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ipr5N.P.rw+•.........i..... •••--_ TOTE AT RE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falco ERCHANner and F. B. Chattel. OF rton. THI S EVENING, the Play of THE 3I VENICE. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Rayner, Barrett, G. Bel more, E. Phelps, 11•Intyre ; Mrs. Hermann Vtain ; Miss .R. Leclercq, exc. After wich, the Pallt01:111111e, LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; or, Harleqhuin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Commence at 7. rpHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAB,KET.- -11- Sole Lessee and Manager, ➢lr. Buckstone. TENS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE: Mcssrs. Buck; tone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farrell, Rogers, Gor don, Braid, Clai k. Weathersby, White,.tc.l.; Mesdames Snowdon, Bill, Wright, Coleman, Moore, &c. After which (for the last week but one), ORPIIEUS IN THE HA) MA tr K . ET. Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartle ruan, Weathersby, arc ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar, Boward, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, rre vot, &c. Commence at Seven. 'ROYAL LYC of EUM. T EI EATit E. -- Under the sole lilanagement Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, `DIE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER Mr. .t.t. Widdicom. After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr l . Etchter ; .INlessrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomto, Vezin, Fitzpatri, D. Evans ; aesdamesTernan, E!sworlhY, Lnvenu, and C. Leclercq. fox Office open daily from Eleven till Five. TITEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. INSole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Tiiss EVENING. at 7, a new farce called PIPKIN'S B,U SrrlC RET REAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole and?. B edford. Atter which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 181 th nveara nce), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington , e dford, K Phillips, ielix Rogtrs, Ashley, iiburne, C. J. soL iai; Mrs. Billingtor, &c. To conclude with nEIIIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. pt,tliin s. Eburne. C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, &c. -ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 'THIS EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIM SELF. After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Calhaem. F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart ; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL S 1 RAND THEATRE. sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. vas EVENING, at Seven o'clock, a new and origi nal Con2e'dy, THE FLY, AND THE WEB. Messrs. Par belle and Price; Misses Swanborough and Raynham. After which the Grand Burlesque, IVANHOE. Messrs. Btoyle, %home, James. Fenton : Mesdames Swanborougb, B„,tynham, Simpson. Johnstone, and tiughes. 'to conclude with LENDING A HAND. Messrs. Belford Turner ; Misses Simpson and Hugh es. EMOSES AND SON'S • LONDON HOUSES, 164, 155, 15f, 157 , Mino ries ; 83, 84, 85, 86. 2 7 , 88 fiart-street ; , 89, Aldgate ; 506, 507, 5 08 , New Oxford— s treet ; 1, , 137, 138, Tottenham - cour t-road ; 288, Eunton-road. 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HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the public guierally, that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of " IHE sLiN " as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. QPORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the IC7. LATEST EDITION of "TII SUN" as soon as pub lishcd.-4, Bath-strcet, City-road, E.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, Ih. 14m. To-Moßnow.-Ilerning, lh. 36m.—Afternoon, 2h. Om. . _ 4% - "::-..?;) - - ' l ' '. 44- tio b : , t I i -- • po'irii=l , 4 4 . ~"'"wierkzi fm.3vi-E5„,,,,,, (4 ''' s - ~U 01.1k10 N. Mt, _, A ,.. ; ....„ .. . 434. is - 41 40.... 4- .. , ;" $ ..- LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1866. The second reading of the Jamaica Government Bill in the House of Lords on Tuesday gave rise to a short discussion, which will be found instructive and interesting to peruse. Earl GREY'S remarks in particular were very apposite, and the noble lord gave a very good account of the chief events which have affected the constitution of Jamaica. The Legislative Assembly has been much in fault, and, indeed, Lord GREY goes so far as to say that the measure to which he gives the most hearty support, and which he regards as the single wise political measure that ever emanated from the Jamaica Legislature, " was the act by which they committed political suicide." The noble lord, it is known, . wn, Is well qualified to give an opinion On the subject, because he has had great experience in Buell matters, and, as he himself said, "for five years he had the painful and laborious task of maintaining, both in the house and in the official correspondence with the colonies, the policy g t ,a ep d ol thatiey of g i v ing free trade to the co • loules• , ' As he re marks, however, events have shown that h of the Govern ment of that day was ht n the adoption of this principle has been of service to the colonies ; the contrast between Jamaica and the other sugar-producing colonies showing that it was not the " abolition of protection and slavery that was the cause of the misfortunes of the former." Earl GREY takes rather too favourable a view of the negro character, and we are certainly surprised that he should call them a " people of great industry." We entirely agree, however, with the noble lord's assertion, that all depends upon the manner in which the powers of this bill are exercised by the Government; and we trust that they will prove themselves fully aware and deeply sensible of the responsibility which rests upon them. It was true and sound advice which the noble lord gave when he urged the necessity of sending out men of talent and energy to administer the affairs of Jamaica. Lord LOI'iGEORD'S speech wAS not yery c9roPli' ble lord mentary to the Colvial Office ; but, doubtless, it contained some wise hints. The no hi extensive Colo that he had never heard a good wok e for the nial-office from the colonists during all s observation in the colonies. Earl RUSSELL, in pro posing the second readin Under See billcretar, menytiofor ned the the„ f ac t that when he was in 1839, he asked the h ouse to a g ree, to a somewhat s i m ilar measure ; but so great was the Colonies, opposition it met with that Ministers were compelled to withdraw it, and substitute one of a most imper fect character. Happily the present day sees no party struggles made on colonial topics, and we need entertain no doubt that the present measure will meet with success. The noble earl also attributed the wretched condition of Jamaica to the faults of the Legislature. If this be