The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-29 00:00:00

JNDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND. — At a PUBLIC MEETING held in the Egyptian-hall, Man sion-house, on Thursday, the 28th March, 1861, the Right Hon. WILLIAM CUBITT, M.P., the Lord Mayor, in the Chair, The following resolutions were unanimously carried :- 1. Moved by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, seconded by the Hon. A: Kinnaird, M.P., That this meeting, deeply sympathising with the distress arising from the devastating famine in the North-Western Provinces of India, and being desirous of a idi ng th e no bl e exertions of the Relief Committees of Calcutta and Bombay in their endeavours to relieve their fellow-subjects in India, now reduced to a state of appalling destitution, feels called upo n publicly to record its sense of this calamity, and to express its sympathy on the occasion. 2. Moved by the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, seconded by Mr. Alderman Finnis,— That, in consideration of the extreme urgency of the case, and the necessity for adopting immediate measures for al leviating the misery now so unhappily existing, this meet ing most anxiously entreats the benevolent contributions of its fellow-citizens and of the public at large, and recom mends that subscription lists be opened, and that all the London and provincial binkers be requested to receive and remit such contributions to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and that the sums as collected be remitted by each mail to India. 3. Moved by R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P., seconded by W. Vansittart, Bag., '— That this meeting is of opinion that all the citizen towns the United Kingdom should be invited to co-operate Yith the Committee appointed at this meeting in their efforts to carry out the above object thereof. Moved by S. Gregson, Esq., M.P., seconded by J. A. Arbuthnot. Esq.— That in order more effectually to promote the object in view, the undermentioned noblemen and gentlemen be re quested to farm themselves into a committee, and that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor be requested to act as Presi dent. 5. Moved by the Right lion. the Marquis of Clanricarde, seconded by Colonel Sir Herbert B. Edwardes, That the thanks of this meeting be offered to the Right H o n. the Lord Mayor for convening the same to i naugura t e thi s important work. President —The Right Hon. The Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, M.P. The Right Hon. the Marquis Clanricarde. Bonatuy Dobree, Esq., Go vernor of Bank of England Alfred Latham, Esq., Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. W. U. Arbuthnot, Esq., Member of the Council of India. Sir Erekine Perry, Member the LORD MAYOR, M.P. Henry Ghinns, Esq. • Philip Cazenove, Esq. Wm. Vansittart, Esq., M.P E. C. Smith, Esq. Major R. Macgregor, Go vernor of the Agra and United Service Bank. Harry G. Gordon, Esq., Go vernor of the Oriental Bank. Wm. Tite, Esq., M.P. Jas. Thonapson,Esq., Chair man of the Madras Irri of the Council oilndia. Sir F. Currie, Bart., Member _ _ gation Company. John Arbuthnot, Esq. (Ar buthnot,Latham,and Co.) Jas. Matthews, Esq. (Grind lay and Co.) W. J. Maxwell, Esq. Colonel Holland. W. Hartridge, Esq. Colonel Norman, C.B. Deputy Harrison. Deputy Obbard. Hy. M. Parker, Esq. Major-Generalß.Alexander. Major-General D. Sim. Colonel T. 'Wilkinson. Sir Minto Farquhar, M.P. J. C. Marshman, Esq. J. C. Macdonald, Esq. James M'Killop, Esq. (late Palmer,M'Killop and Co.) G. G. Macpherson, Esq. General Tremenheere Sir ? Tames Outram, Bart. Col. Sir Herbert Edwardes, of the Council of India. Capt. W. J. Eastwick, Mem ber of the Council of India. J.P.Willoughby, Esq.,Mem ber of the Council of India. Sir Jas. C. Melvill, K.C.B. Sir Charles Trevelyan.. The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan. R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. Baron Rothschild, M.P. • Samuel Gregson, Esq., M.P. J. Bates, Esq. (Messrs. Bar ing and Co.) Sir F. Halliday. Col. Sykes, M.P., Chairman of the Court of Directors of the H.E.I. C. Sir J. R. Martin. W. Dent, Esq. Mr. Ald erm an Copeland, M. P. Alderman Sir Jno.Musgrove, Bart. Mr. Alderman Salomons, K.C.B. William Ferguson, Esq. Charles Kelson, Esq. (Kel son, Tritton, and Co.) S. P. Low, Esq. (Grindlay and Co.) M.P. Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman Rose. Mr. Alderman Gabriel. With power to add to their number. The Committee beg to state that the next Marseilles mail for Bombay will be despatched on Wednesday next, the 3d proximo, when the sums already received will be remitted, together with such contributions as may be transmitted be fore that date ; and the Committee urgently appeal to the public to make the total sum as large as possible. The Committee will meet at the Mansion-house on Satur day, the 30th inst., at 12 o'clock. Subscriptions may be remitted to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, or paid to any banker's in the United King dom. S. R. GOODMAN, Secretary, pro. tern. LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Bank of Eng land £soo 0 0 TheAgraand United Service Bank .... 300 0 0 The Oriental Bank Corporation ....300 0 0 The Goldsmiths' Company 2OO 0 0 The Mercers' Com pany .. ..200 0 0 The Tirhoot Com pany, per Messrs. Cahill, Aitken, and Sutherland..los 0 0 Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smithloo 0 0 Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.loo 0 0 Messrs. Arbuthnot, a a _ Col. Sir Herbert B Edwards Messrs Brown, Buckly and Co. E. P. Rothwell, Esq 20 0 0 R. D. 2O 0 0 H. R. D Sir F. Currie, Bart 2O 0 0 R. Mangles, Esq. 20 0 0 Messrs. V. and J Figgins Dr. BiesetHawkins 10 0 0 Lord Burghley lO 0 0 Mr. Alderman. Cop eland, M.P lO 0 0 T. R. Wheatley, Esq. P Carstairs ' Esq lO 0 0 Aid. Sir P. Laurie 10 0 0 Latham, and. Co.loo 0 01D. R. Mercer, Esq. 10 0 0 messrs. Gregson and Lt.-Col. IV, Haugh 10 0 0 Co. lOO 0 O'H. E. Wood, Esq., Messrs. Crawford, 17th Lancers .. 10 0 0 Colvin, and Co 100 0 01 General Skelton .. 10 0 0 Messrs. Finlay, Mrs. General Skel llodgson, and Co.loo 0 0 ton lO 0 0 Messrs. Barclay, Ardaseer Cursetjee 10 0 0 Triton, and Co ..100 0 0 R. Perry, Esq lO 0 0 H. M. Parker, Esq.loo 0 0 fames Aitken, Esq lO 0 0 J. G. Frith, Esq... 100 0 OlGeo. Elers, Esq... 10 0 0 Major W. J. Mac- J.Paluaer,Esq., jun. 10 0 0 gregor, inclusive H. Ricketts, Esq.. 10 0 0 of £6O already re- , Mr. Alderman Rose 10 10 0 mitted to India .. 100 0.0 Messrs. Richardson The Right Hon. W. and Co. E. Gladstone, Alderman Sir J M. P. Capt. W. J. East- , Messrs. Fortnum, wick Messrs. Grindlay Zir 1 Sir Christopher Co 5O 00 , R,awlinson lO 10 0 Sir John Lawrence, 1 The Right Hon. the G.C.8.50 0 0 Lord Mayor Messrs. S. Dobree 1 Mr. Alderman Salo and Sons Sir M. Montefiore, - 'Messrs. Hunt and _ ............._ _........ ........ Bart. 'so 0 0 roskell Messrs. J. Barber • Messrs.W.Sangster and Co. Benjamin Shaw, I James Soames. Esq. 10 10 0 Esq. • James MacKillup, A. Barnett, Esq. .. 10 10 0 Esq. T. G. Baring, Esq. 1 and Co. M.P.25 0 0' Rev. M. Hodgson 10 10 0 The Right Hon. Sir J. W. Sutherland, E. Ryan A. Wigram, Esq.. 25 0 0; Messrs. R. Benson W. Dent, Esq. 25 00 1 and Co. T. E. Rogers, Esq. 25 00 1 JosephSoames,Esq. 10 10 0 2Uessrs. J. Cook and ; Messrs. Meehi and Co. Vansittart, Esq. ' Col. S. P. Melville 10 10 0 N.P.21 0 0 A. Croll, Esq. 10 10 0 Several other contributions have been received, which will be acknowledged in the next list. VOLUNTEER SHAM FIGHT AND FIELD DAY ON EASTER MONDAY. Gentlemen arc respectfully informed that the Dining Rooms wiii be kept Open until a late hour on that day. This Establishment will be entirely Closed, as usual, on Goon FRIDAY, and will be Open on Saturday (to-morrow), the 30th of March. THOMAS PRICE, Superintendent. TIIE WELLINGTON, 160, Piccadilly, March 28, 1861. p OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU -1.11.) TION.