The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-21 00:00:00

pOY AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN 41 • IV Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING (21st), for the Benefit of Miss Louisa yyne, THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Messrs. cord, A. St. Albyn, and Horncastle ; Miss Thirlwall and Miss Louisa Pyne. To conclude with the Third Act of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Mr. W. Harrison, Miss L. Pyne, tc. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at 8. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lemee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENLNG, the performances will commence with A. DUKE IN DIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss F. Maydon, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, to. After which, TURNING THE TABLES. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leolems. Commence at 7.1 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THRICE MARRIED. After which, HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Messrs, Graham, Meadows, tltc. ; Misses Heath, Elsworthy, &C. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY C Mis USTOMER and Messrs. E. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; sK. Kelly, Miss Thome. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. &maim% D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss W ool g ar, Mrs. Billington, and ars. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque_Extravaganza, entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and B. Thorne. DOOlll open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-oflicie open from 10 till 6. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, 65. ; Balocmy, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls ; Pit Sta ll s, 25.; Pit, Is. 6 d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery' , S td. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith; CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS!!! Westminster-road. Proprietor........ C. Morton. A Grand Selection from Verdi'a new Opera, IL CORSARO, (This opera has never been produced in this or any other country, except at these Concerts), having; met with that de cided success which charactise4 the most pular works of this great Master, will be performed EVE R Y EVENING ; together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI MENTO, by Donizetti, Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A. B. Hollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and the Brothers Conrad. John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the Establishment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAY.—Morning, Bh. 17m.—Afternoon, 9h. 6m. To-mounow.-Morning, 9h. 48m.—Afternoen, 10h. 36m. THR WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCY 21, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN TNII slum. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and &using the night. 42—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.33. WIND—W. - North-Westerly —fresh ; with fine weather, but cold, with a flying shower of hail. It rained very heavily last night, with a stormy wind. The weather has been very unsettled of late, and now the equinoctial gales are on or passing over. _ • _ ...-..., k „,...\.:,, 4 ..: . ~ ...,,v.c.ur!,...,1., y...f ~. --..,.w.,.,,,„ , .z.,..,2_,.:..! : ~,,,,..,,...,,_, k :N.S. -4. ' • 'Ct.t'' ' ..... .I, i - 7 . ; i ,-7 - ,1e...p /s 2: • ~i 0 • .. - n i , -- ( - ) 17-,;! , ~, '' - _ -t. . ~..:r.Rd-t, _ '!, . .;.,-,-.p., N e . , 1 _....,4 , ,44,_-_, THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1861. The Wednesday sittings of the House of Com mons in the Session of 1861 are certainly acquiring for themselves a peculiar celebrity in the way either of notable defeats endured, or notable vic tories achieved by the chiefs among the Liberal Independents. Yesterday was quite en regle after this fashion. Again the hero of the scene was Sir JOHN TRELAV NY. A gain there was a rapid cut and-thrust debate between the antagonistic forces ranged upon the Ministerial side of the House (particularly below the gangway), and those (con fronting them) on the side of the Opposition. Again—not by any means the first or even second time merely this session—there was a division at the end of the debate with divers members of the Government in the minority, and the amount of the majority, as given in by the tellers, hailed with ringing " cheers " from the Opposition. The occasion yesterday was the motion for the second reading of Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S Bill for the better assessment of the County Rates and the more judicious regulation of the County Expenditure. Both intentions on the part of the honourable baronet admirably good, yet both of them together, by means of yes terday's division, unmistakeably defeated. This division, it will be perceived at a glance, took place not upon Sir JOHN'S motion for the second reading, a motion seconded by that staunchest of Liberals the hon. baronet the member for Westminster, but upon Sir MATTHEW RIDLEY'S amendment that the Bill should be read a second time at our Anglo- Greek Kalends, namely, six months afterwards. This resolute amendment being carried by 163 as opposed to 125, or in other words, by a clear majority of 38 in a house (including Speaker and Tellers) numbering very nearly three hundred members— to be precise, just 293 altogether. The principal circumstance by the way incidentally noticeable in this discussion and Division of yesterday afternoon being the remarkable fact that a distinguished member of Lord PALMERSTON'S Cabinet, no less a person than Sir GEORGE LEWIS, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, spoke against and yet voted for the Bill of Sir JOHN TRELAWNY ! With him voting, among others, his colleague in the Cabinet, the Right Hon. CHARLES VILLIERS, and the first law officer of the Crown, Sir RICHARD BETHELL, her Majesty's Attorney-General. Alluding to the ex traordinarily anomalous course thus pursued by Sir GEORGE LEWIS, the humorous ex-Secretary to the Admiralty, the now ever outspoken Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE (ever outspoken now that he is no longer Secretary to the Admiralty) observed that—" The right hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Home Depart ment said that that was not a case in which the Government would interfere. But," added the hon. gentleman, " he (Mr. OSBORNE) wanted to know what was the case in which they would interfere ? The Wednesdays were being com pletely lost to the House in consequence of th e vacillating course