effort iN laid t 9 b@ much greater than ill the latter. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 8 (Evening). The Minister of State has announced in the Cortes that Peru is probably at the present time in open hostility with Spain. THE PRINCIPALITIES. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. BUCHAREST, FEB. 8. The Ministry have tendered their resignation in consequence of a vote of the Senate, declaring cer tain contracts entered into by the Government to be unconstitutional. The members of the new Ministry are not yet known. AUSTRALIA, CHINA, & JAPAN. (Via Alexandria.) MELBOURNE, DEC. 26. The Government has brought for - ward the princi ples of the concession which they are prepared to make to squatters. The news of the Spanish war with Chili has created great excitement, and the sales of copper have been stopped by several of the principal firms. Continued dissatisfaction is felt on account of the mail service. The Victoria Parliament was prorogued on the 28th ult. the Governor, in his speech closing the session, expressed regret that the Appropriation Bill had not passed, and that the constitution pro vided no means of settling the dispute. The Government resorted to an appeal to the country, and the dissolution took place on Decem ber 12. The elections are now going on amid great ex, citement. SYDNEY, DEC. 22. The Government has sent a remonstrance to Eng land, in consequence of the dissatisfaction generally felt with reference to the mail service. Mr. Kinder, of the City Bank, has been mur dered ; and great excitement prevails owing to the atrocity of the circumstances under which the crime was perpetrated. Kinder's wife and Miss Ber trand have been arrested and committed for trial. News from New Zealand states that the General Assembly would meet at Wellington in March. The most prominent proposal to be introduced is one for the separation of the Northern Island from the rest of the colony. This bill is not likely to be opposed by the Government. A proclamation has been issued prohibiting trade with the eastern coast. Advices from Napier and Poverty Bay state tkat skirmishing had taken place with considerable loss to the rebels. The pah at Poverty Bay had been captured, and several natives killed and wounded. Four hundred troops were waiting at Jouranga to march against the enemy's posts. The Kerera rebels had surrendered. SHANGHAI, DEC. 26. News from Pekin announce the arrival in that city of Sir Rutherford Alcock, and states that the court differences had been amicably settled. Prince Kung's Administration was giving satis faction, but the Cabinet were unfavourable to foreigners, and difficulties were consequently ap prehended. The news from the North is alarming for the Imperialists. The Nienfei rebels are appearing in large numbers, but no active measures have yet been taken to oppose them. News from Japan states that local disturbances continue to occur. The Daimios were steadily filling the arsenals and improving their naval and military tactics. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MALTA, FEB. 8. The Ripon leaves here at 7 p.m. to-day for Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 11th. Letters in London say 13th inst. The Syria left at 6 p.m. yesterday for Southamp ton, where she may be expected about the 16th inst. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Tanjore, from Southampton, January 27, reached Malta on the sth inst. at 2 p.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria. The llassilia, from Marseilles sth inst., arrived on the 7th inst. at 8 p.m., and left on the Bth at 2 p.m. for Alexandria. ARRIVAL OF THE ATRATO AT ST. THOMAS. We have received the following communication from the secretary of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company : " The Secretary of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and begs to inform him that the com pany have received advices, from which it appears that their steamer Atrato, which left Southampton, with the mails, &c., for the West Indies of the 2d ult., arrived out at St. Thomas, all well, on the 16th ult., at 2 p.m., 13 hours before time." FRANCE AND TIIE UNITED STATES. FARB, Feb. 9. M. Drouyn de Lhuys has received a despatch, dated the 23d ultimo, from M. de Montholon, the French Minister at Washington, announcing the steps taken by the latter, and the resolutions adopted by the Federal Government in view of the recent events at Bagdad. M. de Montholon states that the Government of the- United States thoroughly decided not to allow itself to be drawn into a conflict with France through filibusters or agents of Juarez. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. B.—Three o'clock—The following are the last quotations:.. 4i per Cents 98 65 Do. end month.,.., 3 per Cents. 6B 75 Do. end month 6B 87i Credit Mobilier -- Do. end month Bank Shares 3725 Credit Fonder 1312 50 Italian Loan 6l 40 Do. end month — Roman Ottoman Fives 39 50 Mexican Loan 46 Do. Bonds 3OO Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred itALLWAVI. Cash. Acct. Orleans ,.. 