true, a new era will now commence, and we may hope and believe that the late disastrous state of affairs in that island may be put a stop to. It is certain that too great laxity of speech was permitted in the House of Assembly, and sufficient proof of this is given in the extracts from the speeches of GORDON and others that have ap peared in this country, and which could answer no other purpose than to foster discontent and to give rise to sedition. There is probably none of our philanthropic or benevolent institutions which has gained so large a share of general approval and support as the Na tional Lifeboat Institution. Its objects are so prac tically important, and their urgency so imperative, that the most cautious or niggardly critic can hardly blame the generous and kindly hand which is stretched out to the imperilled sailor without paus ing to ask his origin or destination. Very often charitable enterprises are discouraged by the cavils of those who warn the originators that they are only encouraging improvidence or inducing others respon sible to neglect their own duty, but in the case of the Lifeboat Institution no one can deny that it is the first duty of those on shore, if possible, to assist a ship in danger, without stopping to ask whether any one is to blame for her getting into difficulties, or whether all proper precautions have been taken by her owners in case of wreck. The terrible storms of the winter just passing have certainly not lessened the warmth of the interest felt in the Institution. It is long, indeed, since the public mind has received such a shock as on the loss of the London, but though, happily, that catastrophe was of unusual magnitude, there have been a vast number of lesser casualties involving loss of life and property. These tragedies would have have been far more numerous had it not been for the admirable Institution whose annual assembly was held last Tuesday. It is a very gratifying fact for the members and suppor ters of the society, that since the formation of the Lifeboat Institution the average number of lives lost by shipwreck along our cost has been reduced nearly one-half, although there has certainly been neither a diminution of traffic nor an amelioration of the winter storms. During the 42 years in which the society has been in existence it has been the direct means of saving 14,980 lives, the proportion of late years rapidly increasing with the number of the lifeboat stations, and the increased efficiency of the whole system. Thus the number saved in 1845, half way from its origin to the present time, was only 235, and this was above the average for that period ; whereas, in 1865, it was 714, more than three times that amount, and in the two years pre ceding the numbers were respectively 698 and 714. The lifeboats of the institution now number 162, and have been directly instrumental in saving 532 lives during the year, the remaining 182, which the institution include in their list, having been saved by shore boats and other means. During the year 37 new boats have been added to the fleet, and the report of the committee mentions with pride and pleasure the large number of splendid gifts, defraying the whole cost of lifeboats which have been presented by individuals during the past twelve months, and in some instances by inland towns. Another gratifying ' fact is the formation of a French society on the same principle, which already possesses 11 self-righting boats, built under the direct superintendence of the committee. The example thus wisely and worthily set by France will, it is to be hoped, be speedily followed on a similar scale by other con tinental nations, since lifeboats have been established along the entire seaboard of the Baltic and German Oceans. At the same time, while congratulating themselves and the public upon the results already accomplished, the com mittee are far from supposing that their work is already done. The Wreck Register for the year shows us 1,738 shipwrecks, attended with the loss of 472 persons, on the coasts and in the seas of the British Isles. So far from relaxing their efforts, then, they are stimulated to make fresh ones, and to endeavour by every means in their power to increase the efficiency and extent of their noble establishment, which has already become an example and an encouragement to all the maritime nations of the civilised world. No doubt Mr. HUNT feels disappointed at the withdrawal of his bill ; and yet he has no particular cause to be so, for the principles which he was so anxious to introduce into the measure are to be carried out by the Government. At any rate so they have promised, and if they do not it will re main for the House and the country to call them to account for their faithlessness. It must be observed that the members of the Government have not been very straightforward in the manner in which they have acted, and it is quite absurd for them to talk of Mr. HUNT'S bill as a failure, for it in reality suc ceeded better than theirs. As Lord J. MANNERS said, the Home Secretary was not correct in stating that Mr. HUNT had failed in his endeavours, because he had " at length compelled the Government to come forward and take the responsibility of dealing with the subject upon their own shoulders." We entirely agree with Mr. READ in his remarks when he said that " the course the Government now pro posed to adopt was exactly that recommended in the Report of the Royal Commission in November last, and had Government then thought proper to adopt it the cattle plague would by this time have been extinguished." In fact, the course the Go vernment has pursued in the affair of the cattle plague has been open to censure from the outset, for they have hesitated and drawn back just when they ought to have bestirred themselves, and sad indeed have been the consequences of their unequal efforts and dilatory proceedings. It is a little too much for them now to talk as if any merit accrued to them from the recent measures introduced into Parlia , intheenmt, becandause d a e c b t a i on o w f a t s h e i m fi p r s e t r at nightyiv e l o f f o t r h c e e d u session p o n assumed a character that they could not mistake. ainw t a u y G. GREY that the only sure and certain Neither can we agree wi is to is sue O r d ers i n Council, because the orders have been tried ever since the middle of last summ er , and they have not produced the desired effect. Mr. HUNT'S bill has not been fairly treated, and therefore it is easy now for the Government to turn round and declare that it is a failure, because they have taken very good care that none of its intentions should be fulfilled. As the hon. member said, the Fabian policy which they have adopted in both Houses ecting it has THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV.P.;NINGr, MARCH 15, 1866."