The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-26 00:00:00

. - 'ffOUSES.—Messrs. TOMS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, uturban, aid Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL. Particulars upon application forwarded for two stamps, upon st tting requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit street, Regent-•treet, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. Q. 0 UTII KENSIN GT ON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort Gardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and T hurloe Squares, Boltons, &c. Messrs TOI'LIS and ItOlsE ItTS have P-E's I DEN CES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding* localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, R egen t-street, said Aouth liensington, f acing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SE li.Vl CE S. —I) aril) g the stor ms of the past year the National Lifeb-i.it Institution, by Its life boats and other means, contributed to the eavin : of 707 persona from different wrecks on our coaste. The Insti tution also expended .£21,3:4 In the it same peri.4 on its ate boat ektabalne:its, in addition to gratine. £4,950 for to wards for saving life and exerzising the llieboats. The Committee of the lustitution e,rnestly A PPEAL to the inbllc for ASSISTANCE to enable them ► to meet the continued heavy demands ou the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. the London and country C ontr ibutions are received by bankers and by the Secretary, ltichard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, Johu-street, Adelph i, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE._ manag-ers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Play of THE MERCHANC OF VENICE. Mr. Pnelps; Messrs. Rayner, Barret Vi z t, G. Bel. more, E. Phe!ps, XVlntyre ; Mrs. Hermann in ; Miss R. Leclereq, After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wisliincr Cap. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Maneger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT. Mr. W. Farrell, Mr. Compton; Miss Ada Cavendish. To be followed by BROTHER. SAM: Messrs. Sothern Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Nelly Moore, Snowden Lc. After which, ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Ha- tleman, Wea/hersby, ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, IVou award, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevut, &c. To coLolude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commeneo at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TEIEATRE.- Under the ole Management et Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENING, TILE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. IL Widdicomb. After which. TETE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Frehter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, .1. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans; &esti:lmes Ternan, Eisworthy, Lavenu, bud C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. - . THIS EVENING, at 7, a new farce called PH'KIN'S RUSTIC HE rISEAT. Messrs J. L. Toole and P. Reword. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 140th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, r. Bedford, R teelix ltogLrs, Ashley, tburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Biliingtcr, &c. To conclude with LEIIIND TIME. Messrt. J. L. Toole, It. Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. L-,;eamsn, &c. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ut, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whi,b, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Calhaeni, F. Vibiers, J. G. Shore, G. Muri ay, 11. Mulion, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. 110YAL ST RAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven (18th time), a new and origi• nat Comedy, THE FLY AND THE WEB. Mears. For telle and Price; iiisYes Swanborough and Ilaynham. - • - After whic'i will be produced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islands. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanborough, Raynhain, Johnstone, Am. Tj conclude with LENDING A. lIAND. Messrs. Belford and 'Turner; Misses Simeson and 11..;hes. /SHE LAST EDITION OF THE SUN," _IL Containing the Latest SPOUTING INTELLIGENCE, twit be had Every Evening of G. It. GLEN lE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrue. Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evenintv, by ALEXA.Nintat (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " TIIE SUN " supplied as soon, as Published, containlnz all the LA r EST NEWS ant SPOIZTING INTELLIGENCE, by li. W. ILIItRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blanktriars-road, Loudon, S. rEITIE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." A J. HUI.LIES begs to inform his friends, and the public generally, that he isupphes the LATEST Et)ITIuN of • TIIE SUN" as soon as published —No. IG, Hampstead r _ad, N.W. QIN) RTING.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the Ict LAT ,ST EDI 110 N of "1:11. 611. N" as sou.' as pub -4, Bath-strte , , City-road, E.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY.--31,Tning, 1111. 57m.—Afternoon, 11. m T..)-Monnow.-Morviqg, I:2D. 3thh.--Afternoon, M. Otn t _ T -gg LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 26, 1866. --- - Austria and Prussia are not likely to come to a settlement about the Duchies in a peaceable man ner, and the various accounts that reach us all tend to show the difficulties that are constantly arising. The last news is that the Prussian and Austrian papers in the Duchies are busily engaged in making war upon each other, and this not in show or sem blance, but quite in earnest and resolutely to the purpose. They are actually talking of war, which phrase sounds strangely for such allies to use. A sort of _Nemesis has, however, ruled over the fortunes of both the two great German Powers ever since they commenced their crusade against Denmark. For some time they seemed always drawing near to their prize, and yet never grasping it, and when at last the coveted Duchies were so far in their hands forthwith there commenced disputes between the conquerors. Prussia, of course, was the aggressor, and what with arbitrary demands, unscrupulous conduct, and absurd pretensions a constant irrita tion has been kept up, or one of a nature that can not go on for ever without producing serious effects. An angry tone has of late crept into the correspon dence between the two Powers, and in the reply of Austria to the Prussian despatch an indignant feeling is clearly to be traced. Austria declares that Prussia has no right to assume dominion in Holstein, and that a substantial difference was made in this by the Convention at Gastein. This statement is perfctly correct, because that treaty distinctly laid down the law to the effect that the Duchies thenceforward became distinct pos sessions. Still it shows that affairs had come to a pretty pass for the Government at Vienna to make public mention of the fact by way of reproof. Some very home truths were told in this dis patch which could not have sounded very pleasant in the ears of Count BISMARCK. With