pursued by the Government in reference to measures brought forward by private members. Last Wednesday his hon. friend the member for East Surrey was patted on the back and kicked at the same time, and that day it was the turn of his hod. friend the member for Tavistock to become the victim of the seductions of the right hon. gentlemad." Having hurled which poisoned dart of sarcasm at the Minister of State, Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE did not hesitate to follow it up with another yet more keenly barbed, and steeped in a yet deadlier irony re minding th e House how Sir GEORGE LEWIS had, as far b ec k as 1843, himself asserted that nothing hardly could be more crude and incomplete than our whole county rate system—" but then," said Mr. OSBORNE, " the right hon. gentleman was only a poor-law commissioner, whereas now he fills the office of Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment!" It is difficult on refleeien not to believe that this otherwise excellent and most desirable Bill o f the hon. member for Tavistock tailed i n a very complexity great measure by reason of its needless and its readily avoid able elaboration. Ac cording to Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S own acknowledgment yes actually upward s of one terday, it contained hundred unnecessary clauses ! Th e hon. baronet Can hardly obj ec t to this very startl i ng assertion if he only reverts for a moment to his own admission in the course of his remarks early yesterday after noon, his own distinct admission that while the Bill contained no less than 132 clauses, " only thirty of these clauses were impor tant for his purpose !" The very first clause, as he observed, " involving, in fact, the main prin ciple of his measure. It proposes," he said (that let clause), " that a financial board should be elected on a certain day in each year by the guar dians of the union. Each board of guardians should select two members of that board. One member should be a guardian, and the other a justice of the peace, both possessed of rateable property in the county of the annual value of £lOO sterling"—and so on. There, we take it, lies the whole objection to the proposed scheme as a prac ticalimprovement. Had Sir J. TRELAWNY made his project simpler it might even now have prospered as it, or something very like it, will—must—prosper eventually. Here—although the principle upon which theprojected reform was based by Sir JOHN TRELAWNY was certainly sound enough, namely, the great and popular principle that taxation should, both in reason and in justice, be directly connected with representation—there was too much of the wheel-within-wheel scheme of modification and rearrangement. In illustration of which it will be enough to remember that Sir JOHN'S rejected plan was to be carried out, in a sort of roundabout process, according to that favourite route traversed by the habitues of the Circumlocution Office, the old approved route of a Circumbendibus. The Board of Guardians to elect the proposed Financial Board, the new Financial Board to make the rates. .Et voila tout! Behold your last bran new plan, good Farmer Bull, for getting at some more equitable method of county rate assessment ! Recollecting this one damnatory flaw in the bill—while we cannot but regret the loss of many of the various advan tages that must, in all human probability, have resulted from its beneficent operation when it should have been judiciously modified in committee —we can hardly wonder that it should have been summarily rejected, under the circumstances, by the impetuous throng of county members and impul sive country gentlemen making up the bulk of our heavy handed Opposition. Sir G. C. lawn has now in hand for renewal and amendment, that solemn farce of legislation, the Corrupt Practices at Elections Prevention Act We have had a little experience of its powers, and have seen the truth of Sir W. HATTER'S opinion that it was a dead letter from the time of its enactment. It has often been observed that its title needed one slight alteration—the substitution of the word " Protection" for " Pre- vention ;" since in practice its machinery of powerless auditors and commissions of inquiry, have had for their direct result either to protect delinquents from discovery, or to protect them from punishment when self-convicted. Wakefield has just furnished an illustration of the latter operation—protection from punish ment. First, indeed, came the case of Mr. LEATHAM, a case so managed as actually to excite the sympathy of the public for a confessing delin quent. He could be prosecuted only through his having been refused by the Commissioners the cer tificate granted to all who answered truthfully—but from that day to this, the public has never known why he was refused the certificate. His offence was great enough, by his own confession, but then that confession had been made under the undoubting belief that he was thereby securing for himself indemnity against penal con sequences: We would not insinuate any want of ' partiality on the part of the Commissioners ; on the contrary, many of the public had the impression that because Mr. CHARLESWORTH so strangely prevaricated that it was impossible to give him a certificate, the Commissioners, to avoid the appearance of partiality, refused the indem nity also to the other candidate, though no fencing or prevarication appeared in his evi dence as reported. But Mr. LEATHAM'S case is not unlikely, after all, to break down ; it is certain, at least, to be " hung up" for a long time in the Court of Error, before which it has yet to come, and which will have to decide the question whether the prosecution was commenced within the time required by the Act. Thus the LEATHAM case may be considered to have failed ; partly as having in it an element of unfair play, which the public do not like, and partly because justice has moved with a faltering step, and a slow one indeed. And now we have the cases on the other side. Three of them have just come off, been decided, we cannot say, at York. And a pretty exhibition it has been of the Preventive Act of Mr. WALPOLE and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who combined, so amiably, to produce an act, which should show that the real and well-known means for preventing corruption of all kinds, by making it useless, was but a silly nostrum of such weak minds as the elder MILL, GROTE, MOLESWORTH, Col. THOMPSON, as the vi sionary philosopher BENTHAM, and that politician so utterly destitute of common sense, WM. COBBETT. Well, at York we have just seen the working . of the ultima patio of the Prevention Act. A Royal Commission had placed the