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BONUS YEAR, 1863. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE LOMPANY. The SINT II SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of PROFITS talus place on 31st December next The Fund then to be divided will consist of the Profits which nave Accumulated since 1858. All part' cip ting Pond s opened before that date will share in the Dlvisi.m. Du. irg the six years prior to the last Divi sion the Annual Average of Sums assured amounted to Dur ng the last six years —1859 to 1861 inclu k ive—the Annual Average has amounted to 701,65; 0 0 Being a i increase of i3< per cent. During the years 1863 and 116; the Company has issued 2,3,i NEW POLICIES, assur;ng very nearly MOSES AND SON'S E• Establishments are closed eve-v Friday evening at aua set until :7:aturday evening at sunset, when business is re sumed until It o'clock. All artic es aro marked the lowest prices in plain figures. 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Hit ItRIS, Ne.sspaper Agent, 4, Blacklriars-roan, London, S, A PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY. - With a copy of Zhe 5 tan PRICE 4D.; STAMPED 5D • . is presented GRATIS (with a Supplement) A MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPHED FAC SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUN of MONDAY, the 2d January, 1865. * * For the convenience of Subscribers wishing to preserve the Photograph, a suitable frame is pro vided, and may be had at The Sun Office, price is. The Photograph, ON CARD, Gd. ; or mounted in frame, ls. 6d. The public schools of England have always been one of our national boasts. Endowed with a libe rality that does honour to our ancestors and re markable for the number of distinguished men which they have produced, our public schools have always been regarded with honest pride by the body of the public, while those who have passed their own youthful days under their shadow natu rally look upon them with a kindly interest. As a great part of our legislators and leading men in LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the storms the silent land, and no survivor could possibly enter of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifebaat more fully into the merits of the departed. In his Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £19,531 148. sd. remar ks last night Lord PAL3IERSTON commented In the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards fbr saving 69S shipwrecked per- upon the loss which the country had sustained. As sans by its lifeboats, ani other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to he truly put it, Mr. COBDEN " occupied a prominent the rublio for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat position both as a member of the House and as a establishments. member of the British nation." It is thus that his Contributions are received by Messrs. Willis and Co., 'Terries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the London ,and d eat h i s certa i n l y f e l t by all classes of the corn- Country bankers ; and by the Secretary , Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. munity and all shades of politicians. It is not until a great man has departed from among us that we -can rightly estimate his importance or enter into his merits, and thus it is with RICHARD COBDEN. Doubtless his most intimate friends and warmest admirers would hardly ' have accorded him the high place which his death has showed that he possessed in public esteem and regard. Lord PAL3IERSTON remarked upon the " honesty of purpose" which characterised the departed, and in this expression also he received the approving testimony of the House. Many could not agree with with Mr. COBDEN'S extreme views and particular tendencies, but all differences are now forgotten, as Lord PALMERSTON admirably explained it, when we think of the great and im portant services he rendered to our common country. Mr. COBDEN, more than many distin guished men of the day, has impressed his character upon his generation, and associated himself with those important changes which will mark the pre sent epoch and make it conspicuous to futUre times. Lord PALMERSTON spoke the simple truth when, in summing up the epitome of his career, he said that Mr. COBDEN had carried into " practical application" the theories of many distinguished minds, and aided their reception by masterly efforts, and, above all, by his " forcible and Demosthenic eloquence." There were several who were also instrumental in carrying these prin ciples into effect, among whom the late Sir ROBERT PEEL is prominent, but it is greatly to be ques tioned if in this generation our country would have witnessed the triumph of free-trade principles had RICHARD COBDEN not come forward. It must be borne in mind that he worked in the night, and when the day at last dawned, others pressed round to help him ; but there was a long struggle to go through before success was reached. Having put his hand to the plough, he did not look back, how ever, but rather glanced forward to the distant but NING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess a. Eburne ; Miss K. Kelly. desired goal. Lord PALMERSTON alluded to the lIE HUNCHBACK. Julia (16th time), Miss honours which he offered to Mr. COBDEN after he , x 1 by Messrs. George J. rdan, Swiubourne, tshley, Eburne, J. L. T oo l e ; and Miss 11. had been instrumental in framing the Treaty of STEEPLFCIIASE ; or, In the Commerce with France. A baronetcy and Tool', raul Bedlord ; Miss K. Kelly. the rank of a Privy Councillor did not, how ever, hold out any inducements to the %E.