! ret larde T 1 it so much that the chief object of it has be( mfr ustrated. It ought to have been passed with de patcli, with stringent provisions for the move me At Qf cattle, As it is the Government have taken they, whole resF,onsibility of the matter into their 'Pin hands, • tind if they do not make much more progress tha, u they have hitherto done, and exercise a little more discretion, they will incur just censure, am 1 increase the odium that already rests upon the4ol r their unwise and unmistakable conduct. Precious time is being lost in not attending to most important points connected with the traffic of cattle, the cleanimg of railway trucks, &c. Mr. READ re marked that the history of tho cattle plague has shown that " whatever interests might be represented in the Government, but little weight was given to the farming interest." This calamity, however, affects all i•aterests more or less, and it is a subject in which tl'ic whole community are concerned. One thing is q'aite certain, that the cattle plague might have been greatiy mitigated, if not altogether ex tinguished, if the authorities had acted promptly, but they now seem to emulate the dog in the manger, and to be unwilling to permit any one else to do that which they have not effected themselves. We are sorry to find that the Sabbatarians yesterday afternoon achieved a decided victory, and that after a manner most congenial to Sabbatarians —by interfering with other people's business. It is certainly a contemptible manner of legislating by deputy for the Scotch members to decide upon what is right and what is wrong for the inhabitants of Ireland ! Yet such seems to be the case. A bill enacting the very moderate provision that every railway company which carries passengers six days in the week shall be obliged to run one train each way on Sundays, unless excused by the Board of Trade, has been thrown out by a conclusive majority. Last year 53 Scotch members combined against it, and defeated it with some difficulty. This year a more formidable opposition has pre sented itself, and has rejected it by 200 to 83. The consequence is, that while 32 out of the 35 railways in Ireland run Sunday trains, the remaining three do not, and as all other public traffic on the roads has been stopped by the iron highways the people in Waterford and Limerick must remain in statu quo during 24 hours, whatever urgent necessity, illness or business, may require their presence at the other end of the useless line. Taken in the religious aspect, it is clearly a case for the Irish to settle, and the Scotch members have no more right to interfere with the running of the Sunday trains than they have to compel the people of Limerick to attend the Kirk instead of the Mass. Taken in a financial question it is simple nonsense to pretend that running one train each way can bring a company to ruin ; if so the clause of the bill proviies exemption. In either case we can only regret the triumph of intolerance and fanaticism as calculated to do in every way more harm than good. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The continued discussion in the Legislative Body upon the subject of agriculture has no further in terest for English readers ; but yesterday M. Forcade de la Roquette, Vice-President of the Council of State, made some statements respecting the cattle disease which are well worth translation. Ile said that the contagious typhus which had visited England and Holland with such disas trous results had not, with the exception of a few isolated cases, yet reached France. English legislation upon this subject deserved praise upon certain points ; but there were omissions and imperfections in it. England had had a cruel experience of the disease, which had been propa gated with frightful rapidity. Out of 117,000 animals attacked with the malady 113,000 had died, 20,000 had been slaughtered, and 43,000 were now suffering from the disease. In France the ravages of the disease had been arrested by the energetic measures adopted. Belgium had not suf fered so much as England. Only 476 oxen had been attacked ; but a new and unexpected incident had arisen—the sheep had experienced the effect of the disease. The malady at last reached France. It was introduced by a cow which had been sold at the market at Mons. Forty-three animals had been affected with the disease. The value of these animals was 14,000 f. The Minister then minutely described the energetic measures which had been taken to prevent the propagation of the disease, and mentioned—what I was enabled to state several days ago—that two professors of veterinary surgery had been charged with the mission of inquiring into the disease in foreign countries. It had been proved by the investigations of scientific men that the malady was eminently contagious, and spread exclusively by contact. It had never manifested itself spontaneously in the western part of Europe, but had been brought from the steppes of Russia and Hungary by animals labouring under the disease. The remedy was, therefore, indicated by the nature of the disease. It was to prevent contact with animals affected by it. From September to Decem ber the measures adopted kept away the disease from France, but in the latter month two gazelles, brought from England to the_garden of acclimitation in the Bois de Boulogne, had the germs of the disease. Several of the animals there were attacked, 17 were killed, and the disease was stopped. Thus upon two occasions the typhus was successfully overcome, and there was all reason to hope that the measures adopted would preserve the country from the scourge. The present was not the first time that a contagious disease had manifested itself among horned cattle. It was imported into France in the last century, and also in 1814 by the allied army. The Minister then discussed the question of indem nity for the loss incurred by killing animals. The English Parliament awarded the half of the value, and, under these circumstances, the French Govern ment admitted that a third was insufficient. The subject, however, was under the consideration of the Council of State, and full justice would be done between all concerned. The proprietor whose animal was killed was himself interested in the extinction of the malady, and could not be considered as a person who had no desire to be preserved from the scourge. For him to claim the total value of the animal destroyed was to go quite beyond the mark. (That is true.) The Government, therefore, though opposing the amendment which has this object, promised to examine the question carefully with the view of augmenting the rate of indemnity. This declaration satisfied the Chamber. The Theatre at Brest has been entirely destroyed by fire. The fire occurred in the day time, after rehearsal, and spread with such rapidity that, in spite of the exertions of the firemen and the assist ance of the inhabitants, in a few hours the building was only a heap of ruins. No personal injury was sustained. Had the fire taken