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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DAY.—Morning, sh. 50m.—Afternoon, Ch. 141 n. To-31oRnow.-Morning, Gh. 38m.—Afternoon, 7 11 . sm. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE._ Managers, Messrs. E. Falooner and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, WERNER.. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. H. Marston, A. Rayner, E. Phelps, Barrett ; Miss Atkinson, Miss Rose Leckrcq, &c. To be followed by A PANTOMIMIC PIECE OF PATCH WORK. Concluding with the' Farce BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, TII E OVERLAND ROUTE: Messrs. Buck.it one, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Gor don, Braid, Clark. Weathersi..y, White, Coe, &G.; Mesdames ' nowdon, Hill, Wright, Coleman, Moore, &e. After which (for the last week but one), ORPHEUS IN THE HAI MA. tt K . ET. Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Rai tie man, i'Vea: hcrsby , ; Mesdames Keeley, :7;nowden, Moore, Lindley, Wcolgar, Howard, Wright, Colema n, Lovell, Pre y-it, Sze,. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.- Under the bole Management rat Mr. Pechter. TIIIS EVF.NING' THE ILLUSTRIOUS S TRANGER Mr. D. Widdicomb. Alter v, Inch, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Pechter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomn, Vezin, J. 11. Fitzpatric, 1). Evans ; AlesthimesTernau, E.sworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leciercq. Box Office open daily f ro m Eleven till Five. No performance during raBS/011 Week. NENV THEATRE -ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TIIIS EVENING. at 7, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC liE r BEAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole and P. Bedford. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 170th appearance). Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, r. Bedford, E. Phillips, Felix ltogtrs, Ashley, kburne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Biliingtcr, &c. To conclude with LEIIIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips. 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 MU SELF. 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QPORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the k.l LATEST EDITION of "yak: SUN" as suoa as pub- Bath-stmet, City-road, E.C. - 17 - 7' ,..5&J . rg NlLti ' *N A °O4IIP, LONDON, THURSDAY, iILIRCII 22, 1866. The Liberal party is thrown into a strange di lemma through the uncertain conduct of the Government and the very unequal and insufficient Reform Bill which they have introduced to Parlia ment. A special meeting of the members of the National Reform Union was held on Tuesday in the Free -Trade Hall at Manchester, to consider what course the Union should adopt respecting the Mi nisterial measure, and a considerable degree of dis cussion took place. It was evident that the various speakers were really disappointed, although they endeavoured to make the best of it in this respect, showing more Renee and discretion than is ge nerally met with in extreme politicians. Mr. G EOR GE WILSON wa s t h e chairman, and he said that the time had come When the people would not have to be satisfied with the "barren promises" of the last fourteen years. It app ears to US, on the contrary, that we have lighted upon still worse days, and that the people are now asked to be satisfied with very "barren performan ces." Mr. WILSON conf essed to dizappointment at the measure, but still tho ught they should give it all the aid in their power. H very ingeniously omitted to men tion the forthcom ing amendment of Earl GROSVENORS , and instead alluded to the Opposition, who meant to oppose this bill. Mr. JACOB BRIGHT proposed a reso lution, in which he called upon the earnest Reformers through out the land to aid the Government in passing the Even here, however, the truth crept out unawares, and we find this passage of a more complimentary eh aracter.-- , ' Notwithstanding it falls far short of the just expectations of the Libe ral party." P er h a p s s i nce th e ou t se t o f this affair there hai been no more virtual censure on the bill than was expressed at this meeting, where, at every turn, the speakers found themselves constrained to retract the unwelcome truth that the pill was a most incomplete measure, Mr. JACOB measure. BRIGHT went on, after the fashion of his namesake, to decry the House of Lords, and actually wished that the bill might be thrown out of that august assembly. It is not likely that their lordships will incur the responsibility of having to pass an opinion on its merits. This speaker showed his real illibe rality in stating that "in spite of what passed with the DERBY-DISRAELI Government, none but a Liberal Government could ever deal with this question, and no Liberal :Government would ever deal with it less broadly or less libe -1 rally than in the present bill." The latter part of this sentence is more correct than the former one, but surely the very cause which assembled that meeting was a case in point to show how suicidal to the cause of Reform had been the work of Earl RUSSELL in persisting to oppose the Conservative measure. It would have been certain to pass the House of Lords, and long before this time the thin o °. would have been settled. Of all mistakes, however, the worst is forspeakers at public meetings and in Parliament to talk as if agitation were necessary in order to secure a good measure of Reform. What is wanted is a spirit of liberality among the so-called Reformers in Parliament. If they possessed half the desire they profess to sec the question settled there would be an end of the matter ; but then they would lose the opportunity of fault finding, and OTHELLO'S occupation would be gone in the matter of making patriotic speeches. It is more effective to talk of wrongs being redressed than of rights which have been attained. It is one of the worst features in this bill now before us that it will not settle the question, but, on the contrary, leave it in a more uncertain or confused state than ever. No one will be satisfied but those who wish to make political capital out of it. Mr. R. COOPER made a most inflammatory speech, which was quite out of character, and altogether to be repudiated by sensible men of all shades of politics. Ile asked what " those wanted who spoke against the necessity of Reform ? Did they want another Birmingham riot, or another Nottingham conflagration, or another Manchester massacre ? He warned these people that, if they rejected this bill, the people would then know that reason, moderation, patience, and endur ance were no longer virtues respected by the ruling classes." Can anything be more out of place than the introduction of such language at a public meeting for the discussion of a subject of great