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was the struggle, and how many; the obstacles PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.— hill It may fairly be said, A MONDAY; April 3, 1865—With THIS DAY s NUM' that had been surmounted. her of THE SUN is presented GRATIS (with a Supple-: went) a MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPHED FAC-SIMILE then, that Mr. COBDEN was mainl3r instrumental in of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUN of MONDAY, the 21 January, 1866. achieving a work of great national 'importance, and ..* For the convenience of Subscribers wishingto pre ; by his clear reasoning he . was fort enough to umate serve the Photograph a suitable frame is provide .d, m ay be had at "The Sun" Office, Price le. convince many of the efficacy of his arguments, and The Photograph, on card, mounted in frame , Is Id. the force of his convictions. Because he did so much at that period, some supposed that he would do more hereafter in other matters of public interest. This idea was an erroneous one, however, the bent of Mr. COBDEN'S mind did not incline him to be a general politician ; he was capable of theoris ing to any extent, but as a practical worker he had too many crotchets to allow him to succeed. The peculiar views which he held con cerning 'the peace doctrines alone sufficed to militate against his prospects as a public man, but there is the less to regret in this deficiency that he did so well where he was deeply interested, and in the tasks for which he was eminently fitted. The spirit of the age was with him when he moved forward and impelled others in the great work of Free Trade ; the time was come when the great world required to move forward, and the intellect and enterprise of mankind hailed him as their advocate of pro gress and their herald of reform. It was quite otherwise, however, when he came to consider the questions of peace and war ; yet we must admire his consistency in thus persisting in a course which lost him much of his prestige among his countrymen, and drew on him reproach and indignation. It was a drawback to Mr. COBDEN'S success as a politician that he was so apt to regard public questions in a one-sided manner, and he was not likely, under any circumstances, to have become a great statesman in the full accepta tion of the term. He showed his good sense and right feeling by refusing an offer of a seat in the Cabinet, for which he was not fitted, and by ac cepting which he would not have done any credit to his reputation, which was hard-won and deservedly high. It is not at all necessary or desirable that all clever men should follow the same beaten track, and we may surely say that he who has just departed from among us occupied a sphere of great public usefulness from which he can ill be spared, and where the blank space he has left is not likely to be filled up for some time to come. He came forward at a great crisis of public affairs to represent the interests of his fellow countrymen, and he was thus certainly a benefactor to the country, which may be proud to rank him among her citizens of honour and repute. It was a mistake on the part of many to expect that he would take as prominent a place in other public questions as he did in the instance of Free Trade—there was no need that he should do so, and the bent of his mind led him more to the prosecution of isolated attempts of this sort, than to general subjects of everyday interest. In the House of Commons Mr. COBDEN'S reputation stood deservedly high ; he commanded the respect of both sides, and he won the admiration of all by his great powers as a speaker. Whenever he rose to speak something worth hearing was sure to occupy the atten tion of the House, and, apart from his particular views, men regarded his speeches as a great intellectual treat that they would not willingly miss. It is to the credit of Mr. COBDEN that he never indulged in that class of vituperation to which some of his friends were so prone. He was not a polished speaker, but neither was he at all of the demagogue style. He gave utterance to his own honest opinion, and though often mistaken in his views, he was always straight forward in their advocacy. It • may fairly be said of him who has so lately joined the ranks of those " Who their worldly task have done, home are gone, and taken their wages," that he has left behind a name that will long live in the memory of his countrymen, and has achieved a reputation that will survive to posterity. Future generations will turn with interest to study the career of one who has departed from among his sorrowing contempo raries, after having led a life of private honour and of public renown. THE ATR E-R OY AL, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the Faroe PI A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COI;NTRY. Mr. G. Belmore and Miss H. Howard. Atier which, CYMBIi;LINE. Mesers James Anderson, Walter Montgomery, Walter Lacy, A. Rayner, E. Phelps, G. F. Neville, and Miss Helen Faucit. To conclude with the Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. HEATR E-R YA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performance will commence with THREE WEEK'S AFTER MA KRIAG E. Mr. Chippen• Gale, Mr. W. Farren, Miss Nelly Moore, Miss Snowdon, &c. After which, a New Sensation, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE : messrs. Sothern, Compton, Howe, Farren, Braid, White, Weathersby, Butler, &c. :Madames Stuart, Lovell, Buckstone, &c. And EASY SHAVING. Miss Louise Seeley, Miss F. Wright ; Messrs. Clark, Gordon, Rogers, &a. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL. dole rropiletor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Billing,ton, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. Atter which, THE LOVE CHASE. Wi'drake (his origi nal character), Mr. B. Webster.ssiMessrs. Billington, Ashley, Stephenson. Widow Green (13th tirne),:Mrs. Stirling; Con stance (13th time), Miss Henrietta Simms ; Lydia (her 13th appearance), Miss Sophie Young. To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, In the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly. It is to be hoped that the question put by Sir JOHN SHELLEY to the Home Secretary on Thursday evening, respecting the case of Mr. DRAKE, may lead to some further inquiry into the matter. As it at present stands it reflects very little credit on either the wisdom or the humanity of the principal parties concerned, and if such things are possible under existing arrangements, all that we can say is the sooner they are altered the better. Mr. DRAKE, a gentleman of good means, while visiting London on business, passed the night at an hotel in Covent Garden. He was attacked by illness suddenly, and, as often happens, he was attacked during the night, so that when the waiter called him in the morning he was found unable to dress himself and wan dering in his mind. The landlady sent for a policeman, thinking he was mad, though all parties admitted that he was sane, and sober over night. The policeman turned him half-dressed into the street, where naturally his excited manner and strange appearance attracted a crowd of the loiterers of the market. Thereupon the same police man, who is certainly most unfit for any responsible position, took him to the station-house, where the doctor was summoned to examine, and hearing pro bably only half the outcry, hastily concluded that he had been drunk and was suffering from the conse quences. He was finally sent to the Strand Union, where the