The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) PRODUCTION OF GOUNOD'S MOCK DOCTOR. THIS EVESING will be performed. for the first time in England, Gotmod's celebrated Opera, TH E MOCK DOCT 0 a (the English woros by Char.es penny!. Principal characters by Mesdames Poole, Thirlwall, and Fanny Huddart ; Messrs. lienry Haigh, A. Cook, C. Lyall, Dussek , Lingham, and H. Corri. Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON. Aiter which, the Grand and highly suce,essful ralltoMittle , CINDERELLA. Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous acces sories. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LAICE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chattcrton. THIS EVENING, S:r F. L. Bulwer Lytton's Play of RICHELIEU: blessrs. Phelps. Waiter Lae)'. IL MaSArSSston U. E. Phelps. IN eville, Sinclair; Mrs. Hermann Vtzio, Howard, ,kc. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime,'MY 'THUMB AND II IS hi.EV EN littOT ti E itz-3 ; HOPleuin and the Ogre of the t 4 eve:, Lcague 13oots : Messrs. G. Loa more, Toni alatthews, It. NV cstun, 31aster Percy lioselk, Misses Lydia 'lllumine:dm it. Lucie:c,i, Atc. 3lessrs. Bolen°, U. Law', V. A. Barne , , T. Morris, Cormack, Saviiie ; Buleno, the Misses Gu y, and Signor Tescano. T HEATR E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET. Les see. Me. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, FISH OUT uF WATER. Mr. Comp ton ; Miss Caroline Hill, To be lollowe 1 by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea therapy, &a. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, dm. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, ; Mesdames Snowdon, Hill, Sze. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L Keeley. To oOmmence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL— doIe rroprietor and Manager, Mr. B. * *osier. THIS EVENING, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Tool?, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Bilting,ton, Miss K. Kelly, Mrs. Killington, Mrs. 11. Lewis. Atter which, the Comic Drama of MASKS AND FACES ; or, Before and Behind the Curtain. Mr. Benjamin Webster, Messrs. Pant Bedford, Biilington, Ashley, Stuart, C. Smith, Mrs. Stirling, Miss H. Simml. and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE. Messrs. J. L Toole, rani Bedford, and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. 1) OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. .T HIS EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. S. kmery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. Horsman, Ben rade, E. Boyce, and Elswortny. • After which, at half-past 8, a New Dr 3131 8 ,, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. lt,bert Ma sire, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Widdicomb, C. Horsman, Fitzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, Itaymoul, Collett; Mesdames Eisaorthy and B. Percy. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. Messrs. Wi,disomb and Eme y. Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elt.v,n till Five. RCYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. l'illS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. Da%id Fisher entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STR NGS. 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LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN" j. containing the Latest 61'0111111%4k INT ELL ta, c.n be had Every Evening, of G. R. GLENEE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-Park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as .00n as Published containing all the LA i'EsT ABWS and SPORTING INTELLIGNINCS, by It. W. llAttl3l6, epaper Agent, 4, ISlstektriars-roan, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE, Tins DAY.—Morning, y 3h. 47m.—Afternoon, 4h. 10m To-Moßßow.-Morning, 4h. 30m.—Afternoon, 4h. 50m, t l i ff t -4 ..1-444*L'N 4-41,0 e LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 1865. ---♦- It appears from the news brought by the Africa from Boston that the Federals have not relaxed their efforts, and are still straining every nerve to obtain a decided advantage. GRANT'S movement at llatcher's Run has, however, brought him little profit in a military point of view, for though his lines have been extended they have not been ad vanced, and the three miles which he has added to his line of works have brought him no nearer the Southern works. According to the Tribune, how ever, GRANT'S unexpected activity will prevent LEE from despatching any reinforcements to BEAITRE- C2d l D) so that i n th a t case t h e s l aug ht er a t Hatcher's nun will not have been absolutely without profit to the North. The engagement is said by the Rich mond press to have been very severe, the ground having been fought over four times. GRANT has visited Washington, it is believed, with the v iew o y f concerting some important military movements, as he held consultationswiththe PRESlDENTavanedsatihde, Secretary of War. The North, as we were have effort are evidently determined to mak e to obtain some considerable triumph which shall place their arms in a better position befor e the re doubtable 4th of March, and we shall not be stir• prised if the next mail brings us some eventful intelligence. Meanwhile, the South is gatheri ng fresh spirit from its recent reverses, and the events has proved the wisdom of JEFFERSON DAVIS in sanctioning the unofficial Peace Conference. The result of that conference has effectually silenced the malcontents, both open and secret, since after the North has so unmistakably declared its hostility, no man who pretends to have the interest of the Confederacy at heart can blame the Southern Government for its line of action. The Southern people are far too strong and too unshaken in their - opposition to to the North to submit tamely to such 1 terms as were offered them at Fort Monroe, and the mere proposal has h ad the same effect in quench ing disaffection and silencing jealousies that a foreign war has in pacific times in reconciling domestic dissensions. General LEE is reported to have said to a member of Congress that the only thing to fear was causeless despondency among the people. The South, he asserted, could gain independence if the people did not give way to foolish despair. The people have certainly had some excuse for despond ency in the recent aspect of their affairs. The pre- sence of a hostile army in their midst, as it were, marching from city to city without check,was suffi- cient to dishearten the Southerners. The per- mitting SIIERJIA.v to pass through Georgia was undoubtedly the mistake of the campaign. It has given the Federals an advantage of which they have taken care to make the most. SHERMAN'S forces are at present moving towards the South