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

LIFEBOAT SERVlaring the storms of the past year 1864 the boats o f the National Lifebaat institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per sans by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co., Herries and Co., Contts and Co., and by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. The ANNU4L GENERAL ME k TING of this Institution will beheld at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street , on TUESDAY next, the '4th inst., at Two o'clock precisely. His Grace the Duke of ARGYLL, K.T., in the Chair. R OYAL"''ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING, the Opera of THE MOCK DOCTOR (the English words by Char.es Kenny'. Principal characters.rs by Mesdames Poole, Thiriwall , and nanny Iluddart ; Mess henry Haigh, A. Cook, C. Lyail, Duss Lingliam, and H. Cord. Condurtor,Mr. A. MELLON. A iter which, the Grand and highly successful Partomi acces.me, CINDEUELLA. Magnifi ce nt Scenery and gorgeous nodes. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a New Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. A t,.r which, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDLL. Messrs. Phelpis, dames Anderson, Waiter Lacy, Sin.lair, Rayner; Miss Rose Leclercq and Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Concluding with the Opening of the Pantomime, HOP 0' MY THUMB AND HIS EL ts.VEN BROTHERS; or, the Ogre of the Seven -League Boots; terminating with the Grar.d Transformation Scene ; Miss Lydia Thompson, &c. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THREE WEEKS AFTER MAR RIAGE. Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Nelly Moore, &c. To be followe I by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea theisv, &J. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid. Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Hill, &c. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIIE• Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. To commence at 7. NE' THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. - dole rrovrtitur and Atanager, air. B. vs , übeitei. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess s. C. H. Stephenson and Eburne ; Miss K. Kelly. Al er which, THI HUNCHBACK. Julia (sth time) Miss Bateman, supported by liessr, George 3, rdan, Swinbourne, Bil.ington, Stuart, Ashley, Eburne, J. L. Toole ; and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE. Messrs. J. I . Toole, Paul Bedford, and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ti Under the Sole Management of Mr. iechter. TIM EVENING, TWO IN THE MORNING. Messrs. Widdiaomb and Emery. After which, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. Samuel Emery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. Horsman, lien rade, E. Boyce, and Elsworttiy. Followed by Di URSEY CHICKWEED. To conclude with BEAR-FACED IMPOSTORS. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev.n till Five. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. FECIIT ER 'not havin2, - sufficiently recovered to rO r no ° n rm r oil"maalitTnwo- c i i , a e y r s ji BEATRlCEebblaatlallse.mrs. Hall r a at this T t heatre, on MONDAY N I', March 13, thus anticipating:, by some weeks, the period original arranged for her first appearance. RCYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. Da , ld Fisher, entitled HEAUT-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STIt NGS. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WILFUL WARD. Mr. Belford; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Miss Swanborough. To conclude with THE " GRIN" BUSHES : Mr. Fenton, &c. ; Mesdames liaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, em GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S ON E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics arc combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, arid the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices Are such as must satisfy the most economical. This depart ment is in a ilistinct part of the premises, which will be fuund a gre conv,nience for ladies aua children, MOSES AND SON E• resnectfully invi! e public attention to their large and wca-assurted SPaING STOCK- MOSES AND SOWS •"SANDRINGHAM." and "DANISH" WitAPVER introduced by them) is the newest and most fashion ib style of Overcoats for the season. OSES AND SON'S E M • READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOLIIINLi for all classes and all ages. E• CEL M AND DRAT SON' ED" INDISPENSABLE" SUIT. S I rom 30s. MOSES AND • HOSIERY and DRArEItY, for all classes and all ages. S 0 N'S WI MOSES AND SON'S • HATS AND to all c asses and all ages. EMOSES AND SON'S • BOOTS and SHOES, for all classes and all ages. E . MOSE o S uTFI A . ND S 0 N'S for at! classes, all ages, and all climates. 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THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as l'ublished containing all the LATEST !NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCIO, by R. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blacktrlars-roau, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON.,BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, lh. 50m.—Afternoon, 2h. Bm. To-llowtow.-Morning, 2h. 25m.—Afternoon, 2h. 40m. j p 't I Z W ifo____lolf;,- .twi„1...,,,, '' V V gi 1.* "4 111°) 441 P, 4 ,- N" Ullt LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1865. The list of Federal triumphs has now another addition. Wilmington has fallen, although it may almost be said to have fallen voluntarily. In ac cordance with th e new sys t em o f t ac ti cs the Con federates evacuated the city on the night of the 21st ult., after burning the bridge across Cape Fear Riv er , and destroying a thousand bales of cotton and 15,000 barrels of resin. This capture, not altogether unexpected, has . filled the North with w exultation. Whether dmmgton would have yet changed hands if the Confederates had determined to keep it may be very fai rlyquestioned, but there is no doubt that whoever obtainedtothteheP°Fssedesserai°lsn. of the city it is an important gain By means of Charleston and Wilmington they can reinforce their fleet by se a, .while the Confederates have pretty well lost their m eans of communication with the outer world. After the capture of Fort Anderson, the fall of Wilmingt on was almost a matter of certainty, and, in fact, the Confederates announced their determination of evacuating it some weeks since. The New York Herald thinks the possession of the city most im portant at this juncture, because it will afford an easy opportunity of reinforcing SHER3IAN, in the event c LEE, JIARDF.E, and 13RAGG combining against him. The same journal observes that Wilmington'has been of service to LEE, even after Fort Fisher, since it gave him supplies, besides drawing off a large body of the Federals. All this is true enough, and with whatever motive Wilmington and Charleston have been aban doned they will unquestionably be temporary losses to the South, which has striven so long and so gallantly to maintain them. The tide of fortune seems to have set in a continuous stream against the Confederacy, and it is no great wonder