more decision than is generally exhibited by the Austrian powers the malcontents of Prussia were informed that Austria did not interfere with Prussia respecting the course she pursued in Schleswig, although that course was quite open to animadver- Then were enumerated the several acts of oppression which have distinguished the policy of Prussia in the unhappy has fallen to her rule. l province that officials who are opposed to annexation have been summarily dis missed, and their plans have been fitted by the of Pruszia. Besid es this, prosecutions partisans h a ve been carried on against thos e j ournals that h ave advocated the non - annexation policy. Yet it is intimated, if Austria keeps silent upon those points, she expects the same reticence to be main tained by Prussia respecting the course pursu e d b y Austria in Holstein. We cannot see that any cause can be found for complaint on the part of Prussia at the tone of this despatch, for all that it avers is strictly true ; and, indeed, it is quite a relief to find so much vigour shown by the Vienna Government, for they have been most tame and unequal hitherto in responding to the demands of Prussia. Herr von BISMARCK is told that whether or not Prussia is pleased at the transactions that take place iu Holstein is a matter of indiffer ence to Austria, and neither can she under take to put down the demonstrations that are sion. ...............*.l---•.••••I..... then and there made against Berlin statesmen. It is no wonder that the journals in the Duchies are on such bad terms with each other when strife and disregard prevail at head-quarters. It is evident that at Paris doubts are entertained as to the present position of affairs in the Duchies, fcr the Prussian Ambassador there has gone to Berlin for a short time to report to the authori ties as to the state of feeling that prevails in France. The extraordinary step taken by Prussia in prohi biting the papers of Schleswig from calling the Duke of ALTGUSTENBURG by that title, and of adverting in any way to his claims on Schleswig-holstein, ha 3 been justly called in question by Herr SA3IVER, the Coburg Berlin Minister. A more inconsistent course could not have been pursued than has been adopted by Prussia respecting this unfortunate Prince. When we remember that the war was originally instituted in order to prosecute his claim, it is indeed too much for Berlin effrontery now to repudiate his rights altogether in this arbitrary and summary fashion. It appears, however, that we may nowadays expect anything from that quarter, and the unwise course pursured by our Government towards Prussia dur ing the Dano-German war has fostered and encouraged that Power in the pursuit of her policy. The closing of the Prussian Chambers has not taken any one by surprise, for it was becoming evi dent that the Government could not much longer go on with a hostile and criticising Parliament. The fact is, that the Deputies were getting unmanage able, and proclaiming to the world that the affairs of the State were in an unprosperous condition. No doubt the present state of affairs in the Duchies precipitated the closing of the Chambers, and Herr VON BISMARCK considered that he had better be off with the old enemy before he com menced with the new. It is astonishing to reflect upon the great en croachments made by the Berlin Government upon the rights and privileges of the Constitution. They have now prorogued Parliament before the Budget had been at all under the consideration of the house, and thus broken the charter. With an in solent defiance of truth and justice, the Cabinet had already intimated to the House that the Depu ties were themselves violating the rites of the State, no doubt hoping, by this device, to avert notice from their own delinquencies. They pre tended to be very much shocked at the step taken by the house in counselling Government to prosecute the police officials who prevented the Banquet at Cologne last summer. Another offence was annulling the right of his Majesty to the title of King of Lanenberg ; and a great wrong was done by the Deputies in denouncing the decree of the Supreme Tribunal respecting the restraints put upon liberty of speech in Parliament. Taking all things into account, the state of affairs in Prussia at the present moment is anything but reassuring to those of her citizens who love liberty, or to those even who merely desire peace. Whether we look to ex ternal or internal matters we find events tending in one direction, and are threatening a complete revulsion of policy, and if not a speedy one, a cer tain one when it arrives. Unless some great change takes place in the state of things in the Duchies war between Austria and Prussia will be inevitable, although it is to be feared that it is now too late for the prophecy to be fulfilled which speaks of the advantages that accrue from dissensions among thieves. The arrival of the 'Virginia from New York has been speedily followed by that of the Africa from Halifax and Boston, with four days later news. The old war of parties is still going on, and while the PRESIDENT is constantly receiving assurances of approval and support from various parts of the country, the Radicals in the House of Representa tives are very ready to denounce himself and his policy. The negro, who has so long been the diffi culty of American statesmen, legislators, and patriots, is, of course, one of the main subjects of difference. The general principles upon which the Radicals base their policy is that in the Southern States there shall be no distinction what ever made between the white man and the black—that the personal, civil, and political rights of both shall be on an absolute and unconditional equality. At first sight the apparent justice and fairness of this principle may commend itself to an Englishman, but when we come to look a little fur ther into the question, we shall find that practically it is less promising. They are not machines, and will not act in direct unquestioning obedience to the guiding hand of the master. It is impossible to say to a passionate, unsdisciplined, ignorant race, " Thus far shalt thou go, and no further." If our most democratic politicians in this country hesitate to recommend the adoption of universal suffrage, not because they do not wish the rights and claims of every man to be respected alike, but because they feel that the sudden elevation of an ignorant mul titude to political power would be disastrous to themselves, as well as to the whole of the other classes in the community, much more may a thought ful and temperate American pause before granting unconditional equality to a body numbered by millions belonging to a race which has none of the self-con trol, the patriotism, the independence of the lowest ranks of uneducated Englishmen. The critical position of the two races, the violent disruption of all the old ties, and the removal of all the customary restraining influences of the negro, all alike render the present crisis a most unsuitable and dangerous epoch for attempting a sudden change in the political position of the former slave. President JOHNSON, whose opinion on this subject carries weight, not only from his present