Carolina Railroad, of which Branchville is the junction. Branchville is partially invested, and its evacuation is probable. Its chief consequence is derived from its being the centre of the railway lines having the command of the communications with Charleston and Columbia. Sherman's right under FOSTER, now superseded by General GILMOUR, is moving towards Charleston, and between 2,000 and 3,000 men have landed on James Island, two miles south-west of the city. Active preparations are being made for defence within the walls, but it is not thought that the attack will be prosecuted with much vigour, as Branchville is the main object at present. The news from Wilmington is decidedly favour able to the South, for three attacks which General TERRY had made on the Confederate lines to the north of Cape Fear River were repulsed by the Confederates, although they were supported by the whole of PORTER'S fleet. Had Fort Fisher been properly garrisoned after the first attack by veteran troops it might have been held likewise ; but in this instance, as in some others, the Confederates made the mistake of underrating their enemy and resting in a false security. General LEE has seldom or never erred on the side of rashness, but the same cannot be said of all his subordinates. lloop's expedition to Tennessee was a notable example of the lack of that discretion which is the better part of valour. By attempting to gain Tennessee, instead of saving Georgia, he lost both objects, and the enemy has been suffered to march right into the heart of the Confederacy. But the Southern people must not indulge in retro spect. They must look forward, and make every effort to relieve themselves from the pressure of SHERMAN'S army. It is said by the Southern papers that LEE intends to concentrate all the Southern forces in two divisions ; one in Eastern Virginia, under himself, the other in South Carolina, under BEAUREGARD, who has been instructed not to attack SHERMAN until he is far advanced into South Carolina. These directions, perhaps, explain the apparent inaction of the Confederate generals in the South ; but as a strong force is now confronting SHERMAN a little further on his route, his security may not prove very durable. The question of employing the negroes in military service has again come up, and, in deed, it is virtually the great question of the moment. If the South could once make up their minds to the course which, sooner or later, they will be driven to take, they would gain an amount of physical and moral strength which would turn the tide of fortune. But they tern porise and postpone, and yield to preju dice, though such men as General LEE and Secretary BENJAMIN have openly given their sanction to the measure. For a nation in the straits to which the South has now been reduced to hesitate about availing themselves of so valuable an assistance would be a matter of astonish ment were it not for the obstinacy with which men cling to old prejudices and associations. It cannot, however, but be a matter of regret to their sympathisers and admirers, that they should thus trifle with the prospects of their country, and postpone, until perhaps too late, so decided and ad vantageous a measure. The close of the Irish debate gave the House and he public a fair summary of the actual condition of the question in the clear and sensible address of the Premier. His speech, brief as it was, virtually ex- hausted the substance of the matter, and his re marks must have carried conviction to most of his hearers. Four years ago, said the noble lord, we were all congratulating ourselves on the improve ment of Ireland, and its present distress is mainly owing to three unfavourable seasons. At the same time he did not attempt to deny that there is in the condition of Ireland, at the most favourable times, much that needs remedy - . With regard to the emigration of the people, the nobly lord frankly de clared that it was impossible to keep people in one country when they could get better remuneration for their labour and greater advantages in another. The real cure is to create in Ireland the same de mand and reward for labour which other countries offer. To do this the great thing would be the influx of capital. Ireland, as we yesterday remarked, has many advantages for the employment of capital, but hitherto little has been done. " What was it, then," asked Lord PALMERSTON, " which has hitherto prevented the influx of capital into Ireland ? Why, it is the double notion, first, that Ireland does not afford the same means for the profitable employ ment of capital that exist in England and Scotland; and, secondly, that there is not the same security in Ireland." Hitherto, as Lord PALMERSTON went on to say, the religious and political feuds which have prevailed in Ireland have given rise to exaggerated notions of insecurity which at tends the employment of capital in that country ; but if English capitalists could once be convinced that they run no extraordinary risk in investi il ysh securities there would b e no l ack ng - 0 of money or of enterprise to carry out the most extensive improvements. When once the idea has gained ground that co mmercial in capital Ireland,m aoynbee greatpro- employed fl r eland will, says Lord sourcefitably andof the s safely f e y poverty o d p i e s d a , PPe hav ar e ed w . eig t h li t s , Lord's words PALM ERSTON have Ni isho PALm advantages offered by hesitating declaration of the the capitalists who may be influenced by his un hesitating how much the may learn from his observa the country to enterprise, and with the people who general disturb outrages, public riots, and remedy rests in their own hands. Agrarian gratify ingances of the peace, may be very are most deleterious to the best interests of his to an Irishman's love of fighting, but they country. As soon as the conviction that life and Property are safe, and that law and order are rtehsepeccotield, ntry has b g y ai t n h e e d o g r r a o i un nary d, m ch o a n n e n y el w s 11 ; 1 b fl u o t w u n i n t to il then no eleemosynary grants of public funds will meet the difficult y , e will fail to d o moreatnhdanth;meposatrtliaavlisahndezemnpodirtaxptur; relief. At the s ame t i me, it is duty of the Gove rnment to do everythin g undoubl y th ted in its e power to encourage trade and commerce ; and while the House of Commons, by a decisive ma j or it y , expressed the sense of the objec ons to Mr. THE SIM, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1865.' HENNESSY'S motion, the thoughtful and moderate tone of the debate showed how prevalent was the sense of Ireland's grievances, and how great the desire to give her real and durable assistance by prudent and enlightened legislation. Lord TAUNTON, in presenting petitions from Mel