medical officer attended him, and being apparently the first person of sense who had seen the unfortunate gentleman, at once discovered that he was suffering from an attack of blood to the head. Every care was taken, but it was too late. The disease, which required active medical treatment and perfect quiet from the very first, naturally enough proved fatal after such a morning as the unhappy victim had passed, and after a day or two's illness Mr. DRAKE died. Of course, the whole tragedy originated in an accident and a mistake ; but ignorance, inhumanity, and carelessness were required to bring it to a fatal result. The landlady presumed that Mr. DRAKE was mad ; but as it was quite evident that the attack was a sudden one, she should surely have sent for medical help instead of for the assistance of the police. Any doctor called to see the sick man in his room at the hotel would have gathered the true state of the case from the attendants. He would naturally have asked in what state he was the preceding night, and must have possessed very little knowledge or experience if he had not found out the truth, so speedily de tected by Dr. ROGERS. The policeman was the next and worst offender, and his conduct was alto gether inexcusable. If the man was in too danger ous a state to be left in the hotel, he was certainly not fit to be turned adrift in the market, and the inhumanity of such a proceeding cannot be excused on the plea of ignorance. The doctor who was summoned to see Mr. DRAKE at the station was also much in fault, since it is quite evident he took no trouble to ascertain the poor man's real condition. The landlady, we should hope, must have deeply regretted her conduct ; but the policeman and the doctor are public officials, who should at least receive official censure, the one for his officiousness, the other for hi 3 negligence. The man's life has, perhaps, been sacrificed —at any rate, his chance of recovery was seriously diminished--by the treatment he ree,iTed, and we Commence at 7. LYCEUM THEATIE. -EASTER MONDAY, April 17, will be produced a Drama, entitled THE MOUNTEBANK, in which Mr. Pechter will perform the principal character. Box-office open daily from Eleven till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher. entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. After which, AMU NA POGUE : Messrs. Dion Bonet cault, J. Brougham, IL Vandenhoff. D. Fisher, D. Murray; Mrs. Boucicault and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Old Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, CROSS PURPOSES: Mr. Par selle ; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Miss Swanborough. To conclude with THE GRIN BUSHES. Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone,t&c. /11HE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," JIL Containing the Latest SPOUTING INTSLLIONN Dan be had Every .Evening of G. It GLENIE, NEVIS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendisti- street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published containing all the LA rEsi , NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Nes spaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-roan, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Sitis DA:T.—Morning, 7h. 15m.—Afternoon, 7h. 44m, To-Moßnow.-Morning, Bh. 15m.L—Afternoon, Bh. 58m. . 41 411 b tjj, . * " • .** N,V gg io llilL Allt IP•V LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1865. Yesterday one passed from this busy scene who has done much in his life-time to impress his day and generation. Mr. COBDEN will long be missed by those among whom he played so striking a part, and the historian of the last half century must accord him a prominent place in the annals of his country. De mortius nil nisi bonum is a time hon oured adage that has received universal honour, and whose recognition reflects credit on human nature. In the case of Mr. COBDEN, however, it requires no great stretch of this feeling adaptation of this rule, for in the course of a career that brought him into contact with all classes he seldom or ever gave per sonal offence. He was generally calm and deliberate in his words, however prone to follow the bent of a particular course and carry out one idea to the exclusion of others. Mr. COBDEN'S life is a good epitome of an English career, and may be regarded as a triumph to the principles of our Constitution and the usages of our society. Mind is, after all, the real distinction between classes, and whereas in the case of the eminent man in question, one in a comparatively humble sphere, can rise to a position of influence, no further charge need be necessary, however much the leveller may declaim, or the de magogue rant about it. Mr. COBDEN'S health has been delicate for some time, which has been the cause of his abstinence from public speaking. His friends need have no cause to regret his death at an earlier age than that to which our public men often attain on other than private grounds. It may truly be said that he had done enough, and more than enough, to entitle him to rest. He was intimately connected with the important changes which have made the domestic history of this country remarkable, and impressed their influ ence upon foreign nations. The Anti-Corn-Law League owed its success, in a great measure, to his exertions and Sir ROBERT PEEL'S tribute to the effect of the " unadorned eloquence of RICHARD COBDEN" is well known to all who studied the events of those stirring times. It cannot be denied by impartial observers that Mr. COBDEN was certainly narrow in his views and prejudiced in many of his notions ; it was this that interfered greatly with the influence he might otherwise have exercised to a considerable degree on many not exactly wedded to his views and disciples of his particular doctrines. In the question of the peace policy this was the most striking ; this was evidently a deeply-rooted conviction ; but the persistency with which he advocated it, was carried to an excess damaging alike to his own reputation as a politician and to the cause he attempted to advocate. Now that he rests from his labours, however, it is a more grateful and genial task to dwell on those particulars of his career which won for him the admiration of his countrymen and spread his fame far and wide among the nations of the world. As a Free-trader he was most distinguished, and he had the satisfaction of witnessing the success of many of his cherished schemes. When the son of the Sussex yeoman held a conference with the EMPEROR relative to the Treaty which was materially to affect the interests of both countries concerned, and to inaugurate the introduction of free-trade into France, it may fairly be said that he had reached the culminating point in his career, and that no after-triumph could sur pass, if equal, the success of that time. Of course, it was not the same struggle to achieve the work of the French Treaty as it was to carry the repeal of the Corn Laws, but side by side these two works will go down to posterity as the triumph of the principles, which it was the pride and boast of Mr. COBDEN to profess in all times and places, and of which he was such a zealous and consistent advo cate. Only those who were intimate with public affairs at the time of the repeal of the Corn Laws can appreciate the services that Mr. COBDEN ren dered to the cause of free trade. Others pioneered the way ; others obtained the ostensible credit of doing the important work, but they put the finish ing stroke to what would never have reached