853 75 Northern llO7 50 Lyons and Mediterranean — 860 Southern — ... 545 Western ... 557 50 Eastern — ... 535 Sardinian . — ... 160 Austrian — ... 405 Lombard 397 50 North of Spain ... 168 75 Saragossa — 215 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman .,. 115 MR. RIMMEL, THE WELL-KNOWN PERFUMER of the Strand, Regent-street, and other places, has just brought out a series of splendid valentines, which are quite diffe rent from the hackneyed style ordinarily noticeable in these tokens of affection. Discarding the usual paper ma terials he has resorted to a combination of lace, silk, feathers, and other gossamer-like materials, producing the most dazzling effect. Some of them have cupids holding on pretty rings or lockets ; others, real birds bearing ten der messages--in fact, they aro, as a whole, the most novel and recherché articles of the kind ever produced. MUNIFICENCE OF A LATE GLASGOW MERCHANT. —Mr. Alexander Kay, insurance broker, who died last week, has, we understand, bequeathed the munificent sum of £lO,OOO for the purchase and maintenance of a public park for Kilmarnock, and also £6,000 to build and endow in the same town two public schools for working men, where a "good plain practical education" will be given. The deceased gentleman was born in Kilmarnock; but, although he left the place of his nativity in early youth, he seems always to have cherished a warm regard tviyardx "sold acning Citizen. The Bold Governor Eyre and the Bulls of Exeter-hall. (A SONG FOR THE STREETS) (From Punch) On the right of the Strand, as you walk to the West, The street of all London the finest and best, You'll see a Greek word on a portico tall : The building behind it is Exeter Hall. There people resort to hear spouters aLuse Mahommedans, Catholics, Pagans, and Jews ; Ex-drunkards talk cant, Irish clergymen brawl, And fanatics howl nonsense in Exeter Hall. The victim just now of its blather and blare, Is a brave English gentleman, Governor Evre, Who, for saving Jamaica with powder and ball, Has roused all the malice of Exeter Hall. The Hall has its Pets, whom you must not attack, And chiefly it pets Quashi-Bungo the black ; And if Quashi-Bung,o quotes words from St. Paul, It 's ready to kiss him, Exeter Hall. At times Quashi-Dungo from Scripture refrains, And chops up white people, and scoops out their brains ; Uprises at once the philanthropist squall, " Of course you provoked him," says Exeter Hall. For some horrible murders performed by the Pet, Eyre gave him a lesson he'll never forget. " You monster, you wretch ! Quashi-Bungo to maul ; " We 'll hang you at Newgate," cries Exeter Hall. "We'll hear," says John Bull, "hold your jabber and row, I've known my old friend, Mr. Eyre, before now." " He's a Nero, a Jeffreys, a Governor 'Wall," Cries, screaming with passion, mad Exeter Hall. Now John stops his ears to fanatical spite, And suspects Quashi-Bungo was served very right, But he'll hear the whole story, not told in the drawl And spasmodic bewailings of Exeter Hall. But if, when the tale of Jamaica is told, The Queen gives her thanks to the Governor bold, What a bellow will burst from the favourite stall Of the big bulls of Bashan in Exeter Hall ! MARKETS.---This Day. MARK LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. The few dry samples on offer changed hands at full prices, but damp produce was very difficult of sale at Monday's currency. There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The amount of business transacted was by no means ex tensive ; nevertheless the market ruled steady at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request at late sales. Barley, of which there was a fair supply on offer, sold slowly at late prices. Good and fine malting qualities chiefly commanded attention. Malt sold slowly at last Monday's currency. The supply of oats on sale was moderate. The trade ruled quiet, at late rates. Both beans and peas met a slow sale, at previous quo tations. Flour was in fair demand, at full quotations. bHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 480 260 920 1020 590 Irish Foreign — 5840 15,710 3230 sks. 1860 brls: BOROUGH HOP, For most kinds of hops there is a fair demand, and prices rule firm. The supply of hops is moderate for the time of year. New Mid and Ea s t K en ts Bos to 190 s p er cwt. New Weald of Kents 77 New Sussex 17 Yearlings loos to 140 s 1, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of moat on sale are tolerably large. For most descriptions there is a fair demand, at our quotations . rer 81b by the carcase. a d a d a d a d inferior beef 2 .0 3 4 Inferior mutton.... 3 6 3 10 Middling* do. 3 6 310 Middling mutton.. 4 0 4 6 Prime large do 40 4 2 Prime do 48 5 0 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 4 5 4 Large pork 310 4 8 Small pork 4 1J 5 4 Lamb, Os Od to Os Oct. COLONIAL. TEA.