bourne and other places in the colony of Victoria for the permanent abolition of the transportation df convicts to Australia, revived a subject which for some time past hasbeen virtually dropped. Although it must be admitted that the Government have acted wisely in deferring to the repeatedly expressed wishes of the colonists on this question, we cannot help feeling, when the matter is discussed, that pre judice has prevailed, and that through the influence of most mistaken motives the colonists have inflicted a grievous injury upon the unhappy class whom it is the object of enlightened legislators to reclaim, as far as possible. Besides putting this country to ex pense and inconvenience, Lord TAUNTON seemed rather led away by his subject, and entered more fully into the wishes and claims of his petitioners than was altogether necessary, considering the cir cumstances of the case. When he said that never had petitions been presented to the house which more truly expressed the unanimous sentiments of those who forwarded them, he was only paying a poor compliment to the objectionists after all, for there is neither consistency nor consideration in their conduct. The very places which profess the most pious horror, and to be the most virtually indignant at the idea of having convicts sent out, are those that in their rude and rough beginnings profited most largely by the labour of convicts. Now that they are in no more need of this timely assistance they begrudge it to others, and seek to throw all kinds of obstacles in the way of their obtaining the same advantages. Besides the selfishness of such conduct, the absurdity is that Western Australia receiving these outcasts would not materially affect the other places which are at an immense distance, besides being separated by a country difficult to traverse. It is rather too bad, now that unfortunately our Government for pru dential reasons have had to give in to the prejudice, that praises should be showered upon those who have allowed their narrow views and partial notions to militate against many important interests. Lord TAUNTON said that the unhappy report of the Royal Commission had excited the policy of the colonists in a great degree, and had led them to believe that in England their desires were slighted and their wishes disregarded. If they thus thought, they must have been most bewildered under the influence of prejudice, and the representation of one-sided partisans, for a more unreasonable notion never entered the minds of the people at home or abroad, than this mania which has sprung up against trans portation. Certainly if anything were wanting to put a climax to the persistency of this vehement opposi tion on the part of the colonists, it would be their now again reviving the subject by presenting peti tions that seek to stop transportation immediately, when at any rate they are not worse off than they were. Lord GRANVILLE very properly discussed the matter, and got out of a very awkward posi tion with his usual dexterity by saying that it was not: now the occasion to pass these remarks that might once have been made since the question was settled, and that one connected with the Govern meat could not appropriately take up any of the objections that might perhaps at one time have been taken to certain portions of the conduct of the colo From these remarks of the noble earl, we may glean that he at any rate is not one of those nists. who can see nothing extraordinary in the course ptirsued by the colonists. The noble earl very jus defended the commission whose efforts had been regarded so unfavourably by Lord TAUITTON. said that it was presided over by persons who had great " legal and judicious knowledge," and that they did not come to their conclusion on selfish views respecting the mother country, but they had before them a great deal of evidence concerning the desires of Western Australia to receive convicts There was also reason in Lord GRANVILLE'S re• marks respecting the nature of the petitions then presented. Three years have been allowed as the " specified time," and of course it will be necessary that some such period should elapse in order that the due preparations may be made in this country in the shape of additional prison accommodation. For these purposes it will be necessary to consult Parliament, which will very likely be done this year in some form or other. However, when people get an idea fixed in their minds, be it founded upon correct notions or based upon erroneous supposi tions, they are very apt to let it run away with them, and so we find that the Australian colonists are resolved to have their say out, and to let no pos sible opportunity slip whether the occasion be ap propriate or otherwise, of protesting against the recommendation of the royal commission. Such pertinacity does them very little honour, and in the long run cannot improve their position with respect to the opinion entertained in this country of their moderation and their magnanimity. Every one can or ought to make due allowance for excited feel ings, and agree to the honesty of opinions that are opposed to their own convictions, but when an end has been violently put to a complicated affair, it is time to stop discussion, and to give up the mention of irritating arguments and oft told reasons, pro and con on the vexed question. Why or wherefore these petitions should have been sent or presented it is difficult.to understand, for they have done no good service to the cause that has been taken up so warmly and advocated so strongly on previous occa sions, that the subject has been exhausted ; and as they rather seem to throw a doubt or cast a sus picion upon the validity of the promises made by the Home Government, they are at once uncalled for and unbecoming in their nature and character. Lord CRANWORTII made some very appropriate observations respecting the reasons that bad prevailed with the commission to influence them in recom mending the increase of transportation to Western Australia. The noble lord adverted to one fact, which certainly shows very clearly how far preju dice may prevail over the minds of many. The dis tance from Western Australia to Sydney by sea is greater than that from Cork to North America, and as the convict s canno t cross t h e coun t r y by land, on gEf m en n th e gla ud .a reasoning Newrheoawehe however, reaching t x h neo l wt V w y a i l t e oh s rs , kt a than fnrdoimn o there is in reality l ess c h ance o f th e i r ge tti ng to t im i s i l i a m r op o p o f s s s i i t b i philo sophers, and the experience of ages to controvert prejudice when once it is firmly rooted in the mind, and as a triumph of prejudice, unquestionable and determined, must be regarded the resolution of the Australian colonists not to permit the continuance of transportation to their shores, THE LATE VISCOUNT COMBERMERE.