The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-11 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1865. The list of Federal triumphs has now another aldition. Wilmington has fallen, although it may almost be said to have fallen voluntarily. In ac cordance with the new system of tactics the Con federates evacuated the city on the night of the 21st ult., after burning the bridge across Cape Fear River, and • destroying a thousa n d b a l es o f co tt on and 15 , 00 0 barrels of resin. This capture, not altogether unexpected, has filled the North with exultation. Whether Wilmington would have yet changed hands if the Coufede to keep it may es rat questioned, had deter m i ne d be very fairly i but th ere is no doubt that whoever obtained tl. e possessio n of the city it is an important gain to th e By means 'of Charleston and Wih n i n Federals can reinforce their fleet by sea gton they while the Confederates have pretty well lost their means of communication with the outer world. Alter th e capture of Fort Anderson, the fall of Wilmington was almost a matter of certainty, and, in fact, the Confederates announced their determination of evacuating it some weeks since. The New York Herald thinks the possession of the city most im portant at this juncture, because it will afford an easy opportunity of reinforcing SHERMAN, in the event of LEE, LIARDEEY 8 " BRACW# combining against him. The same journal observes that Wilmington has been of service to LEE, even after Fort Fisher, since it gave him supplies, besides drawing off a large body of the Federals. All this is true enough, and with whatever motive Wilmington and Charleston have been aban doned they will unquestionably be temporary losses to the South, which has striven so long and so gallantly to maintain them. The tide of fortune seems to have set in a continuous stream against the Confederacy, and it is no great wonder that the Northern people, always prompt to rejoice over their own successes, and to let all the world know of their achievements and their good luck, are transported with delight. A surer test than mere popular ex citement is to be found in the rapid decline of the price of gold. President LINCOLN has been es pecially fortunate at this critical season for Washington's birthday and the day of his own re-election will have been occasions of genuine demonstrations instead of forced displays of feeling that did not exist. At the same time, while the star of the North is undoubtedly in the ascendant, and the Federals have gained a decisive advantage by penetrating, as it were, into the heart of the South, the friends of the Confederacy need not despair. It is useless for them to deny that their enemies have achieved many triumphs, partly from the chances of war and partly from their own mistake in suffering SHER MAN to march through Georgia unmolested. Still, having abandoned those outlying cities, which took so large a number of men to maintain, there is no doubt that the strength of the Confederacy will be greatly increased by concentration. With less to lose they have less to defend, and their troops, no longer absorbed by defensive operations, can direct their energies to the discomfiture of the enemy rather than to the protection of their own territory. It is significant that not only did LEE long since proclaim his conviction that the loss of Charleston, Wilmington, and other garrisoned cities, would be an actual gain, but SHERMAN de clared himself to be of the same opinion. It is probable enough that LEE will use his newly-acquired strength in the capture bf Knoxs ville, Tennessee, which is a large town near the Cumberland Mountaing, in a very central position, contiguous to Cumberland Gap, and in close proximity to Kentucky. It was considered of so much importance by LINCOLN that when it was captured by the Federals he ordered a public thanksgiving. Knoxville is also near Ohio, and is a good strategical position in every way. It is likely that by a dexterous movement LEE will make himself master of it ; and it was rumoured that a division of LEE'S army had already made its appearance in East Tennessee when the news left. GRANT appears to have met with some unexpected difficulties, for he has withdrawn from his newly acquired position at Hatcher's Run. It is believed that SHERMAN'S next endeavour will be to join GRANT and compel the evacuation of Rich mond ; but, even supposing this achieved, the Con federate cause will not be materially damaged, since if LEE takes to the field he will fulfil his threat by making the North feel the burden of the war more in the hour of their triumph than at any former period. If the Southern people will show themselves equal to the emergency by calling out the slaves, they will gain an immense numerical advantage and LEE will be no longer be hampered in his movements by the want of men. The proposition to arm 200,000 negroes has passed the Confederate House of Representatives, but the Senate the day after postponed its consideration indefinitely by a. majority of one! The senators arc not to be always trusted, as is proved by the conduct of FOOTE, and we can hardly believe that men who sincerely desire their country's independence will refuse to reconsider so rash and headstrong a decision at the present crisis of events. It is of consequence that from time to time some discussion should take place relative to the state and condition of our colonies and their affairs, and therefore the long debate that took place regarding New Zealand may be considered as satisfactory in its way, and conducive to the right understanding of the subject. Mr. MILLS was at great pains to bring the subject before the House, and evinced a moderation in dealing with it that did him credit, for it often occurs that when people turn their attention to these questions they become vehement and excited ; and thus, although animated with the best intentions, they mar the effect of their own exertions. The hon. member wisely refrained from moving the address of which he had given notice, and thus no altercation took place as to particulars, but the whole subject was considered in a general point of view. Mr. MILLS adverted to the unhappy state of things in New Zealand, and the confusion that was created in consequence of the dissensions which prevailed among the officials. There was great truth in his remarks about Gover nor Sir G. GREY, for the position of that gentleman is a most difficult one, perplexed as he is with hos tilities from without and disaffection within. It is therefore hardly fair to pass a severe criticism upon the conduct of a man who is similarly situatedwhen those who sit in judgment are so far removed from the scene of action that they cannot possibly be acquainted with , all the bearings of the case. The expressions used by the hon. member with regard to the Maories were also very much to the point, and all who look upon the case in the right light must admire the spirit evinced by the Maories, and the indomitable resistance that they have made