that the Northern people, always prompt to rejoice over their own successes, and to let all the world know of their achievements and their good luck, are transported with delight. A surer test than mere popular ex citement is to be found in the rapid decline of the price of gold. President LINCOLN has been es pecially fortunate at this critical season for Washington's birthday and the day of his own re-election will have been occasions of genuine demonstrations instead of forced displays of feeling that did not exist. At the same time, while the star of the North is undoubtedly in ,the ascendant, and the Federals have gained a decisive advantage by penetrating, as it were, into the heart of the South, the friends of the Confederacy need not despair. It is useless for them to deny that their enemies have achieved many triumphs, partly from the chances of war and partly from their own mistake in suffering SHER MAN to march through Georgia unmolested. Still, having abandoned those outlying cities, which took so large a number of men to maintain, there is no doubt that the strength of the Confederacy will be greatly increased by concentration. With less to lose they have less to defend, and their troops, no longer absorbed by defensive operations, can direct their energies to the discomfiture of the enemy rather than to the protection of their own territory. It is significant that not only did LEE long since proclaim his conviction that the loss of Charleston, Wilmington, and other garrisoned cities, would be an actual gain, but SHERMAN de clared himself to be of the same opinion. It is probable enough that LEE will use his newly-acquired strength in the capture of Knoxs ville, Tennessee, which is a large town near the Cumberland Mountains, in a very central position, contiguous to Cumberland Gap, and in close proximity to Kentucky. It was considered of so much importance by LINCOLN that when it was captured by the Federals he ordered a public thanksgiving. Knoxville is also near Ohio, and is a good strategical position in every way. It is likely that by a dexterous movement LEE will make himself master of it ; and it was rumoured that a division of LEE'S army had already made its appearance in East Tennessee when the news left. GRANT appears to have met with some unexpected difficulties, for he has withdrawn from his newly acquired position at Hatcher's Run. It is believed that SHERMAN'S next endeavour will be to join GRANT and compel the evacuation of Rich mond ; but, even supposing this achieved, the Con federate cause will not be materially damaged, since if LEE takes to the field he will fulfil his threat by making the North feel the burden of the war more in the hour of their triumph than at any former period. H the Southern people will show themselves equal to the emergency by calling out the slaves, they will gain an immense numerical advantage and LEE will be no longer be hampered in his movements by the want of men. The proposition to arm 200,000 negroes has passed the Confederate House of Representatives, but the Senate the day after postponed its consideration indefinitelyby a majority of one! The senators are not to be always trusted, as is proved by the conduct of FOOTE, and we can hardly believe that men who sincerely desire their country's independence will refuse to reconsider so rash and headstrong a decision at the present crisis of events. It is of consequence that from time to time some discussion should take place relative to the state and condition of our colonies and their affairs, and therefore the long debate that took place regarding New Zealand may be considered as satisfactory in its way, and conducive to the right understanding of the subject. Mr. MILLS was at great pains to bring the subject before the House, and evinced a moderation in dealing with it that did him credit, for it often occurs that when people turn their attention to these questions they become vehement and excited ; and thus, although animated with the best intentions, they mar the effect of their own exertions. The hon. member wisely refrained from moving the address of which he had given I I notice, and thus no altercation took place as to particulars, but the whole subject was considered in a general point of view. Mr. MILLS adverted to the unhappy state of things in New Zealand, and the confusion that was created in consequence of the dissensions which prevailed among the officials. There was great truth in his remarks about Gover nor Sir G. GREY, for the position of that gentleman is a most difficult one, perplexed as he is with hos tilities from without and disaffection within. It is therefore hardly fair to pass a severe criticism upon the conduct of a man who is similarly situatedwhen those who sit in judgment are so far removed from the scene of action that they cannot possibly be acquainted with all the bearings of the case. The expressions used by. the hon. member with regard to the Maories were also very much to the point, and all who look upon the case in . the right light must admire the spirit evinced by the Maories, and the indomitable resistance that they have made to the trained forces and disciplined troops of this country. In the course of his com prehensive speech Mr. MILLS mentioned two things in particular which may be deemed conclusive in their way as regards our future policy and the feel ings of the colonists. In the first place, he assumed that England did not wish to annul the constitution of New Zealand, and this is certainly a very safe venture to make. There is no greater mistake made by some of the would-be benefactors of their country than that which has prevailed to a great extent that colonies are a useless appendage and a questionable advantage to a country. The other point referred to was the conduct of the colonists in regard to their treatment of the Maories, and there is no reason to doubt the accuracy of the statements here made as to their moderation in the long run, although isolated instances of selfishness may have led to the formation of a contrary opinion. Mr. ROEBUCK, as usual, addressed himself to the ques tion with much animation, and in his graphic style declared that he intended to exposea "great sham !" England had for centuries been extending her colo nies, and thus had greatly increased the spread of civilisation, but some infatuated individuals persisted in their accusations against this policy, and were never weary of abusing its promoters. There is certainly a great deal of truth in this, as there is in many of the hon. and learned member's remarks, but the vehement manner and peculiar phraseology which h e a d opts, often misleads persons i nto thinking his statements exaggerated and his opinions erroneous. There can be no doubt that a vast amount of good has accrued to those distant lands in which the English have settled, and that the cause of civilisation has greatly advanced there by. Many dissentients will be fowl' to Mr, EQE" BUCK'S assertion, that it would be a wise and po litic thing to exterminate the aborigines. When he talked of " dispossessing the wild animals of New Zealand, the most mischievous among whom was the wild man," it was no wonder that