gross bribery beyond doubt. Jiabuimus confitentes. Some unlucky ones, out of the many, were selected as examples of what those who scorned the folly of the ballot box could do "in their wisdom." We may safely affirm that these lofty-minded legislators never had a better chance, and never will have, of exhibiting their powers. And a precious exhibition it is It discloses the fact that corrupters--for the receivers of bribes, as the less guilty, were passed over in the magnanimous desire to fly at higher game—could be arraigned and, by special good luck tried, but that a conviction was not so easy a matter. One lucky sinner got through completely, a verdict of not guilty recorded the jury's opinion of the quality of the evidence amongst " a bad lot all together." What they thought of the individual himsell', law, very pro perly, does not ask. Two more shared a different fate. On one case the jury could not a gree . They enjoyed the advantage, towards arriving at a just conclu sion, of being locked up all night, we presume, as usual, without food or fire in this genial we a th er; but cold and fasting co uld n ot enlighten the mi n d of the one dissentient , the H u l l juryman, who wa s said to be a violent partizan ; he had evidence which satisfied him that it would not do to send to prison one of whom eleven others were confident he had incurred that penalty. Next morning, therefore, finding that the jury could not agree, and were not likely to do so, Mr. Justice HILL discharged them to their breakfast, which they doubtless enjoyed. But the first was the great case. In that of REGINA V. CROWTIIER one juryman could be a martyr to bribery, to the extent of starving and freezing for some twelve or fourteen hours ; but he was preceded by a far nobler martyr, one who could look unappalled on six months' imprisonment and a fine of £5OO rather than repeat in court the very evidence he had given before the Commis sioners. The formal reason, indeed, this member of the noble company of martyrs gave was, that he should criminate himself; he knew, however, perfectly well that he would net, 9,nd two judges concurred that he Could not be impeached en the evidence he gave. No, Mr. JOSE LOUIS FERNANDEZ really offered himself as a victim to save the Head Corruptor, Mr. CHARLESWORTH, to whom he had acted the part of agent. He had taken legal advice. He answered one or two questions respecting identity without difficulty—then began the sticking— " Was he active in municipal and parliamentary elections ?"—." Did he remember the election in 1859 9" These two questions the Judge with some trouble coaxed him to answer. "Had he received a sum of money from defendant (Mr. J. B. Charles worth) in 1859 ?" Not less than nine times did Judge and prosecuting counsel press this question; answer he would not, till at length the judge pronounced his fate, and one which by his manner he had little anticipated. The question then arose—could the jury be dis charged without giving a verdict when once they had been charged with the prisoner ! Some legal doubt there seems to be, but the public voice will commend Mr. Justice HILL for giving the benefit of the doubt to justice, not to transparent knavery. Had the jury given, as in the state of the evidence they must have given, a verdict of not guilty, the martyr to corruption would have purged his contempt, have walked out of prison, and he and his clique would have laughed at a fine of £5OO, when they had given almost as much as that for half a dozen votes—and the arch briber CHARLES WORTH would have been free. We hope the discharge of the jury will prove to be legal ; however, on this ticklish point hangs the question, whether it will not be generally easy to defeat, by a very little suffering, any prosecutiOn for _bribery. It is impossible to conclude these remarks, how ever, without expressing our indignation with the really guilty parties. Men like Lord PALMERSTON and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and the army of hypo critical Legislators who gladly obey them, are the real authors of all these disgraceful scenes. They it is to whom we trace all the bribery and intimi dation in the kingdom. It is childish to pretend virtuous indignation with corrupt candidates and their agents, with prevaricating and reticent wit nesses ; bad and wrong enough they doubtless are; but who leads them into temptation? Who enables the briber to bribe successfully, by enabling the briber to prove that he has given him money's worth for his bribe ? Who refuses even to take a stringent declaration from the returned member that corruption of no kind has been used to secure his return ?—who sets himself bitterly against the simple precaution of so taking the vote, that none can know how it was given except the individual himself, and those who like to take his word ? The legislator to whom these simple ques tions point, is the FAGIN of all this dirty work. The enormous cost of all these prosecutions is incurred merely:that corruption, of the appropriate kind, may be applied in counties and boroughs, and yet our legislators seem as if they wished to prevent it. It is all one tissue of almost shameless hypocrisy. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH F . 21, 1861. TO COMMANDING OFFICERS OF VOLUNTEE.R CORPS. MEMORANDUM. Volunteers, when in mourning, will wear a piece of black crape three inches wide round the left arm above the elbow. By order. M. M'MURDO. War Office, 20th March, 1861. Punch is capital again this week, as last. Napoleon and Palmerston are playing a Nautical game at cards. Nap throws down La Gloire as a safe trump whereupon Pam covers it with the Warrior to the astonishment of Ironsides. The easy look of devil-may-care indifference of Palmerston's air, with his evergreen sprig of shillelagh dangling from his lips contrasts admirably with the gravity and surprise of the Imperial looker on. The size of the Warrior card aptly illustrates the relative size of each. The bet is francs to sovereigns, and the motto, " Beggar my Neighbour." The moral—Pam puts—" Is not your Majesty tired of this foolish game ?" We know that the people of both France and England are heartily sick of it —and Mr. GLADSTONE, too. RETURN OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WlGHT.—According to present arrangements the Royal family will return to Osborne on Monday next, the 25th inst. Her Majesty's apartments were undergoing exten sive alterations, as were the offices, kitchens, &c., and it will require a number of workmen, and great exertions to get the palace ready in time. THE BALLOT SOCIETY.