—The AID of the public is earnestly solicited to enable the Institution to continue the maintenance of its 208 Lifeboat Establishments in a state of efficiency. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co., Coutts and Co., Herries and Co. Secretary—Mr. Richard Lewis, 14, John-street, Adelphi. ' l ' l 4 HEA TR ~ "-ItOYAL, HAYMARKET. .it Los4ee. Mr. J. B. Buekstm.-.. On EASTER MONDAY (April 1)„ will be performed A DUKE IN of FFICULTIES. 11rs. Stirling, Miss F. Haydon, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, a. After whicb, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of TIIE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPHL _I.I Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. 13. Webster. TO-1 1 .1ORROWAhe celebrated Italian Illusionist, ANTO NIO POLETTI, in his extraordinary and wonderful enter tainment of NATURAL and CIIYMICAL MAGIC; and Pell's (the Orbrinal Bones) Ethiopian Minstrels. Doors open at half-past Six', commence at Seven. Box-office open on Saturday, from 10 to 5. No charge for booking. j ti YAJ. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Los see and Manacer. Mr. A. Harris. On Easter Monday, THRICE MARI:FED. Messrs. Shore, lreadow,,, Garden, and Miss C. Leclercq. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Feel] ter. Sup- T9Tted by Messrs. Ryder, Hermann Vezin, 4 3rabam, Shore, Meadows, & c . ; alisses Heath, IL Leelent', and Elsworthy. -A" P'LPH INTII',W THEATRE-ROYAL. solc: Proprietor xnd l'lma,7er, Mr. Benj. Webster. °II.ASTER MONDAY, a new drama, MAGLIORE, FESTIDIOIT A I OR. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, I ) . Fish er , &e.: .11iss K. Kelly, Miss if. Simms, &T. Atter which, n s Julia Daly. —ljR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Mis DOOri op ftr, at halt past 6 —Comtnence at 7. -._______ Westminster el fIANTERBUItIi- TIA I. L CONCERT S!! "k_i Proprietor .... Westminster_ A Grand selection f ro *. " --- m 'V entre new Opera, IL CORSAR (I, (Mk opera has never been produced In this or ... other ,t.otintry, except at these Conce rts t ), h l e lay m i r , :. ,o t , vith '; eldicit .0 j i ) ; 7 l. r , w i e E r G l c i. s Gtx of . ..t j hat de eded success which charactise er, will be perform Mis .'l.eal. 3 th ras.: 'S 'ection from LA - ' ' ""i EVENTIN ' • tfigether In:— a ' n Z i et ti, ItIENTO, by - 7,Ttes—Miss Russell, Madam e At—, Principal i it --ilierbert, Signor Tivoli, IL D rummond --- -ua, -mass T Y vv rrei ß l ',,, 3l 7 .„ r ; r - d - • 91rector, 3lr. F. Jonghmans. , and C. ' ----- '' *fluent comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, The Comic Decal - Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, an A ci B. Hollinglworth, J. ' the Brothers Conrail. • 'e ce l e b ra ted Pictures will rem a i n on John Martin's Thr ( v :r in the Fine Arts Gallery of t View a short ti me loni, '"he Nitablishment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Cass DAY.—Morning, 3h. 16m.—Afternoon, 3h. 54m. To-htonnow.-Morning, 4h. 18m.—Afternoon, 412. 40m. THE WEATHER.—Svx Corium, MARCH 29, 1861. THEE3IOYETER, IN 'rim SHADS. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BAROMETER--29. 80 • WlND—Westerly—light; with very fine weather. ' 1 " . r:t . • % \ r .:,,-, ~, , -- -- r-&- ,- -,: ! ., , • -a. A ' ''s-st f''''''' ' q ..& , C' ...Ur . . ?... • i -__ \ 4 ' ' - , A _ .:, --,... ) ,-t t , ,i . • n 0 p ~o ir , , THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1861. If Parliament has (to adopt the familiar but expressive phrase so often upon the lips of old JOHN WILLETT'S cronies at the Maypole)" tackled" anything at all in real earnest in the early part of this season, it has certainly " tackled" with a right good will the whole complex question of our Admi ralty Administration. With what happy result, yet remains of course to be seen. But at any rate that it has " tackled" it, there remains at this mopaent no doubt whatever. More than one important committee of inquiry has been suggested. One of these, the most important of them all, that is to say, Admiral DUNCOMBE'S, the House of Commons has even now appointed—as the country knows full well, and so far as the appointment of any such committee can go towards the encourage ment of such pleasurable feelings, as it knows moreover with a profound sense of satisfac tion. It was only immediately prior to the adjournment of the Lords and Commons on the eve of the Easter recess that there was at length formally laid upon the tables of both Houses the elaborate report—a report carefully deliberated, and arranged with admirable lucidity —giving in the form of a substantial, and, what is more, of an actually readable Blue Book, the con clusions arrived at by, and the copious evi dence adduced before, the Royal Commission. That Commission, which was entrusted by the Crown with the responsibility of ex amining into the nature of the machinery, and into the condition of the machinery hitherto peculiar to our dockyard management. Later on we shall have duly laid before the Legis lature in the same way the result of the searching investigations now about to be commenced by the members of Admiral DUNCOMBE'S select committee. Already, meanwhile, there have been an unusual variety of practical inquiries affecting now this part, now that part, of our Admiralty administra tion, addressed during the present session,in the Commons, to the noble and gallant Secretary to the Board of Admiralty, in the Lords, to his Grace the First of the Six Lords Commissioners entrusted with the administration of the said department. Consequently, more and more light has already poured—more and more light is continually pour ing in upon much that was little better previously than the " darkness visible" at the Board. Of all the mistakes observable in our present system of administration, that is now beginning to be very generally recognised as about the most flagrant and the most intolerable. It is far more than that, however—it is obviously, of all, the most perilous. And as if to signalise this truth in a manner the most painful, perhaps, that could well be, the French Republican Naval Committee, appointed as far back as 1849 by the National Assembly at Paris, while admitting the immense superiority of England as compared with France in regard to every essential element required for maritime power, or, as it should rather be expressed in our instance, as that first necessity of our independent existence as a nation, for maritime supremacy, added emphatically, that in England " nothing is organised," observing at the same time as truthfully as sententiously, that "at sea nothing can be extemporised." This, re collect, was the conclusion arrived at now fully a I dozen years ago by the French Republican Mari time Commission. And still England remains to this hour in regard to the Board of Admiralty entirely without organisation. And still that other truth continues, as it must ever continue, to defy contradiction— the formidable truth that at sea nothing can be extemporised. It is a first essential, there fore, with us that we should set at once, and without any further delay whatever, about the all important task of securing at last to our maritime department an appreciable and recognisable re sponsibility, a comprehensive and yet