there were ceies of " Oh, oh." After the peculiar style of the hon. and learned member's oration, it is not to be wondered at that Mr. BUXTON should have retorted by observing, that when Mr. ROEBUCK talked of some people who abused everybody, it was certain that if there was any human being " on the face of the whole earth who arrogated to himself the excep tional right of abusing everyone else it was the hon. and learned gentleman himself." Lord STANLEY, with his usual discrimination, endeavoured to bring back the discussion from a theoretical to a practical point. He said that there was not much use at the present moment in going into any details of a dis tant nature, for facts were stubborn things, and the events in New Zealand would not be influenced by the opinions of any one in that House. In the noble lord's calm and dispassionate statement, we may find the best solution of the vexed question under dispute respecting the Maori tribe. It is certain that all barbarous races disappear more or less before the inroads of civilised ones ; but that need not be laid to the charge of the white men, for it is the in evitable doctrine of human events. Lord STANLEY, as usual, grasped at the point of the discussion that was . most vital to the interests of the colonists. He said that what we had to do was to see that all had been done by the colonists in their own behalf, and also to afford them what " temporary" help they absolutely re quired, but with the proviso that after the termina tion of hostilities, it could not be renewed. There can be no doubt that such a cause, if followed out, will prove of the greatest possible service to the colonists and all concerned in the matter over here. Mr. CARDWELL'S remarks were very much to the point, and the right hon. gentleman spoke in a con fident and cheerful tone as to the future of New Zealand, thus forming a good contrast to the some what gloomy prognostications in which some hon. members had indulged. He said that there was ample room for both races to live out there, and that the natives of New Zealand were eminently quali fied to profit by the advantages of civilisation. It is very satisfactory to hear such an opinion from one so qualified to judge of the state of the case, and we may confidently trust that the right hon. gentleman's prediction will be verified, and that we may soon rejoice in a better condition of affairs in that important and interesting colony. The suspension of a bank is always a local and sometimes almost a national calamity. It is one of the hardships of our advanced civilisation that per sons and families may be suddenly transformed from ease and affluence into absolute penury by no fault of their own, having been guilty of no imprudence or extravagance, and even without having the slightest reason to anticipate the calamity that falls upon them. The streets of a provincial town, espe cially, may be thus changed, in the course of a few hours, from the cheerfulness and bustle of ordi nary business, into terrible confusion and excite ment ; and such, there is too much reason to believe, Will be the state of one of our great centres of manufacturing industry to-day. The bank of Messrs. ATTWOOD, SPOONER, and Co., of Birmingham, is so well known by reputation, and has been so long celebrated for its supposed sol vency, that the news of its suspension will come with a terrible shock to large numbers of persons. The melancholy intelligence will not have been generally known till an early hour this morning, as the bank closed its doors at the usual hour yester day in the usual manner. Many thousands of workmen will look in vain for their wages to-night, as the blow will extend throughout all classes. We can only regret that the doors should have been thus kept open till the last moment, as many busi ness men might pay in large sums with a view to meeting their demands at the end of the week. Of course money was drawn out likewise, but Friday was an unfortunate day. We have yet to learn the full particulars of the catastrophe which every one will hear with heartfelt regret. ELEC LION INLELLIGENCE. :LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRA3I.) AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, JAN. 21. The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah has arrived here. She has burnt 11 ships since her departure 'from the Cape. A fine comet is visible in the south-west. It is supposed to be that of 1843, predicted by Herschel' returnable in 214 years. NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE, JAN. 26. Advices from New Zealand state that affairs there were less peaceable. The defection of the Tauranja natives is announced, and the Waikato are said to be preparing to assist the Tavanaki tribes in resist ing General Cameron. THE PRESS IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, March 6. The new press regulations discussed by the Coun cil of the Empire will be published in a few days. It is undetstood that amendments of the most liberal character upon the original draft were supported by the Grand Duke Constantine and the Minister of Public Instruction. The Minister of the Interior advocated the French system of newspaper warning. NORTH WILTS. The new writ having been moved for on Thurs day night, Mr. Sothern Estcourt has issued a fare well address to the electors, in the course of which he says :—" Without a cloud to overshadow the memory of a life continually engaged in Parliament and in the county, I leave it to younger men to carry on the good work. By narrowing the circle of my occupations, and avoiding the House of Com mons—once a pleasure, but now too heavy a burden for my failing strength—l may still perhaps be able to render some service nearer home." The Conservatives having been unsuccessful in their endeavours to induce Captain,Walsh, a nephew of the Duke of Beaufort, to stand for the division, in opposition to Lord Charles Bruce, are now, at the eleventh hour, engaged in getting up a requisi tion to Mr. J. L. Phipps, of Leighton-house, West bury, a near neighbour of Mr. Walter Long, to come forward as a candidate. Mr. Phipps is known as an active magistrate, and as one of the stanchest Conservatives in the county. A large meeting of agriculturists was held at Devizes on Thursday afternoon, when it was resolved that the requisition to Mr. Phipps be sent to each parish in the division for signature. KINCARDINESHIRE. General Arbuthnott has published his retiring address to the electors of Kincardineshire, and two candidates, Mr. Dyce Nicol, of Ballogie, and Sir Thomas Gladstone, brother to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, are in the field for the seat. Mr. Nicol comes forward on Liberal principles. Sir Thomas offers himself as a Conservative, meaning, he says, by that short term, a loyal subject a de fender of the Protestant faith, a steadfast supporter of Constitutional Government, and a resolute op ponent of all that is dangerous to it. He further protests against the unfair assumption of what is often called Liberalism. Kincardineshire has hitherto occupied the position of a thoroughly close borough, and the Liberals are hopeful that Mr. Nicol, who is very popular, will rescue it from this reproach. THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Limited).