national importance. It is quite impossible to over-estimate the injuries that such advocates do to the cause they profess to serve. What can be more likely to disgust people of reflection and of moderate views than to find that anarchy and rebellion are always in attendance in the background of democratic speakers. They come in at the end of a speech to give it a flourish, and produce an effect. It is really doing an insult and an injustice to the noble conduct of our lower orders thus to declare so continually that they are rife with the spirit of sedition, and have no other way to make their wishes known than to prove themselves worthy of trust and confidence. He would ask these vehement speakers how it is that no seditious outbreaks have occurred during the long lapse of time when it suited the tactics of the Liberal Government to do nothing ; and why this dis contented feeling should be manifested just in the nick of time, as it were to aid the passing of a Reform Bill, of which its best friends can say no more than that it disappointed them, and goes a very little way. M. RLSDEN congratulated the meeting that at last they had got a Government which was in earnest, and he hoped " that they would assist the Government to break the back of the Tory party over this battle, so as to make the way for future victories." 'While sympathising with a great deal of this bitterness of disappointment that had been expresSed, he believed that if the working men of the country had made a greater demonstration of interest in this question the Government would never have put such a bill before them. To some extent, then, this disappointment was deserved." Really it would be laughable, if the question were one of less importance, to notice how illogical and inconsequent are all these expressions. What a relief it would be to hear at once if the bill be good or bad, if the Ministers have done their duty, or if they have failed in it. Instead of this we are told, in one breath, that the framers of the bill have spoilt it to please a recusant Parliament, and, in the next, that it is a measure which deserves the support of the party. Such clap-trap arguments defeat their own purpose, and we can discern no strength or character in them. It is not thus that great works are accomplished, and that the statesmen who occupy a proud place in the pages of history made their names immortal in their country's annals, and are remembered throughout all time as the benefactors of their fellow-men, and the shining lights of their genera tion. A shuffling policy can never be an effective one, and if a Minister would be a success ful one he must have some standard to act up to, some cause to stand by or to fall for, and not trust and turn about to suit the veering views of his supporters. The fashion of such a policy must pass away and leave no trace behind it. It is because this new Bill of Earl RUSSELL'S can impress us with no particular aim or object that it has failed to secure the approbation of the house or the country, and in all probability will never become law. In some respects this is not to be regretted, for it may serve as a warning to future Governments not to put a factious spirit in the way of the passing of a great measure, and also not to trifle with it to suit their own turn, and finally introduce it in a hurried and incomplete form. The German steamer Hermann brings us news of some importance from America. She left New York on the 10th inst. The Fenians are still active in mischief, and their proceedings are exciting a good deal of uneasiness in Canada. By the last mail we hear of several mass meetings having taken place in different parts of the States, and we have now an account of an open-air assembly, held in front of the City Hall, Brooklyn, at which inflammatory addresses were made by the prin cipal Fenian leaders. OWAHONY, in addressing the Firemen's Association, said it rested with the Fenians to form a regular Irish Confedera tion in America. He boasted that there were 300,000 sworn Fenians in Ireland, and that in the very centre of England's wealth and power there were Fenians ready to bring revolution to her doors. Of forc ourse we may take these g r an dil oquen t statement s what they arc worth, but there can be no doubt that there has been, and still wide -spread consp i racy in exist is, a very ence ; and if we have happily no rea m)* to feel alarmed at its capabilities for mis chief, there is every cause to regret it on account of its own misguided members. The activity of the Fenians not in the United States may well give rise to some anxiety in the British North American Provinces. In addressing a meeting at Williams burg, ROBERTS said that 30,000 men would shortly be marched across the border ; and the New York World publishes a military plan for the capture of Canada and the seizure of the Grand Trunk Rail road. It states that the Fenians Kaye numerous THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, _MARCH 21, 1866. T vessels fitting out at Chicago, Buffalo, and other 1 places, which will simultaneously go to the lassistance of the land forces. We may indeed smile at the generalship which allows a programme of its plans to be published beforehand, and we may think such an assailant not very formidable. But there is some method in their madness, nevertheless ; for the fitting out of privateers has been one of their main objects, and there is no know ing how much money nor how many recruits they may obtain fron their dupes. Money, indeed, is still their cry, with the peculiar disinterestedness common to leaders of such movements. All that was wanted, said O'MAiroNv, at the Brooklyn meet ing referred to, was money, to make the movement successful. The iVew York World, which seems very communicative about the Fenian movement, says that SWEENEY will have $15,000,000 at the end of March. This, like the number of men, we may take cuni grano salis ; but we are not surprised that the Canadians are somewhat apprehensive, as to the result. We must remember the peculiar condition of the American population just now, the number of idle and excitable spirits, whom the war has left with little inclination to turn to the homely routine of ordinary life, and we shall not wonder that the advent of St. Patrick's Day was looked for with uneasiness. The Cana dians, however, are displaying their wonted spirit. Extensive military preparations were being made throughout the country when the mail left. A Cabinet Council had been held on the 7th inst., at which it was determined to call out 10,000 volunteers ; all the militia were enrolled, and the people were enthusiastically responding to the ap peals of the authorities. The Montreal telegraph line had been seized by the Executive, and . it was thought that the Habeas Corpus Act would be sus pended before St. Patrick's Day, owing