minute system of regular organisation. At the turn of this current year, upon the very threshold of 1861, fully one month before the commencement of the present session of Parlia ment, the great Whig Quarterly ,had pronounced decidedly in favour of the very movement the pro gress of which we have during the last eight weeks been anxiously witnessing. It is a movement we ourselves have for years and years zealously advocated in the columns of this journal. But we particularise the revival of the subject thus recently and emphatically, as we have said, in the pages of the Edinburgh, because of the position occupied by that great organ as the champion or mouthpiece of the Whig section of the present Coali tion Government. A Reviewer, in the number of the Edinburgh last published, observing that at page 288, as far back as January, "we are fully satisfied that no greater service could be rendered by a Minister to the service and safety of the country than to reorganise in tote the department of naval affairs." That is literally, in one brief but sufficient sentence, the object which ought at this juncture in the history of our naval 1 department to be held steadily in view by the mem bers of Admiral DUNCOMEE'S Select Committee of Inquiry, and yet more earnestly and sedulously, if possible, by the whole body of members of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled. Before the termination of the present session of the Legislature, Parliament ought certainly to have put its hand vigorously to the work not simply of modifying or partially reforming, but of reconstruct ing tied reorganising in tote the whole substance and structure of our maritime department. During now very nearly 150 years the office of High Admiral of England has been in Commission —with the solitary exception of his late MAJESTY'S brief administration, when H.R.11. the Duke of CLARENCE—saving in that instance, during that one short interval, the duties of the office have devolved during nearly a century and a half upon a board of half a dozen Commissioners, assisted by two Secretaries. And it is calculated, moreover, with a frightful implication of national folly in every word of this most significant calculation, that during a given thirty years, say from 1829 to 1859 there were no less than "seventeen changes in the First Lord of the an average tenu re o f o ffi ce o f Admiralty—giving about one year ten months and ten weeks" to each of those Seventeen ! No wonder the Board of Admiralty, under such a preposterous system as this, displays at every turn such a total absence of anything having the semblance of rationale THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY' EVENING, MARCH 29, 1861. organisation. "During the same period" (that is between 1829 and 1859), the estimate goes on to remark, " the total number of changes in those who have managed [mismanaged ?] the affairs of the Navy as members of the Board and Secre taries of the Admiralty, amounted to -103!" And it is asked, later on in the same impressive argument, " Suppose it should hap pen by the chronic neglect of some important ele ment of naval strength that any serious calamity oc curred, who of the 103 gentlemen who have shared in the management of naval affairs would be held responsible ?" Why it would be precisely the counterpart in our maritime system of that appalling breakdown in our mili tary system which carried dismay and anguish dur ing the Crimean war to all England, and shook by the mere force of those " horrible and heartrending" revelations, the whole fabric of her MAJESTY'S Government. It would be recognised here again by sea, as it was then recognised by land, that while practically almost Everybody was in fault—offi cially, Nobody was in fault. Only a calamity like the one here alluded to as just possible in the event of our maritime system being put to as severe a test as our military system was during that dreadful contest before Sebas topol—would beyond all comparison be more perillous, however, jeopardising what is absolutely essential for the vindication of our national inde pendence, the maintenance, namely, of our mari time supremacy. All this is so obvious in itself that it has only to be expressed in plain terms to be instantaneously recog nised. Recognised as it is now, we re joice to think, far and wide through all England, but particularly within the walls of the Legislature, we are beginning to look forward at last with something like confident expectation to the early reconstruction of the Admiralty Department, and to its rapid and permanent reorganisation. If it be no easy task to put "the right man in the right place," when the place is some civilised capital, or trading port, with the language and customs of whose inhabitants, hundreds, perhaps thousands of our fellow countrymen are wet ac quainted—how great must the difficulty be, when the place is tfie far East, and the inhabitants have nothing in common with us, but the primary in stincts of our nature and what springs from them. In Paris, or Vienna, or Washington, it is frequently difficult to place a representative who shall be at once a thorough Englishman, and yet acceptable to and trusted by Frenchmen, Austrians, or Yankees. With Oriental peoples the difficulty mast be yet greater. We have there no generally understood international code to which appeal can be made ; the broadest principles of justice can alone be ap pealed to; for the details of meum and tuum differ widely ; and reason, if it attain at all the same results in both peoples, seems to do as different climbing plants do, some of which wind up their support by convolutions contrary to the course of the sun, and others by following the path he daily travels. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, through long experience, and Mr. LAYARD chiefly through natural tact, made themselves masters of the fear, the respect, and the confidence of the nearer Orien tals ; and some of our more successful and vigorous administrators and warriors in India have done the same—occasionally, like NAPIER, in the shortest time, by a kind of intuition of native character. But a costly experience has taught us that the man to deal ably and successfully with half civilised people of different race, religion, society, ideas, laws, and customs, from ourselves is not to be found every day. 1 The reply, which we published yesterday, of 31r. ALCOCK, our chief Consul in Japan, to the remon strance of the British merchants shows him to be a man fully capable of comprehending what is fair to natives, as well as what is due to our own country. men abroad. Lord ELGIN had taught our mer chants the same general lesson of respect for native laws and prejudices, but it must be the resident British authorities who alone can enforce it. Eng lishmen, especially young Englishmen, have, as we all know, a peculiar pleasure in perpetrating some violation of school rules or local restrictions, in a sort of " devil may-care" style, and almost purely for the pleasure of the extravagance. " Boxing a Charley," transposing signboards, wrenching off knockers, a ride, or a drive, or carrying a gun where no one is allowed to go, are the most pleasant of amusements to lots of our lads ; and climbing the Alps, shooting lions, tigers, or rhinoceroses, and yacht-trips to " high latitudes," and shooting walruses in Spitzbergen, follow a little later. They are all, in their better aspect, a cropping out of that love of adventure for adventure's sake which, turned into its more regular commercial, political, and military channels, has made us what we are as a