—With a characteristic and kindly regard for the sorrows of others, her Majesty the Queen, during the last illness of Field Marshal Combermere, caused frequent inquiries to be made by telegraph as to the condition of his lordship ; and shortly after his decease Lady Combermere received from her Majesty a letter of condolence, written by the Queen h erse lf—a mark of attention, it may be said, deeply appre ciatedby the afflicted lady. The funeral of the late veteran soldier is appointed to take pl ace on Thursday next, in f a mily mausoleum of the Cottons at lirrenbury, in the county of Chester. LATEST INTELLIGINCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) CHINA. We take the following summary of news from the Overland China Mail of January 14th :-- " There is not any important political news this fortnight. Sir Rutherford Alcock returns to Eng land by the present mail. " Nothing is known here as to who is to be Sir Rutherford Alcock's successor, but a feeling pre vails in favour of Colonel Neale, who previously held the acting appointment. " In Chinese affairs there is nothing to record. That the rebels are still in the field in some force there is no reason to doubt ; but there no longer appears any probability of their ever again menacing the treaty ports ; although, should they do so, we hear it confidently affirmed that their presence there would give the merchants no concern. This is, of course, hard to believe, but we cannot dispute it. "In Hongkong there is nothing important to note." The French mail steamer, with advices from London to the 17th November, arrived here on the 10th inst. ; and the English mail of the 26th came in this morning." FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 28. The Moniteur of to-day says :—" Certain journals have asserted that bad news has been brought from Mexico by the steamer from Vera Cruz. These rumours are entirely unfounded, as the steamer has brought no political newswhatever. Other journals announce that all non-political papers are about to be subjected to a stamp tax; this assertion is also destitute of all foundation." BOURSE, Feb. 27.—The market is very firm, with a continued rise in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67fr. 80c. Mobilier have been done at 943 fr. 25c. In Railway Shares prices are sustained with few variations. The market closed at a decline. The following are the last quota- tions :-- Italian Loan 65 80 Do. end month 64 65 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian 9O Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred - RAILWAYS. 41 per Cents 97 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 75 Do. end month 67 65 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3497 50 Credit Foncier 1275 Roman — __•,..... Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOll 25 ... 1015 Lyons and Mediterranean 945 ... 947 50 Southern 585 ... 583 75 Western 541 25 ... 540 Eastern 520 ... 518 75 Sardinian 307 50 ... 306 25 Austrian Lombard 547 50 ... 547 50 North of Spain 340 ... 335 Saragossa 390 ... 395 Ditto to Barcelona 175 ... AMERICA. (P.EUTER'S EXPRESS.) NEW YORK, Feb. 15. Richmond papers confirm the report that Sher man has captured Branchville and Orangeburg, on the Columbia and Branchville railroad. They also state that he has cut and destroyed all the railroads in South Carolina, and that Charleston was being evacuated as fast as possible by the rebel troops. A Federal force was marching on Columbia, South Carolina. It is said that Sherman's troops are devastating all portions of South Carolina through which they march. Gold opened at 204. Charleston papers state that a portion of Sher man's army was two miles south-west of that city. Rebel papers state that a large Union cavalry force, 'estimated at 40,000, passed down the Mis sissippi River on the 27th ult., supposed to soon operate against Mobile. Advices from Newbern state that an expedition was fitting out for the capture of Goldsborough, which, if successful, will give the Federals command of all South-Eastern North Carolina. The following despatch has been received from Lieut. Cushing : " U.S. Steamer Monticello, off Wilmington, February 7. " Sir,— I have the honour to report that I entered Little River, South Carolina, on the night of the 4th, and ndp h p r oceeding n a b o ut eight miles with four boats men, g landed in the small town of aeriogc All Saints Parish on Little River. The town was placed under guard without the knowledge of its inhabitants, and I succeeded in cap turing some soldiers and arms. I held the place all the next day and discovered and destroyed about $15,000 worth of cotton, and also captured two flats at the mouth of the harbour, containing 2.3 bales of cotton, 'which had some time ago been removed from a blockade runner to lighten her. They were brought off, together with some negroes. The South Carolina planters, and all the men I met, professed to be willing to come back under their old Government, and most of them seemed to be loyal men, only awaiting emancipation from military rule. crews ashore in " On file 6th I sent two boats' MARKETS.-.This Day. ~ - - COAL MARK Price per ton at the :ET, FEB• 27. close of the market. B. d. Davison's W. Hartley 15 0 Byass's Bebside West • Hartley l5 0 Walls End Hetton 20 0 Holywell Main l6 3 North Felton Gas l3 6 Lambert's W. Hartley 14 9 Carway and_Duffryn. Malting 22 0 !Ships at raarke' Charlotte Inlet, under command of Acting Master C. A. Pettit. He surprised and routed the rebel force detailed to collect provisions in that country, capturing six soldiers with their arms and equip ments, and destroying the stores which had been gathered for the enemy at Fort Anderson. The soldiers lately stationed at Charlotte have been withdrawn to assist in the defence of Wilmington. A hundred rebels are still at Lockwood's Folly. The woods are full of deserters.—Very respectfully your obedient servant, " W. B. CUSHING, Lieutenant-Commanding. " Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, com ing North Atlantic Squadron." NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Twenty-one vessels containing 11,000 bales of cotton, about 5,000,000 pounds, arrived off the Highlands to-day from Savannah. The fleet came to this port under convoy of the United States steamer Flag, and two revenue cutters. The cotton will be offered for sale as soon as it can be stored "and the necessary arrangements completed. Further shipments will made immediately. It is reported that the cotton remaining to be shipped will amount to 20,000 bales. HAY MARKETS. SIETHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 Is 6d; clover, £5 lOs to £6 7s 6d ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. 'trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 108 ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. A slow demand. WRITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £ 4 lOs to £5 10s ; clover , £slos to £ 6 lOs Od ; and straw, £lBs to £1 12s per load. Trade quiet. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has remained very dull, and prices are without material alteration. SUGAR.—Tho dealings have been moderately active, and full rates have been obtained for superior qualities of West India. In the refined market, also, prices have shown an upward tendency. COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for colonial, and Plantation and Native Ceylon have fully maintained former rates. RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done in East Indian descriptions, at full rates. SALTPETRE.—The transactions entered into have been on a very limited scale, without any material change as regards values. TALLOW.—The market has presented a very dull appear ance, with a very limited inquiry for either present or for ward delivery. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 40s fid ; March, 41s 3d ; June, 42s ; and last three months, 42s per cwt. s. d. Tanfield Moor l4 0 Tunstall . South lietton Walls End Haswell 2O 0 Eden Main Hough Hall 'l9 6 South Kelloe Cowpen Hartley Pt, 145 sold, 71. ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Gounod's New Opera, " The Mock Doctor." A brilliant success was achieved last evening, at Covent-garden, bp•the production (in a translated form as an English Opera) of M. Gounod's new comic masterpiece, " The Mock Doctor." It is noticeable, in regard to the most popular of modern composers, that his themes—to begin with—are won derfully well chosen. From Goethe he has now gone to Moliere. Having married immortal words to delicious music in his " Faust," he has now ad ventured upon doing the like—suitably enough, of course, after a sprightlier fashion—by the most in imitably humorous of I French comedies, Le MAle cin, Malgrj Lui. And he has done this so admir ably well, as to have more than sustained hiS reputation. If ringing applause, frequent recalls, enthusiastic encores, and all this in a crowded and attentive house, may be taken as indicative of success, the success of " The Mock Doctor," as it has been now put upon the stage of Covent Gar den under the English Opera management, is a fact beyond dispute. Under the baton of Mr. A:fred Mellon, the orchestra acquitted itself to admiration. Mr. Henry Corri was the hero of the night—in other words, the Mock Doctor himself—fully justi fying his selection for that very difficult part, alike by his acting and his singing, in each of which the vis comica was in the one instance visible in the au dible delightfully. The rest of the characters were distributed among the following artistes—Miss Thirl wall, Miss Poole, Madle. Fanny Huddart, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Aynsley Cook, and Mr. G. Dussek—in almost each instance the character being very judiciously al lotted. The libretto, as adapted to our English ver nacular, is from thepen of Mr. Charles Kenney—this lyrical comedy, in three acts, having been trans planted to the boards of Covent Garden fromthose of the The'dtre Lyrique. As to the riant, sparkling, viva cious music, to which the whimsicalities of Moliere's Me'dicin Malgre Lui have been adapted by the genius of Gounod, its intrinsic excellence can only be thoroughly appreciated upon hearing it more than once. Speaking of the score, it is very well observed to-day by the Morning Post that— "lt reveals the eclectic mind, the neatness of form, the fanciful instrumentation, the thoroughly dramatic spirit, the intentional imitation of clap-ti ap climaxes (practised to impart a sort of classic appearance to what is not essen tially classic), which characterise all the best works of the celebrated author of ' Faust.' We may add," says our con temporay, "that his carefully written partition betrays also the same crudity and affectation in harmony, and the same poverty as regards melody, for which he has been not unfrequently or unjustly reproached." The critic in the Daily News pronouncing a yet more cordial approval of it in the manner following : "It strikingly displays," says he (and with considerable truth), "the versatility of Gounod's genius, for it has not a single feature in common with any of his other works with which we are acquainted. To speak of it, therefore, along with " Faust: or " Mireille," with a view to any compari son between their respective merits, is out of the ques tion. Its music is as characteristic and as completely adopted to its subject as the music of those operas is to theirs. In writing music for French comic drama of the seventeenth century, the composer, with a felicity which cannot be sufficiently applauded, adopted the colouring of the country and the age. His music, though enriched by all the modern resources of the art, is full of the racy quaintness of the olden time. It is redolent of tho times of Lulli, Rameau, and (Thick, and many of the morceaux, even the prettiest and the most original, have that antique tournure which, notwithstand ing its antiquity, is deliciously fresh and piquant. Nay, the music actually spaakles with Moliere's wit and playful humour. Many of his jokes are pointed by an expensive vocal inflection or quaint passage from the orchestra." Altogether the success achieved last night was un mistakeable ; and upon it we very cordially con gratulate the management. Ihe Commercial Almanack for 1865 Published at the price of Eightpence, here, in truth, is a really wonderful Almanack. An Almanack wonderful for its compactness and for its compre hensiveness—for the elaboration and apparent in tricacy of its contents, and yet, at the same time, in reality, for the exceeding simplicity of its arrangement. It is—in the fewest words we can use, and yet, by necessity, in a good many of them—at one and the same time, A Railway, Banking, Mining, Insurance, and above all, Commercial Almanack. It comprises within it, moreover, the usual annual report, epi tome, or abstract, of the material interests of the United Kingdom. It contains besides this all the seasonable information that could well be looked for, in an Almanack of this essentially mercantile cha racter, in regard to Cotton, Iron, all sorts of other Metals, Agricultural and other Machinery, &c., &c. together with an unusual variety of information of a miscellaneous kind, of more or less importance as the case may be, to the general public, the merchant, or the manufacturer. Edited by Mr. William Page Smith, the publication altogether does him very great credit by its abounding evidences of watchful care and thoughtful dis