the advanced stage at which they found it, but for the incessant toil and the earnest endeavour of RICHARD COBDEN. His firmness of purpose and his unflinching perseverance were remarkable ; but it is difficult, now that the temporary excitement has passed away, to realise completely how hard and rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 186 upon the million he will be safe to gain rather than lose. The removal of imposts which only concern a few may indeed affect the Exchequer, and of course the diminution of direct taxation, such as the penny off the Income-tax, last year, must make a certain reduction. That is no reason why such taxes should not be removed or lessened when the national finances can bear such removal, and the Income-tax especially calls for further decrease, oppressive and unjust as it is to the toiling professional classes who come under that mysterious schedule D, which in cludes every rank of society, from her MAJESTY downwards. Bnt while every one admits that with a flourishing revenue the public burdens should be lightened, our Chancellors of the Exchequer do not seem to appreciate the truth that reductions of taxes affecting matters of general consumption are really no loss but a gain, and, therefore, the public have a right to demand such reductions as long as there is a sufficient balance in hand to meet the temporary decrease. The Fire Insurance duty is just one of these cases, and Mr. GLADSTONE might have learned from the facts brought forward the other evening how much he was really losing by his impracticability in the matter. The other items in the tables are satisfactory enough, especially the Excise, which shows the immense increase of £1,351,000 in the year, thus proving the internal prosperity of the country. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY AFFLECIC. —The demise of the Dowager Lady Affleck, wife of the Rev. Dr. Whewell, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, took place at the master's lodge at Trinity College on Sa turday night, after an illness of some duration. It is almost unnecessary to say that the whole members of the univer= sity deeply sympathise with the rev. the master in his be reavement. The deceased lady, who was the eldest daughter of Mr. Francis Elles, of the Royal-crescent, Bath, married fisrtly Sir Gilbert Affieck, Bart., who died in 1854. Her marriage with Dr. Whewell took place in 1858. DEATH OF LADY GEORGIANA RYDER.--The above named lady died on Thursday night at Westbrooke, the family seat in Hertfordshire. The deceased was third daughter of Henry Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort, by Lady Charlotte Sophia, daughter of Granville, first Mar quis of Stafford. She was born Oct. 8, 1800, and married, May 30, 1825, the Hon. Granville Dudley Ryder, brother of the Earl of Harrowby, K.G., by whom she leaves a nu merous family. The Lady Georgians Ryder was sister of the Marchioness Cholmondeley, Lady Calthorpe, Lady Louisa Finch, and Lady Mary Farquhar, and aunt of the present Duke of Beaufort, Lady Blanche Dupplin, Lady Londesborough, &c. GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK has, we are grieved to hear, been seriously indisposed. It appears that some time be fore Christmas, hornet with an accident, the effects of which have lingered upon him up to a few weeks since. After a short stay at Ventnor, however, somewhat of his old strength and spirits returned, so that he is now able to re sume his professional pursuits. The Passion Week Performance of the Messiah, by the National Choral Society, will take place at Exeter Hall, on Monday next, the 10th inst. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Palmer, and Mr. Sims Reeves are already engaged. Band and chorus of 700 performers. Conductor—Mr. G . W. Martin. DEATH IN THE HUNTING-FIELD. —A fatal accident occurred on Friday last near Annesley-park, Not tinghamshire. Mr. Chawarth Musters's hounds met on hat day at Ostenhall, and among the field was Mr. Green, - - spirit merchant, Nottingham, mounted on Spinner, to whom the stakes in the Hunt Cup at Nottingham Spring meeting was awarded. When near Annesley, Mr. Green's horse bolted with him along the highway leading to Kirkby, and, passing through the tollbar, the unfortunate rider reeled and suddenly fell to the ground. Medical aid was at hand, but Mr. Green was lifeless, the base of his skull being injured, and' there was a large quantity of blood about the left ear and nostril. When passing the tollgate he appeared to be gasping for breath, and his left foot was out of the stirrup. A PICTURE OF ORIENTAL ABJECTION.—M. Gerenne has finished his picture representing the re ception of the Siamese Ambassadors by Napoleon the Third, who commissioned the arfist to paint the remarkable ceremony whereat those distinguished orientals crawled on their hands and knees before his Imperial Majesty and the Empress Eug&ie. Ranged about the throne is the French Court. Many portraits are introduced in full state cos- tume. Tho Ambassadors are superbly dressed in their national style ; their umbrellas lie near to them. THE FIRM OF ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, according to a contemporary, will shortly dis solve—Mr. Warne commencing a new business under his own name, and the Routledges continuing the business lately removed from Farringdon-street to the Broadway, Ludgate-hill. BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF THE CHEAP EDITION OF MR. DICKENS'S NOVELS.—The first offered to the trade by Messrs Chapman and Hall (says the London Review) has been the famous " Pickwick Papers," in 2 vols., double columns, and bound in green wrappers, with very smudgy representations of dear old polite Pickwick thereon. There are certain names peculiarly talismanic amongst booksellers. Some of the cleverest men in this country could not find a sale for 100 copies of any single work from their pens, whereas the agents of some other clever men could effect a sale of 50,000 copies in one day. The favoured few could be counted upon one's fingers, and two historians and a poet would be amongst the number. Charles Dickens is, perhaps, the greatest of these favourites, and Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall's faith in him extends to the 1,560 copies which figure in their first order fur his cheap "Pickwick." Messrs. Whittaker and Co. take 208; Messrs. Hamilton and Co. (better known as purveyors of religious works), 260 ; Messrs. Kent and Co., 780 ; Messrs. Virtue Brothers, 260 ; Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, the great railway bookstall-keepers, 1,560; and Mr. George Robertson, the Australian book-merchant, 312. BARON LIEBEG :ON SEWAGE.—The important and highly valuable reports communicated to the Corporation of the City of London by Baron Liebeg, on the agricultural value and economic disposal of the sewage of great towns, has been published in a complete form by W. 11. Collingridge, with the numerical quantities reduced to ordinary English standards. These interesting docu ments will, we have no doubt, be eagerly perused by agri culturists, horticulturists, and by an, in fact, who are en gaged in the cultivation of the soil. A SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON.—MiIk-Weed, the Asclepios Syriaca, is, according to the New York Weekly Tribune, a substitute for cotton. "We have been shown," says the editor, " several specimens of textile fabrics woven from the seed-inclosing fibre which fills the pods of the plant well known as Milk-Weed, and botani cally named the Asclepios Syriaca. These fabrics are very soft and pleasant to the touch as would be expected, but seem also quite firm and strong, as would not be expected. Mr. James P. M'Clean, of Brooklyn, has patented inven- tions whereby this substance is utilised. It takes dyes admirably—much better than cotton—and sheds its seeds without ginning or other difficult labour." hope the case will not be passed over or hushed up. No one is safe from accident or illness, and if a respectable, well-conducted man is to be hustled about and dragged from station to workhouse because he is too ill to speak for himself, it is quite time that a different system was organised. The Revenue Tables just issued are highly satis factory, and although Englishmen have become so accustomed to their own prosperity that they take it very much as a matter of course, yet there is good reason for rejoicing when each periodical report assures us that the material welfare of the country goes on steadily increasing in spite of all changes. The tables before us bear testimony to the wisdom of those principles of political economy which have of late years directed our affairs. We could wish, indeed, that those principles were still more widely developed, and there is no doubt that a correspond ing increase of revenue would be manifest. The reduction of taxes which press on the multitude, which extend over a wide area, scarcely ever fails to repay itself speedily. The increase of consumption very soon compensates for the reduction of duty, and we generally find those very items which have been temporarily diminished, showing, after a brief interval, the most remarkable increase. This has been notably the case in our Post Office, whose revenue keeps on steadily increasing. This very quarter it shows an increase of £290,000. The stamps bear equal evidence of the profit to be de rived from temporary and apparent loss. The quar ter gives an increase of £62,ooo—the year of £213,000, so that, according to this proportion, the rise in this item next year will be still more conspi cuous. We wish Mr. GLADSTONE would be con vinced of these figures to extend the principle of reduction a little further, resting assured that so long as he removes those taxes which press Charles Dic 'rial Story, Our Mutual Friend. By Charles Dickens. .No. 12. Chapman and Hall. Incredible though Bella's latest hint to Pa at the close of the March number appeared to us to be, it nevertheless turns out to have been only too true after all ! The Golden Dustman (in chap. v. of vol. falls into Bad Company, (in chap. vi. of vol. falls into Worse Company. Gets a han kering after details of the lives of those abject wretches—those exemplary persons—the Misers, whom he apparently meditates emulating. Has a kind of illegibility stealing over his face—" its old simplicity of expression," we are told, getting " masked by a certain craftiness that assimilated even his good humour to itself." Insomuch that we read—" His very smile was cunning, as if he had been studying smiles among the portraits of his misers." Inimitably good are the scenes in which this extraordinary transfor mation is depicted—to the hidden pain of Bella, to the exquisite anguish of dear, true-hearted Mrs. Boffin, to the suppressed scorn, the evident amaze ment, and the patiently endured humiliation of the Golden Dustman's Secretary, John Harmon that really is, though ostensibly no more than flouted, insulted, put-upon, undemonstrative Mr. Roke smith. The Golden Dustman being, all the while, so wretchedly deteriorated in character under the evil influence of the possession of a wealth that really is not his, that " though his eyes should twinkle and all his face should laugh, he would sit holding himself in his own arms as if he had an inclination to hoard himself up, and must always grudgingly stand on the defen sive." When he gets into Worse Company it turns out to be the company of Mr. Venus and Silas Wegg. " The articulator" of his fellow creatures, crossed in love by the incapability of the object of his affections (who turns out by the way to be no other than Pleasant Riderhood) regarding herself, or allowing herself to be regarded, in that particular light ! "The literary man with a wooden leg"—whose chief grievance in life is the subordination, to the up start Golden Dustman, of " those eminent creatures Miss Elizabeth, Master George, Aunt Jane, and Uncle Parker !" The way in which Mr. Boffin descends, one while, upon the Bower, about nightfall, "in a cab with Rollith . l Ancient History," and, upon an other occasion, arrives in another cab with " Plutarch"—whose Lives he finds in the sequel extremely entertaining, though he hopes Plutarch " may not expect him to believe them all" —is delightful. The chief difficulty with Mr. Boffin in the course of his reading being this—" what to believe !" " For some time he was divided in his mind between half, all, or none ; at length, when he de cided as a moderate man to compound with half, the question still remained which half! . And that stumbling block he never got over."' Almost as good in their way as the earlier scenes in this number —where, as already hinted, the Golden Dustman contrives at one and the same time to cause pain to Bella, anguish to Mrs. Boffin, and surprise and humiliation to his Secretary, Rokesmith—almost as good, we say, as those earlier scenes, are the later scenes in this No. 12 of Our Mutual Friend, in which Boffin reveals the deterioration of his character yet more vividly to " the impostor'' Wegg, the Evil Genius of the House of Boffin, as he assumes to be by right of having discovered, in the course of his researches among the giant Dust Mounds, a will secreted by the old dead and gone Dust Contractor in a certain old cashbox found hid away in a long disused pump. There among those dreary surroundings of the misnamed Bower, towards the summit of one of those same gigantic mounds, the Golden Dustman himself is seen by Wegg 4nd Venus to exhume a mysterious case- bottle, the contents of which are altogether out of reach even of our conjectures. Without as yet seeing the merest glimmering of a way out of the labyrithine mazes of the plot of Our Mutual Friend as that tortuous labyrinth has been here elaborately arranged in all its, as yet, bewildering involutions —we can nevertheless perceive through the medium of one apparently slight and casual disclosure, (a dis closure already here in this notice of ours distinctly particularised) the possibility of the seemingly inex tricable puzzle of the plot being explained, after all, to be about the simplest thing in the world, and to be so explained, moreover, by no more than one or two touches of the masterhand. The dii closure here referred to being no other, of course, than that revealing to us quite incidentally, that the object of Mr. Venus's affections is identi- cal with Pleasant Riderhood. A touch or two more like that, and all the now apparently scat tered and divergent threads of the plot—threads many of them as yet seemingly woven into the pattern quite separately and independently one of another—would be brought together meshed and knotted into one symmetrical and homo- geneous device. As it will be, in fact—we may rest perfectly well assured. Considerable pro gress towards this end is here made (we feel tolerably certain of that) even in the present in stalment—as a number or two more will very pro bably indicate pretty plainly. We are almost tired of uttering our regrets, by the way, as to the hope lessly