to the trained forces and disciplined troops of this country. In the course of his com prehensive speech Mr. MILLS mentioned two things in particular which may be deemed conclusive in their way as regards our future policy and the feel ings of the colonists. In the first place, he assumed that England did not wish to annul the constitution of New Zealand, and this is certainly a very safe venture to make. There is no greater mistake made by some of the would-be benefactors of their country than that which has prevailed to a great extent that colonies are a useless appendage and a questionable advantage to a country. The other point referred to was the conduct of the colonist s i n regard to their treatment of the Maories, and there is no reason to doubt the accuracy of the statements here made as to their moderation in the long run, although isolated instances of selfishness may have led to the formation of a contrary opinion. Mr. ROEBUCK, as usual, addressed himself to the ques tion with much animation, and in his graphic style declared that he intended to exposea "great sham !" England had for centuries been extending her colo nies, and thus had greatly increased the spread of civilisation, but some infatuated individuals persisted in their accusations against this policy, and were never weary of abusing its promoters. There is certainly a great deal of truth in this, as there is in many of the lion. and learned member's remarks, but the vehement manner and peculiar phraseology which his head opts often misleads persons into statements exaggerated thinking and his o p ini ons errone ous. vast amount of good Thhasereaccacrun accrued tnoo those r o u s b e doubt that lands in which th e dissentientscivilisatio civilisation has have settled, and th a t b th y . e c a lv u l s a e n o y f gr b e e a f t ott ly n a l dv t a o n A ce ir, d titheorEe: BuCK's assertion, that it would be a - wise and po litic thing to exterminate the aborigines. When he talked of " dispossessing the wild animals of New Zealand, the most mischievous among whom was the wild man," it was no wonder that there were ceies of " Oh, oh." After the peculiar style of the hon. and learned member's oration, it is not to be wondered at that Mr. BUXTON should have retorted by observing, that when Mr. ROEBUCK talked of some people who abused everybody, it was certain that if there was any human being " on the face of the whole earth who arrogated to himself the excep tional right of abusing everyone else it was the hon. and learned gentleman himself." Lord STANLEY, with his usual discrimination, endeavoured to bring back the discussion from a theoretical to a practical point. He said that there was not much use at the present moment in going into any details of a dis tant nature, for facts were stubborn things, and the events in New Zealand would not be influenced by the opinions of any one in that House. In the noble lord's calm and dispassionate statement, we may find the best solution of the vexed question under dispute respecting the Maori tribe. It is certain that all barbarous races disappear more or less before the inroads of civilised ones ; but that need not be laid to the charge of the white men, for it is the in evitable doctrine of human events. Lord STANLEY, .as usual, grasped at the point of the discussion that was most vital to the interests of the colonists. He said that what we had to do was to see that all had been done by the colonists in their own behalf, and also to afford them what " temporary" help they absolutely re quired, but with the proviso that after the termina tion of hostilities, it could not be renewed. There can be no doubt that such a cause, if followed out, will prove of the greatest possible service to the colonists and all concerned in the matter over here. Mr. CARDWELL'S remarks were very much to the point, and the right hon. gentleman spoke in a con fident and cheerful tone as to the future of New Zealand, thus forming a good contrast to the some what gloomy prognostications in which some hon. members had indulged. lie said that there was ample room for both races to live out there, and that the natives of New Zealand were eminently quali fied to profit by the advantages of civilisation. It is very satisfactory to hear such an opinion from one so qualified to judge of the state of the case, and we may confidently trust that the right hon. gentleman's prediction will be verified, and that we may soon rejoice in a better condition of affairs in that important and interesting colony. The suspension of a bank is always a local and sometimes almost a national calamity. It is one of the Hardships of our advanced civilisation that per sons and families may be suddenly transformed from ease and affluence into absolute penury by no fault of their own, having been guilty of no imprudence or extravagance, and even without having the slightest reason to anticipate the calamity that falls upon them. The streets of a provincial town, espe cially, may be thus changed, in the course of a few hours, from the cheerfulness and bustle of ordi nary business, into terrible confusion and excite ment and such, there is too much reason to believe, will be the state of one of our great centres of manufacturing industry to-day. The bank of Messrs. ATTWOOD, SPOONER, and Co., of Birmingham, is so well known by reputation, and has been so long celebrated for its supposed sol vency, that the news of its suspension will come with a terrible shock to large numbers of persons. The melancholy intelligence will not have been generally known till an early hour this morning, as the bank closed its doors at the usual hour yester day in the usual manner. Many thousands of workmen will look in vain for their wages to-night, as the blow will extend throughout all classes. We can only regret that the doors should have been thus kept open till the last moment, as many busi ness men might pay in large sums with a view to meeting their demands at the end of the week. Of course money was drawn out likewise, but Friday was an unfortunate day. We have yet to learn the full particulars of the catastrophe which every one will hear with heartfelt regret. ELEC LION INLELLIGENCE. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past year 1864 the boats ot the National Lifebsat Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same period on lifeboat et tablishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for sav,ng 69i shipwrecked per g:Nis by its lifeboats, an I other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 140 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co.. Retries and Co , Coutts and Co., and by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. The ANNUAL GE N ERAL a.TING of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Hishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY next, the sth inst., at Two o'clock ptecisely. His Grace the Duke of ARGYLL, K.T. in the Chair. ROYAL ,ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- G ARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENIY.;, the Opera of THE MOCK DOCTOR, (the English wore by hares E cony'. Principal cha Mracteessrs. rs by Meidanies Poole, T *ham, and a hirlwall, and Fanny ; ley ry Haigh, A. Cook, C. Lysi l, Dusscir, Ling Con i. Condu :tor, Mr. A. MELLO N. Atter which, the Grand and highly successful pantomime, CINDERELLA. Magnifice nt Scenery and go rgcou3 acccs. Sorter. Commence at Seven. THE ATR E-R 0 Y AL, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a New Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. A VI. which, THE SC B.OOL FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. Phelps, la Les Anderson, Walter Lacy, Sinclair, Rayner; Miss nose Leclercq and Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Concluding with the Opening of the Pantomime, HOP 0' MY T kiUMB AND HIS EL NVEN BROTHERS ; or, the Ogre of the Seven -Lea g ue Boots; terminatin g with the Gran d Transformation Scene ; Miss Lydia 'Thompson, &c. THEATRE -ROYAL, • HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, THREE WEEKS AFTER MAR RIAGE. Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Nelly Moore, &c. To be lollowe I by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. 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Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. llorsman, lien rade, E. Boyce, and Elsworthy. Followed by NURSEY CHICKWEED. To conclude with BEAR-FACED ISIPOSTORS. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev.n till Five. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. FECHTER not Navin, sufficiently recovered to p. norm for a few days, Madlle. BEATRICE will have the honour of making her debut as Mrs. Ball. r, at this '1 heatre, on MONDAY N.EXT, March 13, thus anticipating, by some weeks, the period original arranged for her first appearance. RCYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, .11r. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING. a new Farce, by Hr. Da , l4 Fisher, entitled lIEAKT-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STR NGS. Alter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, IL Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynnr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WILFUL WARD. Mr. Belford ; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama. MILKY WHITE. Webers. Craven, Stoyle, Jame.; Miss Swanborough. To conclude w th TUE " GRIN" BUSHES : Mr. Fenton, ; Mesdames ltaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &C. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S 0 N E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest faorics are combined with the latest and moat fashionable resigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices Are such as must satisfy the most (conotnical. This depart ment Is in a oistioct part of the premises, which will be Fund a gre .t conv,nienee for ladies and children, MOSES AND SON • respectfully invite public attention to their large and welt-assorted SPRING STOCK. 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TEE SUN, LOADO:si, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1E65. NORTH WILTS. The new writ having been moved for on Thurs day night, Mr. Sothern Estcourt has issued a fare well address to the electors, in the course of which he says :—" Without a cloud to overshadow the memory of a life continually engaged in Parliament and in the county, I leave it to younger men to carry on the good work. By narrowing the circle of my occupations, and avoiding the House of Com mons—once a pleasure, but now too heavy a burden for my failing strength—l may still perhaps be able to render some service nearer home." The Conservatives having been unsuccessful in their endeavours to induce Captain Walsh, a nephew of the Duke of Beaufort, to stand for the division, in opposition to Lord Charles Bruce, are now, at the eleventh hour, engaged in getting up a requisi tion to Mr. J. L. Phipps, of Leighton-house, West bury, a near neighbour of Mr. Walter Long, to come forward as a candidate. Mr. Phipps is known as an active magistrate, and as one of the stanchest Conservatives in the county. A large meetin g o f the en requisition Thu r da y a a g f t ri er c n ul o t o ur n, is w ts be w n a i s t w he a l s d r e a s t o v fl e d e viz tha ° t B to Mr. Phipps be sent to each parish in the division for signature. KINCARDINESHIRE. General Arbuthnott has published his retiring address to the electors of Kincardineshire, and two candidates, Mr. Dyce Nicol, of Ballogie, and Sir Thomas Gladstone, brother to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, are in the field for the seat. Mr. Nicol comes forward on Liberal principles. Sir Thomas offers himself as a Conservative, meaning, he says, by that short term, a loyal subject a de fender of the Protestant faith, a steadfast supporter of Constitutional Government, and a resolute op ponent of all that is dangerous to it. He further protests against the unfair assumption of what is often called Liberalism. Kincardineshire has hitherto occupied the position of a thoroughly close borough, and the Liberals are hopeful that Mr. Nicol, who is very popular, will rescue it from this reproach. THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY FALL COMPANY (Limited).---The following is the flret half-yearly report of the directors et this company :—" The directors hate much pleasure in submitting to the shareholders this, their first half -yearly report, together with a state ment of acc oun t s, made up to February 8, and whiel; hare been carefully examined and approved by the auditors. On reference to the balance -sheet it will be seen that there have been 6,510 shares issued, upon which £19,390 have been paid; £3 per share only having been called. It will also be seen that of the £BO,OOO agreed upon for the purchase of the leases, furniture, fixtures, stock, &c., their remains a ba lance of £57,900 still to be paid. The profit and loss account will show that after taking into consideration the gross receipts for admissions, ece., the profit made on sale of re freshments, writing off the expenses of the half-year, and making an allowance for sundry accounts unpaid, that there remains a balance of £4,054 Os. 9d. net profit for appropria tion. From thiS balance the directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 2s. per share, should bo paid to the shareholders (free of income tax), leaving A, sum to be carried forward. Your directors have much gratification in showing so successf u l a result, and they confidently believe that , with a continuance of careful management and economy of expenditure, the next half-yearly s t a tement will show oven a much larger amount of profit." - ' The number of patients under treatment at the Free Dispensary for Diseases. of the Throat and Loss of Voice, 5, King-street, Regent-street, during the week ending March 4, Traa 161, of whom OA were Am cases. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGEAM.) AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, J. 21. The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah has arrived here. She has burnt 11 ships since her departure from the Cape. A fine comet is visible in the south-west. It is supposed to be that of 1843, predicted by Herschell as returnable in 214 1 years. NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE, JAN. 26 Advices from New Zealand state that affairs there were less peaceable. The defection of the Tauranja natives is announced, and the Waikato are said to be preparing to assist the Tavanaki tribes in resist ing General Cameron. THE. PRESS IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, March 6. The new press regulations discussed by the Coun cil of the Empire will be published in a few days. It is undetstood that amendments of the most liberal character upon the original draft were supported by the Grarid Duke Constantine and the Minister of Public Instruction. The Minister of the Interior advocated the French system of newspaper warning. ITALY. Advices from Turin state that King Victor Em manuel, on his return from Milan, will not stay long at Florence, as, after a short sojourn in his new capital, his Majesty will proceed to the southern provinces, visiting Naples a second time, and probably Sicily. The excursion to Sicily is not yet definitively settled, but 'the populations of the southern part of the Peninsula fully expect the arrival of the King, and manifest their intention of proving that he will not be less feted there than he has been at Florence, Milan, and Turin. NAPLES. Vesuvius still continues to throw up flames from the old crater, but as yet nosigns of positive erup tion have been evinced. The Observer of Naples, of the 21st February, contains the following : "M. de Lesseps, the projeCtor of the Suez Canal, arrived on Sunday evening from Paiis. His Royal Highness Prince Humbert being informed of his arrival, honoured him with an invitation to breakfast. Later in the day he left Naples en route for Egypt. FRANCE. M. Lievin, of Saint-Christ-Brioste (Somme), ac companied by seven others, were crossing the canal in a small boat, when several of the passengers moved to one side and overturned it, whereby the whole of the party were precipitated into the water. Some were able to swim, and reached the bank ; and among them was a man who saw a hand raised above the water and immediately disappear. He recognised it as that of his son, and pltuiging into the canal succeeded in saving the lad's life. He afterwards saved another person from death. Two men were unfortunately drowned. A letter from Nice has the subjoined :—" The Empress of Russia has written a long autograph letter from this place to the King of Holland rela tive to the death of the Queen Dowager. The Empress expresses regret that her health will pre vent her attending the funeral, and says that she, as well as the Czar, will be represented at it by Baron de Budberg, Russian Minister at Paris, and Prince Qrloff, Russian Minister at Brussels. The Empiess has twice inquired by telegraph as to the day on which the funeral is to take place, but no positive answer could be sent. The question in suspense is as to where the body.is to be buried. The deceased, by her will, desired to rest by the side of her husband. He lies with his son Alexander in the royal mausoleum at Delft, but over-zealous Protestants are opposed to the burial of the deceased there from religious scruples, the Queen having professed the Greek religion." Bo URSE, March 10.—The market shows less de pression, and business is more active, with an im provement in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67fr. 75c. Mobilier have been done at 870. Railway Shares are steady, with little varia tion in prices. The following are the last quo tations:— 4-} per Cents 94 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 60 Do. end month 67 70 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3540 Cr3dit Foncier 1285 Roman 73 25 Italian Loan 65 05 Do. and month 65 05 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Horne Debt — Deferred AVAYS. Orleans Northern _ _ Cash. Acct. ... 920 ... 922 50 •..1015 ... 1017 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 950 950 Southern 575 581 Western 542 50 Eastern ti 521 25 ... Sardinian 2l 25 Austrian 300 "' 302 50 438 75 ... 441 25 Lombard • M 3 75 ... 546 25 Saragossa 360 North of Spain • 305 ... 365 ... 802 50 Ditto to Barcelona 167 50 ... 165 ..-.-_ ... SPAIN. SPANISH FINANCE. MADRID, March 6. Senor Castro, Minister of Finance, stated in the Congress this afternoon that the budget would be presented to that body within a few days, showing a real and perfect equilibrium between the expen diture and receipts, and introducing great economies. The year Minister addedthere was that, if in the b u d ge t f or th e present me deficit, sma ll i n it se lf s o and insignificant compared with that of previous years, the Government proposed to reduce the ex penses until such deficit disappeared. The equili brium of the budget and the provision of the neces sary means for the Treasury to cover its expenditure were, he said, the first necessities in the present state of things. The new Press law introduced by the Govern ment has been received with unanimous disapproba tion by the Liberal Union press, as well as by that of the Progressist and Democratic parties. The Contemporaneo, of the Conservative party, says, that its views are entirely opposed to the Bill. The other periodicals of the Government party reserve their opinion until they have carefully and tho roughlyexamined the eco nomy o f the projected new law. THE MEDITERRANEAN, MALTA, March 4. The only movements of ships of war during the past week consist of the departure, on the 25th of February, of the river steam corvette from Tunis ; the arrival from that port on the 2d March of the Wanderer, steam gunboat, and the departure, this morning, for Corfu and Zante, of the steam cor vette Cossack. _ The Wanderer, on her way to Tunis, had to seek shelter from a heavy south-west gale. Her Majesty's steam yacht Enchantress reached Gibraltar on the 20th and left for Marseilles on the 22d February, to embark at this last named port his Royal Highness Prince Arthur for Naples, whence, under escort of her Majesty's ship Revenge, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8,, the Prince will repair to Malta and thence to the prin cipal ports of the Mediterranean, Greece, and Turkey, on a tour of several weeks. The schooner yacht Surprise, under the command of Captain G. Mends, It.N., and having on board the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, Lady Mary Grenville and family, and Miss Anne Elliot, arrived at Malta on the 25th February, for the gaities of the carnival (for which the weather was by no means propitious), after having witnessed at Catania the eruption of Mount Etna, which, by accounts from thence to the 24th February, con tinued in full activity. The movements at Malta between the 24th Februvy and 4th March, of mail and merchant steamers, landing part