-- The public sales of China produce terminated yesterday, and scented descriptions sold at slightly reduced rates. 5,118 packages passed, of which 3,154 were sold, being without reserve. SuGan.—The market has been exceedingly dull, and the few transactions reported in West India were at about previous rates. In the refined market, common lumps are quoted 43s 6d per nwt. COPFEE.—There has been a good demand for plantation Ceylon, which sold readily at slightly enhanced rates ; other quotations remained at about previous values. RICE._-Business has been very dull, and quotations re main without change. SALTPETRE.—No business of importance has been re- PortPd ; late ratoc howev or are sustained. TALLow.—The market has been more animated, and slightly enhanced quotations are now current for both pre sent and forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 46s 9d ; April to June, 475; and last three months, 49s per cwt. MRS. CHAS. KEAN'S BENEFIT IN NEW ORLEANS. —The engagement of those admirable artists, Mr. and Mrs. Kean, is fast drawing to a close, and the lovers of the Shaksperean drama will soon be compelled to take their final look, in this city, of these faithful personators of the Bard of Avon's genius. The fact that this is the last time we are to see and hear Charles Kean and Ellen Tree, whose names have been as household words in our mouths for so many years to us, lends a melan choly interest to each of their performances at the St. Charle's ; and we attend each with the same feeling with which one takes fresh leave daily of a friend, knowing that the inevitable last greeting is fast drawing near, and that the sad "Farewell" must surely soon be said. It is, perhaps, a sympathetic feeling with the artists themselves that induces them to exert all their powers in their several performances, so as to leave behind them in New Orleans a reminiscence of their talents and their last delineations here that shall long dwell, as a ten der pleasure, iu the memory of the lovers of the legitimate drama. These remarks are incidental to the announcement that Mrs. Kean will take, to-morrow night, her last benefit in New Orleans. Think of that, all ye veteran admirers of the palmy days of Manager Caldwell's time ; all ye whom we have heard so often speak so warmly of Ellen Tree's first appearance here, in 1838 ; all ye who would render to un fading genius a token of yourundiminished regard and ad miration. In every way she has deserved the public es teem as an artist, as a wife, as a mother. The lofty parity of her character, the undimmed lustre of her intellect and her genius, have consecrated her name in that little host of women whom the world delights to honour ; and, in associating her life's destiny with that of the son of Edmund Kean, it was felt that genius, intellect and purity were most appropriately allied in one of those unions so rare, yet, when met, so unhesitatingly the object of the world's respect and admiration. Let this occasion show that our minds are not wholly wrapt up in the mate rial pursuits of life ; let us turn aside, for the nonce, from the coarser occupations that bring the mind to the level of the earth, earthy; let us tender to this great artist such a proof of our true regard as will cause her, when once more esconced in her home beyond the broad Atlantic, now and then to cast a thought of grateful reminiscence to her friends in New Orleans.—New Orleaas Daily Picayune. GOOD NEWS FOR GAS CONSUMERS.—A company is now in course of formation for the purchase of the patents granted to Mr. Isham Baggs for his improvements in the manufacture and use of inflammable gases. The combustible gases producodunder the patents are hydrogen and carbonic oxide, and these are made exclusively from coke by the decomposition of water—for though iron is employed in this decomposition, it is revivified and restored to the metallic state at every succeeding stage of the ma nufacture, and so on again and again ad infinitum, without waste and without removal from the retort, the hydrogen and carbonic oxide being generated separately and passed into the same gas-holder for mixture and subsequent con sumption ; coke, therefore, and water are the only sub stances really consumed in the process. A ton of coal in round numbers will produce in the ordinary gas manufac ture an average of 9,000 cubic feet; but under these patents the coke is entirely consumed, and produces, from only 13 cwt., no less than 40,000 cubic feet of gas. It is proposed by the projected company to erect works on a smaller scale, in the first instance, where at present there aro no works, and the inhabitants require gas, in order to demonstrate the practicability of the invention. The holders of shares in the first company will, wording to the prospectus, be entitled to substantial advantages in an enlarged company to be afterwards formed, and various other inducements are held out which promise a large re turn for the capital invested. At the worst no loss can result even to the pioneers in the new undertaking, for the small works erected, in the event of the enlarged company not being formed, will be carried on for the manufacture of gas in the ordinary manner—the arrangements neces sary for the testing of the new invention being easily applicable to old and accepted plans of manufacture. The success of such a company as that proposed will be hailed with the utmost pleasure by every gas consumer in the kingdom, because in the event of success, of which there appears to be no doubt, it will render them independent of the galling monopoly which has so long been exercised by the old and established gas companies throughout the country. SERIOUS EXPLOSION AT A BLAST FURNACE.