indifferent character of the illustrations. Con trast with them even the mete flyleaf woodcut of The People's Pickwick inaugurating the new cheap edition of the works of Mr. Dickens—an edition only just now begun, yet already having secured to itself, we learn (though we learn the fact without the least surprise) an immense sue cess throughout the country. _. . Contrast that mere flyleaf woodcut representing the im mortal Pickwick standing in his historical attitude upon a windsor chair—his right hand extended oratorically, his left tucked under the tails of his coat—the well remembered attitude bringing out so vividly to view that " angel in tights," as Sam Weller called him, in his little black gaiters ! Contrast even that roughly pencilled sketch of Mr. Pickwick with these wretched, scratchy, blurred, characterless drawings by Mr. Marcus Stone, and you will see, then, at a mere glance that it would be applying to them really no more than purely a title of courtesy, were we still to speak of them as illustrations to the text of our great Novelist. They are so far valuable, however, these singularly indifferent sketches by Mr. Marcus Stone, for inasmuch as they serve to indicate very dis tinctly how wholly independent Mr. Dickens is of any illustrator. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. On Saturday evening the immense area of the Royal Italian was crowded by a brilliant at tendance the attraction for the night being very considerable. Rossini's operatic chef d'ceuvre of " Guglielmo Tell" could on no occasion, in point of fact, be regarded as other than a very considerable attraction indeed —more particularly cast as it is this (almost identically as it was last) season with Wachtel as the Arnold—Wachtel that true inheritor of the part of Duprez and Nounit--Wachtel, that vocal giant of the ut de poitrine. One noticeable difference there was, and one alone on Saturday in the distribution of the characters in this glorious opera, namely, in the fact that the Mathilde was very charmingly impersonated by a debutante, Madlle. Sonieri, who on this occasion made her first appearance before an English audience. Again, we have to congratulate Mr. Gye upon another acquisition to his already ample company—the third acquisition actually within the first week of his new season. As for the matchless music of Rossini, vocal and instrtunental, solo and concerted, it went off on Saturday night with a precision, a refinement, an aplomb, a verve, an enthusiasm not unworthy of the opera itself, of the maestro, of the artistes to whom the chief parts had been allotted, of the noble orchestra, of the magnificent choruses, of the mas ter-hand wielding the baton, of the whole organisa on of this great lyrical establishment. The bullion operations at the Bank on:Saturday comprised an influx of £9,000 in bar gold, and 18,000 sovereigns from Egypt. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of the London Tavern Company was held to clay for the purpose of confirming certain resolutions giving additional power to the directors for borrow ing and leasing property, &c, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL a The Moniteur of this morning announces that several Governments, particularly those of England, Switzerland, Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtemburg, and the Pontifical States, have already hastened to as sure the French Government of their participation in the Paris International Exhibition in 1867. The Constitutionnel states that the rumours of the resignation of the Minister of War are unfounded. BOURSE, April I.—Speculation seems to be turned in an unusual degree to the Credit Mobilier Shares, which have been done at 812 f. 50c., and almost all other securities are comparatively neglected. Threes, for the Account, are unchanged at 67f. 45c. The following are the last quotations : 4} per Cents 95 25 Do. end month — Italian Loan 65 30 • Do. and month 65 35 • Ditto Threes — New Mexican • Russian 9O Austrian • Spanish Throes • Home Debt — • Deferred MAYS. E per Cents. 67 65 Do. end month 67 55 Credit Mobilier ... 820 Do. end month ... 822 N Bank Shares 3520 Crsdit Fonder 1285 Roman — Cash. .Acct. Orleans 855 ... 857 50 Northern 1042 50 ... 1047 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 977 50 ... 980 Southern 5BB 75 ... 588 75 Western 552 50 ... Eastern Sardinian BO2 50 ... 300 Austrian Lombard 543 75 ... 545 North of Spain 296 25 ... 297 50 Saragossa B7B 75 ... 875 --- Ditto to Barcelona — ••• ••••• ••••••• THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, APRIL The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Parana, from Brazil, left for Southampton at 9 p.m. to-day with 109 passengers, £16,000 in specie,. 650 rolls of tobacco, 100 bags of coffee, 50 barrels of tapioca, and 320 packages of sundries. She landed 243 passengers at Lisbon. She passed the Oneida, with 9th March outward mails, on the morning of the 22d March, in lat. (?) 99.44 N., long. 27.44 W. The Parana brought 103 passengers, ex French mail steamer Beam, lost 27th February on:Point de Castellanos. Passengers, crew, mails, and bag gage saved. Ship and cargo have been sold. DEATH OF MR. COBDEN. Yesterday, about the time when Morning Service was beginning in our churches, one of the most re markable men of our time was breathing his last, and to-day there will be but one voice of lamenta tion for the loss of Richard Cobden. Not yet sunk into the vale of years, though worn away by gradu ally increasing illness, this distinguished man has passed from among us, if not in the full zenith of his influence, at any rate in the full enjoyment of his powers and without any warning of the approaching termination of his career. A generation has arisen which does not remember the old days of Protection, or the momentous struggle which terminated in the liberation of our commerce ; but while Mr. Cobden was among us we scarcely felt how far these things have drifted away from the region of contemporary history. His fame, his success, his personal pre sence, were all so intimately connected with that great struggle that it was hardly possible to see him without going back for twenty years, and forgetting the less brilliant period of his life by which that struggle has been succeeded. Richard Cobden was one of those men whom the fertile soil of freedom never fails to cast up when ever there is a great deed to do, or a great reputa tion to make. In some respects he might appear at first sight one who was not peculiarly well qualified to conduct a great popular agitation. His man ners, at least in private life, were gentle and cour teous ; he habitually shunned all occasions of giving offence, and, without deserting his opinions, took no particular delight in supporting them. Nature had given him tastes for both what is correct in design and elegant in language, but his voice had neither flexibi lity nor power, and his manner and action were not such as greatly to commend him to turbulent and mixed as semblies; he probably was more at home in the House of Commons than in those large meetings over which he exercised so great and so decisive an influence. But though he was scantily endowed with the ex ternal gifts and graces of oratory, Mr. Cobden had that within which amply compensated for these trifling defects. His delivery was earnest and impressive, his language was clear, vernacular, and well chosen, his appeals to the reason of his hearers weighty and well directed, his power of argument singularly sustained, subtle, and elastic. He could