to the general belief that a demonstration on the part of the Fenians would be then attempted. So far the colonists are doing all that can be ex pected of them, but there remain two points to consider—the action of the English and American Governments. Our Ministers would do well to send out atcouple of regiments to Nova Scotia, which could if necessary meet the Fenians at New Brunswick, and would give stability to the colonial forces. The bombastic invaders would very soon be disposed of if they encountered such an obstacle, and the presence of English sol diers would teach them a useful lesson, besides giv ing the Canadians that support and encouragement which they have a right to look for at our hands. The American Government, we cannot but think) should also adopt some decisive measures. The New York World says, indeed, that the Government will come forward at the prof er opportunity, but it is already time that the Cabinet, at least, signi fied its disapproval. When one Senator gives his horse and his sword at a meeting in the capital itself, and another addresses the public on behalf of Fenianism, it is surely not too soon for the Government of the country to come forward and denounce such conduct. By a singular incon sistency criminal indictments have just been found aganist two Chilian agents for a treaty of neutrality, while Sweeney, Roberts, O'Mahony, and Co. are allowed the most unbounded latitude. If the Americans suppose that by such conduct they are revenging themselves on us for the building of the Southern privateers in our dockyards they are under a mistake. They are only acting in a manner derogatory to themselves and injurious to the Fenians, while they must be aware that the whole scheme would be only ridiculous were it not for the sacrifice of its dupes and the craft of its promoters. We hope that Mr. JOHNSON, who has shown no lack of firmness and sagacity in dealing with his own people, will act in an equally decided and statesmanlike manner with regard to these mischief-making agitators. The internal affairs of the States are going on prosperously. The Radicals have evidently received a decided check by the Veto and the speech on WASHINGTON'S birthday. The Senate has rejected the proposed amendment for changing the basis of representation, which, by excluding negroes not permitted to vote from the number of the popula tion, decimated the representatives of the Southern States. Mr. SUMNER and several other Radicals voted against it, on the ground that it was not strong against the helpless ex-Confederates, but the general temper of Congress may be judged from the fact that several amendments refer ring to negro suffrage have also been defeated. The fury of the Radicals against the President is if possible, more extravagant in its demonstrations than might have been expected. Mr. JOHNSON is charged by some of these political fanatics with complicity in the assassination of Mr. LINCOLN, the object, of course, being his own acccession to supreme power. Truly the pleasure of governing the American people would not seem, from recent experience, to be so very enticing! Mr. JOHNSON has been the mark for the most reckless abuse ever since his public resistance of their aggression, but this very intolerance shows the weakness of their cause. They may organise a faction, or even plan an assassination, but it is not the displeasure of suck opponents as these that a man who seeks to deserve well of his country need fear. Mr. JOIIN SON has not wanted more encouraging evidence of the results of his uncompromising defence of the liberties of the people. A delegation from Kentucky has visited him to thank him for the veto. The PRESIDENT, in reply, said the present was a most critical epoch, andreiterated his assertion that foes without and foes within were equally dan gerous to the Union. "To attack the Government by an armed combination is," he said, "no more dangerous to the life of a nation than to attempt to revolutionise it by the destruction of the safeguards thrown around the people's liberties in the consti tution." ASSAULT OF ARMS BY IST SURREY RIFLES.—On Tuesday evening an assault of arms took place at the com modious head-quarters of the Ist Surrey Rifles, Brunswick- Road, Camberwell, under the management of Mr. A. B. Shury, professor of fencing. The proceedings comprised fencing with foils, sabres, the bayonet against the sabre, boxing, and feats of strength and skill. Professor Leon Gillemand, from the Academy of Paris, took part in the contest, opposed to Mr. Shury, who was prevented from appearing in the subsequent part of the entertainment owing to a slight accident. Corporal-Major Waite, of the 2d Life Guards, also exhibited his skill with the sword, and the members of the regiment took part in the enter tainment. The band of the regiment played during the interludes. A great ocean steamship race will, it is expected, come off during next month. As our readers are probably aware, there are two large rival foreign steam ship companies, the North German Lloyds, running be tween Bremen and New York, via Southampton, and the Hamburg and American, running between Hamburg and New York, via Southampton. Their steamers are built in this country, but manned by Germans. They carry hund reds of well-to-do Germans to America every week, and their ships are so large, swift, and commodious, that they have become favourities with English and American pas - sengers. In consequence of the rivalry existing between the two companies, and the disputes as to the respec tive merits of the two fleets, it has been resolved to test the speed of two of their finest ships, the Hamburg Company's Allemania and the Bremen Company's Her mann. Both of these are new and monster steamers of enormous strength, and they make the Atlantic passage in about nine or ten days. They will start from Southampton for New York together. Both ships have been backed to heavy amounts already, and the raco will be an exciting and remarkable one. The Allemania and Hermann are both gorgeously fitted up. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The discussions on the Address, which have " dragged their slow length along" for so many days, were concluded yesterday, and the Speech was accepted in its entirety by the Legislative Body, by 268 against 17. The result was received by cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" The Opposition amend ment, pledging the Chamber to march more rapidly, but with less safety, on the path of Reform than the Government proposes, was rejected by 218 to 18. So the Opposition starts this session with a strength of 18 members. The Emperor will receive the de putation appointed to present the Address, in answer to his speech, to-morrow at the Tuileries. The Chamber, at the suggestion of the President, who said they must be fatigued with these long dis cussions, adjourned till Saturday. M. Thiers made a little display, with a vague argument in favour of democracy and universal suffrage. M. Rouher, Minister of State, referring to comparisons between the institutions of different countries, made these forcible remarks:—" There was a fundamental diffe rence between Governments which would make the same institutions dangerous. For two centuries England had lived without revolutions. She has an aristocracy which possesses two-thirds of the land. She lives on traditions. She hardly tries Reform from time to time. She respects usages and her Constitution. But if universal suffrage were introduced into England to-morrow, do you think that the Government could resist its influence ? Do yon think that the introduction of universal suffrage into Ireland would not place her in some peril." (Marks of assent.) The Conference on the affairs of the Danubian Provinces has held a second sitting, under the Presi dency of M. Drouyn d'Lhuys, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Plenipotentiaries of England, France, Italy, Austria, and Turkey were present. Turkey has declared her readiness to sanction the union of the Principalities under a native llospodar, but as an exceptional case. On the other hand, the Rus sian papers state that Russia will only be satisfied with a foreign Prince, as a native one would leave the Principalities a prey to the intrigues of France and other Powers. The German papers increase their warlike tone in reference to the attitude of Prussia and Austria. The formation of an Austrian army of 200,000 men, under the command of General Benedick, is talked of, and Saxony is alleged to be making preparations for war. Caselli's telegraphic system, which reproduces the autograph of a telegram, has just come into ope ration between Lyons and Marseilles. It will soon be employed on the whole of the great line between Paris and the Mediterranean. By this telegraph you czn send a facsimile of your writing; or, rather, the writing is reproduced exactly, and even drawings. The hare hunting season being closed, the prohi bition is strictly enforced, as will be seen by the fol lowing. Two individuals, at a recent horse race, perceiving a hare in the distance, commenced a foot race after it, and killed the hare with their sticks. The hare, however, was taken from them, and they were conducted to the guardhouse. No doubt a fine was imposed. The weather in Paris to-day has been mild, but at Aix, in the south of France, the frost had re turned with great severity, and had done such in jury to apricots, plums, and peaches, that the crops are :seriously compromised. The snow has been heavier in the Lower Alps than for 30 years past. The authorities continue their precautions in re gard to the pig disease. The extensive annual mar ket for hams is about to take place, and the autho rities have issued a notice forbidding the sale of any uncooked pork whatever. The subject engages the attention of the learned members of the Academy of Science. By the bye a schism bas arisen between them even in regard to the pronunciation of the word trichines. Some of them pronounce the ch soft, as in our word cheese, whilst others persist in pronouncing the ch like k, as we do the word arclixology. This learned dispute runs as high as that which arose in London when John licmble, as hamlet, persisted in pronouncing the word ache as if it were spelt ake. A pleasant anecdote is related of Count de Spon neck, who has just arrived in Paris from Athens. He is raid to have been a great favourite with George IV. On the voyage from Marseilles to the Pirxus the count's dog fell into the sea, and he begged the captain to stop the vessel that the ani mal might be saved. The captain said it was against the regulations to stop unless a man were overboard. All right said the count, who immediately jumped into the sea. Both man and dog were then saved. A man named Jean Martin, 36 years old, has been convicted before the Court of Assize of the Haute Loire of the murder of a widow named Laurent. Criminal relations existed between the prisoner and the deceased. They had frequent quarrels, and the prisoner told several witnesses that he wanted to get rid of her. On the 24th of September the body of the deceased was found in the river Allier. The prisoner had broken her skull and inflicted mortal wounds, and afterwards dragged the body about 300 paces and threw it into the river. There was no doubt of the fact. A daughter of deceased, aged 18, said she knew when her mother disappeared that it was that savage beast (the prisoner) who had murdered her. The jury having found that there were " extenuating circumstances," the " savage beast" escapes death, and was sentenced to hard labour for life, a sen tence which he heard with the utmost indifference. As your musical readers may like to know the opinion of a competent authority upon the mass of Abbe Liszt, I send you a notice written by a Pro fessor of the Imperial Academy of Music. He says, " A mass in music is composed of five grand morceaux—the Kyrie, a touching prayer; the Gloria, which celebrates the triumph of the Most High ; the Credo, which affirms the faith of Christians ; the Sanctus and Benedictus, which exalt the Saint of Saints and the spotless Lamb; and the Agnus Dei, the affectionate expression of repentance and hope. The style of this mass is similar to that of Hector Berlioz and Wagner, the orchestration is of no ordinary character, but the superabundance of instrumental richness sometimes injures the voca lism. There are no sentimental variations or pas sionate duets. All is serious, and even ascetic. The portions which made the most impression were the Christ°, the beginning and end of the Gloria, and particularly the Credo, the developments of which are above all praise. In short, this mass is a composition which seems likely to form the com mencement of a new era in sacred music." The performance realised 50,000 f. for the charity. The Figaro says, rather irreverently and maliciously, that the mass "is as cloudy and impenetrable as the decrees of Providence." PRESENTATION TO ETHARDO.