nation. Mr. ALCOCK, we are confident, appre ciates this characteristic of his countrymen as much as any of us; but he also understands that it must have its limits. With schoolmasters and policemen at home, our young " sowers of wild oats" may settle as they best can. The birch or a fine may, at the worst, square the matter; they do not get us into inter national trouble. And as to icebound shores and mountains, or the dangerous game of the desert or the jungle, the worst is the occasionally pain ful loss of the too daring lover of adventure. Bad enough that. Still it does not put fleets and armies in motion. Mr. ALCOCK, however, thinks the case is altogether different if young Englishmen, or older Englishmen, either offend wantonly the pre judices of semi -barbarians, or excuse and defend such offence when given. That Mr. Moss, the offender respecting whom the dispute arose, was really guilty of violating a known law of the country in which he resided, is beyond dispute. He carried firearms in the day time without a license, and shot a goose ; a wild one, his apologists say, but there is much more reason to fear it was the property of some Japanese. The local police it.terfere. He cocks his gun to resist them, instead of quietly going with them to the Consul; the gun goes off, he says, in the scuffle, which we may well believe ; though the Japanese think otherwise, and a Ja panese is killed. The case eventually comes before Mr. ALCOCK, who sentences him to three months' imprisonment at Hong Kong, from which sentence he gets off, through some technieal informality. As the homicide was committed in defending him• self, to say the best, from the consequences of an act, illegal on the soil on which he stood, it would seem perhaps, to ali of us in this country, that he vs as leniently dealt with. For homicide of an Englishman at home, under parallel circumstances, his sentence would have been far more severe. But, say the merchants who remonstrate, the offender was by treaty not amenable to Japanese, but to English jurisdiction, from which they deduce two conclusions-Ist, that the Japanese have no right to arrest an English offender ; 2d, that he is responsible to our own authorities only for such acts as would be offences by our laws. Mr. ALCOCK denies both conclusions, and does so on broad and international grounds. He denies that anything but the humiliation of the most complete defeat would ever induce any nation to make a treaty which permitted foreigners to violate all their laws daily in the face of their own subjects, thus degrading their Government in the eyes of the people; and as the foreigners could have no police there, it is evident that such outrages, if stopped at all, must be prevented by the native police arresting the offender, however temporarily. He observes that treaties such as we have with China and Japan, which place Englishmen under the jurisdiction of their own countrymen, give to them really a position almost equal to that of foreign Ambassadors in England. But would the police of this country tolerate the open violation of our laws by the Ambassador or by any of his servants ? Would they not stay the delinquents in their out rages, and, if persisted in, would not the result be, at least, their speedy deportation from the country ? He warns them that— "lf conflicts should unfortunately result from any want of due consideration for the national peculiarities of an Eastern race, and a wilful violation of laws or customs, which do not interfere with the full enjoyment of all the treaty rights necessary to the prosecution of peaceful and commercial objects, you will be disowned, alike by the people and the Government of your own country, neither of which will consent to be dragged into a long and doubtful war for the sake of supporting a few in dividuals in overriding the laws, customs, or even the pre judices of a whale nation, in matters indifferent and con trary to the best interests of both parties." Mr. ALCOCK'S particular applications of these re marks, in conformity to a notification he had already issued, and an examination of each case in this latter, are as follows: " You may not shoot because the law of Japan forbids it, and your own laws bear out the prohibition which the Go vernment refuses to license. You may not carry revol vers at your belt between sunrise and sunset, while engaged in the peaceful occupation of a merchant, buy ing or selling—because, while it fails to give the protec tion you seek to secure, there is reason to believe it tends directly to provoke a breach of the peace in many cases and the very danger you apprehend. And, lastly, Chinese servants under the protection of the British flag must not be allowed to ride down Japanese in the streets, and therefore must not ride at all ; because it is in the first place an unnecessary and motiveless violation of the laws and customs of the country, and in the second place be cause by such absolute prohibition alone the danger is to be effectually averted." We are sorry for our frisky countrymen abroad ; we almost sympathise with their love of " a spree ;" but really, if they want one, they must not seek it amongst those who do not understand them, and who feel themselves insulted by it. We can assure them that English income-tax payers do not like the cost of Chinese wars, and would judge seriously, indeed, any persons who forced them into a Japanese war. Indeed, it is very doubtful whether Lord PALMERSTON himself could persuade us to sanction a war with such a people, merely to obtain com mercial intercourse for men who had not self-con trol enough to respect, in their amusements and habits, the prejudices, if so we chose to think them, of the Japanese. Men like Mr. ALCOCK are at the same time just the men to be firm, when requisite, with natives as well as with their fellow-country men. LOSS OF THE 8111 P MIDDLESEX. (From the Cork Examiner.) DINGLE, SATURDAY NIGHT. In a former communication I mentioned to you the fact that a boat with a singal of distress flying had been towed into the Blasket Island. The rescued men have just arrived from the Blaskets,eight mils away, some absolutely crippled from the hardships they endured while tossing five days and nights in an open boat upon the Atlantic. The narrative which I have been able to gather from these wretched men is this : The Middlesex, of New York, a full-rigged ship of about 2,500 tons burden, Harmer B. Parmerlee, master (one of Tapscott's New York and Liverpool liners), sailed from Liverpool for New York on the 18th of February, having on board a crew of 26 hands before the mast, seven officers, and about 35 passeagers—in all, 68 souls—and a cargo of coal and crate. When about 21 days out, in a gale of wind, while lying to, under a close-reefed maintop sail, she sprung a leak, the cargo shifted, and she was thrown on her beam ends. Signals of distress were hoisted, but unfortunately no vessel was to be s e e x e h n du i bit e r d i nh . g She t ethree the days then began that to slit make had wat e t r h e fa s s i t g , na and d all hands were employed at the pumps during three days and nights successively. The main and mizen masts were cut away, but all to no use, as she began to sink fast. When the master saw that there was no chance of saving her, as the water was almost up to the main deck, he ordered the two lifeboats to be launched, but unfortunately they ware both smashed alongside. After one of the lifeboats had been launched, the cook and a seaman got into her, but a sea came and capsized her; bottom upwards. The cook get on the keel, and clung to her