crimination. Unsatisfied, however, with the success already achieved by the enterprize of which the Commercial Almanack, as it now stands before the public, is the conspicuous manifestation—the Editor announces, we observe, that next year he proposes giving a very careful review and summary of the colonial and general produce markets—of itself manifestly a very arduous and responsible undertak ing ! Of one thing the purchasers of the Commercial Almanack may be certain while consulting it, that the information contained in it may be confi dently relied upon, the world of facts and figures here massed together having, during the very pro cess of their accumulation, been one by one care fully and cautiously authenticated. THE EXCELLENT TREATISE ON SMOKY CHIMNEYS —published by Robert Hardwick, and written by Frederick Edwards, junior, has—we are not in the least surprised to observe, already run into a Second Edition. Its eminently practical character, dealing as it does with what Artemus Ward would call the orful noosance of Smoky Chimneys, with an eye directly to their Cure and Prevention --,• ap peals, if not in the peculiar phrase of Lord Bacon to our business and bosoms, at any rate very directly indeed to the inner com fort of our homes and hearths. As the suggester of Cure or of Prevention for our Smoky Chim neys, the author of this really able and useful little treatise will be welcomed by many (with only too much reason sometimes) as a Friend Indeed. Tim JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' LIST FOR 1865 as published by Charles and Edwin Layton—is in its character as a marvellous epitome (within the compass of a very little more than a hundred pages octavo) of a multitude of adventurous enter prise, worthy of, being looked into attentively. A Chronicle, Register, and Directory in one—the Joint Stock Companies' List is the creature purely of this age of Limited Liability. The mere alphabetical catalogue of the Companies formed during the year of grace last past, namely, 1864, is something in its way quite astounding. Altogether, the list of Joint- Stock Companies, beginning at I.—Abbott's Bow Brewery, nominal capital £50,000, paid-up capital £35,000, and so forth, and running on alphabetically —this wonderful list—item by item, to 3,307 Tewkesbury Original Brewery, nominal capital, £5,000, &c., would have fairly taken the breath away from the mercantile speculators of a hundred years ago. As a guide book to the mazes of the labyrinth of Limited Liability, the Joint Stock Companies' List, as it has here been compiled by the Messrs. Layton, will prove to many a man of enterprise a boon, in its way quite inestimable. Fatal Catastrophe near Edinburgh. EDINBURGH, Monday. About 4 o'clock this afternoon an alarming acci dent took place at the sugar refinery now building at Bennington, between Edinburgh and Leith. The building, which was 80 feet long, consisted of eight stories, supported on iron pillars and brick arches. Owing to the failure of a foundation stone one of the pillars slipped from its resting place, and the internal structure collapsed, leaving only bare walls and 10 feet of flooring at one end standing. A number of workmen were buried in the fall, of whom two were taken out dead and several injured. The bodies of two men known to be in the building I are not yet recovered. The Davenport Brothers' Imposture Exposed. (Front the Manchester Guardian.) Liverpool having had the credit of baffling the brothers Davenport by the " tomfool" knot, Man chester has gone further, and won the £lOO offered by Mr. Palmer, the agent of the Davenports, to any one who could perform the feats. On Saturday afternoon, in the Library Hall of the Manchester Atheneum, two gentlemen of this city accomplished every one of the tricks done by the Davenports, and in one respect surpassed the American conjurors. The hall was crowded by some 500 ladies and gentlemen, admitted by the private invitation of the gentlemen associated with the performers (if we may be permitted so to call them) in getting up the en tertainment. Three gentlemen were concerned in making the exposure—Messrs. 11. Irving, of the Theatre Royal, F. Maccabe, and P. Day, of the Prince's Theatre—all of whom, we believe, are able to do everything the Davenports did. It was ar ranged, however, that Mr. Irving should personate Dr. Ferguson, and the result proved the excellence of the arrangement ; for the happiness of Mr. Irving's burlesque, the smartness of his wit, and his readiness of repartee, went far to make the enter tainment the most enjoyable that has been given in Manchester for a long time. Again and again the room resounded with the heartiest laughter at Mr. Irving's humorous sallies, whose fun was heightened by the mock gravity with which they were delivered. Mr. Irving thus supplied a great intellectual grati fication, which, combined with the skilful exposure of the Davenport humbug by his confreres (and such an exposure is always keenly relished by an English audience), made one feel that it was a privilege to be one of the invited guests. Mr. Irving opened the proceedings by stating how that " seancealaDaven port" originated. He said that the two gentlemen he was about to introduce regarded the performances of the Davenports certainly without belief in the extraordinary source claimed for them, and also without decision. Each gentleman, separately, con sidered how the results were accomplished, and un ravelled the mystery of the whole matter. When each learned that the other had been similarly -en- gaged, they arranged together to give a proof o their skill to a few friends, which was done, with perfect success, one evening last week. The Daven ports declined to be called conjurors, and wished the public to believe that what they did was done by supernatural means. If he and his friends could suc ceed that afternoon in dispelling the blasphemies of those unlicensed spirit dealers, their object would be accomplished. (Applause.) Mr. Irving then re tired, and soon returned with a capital make up a la Dr. Ferguson. During his absence, Mr. Ogden, the chairman of the Athenaeum directors, asked the audience to nominate a committee of two to tie the gentlemen whom Mr. Irving designated the " media." Mr. Bullock, of Waterloo-road — who was announced as a gentleman friendly to the Davenports, a statement to which he subsequently gave a " partial contradiction"—and Mr. Simcock, a director of the Athenaeum and member of the Gymnastic Club, were nominated. The " media," Messrs. Maccabe and Day, were introduced by the quasi doctorin a most amusing address, and the tying began. There was a deal structure, or cabinet on the platform, the front of which consisted of three doors, the centre door having a diamond-shaped hole at the