—The weekly meeting of the executive committee was held on Tuesday, at the offices in Guildhall-chambers-31r. Sydenham Nodes in the chair. Mr. Whitehuret, Mr. Bontems, Mr. Man, Mr. F. Clowes, &c., were present. Clair J. Grece, Esq., Redhill, Surrey, was elected a member of the council; Thomas Bazley, Esq., M.P.. T. B. Potter, Esq., John Fildes, Esq., and James Sidebotham, Esq., were elected members of the finance com mittee for the Manchester district. The Wakefield bribery case was considered by the committee, who came to the fol lowing resolution : "This committee, having regard to the fact that the Government propose to Parliament further penal legislation on the subject of corrupt practices at elec tions, takes this opportunity of calling public attention to the tedious, costly, and inefficient operation of bribery pro secutions, as shown in the Wakefield case, and to the con trast between such prosecutions and the simple, inexpen sive, and effectual method' of preventing bribery by secret voting, recommended by the commissioners in the St. Albans, Gloucester, and Wakefield cases to the House of Commons' committee on corrupt practices." Arrangements were made for holding &meeting in Birmingham on Mon day evening, the 25th inst. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY. -3,1 r. Gladstone appears to have been taken by surprise at the announcement which has appeared in some of the papers that he has been waited upon by a deputation from South Lancashire, asking him to become a candidate for the third seat which it is proposed to give to that division of the county, and that he gave a favourable reply to the application. The right hon, gen tleman has communicated with a Church paper, which is an authority in the University of Oxford, which he at present represents, and the following " authorised state ment" has been issued :—" With reference to a paragraph which appeared in the Times and other newspapers, stating that a deputation had waited upon Mr. Gladstone, soliciting him to be a candidate for the third seat proposed to be given to South Lancashire, and that he had given a favour able reply, we can state that no deputation from South Lancashire have seen, or proposed to see, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that no question has been put or answer given between any such deputation and him, nor is he a party to any proceedings that may have been taken in that quarter." EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL. —An extraordinary case was tried before Chief Justice Cockburn, at Derby, on Tuesday. A few months ago poaching prevailed to such an extent in the neighbourhood of Derby that the autho rities felt themselves called upon to adopt extraordinary measures, with the view, if possible, of putting a atop to the frequent nocturnal raids in search of game. Early ono morning in October last, two officers of the borough police force were on the look .out in ono of the suburbs of the town, when they encountered three men, who had in their pos session bags, nets, and several hares and rabbits. The men were despoiled of their nets and game, but next day they were informed th at they might have the former by calling at the police station. They, however, would not have the nets unless they also obtained back the whole of their property, meaning the hares and rabbits. The :police, however, would, not return the game ; and, on Tuesday, one of the men, John Wilmot, brought an a c ti on at the assizes against the officers for the value of the property they had. detained. Wilmot was examined, and an attempt was of course made by the counsel for the defence to ascertain how he had acquired his property, but he refused to make any di sclosure on this i n teresting point—admitting, however, that h e h ad cn several occasions been committed to prison for poaching. The learned Judge, in summing up, doubted very much how far the police could be justified in law in seizing the plaintiff's property. He, however, described the case as one of the most discreditable that had been brought in a court of justice, and he advised the jury that in estimating the value of the hares and rabbits they should take into consideration the manner in which the plaintiff had become possessed of them. The jury gave a verdict for the plain tiff-4s. 6d. damages, his l or d s hip d ec li P in g to certify for Costs, LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, MARCH 21. The elections to the Provincial Diet have every where resulted in the return of Liberal members. The city of Vienna has elected the following : Minister Baron Schmerling almost unanimously ; M. Knranda, a Jew, and editor of the Oct-Deutsche Post; M. Franz, a Protestant; Dr. Muhlfeld, a barrister; and Dr. Berger, the counsel who de fended Richter, and in 1848 Liberal member of the German Parliament. MILAN, MARCH 21. The Perseveranza asserts that the priests are exercising a pressure on the Pope with the object of inducing him to proceed to Venice. Bellegarde is now in Vienna conducting nego tiations to that effect. It would appear, however, that Austria fears the responsibility which such a step might involve. MADRID, THURSDAY. The Correspondencia Autografa asserts that the differences between Senor Calderon Collantes, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and M. Adolphe Barrot, the French Ambassador, has been arranged in a satisfactory manner. Advices from Lisbon state that the Opposition had resolved upon continuing their attempts to overthrow the Ministry. TURIN, MARCH 20. All the Ministers have tendered their resigna tions, which have been accepted by the King. Count Cavour, it is believed, will be entrusted with the formation of a new Cabinet, in which all the divisions of Italy will be represented. TURIN, MARCH 20 (Evening.) In to .day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Count Cavour announced that the whole Minis try had tendered its resignation, and stated that he had advised the King to form a Ministry according to the new elements of the Kingdom. It was, he said, the intention of Government to deprive the councillors of lieutenancy at Naples of their political character, and to reform the organisation of the Council by placing it under the Central Government, which would be respon sible for all its acts. In consequence of the resignation of the Ministry the interpellation of Signor Massari announced for to-day was not discussed, and some other questions of which notice had been given were postponed. The Chamber of Deputies stands adjourned until a new Ministry has been formed. In the Senate the Minister Fanti presented a project of law granting a life annuity of 10,000 f. to General Cialdini, as an acknowledgment of the services he has rendered to the