until they were out of sight—as the rope had been cut and she was let adrift through the confusion that then existed on board. The longboat was then launched, and by hard exertions the captain and 14 men, including four passengers, got into her (one of them, named Donovan, jumped a distance of about 30 feet from the ship down to the boat, and was near breaking his limbs), and abandoned the ship about,s p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th inst., having to leave the rest of the crew and passengers to their fate. As they were entering or going on board the boat a very sad incident took place. A fine young fellow, named Elford Thorpe, a native of Carlow, was courting a ycung Scotchwoman, a passenger. They were to be united as soon as they should arrive in New York. When the boat was being manned this Thorpe got into her. She rose on the top of a sea. The young woman jumped in order to reach her, but did not succeed, and she fell between the ship and boat and began to sink. Poor Thorpe leaped overboard, dived, and brought her to the surface, but the rope bad been cut, the boat had drifted to leeward, and could not pull up to them, and the unhappy pair perished locked in each other's arms. When abandoning the ship the scene on beard the boat, crowded as she was, was frightful. They were then from Tuesday, the 12th, running before the wind, it being very stormy, and continually pouring showers of hail. At one time, the sea running mountains high, they had to " grudge" her—which means, to lash all the oars and loose spars together, throw them overboard, and make them fast with a line or rope, in order to keep her head to windward for safety—then all had to lie down and give her her chance. Last Saturday morning they saw the Blasket Islands, on the coast of Kerry. She came, as one of the islanders iufortned me, from seaward, between Tearcacht and the Foze, and then ran south through the Big Sound. The wretched crew were so exhausted that when the island boat threw cut a tow-rope they could not pull a stroke to help her. Four of the islanders got into her, and by the most strenuous exertions or all they were just able to get to the landing-place. On their arrival a bucketful of water had to be brought to the famished and thirsty creatures, but two of the passengers dropped dead from the sheer fatigue and hardship they had undergone. The survivors were taken to the houses of the islanders, and, with what poor means they had, most hospitably treated. I have endeavoured to coleet the names of the survivors, which are as followi :—Harmer B. Par merlee, master, native of New York ; Charles Bow lings, chief mate, ditto ; Thonas Morton, second mate, Liverpool ; James Haulm, third mate, Bos ton ; Richard Williams, boatswain, New Orleans; Samuel Deen, carpenter, New York (originally from Kinsale, county Cork); William Beverland, A. 8., Londonderry, Ireland; Danel Donovan, A. 8., New York (originally from aueenstown) ; Alex ander O'Hara, A. 8., Dublin . John Winn, A. 8.; Liverpool ; and the steward, a Frenchman. Passengers saved—George Porter and John Murphy, both of Liverpo o l. Passengers buried in the Blasket Island.—Quin, Killarney; and a Sc Atish lad. RUMOURS OF lfrAR. The Paris correspondent of the Times, in a letter dated yesterday, says :—" The rumours in circula tion are warlike, and have produced a certain im pression on the public. If these rumours are well founded hostiiities would appear not merely pro bable, but imminent, between the Austrians and Piedmontese. In spite of the assurances given on behalf of Austria that no aggression should be com mitted by her armies, the massing of troops goes on ; and, to be ready against all emergencies, it is said that Cialdini has received orders to form a fourth corps d'armee on the Po. The Austrians have de clared they would not be the first to attack ; the Piedmontese, I suppose, have said the same ; but, as there is bad blood on both sides, any pretext will serve for either party to begin. The Austrians, doubtless, feel irritated at being bearded by an enemy towards whom hatred is probably mingled with another feeling ; and the Piedmontese, per haps, count on assistance from their great protector, notwithstanding his warnings; or it may be that both• Austrians and Piedmontese are inspired by mutual apprehension, and exaggerate the danger. Among other reports, Victor Emmanuel is said to have written to his son-in-law, Prince Napoleon, that he was in daily expectation of an attack, and urging him to represent matters to the Emperor in their true light. In the latter part of the slay a belief gained ground that a collision between some detachments of Austrian and Piedmontese troops had actually taken place." HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES Or TIE CHEST, BROMPTON.—On Sunday last, a sermon in aid of the funds of this admirable charity was preached at Fulham Church, by the Rev. J. Galloway Cowan, incum bent of Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent•street. The rev-. gentleman in an able discourse illustrated the Saviour's infinite sympathy and love for mankind ; and at the con clusion referred to the fearful prevalence of consumption amongst all classes. He then drew a touching picture of the pitiable condition of the poor artisan, needlewoman, domestic servant, &c., with exhausted means, perhaps destitute almost of the commonest necessaries, and besides, afflicted with this sad malady, so lingering in its nature as usually to cause the doors of our ordinary hospitals to be closed against its victims. The preacher then urged his hearers to go and visit the noble building at Brompton, where they would see nearly 200 of these poor invalids in lofty, cheerful, and admirably ventilated rooms, surrounded with every possible comfort and appliance that could mini ster to the recovery of their health, or alleviate their suf fering. He concluded by an eloquent appeal for help, the more urgently needed as the assured income of the charity —namely, that arising from annual subscriptions, was far less than half the amount of the necessary yearly expendi ture. The collection at the close of the sermon amounted to £34 15s. sd. EXPLORATION OF THE RED SEA.—A report was presented last week to the Academy of Sciences, on a paper sent in some time ago by M. Courbon, on the results ob tained by him during an expedition sent to the Red Sea for scientific purposes by the Emperor of the French. M. St. Claire Deville, who was the reporter for the geological part, stated that M. Courbon had minutely examined many parts of both coasts of the Red Sea, had also crossed the Egyptian desert between Cosseir and the ruins of Thebes, and even penetrated to the neighbourhood of the town of Haley, in Abyssinia. Of this country M. Courbon has made a highly interesting geological map, and moreover given a minute de scription of the configuration of the soil at Jeddah, the island of Disseh and the bay of Adulis, the island of Doo • mairah, &c. At Edd, he found an immense basaltic wall built by nature, the whole country being of volcanic forma • tion. The island of Perim is trachytic ; the culminating points of the island reach an elevation of 228 ft., and prove that the island itself is the result of a volcanic eruption under the sea. The lava had first raised up the large bank of madreporas which covered the bottom, and had then forced its way through the interstices, and become visible over the water. This volcano, the vast crater of which embraced the bay of Perim, in course of time covered the new island with mud, ashes, trachytic blocks, &c., and then became extinguished. M. Valenciennes, who reported on the zoological part, noticed among the specimens brought by M. Courbon, a new species of the genus gymnodactylus. It is a Saurian, to which M. Valenciennes has given the name of gymnocephalus. There were also two species of fish, the cyprinondon lunatus and C. dispar, which M. Courbon had fished in a lake near Massuah, the waters of which marked as much as 111 deg. Fahr. ! This was the first instance on record of cyprinondons living in such warm water. A third kind of fish inhabiting the rivers of Abys sinia, quite unknown, and belonging to a genus on which a single species only has as yet been met with in Valenciennes has called balitora pusilla. 