—EASTER MONDAY, mind of the great Reformer, and he preferred to go 'duced a Drama, entitled THE on in his unaided and independent course. Still it Mr. Feent, r will pwrforin the e open dilly from Eleven till i s to Sthe credit of the Minister who paid this com pliment to so distinguished a patriot. Finally, S S'S THEATRE. air. Geo. Vinin g . the noble lord co nc l u d e d am id the loud cheers of the by Mr. Da:id Fisher, House, by declaring that Mr. COBDEN was " emble 'lDDLE-STRINGS. Mcs=rs. Dion Bowl- matical of our Constitution, since he rose to emi- Fisher, D. Murray ; nenco by his own exertions and the vigour of his Y. mind, and that while his name was for ever en graved on the most interesting pages of history, 'EATRE. not one in the House but would feel they had lost `)orough. Mr. Par- one of its proudest ornaments, and the country had WHITE been deprived of one of her most useful servants." s dames Mr. DISRAELI followed the noble lord in offering a tribute of respect to the memory of the departed, whom he lamented as having gone from among E. them in " the ripeness of his manhood, and the full vigour of his intellect." The right hon. gentle man never appears to greater advantage than when he is alluding to the merits or mourning the loss of a political opponent. He takes a compre hensive view of the case, and soars far beyond the petty limits of party feeling and the narrow bounds of conventional prejudice. Mr. DISRAELI has truly said in one of his works " a great man is one who affects the mind of his generation," and judging by that standard, Mr. COBDEN is assuredly great, for none of the political celebrities have done more, if so much, to influence and impress their country men. Mr. DISRAELI was enabled to pass a correct opinion on the parliamentary career of the departed, for he was in the house when Mr. COBDEN entered it, and thus had had ample opportunities to follow and mark his energetic efforts. The right hon. gentleman made a rapid summary of the chief characteristics of Mr. COBDEN'S style, and laid great stress on his unrivalled 'powers as a logician, and also his gifts as a debater. His moderation he also adverted to which indeed was a distinguishing trait in his character. The friends and admirers of Mr. COBDEN must be pleased with the earnest eloquence of Mr. DISRAELI'S speech to his memory. He said that Mr. COBDEN had re ceived the consideration of the two leading countries of the world. The right hon. gentleman alluded to the many losses which the present Parliament has sustained in the deaths of so many eminent members, but, as he truly mentioned, they have the consolation of knowing that their memory remains and their " opinions will be quoted, their authority appealed to, and their judgments attested." This interesting speech was fittingly concluded by the declaration that Mr. COBDEN was one of those who are independent of dissolu tions, the caprice of constituencies, and even of the course of time. " I believe," said the right hon. gentleman, "that when the verdict of posterity is recorded, on his life and conduct, it will be said of him that, looking to all he said and did, he was, without doubt, the greatest political character the pure middle class of this country has yet produced, an ornament to the House of Com mons and an honour to England." Mr. BRIGHT'S few words were most significant ones, but the hon. gentleman's deep emotion could hardly allow him to address the House. He said that he must take a future opportunity of testifying to the merits of his friend4but that " after 20 years of most intimate and brotherly friendship, he little knew how much he loved him until he found that he had lost him." With such a sorrow as that experienced at the seve rance of such a tie all must sympathise, and Mr. BRIGHT has the happiness of feeling that his friend was appreciated, and his memory is honoured where ever his name is mentioned. It may be said of him his mourners are two hosts, his friends and foes ; and, furthermore, two countries unite to do him homage. The French papers speak admiringly and regretfully of the departed, and one of them appears in mourning. Surely Mr. COBDEN could not have desired a better offering to his memory than that which has been paid to him by all classes, and will ingly accorded by those among whom he held so prominent a place during his distinguished career. It may truly be said that the House of Commons last night mourned him as a departed friend, and that by common consent he received those tokens of respect which, more than rank and title, are the best trophies of the success of the living and the best tribute to the memory of the dead. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, rIIIS DAY. — Morning, Bh. lom.—Afternoon, Bh. 58m. TO-Moßnow.-31orning, 9h. 40m.—Afternoon, 10h. 20m. .3 , , sigt , laig OIL wi t - Suit LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1865. The House of Commons had last night a sad yet a grateful task to fulfil in offering a tribute to the memory of Mr. COBDEN. Lord PALMERSTON was very felicitous in his expressions, and displayed much of that genial feeling and cordial sentiment so ap propriate to such an occasion. The noble lord has seen many of his competitors depart before him to TWO MILLIONS STERLING. In 1661 alone 1,210 Policies were issued. as euring £1,031,572 0 0 NINETY PER CENT. of the whole Profits divided among the assured. FIRE DEPARTMENT. PREMIUMS for 1861,1ess Re-insurances.... £219,235 10 8 Being an I 1 CREASE over those for 1863 of 54,642 2 5 INSURANCES granted at HOME and ABROAD on the most liberal terms. ACCUMULATED FUNDS at 31st Decem ber, 164 £2,304,51l 7 10 ANNUAL REVENUE for all Sources 555,453 16 Z Forms of Proposal, and full information may be had at the I - lead-Offices. or from any of the Agents throughout the Kingdom, Colonies, &e. CHIEF OFFICES. London West-End Branch ; (secretary, A. J. Russel') 8, W.Aerloo-place, Pall-Mall. By order, F. W. LANCE, Secretary, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the Farce of A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUNTRY. Mr. G. Belmore and Miss H. Howard. A f,er which, Tom Taylor's Play of THE FOOL'S REVENUE. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. H. Sinclair, A. liayner, E. Phelps, G. F. Neville, Miss Atainson, and airs. Herantnn Vezin. To concLde with the Farce, GOING TO TEIE DOGS. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. Tl[IS EVENING the performance will commence with TBRE E WEEK'S AFTER MA itRIAGE. Mr. Chippen t: ale. Mr. W. Farren, Miss Nelly Moore, Miss Snowdon, &c. After which, a New Sensation, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE : .►tessrs. So:hern, Compton, Howe, Farrel), Braid, White, Weathersby, Butler, Jw. Mesdames Stuart, Loyd', Ihnkstone, And EAy$Y SHAVING. 11112 s Louise Keeley, Miss F. Wright; Mes:rs. Clark, Gordoa, Rogers, &a. To commence at 7. N EW TILE ATRE -R YAL, L r null Alanagw. a:. B. o'sibbi,er. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess s. CAI Stephenson and Eburne; Miss K. Kelly. At er which, THE HUNCHBACK. Julia (16th time), Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. George J. rdan, 6wiubourne, St.art, Ashley, Eburne, J. L. Toole; and Miss H To conclude with THE STEEPLFCIIASE ; or, In the ri..gskin. Mesas. J. L. Tool?, Paul Bedford ; Bliss K. Kelly Commence at 7. LYCEUM THEATRE. -EASTER MONDAY, April 17, will be produced a Drama. entitled THE IIioUNTEIIAISH, in which Mr. Fecht, r will perform ihY principal cnaracter. Box-office open daily from Eleven til rive. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE it..to Sole Lessee and Manager, air. Geo. Vining. i !US EVENING, a new Farce, by 111 r. Da:id Fisher, entitled lIEAKT-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Alter which, Alt KATI NA lOG : Mrs =rs. Dion Bonet caul;, J. Brougham, H. Vandenhcit D. Fisher, D. Murray ; Mrs. Boucicauit and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and .11anag•eress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS Ii.VENI.NG, at 7, CROSS PURPOSES: Mr. Par acne; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE . Alecsrs. Craven, Stoyle, Jame.; miss Swanborough. To conclude wth THE GALA BUSHES. Mesdames Raynham, Simi,son, Johnstone,Oc. GRATIS AND POST FREE E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S 0 N E• tespectf coil attention to their large and will asserted state of JUVENILE CLOMIN'ti. The newest twirics arc comb.ned with the latest and most fashionable resigns, and the best workmanship. E. 3.10 s E.*" and ...1)N give particular attention to this important branch ot their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices Jute such as must satisfy the most .cenomical. Ti,is depart ment is in a uistinct part ot the enIiSCE, which will betvumi a gre conv.nience for ladies and children, raj MOSES AND SON respectfully invi' e public attention to their large and weil-asiurted SPICING STOCK. MOSES AND SON'S • "SANDRINGHAM" and " DANISH " utroduced by them) is the newest and most fashion tb:e style of Overcoats for the season. MOSES AND SON'S E. READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOTRINU for all classes and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S E• CELEBRATED "INDISPENSABLE" SUIT, irora 30s. MOSES AND • _HOSIERY and DItIa•EILY, for all classes and alt ages. S 0 N'S MOSES AND SON'S A:4 • HATS AND CAPS, Ivr all c akses and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S E. BUMS atd for all classes and all ages. • E. DS o S uTn S N'S for all classes, all age:, and all climates. 1 - 1 1 MOSES AND SON'S 11 J • LONDON HOUSES, 154, 155, 15 4 , 157, Minories ; 83, 81, 85, 86. 87, 88, 89, Aldgate 500, 507, 508, New Oxford--street; 1,2, 3, hart-street ; 137, 138, ottenham-court-road ; 288, Eaton-road Also, Bradford, Yorkshire. .'HE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 186 k. every profession have been brought up under the auspices of one or other of our public schools, it is not surprising that any interference with their management, any trenching on their privileges should be regarded with some jealousy, indepen dently of the close scrutiny with which every attempt at innovation or reform, is generally watched. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Public Schools Commission Bill, which was last night under discussion in the House of Lords, should meet with considerable opposition. At the same time, it must be admitted that the question is one which demands grave deliberation. There is much to be said on both sides. The Government supporters urge the advantages to be derived by the infusion of a new spirit into the direction of the schools, and by the addition of distinguished men to their governing bodies. Their opponents, on the other hand, declare that such additions will leave room for the appointment of Government nominees, will neutralise the efforts of the Head-Master, who is the most interested in the wellbeing of the school, and complain that while hampering the manage ment of the school, the bill provides no particular reform in the mode of instruction. If scientific men who have attained distinction in any especial study are to form part of this directing body, they will, it is said, desire to bring their own favourite science into too great prominence. There are counter arguments brought forward against these, and it may be said with reference to the interference with the rights of the head master, that if a wise and benevolent despotism has its advantages, con stitutional government is safer in the long run. Dr. ARNOLD or Dr. VAUGHAN might be wiser than their councillors, but every head master of a public school is not A n ARNOLD or a VAUGHAN ; and if the general results of our public education have been creditable and satisfactory, it must be candidly admitted that there are many points in which the system needs reform. Perhaps no system so ancient could fail to have some imperfections, however admirable in the main, even as our political consti tution, excellent as it undoubtedly is, has needed from time to time additions or removals. It is very necessary, however, to proceed cautiously in any movement of the kind, the more so as in strict legality the wishes of the founders deserve to be borne in mind. Some of the objectors consider that the present bill will only result in leaving things as they are, while others dread excessive interference. There can be no doubt that it is a question of very great difficulty ; and after the most careful legisla tion the good conduct and efficiency of a school must depend to a great measure on the individual character of the head master. If the new measure so limits the power and interferes with the position of the master as to disgust really eminent and capable men with the post, it will be a very great evil, and one which no body of governors will be able to counteract. Under all circumstances, Lord DERBY'S suggestion of a select committee seems to have been the wisest ; and although it was indig nantly rejected by the mover of the bill, it is pro bable that such. may be its ultimate destination if the question is to be fairly and impartially settled The distribution of prizes to the successful com petitors in an exhibition is usually rather a matter f course, but the ceremony which took place las, Saturday at the Lambeth Baths was somewhat / exceptional in its character. The exhibition which it concerned was in some measure peculiar, belong ing to that new order of industrial exhibitions which reflects so much credit on our artisans and mechanics. The fact of Lord PALMERSTON, the venerable statesman who occupies the foremost plaee among the subjects of the QUEEN, coming to Oesent to these working men the tokens of success was also very significant. It showed the progress of that sympathy between