place at night no doubt the consequences would have been serious, for the theatre was badly constructed, and the mode of egress very deficient. The theatre was built in 1780. It was insured for 180,000 f., but this sum is very insignificant compared with the value of the property deAtroyed. There is great activity in the manufacture of sugar from beet-root in France, and the quantity manufactured is much on the increase. The quan tity manufactured during the month of July last was 226,061,180 kilogrammes, against 135,370,628 kilogrammes at the corresponding period of last year, being an increase of 90,675,498 kilogrammes. (A kilogramme is 21bs.) There was manufactured in the month of January last sugar to the value of 44 millions of francs, against 14 millions in 1865, and this with only 21 manufactories in activity. It results from accurate tables that the total manu facture of the season will amount to, if not exceed, 250 millions of kilogrammes. The quality of the plant was last year exceptionally good, and the pro duo of Augu between 7 and 8 per cent., which is considered as a real phenomenon in France. By improvement in the process a much greater quantity of saccharine matter is DOW obtained than hereto fore. Some of the restaurateurs of Paris have lately been victimised by a clever thief. An individual of distinguished manners and wearing a decoration, after partaking of an excellent dinner, asks for a newspaper, and, watching his opportunity, throws the paper carelessly on the table, but so as to con ceal the spoons and forks. Thus he is enabled to slip one or two of them into his pocket, and they are not missed till the plate is counted late at night. A very rich Swedish Prince is now in Paris, who distinguished himself by various eccentricities. He has driven an equipage in the Champs Elysdes which attracted such immense crowds that he was obliged to retire to his hotel. His carriage is a Norwegian droiska, which is drawn by fourteen Norway dogs, and the Prince drives them with great ease and celerity. In addition to the volcanic phenomena at the Island of Santorin, accounts have just been received in Paris of alarming and peculiar eruptions at Mount Etna. Although another candidate is announced for the perilous honour of presiding over the Danubian Principalities—the brother of the reigning Duke of Hesse Darmstadt—yet the Presse of Vienna states a singular fact, tending to show that the:Provisional Government of Roumania is still determined to have the Count de Flandre to rule over those pro vinces whether he will or not. They sent a despatch to Baron Chazal, Minister of War for the kingdom of Belgium, in the name of the army of Roumania, thanking the Belgian army for its " fraternal sym pathy," and also expressing fidelity and devotion to the Count de Flandro, our august Sovereign." Baron de Chazal mildly and discreetly left the ex pression unnoticed, arid, in his reply to this strange address, merely expressed his sympathy with the Belgian army, and said he " sincerely desired the prosperity of the Danubian Principalities." The weather has been very fine and bright to day, but we have had occasional showers of snow and sleet. Dinner to General Sir Hope Grant. Lieut.-General Sir James Hope Grant, K.C.8., was entertained last evening by the members of the London Scottish Rifle Volunteer Corps at a dinner, which was given in St. James's Hall, to celebrate the appointment of that distinguished officer to the post of honorary colonel of the corps, in which he succeeds the late Lord Clyde. Upwards of 400 of the volunteers and their friends sat down to dinner, and the gallery was almost filled with ladies. The chair was taken by Lord Elcho, lieutenant colonel of the regiment, Gen. Grant occupying the seat of honour at the chairman's right hand. Among the company present we also noticed Lord Campbell, Admiral Bethune, Sir S. Donaldson, Sir W. Fergusson, Colonel Colville, Sir R. Murchison (who, as an hon. member of the corps, appeared in the uniform of the regiment), the Hon. A.Kinnaird, Col. Erskine, Hon. Major Anson, Col. M'Murdo, Sir J. Henry, Col. Baker, and Capt. Roupell. The band of the regiment played a variety of airs during and after dinner. On the withdrawal of the cloth the customaryloyal and patriotic toasts were proposed by the CHAIRMAN. Col. M'Mußpo, in responding for the army, called attention to the fact that on the withdrawal of the regular troops from the war in New Zealand the task of terminating the war in which they had been engaged had been left to the volunteers of that country ; and he remarked that, although the sol diers who had been recalled regretted that they had not been allowed to finish the work theyhad begun, they were delighted to leave it in such good hands. The gallant colonel next referred to the cliscipline,of of the British soldier, and the patience he exhibited under the sore trials he was frequently exposed to through neglect and inattention to his comforts and necessities, and glancing at the insufficiency of the recruiting system in furnishing good men to the army, the gallan t officer observed that, in his opinion, the army would have been better recruited than it had been if his suggestion that the pay of the soldier should be doubled and a portion of it placed in a savings bank until the expiration of his service, when the accumulated sum should be given to him, had been adopted. AdmiraIERSKINE responded on behalf of the Navy, and Col. EnsKiNE on behalf of the Volunteers. The CHAIMIAN then proposed the toast of the evening—" The health of Lieut.-Gen. Hope Grant." (Great cheering.) He stated that his gallant friend had descended from a very old family, whose name had been mentioned in Scripture, but owing to the use of the letter i instead of the letter r, the name had been altered, the passage in which it occurred reading, " Now there were giants in those days," when the word should have been " grants." (Laughter.) In early life General Grant had distinguished himself a s the best " golfer " in Scotland, having won th e St. A n d rew ' s me d a l by his skill in that pasti me ; an d no t on l y was h e an excellent fiddler, but his violoncello had in fact been the foundation of his fortune, for through the recommendation Sir David Bruce had given him as a good fiddler he had received his appointment of aide-de-camp to Lord Saltoun, and the two went fiddling out to China, where they made the Chinese dance to a music that was entirely new to them. (Laughter.) After this the gallant officer had dis tinguished himself in the Sikh war, and to the hon ourS gained in that campaign he subsequently added the laurels he had achieved in the Indian mutiny. At Delhi he protected the camp against the sepoy mutineers. At Cawnpore he routed a body of the insurgents and captured a number of guns, and ad vanced with Lord Clyde to the final relief at Luck now. He was subsequently engaged in hunting down the