111. Brogniart, the reporter on the botanical part, stated that M. Courbon had presented his valuable herbarium to the Museum of Na tural History, and mentioned several new species or varie ties of plants brought home by the enterprising traveller. A STORY OF TIIE PRINCE OF WALES.—The other day his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taking a walk between Cambridge and Madingley, when a shower of rain coming on, he solicited shelter in one of the cottages by the roadside. The good woman of the house very courteously dusted a chair with her apron, and requested the Prince to take a seat, which he did, and en tered into a comfortable chat with the hostess on the wea ther and various kindred topics. As the rain made no signs of leaving off, the Prince requested the loan of an umbrella, and the old lady, who, of course, was in ignorance of the name and rank of her guest, at once conveyed the intelli gence that she possessed two umbrellas—a silk one and a cotton one. The silk one she made it a rule never to lend, but if the gentleman did net mind the cotton one, he was welcome to that ; ho need not trouble himself to send it all the way from Cambridge, but if he would leave it at a certain stall in the market on Saturday, it would do just as well. The Prince accepted the offer, and, regardless of the " Sairey Gamp" appearance of the shelter, made his way beneath its shade to Madingley. In the afternoon the umbrella was sent back by one of the servants, with an intimation that "his Royal Highness" was much obliged for the favour, and requesting the lender's acceptance of a gold medallion, con taining his Royal mother's portrait. Ever since then the old lady has been unceasing in self reproaches that she did not lend the Prince the " silk un."—Court Journal. ALLOWANCES TO WITNESSES.—On Tuesday, at the Norfolk Assizes, the grand jury made the following presentment :—" We, the grand jury of the county of Nor folk, desire to express to her Majesty's judges of assize our opinion that the present scale of allowances to witnesses at assizes and quarter sessions is such as may produce in many cases a failure of public justice. We think, there fore, that the scale requires revision, and hope that yonr lordship will represent this matter to the proper authorities, that attention may be directed to the cause of complaint which now exists." Mr. Justice Williams intimated that every attention should the pain to the presentment. WHAT ATHENS HAS DONE FOR THE WORLD'S LITERATURE.—From hence have sprung, directly or indi rectly, all the noblest creations of the human intellect; from hence were the vast accomplishments and the bril liant fancy of Cicero; the withering fire of Juvenal ; the plastic imagination of Dante ; the humour of Cervantes ; the comprehension of Bacon; the wit of Butler; the su preme and universal excellence of Shakspeare. All the triumphs of truth and genius over prejudice and power, in every cuautiy and in every age, have been the triumphs of Atli ens. —Lord Macaulay. BRUTAL INDIFFERENCE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATll—During the delivery of the awful sentence on the Dundry murderers, the prisoners were apparently the most unconcerned persons in court. Charles stood quite upright in one corner of the dock, without the slightest expression of care—nay, even with an air of light-heartedness upon his features. Mathew positively received sentence of death leaning coolly on his arm. When the statement of this felon was read, the other was heard swearing at him for a d— lying b ! And we hear on good authority, that when they were being taken to gaol, one of them asked the officer where the men were hung, and on the place being pointed out, said, "That's where I shall have my neck stretched !"—Sherborne Journal. ALARMING ACCIDENT.—About 20 minutes past six, on Wednesday evening, the 8.50 goods train with a number of empty cattle-trucks attached from Birmingham, One at Camden Station at 6 . 55, was nearing the Kilburn Station, Willesden, when one of the empty cattle-trucks suddenly became detached, causing thereby a separation of three trucks and a goods van. The engine-driver, per ceiving the mishap, increased the speed of his engine, and in consequence got clear of the inevitable catastrophe that ensue 1. The truck that became detached got entangled with the three others, composing the hind part of the train, got off the rail, dragging the rest with it, and the whole came into Violent collision with the station buildings, knocking down the corner of a brick wall 15 inches thick, end completely des tr.)ying that part of the station called the porter's lodge, the passengers' covered waiting platform, 40ft. long, part of the massive iron railing surrounding the station ,platform, entirely demolishing the van, and the three trucks, and presenting a scene of groat confusion. While the work of destruction was going on the engine driver, with the remaining portion of the train, made the best of his way to Camden for assistance, and Mr. Ander son, the foreman of the locomotive department, with 3d or 40 workmen, promptly arrived at the scene, and by mid night the line was again clear for traffic. The passenger traffic was in no way impeded, inasmuch as the line on which the accident occurred is a-elusively for the goods traffic between this point and the West London Junction, and can be blocked up, as was done in this instance, until no longer necessary, without any important interference with the erdintry traffic of the road. Fortunately, no loss or injury to life was sustained, BANK OF ENOL4ND---1861. ÷ --- The following is the House List d GovernorA and Direc tors of the Bank of England for i he year ensuing, viz. : Fon. GovEnNo.ts. Alfred Latham, Esq. Governor Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq. Deputy-Governor. Fon Di IECTOIS. Thomas*Baring, Esq. I Jame Alexander Guthrie, Henry Wollast in Blake, Esq. Esc. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Thomson Henkey, Esq. John William Birch, EN. John Benjamin lleath, Esq. Travers Buxton, Esq. John Genii:rand H übbard, Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Stephen Cave, Esq. Thomss Matterman, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. Alexander Yatheson, Esq. James Pattison Currie, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. Sheffield Netve, Esq. Benjamin Buck Greene, George WatieNorman, Esq. Esq. Edward thy/ley Palmer, George Joachim Goschen, Esq. Thos. Charles Smith, Esq. The election for Governor and .Deputy-governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the oth Apri, and for Direc tors on 'Wednesday, the 10th April, from t3n o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. r-; r ... ; -1 TURIN, MARCH 28, NooN. An interpellation from Signor Massari in refer ence to Naples is announced for to-day. MILAN, MARCH 28. Tho Perseveranza of to-day publishes a telegram from Perugia, according to which the Pontifical Gendarmes at Canino (near Viterbo) treacherously attacked the citizens, three of whom were killed. The indignation was general. Addresses were being signed to Napoleon 111. praying him to protect the city. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 23. At the instance of Sir Henry Bulwer the Porte has consented not to execute the ]ruse chief Seyd Bey Hjemblat. No decision has yet been given, on the demand of the majority of the International Commissioners, for the execution of Kurschid and Tahir Pashas. The execution is, however, not likely to take place. The Sardinian Ambassador has protested against the embarkation of the sequestered arms on board the Banshee, at Galatz. Sir Henry Bulwer has rep lied to the protest, de fending the act on international grounds. News from the Herzgovina announces that hosti lities continue between the insurgents and the Turkish troops. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 28. The Ministerial Berlingske Tidende of to-day publishes an article on the discussions in the Estates of Holstein at Itzehoe, This article concludes as follows : " It is certain, from the latter part of paragraph 13 of the draft of the provisional constitution of Holstein, and from the proclamation of the 25th September, 1859, wherein was defined the amount of participation of Holstein in the common revenue, and the proportion to be borne by her in the common expenditure of Holstein and Denmark, that a com plete opportunity has been afforded to the Estates of Holstein to exercise a Parliamentary control in reference to Holstein's share in the common expen diture during the financial year 1861. The Estates must have understood that, if they were convoked to adopt a resolution upon a project of law, they. 'had not only the right of rejecting the same altogether or partially, but also the right of mak ing amendments to portions of the project. " The interpellation on that question which has taken place in the House of Lords has alone made the Estates comprehend this." BERNE, MARCH 28. It is stated here that the officers formerly belong ing to Garibaldi's general staff, and now residing out of Italy, have received orders to proceed to Brescia to take part in a conference to be held at that place on the 6th of April. MADRID, MARCH 27. It is stated that if Senor Rios Rosas raises a dis• cussion in the Cortes on the interior policy of the the Government, Ministerial supporters will endea vour to bring about a formal vote of confidence in the Government. LISBON, MARCH 27. The Chamber of Deputies has been dissolved. The Ministry, under the presidency of the Mar• quis de Loule, will continue to direct public affairs FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Petrie of this evening publishes an article (signed by its chief editor, M. Leymairae) on the nfnnial observed at the burial of the Duchess of Kent, and directing the attention of its readers to the presence of the Princes of Orleans who accompanied the English. princes. The article continues : "It will be asked in France what does such a demonstration mean ? What does the royal family of England intend by inviting to this official honour a family who have forfeited their rights by the will of the people ?" The Patrie enumerates the reasons for a union between France and England; and asks why there appears to be an intention to encourage divisions in France. " The English people," concludes the article, " have no participation in such puerile manifestations. The two peoples need more than ever to become united ; and, thank God, the great interests of the world are not subordinate to the caprices of Courts." The Patrie and Pays of this evening state that the concentration of the Austrian troops on the Po is a purely defensive measure. The case against the Bishop of Poitiers, in refe ence to his late 2nandement on the Roman question, was decided to-day by the Council of State. The bishop, who was defended by M. Cornudot, was condemned to be formally repremanded. BOURSE, March 28.—The market has not re covered from the downward impulse given to it yesterday by the rumour of a collision near Man tua, and prices have still further declined. For the account, Threes are now at 67f 85c, Railways offered, and prices slightly lower. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 55 Credit Fancier Do end month.... —1 Belgian 4 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 75 ! Roman Bank Shares . . 2890 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 652 ~50 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 655 I Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1407 50 .. 1410 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 942 50 .. 945 Geneva 3Bl 25 .. 382 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Low bard THE STRIKE. Nothing was done yesterday towards reconciling the differences which have unfortunately sprung up between the masters and the men, and which have led to the lock-out or strike. Yesterday meetings were held at the head-quarters —at which Mr. George Potter attends---in Rochester-place, Pimlico, and also at the rendezvous of the masons in Mason street, Lambeth. It w as current l y reporte d during trie day that on Monday next the men at Messrs. Trollope's and one or t wo o th er l arge fi rms will turn out, thus throwing some hundreds more men on the funds of their trades' unions and on those casual contributions which have been promised from the large manufacturing towns. At Messrs. Kelks, at Pimlico, lico, and at M ess rs. Lucas, in Belve dere-road, Lambeth, some few plasterers and masons are at work, but these do not belong to the union, and will probably be expelled if th e un i onists return. Many other men were during the whole of yesterday loitering about the yarcs, w i t h m i sery pictured in their faces, anxious to seek for work, but deterred from doing so in consequence of the external pressure which is put upon them. The Messrs. Lucas, who have the contract for the build ing of the Great International Exhibition in 1862, have declared that the strike shall not in any serious way interfere with the progress of the works, and that by one class or another they shall be resumed in the course of next week. The obvious meaning of this is that, unless the old hands go in upon the terms which have been suggested, foreign artisans will be brought over forthwith, a circumstance which must necessarily have the effect of reducing the rate of wages in this country for a long time to come. GAS ACCIDENT.