--On Wednesday a very serious explosion took place at the blast furnaces, Twedale, belonging to Messrs. Hipkins. Tbe. furnace keeper and three other men were severely burnt by the molten fluid which was thrown over them. It is hoped, however, that the injurios in any of the cases will not prove fatal. titurl - HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Thursday. The Queen, accompanied by the royal faintly, arrived at Osborne yesterday at half-past 5, and will remain there for a fortnight, in order to secure the rest which is so necessary to her after the fatiguing exertion of the preceding day. The Earl of Bessborough, Lord Steward of the Household, had an audience of her Majesty to-say,to present th e a dd ress of the House o f L or ds 11 1 answer to the Sp eec h f rom the Throne. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yesterday, attended by the Countess of Maccles field. --- The Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson have arrived in town. His grace has taken a residence in Mansfield street,tortland-place, for the season. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury will return to town early next week from visiting the Duchess of Beau fort, at Badminton. The Earl of Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford are still in the south of Franco. The noble earl, we bear, is much improved in health. The Earl of Beauchamp is, we are sorry to learn, dangerously ill at his residence in Belgrave-square. The Countess of Dudley will give an evening party on Monday next, at Dudley House, Park-lane. Viscount Eversley and the Hon. Miss Sha w ' Lefevre have arrived at their residence in Eaton-plac e ' from Heckfield Place, Hants, for the season. Lord and Lady Taunton received a select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in Belgrave square. THE LATE LORD MONTEAGLE. - - It requires some little effort for the men of thi s generation to remember who and what was Lo rd Monteagle, who died on Wednesday last at his seat in Irela n d. A n d yet Lord Mouteagle filled high office ; at a critical period of our parliamenta r y: history he held a prominent position, and he received the reward of great merit and important services' Unhappily, what will most be remembered abou t him is something to be remembered against him' The finance of the Whigs in his days was a bYe word, and it was the misfortune of Lord Mout' eagle, then Mr. Spring-Rice, to have been Chancel lor of the Exchequer for about half those ten Yea rs when, after the passing of the Reform Bill, t he Whigs were on th e i r t r i a l as statesmen. " Great would be the joy of the Three per Cents. if Spring - Rice would go into holy orders," wrote Sydn e y Smith, an d i t must be borne in mind that Sy d n e y Smith was himself a Whig. The Chancellor of th e Exchequer did not take the hint of the humourist by entering holy orders, but he entered th e sacred edifice of the peerage, hid his head in 3 coronet, and the much- abused name of Spring - Rice was forgotten in the lustre of a new title. Thomas Spring-Rice was an Irishman, born in Ireland in the y ear 1790 . H e was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his de gree in 1811. In 1820, having in the meantime married a daughter of the Earl of Limerick, be en tered Parliament as member for his native place -- Limerick—which he continued to represent till th e year 1832. Gradually he became known not mer el y as the represe n t a ti ve o f Li mer i ck, but also as " tu member for all Ir e l an d . " Th ese were days w hen the Catholic question began to make a stir and Irelan d was the standing difficulty of our Government. Ai r ; Spring-Rice was the fast friend of O'Connell, au', as such took a p r o m i nen t part i n the discuss ion o c l Irish affairs. H e was a capa bl e man of bus i ness , as the mouthpiece of a powerful Irish interest he acquired with his party not a little influence in t he House of Commons. The result was that he, am ong other Whigs, had his share of office when the Pal o in 1827 fi rs t a tt a i ne d to t h e Treasury Bench. He was made Unde r S ecre t ary o f S tate for t h e 1 . 