position, but from his former experience, has declared unmistakably his convic tion that any attempt to elevate the negro too suddenly -to an unconditional equality with his former master would give rise to a war of races. He readily admits the obligation of the Go vernment to protect the interests of the negro, to raise him from want, and to take all possible measures for improving his moral, mental, and social position. He has confessed before now that he is not sanguine as to the success of such efforts, but openly announces his belief that it is the duty of the superior race to make the effort. Notwithstand ing the formidable party of his former supporters which now oppose him in the Congress, and the storm of :abuse levelled at him by quondam allies, Mr. JOHNSON remains unshaken. To encourage the ill-feeling existing between tho two races is in his opinion a political blunder as well as a moral error, and thus neither threat nor appeal will induce him to retract his declarations on the subject. A Radical member having asked the PRESIDENT to consent to a compro mise respecting the Columbia Suffrage Bill, he replied that it was impossible to palter with such a questio n . " There w ill not, " he said " be a poll ing booth at which blood will not be shed if this Bill becomes law, and if negro suffrage be insisted upon in all the Southern States against their will, you provoke an inevitable war of races. I know ' the negro better than you do, and I say that the more you increase the old antagonism between the freedman and his master, the more certain you render his extermination." It is this knowledge of the negro, as he is in the mass, that the Northern legislators for the most part want. They judge . LO:NDO/V, MONDA Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1866. h im from the in .dividual freedma n m i x i ng w i t h th e • white in Noe.hern cities, a very different specimen from: arnonrg millions of his own r ace f ar away i n the E ;with' ern districts. The negro is, in fact, made a po litie,al cry in the North, and the principle of - tyand freedom is degraded into a mere excuse for fa eaticism and intolerance. When the leaders of a great party in the boasted Republic declare open ly that they can keep the Southern States in OD condition of Poland, if necessary, and do not scruple to remind the PRESIDENT of the fate of our GIIARLES the FIRST, it is time for more moderate ar d thoughtful men to ask themselves whither they ar c tending. The treatment of the Southern people is another great subject of division between the parties in I the Xorth, although it is in reality a branch of the, difficulty. In their enthusiasm for the black man the Radicals entirely overlook the corn moruest principles of justice in regard to their white countrymen, and, as we have said, avow their wil lingness to keep the Southern States in the condi tion of a conquered country. The great point at issue between the PRESIDENT and the Radicals is whether the Confederate States are or are not part of the Union. The PRESIDENT, as we know, holds that they have never been out of it ; the Radicals, on the other hand, affirm that they have left, and must not be re-admitted without some guarantee for future loyalty. But on this plea we should like to know what excuse there was for the Northern States enforcing the subjugation of the South ? The object at the time was said to be the maintenance and preservation of the Union, but the point once gained, the Radic9.ls turn round and declare the Union to have been broken, and the Confederates to have forfeited all claims to re-admission. Then on what ground did they compel six millions of whites to abandon their own form of Government? It is the old story of Democracy ending in Despot ism, and when we find the extreme Radicals of the most Radical country in the world openly taking the Emperor of RUSSIA'S policy as their model, it is time for our politicians to take the hint and the warning. It is fortunate for America that she has at the head of affairs a statesman so firm and so enlightened as ANDREW JOHNSON. The President feels that he has the support of the great body of his countrymen, with whom the Radicals are daily losing favour ; and, notwithstanding the excessive majority of the Radicals in Congress, he will, if he has nerve enough to hold his ground, be eventually victor. The Republican press is now, for the most part, ranging itself on his side, while the influence of Generals GRANT and SHERMAN is unreservedly exerted in his favour. In fact every one who really knows the South, and understands the condition of its people, white and black, is of the same opinion ; so that, as time goes on, and the public mind grows more and more informed and enlightened the influence of the ran ters and fanatics will doubtless sensibly diminish. We must hope that it will be so ; but in the mean time, as the position of foreign affairs becomes more tranquil and less exciting, the interest of the Ame rican intelligence centres principally on the ques tions of internal legislation and policy. for this very attractive feature are about to com mence. A sister of Adelina Patti has arrived in Paris, of whose voice there:are - marvelloue-itecounts. She will appear at the Easter concerts. Tamberlik is also in Paris on his way to Madrid. He has paid several visits to Verdi. Among the fashionable departures from Paris I may mention that of the Prince and Princess de Hohenzollern, who have been present at Court files and the aristocratic balls and soirees. M. Jarry, a rich banker of the Rue Laffitte, who died recently at Paris, has left, among other pro perty, a vast amount of debts to him, which, according to his will, are to be sold to the highest bidder. They are labelled " Divers debts to vendor, amounting to 1,662,178 francs 1 centime." M. Jarry was engaged in all the speculations of the day, and lost a good deal of money in the Facteur Pari ien, a parcel delivery company established about two years ago, which was compelled to wind up its (affairs. Speculators sometimes gain large sums, but it would take a long time to make up the above sum by interest at 6 per cent. In my occasional notices of the precosity of the season I should mention the celebrated chestnut tree of the Tuileries Gardens, the blossoms of which are opening. This was not the case last year till the end of March. Lilacs, weeping willows, and the early arbustes exhibit the same precocity. A work has just appeared by Madame A udouard, " Guerre aux llommes," the object of which is to prove that men are not so intelligent as women. If worth more notice I will give it. A case of murder and robbery of a very flagrant character has been tried before the Court of Assize for the Seine, but as usual the jury have discovered " extenuating circumstances." The culprits are two youths of twenty, named Albert Brouihard and Louis Eugene Serveau. The trial lasted two days, but the facts may be told almost in that number of words. The victim, Madame Chabescine, kept a shop for the sale of articles of the toilet in the Rue de Clichy. On the evening of the 15th December last a customer, who was going into the shop, saw two persons come out hurriedly, whom he