classes, that kindly , interest which those at the top of the ladder take in those beginning the ascent, which are among the most gratifying features of our time. Lord PALMERSTON, himself a working man during his whole life, and still a working man at a period when most men cease from their labours, was a most fitting president for such an occasion, and his straightforward words of encouragement to those he addressed must have impressed them the more, from the well-known character and position of the speaker. He bade them remember that the highest posts in the land were open to honest industry ; but while they might not reach the Cabinet or the Woolsack, he would have them also remember that such application and ingenuity as they had displayed would benefit themselves and their coun try in any grade. Such are the true sentiments which should govern those exhibitions--not the petty desire to eclipse one's fellows, but the honest endeavour to produce something really good, and to cultivate and refine the taste. The ridiculous individuals who tried to distinguish themselves, by an ebullition of bad temper and a display of bad manners:were no specimens of the English work ing classes, and the audience expressed their opinions pretty clearly - . The address of Lord PALMERSTON was worthy of himself and of his hearers, and his presence on the occasion will add to his popularity in Lambeth. THE CORPORATION OF TIIE CITY OF LONDON AND THE POLICE FORCE.—The Police Committee of the Corporation of the City of London, after careful consi deration of the claims of the several grades of officers con nected with the City Police Force, have agreed to recom mend for the sanction of the Court of Common Council a new scale of wages, embracing the whole of the classes of constables, sergeants, and inspectors. We are in possession of the several progressive amounts, and the actual detail in relation to each class ; but until the report is ratified we can merely state that the constables are hereafter to be vided into three classes; no one appointed to the lowest to receive less than 21s. par week; the highest of the three classesto have 275. 6d. ; the sergeants, a corresponding ad vance ; and the maximum, or inspectors' class, to reach 10s. beyond their present amount of weekly wages. It is understood that upon a special day, at an early date, the report will be brought up for the final decision of the Court. CURIOUS AND COSTLY HISTORY OF THE CAMEL. —One of the first publications of Messrs. Day and Son, under their new management as a limited company, is " The Camel ; its Anatomy, Proportions, and Paces," by Elijah Walton, in large folio. The work was under taken by the author " to afford to artists, who love to illus trate the fascinating scenes and incidents of Eastern travel, the means of representing the noblest animal of. the East with truth and accuracy." The means taken by the author to produce a really valuable book aro most extraordinary. He first purchased a camel, engaging two Bedouins to assist him. The following series of studies was then proceeded with :-1. A number of smoothed spaces having been made on the sand, the camel was driven over them at all the different paces, the spaces between the footprints were accurately measured, and drawings of the footprints in each case carefully made to scale. 2. The author next executed a number of drawings of the camel in all its different atti tudes, comprising front, back, and side views. 3. The animal was then killed, and drawings made of the muscles and the tendons, ,and, finally, the bones ; these com pletely illustrating its anatomical structure. Contrary to custom, the council of the Royal Society subscribed for a copy previous to its publication. SIR JOHN DEAN PAUL, BART.—The Hertford shire Express says that the late banker, Sir John Dean Paul, Bart., is now residing at Gustard Wood, Wheat hampstead, about eight miles from St. Albans, and has commenced the business of a wine and spirit merchant. On Tuesday his tender was accepted by the St. Albans board of guardians for the supply of spirits to the union workhouse. - KNARESBOROUGII.—A member of the legal pro fession and of a family long resident in the town is under stood to be privately canvassing the electors with a view to offer himself as a candidate in the Liberal interest at the forthcoming election. The preponderating strength, how ever, of the Conservative party, renders this attempt upon the independe nce o f th e b oroug h an d the seat of the present members, Mr. Woodd and Mr. Collins, hopeless. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN. (Via Greencastle.) The following are the heads of the news brough by the Peruvian : NEW YORK, MARCH 25. Johnstone reports that he had attacked and de foted Sherman near Pentonville, capturing three guns. Sherman rallied and remained entrenched in Johnstone's front. Southern papers report that Hardee had gained a victory on the 16th at Averysboro' : the Federal loss was 3,000, that of the Confederates small. It is reported that Sherman had occupied Golds boro' and the Confederates Mobile. Gold, 156 k. The Richmond Despatch states that Sherman has made no further advance, and that no more fighting has occurred since Johnstone repulsed Sherman on the 19th. It also states that Hardee gained a very important victory on the 16th at Averysboro' on the Cape Fear River, half way between Raleigh and Fayetteville. Johnstone telegraphs that the Federals lost in that engagement 3,300 men, and the Confederates 450. The Raleigh papers describe the battle of the 16th as having taken place near the junction of the Black and South rivers, on the Fayetteville and Goldsboro' Road, 15 miles below Pentonville. Sherman attacked Hardee in his intrenched position and made three desperate charges, and was each time repulsed with great slaughter. Some accounts state that in this engagement Bragg's troops were drawn back, compelling Hardee likewise to retire to pre vent his being flanked, and that Hardee, in with drawing, abandoned two guns for want of transpor- tation. Other papers say that Hardee abandoned nothing, and that the Federals were fairly and com pletely beaten. In the engagement of the 19th both main armies are stated to have been present. Sherman was advancing towards Raleigh in two columns, one moving due north from Fayetteville, the other north-west from Newbern. NEW YORK, MARCH 25 P.M. General Schofield is said to have moved up,from Kinston and joined General Sherman, forming the right wing of the latter's army. Hardee fought the former and Johnstone the latter. Richmond papers of the 23d state that Goldsboro' had been evacuated, but was not occupied by Sherman. Northern papers report that Sherman occupied Goldsboro' on the 19th, and regard the successes claimed by Johnstone as unimportant. They think the result will prove favourable to the Federals. A report reached Memphis yesterday from Hollyspring that Mobile had been evacuated, and that the city, with an immense quantity of war material, was in possession of the Federals. The 4th army corps was marching from Knox ville to join the Western Virginia campaign. Stoneman's cavalry, 6,000. strong, have left Knoxville, and are moving towards Western Vir ginia. 