cargo thereat and proceeding with the remainder to ulterior ports of destination, consist of the Italian and Hutton Chayton, from Alexandria, with cotton, for Alexandria and Liver pool ; Minerva (Hamburger), from St. Nazaire, Gibraltar, and Carthagena, with machinery and 195 French navvies for Port Said ; Thessalia and Egyp tian, from Liverpool, with a general cargo from Syra, Carthagena, and Smyrna; Izamado, from Syra, with barley, for London ; Prosrontes, from Cardiff, Oran, Algiers, and Tunis, for Alexandria, with cattle and 141 Haggi or Mahomedan pilgrims en route for Mecca; Tamanlijvas, from Oran, Liver pool, and Tangiers, with Mahomedan pilgrims, for Alexandria ; the Odessa (Russian), from London, with a general cargo, for Messina, Smyrna, Con stantinople, and Odessa ; Corcyra, from Patras, for London, with a general cargo ; the Peninsular and Oriental Company's packets Delta, from Southamp ton and Gibraltar, and Ripon, from Marseilles, for Alexandria, with goods, specie, passengers, and mails, for Suez, Aden, Ceylon, Calcutta, China, Penang, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand ; the Massilia and Poonah, from Alexandria, the for mer for Marseilles, the latter for Gibraltar and Southampton, with goods, specie, passengers, and mails, from Bombay, Aden, and Suez. The Helvetia steamer, from Alexandria, with cotton and gums, for Liverpool, having made good her damages, left Malta on the 2d March for her destination. The French Messageries Imperiales steam-packet Quirinal left Malta on the 25th February with a general cargo, passengers, and mails for Messina, Naples, Civita Vecchia, Leghorn, Genoa, and Mar seilles; the Mausilippe, belonging to the same ad ministration, arrived on the 27th of February. The Etna, Italian steam-packet from Messina, Catania, and Syracuse, with goods, specie, passen gers, and mails arrived at Malta on the 27th Feb ruary, and left on her return voyage the same evening. The Menendia, Ottoman steam-packet, arrived at Malta on the 8d March from Tripoli, with goods, specie, passengers, and mails. Excessively boisterous weather continues to pre vail, and no ships bound to the westward can get away. Several which made a start at the end of February have been obliged to bear up. Some have put back from the vicinity of Sardinia. Amongst the passengers for England by the Pera was his Excellency Sir R. Montgomery, K.C.8., Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjaub. A letter from Catania of Feb. 20th says the eruption of Mount Etna draws a large number of visitors. On the 18th of February, 50 English visitors arrived by steamer. The following are extracts of letters from Messina and Giarre, received yesterday : " MESSINA, Feb. 25. " On the 22d and 23d we had a good deal of snow, and all the mountains are now covered with it. In Messina it lay on the ground a palm thick, and the temperature has been piercingly cold." " GIARRE, Feb. 22. " The lava, which so threatened the countr3, has not made any fresh progress, it having met with in its course a deep valley, which is completely filled. Nevertheless, it has caused great injury in those parts visited by it, calculated up to the present time at 700,000 Italian lire. Many families will be ruined. Snow has fallen on the heights to the depth of four palms. Perhaps this will tend to quench the lava." Stoppage of the Bank of Attwood, Spooner, and Co., of Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM, Friday, Midnight. Soon after four o'clock this afternoon it was whis pered here that the old bank of Attwood, Spooner, and Co., of this town, had opened its doors for the last time. The business was conducted as usual up to the closing of banking hours to-day, and as usual in the case of these old banks the last thought to enter a man's mind would have been that anything could happen to Attwood's. It is a fact, notwith standing, that the bank has stopped, and by the time this journal reaches Birmingham the town will be in a state of indescribable amazement and confusion, for at this hour (midnight) the great calamity (for such it really will be) is only known to a very few. The deposits amount to over £700,000. The cur rent credit balances amouht to more than £300,000, and there is a note circulation exceeding £20,000, so that the liabilities are more than £1,000,000. It was rumoured to-night, and we give it as such only, that there are more than 2,500 depositors. Some time since the bank entered into an arrangement for an amalgamation with the Joint-Stock Bank (limited). The arrangement had received the assent of that proprietary. It was the investigation in ci dent to this transfer which hastened the occurrence of to-day. Simultaneously with the closing of the bank the following will appear from the firm (Attwood, Spooner, Marshall, and Co.) : "It is with feelings of the deepest concern and distress we announce that we are compelled to suspend payment, and this at the moment when, after several months of negotiation, we had confidently trusted we should ob tain such assistance as would enable us to carry into effect our part in the preliminary agreement for the amal gamation with the Birmingham Joint-Stock Bank." In this hope we have been disappointed. Sums of money to a large amount were drawn out of the bank some years since by the family of the Attwoods. To this circumstance it can be clearly shown at the proper time our failure is to be attributed. For the last 10 years every effort has been made to redeem the loss thus occasioned ; but this has only been partially accomplished. The assets of the bank are, however, still very considerable, and there are real estates of great value belonging to the bank, and but slightly en cumbered. Wo hope that in our suspending payment we shall be considered as taking the best and only step to in sure a just and equal distribution of our assets among our creditors." Such is the end of this Old Bank, in which the public of this district had boundless confidence. So sudden, unexpected, and complete a collapse has perhaps never before been experienced. The bank was discharging its obligations as usual up to 4 o'clock, and this evening a petition in bankruptcy was filed. The bank of Attwood, Spooner, and Co. was established in 1791 by the father of the late Mr. Spooner, M.P. ; by the death of the gentleman last named in Nov. last, and of Mr. T. A. Attwood a year ago, the only surviving partner left was Mr. Henry Marshall. The bank had a fixed issue of £26,395. The Yelverton Marriage Case. EDINBURGH, Friday. The Court of Session to-day gave judgment on Miss Longworth's petition to refer the whole cause to the oath of Major Yelverton. The court by a majority refused the reference, holding it to be a matter in their equitable discretion, and that as this was a question of status, affecting the rights of third parties, already established by final judgment, the petition could not be granted. The reference was of the nature of a contract, to which contract Mrs. Forbes and children could not be parties, and there was no precedent for sustaining a reference in such a case. Lord Deas differed, holding that reference to a party's oath was a competent mode of proof ; that the object was to ascertain the truth ; that if Major Yelverton affirmed the alleged marriage with Miss Longworth on oath he was to be believed ; and, therefore, that if the rights of Mrs. Forbes and children were affected, they suffered no injustice from the law, being simply in the same position as if the first marriage had been established by evi dence in the cause. His lordship held that under a reference to oath of the first marriage it would be incompetent to inquire whether there had been a second marriage at all. Miss Longworth's counsel then moved the court to cite Mrs. Forbes, but the court decided that the case was at an end. TIIE CONVICT PELIZZIONI.