—Th e following is the first half-yearly report of the directors of this company :—" The directors have much pleasure in submitting to the shareholders this, their first half -yearly report, together with a state ment of accounts, made up to February 8, and which have been carefully examined and approved by the auditors. On reference to the balance -sheet it will be seen that there have been 6,510 shares issued, upon which £19,390 have been paid; £3 per share only having been called. It will also be seen that of the £BO,OOO agreed upon for the purchase of the leases, furniture, fixtures, stock, &c., their remains a ba lance of £57,900 still to be paid. The profit and loss account will show that after taking into consideration the gross receipts for admissions, &c., the profit made on sale of re freshments, writing off the expenses of the half-year, and making an allowance fur sundry accounts unpaid, that there remains a balance of £4,054 9s. 9d. net profit for appropria tion. From this balance the directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 2s. per share, should be paid to the shareholders (free of income tax), leaving a sum to be carried forward. Your directors have much gratification in showing so svccessful a result, and they confidently believe that, with a continua nce of careful management and e conom y of ex p endi ture , the next half-yearly statement will show even a much larger amount of profit." The number of patients under treatment at the Free Dispensary for Diseases of the Throat and Loss of Voice, 5, King-street, Regent-street, during the week ending March 4, was 161, of whom bz.t TiVro new cases. ITALY. Advices from Turin state that King Victor Em manuel, on his return from Milan, will not stay long at Florence, as, after a short sojourn in his new capital, his Majesty will proceed to the southern provinces, visiting Naples a second time, and probably Sicily. The excursion to Sicily is not yet definitively settled, but the populations of the southern part of the Peninsula fully expect the arrival of the King, and manifest their intention of proving that he will not be less feted there than he has been at Florence, Milan, and Turin. NAPLES. Vesuvius still continues to throw up flames from the old crater, but as yet no signs of positive erup tion have been evinced. The Observer of Naples, of the 21st February, contains the following : "M. de Lesseps, the projector of the Suez Canal, arrived on Sunday evening from Paris. His Royal Highness Prince Humbert being informed of his arrival, honoured him with an invitation to breakfast. Later in the day he left Naples en route for Egypt. FRANCE. M. Lievin, of Saint-Christ-Brioste (Somme), ac companied by seven others, were crossing the canal in a small boat, when several of the passengers moved to one side and overturned it, whereby the whole of the party were precipitated into the water. Some were able to swim, and reached the bank ; and among them was a man who saw a hand raised above the water and immediately disappear. He recognised it as that of his son, and plunging into the canal succeeded in saving the lad's life. He afterwards saved another person from death. Two men were unfortunately drowned. A letter from Nice has the subjoined The Empress of Russia has written a long autograph letter from this place to the King of Holland rela tive to the death of the Queen Dowager. The Empress expresses regret that her health will pre vent her attending the funeral, and says that she, as well as the Czar, will be represented at it by Baron de Budberg, Russian Minister at Paris, and Prince Orloff, Russian Minister at Brussels. The Empress has twice inquired by telegraph as to the day on which the funeral is to take place, but no positive answer could be sent. The question in suspense is as to where the body is to be buried. The deceased, by her will, desired to rest by the side of her husband. He lies with his son Alexander in the royal mausoleum at Delft, but over-zealous Protestants are opposed to the burial of the deceased there from religious scruples, the Queen having professed the Greek religion." Bo URSE, March 10.—The e market shows less de pression, and business is more active, with an im provement in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67fr. 75c. Mobilier have been done at 870. Railway Shares are steady, with little varia tion in prices. The following are the last quo tations:— 41 per Cents 94 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 60 Do. end month 67 70 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3540 65 05 65 05 D lta o l . i eja an d L m oa o n nu ' i Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian §panish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Credit Foncier 1285 Roman 73 25 Cash. A cc t . Orleans Northern lOl5 ... 1017 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 950 ... 950 Southern 5 75 ... 581 25 Western 542 50 ... .. 5 Eastern .21 25 Sardinian 3 OO "' 302 50 Austrian Lombard 543 75 546 25 North of Spain 305 302 50 Saragossa 360 365 Ditto to Barcelona 167 50 165 1 SPAIN. • SPANISH FINANCE. MADRID, March 6. Senor Castre, Minister of Finance, stated in the Congress this afternoon that the budget would be presented to that body within a few days, showing a real and perfect equilibrium between the expen diture and receipts, and introducing great economies. The Minister added that, if in the budget for the present year there was some deficit, small in itself and insignificant compared pith that of previous years, the Government proposed to reduce the ex penses until such deficit disappeared. The equili brium of the budget and the provision of the neces sary means for the Treasury to cover its expenditure were, he said, the first necessities in the present state of things. The new Press law introduced by the Govern ment has been received with unanimous disapproba tion by the Liberal Union press, as well as by that of the Progressist and Democratic parties. The Contemporaneo, of the Conservative party, says, that its views are entirely opposed to the Bill. The other periodicals of the Government party reserve their opinion until they haie carefully and tho roughly examined the economy of the projected new law. THE MEDITERRANEAN, MALTA, March 4. The only movements of ships of war during the past week consist of the departure, on the 25th of February, of the river steam corvette from Tunis ; the arrival from that port on the 2d March of the Wanderer, steam gunboat, and the departure, this morning, for Corfu and Zante, of the steam cor vette Cossack. The Wanderer, on her way to Tunis, had to seek shelter from a heavy south-west gale. Her Majesty's steam yacht Enchantress reached Gibraltar on the 20th and left for Marseilles on the 22d February, to embark at this last named port his Royal Highness Prince Arthur for Naples, whence, under escort of her Majesty's ship Revenge, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., the Prince will repair to Malta and thence to the prin cipal ports of the Mediterranean, Greece, and Turkey, on a tour of several weeks. The schooner