mutineers in Oude. Lord Clyde had said of him that he never made a mistake in the orders he received, and was a man in whom he (Lord Clyde) could place implicit confidence. (Cheers.) After the repression of the Indian mutiny, General Grant proceeded a second time to China, where he greatly distinguished himself in the vigorous assault he ordered upon the forts of Peiho, in the face of a protest from his colleague the French commander- ,a-chief. (Cheers.) It was expected, on the retire ment of Sir Hugh Rose from the chief command of the army in India, that the appointment would have been given to General Grant; but Lord Halifax bestowed it elsewhere, and General Grant came home to fulfil the duties of Quartermaster -General at the Horse Guards, where he would doubtless render efficient service to the army. _ _ The toast was received with full Highland honours. Sir HOPE GRANT, on rising, was received with loud cheers. He thanked the company for the manner in which his health had been received, and _ _ _ _ observed that when four years ago he had had the good fortune to witness the evolutions of the Lon don Scottish Volunteers on parade he thought he had never witnessed a finer body of men. He had not been able to be with them on parade since he had been appointed to the colonelcy, because his duties at the Horse Guards were at present very heavy, but he hoped to be able to inspect them in the summer. He gave some interesting details of his experience in the Indian mutiny, stating that although most of the mutineers were very bad characters, yet they were a very fine body of men, and he gave a remarkable instance of fidelity on the part of a sepoy, who, in a night attack, when Gen. Grant had his horse shot down, proffered him an other he rode, the offer being made at the imminent risk of his life. He refused to accept it, but laid hold of the tail of the horse and was dragged out of the melee ; and the next day when he offered the sepoy a recompense in money it was refused. He concluded by expressing his thanks for the honour done him, and expressed his gratification at being placed in command of so fine a corps of volunteers as the London Scottish. The toast of " The House of Lords" was then given, and acknowledged bLyotrhde Hon. A Campbell ; K a i n n d House _ naird, M.P. Various other toasts were given, in cluding the health of the noble chairman and Lady Elcho, and the proceedings terminated. POLITICAL ON DIT.—It was rumoured in South Shields on Tuesday that Mr. Ingham, M.P. for Sunder land, intended resigning his seat in favour of Nr. Henry Fwawick, lately unseated. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RE-APPEARANCE OF CHOLERA IN EGYPT. MARSEILLES, MARCH 15. The journals of this city confirm the intelligence that a quarantine of one month was established at Malta last Monday for all arrivals from Alexandria. They do not, however, explain the cause of this measure, although a statement is made that cholera has re-appeared in Egypt. The latest Alexandria papers received here, bearing date the Bth inst., only mention a total of 16 deaths. ITALY. FLORENCE, MARCH 15. The Superior Council of Public Health has or dered a quarantine of seven days for all vessels ar riving at Italian ports from Egypt. It is stated that Signor Carraciola Bella has been appointed Italian Ambassador at Madrid, and Emile Visconti Venosta at Constantinople. Prince Napoleon left here this morning for Leg horn. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 14 (Evening). It is rumoured that General Olano will replace General Dulce in the Captain Generalship of Cuba, General Cordova being appointed to the Director ship of Infantry, thus left vacant by General Olano. General Messina, it is added, will re-assume the post of Chief of the Staff. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ALLEMANIA. (Via Southampton.) The Hamburgh and American Company's steamship Allemania brings 199 passengers for Southampton, Ham burg, and Havre, and the usual mails. She also brings $62,000 for France and $1,200 for Hamburg. Three miles outside New York the Allemania passed the Hamburg barque Eugenie bound west, and off Fire Island a French steamer bound for New York. The first part of the pas sage she experienced westerly winds and snow storms, subsequently changing winds, unsettled weather, and high seas. The last few days northerly winds and fine weather. NEW YORK, March 3 (Morning). Numerous delegations have visited President Johnson to offer him their support. Mr. Johnson, in replying to them, reiterated his determination to continue his policy, • regardless of opposition or taunts. He spoke hopefully of the future of the country, and believed that all would come right, despite Southern secession and the extremists of the Northern consolidation party, both of whom la boured equally to destroy the Government. By the early restoration of the South its products would be brought into commerce, thus extending the area of circulation for the currency, whereby financial disaster would be averted. The Senate has adopted the resolution of the re,:•oustruc tion committee, excluding the Southern representatives, until Congress declares the rebellious States to be entitled to representation, by 29 against 18 votes. The New York Times represents the Cabinet to be en tirely united in favour of President Johnson's policy. The United States Public Debt, on March 1, w as $2,820,000,000, being an increase of three and a-half millions since last month. Lloyd Garrison has delivered a public discourse, vio lently denouncing President Johnson, and charging him with intending, if ho dared, to make a coup detat, either by forcing the rebels into Congress at the point of the bayonet, or by driving the Congress out of the Capitol. The President, he said, ought to be tried by both houses and dismissed from office. The Republican caucus have appointed a committee to inaugurate determined political measures against Presi dent Johnson's policy. The opinion gains ground that the reconstruction committee will shortly report in favour of the admission of the Tennessee members to Congress. The Senate has adopted a resolution reiterating the re quest to the President for information regarding the Pro visional Governments in the South. The military committee of the House of Representatives have reported a resolution to disband the Southern militia to prevent their reorganisation. The House has postponed until the 10th of April the consideration of the constitutional amendment empower ing Congress to legislate to secure to the citizens of each State the rights of citizens of the several States. This is considered a virtual defeat of the amendment. A resolution has been introduced in the House, and re ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, declaring that the employment of French troops in the further conquest of Mexico would be a violation of the pledge made by Napoleon in