1 091 e Department ; and whe n a t l eng th , i n 1830, th e Whigs came fully into p ossess i on o f t h e i r power ,o became successively Secretary of the Treasury' Secretary for the Colonies, and Chancellor of th e Exchequer. The first of these offices he shared at one time with Mr. Edward Ellice, and afterwar ds with Sir Charles Wood ; the second he held but for a very short period ; the third he filled for nea rl y five years, and it was in the discharge of its dutie s that he became renowned. In all these posts 11 ,, e showed an ability th a t was respecta bl e, a lthoug' it was not respectable enough to save him from ridicule and depreciation. Indeed, there wa s 3 good deal about him to excite opposition and Pre yoke criticism. He was a tedious speaker, for 0 - ample ; he was accused of jobbing ; and he was 1111 ; dersized of stature. Thi s l ast i s, o f course , a ni°9 flagrant off ence i n th e eyes of all satirists, an d 0. B." made much of it. Dr. Chalmers had just the come to London to deli ver l ec t ures, an d in one of his addresses h e announce d w i th all the eniPh3si, , which characte r i se d hi s oratory that t h e then ag e was an age of littl e men, or, as he was supposed to pronounce it, " leetle " men. "H. B." seized urthe the idea, and a t once ex hibi ted a spec i men of . leetle men" w h o governed the nation, Mr. SPrin g.. Rice being promi nen t among them. Soineth lles, however, he got prais e f or his smallness, as when ia combat with O'C onne ll, w h en O' Connel l b a d turn ed upon the Whigs, he f oug ht an d b eat o ff the gr eat o, Irish giant, on which occasion his merits were litt l e played to the e y es o f th e wor l d i n a picture of to David conquering Goliath. The real objecti °ll l , io him was not that his s t a t ure was l ow, b u t that dum '„ finance was not grea t—th a t hi s speec h es were 0, and that his public spirit ne ver rose very hi g h. toe B." gave currency to a small pun upon his 11 ,,,, s he which took the popular fancy_ teneatis? Whig Ministry was sorely ridiculed in those dai s' and no one came i n f or a greater share of t h e 63t at they provoked than Mr. Spring-Rice. Heh ad re sin' last the g oo d sense to see that his days were Ow, bered, that th e Whi gs were falling, and that bel li ed self would nev er succee d as a fi nanc i er. He ceas ed to be Chancellor, and made himself Comptroll er d the Exchequ er . At any time he co u ld be °lls te e from the Ch ance ll ors hip, th e C omptro ll er sbiP 0 , could hold for ever, with its £2,000 a year' not only fell softly, but he covered himself with robes of a peer, and the name of Spring blossomed into that of Baron Monteagle. catch In referring to thes e even t s, we naturally something of the tone which belongs to the criticlu%t of the period in whi c h th ey occurre d . B u t if we I n a not speak of Lord M on t eag l e as e ith er a very t so, rou° or a high-minded man , we mus t d o hi m j u stice 9 00 t shrewd one and as a good partisan. If he Was ne a brilliant Minister, he was, at le as t, a us eful ° t and if he failed as a financie r i n a ti me a gr e a t difficulty, it must be reme m b ere d i n hi s f a vour, tba oo d while Irish affairs were all i m p or t an t , h e did g o , service and fairly earnt th e con fid ence o f his friendbe After his retirement from the Cabinet he niai onlY said to have almost reti re d i n t o pr i va te life, • 5 that about six years ago, when Mr. Gladstt:ol, famous Budget was announce d , h e l e d the ao aed upon it in the House o f L or d s . M r . Gladsto' a 3 his friends naturally spoke with contempt O b e r attack upon the B u d ge t l e d b y a Whig fift' n bti t who had been laughed out of the Exchequer' in of this did not neces sar ily i nva lid ate t h e critici s Lord Monteagle ; and it was no small tribute'o , d i e prudence that 21 years after he had r esi g n d e e u r abl° Chancellorship of the Exchequer, a e°h sl ......w ere party in the Legislature—Whig and I ° ll _ s tion willing to regard him as an authority on a cl u e 00 o! finance. That was his last public aPPe ar d the great stage to which he had been accustmne • _ A CO b li l l u tE e- S b P O O O IZEN c C o E nt R ai E n S i P n E g CT th IN e C THE SEEN AN".SP t; Shenandoah, originally the Sea the bofore Parliament. The opening letter is from of to Earl Russell, April 7th, 1865, detailing the ra'r a g' — • v g the Shenandoah, to which Earl Russell replies, defeudi the conduct of her Majesty's Government. Then Wi ne % proposal for a " Claims Commission" to decide upoci, prizes, and its refusal. The next part of the correspnli once is subsequent to the surrender of the Sheng lid ri ° , 4 l , o ainpge,rsharse.rlha.,eteiarldgaslo.d and Captain Waddell to the British Government' ,h release of Captain Waddell and his crew call f orth offs ti from Mr. Adams to prove acts of piracy against them, b the proof is not given, and Lo r d Clarendon close s the respondence respondence by an offer to "co-operate g ladly in est& b. " --- img the truth ;" and here th e vexed question close s for the present. -.