country. TURIN, MARCH 20. It is asserted that the Ministry will to-day com municate to the Chambers the intention of Gov ern ment to modify the powers of the councils of lieu tenancy at Naples and Palermo. A consequence of this resolution would be the modification of the Ministry, into whieh several members from Southern Italy would enter. PARIS, MARCH 20. The Pattie gives a denial to the rumour that General Goyon will be replaced at Rome by an other French general. ASCOLI, MARCH 20. After a well-sustained fire, which lasted four days, Civitella del Tronto has surrendered to Gen. Mezzreeapo. LISBON, MARCH 19. The allessageries Imperiales' steamer Beam, from Rio Janeiro on the 26th ult., arrived here at three o'clock this morning. Exchaige on London was quoted at 251, 26. Coffee, good first, 6,000 to 6,100. Shipments since the departure of the English steamer 112,000 bags, including 44,500 for the Channel. Stock, 40,000 bags. At Bahia on the 29th ult. exchange on London was quoted 261 264. Cotton, 8,000 to 8,400 reis per arroba. At Pernambuco on the Ist inst., Exchange was quoted 261 261. Brown sugar, 2,000 to 2,500 reis, white 3,000 to 4,200 reis per arroba. THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 21. The , .Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Piera, Captain Jamieson, with the heavy por tion o f the above mails, has arrived. She brings 122 passe a gers, seven packages specie, value not stated, also 70 boxes oranges, eight packages teeth, 181 pack urges sundries, and 1,200 bales raw silk, - value £llBl,OOO sterling. Ti ze Pera sailed from Gibraltar on the 16th. Dur ing her passage she spoke the following ships : —O a the 16th inst. exchanged signals with the corn pany't steamers Ellora and Vectis, bound to Alex andrii; ; on the 12th, the Ceylon, bound to Malta; and ou the 16th, the Delta, standing'for Gibraltar. Vat! ship Raumi, of Raumi, from Cardiff, with coala .for Gibraltar, Was blown up in the harbour of Padtst ow on the 4th. Eight of the crew were picked up ; the other 12 have not been heard of. In s:ructions have been received at Tetuan to pre • pare t o evacuate the place. A• al herdic advices from Tangiers state that the Suit at t is labouring with great ardour to fulfil the enga g 3ments with Spain. He has summoned all the v ealthy kaids belonging to the Kabyles, as well a s the administrators, in order to devise means to ob to in money. Gi IN :altar exchanges—On London, 90 days' date, 50/ ; *Paris sf. 30e. ; Marseilles, sf. 30c. ; Genoa, 51. 3l (e ; Madrid, eight days' sight, par; Malaga, par; S ,eville, par ; Alicante, 1 dis. ; Valencia, par ; Barce ona, b pm. ; Spanish pillared dollars, Fer dinansii, 5 per cent. premium, no demand ; Spanish pillar .er 1 Carolus, 22 per cent. premium, in demand. Frt 4 ghts to London and outports in the United King om, 25s to 30s per steamer ; Brazil and River Plate,. 12 dollars per ton and 10 per cent.; Gulf of Mexi co and Havannah, 12 dollars per ton, and 10 per c en t. RUSSIA. On tl he 16th instant Prince Gortschakoff issued the fol lowing proclamation to the inhabitants of Warsa " To. put an end to the attempts of those evil minde i persons who try to get up demonstrations in the sl greets, no matter of what nature they may be, it i s again made known by these presen is that all nit a" ilestations are illegal and dangerous to public tranquillity, and that consequently all assernl - da ges in the squares or streets with .a view to mailit ?stations cr processions whatsoever which are 'pat o rdered by the ecclesiastical authorities are strictly f, arbidden. t " Inh t i bitants of Warsaw, listen to my warning, . and do 7 1 ( ) t compe l me t o em pl o y painful ineo.ns to put do g y r, disorder by armed force, The police author' tier 3 are charged at the same time to com mumca to t his present warning to all householders, so that ethe y may inform their inmates of Vie s , Ime, in order that no one can pretend to be ignorant of it." Telegraphic advices of the 18th announce that the Commission of Safety continued its functions under the presidency of General Lewinski. The Com mission had placed itself in communication with all the principal towns of the kingdom, where, according to its instructions, the same sort of urban police had been formed as at Warsaw. In conse quence of these well-advised measures the pacific movement was extending to every province. The Committee of Education was to commence its functions on the 20th inst. One of its first steps would be, it is said, to ask for the restoration of the University of Warsaw, and to maintain the prin ciple of national education. TURKEY. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 8. The draught of the new commercial treaty pro posed between Great Britain and Turkey was, as I have mentioned in a former letter, sent home some time since. I have stated at different times what its provisions were likely to be. Now that it has assumed a more definite shape it may, perhaps, be well to re capitulate the more important articles. .In the first place, then, an uniform 8 per cent. ad valorem duty on both imports and exports is, for the moment substituted for the imposts now exist ing under the commercial treaty of 1838. Those imposts were then fixed at 5 per cent. on imports into the Ottoman dominions, and 12 per cent. on exports therefrom. The draught of the proposed treaty provides for its duration for a period of 28 years, each of the contracting parties reserving, however, to itself the right of proposing such modifications after ten years as experience shall have suggested. The 8 per cent. duty on exports from Turkey is to be reduced by 1 per cent. annually until only 1 per cent. remains chargeable, which reduced duty will be maintained during the continuance of the treaty. No diminution of the 8 per cent. import duty is provided for. Goods in transit through the Ottoman dominions are to pay in lieu of the 3 per cent. with which they are now chargeable, 2 per cent. for the first eight years during which the new treaty shall be in force, and 1 per cent. for the residue of the period over which it extends. Tobacco and salt are articles to which the above duties do not apply. Importation of these articles into Turkey is prohibited. On the other hand, the Porte allows their free export without any duty or impost whatsoever. The im portation of munitions of war into Turkey is also prohibited. The proposed treaty, which should come into force on the 13th inst., extends to all parts of the Sultan's dominions, including Egypt and the Principalities of Servia and Wallachia and Moldavia. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 20.