top. At each end of the cabinet was a bench perforated with holes. Mr. Maccabe seated himself upon one bench, and Mr. Simcock tied his hands behind him, and, passing the rope through the holes in the seat, tied his legs together. It was understood that the " media" would do all that the Davenports did, not that they would undertake to do more. The Davenports were always tied sitting, but Mr. Bullock insisted upon Mr. Day standing, and tied his hands behind him (using one rope in the process) while in that position. He was then seated, apparently with some difficulty, and another rope, attached to the former, was passed through the seat, and round his legs. The tying finished to the satisfaction of the committee, there were placed in the cabinet a violin and-bow, arguitar, a tambourine, a bell, and a pestle to represent a trumpet. The doors were closed, the sounds of the instruments in motion were soon heard, and the pestle was thrown through the hole in the centre door. The cabinet was immediately opened, and the gentlemen were found bound as they had been placed. The doors were closed again, the noises recommenced, the violin was played, a hand was thrust through the hole, and the bell followed. The " media," on the opening of the doors, were found bound as before. Again the doors were shut, the noises were heard, and after a short interval the prisoners tapped at the doors, which were opened, and they stepped out free. The feat was greeted with continued applause. The subsequent feats were as well performed, and were identical with those of the American conjurors. Messrs. Maccabe and Day stepped into the cabinet unbound, the doors were closed, and in a minute or two they were found bound, their hands behind them, and the ends of the rope carried to the middle of a cross bench which extended from their seats along the back of the cabinet. The doors were closed, and hands were instantly seen at the hole. A gentleman, named Fairweather, was nexi, seated on the cross bench, with a hand on one knee of each of the per formers. He was bound, and the guitar and violin were placed upon his knees. After a short con finement, when the doors were opened Mr. Fair weather was unbound, the instruments were on his head and behind him, and he said he had perceived no motion where his hands were placed. The flour trick was performed with equal cleverness. After being firmly bound, their hands behind them, some flour was placed in Messrs. Maccabe's and Day's hands, which were closed. Soon afterwards they stepped from the cabinet free, with the flour still held in their fists. This, too, was greeted with reiterated cheers. A dark séance followed, in the same room, before the entire audience. A number of gentlemen went upon the platform, and held each other's hands. The instruments were phosphorised, and were seen passing through the air, the two per formers having been previously seen bound in their chairs. Mr. Day also caused his coat to be removed, and that of a gentleman in the circle to be put on him, while he remained bound, quite as deftly as did the Davenports' associate, Mr. Fay. When the performances were brought to a close, an enthusias tic vote of thanks was presented to the three gentle men, which was duly acknowledged. We think, however, that such a vote is not enough ; that, for many reasons, Messrs. Irving and Co. should be solicited to repeat their delightful exposé in public. There can be no doubt that a large audience would appreciate the opportunity of enjoying such a treat. We hope also that claim will be duly made for the £lOO. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—A splendid life-size model of his late eminence Cardinal Wiseman, attired in the mag nificent robes of his order, has been added to Madame Tussaud's exhibition, in Baker-street ; and we feel assured thatevery one, regardless of creed, will avail themselves of an early visit to the " hall of kings" to behold the effigy of so popular and esteemed an ecclesiastic. GUN ACCIDENT. —Yesterday morning Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Orange Tree Inn, Richmond, on the body of Mr.W.C.Johnson, Queen's tax collector, who was killed by the explosion of a gun while looking on at a sparrow shooting match on Thurs day. Mr. Johnson was struck on the head by the plug and nipple of the gun. After the evidence, the jury re- turned a verdict of " Accidental death." COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND GUARDS.—This important question appears at last to be in a fair way of settlement. Tho' Government in spector of railways has for some time been investigating the various proposals that have been submitted and plans tried by different railway companies, and has forwarded his report to the Board of Trade. The railway clearing-house have also formed a committee of managers, who have been similarly occupied, but who have not yet produced their re port. It is, however, known that their decision is against the adoption at present of any general plan,chiefly from the want of experience in the working of the electrical system so favourably noticed and approved by the Government inspector. It is, we understand, arranged that the London and South-Western, the London and North-Western, and one or two other railway companies, shall try for a short period different plans, and then, after full and mature expe rience, the clearing-house committee will again meet and recommend for general use the most successful system. The system recommended by the Board of Trade, which is the design of Mr. W. 13. Preece, the telegraph superintendent of the London and South-Western Railway Company, is very complete, and if continued use and practice prove it to be unobjectionable it will doubtless be universally adopted. ,k 4 Court (meat , HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 27. The Queen, accompanied by his Royal Prince Arthur, drove out this morning, att ended by the Marchioness of Ely. ' Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rod e in the Home Park. Highness Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended bl the Hon. Emily Cathcart, took a carriage drive. Their Royal Highesses Princess Helena, Princes.s Louise, and Prince Arthur, left Windsor Castle this afternoon for Claremont, to be present at a da nce, in fancy dress, given by her Majesty Queen Mar ie Amelie. They were attended by the Marchioness of 01 and Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros. Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses wore war; guise costumes of the last century, with powdered hair ; and his Royal Highness Prince Arthur a Highland dress of the same epoch, also with pow" dered hair. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major TO' dale, hunted with his harriers near Windsor yester day. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. The Prince and Princess of Wales went in th e evening to the amateur theatrical performance by the officer of the Brigade of Guards at the Btle ll Theatre, in aid of the Guards' Industrial Houle. The Prince and Princess of Wales have their intention to patronise the Devon and Cornwall lide boat Bazaar, to bo held at Teignmouth in August next in aid of the funds of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.. All the lifeboats, numbering fourteen, on the shores of the two counties belong to the National Institution, whic h 13110 expended on them about £7,000. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassado r a le the Countess Bcrnstorff will receive a distinguished eeircle „ at dinner, at the Prussian Embassy, on the 7th of the suing month. The Countess Bcrnstorff will have An assembly afterwards. The Duchess of Somerset commences her ear lit dancing parties on Wednesday, the B th prox.,t the Firs t Lord's official residence at the Admiralty, Whitehall. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and fain n Y t are expected to occupy a portion of their new residence Whitehall after Easter. It is not the intention of the dugs and duchess to come to town till then. The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and fain Per left town within the last few days for Clumber F„.; Notts, where they purpose to stay until afte r the Ba 6" • holidays. The Marchioness of Lothian was not present at the requiem for Cardinal 'Wiseman at Moorfields. 'rhe marchioness was at Dalkeith Palace at the time the °ere mony took place. The Committee on the Prussian Budg [REUTER'S EXPRESS.] BERLIN, Feb. 2 5. The committee on the budget have agreed e the tenor of the report they will reconaroolu: Chamber of Deputies to adopt. The conclusion are textually as follows : " 1. The committee is unable to recognise 3 j114(.1i -0f cious position of public expenditure in the dra" the budget laid before the Chamber. " 2. The war estimates should undergo essential change, and ought to be reduced. Aat "3. Larger sums than are stated in the Wi le ought to be devoted to productive purposes/ to t to better development of water ways, to re acl 'i o , rural improvements, to science, to raising the 5a ..,: ries of teachers and subaltern officials, and to I . u . be creasing the pay of sub-officers and privates in / army. ing 4 a . Th ref e or p m res o en r t a is d a m f i a n v u o t u i r o a n b le ftimunedufolyr ehffeeacirt; public burdens, or of such as defea t their pro er P object, notably the suppression of additional iffests upon the expenses of administering justice, 111 the postage of letters, and the abolition of the Salt monopoly. "5. The house tax ought to be definitely fixed 1 15 the Chamber at the sum of 2,843, 260 thalers) - originally agreed upon. 6. A l ega l change of the class and i n coule t i l % t 64 should be effected, so that the numb er of met be levies requisite to cover the total amount alnw es yearly settled by the budget within t he leg allY blished maximum of 12 monthly parts." hic k ran w Herr Virchow proposed a 7th clau se, as follows . to with -44 The Chamber invites the Governmentlaid draw the draft of the budget which has been before it, and to prepare a new draft ase' the preceding clauses." font This proposition was lost by a majority n` votes. Naval and Military Intelligence' s ne Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Buller, K.C.13., s Lie teed Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, o acl Governor of Portsmouth, and in military co 3a Lora of the South-West District, on the remov I/0 0 0 William to the Adjt.-Generalcy at the Guards in April next. 4 . 4 0 1,1t1 ; The 64th Regiment, at present in ter Po' i ot' garrison, will leave Portsmouth fo r Manelles!es Cpl Chester on the 15th of March. Ten comPa ct in o ter• be stationed at Manchester and two at u ti o The regiment will be conveyed from Fortsm°tileoco Liverpool by water transport, and proceed by railway to Manchester and Chester. to pro' The depot of the 52d Regiment is ordere.• t p ert ceed to Portsmouth to await the axrival at hat til e of head-quarters from India. On the arriva' ti th regiment it will take up quarters in Fa° garrison for a term of service. riv e i~ The 81st Regiment, shortly expected t° England from foreign service, will on arriv al into quarters at Gosport. E, Lac 1 ; The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. be gl will embark to-morrow at Portsmouth th follo w baggage of the 59th Regiment, and on th e f f f i ° oo ing morning the regiment, composing , 1 3 1 ° 0 81 4 i 783 men, 7 horses, 103 soldiers' wiv es, an% opecLi diers' children, will arrive at Portsmouth h•T ottr a w e train from Aldershot, and embark on 19 . 1 fo r th ship, which will immediately afterwards 651toros Clyde. From the Clyde the Himalaya rie England with the 92d Gordon Highlaon4"eloo6o;; strength of 29 officers, 727 men, six horsr t The '',l 3 diers' wives, and 135 soldiers' childra• rts olo ti will disembark from the Himalaya at ir°deoh tern' Dockyard, and proceed to the camp at We a special train on the London an d Sont"- t. Railway. shiP , &id The Edgar, 70, screw line of battle tji G. P. Hornby, flagship of Rear-Adinir;ortstilto Colpoys Dacres, C. 8., was undocked a t , iiio g to t , on Saturday, after receiving a new m eal ' Ye s es' her screw shaft tubing and other rePa ir° 4 ; re e v - o f day she left Portsmouth harbou r on 3 rv isi ( l.o- trial of her machinery, under the 511rtbe Por ts' Capt H. Caldwell, C. 8., commanding ov ing (1 1 , 3 1.- mouth Steam Reserve, and staff . This P, O the satisfactory the ship afterwards returned ciockrt, bour and was made fast alongside tu n a ot her ' to where she will be completed in cabinafbis stli te ,o tings to convey the Earl of Sefton ao - L. B at tecl Lisbon. The Edgar is of 3,904 Wns'L ganc ls 7 oo engines of 600 horse power nominal, ...,"• 7 0 f ow e Sons, and Field, and manned by a e re " t• COI officers and men. geo a t Her Majesty's iron screw troops-P iw ich - t Montagu B. Dunn, arrived o fast :lie yesterday from Portsmouth , g tor es• ce ,sg o powder buoy to discharge Towered s s wp a under orders to go up to Dep tford Were n. n A.See laSiv sa ttir of victualling s t or es for Rio a- made ° ' The following ap p o intment frs d r day at the Admiralty :--Commall-ed ; •v e nt. „ r ico the Speedwell, vice Cottam, inva lide tiga te ,oo i ' G. M'Hardy, to command the I nver foler , Knowles, invalided ; Frederick NV liara Gl 3 piet nated to a naval cadetship ; 130 0 ; chief engineer, to the Geyser _ Julia ; stir engineer, to the Blenheim, for tia°_,,, r a nd •K• 4 Forrer engineer, to the Torch • rett, assist .-engineers, to the Torch . Irest ( t 1 k,3% D, b, Pt, Z)