10,000 Federal cavalry have left Eastport, Mississippi, to destroy the remaining railroads in Alabama and Mississippi. Two negro companies have paraded at Rich mond, and the impression was that they would make good soldiers. The Confederates claim successes in Florida and Louisiana. Mr. Lincoln's visit to Grant has caused the renewal of peace rumours. - The Montreal Gazette reiterates the statement that Federal agents are ascertaining the views of the Canadians on the annexation of Canada to the United States, and that Robert Y. Waller had visited Canada with that object. The steamer Matilda has been captured. The Hansa takes out $135,000 in specie. NEW YORK, MARCH 25 (Evening). Johnstone reports on the 20th, that on the even ing of the previous day he attacked and defeated the enemy near Pentonville, capturing three guns. The enemy rallied on fresh troops a mile in the rear, but was forced slowly back until 6 p.m., when re ceiving reinforcements he apparently assumed the offensive, which was resisted without difficulty until dusk. This morning the enemy entrenched himself. Our loss is small. The troops behaved admirably, but a dense thicket prevented active operations. The Northern journals regard the engagement merely as a repulse of Sherman's advanced guard. Schofield has advanced from Kinston. Deserters report General Hoke to have been killed. Bragg had 40,000 men before Kinston, with which he attacked Schofield outside that town. lie intended to march jut° Newbern. A thousand refugees were on their way to Wil- mington. The wharves on the landing between Fayetteville and Wilmington are piled with rosin, turpentine, and cotton, valued at several millions. Deserters report that there was an organised army of deserters in the western portion of North Carolina. Lee and Grant's armies are reported ready to move. The Confederates have erected a battery for firing on the railway trains running from City Point to Hatcher's Run ; the shells, however, fall short. Lincoln is visiting Grant at City Point. It is said for the benefit of his health. Sheridan is preparing another movement, for the purpose, it is supposed of intercepting Johnston's retreat. The Confederate force appeared at White House yesterday, manifesting great activity. Richmond papers say that Sheridan had not da maged the Orange and Alexandria Railroad so much as was anticipated. A combined land and naval attack was expected to be made on Mobile on the 22d. The despatch boat Laura made a reconnaissance on the Bth within four miles of Mobile, drawing a heavy fire from the Confederate batteries lining the harbour. The Confederate Congress has replied to Presi dent Davis's Message, stating that they will defend their action on all legislative questions. They blame Davis for want of promptitude in making known the wants of the country, and censure the admoni tions contained in his Message as being calculated to create discord and dissension. PresEent Davis, replying to the notification of the adjournment of Congress, says tha,t, so far as Congress had not acquiesced in the opinions expressed 'in his recent Message, he hoped it would prove he was mistaken, and that he purposed to defend and protect the country to the full extent of his powers and re- sources. The Confederate Congress has issued an encou raging address to the people, declaring that the conquest of the Confederacy is geographically im possible. A confidence is expressed for the achieve ment of their independence and maintenance as a separate nation. A bill was also passed authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow three mil lions in coin for the army supplies. 11 so much Advices received here from New Orleans state that General Wallace had left on a special mission to Matamoros to malke arrangements for the sur render of the refugees;. It is denied that Catinas had abandoned the Imperial cause. The Tribune says the semi-official Mexican papers contradict the cession of Sonora to France. It is reported from Halifax that the Nova Scotian Government, abandoning the hope of an early union of the provinces, will submit the Federation scheme to the maritime provinces only. The Toronto Globe thinks this will compel the Canadian Goyernment to adopt a new policy on the whole subject. The Australian has arrived out. NEW YORK, MARCH 25, P.M. Money easy. Gold 157. Exchange on London, 162 i. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 91; Illinois, 934 ; Erie, 56 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1051. Cotton dull ; middling upland, 40. Flour dull. Wheat good inquiry. Corn quiet. Provisions slightly firmer. Coffee heavy. Sugar and molasses dull. Petroleum quiet. Crude, 33 ; refined, 53. Stocks and the markets generally have slightly rallied from the late extreme depression. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 4. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Massillia has arrived here with the heavy por tion of the above mails, 124 passengers, £7,046 in specie, 430 packages of general cargo, and 1,148 bales of raw silk, £90,000. On the 26th ult. she spoke the steamer Aleppo steering east, on the 30th the steamer Scotia working to windward under steam and sail, with a heavy northerly gale, and on the Ist inst. the steamer Sunderland steering south. The British war-ships Revenge, Enterprise, Psyche, Magicienne, and Firefly were at Malta, and the Caradoc at Alexandria. GIBRALTAR, MARCH 29. The war-ships Racoon and Procris are in harbour. The British vessels Margaret, Caithness, Modera tion, Victor, Atlas, John Rosser, and Arianna passed the rock to the eastward ; on the 27th the British bark Maritzburg, from Newcastle, arrived here on the 25th. Exchanges unaltered. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MARSEILLES, APRIL 4. The Euxine, with the above mails, arrived here a 10.30 p.m. yesterday. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. to-day RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 3. The proprietor and printer of the newspaper Vietz (Dispatch) and Count Orloff Davidoff, who were sentenced by a tribunal of first instance to two months' imprisonment for having published the Moscow address, have, at the instance of the Minister of the Interior, been put on their trial be fore the Criminal Court of St. Petersburg, which will revise the sentence. FRANCE. DEATH OF MR. COBDEN. PARIS, APRIL 4. The Moniteur of this morning publishes an article on the late Mr. Cobden, which concludes as follows : " Cobden on his death-bed had the happiness to see the politico -economical work so grandly under stood by Napoleon 111., shedding its rays over the whole of Europe under the direction of a man of the French Empire. In this France was faithful to her initiatory mission. Cobden was able to under stand France, and he loved her. She will never forget him." The same paper announces in its bulletin that Joseph Karam has given his submission to Daoul Pacha in consequence of an understanding between the latter and the Patriarch of Syria. BOURSE, April 3.—The aspect of the market remains about the same as on Saturday, with little business doing. The following securities have been quoted with the coupons detached :-70f. Orleans, 13f. Privileged Roman, 12f. Gaz de Marseille, 55f. Call. Threes, for the Account, are firm at 67f. 82e. 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Dal glish's quartette and chorus "Sleepers, wake," was very effectively rendered, and " Pro peccatis," from Rossini's Stabat Hater, sung by Mr. Cathie, elicited very general applause. In the second part there were several excellent glees and solos; but the most noticeable amongst the latter was the beautiful song "I wandered by the brook," with vocal accompaniment, was sung by Miss Cathie with great taste and feeling, and elicited a rapturous encore. Thomas's "Evangeline," very tastefully sung by Mr. M'Glashan, was also re demanded. Dr. Hanington's catch " Poor Thomas Day,'' by Messrs. Courtnay, Bunker, and Cathie, produced uni versal'laughter and applause, and' the National Anthem concluded the entertainment. The choruses, under the direction of Mr. Cathie, were delivered with great steadi ness and precision. Mr. J. R. Harris presided at the piano forte, and executed the difficult instrumental pieces with the true taste of a musician. The concert was very fully attended. cannot be borrowed in gold and silver coin, gold dust and foreign bullion will be taxed 25 per cent. It is reported that two British subjects, named Pratt and Green, were arrested in New York on their arrival from Nassau, and incarcerated in Fort Lafayette, chaz:ged with aiding the equipment of the ram Stonewall. A military commission will try them. The Firing on the Niagara and Sacramento. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) LISBON, MARCH 28. The Confederate ram Stonewall arrived here on Sunday afternoon, and cast anchor in front of the Old Packet Stairs. Shortly after the Portuguese authorities went on board, and notified Captain Page, her commander, that the vessel could only be allowed to remain in port 24 hours, a period sufficient for coaling purposes. At the same time companies of artillerymen were sent to the Bugio Forts, to St. Julian, and to Belem Tower. The Portuguese war vessels were put in a state of readiness, and swivel guns were sent on board two of them ; the steamers Minden() and Tagus being appointed to see that the law was observed. During Sunday and Monday crowds of people visited the Confederate vessel, all of whom were treated with great courtesy by the officers and crew. The Stonewall is a vessel of 600-horse power, iron plated, carrying only three guns, Armstrongs, these are of very heavy calibre, and are called baby-makers by the officers in a spirit of irony. Her crew numbers only 86 men. At her bows she has a very large ram. The officers of .the Stonewall state that she went into Ferrol a few days ago, and found there the Sacramento and Niagara. She was ordered by the Spanish authorities to sail, leav ing within twenty-four hours, and did so, after being coaled and provisioned. The day after she again went into Ferrol, and left again after being twenty-four hours in port, not wishing to compromise the Spanish authorities. She did not again return to Ferrol, but remained outside the bar for 16 hours making signals day and night, but the other vessels did not come out. The Spanish papers also give this information. It must, however, be taken with reserve. On Monday afternoon the Niagara and Sacra mento Federal corvettes were signalled off Lisbon bar, and it is said the Stonewall hoisted her blue peter about the same time. The two corvettes came up and cast anchor near the Belem Tower, and were officially warned that they could not sail until 24 hours had elapsed after the leaving of the Stonewall. The Mindello and Jaques war steamers were appointed to watch the proceedings of the Federal ships, which kept steam up and did not then ascend the river. The feeling of the Portuguese authorities was a determination to see the law fully observed. On shore, much excitement was displayed, and the . relative merits of the vessels were freely canvassed. Admiral Sartorius, who is now here, is said to have declared that the Stonewall, with her iron sides and heavy cupola guns, would prove quite a match for the two Federal corvettes in the event of a conflict. The Stonewall sailed about noon to-day (Tues day), leaving the Niagara and Sacramento anchored to the west of Belem Tower, nearly iu front of the Quay and Jerommite Convent. Some four hours afterwards the Niagara and Sacramento weighed anchor and moved towards the bar. The • Commander of Belem Tower, who had re ceived instructions, observing this, called the artillerymen to the guns, and fired a twelve pound shot at the Niagara which sailed in front. She did not, however, stop, and six more shots were fired from the tower. At the seventh shot the Niagara turned round, came back towards Lisbon, and cast anchor in front of the Old Packet Stairs. The Sacramento followed and brought up near to her. It appears that three of the seven balls struck the Niagara, somewhat damaging her poop. The Federal captains allege that they had no intention of following the Stonewall, but were about to turn round and take up other anchorage ground. The Governor of Belem Tower appears to have had instructions to act as he did in case such pro- ceedings were taken by the Federal ships, but the instructions given to the commander of the guard ship were not the same, because the fort is under the War-office, the ship under the Marine depart ment, and unfortunately circumlocution prevails here as in England. This affair is now affording matter for diplomatic correspondence, but the gene ral feeling is, that the Portuguese Government acted with great spirit, and their conduct will be endorsed by the public opinion of Europe. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIPIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 8s Od ; clover, .£5 5s to £6 8s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade quiet. CUMBERL4ND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 8s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 8s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A slow trade. WiIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to .£6 8s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade slow. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been inactive, and the few bargains reported have been at about previous rates. SUGAR.—The market has remained very dull, and prices in some instances are a shade lower. Good grocery de scriptions, however, maintain previous rates. In the re fined market there is little change of importance to report. COFF.LE.—There has been a steady demand for colonial descriptions, and prices have remained without material variation ; the stocks on hand, however, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, exhi bit a slight increase. RICE.—A fair demand has been experienced for superior East India, and late rate rates have in most instances been well supported. TALLOW.—The market has continued very dull, and prices for both present and forward delivery have shown a further depression. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 405.!; June delivery, 40s. 3d to 40s. 6d.; and last three months, 41s. 6d to 425. Gd. per cwt. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Cowpen Hartley l6 3 Hastings Hartley l5 9 Carway and Duffryn South Kelloe Malting 22 0 Heugh Hall l9 9 Walls End Haswell... 21 0 Braddyell's Hetton 2O 0 South Hetton Tunstall Tanfield Moor Butes 13 6 Kelloe East Hartlepool Hartlepool Ships at market, 56 ; sold, 52. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens quiet. Sales probably 3,000 bales. The Crown agents for the colonies have notified that they will be prepared to raise a further sum of £lOO,OOO on 6 per cent. debentures, under the authority of the British Columbia Loan Act of 1864. The applications are to be forwarded on Thursday next. The loan is secured on the gene ral revenues of British Columbia, and the only charges now existing thereon amount altogether to £102,000, or less than one year's revenue. The debentures, with interest coupons attached, are for sums of £5OO, £2OO, and £lOO respectively, redeem able in thirty years from the Ist April inst. In terest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, com mencing on the first instant will be paid half yearly. For the final extinction of the debt, there is to be a sinking fund equal to 2/ per cent. per annum formed in this country, under the control of trustees. A general meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of British Columbia was :held to-day. The report presented stated that after paying current expenses and deducting rebate of interest on bills not due, the amount of undivided profit at the con clusion of the half-year ended 31st December last, was £18,680 12s. id., which the directors proposed to appropriate as follows:—£B,333 6s. Bd. in pay ment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per cent. per annum (being for six months on £125,000, and for four months on £62,500, paid Ist Septem ber last) ; £7,000 to be added to the reserve fund, which will be thereby increased to £13,000, leaving £3,347 ss. sd. to be carried forward to the current half-year. , T or t IC. OLEN circular HER MA JE S T ---~-- WINDSOR CASTLE, April 3. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, and attended bythe Hon. Florence Seymour, drove in the Great Park this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise also -went out driving, attended by the Hon. Caroline Caven dish. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode in the Home Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Albert Victor left the Castle this morning for Marlborough-house, attended by the Countess de Grey and Major Grey. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the Dean of Christ Church have also left the Castle. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred attended Divine Service yesterday afternoon at St. George's Chapel. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, Lieut. Haig, and Dr. Bernhardt, went to London this afternoon. Major-General Seymour and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat have succeeded Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge as Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty. Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust had the honour of an audience of the Queen, to present his new volume, " The Lives of the Warriors of the Thirty Years' War," which has been dedicated to her Majesty. The presentation copy of the work was illustrated with photographic portraits from the galleries of Vienna, Munich, and Dresden. -a The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor, returned to Marlborough-house yes terday morning from visiting the Queen at Wind sor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Countess de Grey and Major Grey. The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of the Governors of Wellington College at the new Palace of Westminster. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Countess de Grey. The Prince of Wales visited the studio of Sir Edwin Landseer. In the afternoon his Royal Highness went to the louse of Lords. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred, and attended by the Countess de Grey and Major Grey, with Lieutenant Haig and Dr. Bernhardt, in waiting on Prince Alfred, honoured the Philharmonic Society with their _pre sence at the Hanover-square Rooms in the evening. Death of Mr, John Cassell, We record with deep regret the death of the well known publisher, Mr. John Cassell, who expired at his residence, in Avenue-road, Regent's-park, Lon don, on Sunday last, April 2. Born in Manchester on January 23, 1817, he has expired at the early age of 48. Thrown in early life by the fortunes of his family among the working classes, he acquired a knowledge of their character and condition, which was the foundation of his future usefulness. He served a hard but salutary apprenticeship to manual labour, and so fitted himself to become the expo nent of its wants and claims. Realising the disad vantage of the defective education common to his class at the•period of his early life, he was almost solely indebted to his own persevering exertions for the knowledge he acquired, and in after years so well applied. Seeing within the range of his own observation the evils accruing to the working class from intemperance, he threw himself with all the energy and zeal of his youth into the temperance movement, which was about that time originated, and as an advocate of the cause he obtained a wide popularity, and exercised a powerful influence. Arrived at manhood, he successfully established himself in extensive commercial undertakings, and while in these pursuits his desire to benefit the classes, whose educational needs he was so well acquainted with, induced him to commence, froin philanthropic motives, the publication of those well known works designed for the intellectual, social, and religious elevation of the people, and specially adapted for their requirements. These works, ori ginating from a benevolent motive, soon formed the nucleus of what has become, in the hands of himself and his partners, Messrs. Fetter and Galpin, gigantic publishing business ; and the name of John Cassell, in connection with the literature of the people, has become a household world. It is gene rally known that for some time past the active con duct of the extensive concern in La Belle Sauvage yard has devolved upon his partners, and the busi ness will be carried on by them as heretofore ill association with his widow, whose interests will con tinue to be connected with those of the firm. In private life he was much respected. Few men had so long a list of friends, and it included men of all ranks and conditions, by whom his friendship was considered a privilege, and from whom his gentle and noble qualities won respect and esteem. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE HON. MRS. YELVERTON. —lt is with sincere regret we announce that the deeply-injured Mrs. Yelverton continues to lie dangerously ill at her lodgings in this city. On Friday and Saturday last so low had she sunk that little hope was entertained of her recovery ; last night, however, she had rallied a little, and a more favourable impression was created among those in attendance upon her. It was as much as she was able on Saturday to indicate her mind as to a settlement of her affairs to her agent, who was called in for the purpose. Professor Simpson is unremitting in his attendance.-- Caledonian Mercury, April 3. THE EDMUNDS SCANDAL.—The report of the t Lords' Committee in the Edmunds case will, we believe, be laid on the table of the House on Friday, if not on Thursday, and then ordered to be printed, so that the whole evidence will be issued to the public during the Easter recess. The last act of the committee, we hear, before adjourning on Friday, was to receive written statement from Lord Brougham to the effect that he knew nothing of any of the transactions until last November, the committee-having had to wait two days for the formality of getting this document attested by a notary at Cannes. The committee meet again on Tuesday, at noon, to consider .the report, which is then to be presented in draught. It was at first arranged that the report should be drawn by Lord Granville, but the task has now, we believe, been devolved upon Lord Chelmsford, a change regarding the reasons for which we are not informed, though it may natu rally be inferred that it is a change not acceptable to nor promising for Lord Westbury. On the other hand, how ever, it is not impossible that the transfer of the draught manship may have been caused by there being no differ ence of opinion among the members of the committee. We believe we are correct in saying that the report will entirely exonerate Lord Brougham. The committee are said to have accepted as part of the evidence Mr. Ed munds' "statement," in which, apropos of nothing con nected with his official defalcations, that person gave his version of the 30 years old transactions between him and Mr. William Brougham. It is understood that the some what abrupt though not early termination of the inquiry was caused by the committee finding that they were ,4 get ting out of their depth" by having matters brought before them not connected with the case which they were ap pointed to investigate, though connected with some of the persons involved in that case. It is said—but need not be accepted as certain till more is knowl—that a statement was made to members of the committee, though not offi cially accepted or dealt with by the committee, to the effect that Mr. William Brougham imposed terms similar to those alleged in the Edmunds' case upon Mr. James Brougham (son of the late Mr. John Brougham), the holder of an office in connection with the Bankruptcy Courts, first in Liverpool and now in London. On the whole, it seems nearly certain that Mr. Edmunds will come out of the in quiry in a worse plight than when he went into it ; and that Mr. William Brougham—though, doubtless, such statements regarding him as have as yet received publicity' have been one-sided, and rest on tainted testimony—will not be in an enviable or unclouded position. The chief in terest, however, will attach to the case of the Lord Chan cellor ; for it would be affectation to conceal that he is the real game flown at by Lord Derby and others. Equally in vain it would be to try to conceal that, apart from the merits of the question, the Lord Chancellor is in considerable danger, owing to his unpopularity among both political and legal men in London, whom he has overshadowed by his immense talents and offended by his unfortunate man ners. But people in the provinces, or rather people in general, who have not been made envious and have not been snubbed, will be justly jealous of any appearance of an attempt to treat a public man as guilty merely because he is unpleasant.cotsman.