afterwards identified to be the prisoners. Finding that Madame Chabescine was in an inner room he did not stop, but returned at a later hour. As no answer then was given suspicions were aroused, and on the room being broken open the poor woman appeared to be in the agonies of death. She had been nearly strangled with a strip of muslin, and had been severely wounded in the head with a culinary instrument. She died in great pain fife days afterwards. Before the Jute do Paix, the prisoner partially confessed the crime, and the evi dence left no doubt of their guilt. They had ran sacked the drawers, and taken away a good deal of money and jewellery. Althoughso young, they had both been iu trouble for several robberies, and for taking away money from the masters who employed them as clerks. Their counsel seemed chiefly to rely upon their "extreme youth" as a palliation for their crime. The jury found them both guilty, but accompanied the verdict with their belief in ex tenuating circumstances, as above stated, and they were condemned to hard labour for life. The papers announce the death of Count de Beaumont, formerly deputy, but afterwards Senator. Another murder and robbery is recorded. A rich proprietor at Ruffey (Saone -et-Loire) lived in a house by himself. The neighbours seeing smoke issue from the chimney rushed in, and M. Ruffey was found dead from wounds on the head with a hammer. The murderers, after taking away all the money they could find, set fire to the bed, and part of the body was burnt to a cinder. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, FEB. 2G. Prince Couza has received permission to leave the CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The German papers received in Paris to-day, as well as the Paris journals, attach much import ance to the present aspect of affairs in Germany. The simultaneous departure of M. de Goltz and M. de Budberg, the former for Berlin and the latter for St. Petersburg, is supposed to have con nection with some arrangements between France and Austria, and it is asked whether Prussia and Russia are likely to adopt any energetic measures in opposition to the desires of the two former Powers. The Ost Deutsche Post, a journal of some influence, supposes that the basis of a new ar rangement may be the cession of Venetia to the kingdom of Italy for a consideration, which France will undertake to provide. It is admitted by the official Paris papers that the administrative reform suggested for Venetia has excited considerable op position in that country, and that public opinion is generally against it. Letters from Vienna affirm that the Venetians still believe in the possibility of regaining their national independence. There is a schism in the management of the Presse, and M. Emile de Girardiu, the editor in chief, and Messrs. Duvernois and Vermorel retire. According to the generally believed version, M. Emile de Girardin advocates more energy and liberalism, and the committee of management are afraid of any course which might by possibility en tail the interruption of the publication of the paper or its suppression. M. Emile de Girardin has been " everything by turns and nothing long," and I for one am not astonished that the proprietors should fear any sudden impulse in favour of rash radicalism which might endanger their property without being of any service to the cause of real liberty. Accounts from Chili state that the blockade of the coasts of Chili is now reduced to the blockade of the two ports of Valparaiso and La Caldera. The frigates the Ville de Madrid, the Blanca, and the goelette Venedora blockade Valparaiso. The Numancia, the Berenguela, the Marques de la Victoria, and the Matias Cousiuo, blockade la Cal dera. A skirmish took place on the 27th of De cember, in the roads of Caldera, between the Chilians and the Spaniards. The armed boats of the Numancia and the Berenguela succeeded in entering a creek, and took possession of the Chilian steamer Corbalau ; but a company of infantry kept up a powerful fire, and compelled the boats to abandon the steamer, which they had taken in tow. ' According to the latest news, the commerce of Chili 'has resumed its usual activity. A report was in circulation at Panama that several Spanish trading vessels had been captured by Chinn corsairs. Au English three-masted steamer is now under the surveillance of the authorities of Brest, in con sequence of her having on board munitions of war. The name of the steamer is not mentioned. A man named Joyard has just murdered his wife at the little village of Sauvian in the depart milt of the Herault. They had been separated about a year in consequence of the brutal character and jealousy of the husband. The woman, how ever, is said to be of irreproachable character. The husband, who had often threatened his wife, re turned to her a few nights ago and inflicted several mortal wounds upon her with a chopper. The darkness of the night favoured his escape, but the police of Beziers obtained a clue to his place of re treat. He had shot himself near the house with a double barrelled pistol. He discharged both bagels into his head. M. Camille Doucet has assumed his seat in the Academie Francais° in the room of the late Count Alfred do Vigny. The audience was very numerous, and M. Doucet made a brilliant and appropriate speech, in which he passed a high eulogium upon de Vigny. lie said that Chatterton and Stello were always for M. de Vigny his works of predilection. M. Jules Sandeau followed in a strain of similar eulogy of Count de Vigny, and proceeded to express his admiration of the beautiful comedy of M. Doucet. lie analysed the chief of these comedies " Les Ennemis de la Maison," "La Chasse aux Fripons," and "Ea Consideration," and said that they seemed to revive the genius of Cor neille. The election of M. Prevost Paradol will take place on the Bth of March, when M. Guizot is expected to make a speech on the occasion. Among the marvels of the Great Exhibition of Paris will be an aquarium -10 ft. deep. The most rare and various fresh water fish will be kept in it, and there will also be a miniature sea, with sharks and other remarkable gca fish. The preparations country. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 26 The Moniteur of this morning says :—" Certain papers announce that a society has been formed at Rome, having for its object the development of the resources of the Papal Government, and that this society is placed under the direction of M. Vuille frey, a member of the French Senate." The latter portion of this statement is entirely without foundation. BOURSE, Feb. 24, Two o'clock.—There is to day a total absence of the buoyancy which has characterised the markets for stocks and Shares during the past two or three days. Transactions are exceedingly rare, and quotations have generally re ceded. Threes for the Account are doing at 69fr. 371 c., or a fall 7c. ; and Mobilier Shares at 681 fr. 25c., a decline of 2fr. 50c. Italian fives are quoted at 61fr. 42ic., or sc. less. The Railway Department also evinces much weakness, and the rates are generally lower. Three o'clock.