—The market has been quiet, but prices have undergone but a slight variation— Threes alternating between 68f 15c and 68f 10c, Little doing in Railway Shares at prices in some cases a shade lower than yesterday. The following are the last quotations : ft per per Cents ... 95 70, Credit Fonder 935 Do. end month.... 95 70 ; Belgian 4t 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 20: Roman Bank Shares 2890 ' Austrian C r edit Mobilier.... 660 —! Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 661 25 ! Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1422 50 .. 1425 Northern New ditto 897 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 950 .. 951 25 Geneva 385 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 378 75 .. Austrian Lombard PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The curiosity of the play-going public was last evening gratified by the appearance of Mr. Fechter in the character of naen.c, the thp.4.o vu the occasion being filled by an overflowing audience. It had been for some time expected, from the great talent of the distinguished artiste, that a thoroughly new version of the part would be given, and we are bound to say the expectations were realized to the very letter. Mr. Fechter's Hamlet differs entirely from all its predecessors, his idea evidently being to give a perfect original conception of the part, and at the outset we must remark, a more natural or unaffected performance we have never witnessed. It would occupy too much space to enter into minute de tail of the whole performance, and we, therefOre, on the present occasion merely intend pointing out some of the parts that created the most delight and surprise. The first soliloquy of importance, " Oh, that this too solid flesh would melt," was delivered with infinite care—not in that stagy style that for years has been accepted as the true ver sion—not in that mouthing and pedantic manner that of late has passed current for great acting—but in a calm, re flective, and natural mood, that powerfully portrayed the deep suffering the prince was labouring under for the loss of his royal parent. The interview with the ghost was another most marvellous rendering of the part, although we must honestly confess we cannot quite subscribe to the manner in which he declaimed the well known line—. " Oh, my prophetic soull—my uncle!" The strong emphasis laid on the word "my" sounded too discordant, or perhaps, we might say, too new to please us. The next very striking portion of the tragedy was the first r scene in the third act, in which the soliloquy, "To be, or not to be," &c., occurs, and the deep meditative tone in which it was delivered was intensely affecting. Then, again, in the same scene the interview with Ophelia was another triumph of high art. Never have we seen any • thing that can for an instant be compared to the superb acting of Mr. Fechter on the discovery that Op . helia, too, like others, joins in the stratagem to discover the cause of his melancholy. The effect was so telling tbat unani mous applause burst from all parts of the house. The play scene, of course, was magnificently given, and another powerful effect was produced in the fourth scene of the same act—Hamlet's interview with his mother. In the opening scene of the fifth " a churchyard"—a word of praise must here be said for the artist who painted, and the stage manager who ar ranged, so admirable a scene—Mr. Fechter's acting was nature itself; the easy manner in which the colloquy with the gravedigger was given was the theme of admiration and applause. Nothing certainly could be more natural than the position ho assumed—sitting on the edge of one of the gravestones while conversing with the old man. The last scene, like all its predecessors; was a perfect triumph, and the curtain descended amidst the most rapturous applause. Of course, a general call arose for Mr. Feahter, and on his appearance the cheering became universal. To those who wish to witness a perfectly new Hamlet—new in the most extended sense of the term—a great treat is in store, for most certainly Mr. Fechter's Hamlet differs as much from the old conventional stage Hamlet, as that character does from !lie usual one of Richard the Third. _BANK RETURNS. The Banker? -Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir •ulation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Feb. 9. These returns, combined with the circulation of the tcotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 6th of Feb. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the Miffed Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Jan. 12, Feb. 9, , 1861. 1861. Increase. Decrease. --- Bank of England... 20,076,998 20,074,511 2,487 Private Banks 3,320,794 3,350,959 30,165 Joint-stock Banks 2,939,9 85 2,940,755 770 —-- --- Total in England. 26,337,777 26,366,225 28,443 Scotland.... 4,30',2 85 4,094,767 1 —. 208,518 Ireland 6,912,8191 6,9_18_944 1 - 6,125 - H-- -,...5.....3 Tr,..„....,-- Q 7 nc9. RR] 37.379,936, 1,173,945 United Kingdom 37,553,8811 37,379,936 And as compared with the month ending the 11th of Feb. 1860, the above returns show a decrease of £1,850,455 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £2,315,094 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : The English private banks are below their fixed issue The Unglish joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue .. £361,602 Total below fixed issue in England £1,415,578 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue £1,345,496 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £564,450 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 6th Feb , was £11,686,849, being a decrease of £1,052,555 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £3,654,004 when compared with the same period last year. The following . are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 9th Feb.:.— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £ 2,533,232 Gold and silver held by the Ir ish banks 2,639,177 £5,222,409 Being an increase of £69,200, as compared with the previous return, and a decrease of £219,194 when compared with the corresponding period of last year, MRS'. LINCOLN. Howard, the well-known—we had almost said the notorious—correspondent of the New York Times, has described Mrs. Lincoln, wife of the President elect. We give his pen and ink sketch for the gratification of our fair readers : " Certain metropolitan journals, with hatchets to sharpen, have erroneously attributed to Mrs. Lin coln the features of a Juno, the form of a Venus, and the wisdom of a Minerva. This we cannot endorse, nor can we agree with certain other unscrupulous newspaper men who accuse Mrs. Lincoln of all that is coarse, ungenial, and unrefined. Mrs. Lincoln does not chew or snuff, does not dress in outre style, does not walk a la Zouave, does not use profane language, nor does she on any occasion, public or private, kick up shindies. These negatives are necessary, be cause, the affirmative of these propositionshad been sent broadcast throughout the land. Mrs. Lincoln, as she appears to the humble, and somewhat peripa tetic individual who represents on this occasion the dignity of the Times—is a middle-aged lady, of— well say 40 or perhaps 38 years of age. "On the top of her head, the place where the hair ought to grow—the hair does grow, and very luxuriantly, too, of a dark brown colour, and elastic fibre. Her head is large and well developed, presenting the organs of firmness and language in a highly-developed and well-matured condition. Her forehead is broad ; her eye clear and intelligent, and rather blue than gray ; her nose is —well, not to put too fine a point on it—is not Grecian ; her mouth is large, well shaped, and capable of great expression, while her chin rounds gracefully, balances properly, and goes in a quiet way towards the indorsing of our opinion that she is a decided—not obstinate—woman. Her form inclines to stoutness, but is well fashioned and comely, while her hands and feet are really beau tiful, indicating, as does the well-shaped ear, that she has come from a race of people who were well born. Her carriage is good, her manners are plea sant, her greetings are affable, and, without doubt, her intentions are correct. That Mrs. Lincoln goes to the White House, versed in the goodly knowledge of housewifery and substantial living, rather than skilled in the cunning tricks of politics, and biassed with the excitements of Washington life, is a feature for congratulation, rather than for deprQ cation. She started with Mr. Lincoln when he was a poor young man, with no more idea of being called to the Presidency than of being a cannibal ; she has pursued a quiet home life, rearing and educating a happy family, cheering the man of her choice as he passed through the stormy scenes of life, and content if in all things she made, what few women do make, a good wife and a competent mother. She has been suddenly called to fill an unaccustomed position. To it she goes, taking with her her sound substratum of common sense, her natural tact, that great aider of us all ; the esteem of all who knew her at her old home, and the best wishes of every decent woman in the land." CAPTAIN BROOKE.—We have made inquiries in reference to the announcement made in the Bengal Hurkaru of the death of Captain Brooke, nee Johnson, the represen tative of Sir James Brooke at Sarawak, and find that letters have been received here from that gentleman up to the 23d January, and as the communications from Sarawak to Calcutta is via Singapore, any later intelligence would have come at the same time by the mail for England. The report, therefore, must be in error.—London and China Telegraph. The Hon. Mrs. Yelverton is about to publish either a story or narrative (for Mr. Bentley's advertisement does not say which). The public will be very curious to see this production from the pen of one about whom so much interest has been excited. RIFLE PRACTICE ExTRAORDINARY.—TheLondon Irish corps had yesterday their weekly rifle practice at their range Child's-hill, Hampstead. At two o'clock the mem bers adjourned from the range to dinner, and on their return it was proposed, in order to fill up the time until the arrival of the musketry instructor, that six bottles should be procured and suspended one at a time from the targets, the entrance being one penny per shot. Five gentlemen entered, Messrs. M'Swiney, Bigg, Chattock, Morton, and C. Williams. The firing commenced at one hundred yards, and eight shots were fired at that range, and four at 150. Notwithstanding a heavy gale which was blowing, each gentleman broke a bottle, Mr. Chattock breaking two. The character of the practice will be better appreciated when i understood that at either range the bottle appeared no thing more than a minute speck. Such precision must be not less gratifying to the volunteers themselves than to those who take an interest in the movement. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A labouring man met his death yesterday morning, in a manner that shows the need of most careful circumspection in crossing a railway on foot . Shortly befor e 11 o ' c l oc k b e was wa iti ng a t a l eve l cross i ng, at Smithy-bridge, on the I , ..eashire and Yorkshire line, better Littleborough and Rochdale, whilst a goods train was passing. A s soon as he supposed the road was clear he attempted to cross, apparently not seeing an express train to Manchester, which came up at full speed and went over him, so that his head was completely severed from his body. THE CATTLE TRADE.—NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Tuesday, March 19.—Fat cattle, 1,213 ; sheep, 4,450 ; pigs, 660. Trade steady at full rates. Prices :—Beef, 6s t' 8s 3d ; pork, 6s to 8s per stone ; sheep, 8d to 81d per lb. Derby, 19th.—There was a fair show of fat beasts at to day's market, and the demand proved steady at the full currencies of last week. The show of sheep was tolerable, and with a moderate inquiry samples sold at former terms. Of calves the supply was better, and late rates were sup. ported. Fat pigs were a tolerable show, and moved off at late terms. Prices :—Beef, 7d to 71d ; mutton, Bkd to 9d; calves, 7d to 71d ; pork, 6451 to 6id per lb. A SCOTCH VIEW OF MR. SPURGEON' AND HIS SERVlCES.—Yesterday an outrage on religion, a shock to right feeling, and an insult to the Deity, 'were combined in the scene witnessed at the Corn Exchange. Yesterday, the thoughtless, from sheer want of thought, the idle from idlest curiosity, the pious from mistaken zeal, the irreverent from sympathy with an irreverent youth, patronised, by their presence, and rewarded with their silver, the man who, with a temerity that inspires the reflecting with awe, does his high-handed sacrilege at the altar, and with merry pun and flippant jest makes merchandise of the things of his Father's house. Yes terday, in this Christian town, and in the face of its sober Presbyterian feeling, a grown boy, full of reverend irreverence, and with little to commend him beyond the fact that he dare do, in the name of his Maker, things from which devouter men skrink back appalled, had the temerity—and rightly viewed an awful latitude of temerity it was—to charge for the preaching of redemption, "to the reserved seats two shillings, to other seats one shilling, and to the promenade sixpence." Is not the high name of reli gion traduced; are not the vital interests of our faith en dangered ; is not the public sentiment scandalised by the effrontery which, in a pecuniat y sense, makes of a service an exhibition, and of the pulpit labours a performance. Soberly, seriously, sorrowfully, we ask those who patronised yesterday's outrage on the counsels of him who said re proachfully, " Make not my father's house a house of mer chandise," whether it is in the power of open and professed scoffers to do religion one tithe so much injury as is done by a single preaching on the terms of "reserved seats two shillings." —.D undee Advertiser. . THE STUDY OF ENGLISH AT OXFORD AND CAM BRIDGE.