—On Saturday even ing last, at the conclusion of Mr. Ethardo's perfor mance at Day's Crystal P4ce, Birmingham, Mr. D. Saunders, after a complimentary speech, presented h im with a splendid gold medal, value £2O. Ethardo briefly replied, and expresssd his regret at leaving a town where he had met with so hearty a reception. The medal bears the following inscription :—"Presented by J. Day, Esq., and several friends, to Ethardo, as a mark of great esteem for his talent as an artist, and his conduct as a gentleman. Day's Concert Hall, Birmingham. March 17, 1866." On the reverse was a representation of the spiral ascension, and on the edge the words—'lGo, com mand the globe." At the conclusion of the ceremony very hearty cheers were given by the audience. WRECK OF A GLASGOW STEAMER. —Yesterday the Board of Trade received a despatch from the British Vice- Consulate at Algesiras, reporting the loss of the British steamer Emma, with her master, Capt. Walche, and four of the crew, on the rocks off the coast of Spain. The Emma was an iron-built schooner-rigged screw steamer, 210 tons register, belonging to Mr. lligman of Glasgow. The sworn depositions of John Shears, one of \ the survivors, boatswain, furnishes the details of the steamer's loss : " We left Newport on the 24th of February, wind strong from W., and proceeded ; and on the 4th of March, at 10 p.m., weather boisterous, wind S.W., blowing heavy, when steer ing for the Gut of Gibraltar, struck on a reef of rocks about five miles from land. The captain, seeing there was no chance of saving the ship, ordered the boats to be got out. The lifeboat was launched, into which myself and nine others got, leaving the master and four of the crew on board. Seeing the ship sinking, and three of the crew in the rigging, I endeavoured as much as possible to regain the ship, but, the sea, running so strong, found it impos sible. I and crew landed at Tarifa on the sth inst. The steamer and cargo were insured for about £8,100." LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME. ROME, MARCH 21. Cardinal Tosti is dead. EARTHQUAKE IN ROUMELIA. MARSEILLES, MARCH 22. Letters received here from Constantinople to the 14th inst. state that an earthquake has taken place at Avlona, whereby 200 houses were destroyed. CROATIA. AGRAM, MARCH 22. A petition is now in course of signature for the maintenance of the present organisation of the mili tary frontier district. Some officers who had refused to sign it have been requested to do so by their superiors, in con sequence, it is supposed, of semi-official support being given to the petition. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 22 (Evening). The frigate Laisita will shortly convey to the Phillipine, Islands the officers and sergeants lately sentenced to transportation for taking part in the military revolt headed by General Prim.r FRANCE. BOURSE, March 21, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations : 41 per Cents 97 30 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. Do. end month 6B 50 Credit Mather 680 Do. end month Bank Shares 3545 Credit Foncier — Italian Loan 6l Do. end month 6O 95 RAIL' Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. Bonds 307 25 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred VATS. Cash. Acct. ... 875 -- - ~. 1133 75 .••• •.• 888 75 - ... 550 25 ... 565 -- ... 540 - - ... 125 -- 398 75 406 25 ... 171 25 ... 223 75 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian. Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman 103 25 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MARen 21. TESTS ABOLITION (OXFORD BILL). Order for second reading read ; motion made and ques tion proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at tho end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months." Question put, " That the word 'now' stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 217 ; Noes, 103. AYES-217. Adair, 11. E. Forster, W. E. Nicol, J. D. Adam, W. P. Foster, W. 0. Norwood, C. Agnew, Sir A. Fort It. O'Brien, Sir P. Akroyd, E. Fortescue, D. F. Ogilvy, Sir J. Aden, W. S French, Col. Oliphant, L. Anstruther, Slr B. G a =elee, S. 0 Loghlen, Sir C Armstrong, tt.l Gaskell, J. M. Onslow, G Ayrton, A. S. Gilpin, C. 0' neilly, M. W. Aytoun. R. S. Goschen, G. J. Otway, A. Baines, E. Goivei, G. W. L. Owen, Sir H. Bare ay. A. C. Graham, W. Padmore, It. Baring, T. G. Greville, Col. F. Peel, A. W. Barnes, T. Gray, Sir J. Pelham, Lord Barn'', sir H W. Grey, Sir G. Peto, Sir M. Base, A. Gridley, H. G. Phillips, K. N. Bass, M. T. Gr.,svenor, Lord R. Pim. J. Baxter, W. E. Grove, T. Platt, J. Bazley, T. Gurney, S. Pollard Urquhart W Beaumont, 11. F. Hadfield, G. Portman, W. H. B. Biodulph, M. Hamilton, E. W. T. Potter, E. lilt nner hassett, R. Hanbury, B. Potter, T. B. Bonham-Carter, J. Hardcastle, J. A. Price, R. G. Bourerie, E. P. Harris, J D. Price, W. P. Brand, H. Hartington,Marquis Pr se, E. L. Brecknock, Earl of Hay, Lord J. Pritchard, J. Bright, J. Ii ay, Lord W Pugh, D. Bruce, Lord C. Hayter, Capt. A. D. Reoow, J. G. Bruce, Lord E. A. Henderson, J. Robartes, T. J. A. Bruce, 11. A. Henley, Lord Roebuck, J. A. Buller, Sir A. W. 11 ibbert, J. T. Russell, A. Buller, E. Elodgkinson, G. Russell, IL ButlerJ ohnstone, N. ii odgson, K. Russell, Sir W. Buxton, C. H 1 len, L Salomone,Aiderman Buxtun, Sir T. F. Butt, W. Samuda, J. Calcraft, J Ingham, R. Samuelson, B. Candlish, J. Jervoise, Sir J. Scuneider, H. W. Cardwell, E. R. Johnstone, Sir J. Scrope, G. P. Carington, C. Kearalcy, Captain Seymour, li. D. Castlerosse, Vist. King, P. J. L. Sheridan, H. B. Cavendish, Lord E Kinglake, A. W. Sheridan, It. B. Cavendish, Lord F. King - lake, Scrj. J. Sh,riff. A. Cavendish Lord G. Kinnaird, A. e. Simeon. air J. Chan bers, T. Labouchere H. Smith, J. A. Cheetham, J. Layard, A. H. Smith, J. B. Childers, H. C. E. Lamont, J. Smollett, P. B. Clifton, Sir R. Lawrence, W. Speirs, A. Clinton, Lord E. P. Lawson, J. A. Stacpoole, Capt. Cogan, W. H. Leatham, W. Stansfeld: J. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lee, W. Stone, W. Colvile, C. It. Leeman, G. Stuart, CoL C. Cowper, H. F. Lefevre, G. J. S. Sullivan, E. Cowpe , , W F Lewis, H. Taylor, Colonel Crauford, E. H. J. Locke, J. Torrens, W. MT. Crosland, Col. Lowe, It. Tracy, C. It D. Crossley, Sir F. Lusk, A. Treveiyan, G. Davey, K. Mackinnon,W. A. Verney, Sir H. Dawson, Captain M'Lagan, P. Villiers, C. P. Dering, Sir E. M'Laren. D. Waldegrave-Leslie Dickson, Major Marjoribanks, D. C Waring, C. Diike, Sir W. Marsha 1, W. Warner, E. Doulton, F. Martin, C. W. Watkin, E. W. Duff, It. W. Mill, J. S. Weguelin, T. It. Dundas, F. Miller, W. Western, Sir T. Ellice, E. Mills, J. R. Whatman, J Enfield, Viscount Milton, Viscount Whitbread, S. Esmond°. J. Mitchell, A. White, J. Evans, T. W. Mitchell, T. A. Whitworth, B. Ewart, W. Moffatt, G. Woods, IL Ewing, H. E. C. Monsell, W. Young, K. Fawcett, 11. Moore, C. Fenwick, E. M. Morley, S Fildes, J. Morris, W. Foley, H. Morrison, W. Forster, C. Neate, C. NOES-103. Fellowes, E. Mordaunt, Sir C. Fergusson, Sir J. Mowbray, J. R. Fleming, J. Neville-(lrenville,R Floyer J. North, CoL Forester, Gen. Northcote, Sir S. H. George, J. O'Donoghue, The Gladstone, W. H. Paget, R. H. Godson, J. Parker, Major W. Gore, J. It. 0. Powell, F. S. Greene, E. Robertson, P. F. Gray, Lt-Col. Sandford, G. M.W. Grey, T Schreiber, C. Griffith, C. D. Sclater-Booth, G, Hardy, G. bcourfield, J. H. Hardy, J. Selwyn, C. ,i. Hervey, Lord A. Seymour, G. H. Heathcote, Sir W. Smith, S. G. Hodgson, W. N. Stanhope, J. B. Hogg, I.t-Col. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Holtord, R. S. Surtees, H. E. Hope, A. J. Taylor, P. A. Howes. E Thoro d, J. H. Hubbard, J. G. Tottenham, Lt-Col. liumphery, W. Turner, C. Jolliffe, Sir W. Tyrone, Earl of Ker, D. S. Walpole, S. H. King, J. K. Walrond, J. W. Knightley, Sir R. Westropp, 11. Knox, Lol Whiteside, J.; Lacon, Sir E. Woodd, B. T. Laird, J. Wynn, C. W. W. Lefioy, A. Lindsay, Col. C. TELLERS. Lindsay, Col. R. Henley, J. W. Lopes, Sir H. Packe, C. W. Miner, S. B. TELLERS. Coleridge, Grant Duff Adderley, C. B. Ark right, It. Biggallay, Ba ge, W. Baillie, IL J. Baring, T. Barnett, if. Bathurst, A. A. Beach, Sir M. Beach, W. Bcecroft, G. S. Bentinek, G. C. Bovill, W. Brooks, B. buckley, E. Burghley, Lord Burrell, Sir P. Campbell, A. IT. Cartwright, Col. Cave, S. Cochrane, A. D. B. Cooper, E. 11. Cranbourne, Viet. Dawson, It. P. Duncombe, A. Duncombe, W. E. Du l're, C. G. Dyke, W. H. Dyott, Colonel Edwards, Col. Egerton, Sir P. Egerton, E. C. Egerton, W. Fane, Lt-Col. Farquhar, Sir M. Fellden, J. MARKETS,—.This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a large show of beasts in our market to-day It was composed of 80 from Norfolk, 141 from Scotland, 150 stale Irish, and the remainder foreign. All breeds moved off slowly at Monday's currency. The best Scots and crosses sold at ss. to ss. 2d. per 81bs.' We were fairly supplied with sheep in excellent condition. The demand for them was very inactive at late rates. The best Downs and half breeds, in the wool, realised 6s. 2d. to 6s. 6d; out of the wool, ss. per Blbs. Lambs were in demand at from 7s. 6d. to Bs. per 81bs. The sale for calves was heavy at from 4s. Bd. to ss. 6d. per 8 lbs. Prime small pigs were steady in price ; but largo hogs were very dull. Per 81b to sink the offal. scisd a d s d Crse. & inf. beasts,..3 10 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 6 0 Second quality do —4 4 4 6 Prime s'thtlown a 0.6 2 6 6 Prime large oxen ..4 8 4 0 Large coarse calves. 4 8 5 0 Prime Scuts. &c.... 8 0 5 2 Prune small d0......5 2 5 6 Crse. and inf. sneep.3 .0 4 6 Largo hogs ..4 u 4 6 Second quality d0,..4 8 5 4 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Larab....os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, —3 to —3 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s t) 345 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 2,171 I Beasts 800 Cows I Cows. Sheep b;709 I Sheep 3 9 0 „„ Calvi:s . 'BO Witty6s BO tags 2lO igs LITERATURE. Land at Last. A Novel, in Three Books. By Edmund Yates, author of " Broken to Harness." Three Vols. Chapman and Hall. Few readers who enter on the perusal of Mr. Yates' very enthralling romance will be willing to lay it aside until, with the hero, they are safely landed in port at the close of the third volume. The " breakers ahead" which beset Geoffrey Lud low on the very outset of his adventurous voyage, are assuredly matter of no marvel, for never did Quixotic squire of dames hazard a more perillous or imprudent undertaking. The first book commences "in the streets," and there, dying of starvation on a door-step, the rising artist Geoffrey Ludlow, who has just unexpectedly sold his picture, finds—the heroine. He rescues her from death, and enacts again the fable of the man who warmed the frozen serpent in his bosom. Margaret Dacre, with her violet eyes and her red-gold hair, is another Lamia. If in former times poets and romancists were justly accused as the flatterers of beauty, in our day they are assuredly having their revenge. When Crebillon was accused of selecting terrible subjects for his dramas, he is said to have exclaimed, " What could I do—Corneille has taken possession of the heavens and Moliere of the earth ; nothing was left me but the infernal regions, and I have plunged into them." And so it is (apparently) with modern fictions. The race of all-perfect, angelic heroines is exhausted, and the Brinvilliers and the Borgia of history are become the ordinary heroines of every day life! The other day in the " Clyffards of Clyffe" we made acquaintance with a golden-haired incarnation of treachery and crime. Yesterday in Mark Lemon's " Falkner Lyle " we shuddered over the revengeful outbursts of Bertha Clare. To-day in Mr. Yates' enthralling history we meet with another of course beautiful and bewitching, but (still more) of course false and heartless, heroine. We will not spoil the interest of a very cleverly constructed plot by revealing in what the lady's iniquity consists. " Land at Last" may claim the merit of being one of the most interesting books of the class that have recently appeared. A group of very well-drawn characters occupy the scene, and each performs his part with success. The hero is an artist, and Ws' make some pleasant acquaintances among " the Brethren of the Brush." Foremost among them are good-natured, practical Charley Potts and William Bowker, who is in the habit of speaking of himself at once familiarly and affectionately as " Your William." Here is your - William's happy criticism on Charley's painting : MEAT MARKETS. NEINHATE AND LEADENHALL.—Large upplies of meat are on sale in these markets, and the demand is in a slug gish state, as follows : —Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81b by the carcase. HAY SurrirriELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12$ ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18$ to £2 4s per load. Moderate demand. Cuummirin.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 153 Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s ; clover £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load supply tolerably good. CORN OR HAIR. Bowker filled a pipe and walked towards the easel. " Very good, Charley; very good indeed. Nice fresh look in that girl—not the usual burnt-umber rusticity ; but something—not quite—like the real ruddy peasant bronze. Child not bad either ; looks as if it had got its feet in box ing-gloves, though; you must alter that ; and don't make its eyes quite so much like willow-pattern saucers. What's that on the child's head ?" " Hair, of course." "And what stuffs that the girl's sitting in ?" "Corn ; cornfield—wheat, you know, and that kind of stuff. What do you mean ? why do you ask ?" "Only because it seems to your William that both sub stances are exactly alike. If it's hair, then the girl is sit ting in a hair-field; if it's corn, then the child has got corn growing on its head." "It'll have it growing on its feet some day, I suppose,' , growled Mr. Potts, with a grin. " You're quite right, though, old man; we'll alter that at once.— Well, what's new with you ?" _ _ _ Mr. Stompff, the picture-dealer, is a capital sketch. Geoffrey Ludlow, humble and diffident as he is, is becoming successful, and the picture-dealer knows it. STRIKE THE IRON WHILE IT IS HOT. " All right ! shake hands on it ! I'll giva you five hun dred for the copyright—right away, mind !