—The market closed on the for 4i- per Cents 99 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 321 Do. end month 69 32i Credit Mobilier 677 51.) Do. end month Bank Shares 3690 Credit Foncier 1340 Italian Loan 6l 50 Do. end month 6l 47} RAIL' lowing quotations : Roman 69 Ottoman Fives 39 25 Mexican Loan 4B Do. Bonds 303 75 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Rome Debt — Deferred rAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Amt. - - 867 50 - - 1120 - - 886 25 - - ... 555 - - - 543 75 - - ... 147 50 - - ... 402 50 - - 400 - - - 177 5G - 231 25 102 50 - - ... 122 25 Close of the Prussian Chambers. BERLIN, Feb. 23. The immediate cause of the close of the Prussian Chambers was the ill-success of the motion of De puty Reichensperger and the Catholic members for an address to the King. The motion was rejected yesterday, after an animated debate, by a very large majority. Count von ,Bismarck then demanded the word, and read the two Royal decrees, amidst the breath less silence of the House : " We, 'William, by God's grace King of Prussia, &c., have, in accordance with Art. 77 of the Con stitution, commissioned the President of our Mi nistry, Count von Bismarck-Schonhausen, to close the present session of the two Houses of the Diet of our kingdom in our name upon the 23d inst. We therefore humbly summon both Houses of the Diet to assemble for that purpose upon the said day, at 1 p.m., in our royal castle at Berlin. (Signed) " WILLIAM." " We, William, by God's grace, King of Prussia, &c., do ordain, in virtue of Art 52 of the Constitu tion, as follows : " 1. Both Hoases of the Diet are hereby pro rogued until the close of the present session. " 2. Our Ministry is charged with the execution of this decree. (Signed) ' 6 WILLIAM." (Countersigned by all the Ministers.) The reading of these documents seemed to take the House completely by surprise. President Grabow perused the decrees, and then said— " As I read these royal orders, it appears that we arc to hold no further sittings until the close of the session, and that we are prorogued at once. Gentlemen, this is therefore our last sitting in the eighth legislative period. You will not expect from me, AS I had no previous knowledge of the royal order impending over us, any detailed statement of the labours we have al ready accomplished, and of those still remaining to be performed. As you are yourselves aware, a great portion of our work is left undone. We can only close to-day's sitting with the heartfelt wish that, as in my opinion proceedings of every sort will en sue, the Prussian people will back up its represen tatives, and, as hitherto, rigidly observe the consti tution. The measures likely to follow in conse quence of the prorogation and close of the Chambers have been already announced in the course of our sittings, but I trust that we, who have up to the present time supported right, law, and the consti tution with all our strength, will let these still be our aims in future. Gentlemen, as we are not to meet here again, I close our last sitting with the cry, Long Live his Majesty the King !'" Upon the assembly of the Chambers at the Castle this afternoon, Count von Bismarck, the President of the Ministry, read the following speech in the King's name : " Illustrious, noble, and honourable Gentlemen of both Houses of the Diet,—llisMajesty's Govern- merit opened the present session of the Diet, not in the expectation of the immediate solution of the pending constitutional conflict , but in the hopethat the strong desire of the Prussian people for agree , meat would find sufficient echo among the represen tatives to render possible the co-operation of the bodies of the State in the establishment of useful laws ; and to alleviate, by common action in the service of the fatherland, the evils of the opposition offered by the Chamber of Deputies to the Crown and to the Upper House. In this hope the Go vernment opened the Diet by desire of his Majesty the King, without upon its part afford ing fresh food to the disagreement or injuring the bases of a future understanding. The first manifestation which followed thereupon from the Chamber of Deputies was a speech from its president, in which he gave expression to the hostile feeling of the majority of the house, by base less and provocative reproaches against his Majesty's Government. The further action of the house was in accordance with this proceeding. It was not directed towards peace, but towards strife—not de voted to the bills laid before it, but dedicated to the attempt to discover opportunities for attack upon the Government in directions which the constitution has not brought within the sphere of action of the representatives, and with regard to which their efforts necessarily remained fruitless. In this way the union of the Duchy of Lauenburg with -the Prussian Crown, hailed with joy by the whole country, was disputed, and therewith the constitu tional right of the King to conclude treaties impos ing no burdens upon the State. In this way an un constitutional attack was made by the resolution of February 10 upon the independence of the courts, guaranteed by Article 86 of the constitution, in con junction with the attempt to injure the well-founded reputation of Prussian jurisprudence among the people, and publicly to assail the honour of a judicial bench whose impartiality pow, as for cen tuaries, has contributed to the fame of our country. By a further resolution the Chamber of Deputies has violated article 46 of the constitution, and attri buted to itself privileges of the Executive power be longing to his Majesty alone, as it undertook to give instructions to officials with regard to the duties of.their office. In face of these assumptions the Government was compelled to ask itself whether results favourable to the prosperity and the internal peace of the country were to be expected from the continuance of the labours of the Diet. His Majesty wished the consideration of this question postponed until the Chamber of Deputies should have discussed a motion in which expression was given to the efforts at mediation of a minority. But the course of this debate has not been able to remove the ap prehension of the Government that the country would be drawn into more serious disagreements by the course adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, and that the settlement of existing disunion would only be rendered more difficult at a future period. . To prevent this, his Majesty the King has ordered that the sittings of the Diet opened on the 15th - - January should be terminated. By his Majesty's order I therefore declare the Diet of the kingdom closed." Naval and Military Intelligence. --..