—Upon inquiry at Newgate Gaol yesterday, it was ascertained that no official instructions respecting Pelizzionrs liberation had reached the governor. That her Majesty has been coun selled by her Minister to grant her Royal clemency to the condemned man is not doubted. From inquiries instituted elsewhere wo learn that the law officers of the Crown have been consulted by the Home Secretary as to the remaining counts of the indictment—" cutting and wounding with intent, &c."—specially with regard to future proceedings being taken upon them, this being stated to be the sole pawn why the convict has not been already clitscharged. LITERATURE, Sedgely Court. A Tale. By the author of "Fanny Hervey." 3 Vols. Blackwood and Son. A simple domestic story is becoming a rarity now a-days, and by reason of its very rarity is of course all the more delightful. The history of Katharine Beaton, the sometime heiress of Sedgely Court, will disappoint the lovers of stirring adventures, but to those who find pleasure in the gradual develop ment of character, and the natural delineation of those varied trifles, apparently light as air, which mould or mar, the destiny of individuals, the record of her simple story will be full of interest and attraction. In her early home at Balbeaton, Katharine's good impulses have little room for free exercise, continually depressed by a rigid, un happy mother, when, however, later on, the young orphan is removed to the at first uncongenial atmosphere of Sedgely Court, her presence diffuses sunshine around her, and the wonderful transformation of the Arundel house hold vividly demonstrates how much the wel fare of others may be affected by the influence of individuals. Happy would it have been for her parents had Katharine's happy disposition been able to influence the ungenial home of Balbeaton. Poor Captain Beaton, too fond of amusement at the best, is glad to leave his melancholy and censorious wife for congenial companions. A serious illness pro mises to bring about a greater mutual forbearance, and Mrs. Beaton devotes herself to the care and comfort of her husband ; the task of amusing him, however, is no easy matter, as may be seen in a very naturally described scene, entitled— A GAME AT BACKGAMMON. With his restoration to health, Captain Beaton's desire unfortunately returned for the kind of amusement and excitement to which ho had been so long habituated. Long before he was able to resume his usual occupa tion in the Links and Union parlour, or to leave the house at all, he began to tire of the stillness of the sick room, and much more of Wilberforce and Hannah More, and indeed of all the books his wife had ever since his illness been reading to him with so much satisfaction. Even after she had at his request, and not without an exertion of indulgent feeling, laid aside her own' favou rite studies for the last number of Blackwood, and then Blackwood for the newspaper, which at all times he pre ferred to, any book in the world, he was restless and in attentive, and could scarcely bear to listen. At last he ventured this gentle remonstrance : • " Thank you, thank you, Lizzy ; but don't fatigue your self reading so long, dear. Now that I can walk up and down the room again I don't so much care for it, and • need not plague you." "But I am not at all tired. I like to read; and I have not got above half through the debate about reducing the army that you wanted to hear." " Well, I suppose not ; but what a set of long-winded fellows they are ! and from what you have read, I should think most of them have mighty little notion of what they are all so ready to talk about. It isn't that altogether, but rather that I am doubtful whether listening to reading be very good for me ; I get so deucedly stiff and cramped if I keep long in the same_ position or I go over asleep, which, you know, spoils one's night's rust. Heigh-ho ! don't I seem to want something a little more stirring now, dear— something to do with my hands rather? I wonder if Ramsay could not find time to come and play a game or two at backgammon with me, now and then, merely for the sake of variety !" " I daresay he could," she said, still strong in her im proved feelings, one of the bright but too rare smiles show ing her pleasure at this proof of his returning health. "I wish I could play with you, I am sure ; the movement of the arms might be beneficial ; could not I soon learn ?" " Perhaps you could. You may try, if you like, dear." But oh the wretchedness of such an entertainment! She had never played at any game of the kind—had no natural turn that way, and of course did not take it up at all readily, and ho played so well, and so .rapidly that her slowness and difficulty appeared to him incomprehensible stupidity. He soon lost patience, "pshawed," and "poohed," and declared it to be incredible that she should not imme diately understand what was so perfectly simple. After a game or two, in which he had himself played for both sides, with only a running commentary by way of teaching her, he began to try whether she had learned anything. "This? Well, one, two, three, four— " But, good heavens ! my dear Lizzy, must you always spell over the points in that horribly tedious way, as if you were a child taking its second reading lesson ? Look here, havn't I told you, over and over again, that quite across the board is six—that from black to black are the even, from black to red are the odd numbers ? Well, then, why can't you move your man at once—so ? I don't in the least comprehend your difficulty." . _ . "You cannot comprehend the possibility of a difficulty that is not one to yourself. What a philosopher you are !' " Nonsense, my dear—go on." "It is quite true, Captain Beaton—you forgot how strange it all is to me—that Ido not spend half my life as you do, playing games of one kind or another ; but even if I were as stupid as you would make me out to be, I do think a little more patience on your part would not be unbe coming." " Oh! if you talk like that—only mind I said nothing about stupidity. But come, come, come, Lizzy—all this is such nonsense—you know it is ; only go on, and do pout best, that is all I ask." But it was only the longer the worse. A more unlucky expedient for