his recent speech to the French Chambers. The House adopted the resolution, asking the President for information regarding the extension of Juarez's term of office. Tho Committee of Ways and Means have reported a bill to regulate trade with Canada. The New York Herald says that Mr. Seward during his trip to the West Indies concluded negotiations with Den mark securing to the United States the use of the harbour of St. Thomas as a place of rendezvous for the Federal fleet. The suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland has caused intense sensation in Fenian circles, and meet ings have been called throughout the country to determine their course of action. Upon receipt of the intelligence O'Mahony immediately issued a circular from the military department, urging the people to be prepared for imme diate action, and look out for secret orders. The Roberts' faction have also held a meeting. A large Fenian demonstration will take place at Jones-wood, New York, on Sunday next, to express sympathy with the prisoners in Ireland, and denounce the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. Another meeting will be held at the Cooper Institute on Friday. Al a Ministerial dinner in Canada Mr. M'Donald stated that the confederation of tho provinces would be certain to take place in a few weeks. He said Canada had now 2,000 well-drilled militia officers. Mr. Galt denied that Canada was made subordinate to the United States in the recent reciprocity negotiations, and recommended the cul tivation of trade with the lower provinces:of South America and Europe. He also said that the enlargement of the canals must for the present be postponed. The Edinburgh, the City of Manchester, the Asia, and the North America have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MARcH 3 (Morning). Money tight. Gold, 134. Exchange on London, 1471 ; ditto Paris, 383.1. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Cen trals, 914 ; Illinois, 1151 ; Erio, 86 ; 5-20 Bonds, 103 i. Cotton slightly firmer. Mid. Upland, 44. Flour very firm. Wheat good inquiry. Corn slightly firmer. Provisions and coffee steady. Sugar and molasses steady. Petroleum dull. Crude, 28 ; refined, 45. NEW ORLEANS, F. 27. Cotton, 45 to 46. Three days sales, 8,000 bales. MEXICO. Advices received here via Havannah stata that the Impe rialists captured and sacked Alamos on Feb. 7th. The town was defended by the Liberals for 7 hours. The Im perialists continued successful in different parts. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 14, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations : 41 per Cents 97 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 60 Do. end month 69 70 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3600 Credit Foneier It a lian Loan 6l 80 Do. end month 6l 70 RAIL Roman '— Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. Bonds 307 50 Russian Austrian__ Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferre , 'AYE. Cash. Ac it. ..• _ ▪ - •.. 882 50 ••• - - 1140 ..• ▪ •.• 910 - ••. 558 75 Orleans ......................... Northern ....................... Lyons and Mediterranean. Southern Western Eastern ............ Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - ... 548 75 - - ... 138 75 - - ... 408 75 - - ... 417 50 175 - 230 - 97 50 117} 50 We would remind the patrons of the Newsvendors Benevolent and Provident Institution (president, Charles Dickens, Esq.) ;,that W. T. Torrens, Esq., M.P., will take the chair at the annual dinner, to be held on the 20th inst., at the Freemasons' Torun. Rod a 1 Na,timal Lifeboat Institution. On Tuesday the annual general meeting of the friends and supporters of this institution was held at the London Tavern ; the Right Hon. Earl Percy, P.C., in the chair. The meeting was influentially and numerously attended. There were present, amongst others, the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, Vice-Admiral API - lardy, Commander Aldworth, R.N., Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., Thomas Baring, M.P., Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Admiral Evans, Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P., J. G. Frith, Esq., Sir Edward Permit, Bart., Admiral Sir Rodney Munday, B. Whitworth, Esq., M.P., Captain Beecher, R.N., Sir William Mackenzie, Bart., Mr. Deputy Tegg, W. H. Harton, Esq., Colonel Fitzßoy Clayton, George Lyall, Esq, Admiral Halsted, Francis Lean, Esq., R.N., Captain Woodall, and M. Lea, Esq. The CHAIRMAN expressed his satisfaction in tak ing the chair at the annual meeting of so important and national an institution. It was, indeed, an in stitution worthy of our country, and it was very pleasing and satisfactory to observe its continued great success. The clear and important facts which were detailed in its annual report could not fail to elicit the admiration of every one. It was also satis factory to find that the operations of the institution were emulated in France, Germany, Spain, and many other maritime countries ; and the results of their labours were of the most gratifying and en couraging character. After some further appropri ate remarks, the chairman called on Richard Lewis, Esq., the secretary of the institution, to read the annual report. The SECRETARY commenced by saying that at the conclusion of one of the most stormy:seasons on re cord, the committee of the National Lifeboat In stitution once again invited public attention to the results of their labours during the year that is past —and again they desired gratefully to acknowledge the blessings which Divine Providence had bestowed on their endeavours to rescue human beings from death by shipwreck. At no time, indeed, had the com mittee felt greater needof the encouragement and aid of their fellow-countrymen. As rankle previous years, the most noticeable feature in the history of the in stitution during the past twelve months was the large number of splendid gifts of the entire cost of new lifeboats presented by individuals or by inland towns, that had desired to show their sympathy with the cast-away mariner on our shores, and to take some share in the work of affording him help in the hour of his need. The committee had likewise pleasure in noticing the circumstances of the forma tion of a society similar to our own on the shores of France—" La Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages," which body already possessed no less than eleven lifeboats on the self-righting principle, all of which had been built by Messrs. Forrestt and Son, under the direct superintendence of this insti tution. During the past year the large number of 37 new lifeboats had been built, and most of them placed on the coasts of the United Kingdom by the institution. Boathouses and transporting carriages had been likewise provided for nearly the whole of these boats. • The lifeboats of this institution now numbered no less than 162. Through their direct