__ The iron cased ship Research, 4, 200 horse power, Commander R. A. E. Scott, arrived in Chatham harbour on Thursday afternoon from Cowes, where she had been in attendance on her Majesty, and, after having had her powder and shell removed into the magazines at Upnor Castle, proceeded up to the dockyard early on Friday morning. She was brought up alongside the floating shears. She is ordered to be docked in cne of the available docks at Chatham for the purpose of having the deck over her central battery extended into a complete upper deck con tinuously with the poop and forecastle, this addition having been ordered by the Admiralty with the view of promoting the comfort of the crew in work ing the sails during inclement weather. In order to allow of the guns in her battery to be fired both ahead and astern in a line with the vessel's keel, the sides of the Research will be indented like those of the Pallas, ironclad corvette. The officers speak in the highest terms of the vessel. Although her engines are decidedly of too small power (only 200 horse) for a vessel of the size of the Research, dur ing her recent passage from Waterford to Ports mouth, which was a very stormy one, she attained a speed of upwards of 11 knots an hour, assisted by her sails. A ship's launch, No. 10, fitted with engines by Messrs. Rennie, and driving a pair of twin screws, working independently, was tried at Portsmouth on Friday, under the supervision of Lieut. Michell, of H.M.S. Asia. The trial of a ship's boat fitted with screw machinery can never, under ordinary circum stances, be attended with any great interest; but the boat's trial, in the present instance, was so far novel and out of the ordinary course of such trials, that each screw was driven by a single engine in lieu of the ordinary method by a pair of engines. Surface condensers were also fitted to each engine, the ob ject in this arrangement being not so much to ob tain a vacuum as to supply the engine with fresh water, a feature of great importance in the fitting of these small engines. The substitution of one for the usual two cylinders in the driving of each shaft also necessarily lessens the number of parts and simplifies the general arrangement. The launch drew if t. 7in. of water forward, and 2ft. 10in. aft. The load on the safety valve was from 751 b to 801 b, and the pressure is the cylinders 651 b. The maxi mum number of the screw's revolutions was 304, and'the minimum 293. The diameter of the screws 2ft. Gin., and their pitch 3ft. 6in. The mean speed of the boat in her runs over the measured mile proved to be 7.500 knots. The trial was consi dered to be satisfactory, and had not the boilers primed during the trial a more favourable result even might possibly have been obtained . The Royal Alfred, 18, 4,011 tons, 800-horse power, partially ironcased frigate, on Friday re ceived her three iron lower masts under the shears of Portsmouth dockyard, with a view to her being rigged. The masts were manufactured by the Messrs. Finch, of Chepstow, and are considered to be of excellent material and manufacture. Her Majesty's despatch boat Nassau has been suc cessfully launched from Pembroke dockyard. She is a very handsome little vessel, built of wood. Her Majesty's ship Dee, from Woolwich, has arrived at Pembroke dock with machinery and stores for the docl:yard. Her Majesty's 2-gun, double screw, iron and wood vessel Vixen, built by Mr. Charles Lungley at Deptford -green dockyard, and received at Wool wich on the 16th of January last to be fitted for service, was on Saturday masted and rigged down, and will be docked this morning for completion. The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Commander Timothy Sulivan, having been fitted with a chart-house on the bridge, will also be placed in dock this morning, at Woolwich, to be examined preparatory to return ing to her moorings in ordinary off the dockyard for special service. Her Majesty's 17-gun sloop Chanticleer paid out of commission last week at Woolwich by Comman der Fenwick, from the Mediterranean, was on Saturday hauled under the shears in the inner basin, to be brought forward for a new commission, and the iron paddle vessel Antelope, in dock at 'Wool wich, is ordered to be ready for the pennant on the 31st of May next. The Unicorn hired transport, Capt. Horn, was on Saturday hauled into the outer basin of Woolwich dockyard, to ship 400 tons of machinery and vic tualling-stores for Ascension and the Cape of Good Hope. On Friday, Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Construc tor of the Navy, proceeded to Paris on a visit to the French School of Naval Architecture. He will be absent about a week. The Simoom, screw iron troopship, Capt. Thos. B. Lethbridge, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Wednesday and on Friday to Spithead to test her capstans and anchorage gear. On the Ist proximo she will embark at Portsmouth the 92d Regiment, Gordon Highlanders, for conveyance to Dublin. From Dublin she will proceed to the Mediterranean and convey the 22d Regiment from Malta to New Brunswick, and thence proceed to the West India Islands, where she will be employed in effecting a relief of troops in the different garrisons, on the completion of which she will return to England. The Tamar, screw iron troop ship, Capt. Stir ling, will embark the 75th Regiment at Portsmouth on the 2d proximo for transport to Dublin. The 72d Highlanders, from India, under com mand of Major Crombie, arrived at Edinburgh, by special train from London, on Wednesday morning, the first visit of the regiment to Scotland for about 40 years, nearly the whole interval having been spent in foreign service. The same day the left wing of the 71st Highlanders, under Capt. Dalgleish, left Edinburgh Castle for Aldershot, the band of the newly arrived 72d playing " Home, sweet home," while the 71st were taking their departure. The 71st have arrived at Aldershot. The marching-in strength was 19 officers, 44 sergeants, 26 drummers, 547 rank and file, 85 women, and 95 children. The regiment is stationed in A, B, and C lines, North Camp. The 31st Huntingdonshire Regiment, under the command of Col. Eagar, is under orders to proceed from Aldershot to Portsmouth on March 6. The 31st will be relieved at Aldershot by the 52d Regt. from Portsmouth. The 14th Hussars, who have been stationed at Aldershot since May, 1864, have left the camp for Hounslow, Kensington, and Hampton Court. Three troops marched on Monday last, five on Wednes day, and the remainder of the regiment on Saturday. The 74th Highlanders, under the command of Col. M'Leod, left Aldershot on Tuesday for Dover. Detachments from the brigade of Foot Guards have been ordered to Aldershot for rifle practice, and on arrival will be quartered in I and K lines, North Camp. The three brigades of infantry at Aldershot formed up in line of contiguous columns on the Queen's parade, at half-past ten on Thursday morning. The troops were inspected by Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., and, after marching past, were exercised in a variety of field movements, changes of position, and formations, occupying about an hour and a half. The regiments present were the 13th Prince Albert's Light Infantry, the 17th Leicester- shire, the 28th North Gloucestershire, the3lst Hun tingdonshire, the 63d Wrest Suffolk, the 69th South Lincolnshire, and the 92d Gordon Highlanders. On the same day the cavalry and artillery of the division marched out in different directions. The 62d Regiment is expected to leave Pembroke dock in a few days. An order was on Friday received at Chatham, directing the reinforcement for the 2d battalion of the King's Own Regiment, placed under orders some few weeks since for Malta, to embark for Nova Scotia, to which station the service companies