—A female who keeps a shop at 21, Rue Lavoisier, Paris, not having taken down her shut ters at mid-day, her neighbours feared that something had happened to her, and effected an entrance. They found that the shop and the room behind were full of gas, and that the woman was lying senseless in bed. She was at once removed, and a medical man was sent for, but it was a long time before she' recovered. The gas had escaped from a crack in a pipe. INDIA AND CHINA. By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have re ceived files of papers from Calcutta to the 22d of February, and from Hongkong to the 15th of February. THE REVENUE. The following is from a letter dated Calcutta, February 22 : The following is the latest statement of revenue, receipts, and expenditure for the years 1856-7, 1857-8, 1858-9, and the estimates for the years 1859-60 and 1860-61 :—The total revenues and re ceipts for the year 1856-57 amounted to £33,499,980, including £121,954 from railways; in 1857-58 to £31,860,582, including £153,806 from railways ; in 1858-59 to £36,293,153, including £232,365 from railways; in 1859.60 to £38,127,332, includ ing £330,700 from railways ; and in regular esti mate for 1860-61 to .09,952,791, including £443,160 from railways. " The total expenditure for the year 1856 57 amounted to £33,974,188; for the year 1857-58 to £40,251,224 ; for the year 1858-59 to £50,480,770 ; for the year 1859-60 to £46,417,462 ; for 1860-61 to £46,630,888 ; showing a deficiency for the year 1856-57 of £474,208 ; for the year 1857-58 of £1,390,642 ; for the year 1858-59 of £14,187,617; for the year 1859.60 of £8,290,130; and for 1860-61 (regular estimate) a deficiency of £6,678,097. " This is the third version of the Budget for the current year, and it shows a deficit of £6,678,097, including the payments for the Mutiny Compensa tion. This amount is nearly half a million in excess of Mr. Wilson's Estimates of last June. THE FAMINE. The accounts from the scenes of desolation become daily more "horrible and heartrending ;" and although private benevolence is exerting itself, although Calcutta has contributed £lO,OOO, and Bombay a larger sum—although in every station subscription lists are established, and the Maharajah of Burdwan has set a munificent example to his countrymen, the fact still remains that misery is on the increase. One writer from the North-West describes a scene in which a swarm of famished villagers were seen contending with the crows and vultures over the starved carcase of a cow, the sacred character of the dead animal being altogether forgotten in the craving for food. The Mysore Princes, to whom Sir Charles Wood proposes to make a present of half a million sterling, have contributed just £BO to the relief of their dying countrymen and co-religionists. THE INDIGO DISTRICTS. The indigo districts continue in a very unsettled state. At Kishnagur and Jessore the ryots have refused to pay rents. In one instance, the arrears amount already to upwards of £12,000. At Fur reedpore the ryots do not confine themselves to not paying rent, as will be seen by the following extract from a private letter :—" A factory ser vant, named Bhyrubdas, got a severe thrashing on the 14th from the ryots of Belashur, who way laid him at Sangoera, cutting his nose and one of his ears, but not right off. They took away his clothes, and otherwise grossly assaulted him, and. he had to walk stark naked for some time, until some ryot took compassion upon him, and gave him a rag to wear. The joints of his arms and legs have been pounded, and he dragged over clods, the villains in their sport saying that they were noising (harrowing) the lands for indigo." THE KOOXEES. Of our little wars the last we have heard is, that Captain Raban has returned to Chittagong, after killing a few of the Kookees, and burning a thou sand rupees' worth of their property. EXCHANGE. A moderate amount of business has been done for this mail in bills on London. The Banks have been the chief sellers at 2.1, and in some instances at 2-OZ. Credits have been in very limited supply at 2-11, and documentary at 2 11d. CTTTNA. HONGKONG, FEB. 15. Our advices from Shanghai are to the Bth inst. The following appears in the IVorth China Herald : "NOTIFTCATION. " The Earl of Elgin and Ki ncar di ne, K.T., G.C.8., L Her Britannic Majesty's Special Ambassador in ' China, &c., &c., hereby makes it known to Her Majesty's subjects in China, that Her Ma jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, the Hon. Frederick William Adolphus Bruce, and the Imperial Commissioner the Prince of Kung, have concluded an arrange ' ment for opening to British trade, at the earliest practical period, two ports on Yang-tse River, above Chinkiang. " His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief has been requested to adopt such measures as he may deem necessary in order to enable her Majesty's subjects to take advantage of the privilege conferred on British shipping by the arrangement in question; and as soon as the object which he has in view shall have been attained, notice will be given of the regulations under which trade on the river above Chinkiang shall be conducted. " The Earl of Elgin thinks, however, that it may be a convenience to her Majesty's subjects in China if he apprises them, at this early date, that the following are the conditions on which these regula tions will be framed :—Tonnage dues, as well as duties, whether of import or of export, due on the cargoes of vessels proceeding up or down the river, will be payable at Shanghai or Chinkiang, and traffic in arms or ammunition will be prohibited under severe penalties. " ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. " Hong Kong, Jan. 20, 1861." The expedition up the Yang-tse was to leave Shanghai on the 12th inst. It would first proceed to Chinkiangfoo, where a consul would be left and a gunboat; then to Nankin, where the Admiral (Sir James Hope) would communicate with the insur gents, to prevent their interfering with trade, and would leave two steamers to insure his intentions being carried out. The expedition would then go on to Kingiang and Hangkow ; at each place a consul and a gunboat would be left. Admiral Hope offered to take up a deputation of three from the Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai, provided the information obtained was made public. We have not heard whether the offer would be availed of, but it was accepted as an instance of consideration on the part of the Admiral for the general good. When the river should be declared open it was proposed to run the steamer Cowper, purchased by the Govern ment some time back, between Shanghai and Hang kow till such time as private steamers were esta blished. The result of the expedition is' looked forward to with much interest. From Tientsin there are dates to the 20th of January, when all was going on well there. It is said, however, smallpox was prevalent among the French troops and the Chinese. General Collineau died from this cause on the 13th of January. The accounts just received from Japan, via Shang hai, are most unsatisfactory, but we are not in pos session of particulars. Mr. Heusken, secretary to Mr. Harris, the American Minister, had been mur dered, and it is said the Foreign Ministers had left Jeddo and retired to Kanagawa. There were only two men-of war in the port, Prussian frigates. The Prussian treaty had been signed at Jeddo. From Foo-chow we learn that the treaty is ig nored there, and the mandarins decline, on applica tion from the consul, to adjust duties according to the new tariff. Her Majesty's steamer Imperieuse has left for the Bogue. His Imperial Majesty's steamer Weser has been lost off the entrance to Saigon; stores, B:C., were likely to be saved. The British ship Fearnought, which left here on the 9th for Singapore, struck some rocks outside the harbour the same day, and is likely to become a wreck. A steamer went to her assistance, but did not succeed in moving her. The Chinese New Year holidays have passed over here and at Canton without disturbance. Busi ness at both places for the fortnight has been on a small scale. The steamer Ganges, with the 26th of December LonarP:i mail, arrived here on the 12th inst., and tile outward mail leaves to-day per steamer Madras• Thi ; been c I 8 per C lath & S Ditto ems°ls Excheq i D, A men kanches Parliame Curtis) t. compl] Mr. R. "That in ( 4 the 811' thise on e ti the po equitable tent s , i s Mr. B 2 c a ,' 4, nent bi t ',3 7 a i n bill y was lt t ; , orki n they \veg., an if n , -hare i 0 ob tain th an th o After oPted -4 the MO Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Cons(