instrumentality 532 lives and 20 vessels were saved during the past year, nearly all of them under cir cumstances when no other description of boat could with safety have been used. For these, and for the saving of 182 lives by shore-boats and other means, and for exercising the lifeboats quarterly, the insti tution had granted payments amounting to £4,986. The committee expressed their thankfulness for this glorious harvest of 714 human lives, which had been the reward of their exertions, and felt doubly grate ful that it had been gathered in without the loss of a single life of those brave men who had voluntarily risked their own lives at the institution's call. The committee yet deeply regret having to report that at the beginning of the year three men were lost from the crew of the small lifeboat stationed at the Lizard Point, in Cornwall, when performing the quarterly practice--a service which had been found indispen sable to give the crews of the lifeboats a practical knowledge of their pioperties and requisite manage ro.ont and to retain them in ageneral state of effici ency. It appeared that the number of shipwrecks on the coasts of the British Isles last year was 1738, attended with the loss of 472 persons. It was, however, an encouraging fact that the preservation of life from shipwreck continued steadily to make progress, and that the average loss, instead of being as in former years 1,000 per annum, was now not more than 600. The committee could not abstain from expressing their deep sorrow at the calamitous loss of life from the foundering of the steamship London in the Bay of Biscay, which fearful catastrophe had caused woe and lamentation in many a home in these lands. The total number of lives saved during the 42 years since the establish ment of the institution, either by its lifeboats, or by special exertions for which it has granted rewards, was 14,980. Let any one think of the large number of human beings thus rescued, in numerous in stances, from the very jaws of death, and he will then have some conception of the gratitude which British and foreign sailors who are constantly ex posed to such calamities express to the National Lifeboat Institution and its supporters for the mag nificent fleet of lifeboats provided on our shores for their succour in the hour of their deep distress. And here it may be mentioned that the lifeboats of the institution have, during the past four years, been manned on occasions of service and quarterly prac tice by about 26,550 persons, and out of that large • number only six have lost their lives. The commit tee spoke highly of the continued valuable co-opera tion afforded them by their local committees, the Board of Trade, Coastguard, and railway and steam packet companies. Since the formation of the society it had expended on lifeboat establishments £136,881 and had voted 82 gold and 759 silver medals for saving life, besides pecuniary rewards to the amount of £22,140. The total amount of receipts during the year had been £28,932 3s. 3d., and its expenditure, including its liabilities, £36,725 17s. 4d. Many gra tifying donations to the institutions since the last re port were received and gratefully acknowledged by the committee, who also heartily thanked the numer ous ladies and gentlemen who had, during the past year, either presented the cost of lifeboats, or zea lously collected the expense of the same among their friends and others. Various legacies had also been recently bequeathed to the institution. The items of receipt and expenditure were detailed in the financial statement annexed to the report, and audited as usual by Mr. Begbie, the public accountant. For a long period the committee had had the satisfaction to report that, year by year, the sphere of the operations of the institution had continued to extend, and they were happy to be in a position also to state that the public support had fully corresponded with the extension of th9se labours. The committee would, however, strongly urge on all who recognise the sacredness of human life, the duty and even the privilege to help forward the lifeboat work—a work which has hitherto been manifestly blessed by Providence, and which has brought relief to many thousands of men who in stead of being on that very, day valuable members of the community would have been long ago en gulfed in the raging waves of the tempest, leaving in many cases widows and• orphans to suffer not only the misery of bereavement, but the pangs of destitution. The report having been moved and unanimously adopted, resolutions in furtherance of the objects of the institution were proposed and seconded by the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, Sir W. Mac kenzie, Bart., Benjamin Whitworth, Esq., M.P., George Lyall, Esq., Admiral Sir Rodney Mundy, Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Captain Woodall, M. Lea, Esq., Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., and Admiral M'Hardy. The proceedings then terminated. A NEW COALFIELD.—Some months ago the re sults of borings in the vicinity of Sessay, in the North Riding, led to the hope that ultimately a deposit of coal worth working would be found on the south side of the Hambledon range. The search for the mineral has been continued, and it is now reported that upon Lady Downe's estate at Birdfortb, three miles west of Cotswold, the engi neer has met with a thin seam of very good coal, with in dications of a thicker andmuch more valuable seam below A shaft is to be sunk. Other owners are about searching for coal all along the Aeor base' sr" COZZI tC;F:En titualat HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, March 14. The Queen went out in the grounds this morning) attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Major-Gener al F. H. Seymour, went to Buckingham Palace last evening, and was present at an evening party give n by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. Her Royal High ness visited the Duchess of Inverness this morning, and returned to Windsor at half-past 12 o'clock. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Duchess of Roxburghe as Lady in Waiting. Lord Methuen and Lieutenant-Colonel Kin (rscote have succeeded Viscount Torri ng t on an d the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West as Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. From the " Owl." The peremptory summons which the Cabinet of Berlin was to have despatched to Vienna in regard to Holstein has not yet been presented to the Aus trian Government by Baron de Werther. At the last moment family influence was brought to bear upon the King ; and, chiefly through the interven tion of the Archduchess Sophia and her sister, th e Queen Dowager of Prussia, it was represented to his Majesty that, if lie drove matters to extrenntY, Austria would certainly fight. The King, 'Ve il this, determined that., as nothing would be lost by waiting a little, it would be prudent to overrule the hasty and imperious policy of Count von Bismarck' and he therefore suspended the summary proceed ings directed by the Minister. It is thought tha t by giving time for fresh negotiation some arrange ment a l'amiable may yet be effected, by wh ich Austria may, for some consideration, be induced to acquiesce in the annexation of Slesvig-Holstein t° Prussia. We believe that it is also in contemPla" tion to give back North Slesvig to D e mnaric,fe, r , the purposes of complying with the " nationality and " consent of population" theories advocated b/ France, and of attempting t o p ro piti a t e public opi nion and the general conscience of Europe. The Conference which is sitting in Paris on th e affairs of the D anu bi an P r i nc i pa liti es has as Y et done nothing beyond verifyi ng th e powers of the Plenipotentiaries, and despatching its advice to the Roumans to remai n t ranqu il un til th e P o wers sh all have determined what i s b es t f or th e i r future vi e ' . fare. Several difficult questions are expected t° arise, the first being the union of the province , t° which Turkey only consented in 1861 under pre",. st It is considered highly improbable that the caudn ture of any foreign prince will bo entertained , and there is scarcely a doubt that the Hospod ar or llospodars will be selected amongst the mos t dis tinguished of the Boyars, whose practical icn° W . r ledge of the Principalities, and experience of thei r wants, may give the best guarantees for their ep". ciency of their future government. The excommunication of Bishop Colenso has t ' l , le united but unofficial concurrence of the two are': bishops, and nearly all the Episcopal bench. T he ' - will uphold the jurisdiction of Bishop Gray as 11le n tropolitan, and will refuse to acknowledge Bi sli Z e Colenso. A successor has been designated f or t See of Natal, and when he shall be consecrated Oh% will hold communion with him, and not wit h t excommunicated prelate. There is no appeal to ai l J English court against this sentence. Naval and Military Intelligence. • The partially armoured iron frigate Bellerophc).l3l Capt. E. Tatham, made a private contractor's 0130 of her machinery yesterday off the east end of tL' a Isle of Wight, previous to entering upon her I , e ; e c i, trials over the measured mile in Stokes-bay, 1 "; / - had been arranged to commence this morning. —r j E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor to the NavY , 3 4 .. 13 10 the designer of the ship, with Mr. John Pennines- head of the firm which has supplied the egg gate embarked on board about 11 a.m., and the frig immediately afterwards weighed anchor and stone out eastward, where she remained upwards of thr o hours under steam. On the ship's retu,in to Spith e s i it was considered by Mr. Penn that the ge ner o results of the day's steaming were such that a se e , ° o f preliminary trial is necessary. The official trialsby the ship, therefore, which had been appointed ore" the Controller of the Navy to commence this ninlite ing, have been postponed until after a secon d P rlY lt . i viii trial by Mr. Penn, or his representatives. - 0 01' probably take place to-morrow, and, if satisfa ale the first official trial of the ship will be made nil following day. The whole of the labourers belonging to the --11°03ci o r .. of Works and Mr. Kirk's men employed c ol; tract in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich haves tove, work on the 1 o'clock Saturday half- h o liday h joy ment. They have presented a memorial whir f e r plies a desire to be paid by the hour, an d on cea the time employed. Some of the Governraent Th eir have been reinstated on their own terms• re d are still about 300 men who have not been resw;oci Capt. Cairncross, Lieuts. Fortescue, Parkedn'or Frampton, two sergeants, two corporals , one 001- mer, and 85 privates hnve been ordered from —WOO with to reinforce the detachment of Roy al 113 doing duty at Deptford dockyard. An order has been received at Chatham g a P O' from the Horse Guards, countermanding 11aniorce viously given for the embarkation of the rei n 00 .0 ments for China on the 20th inst., and th e drtt , ire e. will probably not leave the garrison for some 'Ata. In a general regimental order of the Iter i ,, , llo lery the following information is publishe d 'coo' Right Hon. the Secretary of State for India in cil has approved a pension of £lOO a year I nr , o f th e tinguished service," being conferred upon eat . D DSs" following officers of the Royal Artillery, viz" or di cot jor-Gen. G. Campbell and Major-Gen. J F cj .j. Col. J. Abbott, Col. F. Turner, C. 1 3.7 `j o i. A. Tombs, V.C., C. 8., Col. J. Brind, C.33'7 /303 gal Huyshe, and Col. E. B. Johnson, C. 8., fi• Artillery ; Major-Gen. G. Balfour, C. 1 3.7 ‘1 ,...C0 L Brice, C. 8., Col. W. A. Orr, C. 8., and Lien' • lV R. W. M'lntyre, C. 8., late Madras ArtillerYu.t..ol. following are raised to increased pay -- - I' ie oroe tee l; S. Stallard, 22d Brigade, vice Kaye, P r _ u baP Lieut.-Col. H. Francis, 24th Brigade, vice Br‘:4,. a cief promoted ; Lieut.-Col. A. C. Pigou, ut. 1 , vice Travers, retired on half-pay Freeman, 4th Brigade, vice MacleaY7 p Ito bir Lieromted; Lieut. H. A. Molesworth, 9th Brigade, vice .witt, 01 1 son, promoted ; Lieut. the Hon. E. J. Ile ,. j. Brigade, vice Macartney, promot ed ; ; e lll ' Joseph, 14th Brigade, vice Cane, propo °l .„ e _ o die, r. Cr o A. F. Cumberlege, 11th Brigade, vicPl Brigade, vie. signed ; Lieut. J. F. Maurice, 9th „ t b . l3 ll ' Budd, promoted ; Lieut. F. L. gade, vice Houghton, promoted ; Li en ote d Sandys, 11th Brigade, vice Stoney, prOr a ce G rr oSe'', Weston, r oroted 0 3. 11 0 i 1 Lieut. G. H. Marshall, 16th Brigade, resigned. Commanding officers are lnl l _ ot her t l3 _ , when Brigades move from one station to re , books belonging to the libraries should fto): , moved without the express sanction 01 in' o f Highness the Field-Marshal Colannandinte These libraries are public property from L tlid stib Government aid is accepte d, and she eo t ' tionary. consisting of four officers, 172 men, 20 day aftelfil The depot of the Ist battalion 36 children, arrived at Colchester on ttalio n I°o - from Dublin. The depot, 2d ba is 124 In en ' Regiment, comprising five officers, dto ari l " a men, and 39 children, is expecte _enee chester to-day. Tile 17th Lancers tom o n! _ e gerd movement from Colchester to Aldershs Capt. Taylor, of the 103 d Reoat gillialt,l ,nreciia the depot until required to embark for . 1 1_ t the next draught. It is understood 1;31 about 16th in_alegle.il3ll:soa, ao Benson, paymaster, Bth Depot Battalion, and, to exchange to a Depot Battalion illttali that Major Daniels, late paymaster, Stn i o ra nted w ill again assume the duties o f that off ice ,' le aVe me antime Major Benson has been g absence to April 2. It ( I I REI urea no‘l did and rno( bro best to t cor sati hi g atc I t Bu. I ?\ i