making the time pass pleasantly could not possibly have been hit upon by any two people in the world. At the end of three-quar ters of an hour he was bored to death, and had almost cracked his jaws with yawning ; and she, put thoroughly out of humour by his want of patience and ill-disguised contempt, was, in spite of her late softened feelings towards him, obliged to fly to the refuge of her own room, and not till after a long fit of crying, in the passionate vehemence of which she, of course, recognised neither impatience or ill-humour, and only then with the help o some martyr-like whispers to herself, was she able to take her place once more in the sick-room. It need not be told that the rest of the evening passed very much less pleasantly than the time had lately done between them. More genial and happy is the home life at the Ram says, which Katharine is only at rare intervals per mitted to enjoy. " There was life, vivacity, ease, bonhommie—above all, an entire harmony and tole ration throughout the whole menage, which con trasted only too favourably with the frequent mis understandings, the restraint, the almost puritanical sternness, she witnessed so often and so painfully at home." The two brothers, George and Frederick Somerville Tempest, are two very dissimilar heroes, but are both for a time, either through the faults of others or themselves, singularly unfortunate in their love affairs. We do not propose to unravel the mysteries Of the little plot. The episode of George's engagement to Miss Higham is the least pleasing incident in an otherwise pleasing tale. Agnes Hope, and her friend and pupil, Katharine Beaton, are the most charming characters, and the readers of Sedgely Court will find their companionship to possess the cheering, elevating character of a walk in the bright sunshine, which invigorates while it amuses—which benefits the heart and intellect, while it agreeably occupies the hour. 'lke Dictionary of Medical and Surgical Knowledge. One Vol. Pp. 756. Houlston and Wright. This is one of those thoroughly useful and prac tical books of reference that deserve, in no invi dious sense, to be put upon the shelf—the pro viso being that the shelf selected to bear them must be readily accessible, must be immediately within reach. The volume, in effect, is really what it assumes to be in its very title, namely, a com plete and practical guide alike in health and disease : a guide at once sanitory and sanatory—in other words preservative and curative in its influences. The compiler of it, is already favourably known as Editor of the " Dictionary of Useful Knowledge." Wood cuts illustrations are sprinkled here and there among the explanatory letterpress. The double columned pages are plentifully sown with prescrip tions. Scarcely an article of any importance at all in the pharmacopeia but is here briefly yet sufficiently described, both in its nature and in its uses. The motto chosen for the very cover of the book—upon which ',,cover the distich is emblazoned within a garter—runs aptly thus : _ _ A wise Physician skilled our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the public weal. Altogether this goodly little tome of from 700 to 800 pages, alphabetically arranged in their contents, is one of the last, as it is also one of the very best, additions made to the two excellent series, " En quire Within," and " The Reason Why"—material aids (both of these popular series) in the diffusion of useful knowledge. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—SEDUC TION.—An action for breach of promise of marriage was brought by a woman named Longridgo, at the Durham Assizes, on Tuesday, against a man named Bellingham, employed in an ironworks, and earning (it was alleged) some £6OO a year. The defendant denied the promise ; but it was proved, to the satisfaction of the jury, that it had been made, and that under it he had managed to seduce the plaintiff, and make her a mother.---Damages, £2OO. caN w mirVw Court k:-=-Imgam HER MAJESTY. -4 - WINDSOR CASTLE, March 10. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highn ess , Princess Helena, drove out this morning, att ended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. - Princess Louise rode in the Home Park. Their Royai Highnesses Princess Helena an d Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, and the 11 ° r1. A. Hardinge, left the Castle this afternoon for Buckingham Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales• The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess .1-1-0'; visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at 3 1311. borough House yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge also visited their royal highnesses. The Prince of Wales went to the House of 1-s ‘ ll3 in the afternoon. • His Royal Highness the Count d'Eu a nd lle r Imperial Highness the Crown Princess of Brazil , attended by the Baron and Baroness do Lages and M. Lisboa, h ave returned to the Clarendon Hotel from Claremont. „at 'Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and D ue' de Chartres have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Morgan House, Ham. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Ner a°llrs and Princess Marguerite of Orleans have arrive d at tho Clarendon Hotel from Claremont. The Duke of Devonshire arrived at Devonshire House, on Thursday evening, from Holkar Hall,n°3r Milnethorpe. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.--31°„ recent visitors to this theatre have comprised the Marquis of Blandford, Earl Granville, Dowager a'atatet of Harrington, Viscount Torrington, Viscount Ranciavi' Viscountess Holmesdalo, Lord Dufferin, LadY Mary Crglre T, _or Lady Molesworth, Lord and Lady Mountchar les, Foley, Lord Abinger, Lady Rivers, Lord A.thlumnen 31'17" GoGeneral and Mrs. Eyre, Hon. Mr. Best, Sir R . M.P., Colonel Baring, Major Carpenter, Hon. F. L. G° v( i e ; M.P., Captain Gordon, Mr. Arcedeckne, Hon. OtwaY s : l ° ` e n ; Col. Minchin, Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., B u tt, Landseer, Captain D. O'Connell, Right Hon. .1 1 11 a pt M.P., and Mrs. Hutt, Sir Patrick O'Brien, M.P., Vivian, &c. THE KING OF PRUSSlA,—Advices from t announce that the King of Prussia, accompanied bY ` l l , - 1 de Bismarck, will shortly make an excursion into t wig-Holstein. The precise object of the journeY is " 17 stated. The New Royal Academician. . e Mr. John F. Lewis, the accomplished Or l i.. painter, was, last night, elected a Royal A- c3cie gx ll' cian, to fill the vacancy left by the decease of David Roberts, R.A. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS si, , m q ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Geographic al, ' rie mr. Stereoscopic .Gait M on ar, from Models of Mountainous u f v ; t Gradual Desiccation of S. W' A. aura) Mr. Fox Wilson ; Society of Arts, at B—(Cantor Lc Applications of Geology to tho Arts and )larra f3c .,, t o ll oto - Professor Ansted. Tuesday—Photographic, at 8 , `,', ats of graphic Printing with Sensitive Collodion a nd lu te Uranium,' Messrs. Cooper and Wharton SimpSol3 ; s Of quaries, at 4-1, Council ; Syro-Egyptian, at 3 I sTaine t 8, Places, Old Testament,' Mr. Cowper ; Engineer teen 0f Metropolitan System of Drainage and Inte rcept Sewage from the Thames ;' Royal Institution, a t ' aic ol, troduction to Chemistry,' Professor Hofmann ; Z°°119 , 9 1 , 10 ( at 8, 'Now or Rare Birds' Eggs,' Mr. N e wton ; at Species of Mollusks,' Dr. Carpenter ; Anthropologle3itoclu• 8, Missionary Efforts among Savages,' g r. ee- ° logi" Wednesday—Statistical, at 4, Anniversary; ll: 4 froa l cal, at 7 ; Society of Arts, at 8, Marine Ertg l io r ' e v - s l la" 1851 to Present Time,' Mr. Burgh. Thursday---n °i f oot stitution, at 'lntroduction to Chemistry,' Pro a t I; Hofmann ; Zoological, at 4, General ; Numisra a t: 6 ', j os, Linnean, at 8, ' Sir John Richardson's Arctic P .l , c c , on Mr. Leighton ; Chemical, at 8, Action of Clil °lll ;ieS,' Arsenious Acid,' Professor Bloxam ; Vapour Plc% dal Mr. Wanklyn ; Royal, at 8 ; Antiquaries, at 8 2 . 5a ' —Philological,Royal Institution, at 8, face,' Mr. Balfour Stewart. Saturday—Royal InS7 L ,, - f a. at 3, Nervous System,' Professor I M tlhv a . r ill sha b ll e .— p A r t : ii - oc t i : Mn. VINCENT WALLACE, inINhEe,a7 according t° Orchestra, ivEy ER i ß s E d E a ß ilr s improving CJI says the Orchestra, in London by Mr. Gye before it 'ld out in Paris, and it will, no doubt, form one of the j o y attractions of the next season of the English Oper a or iel pany. Some most magnificent scenery by M r. will lend its aid to the undoubted success of the wer-f,,cox BARON LIEBIG has received the Cro ss ofth e mander in the Order of Merit of Holy St. Michael frer r, ja King of Bavaria, accompanied by an autograph let :Dion which the King thanks him for declining th e high P.,- ° t of offered him by the King of Prussia at the IJuiver Berlin.—Reader. THE BONAPARTES AT CORSICA. —The Napoleon, Prince Napoleon's yacht, is at princ e resen t ' bou t le quite ready for sea. It is said that the P a s. 0 ° proceed to Ajaccio, in Corsica, touching at Mars re sent ing will take with him four bronze statues, 1 -0 1 3 1 e foat Joseph, Lucien, Louis, and Jerome Bonaparo/ the O W brothers of the first Napoleon. A fifth bro nze stn be embarked as Marseilles for the same dest ination. 0 1000.0 statutes are 7ft. high. The object of Prince Siaccie. voyage is to inaugurate these statues in the town °f o ieo lo PUNCH'S COMMENT upon the Emperor -0r31) " Histoire de Jules Cesar" very funnily and sente.„%ong runs thus--" Caesar and Boney very much alike, e' Boney ! " ju adeff ALEXANDER DUMAS, according to ti le ..ff e rea tii; has written a " Vie de Jules Cesar," essentially' di°p,perc'i• its deductions from those promulgated in thf,,, of by Napoleon's life of emu. Dumas read Cadeto,tervl work before an assembly in the Rue 3:lo,iroleff se'nnight, in which Caesar is represented as te ro una a ° of a republic of 500 years' duration, and the re d ' - 100 . the fierce despotism which disgraced imperial I v g 0• 0 '; ANCIENT PORTRAITS OF OUR LORD.-- -- P lit ' i oeCt illi ; all the miraculous part of the legend re:o'l3so Veronica and King Abgarus (about which We °T:11110e,,,,,e-t opinion), and still more the story that Pilate b a is t taken of our Lord for his own purposes , thOre ts reason for attaching credibility to the acc°ll,:allurderef.,r Veronica, the widow of the son of the child [Herod], during her lifetime erected a statu e of theevorettp; and that King Abgarus, with a like feeling °f t hing' 0 ; caused a portrait to be taken of Him, whilst P r n e- f asa ceil r oo his ambassador Ananias, as related by John - "" r CreA in and further, that the bronze statue in Pane es ' i , ° fl aon te ",jll Philippi, which the Christians there so long 'T o o r e ' ii their church as a true portrait of their Savia ar ' d ato G as t such such ; and that this likeness has really descen ing 00eiaDd one or more of the before-mentioned now O isti portraits of our Lord at Rome, at Geßea, a t T ifo or- - p at Moscow.—The Englishman's Magazine Air - As p.'" 0 THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHU3IDEDIThotiOIII at, committee of the National Lifeboat 1 0t/ resi ae • p its last meeting, Thomas Baring, Esq., AL P " elz3 ;o 0 - in the chair, unanimously passed the following ros i(l o ° of dolence with the widow of its late valued P a deenc "That this committee, in recording the larae ° o :: : their president, Admiral his Grace Alge rn „a 1 01 iO5 Northumberland, B.G. who for so long a r car ua l dially and unceasingly co-orated -with the° „ .., 0 1 . lO U o aci out the great and philanthrop p ic objects o f the 13 % o f cla tl o clo Lifeboat Institution, are bound by every c h iP t, of g r9 lf t t respect to place on their minutes the large L' e " doat. It which the lifeboat cause owes to their late Pre:2lbrongilisco'l ever be remembered that his munificence i lllB i s no lv 1) 0 0 practical use the self-righting lifeboat, W ll ,, f ic '' ite d SjPgto tbo in large numbers around the coasts of the u°, ye ar o 14 and which has contributed during the Pas t i ; d ot e e e , saving of thousands of lives from ship runny ior eig a our own shores, but also on those of nia ti l u i s gra c t : s cle e. tries ; and that the kindly interest whi ch • DO to formly evinced in the welfare of the inetitutaloic oncriety, greatly to bring about the largo amount ef . 1) to WO / and sympathy now so generously extendVeir s ince loa n That this committee respectfully tender t°_ iao w, pathy and condolence to his sorrowful v est pr 13,3 Duchess of Northumberland, with their eal., Der s . 0 th e tu ti r p i t e r a e m v s pleasea e e n y m c e o u o t f . " iStiligemnAlmighty g t ,hteosse chairman'ua l s t o a f in t 11 1 ;_: 1 1 5° ; 1 °1 ' 1); 11 " deputy-chairman ; and Richard Lewis , 50c , r tt et c 710 5 _e - 0 ° EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MAN . F r as t, a w ., t IP NORTH-EAST LONDON.—On. Thlllsol37‘erestead 1 ,; 0 0 ing of employers of labour and artizans 11 f .s b o 111 , manufactures of North-Eastern London I" I v / pea' Sall COW' r .4 Board-room of the .Agricultura l or , os al f° e on v purpose of taking into consideration a P, r _ . 4 og tbe Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures_a.urodkin, as; a 11 1; 0 autumn. The chair was taken by li r • a dopte d ' A .Vn t° judge. The proposal was a resolution appointing a generalla c7ra - s; s it a t i e ci e F orf°Pg: o ; d lo:t : ij r to make arrangements for carrying tn e _ oo ,one et Ao ly f, effect. The movement is entirelyns, o .p y of tn . Working Men's Industrial Exhibitions, n_a";0010 0 art vo rl ''' boo P ° its object the promotion of th . s , o f t district. The Exhibition will conanb, tinci Ar , t l ll 7 oo faa of divisions—a Manufacturers' DePartn le , r v ;„ guar` x . 2 70 00 , 14 partment, and a Loan Department. exhibition tine, askeda which aboutr considerableby tohnee- portion P t one-third promoters was eg-tiofraretwhaaenint;:ed:aptrtoh;irode*° k„ t ti tiuc e 4 D li v .c ,',lti z o Vie?