yacht Surprise, under the command of Captain G. Mends, R.N. and having on board the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, Lady Mary Grenville and family, and Miss Anne Elliot, arrived at Malta on the 25th February, for the gaities of the carnival (for which the weather was by no means propitious), after having witnessed at Catania the eruption of Mount Etna, which, by accounts from thence to the 24th February, con tinued in full activity. The movements at Malta between the 24th February and lth March, of mail and merchant steamers, landing part cargo thereat and proceeding with the remainder to ulterior ports of destination, consist of the Italian and Hutton Chayton, from Alexandria, with cotton, for Alexandria and Liver pool ; Minerva (Hamburger), from St. Nazaire, Gibraltar, and Carthagena, with machinery and 195 French navvies for Port Said ; Thessalia and Egyp tian, from Liverpool, with a general cargo from Syra, Carthagena, and Smyrna; Izamado, from Syra, with barley, for London ; Prosrontes, from Cardiff, Oran, Algiers, and Tunis, for Alexandria, with cattle and 141 Haggi or Mahomedan pilgrims en route for Mecca; Tamanlijvas, from Oran, Liver pool, and Tangiers, with Mahomedan pilgrims, for Alexandria; the Odessa (Russian), from London, with a general cargo, for _Messina, Smyrna, Con stantinople, and Odessa ; Corcyra, from Patras, for London, with a general cargo ; the Peninsular and Oriental Company's packets Delta, from Southamp ton and Gibraltar, and Ripon, from Marseilles, for Alexandria, with goods, specie, passengers, and mails, for Suez, Aden, Ceylon, Calcutta, China, Penang, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand ; the Massilia and Poonah, from Alexandria, the for mer for Marseilles, the latter for Gibraltar and Southampton, with goods, specie, passengers, and mails, from Bombay, Aden, and Suez. The Helvetia steamer, from Alexandria, with cotton and gums, for Liverpool, having made good her damages, left Malta on the 2d March for her destination. The French Messageries Imperiales steam-packet Quirinal left Malta on the 25th February with a general cargo, passengers, and mails for Messina, Naples, Civita Vecchia, Leghorn, Genoa, and Mar seilles; the Mausilippe, belonging to the same ad ministration, arrived on the 27th of February. The Etna, Italian steam-packet from Messina, Catania, and Syracuse, with goods, specie, passen gers, and mails arrived at Malta on the 27th Feb ruary, and left on her return voyage the same evening. The Menendia, Ottoman steam-packet, arrived at Malta on the 3d March from Tripoli, with goods, specie, passengers, and mails. Excessively boisterous weather continues to pre vail, and no ships bound to the westward can get away. Several which made a start at the end of February have been obliged to bear up. Some have put back from the vicinity of Sardinia. Amongst the passengers for England by the Pera was his Excellency Sir R. Montgomery, K.C.8., Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjaub. A letter from Catania of Feb. 20th says the eruption of Mount Etna draws a large number of visitors. On the 18th of February, 50 English visitors arrived by steamer. The following are extracts of letters from Messina and Giarre, received yesterday : " AlssslNA, Feb. 25. " On the 22d and 23d we had a good deal of snow, and all the mountains are now covered with it. In Messina it lay on the ground a palm thick, and the temperature has been piercingly cold." " GIARRE, Feb. 22. " The lava, which so threatened the country , has not made any fresh progress, it having met with in its course a deep valley, which is completely filled. Nevertheless, it has caused great injury in those parts visited by it, calculated up to the present time at 700,000 Italian lire. Many families will be ruined. Snow has fallen on the heights to the depth of four palms. P er h aps this will tend to quench the lava." Stoppage of the Bank of Attwood, Spooner, and Co., of Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM, Friday, Midnight. Soon after four o'clock this afternoon it was whis pered here that the old bank of Attwood, Spooner, and Co., of this town, had opened its doors for the last time. The business was conducted as usual up to the closing of banking hours to-day, and as usual in the case of these old banks the last thought to enter a man's mind would have been that anything could happen to Attwood's. It is a fact, notwith standing, that the bank has stopped, and by the time this journal reaches Birmingham the town will be in a state of indescribable amazement and confusion, for at this hour (midnight) the great calamity (for such it really will be) is only known to a very few. The deposits amount to over £700,000. The cur rent credit balances amount to more than £300,000, and there is a note • circulation exceeding £20,000, so that the liabilities are more than £1,000,000. It was rumoured to-night, and we give it as such only, that there are more than 2,500 depositors. Some time since the bank entered into an arrangement for an amalgamation with the Joint-Stock Bank (limited). The arrangement had received the assent of that proprietary. It was the investigation in ci dent to this transfer which hastened the occurrence of to-day. Simultaneously with the closing of the bank the following will appear from the firm (Attwood, Spooner, Marshall, and Co.) "It is with feelings of the deepest concern and distress we announce that we are compelled to suspend payment, and this at the moment when, after several months of negotiation, we had confidently trusted we should ob tain such assistance as would enable us to carry into effect our part in the preliminary agreement for the amal gamation with the Birmingham Joint-Stock Bank." In this hope we have been disappointed. Sums of money to a large amount were drawn out of the bank some years since by the family of the Attwoods. To this circumstance it can be clearly shown at the proper time our failure is to be attributed. For the last 10 years every effort has been made to redeem the loss thus occasioned ; but this has only been partially accomplished. The assets of the bank are, however, still very considerable, and there are real estates of great value belonging to the bank, and but slightly en cumbered. We hope that in our suspending payment we shall be considered as taking the best and only step to in sure a just and equal distribution of our assets among our creditors." Such is the end of this Old Bank, in which the public of this district had boundless confidence. So sudden, unexpected, and complete a collapse has perhaps never before been experienced. The bank was discharging its obligations as usual up to 4 o'clock, and this evening a petition in bankruptcy was filed. The bank of Attwood, Spooner, and Co. was established in 1791 by the father of the late Mr. Spooner, M.P. ; by the death of the gentleman last named in Nov. last, and of Mr. T. A. Attwood a year ago, the only surviving partner left was Mr. Henry Marshall. The bank had a fixed issue of £26,395. The Yelverton Marriage Case. EDINBURGH, Friday. The Court of Session to-day gave judgment on Miss Longworth's petition to refer the whole cause to the oath