impress upon an uncultivated audience long and subtle arguments on matters far removed from ordinary experience, and by the united power of language, vigour of thought, and homeliness of illustration, could convince as well as persuade, and win converts while he was overwhelming adversaries. No man took up the ground he meant to maintain with more caution ; no man saw more clearly the weakness and difficulty of his own position, or the assailable points o his adversary. It was his habit to anticipate objec tions, and to answer arguments before they had been urged, and so to qualify and limit his position as to leave as few vulnerable points as possible. His English was clear, racy, and idiomatic, free from common and vulgar expressions on the one side, or from exaggerated or inflated periods on the other. He was Nature herself ; but Nature straining and bending all her powers to the attainment of a single object, to the establishment of a single point. He had a mastery over every part of the great Free Trade controversy such as nobody else could pre tendto, and in the number of speeches which he made on the•same subject he showed a boundless fertility of illustration, and an inexhaustible ingenuity in varying the arrangements and the form of his argu ments. Although not exempt from that inequality which attends even the best public speakers, there is no orator of the present day who was so sure to bring out the facts, to adduce the arguments, and to make the impression that he desired. Such a man could not fail of great success, especially among the hard heads and shrewd understandings of the North. Year after year he labou re d_ on in the cause of Free Trade, and it might be difficult to say what amount of progress he had made, when suddenly the whole edifice of Protection crumbled away before him, and he found himself victorious in a struggle which many had considered as almost without hope. At that moment he occupied a position as proud, perhaps, as has ever fallen to the lot of any English subject who, by the mere exercise of energy and talent, has raised himself above his fellow-citizens. Just 70 years after the discoveries of Adam Smith were made public the victory was obtained, and the 20 years of Mr. Cobden's life which have succeeded ;his glorious epoch have witnessed the verification of his ideas and the gradual diffusion of his prin ciples. Mankind begin to see that Protection is the sure cause of poverty to Governments, while Free Trade is a mine of wealth that yields more the more it is worked. Mr. Cobden had also the merit of first calling the attention of the country to sound and judicious views with reference to the colonies. He pointed out the absurdity of supposing that these possessions conferred on the country an advantage at all similar to that which would arise from an increase of the population or territory from which we draw our taxes, and the means of defend ing ourselves in foreign wars. Mr. Cobden was several times invited to take a part in a Liberal administration, but always refused to fetter his liberty with the toils of office, even at periods when it might reasonably have been supposed that the possession of an official income would be a consider able object to him. The public has not been un mindful of the benefits it has received at the hands of this great Reformer. Once and again it has come forward to mark its sense of his services, and to take care that one who has done so much to. make these islands richer and happier should not have any reason to repine in the midst of the abundance and prosperity which have followed his exertions. Mr. Cobden was not 61 years of age when he died ; and at his years a statesmands in this country still deemed young. When the story of his life comes to be written, there are few ;things in biography which will be more interesting than the account of his rise from the home of a Sussex yeoman, and from the position of a boy in a London warehouse, to a place in the Senate, where he could- command his audience and influence the destiny of nations. Born in 1804 at Durnford, near Midhurst, he lost his father early, and while still young found a post in a wholesale warehouse in the city. In process of time he became a traveller for this establish ment, and ultimately settled down with some friends of his own standing as partners in a cotton-printing business in Manchester. He quickly threw himself into local politics, and took an active part in /public life. In 1834 he sought a change in travel. In that year he visited Egypt, Greece, and Turkey ; in the following year he went to America ; and the fruit of his travels appeared in two well-known pamphlets, as well as in references through many subsequent speeches to the views which he had in these visits imbibed. In the year 1837, when he was but 33 years of age, he felt strong enough in his position to think of going into Parliament, and he offered himself, though without success, to the borough of Stockport. It was in the year which followed that he commenced that great agitation which outside the walls of Parliament until 1841, and as member for Stock port afterwards, ended only in 1846 in the repeal of the Corn Laws. Were it our object to write an indiscriminating panegyric on Mr. Cobden we should stop here, and pass over in silence the part which he subsequently took in public affairs, except indeed the negotiation of the French Treaty. After the repeal of the Corn Laws, however, Mr. Cobden distinguished himself by a succession of speeches directed against our foreign policy, by which he came to be con sidered as the advocate of what is called Peace at any Price. We will not stop to examine how far this criticism was just ; it is certain that for a time, and especially during the days of the Crimean and Chinese wars, these speeches were a great drawback to his well-won popularity. He also took great delight in foretelling events, and as these events very seldom corresponded with his ex pectations, his reputation suffered somewhat by the failure of his predictions. We have also remarked that Mr. Cobden's later efforts have been marked by a spirit of intolerance towards those who differed from him and an impatience of contradiction which, it is only fair to say, did not manifest themselves to the same degree in his earlier days. Perhaps the impatience arising from repeated attacks of illness may be held to excuse these occasional flaws of temper. We only mention them now with the view to make our sketch complete, and not to pass over anything which seems necessary to the comprehen sion of the man such as he really was. Our ownlot has been for many years past to oppose those schemes which Mr. Cobden has nearest at heart ; but we do not the less recognise him as a great benefactor to the country, nor regret the loss of a man who, though not exempt from human failings, was pure and disinterested as well as able, and who has left behind him a name which, as Sir Robert Peel in his celebrated eulogium said of himself, will be ever remembered by his countrymen when " they recruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter because no longer lea vened by a sense of injustice." tinrt 11 jr HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 1. His Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at the Castle last evening from Buckingham Palace, attended by General Count de Moerkerke and Dr. Koepl. The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday after noon, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, and again this morning with Princess Louisa and Princess Beatrice. ler Royal Highness Princess Helena went out riding. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieut. Haig, drove to Claremont, to visit Queen Marie Amelie, and afterwards visited the Count and Countess of Paris. APRIL 2. Their. Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Albert Victor arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon on a visit to the Queen, attended by the Countess de Grey and Major Grey. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Very Rev. the Dean of Christ Church preached the sermon. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll also arrived, and had the honour of dining with the Queen, the King of the Belgians, and the Royal family. The Dean of Christ Church likewise arrived at the Castle yesterday. The Queen did Mr. Desanges the honour to inspeci his portrait of the Princess of Wales last Thursday. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred honoured Mr. Brierly with a visit at his studio on Tuesday. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback on Satur day morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor, attended by the Countess De Grey and Major Grey, left Marlborough House on Satur day afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen. Major Grey has succeeded Lieutenant-Colone: Keppel as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. DEATH OF THE EARL OF DESART.—The inju ries sustained by the Earl of Desart in his fall down stairs on Wednesday night had a fatal result on Saturday morn ing. In the interim his lordship had remained continually in a state of insensibility. The deceased was the third Earl of Desart, in the peerage of Ireland, and is succeeded by his eldest son, Viscount Castle Corffe. THE HON. RUSTOMJEE JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY AND THE LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.—Some months ago this gentleman, resident at Bombay, forwarded through Mr. R. W. Crawford, £5OO to the National Lifeboat Insti tution in memory of his father, Sir Cursetjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Bart. The committee of the institution there upon decided to place a lifeboat on the coast at a conve nient opportunity, to be called after the worthy baronet, and in the meantime to present a model of the life-boat and its transporting carriage to the Hon. Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy. The society has just received the following gratifying communication from that gentleman, acknowledging the receipt of the models :—" Bombay, Feb. 28, 1865.—Dear Sir,—Some months since I received through my friend, R. W. Crawford, Esq., 31. P„ models of the life-boat of the Royal National Life-boat Institution and of its transporting carriage, also a photograph of a life boat. For these articles, which are most conspicuous orna ments in my house, I beg you to express to the committee my best thanks. But my acknowledgments are more especially due for the mark of respect to the memory of my venerated father in the decision of the committee to place a lifeboat on the coast of England to be called ' The Sir Cursetjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy.' In conclusion, I request the committee to accept the expression of my cordial sym pathy for the great and national work in which they are engaged.—l remain, &c. (Signed, RUSTOMSEE JAMSETJEE JEJEEBIIOY.—To Richard Lewis, Esq., secretary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution." We may add that Messrs. Cama and Co., Parsee merchants of London and Bombay, presented to the institution, about two years since, £2,000 to provide the whole cost of a lifeboat station and its permanent maintenance. Their lifeboat is stationed at Palling, on the Norfolk coast, and it has already been the means of saving a shipwrecked crew. THE HOMEWARD AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL THIS WEEK.—There are three steamers due at Liverpool this week with the American and Cana dian mails. The Peruvian, with advices from Portland, Maine, may be looked for off Greencastle in the course of to-morrow (Tuesday), with American advices to March 25; and the City of Washington, with corresponding dates _ - from New York, will no doubt reach Crookhaven or Queenstown on Wednesday. On Satut day next the Cunard steamer Africa, from Boston on the 29th, and Halifax early on the morning of the 31st ult., may be expected to arrive off Ctookhaven or Queenstown. The Liverpool Cotton Market, (From Messrs. Smith, EdWards .? and Co.'s Circular.) LIvERPOOL, April 1. The month of March has surpassed all previous months since this crisis commenced in depresSion and commercial anxiety, and another enormous decline in the value of cotton must be quoted, amounting to sd. per lb. in long stapled descriptions, and 4d. in short staples, of fully 25 per cent. At the date of the last report, fair Egyptians were worth about 20d. per lb; Dhollera, 151 d. to 16d.; and Bengals, The market was just subsiding from a brief spell of better business, and it soon relapsed into intense depression. The news from America was most unfavourable to the South. Charleston was abandoned to the Federals, Wil mington was taken, and Sherman made steady progress through South Carolina. The conviction grew stronger that the Southern Confederacy was collapsing, and all engaged in the cotton trade began to base their opera tions upon the supposition of approaching peace. Prices rapidly fell, till fair Egyption reached 16d.; Dhollerah, 12d. to 12id. ; and Bengal, 60. per lb. At this point a turn in the tide occurred. Buyers took a little confidence from the greatly reduced prices, and considerable contracts were given out in Manchester for goods on the basis of ls. Bd. to ls. 9d. per lb. for India shirtings of good quality. Indeed, the production of this description of goods was pre-engaged pretty generally up to the month of June. These contracts led to considerable purchases of yarn, and they in their turn brought spinners into the Liverpool market to cover with cotton. During the week ending 17th ult., 75,000 bales were sold, of which the trade took 50,000, and prices advanced lid. in long staples, and Id. in Surats and other short staples. But the inherent weakness of the market soon showed itself, the instant the trade paused in their pur chases, holders pressed their stocks on the market, and prices gave way. The news from America continued in the same monotonous strain of misfortune to the South, the Richmond press gave utterance to language of despondency almost amounting to despair, while the Northern papers were filled with exulting predictions that the end was at hand. Renewed depression settled upon Manchester and Liverpool, and another severe decline took place. Great uneasiness was also felt about the state of commercial credit, failures on a large scale were hourly apprehended, and the dread of the contingency stayed operations, which would have been thought safe, so far as price was con cerned, for it was argued that financial distress might force prices much lower than the position of supply and demand warranted. This last spell of depression continued almost a fortnight, and reached its climax on the 29th ult. when one or two sales of Egyptians were made below 14d. for fair, Maceios were done at 12id., Pernams at 13id., middling fair Dhollera at 9d., Oomrawutteee and Compta at Bd., fair Ben gal and Scinde at &id to 6d and second-class quality at 4d to sd.' In Manchester India shirtings