—sketch, pic ture, and right of engraving. We'll get it to some winter gallery, and you'll have another ready for the Academy. Nothing like that, my boy ! I know the world, and you don't. What the public likes, you give them as much of as you can. Don't you believe in overstocking the market with Ludlows; that's all stuff ! Let 'em have the Lud lows while they want 'em. In a year or two they'll fight like devils to get a Jones or a Robinson, and wonder how the deuce any body could have spent their money on such a dauber as Ludlow. Don't you be offended, my boy ; I'm only speakin' the truth. I buy you because the public wants you; and I turn an honest penny in sellin' you again ; not that I'm any peculiar nuts on you myself, eLher one way or t'other. Come, let's wet this bargain, Ludlow, my boy ; some of that dry sherry you pulled out when I saw you last at Brompton, eh ?" Besides the artist group, we take a passing interest in the family affairs of the Earl of Beauport. In a startling chapter entitled " Blotted Out," the Earl blots the 'disgraced name of his second son out of the family records. The chapter ends with a power ful touch of feeling. BLOTTED OUT. "Rising, he went to the book-case, and taking out a largo volume, opened it, and turned to the page immediately succeeding the cover. It was a big old-fashioned Bible, bound in calf, with a hideous ancient woodcut as a frontis piece, representing the Adoration of the Wise Men ; but the page to which Lord Beauport turned, yellow with age, was inscribed in various-coloured inks, many dim and faded, with the names of the old Brakespere family, and the dates of their births, marriages, and deaths. Old Martin Brake spere's headed the list ; then came his son's, with ' created Baron Beauport" in the lawyer's own skimpy little hand, in which also was entered the name of the musical-amateur peer, his son ; then came 3eorge Brakespere's bold entry of his own name and his wife's, and of the names of their two sons. Over the last entry Lord Beauport paused for a few minutes, glaring at it with eyes which did not see it, but which had before them a chubby child, a bright handsome Eton boy, a dashing guardsman, a swell' loved and petted by all, a fugitive skulking in an assumed name in the cabin of a sea-tossed ship ; then he took up a pen and ran it through the entry backwards and forwards until the name was,completely blotted out ; and then he fell again into his train of thought. The family dinner-hour was long since past; the table was laid, all was ready, and the French cook and the grave butler were in despair ; but Lord Beau port still sat alone in his library with old Martin Brake spere's Bible open before him." From the above glimpses our readers may easily perceive the very interesting character of Mr. Yates' new story, which never flags in interest, but is earnest and animated throughout. Adventures of Gil Blas. New Edition. One Vol., pp. 442. _ George Routledge and Sons. A quite matchless edition in its way to our mind is this reissue in a new form of what is, perhaps, after all, everything considered, the finest novel that was ever penned ! Meaning, of course, the in comparable " Gil Blas" of Le Sage, those immortal " Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane," which, now more than one hundred years ago, were done very cleverly into English by our own native novelist, our own delightful story-teller, racy of the soil on which he was born and bred, Tobias Smollett. Printed on toned paper, in small but exquisitely clear type—illustrated with a sprinkling of boldly drawn woodcuts admirably engraved by the Dalniels— giving the textin our own vernacular exactly as it was rendered into it, with congenial spirit, by the author of " Roderick Random" and " Peregrine Pickle," from the original French of the author, not only of this wonderful book itself, but of that quite kindred work of imagination, " Asmodeus, or the Devil on Two Sticks"—the present edition of " Gil Bias," small though it is, cheap though it is —or, perhaps, we ought rather to say, precisely because of those very two reasons, namely, because of its exceeding cheap ness and compactness, reflects high honour upon the establishment of the popular publishers at once of London and New York, the Messrs. George Rout ledge and Sous of the Broadway, Ludgate-hill. The volume is delightful to handle, delightful to read, and well worthy of preservation for frequent use as a pocket edition of about the noblest master piece of fiction in literature. THE " G. V. BROOKE" LIFEBOAT.—The National Lifeboat Institution has decided on placing the " G. V. Brooke" lifeboat at Lyme Regis, a dangerous point on the coast of Dorset. It will probably be remembered that Mr. Brooke unfortunately perished, with 219 others, on board the steamship London, in the Bay of Biscay, during a fearful storm on the 11th January last. Mr. Brooke was a distinguished and much-respected tragedian, and his professional brethren and admirers have already collected about £3OO fot the lifeboat to be established to his memory, and hope eventually to raise the entire cost, amounting to about £6OO, of the new boat station at Lyme Regis in lieu of the old one there at present. We may add that contribu tions in aid of the "G. V. Brooke" lifeboat fund will be gratefully received, amongst others by Mr. I. W. Anson, secretary of the Royal Dramatic College, 20, Tavistook street, Covent-garden. „, Qiff r NA , &nal tip. t HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, March 21. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, with Princess Louise, and again went out this morning, accompanied by her royal highness. His Serene llighness the Prince of Hohenlohe- Langenbourg, attended by Lieut.-Col. Kingscote, went out hunting. The Dowager Princess Hohenlohe (her Majesty's half-sister) took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left the Castle for the Continent. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, acompanied the princess to the railway station in Windsor, and afterwards returned to the Castle. Major-General Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, attended her serene highness to Folke stone. TLe Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Col. Keppel, hunted with his harriers near Taplow yes terday. The Princess of 'Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. In the evening the Prince and Princ6i's of Wales dined with the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at their residence in St. Jame's-square. The name of his Serene Highness Prince Edward Saxe-Weimar was accidentally omitted in the ac count of the Levee by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on behalf of the Queen on the 19th inst. Specimens of Dore's Genius. An elegantly got up and admirably well-selected volume has just now been published by Mr. Beeton, of the Strand, giving as its title intimates " A Dozen Specimens of Gustave Dore"--specimens of his astonishing genius as an illustrator alike of the most sublime and of the most trivial productions of the human intellect in the world's literature. In fact— turning abruptly from the first to the last of the three divisions into which the twelve drawings here given from among the countless works of Dore's, affluent and rapid genius as a draughtsman —turning from the four sketches illustrative of Dante's Inferno to those four others illus trative of Captain Castognette—it is for all the world as though really and truly for once we were taking at the behest of M. Gustave Dore, the one proverbial step from the Sublime to the Ridiculous. While, at the same time, intermediately, as we take it, we are stepping over those four other charming embellishments from the same gifted pencil, embel lishments that have been culled by the way from the pages of Dore's illustrated edition of the '6 The Fairy Tales of Perrault." Anything more awful than the weltering pool of Hell—anything more ghostly, ghastly, grizzly than the lonely foreatway leading to it— anything prettier of its kind than the limning of little Hop o' my Thumb dropping the trail that leads to his extrication, and to the extrica tion also of his brothers from the perils into which they are being led by their unnatural would-be destroyer—anything, in fine, more utterly preposterous than each of those absurd vagaries into which we follow with laughing eyes that ridiculous cousin-german of Baron Munchauson, Captain Castagnette of Manuel, it would be difficult to imagine, or even if we could imagine just next to impossible to draw. Altogether the volume is one for the publication of which the fast multiplying admirers of Gustave Dore have reason to feel under an obligation to Mr. Beeton for placing within their reach for the advancement of their occasional tables, whether in drawing-room, boudoir, or library. Architectural Museum. The first of a series of meetings, with a view to the delivery of lectures and for other purposes, in connection with this institution, took place last evening at the Geological Museum, Jermyn-street, St. James's, on which occasion Mr. Beresford-Hope, M.P., the president, distributed prizes to art work men. The president, in his address, explained the reason why these meetings would take place in the theatre of the Geological Museum instead of at South Kensington as heretofore. The South Ken sington Museum was about to be pulled down and a new building was to be erected in its place, in which there would be no provision made for what might be termed a technical museum of architecture, although an exhibition museum would be established under its roof. A technical museum was of inestim able value to the art workman, and although Govern ment had not seen fit to assist in the permanent establishment of such an institution, yet he (the president) hoped and had reason to believe that the Royal Society of British Architects Would take the Architectural Museum under its auspices, and that it would eventually receive a " local habitation." After urging upon his hearers the necesssity of art study, and the great improvement which has taken place of late years in the designs for all kinds of manufactures, the president proceeded to the distribution of the prizes, which were as follows :--- Stone Carving.—Prize 1, £2O, Arthur N. Harris, Ryde, Isle of Wight ; 2, £5, John Seymour, Tower-lane, Taun ton; 3, £2, Henry Harrison, 82, Upper Ebury-street London ; extra prize, £1 is., T. Sharp, 50, Connaught terrace, Edgware-road. Wood Carving. Supplementary prize of £lO, W.Worm- Lighton, at Mr. Roddis's, 19, St._ James's-street, Bir mingham. Silver Work.—Prize 1, £l5, W. Holliday, 14, Nailour street, Islington ; 2, £5, A. G. Frantzen, 20, King-square , Clerkenwell. Transparent Enamels.—Prize 1, £lO, Frederick Lowe, 13, Wilderness-row, London ; extra prize, £1 ls., IL de Boning]; 69, Dean-street, Soho. Opaque Enamels.—Prize £lO, Frederick Lowe, 13, Wil derness-row, London. Marble Mosaic.--Prize £lO, George Rooke, 27, Bywater street, King's-road, Chelsea. Modelling in Clay. —Prize 1, £5, R. W. Martin, 5, John's terrace, Olney-street, Walworth-road ; 2, £2, J. W. Gould, 33, Bayham-place, Camden-town. After some eulogistic remarks by Mr. Akroydt M.P., upon the works of the several prize-holders , and some observations upon the general prospects of the museum from Mr. Durham, F.S.A., Mr* Charles Barry, Mr. Goodwin, F.R.S., and Mr' Joseph Clarke, the Very Rev. Canon Rooke pro posed a vote of thanks to the chairman, and the business terminated. The Countess of Derby's illness has been of a far more serious nature than might be supposed from tb° paragraph which appeared in our columns yesterday'. G4 : 3 Tuesday her illness excited the most anxious interest in her family, so alarming was her condition. Yesterday morning the medical report was more favourable, an d at noon the answer was that her ladyship was better. Last evening the countess was decidedly better, and the ;iodi c '' l gentleman thought that all danger was over. The C°llll - of Derby has been suffering from congestion of the lungs. Her Majesty sent yesterday morning to learn he w the countess was; and their Royal Highnesses the Pr ii f e and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, an d tu° Duchess of Cambridge also sent to learn the state of thef countess's health. Above 400 of the leading members ° society, including the foreign Ministers, called during t he day to make personal inquiry after the countess's health' Lp to a late hour yesterday evening the countess n'° 6 1 ' 49 ; greasing favourably. The Earl of Derby is still confine' to his bed with gout. THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—We regret to learn that soon after the Bishop of London's return to London-house on Tuesday afternoon, after preaching. St. Paul's Cathedral, his lordship was seized with a ful attack of exhaustion, which continued for some hour.: Dr. Gull and Mr. Seymour Hayden were in prompt tate.e, dance, and before midnight the bishop was sensibly lieved. We understand, however , that a n entire absttuel?eu from his diocesan labours has been considered imperative by the medical advisers of the bishop, and that sumby a dvice his lordship will l e ave town as soon as he has , c i en tly recovered to move. It is hoped t hat a rest (?1 ,3 three weeks or a month ma y restore the bishop to 11 usual health. QUESTION. —The well-known house of Russell; Gl a d s tone, and Co. have been drawing a large bill withou cons idering their returns. There seems to be som e doubt if Parliament will accept it.— Punch. cl arin $ Cenip t he l. 4Pril, Of the Veer fi ber a o ' 4 Aer 4:lv A Do. D o ' D o . 40„, t,,, dr. rk 4 4 7, zi e ' 4 tI Do IJ bl oc 4„`.