of Major Yelverton. The court by a majority refused the reference, holding it to be a matter in their equitable discretion, and that as this was a question of status, affecting the rights of third parties, already established by final judgment, the petition could not be granted. The reference was of the nature of a contract, to which contract Mrs. Forbes and children could not be parties, and there was no precedent for sustaining a reference in such a case. Lord Deas differed, holding that reference to a party's oath was a competent mode of proof ; that the object was to ascertain the truth ; that if Major Yelverton affirmed the alleged marriage with Miss Longworth on oath he was to be believed ; aud, therefore, that if the rights of Mrs. Forbes and children were affected, they suffered no injustice from the law, being simply in the same position as if the first marriage had been established by evi dence in the cause. His lordship held that under a reference to oath of the first marriage it would be incompetent to inquire - whether there had been a second marriage at all. Miss Longworth's counsel then moved the court to cite Mrs. Forbes, but the court decided that the case was at an end. TIIE CONVICT PELIZZIONI.— Upon inquiry at Newgate Gaol yesterday, it was ascertained that no official instructions respecting Pelizzioni's liberation had reached the governor. That her Majesty has been coun selled by her Minister to grant her Royal clemency to the condemned man is not doubted. From inquiries instituted elsewhere we learn that the law officers of the Crown have been consulted by the Home Secretary as to the remaining counts of the indictment—" cutting and wounding with intent, &c."—specially with regard to future proceedings being taken upon them, this being stated to be the sole reason wh7 the convict has not been already discharged. LITERATURE. Sedgely Court. A `iale. By the author of "Fanny Hervey." 3 Vole. Blackwood and Son. A simple domestic story is becoming a rarity now a-days, and by reason of its very rarity is of course all the more delightful. The history of Katharine Beaton, the sometime heiress of Sedgely Court, will disappoint the lovers of stirring adventures, but to those who find pleasure in the gradual develop ment of character, and the natural delineation of those varied trifles, apparently light as sir, which mould or mar, the destiny of individuals, the record of her simple story will be full 'of interest and attraction. In her early home at Balbeaton, Katharine's good impulses have little room for free exercise, continually depressed by a . rigid, un happy mother, when, however, later on, the young orphan is removed to the at first uncongenial atmosphere of Sedgely Court, her presence diffuses sunshine around her, and the wonderful transformation of the Arundel house hold vividly demonstrates how much . the wel fare of others may be affected by the influence of individuals. Happy would it have been for her parents had Katharine's happy disposition been able to influence the ungenial home of Balbeaton. Poor Captain Beaton, too fond of amusement at the best, is glad to leave his melancholy and censorious wife for congenial companions. A serious illness pro mises to bring about a greater mutual forbearance, and Mrs. Beaton devotes herself to the care and comfort of her husband ; the task of amusing him, however, is no easy matter, as may be seen in a very naturally described scene, entitled— A GAME AT BACKGAMMON. With his restoration to health, Captain Beaton's desire unfortunately returned for the kind of amusement and excitement to which he had been so long habituated. Long before ho was able to resume his usual occupa tion in the Links and Union parlour, or to leave the house at all, he began to tire of the stillness of the sick room, and much more of Wilberforce and Hannah More, and indeed of all the books his wife had ever since his illness been reading to him with so much satisfaction. Even after she had at his request, and not without an exertion of indulgent feeling, laid aside her own favou rite studies for the last number of Blackwood, and then Blackwood for the newspaper, which at all times he pre ferred to any book in the world, he was restless and in attentive, and could scarcely bear to listen. At last he ventured this gentle remonstrance : " Thank you, thank you, Lizzy ; but don't fatigue your self reading so long, dear. Now that I •ean walk up and down the room again I don't so much care for it, and need not plague you." " But I am not at all tired. I like to read ; and I have not got above half through the debate about reducing the army that you wanted to hear." " Well, I suppose not ; but what a set of long-winded fellows they are ! and from what you have read, I should think most of them have mighty little notion of what they are all so ready to talk about. It isn't that altogether, but rather that I am doubtful whether listening to reading be very good for me ; I- get so deucedly stiff and cramped if I keep long in the same position or I go over asleep, which, you know, spoils one's night's rest. Heigh-ho ! don't I seem to want something a little more stirring now, dear— something to do with my hands rather? I wonder if Ramsay could not find time to come and play a game or two at backgammon with me, now and then, merely for the sake of variety !" "I daresay he could," she said, still strong in her im proved feelings, one of the bright but too rare smiles show ing her pleasure at this proof of his returning health. " I wisb. I could play with you, I am sure ; the movement of the arms might be beneficial ; could not I soon learn ?" " Perhaps you could. You may try, if you like, dear." But oh the wretchedness of such an entertainment! She had never played at any game of the kind—had no natural turn that way, and of course did not take it up at all readily, and he played so well, and so rapidly that her slowness and difficulty appeared to him incomprehensible stupidity. He soon lost patience, "pshawed," and "poohed," and declared it to be incredible that she should not imme diately understand what was so perfectly simple. After a game or two, in which he had himself played for both sides, with only a running commentary by way of teaching her, he began to try whether she had learned anything. " This ? Well, one, two, three, four— "But, good heavens! my dear Lizzy, must you always spell over the points in that horribly tedious way, as if you were a child taking its second reading lesson ? Look here, havn't I told you, over and over again, that quite across the board is six—that from black to black are the even, from black to red aro the odd numbers ? Well, then, why can't you move your man at once—so ? I don't in the least comprehend your difficulty." " You cannot comprehend the possibility of a difficulty that is not one to yourself. What a philosopher you are !' " Nonsense, my dear—go on." "It is quite true, Captain Beaton—you forgot how strange it all is to me—that Ido not spend half my life as you do, playing goinoo of ono kind or ailo4llo ; but even ff I were as stupid as you would make me out to be, Ido think a little more patience on your part would not be unbe coming." " Oh ! if you talk like that—only mind I said nothing about stupidity. But come, come, come, Dizzy—all this is such nonsense—you know it is ; only go on, and do your best, that is all I ask." But it was only the longer the worse. A more unlucky expedient for making the time pass pleasantly could not possibly have been hit upon by any two people in the world. At the end of three-quar ters of an hour he was bored to death, and had almost cracked his jaws with yawning ; and she, put thoroughly out of humour by his want of patience and ill-disguised contempt, was, in spite of her late softened feelings towards him, obliged to fly to the refuge of her own room, and not till after a long fit of crying, in the passionate vehemence of which she, of course, recognised neither impatience or ill-humour, and only then with the help o some martyr-like whispers to herself, was she able to take her place once more in the sick-room. It need not be told that the rest of the evening passed very ranch less pleasantly than the time had lately done between them. More genial and happy is the home life at the Ram says, whicli Katharine is only at rare intervals per mitted to enjoy. " There was life, vivacity, ease, bonhommie—above all, an entire harmony and tole ration throughout the whole menage, which con trasted only too favourably with the frequent mis understandings, the restraint, the almost puritanical sternness, she witnessed so often and so painfully at home." The two brothers, George and Frederick Somerville Tempest, are two very dissimilar heroes, but are both for a time, either through the faults of others or themselves, singularly unfortunate in their love affairs. We do not propose to unravel the mysteries of the little plot. The episode of George's engagement to Miss Higham is the least pleasing incident in an otherwise pleasing tale. Agnes Hope, and her friend and pupil, Katharine Beaton, are the most charming characters, and the readers of Sedgely Court will find their companionship to possess the cheering, elevating character of a walk in the bright sunshine, which invigorates while it amuses--which benefits the heart and intellect, while it agreeably occupies the hour. The Dictionary of Medical and Surgical Knowledge. One Vol. Pp. 756. Houlston and Wright. This is one of those thoroughly useful and prac tical books of reference that deserve, in no invi dious sense, to be put upon the shelf—the pro viso being that the shelf selected to bear them must be readily accessible, must be immediately within reach. The volume, in effect, is really what it assumes to be in its very title, namely, a com plete and practical guide alike in health and disease : a guide at once sanitory and sanatory—in other words preservative and curative in its influences. The compiler of it, is already favourably known as Editor of the " Dictionary of Useful Knowledge." Wood cuts illustrations are sprinkled here and there among the explanatory letterpress. The double columned pages are plentifully sown with prescrip tions. Scarcely an article of any importance at all in the pharmacopeia but is here briefly yet sufficiently described, both in its nature and in its uses. The motto chosen for the very cover of the book—upon which cover the distich is emblazoned within a garter—runs aptly thus : A wise Physician skilled our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the public weal. Altogether this goodly little tome of from 700 to 800 pages, alphabetically arranged in their contents, is one of the last, as it is also one of the very best, additions made to the two excellent series, "En quire Within," and " The Reason Why"—material aids (both of these popular series) in the diffusion of useful knowledge. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-SEDUC TION.—An action for breach of promise of marriage was brought by a woman named Longridgo, at the Durham Assizes, on Tuesday, against a man named Bellingham, employed in an ironworks, and earning (it was alleged) some £6OO a year. The defendant denied the promise ; but it was proved, to the satisfaction of the jury, that it had been made, and that under it he had managed to seduce the plaintiff, and make her a Mother.—Damages, £2OO. Cinalar. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 10. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highne ss , Princess Helena, dro v e o u t thi s morn ing, attend ea by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. Princess Louise rode in the Home Park. Their Royai Highnesses Princess Helena an d Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, and the 1 1 ° 11 ' A. Hardinge, left the Castle this afternoon for Buckingham Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales• The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Ma r l visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marl borough House yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge also visited their royal highnesses. The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords in the afternoon. • His Royal Highness the Count d'Eu and her Imperial Highness the Crown Princess of Brazil, attended by the Baron and Baroness de Lages and M. Lisboa, i nvie returned to the Clarendon Hotel from Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duc hess de Chartres have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel fr° l3l Morgan House, Ham. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nenl °urS and Princess Marguerite of Orleans have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Claremont. The Duke of Devonshire arrived at Devonshire House, on Thursday evening, from Holkar Half ne 6t Milnethorpe. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. ---rr t recent visitors to this theatre have comprised the Marquis of Blandford, Earl Granville, Dowager Countess of Harrington, Viscount Torrington, Viscount Ran° l4l , l l : Viscountess Holmesdale, Lord Dufferin, Lady Mary Cr a , lre r d — Ldy Molesworth, Lord and Lady Mountcharles, 14 % Foley, Lord Abinger, Lady Rivers, Lord AthlumneY, 14 `„" General and Mrs. Eyre, Hon. Mr. Best, Sir R. Cl ift° ' M.P., Colonel Baring, Major Carpenter, Hon. F. L. To er ; M.P., Captain Gordon, Mr. Arcedeckne, Hon. Otway Tol.; Col. Minchin, Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., Sir Landseer, Captain D. O'Connell, Right Hon. J 3ll t M.P., and Mrs. Hutt, Sir Patrick O'Brien, M.P., Iron O tt P Vivian, &c. THE KING OF PRUSSlA.—Advices from Han3h S 1 announce that the King of Prussia, accompanied bY e do Bismarck, will shortly make an excursion into Th wig -Holstein. The precise object of the journey is 11- stated. The New Royal Academician, • Mr. John F. Lewis, the accomplished Oriental painter, was, last night, elected a Royal Acal e th. cian, to fill the vacancy left by the decease 01 '— David Roberts, R.A. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOB 1 : 1 ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Geographical, at Stereoscopic Maps, from Models of Mountainous ..;Oli.; tries,' Mr. Galton ; ' Gradual Desiccation of S. W. ) Mr. Fox Wilson ; Society of Arts, at B—(Cantor Le e ", je s ,' Applications of Geology to the Arts and Manufactt"-0, Professor Ansted. Tuesday—Photographic, at 8 , f graphic Printing with Sensitive Collodion and Sl - ° t i.. Uranium,' Messrs. Cooper and Wh ar t on Simpson ; r: of quaries, at q, Council ; Syro-Egyptian, at 71, `N tati „ -Ei t 8, Places, Old Testament,' Mr. Co w p er; Engineers , o f ° ' Metropolitan System of Drainage and Intercep t , p .. Sewage from the Thames ;' Royal Institution, troduction to Chemistry,' Professor Hofmann ; at Bi, 'New or Rare Birds' Eggs,' Mr. Newton; 'r o t Species of Mollusks,' Dr. Carpenter ; AnthropolngL e3 ;je• 8, Missionary Efforts among Savages,' Mr. l o g o i- Wednesday—Statistical, at 4, Anniversary ; geteoro cal, at 7 ; Society of Arts, at 8, ' Marine Engine s al jn -1851 to Present Time,' Mr. Burgh. Thursday- 11°5 'i, or stitution, at 3, ' Introduction to Chemistry,' Pr°"-st6l; Hofmann ; Zoological, at 4, General ; Numismatic, 8" o ,' ° Linnean, at 8, Sir John Richardson's Arctic 14°181311 Mr. Leighton ; Chemical, at 8, Action of Ch10111:ie0,' Arsenious Acid,' Professor Bloxam ; Vapour Densll dil f Mr. Wanklyn ; Royal, at 8i ; Antiquaries, at 81. ' gir —Philological, at 8 ; Royal Institution, at 8, Suu s - face,' Mr. Balfour Stewart. Saturday—Royal Institilti at 3, Nervous System,' Professor Marshall.—Atheigoflu''o MR. VINCENT WALLACE, according to Orchestra, is daily improving in health. MEYERBEER'S "AFRICAINE" 11 , 111 be pro says the Orchestra, in London by M r . Gy e b e f o re it O la i - o f out in Paris, and It will, no doubt, form one of tho attractions of the next season of th e E ng lish °pert' r le; pally. Some most magnific en t scener y by Mr. Be' re. will lend its aid to the undoubted success of the worl r,":" Tn. BARON LIEBIG has received the Cross of ,-,0410 mander in the Order of M er it o f H o ly St. Michael 00' ill ~ King of Bavaria, accompanied by an autograPli , „s• letter tion which the King thanks him for declining the high of offered him by the King of Prussia at the Unilror s/ ' Berlin.—Reader. j On e THE BONAPARTES AT CORSICA.—The -c1 :10, Napoleon, Prince Napoleon's yacht, is at present stm to quite ready for sea. It is said that the Prince is 319°11 go proceed to Ajaccio, in Corsica, touching at Marseill e '' t iny will take with him four bronze statues, reP re i , se- fe ar Joseph, Lucien, Louis, and Jerome Bonaparte , t' t e e i $ to brothers of the first Napoleon. A fifth bronze statliTbeS° be embarked as Marseilles for the same destination• leoo'd statutes are 7ft. high. The object of Prince 10P°. ecto• voyage is to inaugurate these statuesin the town of Ai i° : oo . 3 PUNCH'S COMMENT upon the Emperor Nal l °. 019 " Ilistoire de Jules Cesar"—very funnily and sent°lll,loislli runs thus—" Ceasar and Boney very much alike, ssPv Boney ! " Rea der/ ALEXANDER DUMAS, according to the has written a " Vie de Jules Cesar," essentially 11 1„ 1 -e p l' era its deductions from those promulgated in the P - 4 hiS Napoleon's life of Caesar. Dumas read a portion work before an assembly in the Rue Cadet Yes.troier so'nnight, in which Omar is represented as th e des d e r of of a republic of 500 years' duration, and the real loan the fierce despotism which disgraced imperial W 1116 4 0 00 ANCIENT PO RTRAITS OF OUR LORD.—Patia cog all the miraculous part of the legend resPeo Veronica and King Abgarus (about which we ° lc P ii eae SS t opinion), and still more the story that Pilate ha d s'i s %eres; taken of our Lord for his own p ur poses, there 00' reason for attaching credibility to the accollo'raere Veronica, r the widow of the son of the child I t [Herod], during her lifetime ere c t e d a s tatue of the 'el.reace' caused a portrait to be taken of Him, and that King Abgarus, with a like feeling of r e ,, ;ii g, his ambassador Ananias, as related by John D'''''" o sar e " and further, that the bronze statue in Paneas, ° r red Philippi, which the Christians there so long 11°13°„: realll their church as a true portrait of their Saviour, vr,';, in t such ; and that this likeness has really descended ""ocies: whilst prese'" tio; one or more of the before-mentioned now existing sti3,llo portraits of our Lord at Rome, at Genoa, at Ns iar k e at Moscow.—The Englishman's Magazine for Ji are n " .. ---v j i l THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLA S- ;; 0 0, committee of the National Lifeboat Institt'siaerA its last meeting, Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., vi ce t e of in the chair, unanimously passed the following i r e ' i d e pt : o f dolence with the widow of its late valued Pre, s ; c oas e " That this committee, in recording the lamented ' l 3 l. dro " their president, Admiral his Grace Algeri lel2 ha d CO w ; Northumberland, K.G., who for so long a Per i°- ‘ i dially and unceasingly co-operated with them ill ii ` a tioll out the great and philanthropic objects of the d i al s Lifeboat Institution, are bound by every prineiP is ( , ) g . 1 1 respect to place on their minutes the largo debt 0 ' 7. i t wi to which the lifeboat cause owes to their late presidelloeptio ever be remembered that his munificence in 1 852 I) , r o ;P lsce p g practical use the self-righting lifeboat, which is Ong th e in large numbers around the coasts of the United oars to i o ; and which has contributed during the past 12 Y e „t oalf saving of thousands of lives from shipwrecks, l' igo co s our own shores, but also on those of many f ere o . rA ce e A P e ct tries ; and that the kindly interest which his L s tel l " r t formly evinced in the welfare of the institution greatly to bring about the large amount of e oc ie v y and sympathy now so generously extend ed to I m cers si or, That this committee respectfully tender their s ill f i loal i wi t path) , and condolence to his sorrowfu l wid°v(kort), Duchess of Northumberland, with their earil est l e r sad 00 it may please the Almighty to sustain her in . „ ol io reavement." Signed with tho seal of the instituwave presence of Thomas Baring, chairman ; Tlw rat's ry• deputy-chairman ; and Richard Lewis, secret s l os t , EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACT t ole o NORTH-EAST LONDON.—On Thursday I ° ,s _ st t e d in t h e ing of employers of labour and artizans inte re De ld in the manufactures of North-Eastern London was for c al Board-room of the Agricultural Hall CoraP:l o . V i a purpose of taking into consideration a preP° s , he oos ti o , Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures during itoistaie autumn. The chair was taken by W. 11. 130cIV, judge. The proposal was unanimously ado Poe, a resolution appointing a general committee r'_!ossls l i to make arrangements for carrying effect. The movement is entirely uncoi! 60 1 0 11: 130 Working Men's Industrittl Exhibitions, hav i : l b s bip , in c its object the promotion of the art worlai l :4 o d! po , district. The Exhibition will consist of p a „AAA t divisions—a Manufacturers' Departmen t, a uara ate s ,,o i partment, and a Loan Department. The g s2,oe and tiog, asked for by the promoters a the Exhibitionthee the said puoveted 1,101, which about one-third was guaranteed at l. uv a considerable portion of the remainder pro THE SUN, LOCI DON SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1E65. ~~~~ L ( 1 ~~ i lc c 1)4