were contracted for at ls. 6d. per lb. for good makes, or ls. per lb. below the best prices paid at the end of last year, and within 6d. per lb. of what were considered cheap rates in the years of plenty before the American war. For several months the resources of the South have been on the wane, the Federal arms have encountered no important check, and the Southern press abounds with evidences of a wide-spread feeling of despondency. The military strength of the Confederates are concentrated in Virginia and North Carolina, but the onward march of Sherman is pushing back the Southern lines till it seems that the mass of the Confederate forces will be - crowded into the neighbourhood of Richmond. The danger is that they will be hemmed in there, and deprived of sup plies, as nearly all the avenues are intercepted or 'de stroyed. The situation is evidently perilous, and may neces sitate the evacuation of Richmond at any moment. But it does not follow from this that the war is at an end. There is a huge country behind Richmond where the Confederate armies, if divided into smaller bodies, might, protract the war indefinitely. It is not so much a question of military preponderance as of the stubborn determination of the population to resist. If the feeling that animates the Virginian people prevailed all through the South, it is hard to say when the end would come. But it is very doubtful if such a spirit will be shown. The tardy and reluctant consent of the Confederate Congress to arm the negroes, and their refusal even in this crisis to pass any comprehensive measure of emancipation, leads to the belief that there is not that unity and determination necessary to prolong the contest indefinitely. The balance of probability seems to be against the South holding out for a very lengthened period, though it must be allowed that great—almost insurmountable —difficulties present themselves in the way of an early peace. There are no signs that Jefferson Davis will entertain the thought of submission, and with the supreme military command con ferred upon so able a general as Lee, it is quite probable that the South may continue the struggle much longer than foreign spectators anticipate. Further, it may be observed that successful revolts have generally passed through a stage of weakness and despondency. The American colo-7 nies in the war of independence were reduced to greater straits than the Confederates have yet been subjected to. It would be premature to conclude, from its present low estate, that the South has lost all chance of success. The next point to be touched on is the supply of cotton that would be rendered available by an early settlement in America. We have carefully compared opinions upon the question of stock remaining in the South. There is an utter want of reliable data, and the estimates made now by those most conversant with the South, vary from three quarters of a million to three millions cf bales. The most favourite estimate, or rather guess, that has come before us is two millions of bales, which appears to be ample in the face of the fact that at least one half of the cotton lands of the South are in the possession of the Federals, or open to their incursions, while expeditions , have traversed many of the other districts without light ing upon any large stores of the staple. Besides it is well known that the condition of the cotton is bad—the bagging must be rotten to a great extent, and probably much of the staple is unmerchantable. But if the war goes on for some months longer, it is probable that much of this cotton will be destroyed. At Augusta, for instance, it is said there are fullyloo,ooobales,which are stored so as to be ready to fire at the first signal of danger. As all the cotton seized by the Federals is confiscated, there is no motive for the owners to save it from destruction, and if the course of hostili ties carries the Northern force into the hitherto un touched territories, there can be little doubt that a largo portion of the existing stock will be given to the flames That this view prevails at New York is evidenced by the fact that prices are kept there much above the rates --- ruling here, though it is upon that market that supplies from the South would be first launched in the event of peace. Further, it may be observed that the means of transportation in the South is entirely broken up, nearly all the railroads are destroyed, and as most of the cotton is stored in remote places far in the interior, it will be a tedi- ous and dilatory process to send it down to the seaports in the event of peace, while the great rivers which formed the highway for the major part of the crop in former years will be too low in the summer months to aid in the trans-. With regard to the more distant prospects of supply from the South, it may be remarked that little cotton Will be sown east of the Mi ss i ss ip p i thi s y e ar if the war co n ti nues over the month of Ap r il (the planting month), but i n the State of Texas Perhaps 300,000 bales will be sown; and as America, after the restoration of peace, will require a large sum of the cotton for her own consumption (which amounted before the war to 800,000 bales or 900,000 bales annually), we do not see how more than one million to one million and a half of bales could be shipped to Europe till the end of next year—a period of twenty months, against an average supply of three millions annually for some years before the war. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, April 3.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. April I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Heregina, for Quebec. NzwronT, April I.—Wind Syir.—Arrived—Christa-. bal, from Bristol for Vera Cruz. Sailed—New Orleans, for Buenos Ayres. CARDIFF, April I.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Royal Family, for Callao ; :Arcadia, for Quebec; Mauritius, for Havannah; Robin Hood, for Bilboa. LAM ASH, April I.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Polly, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, April I.—Wind N.E. — Arrived—lionour, from Rio Janeiro. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Monday M orn i ng . Her Majesty's screw steam gun vessel Plover (5), Com mander the Hon. Armar L. Corry, from Port Royal, Feb. 12, arrived in the Sound last night : after coaling she pro ceeded for Chatham. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived—Aberdeenshire, from Dieppe ; Vesta, from New York ; Cassandra, from Oran ; Reliance, from Guernsey ; Frederick, from Faro ; Anna, from Groningen ; Charlotta, from Dram; Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp; Washing ton Irving, from Madras. Sailed—Refuge, for Madras. _ _ _ _ . DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—Una, steamer, from London, for Malta ; Her Majesty's ship Fox, from West, for Woolwich ; Eastern Province, for Mauritius : Symmetry, for St. Michael's. Mr. PECHTER, at Easter, will play Belphegor, the sentimental clown, in a version prepared for him by Mr. Palgrave Simpson. A MANCHESTER CONCERT the other evening for the benefit of Herr Ernst has,we are glad to hear, succeeded very well. FLOTOW'S NEW OPERA, now composing for the Carl Theatre, at Vienna, is entitled "Marchensucher." MR. WALLIS, THE PAINTER OF " THE DEATH OF OHATTERTON," has just finished a picture, representing Giorgione painting Sir Philip Sidney's portrait ; and another, small, the subject of which is a supposed visit of Spenser to Shakspere, just after ho returned from Ireland.