are ordered to proceed. The officers who embark with the detachment are Lieuts. F. R. Sandys, and J. W. G. Telfer. Colonel R. H. Crofton has been appointed to the command of the Ist Division Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, in the Chatham district, and will join headquarters on the 27th inst. Capt. Pocklington and Ensign Carleton, 2d bat- ~,~" • talion of the sth Fusiliers, have been placed under orders to embark for the Cape of Good Hope, r° join their service companies. Five companies of the 14th Regiment, the regi mental headquarters at present stationed at Ports mouth, will leave that garrison on the 28th inst. for Sheffield, to join detachments of the regiment pre viously sent there from Tynemouth, Capt. Loraine White, who has been for some years barrack-master at St. James's Park, has been al )- pointed a military knight of Windsor, in the room of Major D. J. Macdonald, K.H. Capt. White has serued in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. He served on the expedition to the Elbe and IVeser, under Lord Cathcart ; in the Peninsula, under the Duk e of Wellington ; and in the campaigns in Flanders and France, under Lord Lynedoch and the Duke of Wellington. Capt. White has received the war medal with three clasps as well as the medal for Waterloo. A pay-corporal of the Bth company of Royal En gineers, named Tylor, stationed at Woolwich, has succeeded in fraudulently appropriating and escaping with about £2OO. The loss of a large portion of thi s Ellin will, it is feared, f a ll on C apt. Wh ea tl e y, who recently left Woolwich and joined the mounted corps at Aldershott, and Lieut. Crawford, now in temporary command of the company. Corporal Tylor was in the habit of drawing the men's working pal from the Royal Arsenal, and in his capacity of pal" corporal he was intrusted with funds to discharge the current bills. This, it appears, he had neglected to do, alleging falsely to the various tradesmen that his captain had authorised him to defer the paY ment from time to time on some trivial excuse. 011 Saturday, the 18th inst., he was found to be absent from the pay-call, at which the company was assem bled, and he has not since been heard of. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander Edward J. Brooks to be Inspecting Commander in the Coastguard Service , vice the Hon. Henry W. Chetwynd, whose period of service has expired ; Dr. William D. Smyth, stir' geon, to the Brisk ; Arthur R. F. Bailey has been nominated to a Naval Cadetship ; William Henry Keats, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Prince Albert ; James Morris, chief engineer, to the Ds' gard, for service in the Antelope ; Robert Madge , chief engineer, to the Fisgard, for service in the Zebra ; Robert E. Horne, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for service in the Collingwood, vice Urquhart ; William Frederick Capps, chief wi' neer, to the Fisgard, for service in the Foxhound ; James Stocks, first-class assist.-engineer, to th e Indus, for service in the Vestal ; Henry Braynt master's assistant, to the Prince Consort; and Dun" can A. Richmond, master's assistant, to the Bla ck Prince. 0 4, 7 : r9 Tort einglar. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Sunday The Queen, accotr.panied by Princess Louise , drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at th e Castle, and had an audience of the Queen. THE QUEEN'S COURTS.— We have authority t° state that, in consequence of the lamented death of Sir C• Phipps, the Queen has postponed the Court appointed bY her Majesty to be held on Tuesday, the 27th inst., to Fri' day, March 9, at the same hour. The dates of the other Courts announced to be held by her Majesty have been changed to the following days : Thursday, March 16 ; Friday, March 23 ; Thursday, April 12 ; Monday, May 14; and Tuesday, June 19. Her Majesty the Queen has presented to the British Museum one of the Roman tombs recently die" covered upon the crown property at Old Windsor. Tl 5 other tomb her Majesty has presented to the town ° f Windsor, and it is to be deposited in the contemplated local museum in connection with the Literary and Scientific In stitution of the borough, for the accommodation of which a new building, to be called the Albert Institution, is to be erected on the Bachelor's Acre, a vacant site in the centre of Windsor. PRINCE ALFRED A POST CAPTAIN. -Friday night's Gazette contained the following announcement " Admiralty, Feb. 23 . —Lieutenant his Royal Highnes B Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, K.G., has been this d 5 promoted to the rank of Captain in her Majesty's Fleet: It will be thus seen that the Prince has escaped from serv ing in the rank of Commander, and will, no doubt, be pointed to the command of a rated ship—perhaps the RoY *l Alfred, which will be soon ready for the pendant. -Aryl and Navy Gazette. APPOINTMENTS.—Lord Kinnaird will succeed to the lord-lieutenancy of Perthshire, vacant by the death of the Earl of Kinnoul. Mr. Mallet, C. 8., and Mr. Moriero C. 8., have been appointed British Commissioners to C' into effect the fourth arti;le of the recent treaty with jos tria. Mr. R. Graham has been appointed her Maies t P Consul in the Balearic Islands.— Sunday Gazette. Declaration of War between Spain and Pero' By the arrival of the steamer Peru, from Panama, the highly important intelligence has been received that treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive has been con' eluded between Chili an d P eru, an d t h at t h e l at t er POO' has:declared war against Spain. The Peruvian fleet, consisting of the frigates Apurima c ' 40 guns, and Amazonas, 40 guns ; and the corvet tes America, 16 guns , an d U n i on, 16 guns, h a d s aile d to effect a juncture with the Chiiian fleet, C Oil e i sisting of the Esmeralda, 16 guns, Cavadonga, 4 guns, as Maipu, 2 guns. This fleet is under positive orders to °lit mence immediate hostilities against the Spanish squad r°il. The Peruvian Government has prohibit e d Spaniards resident in Peru from quitting the coun t r y, an d a Pa , ; port is now required by every person g oi ng a b r oad, Wit out exception. The treaty was ratified and signed at Santiago on t he 30th December, 1865, by the President of the Chiliaa n public, Jose Joaquin Perez, and countersigned by Fr eda ' rico Errazuriz. The ratifications were exchanged on the 14th of Janii 3/1 s 1866, in the saloon of the Dep ar t men t f or F or eign -A-g a/ ...," at Lima, between Terribio Pacheco, P eruv i a n Seere iau for Foreign Affairs, and Domingo Santa Maria, - 6° ‘:, ° 12 .. 1 Extraordinary and Mi n i ster Pl en i potentiary of t h e B°P" lie of Chili. SEBAsToroL.---The Cronstadt Messenger gives th n e f following account of the works execut e d i n the pol l " Sebastop o l b e t ween t h e I st o f J anuary and t h e 10th of November, 1865 :—ln the first line, which runs from C au l ; stantine Point on the No r th s id e t o Al exan d er Point ° the south side, the Varna, ship of the line, has been : 11 ; tirely removed, and the S a l a ph a il partially, the I n "; parts only remaining. The Tri-Sviatitclia is in n eBr f. the same state. Th e grea t er p ar t o f th e O u ral rea n t 3 war and of the Sizapol still remain under water• the second line, where the vessels had been 011 , 13 0 chequer-wise between the batteries Michael and ;` .- t ; 14 on the north side, and the Nicholas and Paul I )°°n on the south, the vessel Jaqoudul has been c° l pletely removed, and the Khrabry, Tchesma, Rostislaw, and Sviatoslaw in part, the lower pert i°ll ,,:s the hulls only remaining belo w . Th e Twelve APO is also partially removed, and it s h u ll i s t o be raised ~-1 means of floating butts, an operation which will be the tended with great difficulty. The getting up of Marie and Constantine has not be en co mmenced. .`" s frigate Kagoul has been wholly raised, and some port i °, l3 o of the frigates Midia and Micevria . Th ere have b e ' n already recovered 2,200 pounds (36 tons) of c°P;, 5,500 p. (90 tons) of iron, 1,200 canno ns, 4,0 00 W a i st 12,000 cast-iron ballast pigs, 100 c h a i n ca bles, end 5 quantity of miscellaneous stores. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN ON NEBRASIC.A.---alli° irrepressible gentleman writes from Omah, Nebrasinil thß follows :—" Omah. This is the New Chicago. li s t s. half-way station to China. Paris and Pekin in Two ocean ferries and a continent a l r ailway. This rs 7, the of land for ten millions of sheep and countless he rds •a cattle. This is the city wh ere fi ve railroads will cl‘ from Chicago and two from St. Louis. This is the • 9 of the bottle. Idaho, M o ntana, and a dozen Leng uts ,l i n is of gold, silver, coal, and i ron p ou r their treasures int°ll"ch half-way station down two thousand miles of riv er. P pastoral lands. Such soil, yearly enriched sin ce the "' loge, thousands of years old. Such climate. Ti ter° but no old men in Nebraska, and the grave-yards ar 6 e no sparsely populated. Nearly everything pays tw g it ch thirty, forty per cent. Everybody makes moneY• t o hospitality, such churches and schools. Tell t he boYs a come this way. They want a territory, future. Men of thought and men of action, cle ar the tying I intend establishing towns, building cities, an d fP e tast up fortunes at every station along the Pacific Bo a ' , se a week I bought five hundred acres of land in Dinah' 00 by the fall shall have ono hundred cottages thereon• tit the 4th of July the President and Cabinet must come °}l.. and open the first one hundred mil e s of the worl d's big way. Then the Platte Valley will declare its inderen deuce." a f r ontier, al:lIv c!: National Portrait Exhibition. From the following general report an idea may be formed of what this Exhibition is likely to be : " Already portraits have been received represent ing several of the Plantagenets and the personages distinguished in their reigns. Of Henry VIII. there are 16 portraits, with portraits of each of his six wives, and the most important personages of his reign. Of his scn, Edward VI., there are 11 por traits, with portraits also of the Seymour, Northum • berband, and other great families. Of Queen Mary there are 10 portraits, and of her sister Elizabeth 27 ; Mary Queen of Scots, 16 ; Lady Jane Grey, Darnley, Rizzio, Raleigh, and the great military chiefs and statesmen of the reign, also Shakspere, Ben Jonson, and Spencer. James I. and his ..Queen are ',well represented, Lady Arabella Stuart, the favourite Buckingham, with the distinguished churchmen, jurists, and statesmen of the time. Charles 1., by the hand of his great painter Van dyck, will live again in the exhibition, with his Queen and family, his Court, and the heroes of the Civil War. His reign is represented by no less than 240 portraits. In the Commonwealth Cromwell and his family will be conspicuous with the Generals who led the Parliamentary troops and the chiefs of the Long Parliament. Charles IL, his courtiers and courtesans, no less than those who have earned a better distinction, will be represented by altogether 190 portraits, and the exhibition, extending down to 1683, will in clude James 11., his wife, the Duke of Monmouth, the seven bishops, Jeffries, Bunyan, and many others. Lifeboat Services. BIDEFORD, DEVON, Feb. 24 . ---During a gale from W.N.W. yesterday (says A. Gusset, Esq., collector of Customs), the brig Altivo, of Lisbon, bound from London to Cardiff in ballast, was observed on shore inside the South Tail in Bideford Bay. The Apple dore lifeboat, named the Hope, of the National Lifeboat Institution, was promptly launched and proceeded towards the wreck, and on nearing her met the crew of 10 men in their own boat. The lifeboat then took them in tow, and safely brought them through the breakers, and landed them at Appledore. It was most fortunate that the lifeboat met them just at the right moment, as they got from under the lee of their ship, otherwise their boat to a certainty would have beon swamped, their being a very heavy sea on. The cost, amounting to £340, of this lifeboat, was defrayed by Mrs. Ellen Hope, as executrix of the late Rev. F. W. Hope. NEW LIFEBOATS.—TIie National Lifeboat Insti tution sent on Saturday a new lifeboat to Culler coats, near Tynemouth, Northumberland, and two days previously, one to Cahore, on the coast of Wexford. The Cullercoats lifeboat is 33ft. long, and is the gift to the institution of Peter Reid, Esq. The boat is named The Palmerston, after the late much-lamented Lord Palmerston. The Cahore lifeboat is 32ft. long, and is the second lifeboat pre sented to the institution by Gen. Sir Geo. Bowles, K.C.B. The committee have named the boat The Sir George Bowles. Sir George's first boat is sta tioned at Howth, near Dublin, and last winter it was the means, during a heavy gale of wind, of sav ing a shipwrecked crew. Sir George was so pleased with the performance of the lifeboat on the occa sion that he decided to present to the institution the cost of another lifeboat. The Lifeboat Society has now ten lifeboats on the Northumberland coast, on which it has expended upwards of £5,000. All the lifeboats, numbering 27, on the Irish coast, be long to the Lifeboat Institution, and it has expended on them upwards of £13,000, REMARKABLE COIXCIDENCE.—On Friday, Feb. 23, 180, his Royal nighness the Prince of Wales in returning from hunting, changed his attire, and lunched at the Angel Hotel in Grantham, accompanied by his grace the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Wilton, and several other noblemen. It occurred to Mr. Boyall, the landlord of the hotel, that just 653 years ago, that very day, viz., on Feb. 23, 1213, as the patent rolls of his reign prove, King John hold his Court in the same room that the Prince of Wales then occupied. This fact was duly made known to his royal highness and party by Mr. Boyall. A DANGEROUS LEAP.--.Swain, a Liverpool bride well keeper, having occasion to travel on Friday from Liverpool to Walton Gaol, by some mistake got into an express instead of a train which stopped at the Walton station. Aa his business was important, he imprudently resolved to leap out of the train at Walton, but his temerity nearly cost him his life, and ho now lies in a most critical state. _--..-'--•---- Asi4w ~ ...E .13.. - li tit ,tch Xr e oh ...,,,, 1) 0• -q .i ap rr, C; a' te,', Ne i L An, Ban 13 Indi Ar g Au si bra 2 JY, 13„t 1) 0 b„ cr o ` u 'N 011