—The University and College authorities seemed to take it for granted that men coming into residence were fully masters of the English language ; that they required no course of study in so elementary a matter as the art of reading, writing, and speaking their native tongue ; and that they must just do as others had done before them in preparation for the prayer-desk and pulpit—trust to the light of nature" in writing and delivering sermons ; or, if hard pressed, they might compile, " adapt," borrow, beg, or hire. Consequently little or no encouragement was given to any proposals to supply these defects. Several Professors of Divinity had tried, but in vain, to get their men to do what was done in all the Scottish Universities,—write and deliver trial sermons. An emi nent elocutionist, Mr. Plumptre (a member of the English bar), had just commenced work at Oxford ; and an English Lectureship had been founded at Cambridge ; but both were of origin too recent to be at present taken into account. Certain it . was, that, while those in influential positions spoke of elocution as mere "spouting," while undergra duates had every inducement to devote themselves exclu sively to classics and mathematics, and while the most accomplished English scholar found himself no better off in examinations than the man who sent up his papers full •f errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation, there was but little hope of any extensive measure of improvement in our University systera.—(Lecture at the Royal Institution, by the Rev. A. J. D. D'Orsey, of Cambridge.) THE READING-ROOM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. —lmportant modifications are now in process of being effected in the arrangements connected with the reading room of the British Museum. Owing to the very consi derable augmentation in the number of readers, the new room, spacious as it is in dimension, is found to be inade quate for their accommodation, and the trustees have consequently in consideration the peacticability of ap propriating an additional room for their use. It is, moreover, intended to increase the number of assist ants, the present limited staff having been found incompetent efficiently to comply with the nume rous demands made on their attention, more especially as a strict surveillance is absolutely necessary, on account of the disgraceful dilapidations and defacements many valuable works have sustained. Duplicates and triplicates of the books commonly in use for reference have already been placed on the shelves accessible to the frequenters of the room ; and the divisions in the centre, where the voluminous catalogues are arranged, have been conspicu ously labelled to facilitate research. Since the opening of the new reading-room no less than 25,000 persons have ob tained tickets of admission for the purpose of study, and the applications to the principal-librarian are daily increasing in number. .1 - Z2E VOLUNTEER SilArl FIGHT. As the period approaches for Lord Ranelagh's proposed sham fight, near Brighton, on Easter Monday, there appears to be a failing off on the part of some Metropolitan volunteer regiments, and the field 'day at Wimbledon will, no doubt, be a much more imposing affair, so far as numbers are concerned. The last secession from the Brighton proposal has been that of the North Middlesex Rifles; Viscount Enfield, M.P., as colonel, having taken the sense of the effectives upon the subject at a numerously attended parade, they decided in favour of Wimbledon by an overwhelming majo rity, some thirty or forty hands only being held up in favour of Brighton. As an equivalent for not going to the sham fight, the 29th are, it is understood, about to appeal to the lieutenant - colonel, to permit them to have a march out to Hampstead-heath on Good Friday afternoon for skirmishing and light infantry drill, and blank cartridge firing, as well as to march to Wimbledon on Easter Monday. The North Middlesex will also parade for inspection on Saturday afternoon at Regent's Park Barracks at five p.m., and march out, and on Sunday next they parade at -2 p.m. in the inclosure of Mornington-crescent, to march headed by the band to Christ Church, Maryle bone, when by the permission of the Rev. L. L. Davis, the rector, the Rev. Wm. Williams, the chaplain, will preach his inauguration sermon. ` ll ° - day (Thursday) Lieutenant-Colonel Bigge intends to take the sense of the 20th or Railway Rifles as to going to Brighton or Wimbledon. Amongst the regiments going to the latter on Easter Monday it is stated are—the Hon. Artillery Company, the Victoria Rifles, the North Middlesex, the Ist Mid dlesex Cavalry and Artillery, the 4th Middleseict the City of London Brigade, the greater proportion of the Queen's, the Civil Service, the London Scottish, and, indeed, with the exception of the South Middlesex (Lord Ranelagh's own regiment)► most of the largest and important metropolitan corps." TILE NEW METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS' The select committee on the North-London Rail way (Branch to the City) Bill (H.L.) report " that the number of houses inhabited by the labouring classes, and over which compulsory power is sought by the bill, is 492 ; and the number of families, averaging from four to five persons, is 1,023, or from 4,000 to 5,000 persons. That, to remedy as far as possible the evil arising from so large a displace ment, the committee have inserted a clause pro viding that the railway company shall run a cheap train, morning and evening, from the Liverpool street terminus to Kingsland, at such hours as shall be convenient for the working class proceeding to their new homes, and returning to their accus tomed daily labour ; and the committee have furth er to report to the house that this displacement' 0', 4 not be simultaneous, but will probably be spread o7er a considerable period of time. The committe e have gone through the bill, and have directed the same to be reported to their lordships with some amendments.' In the case of the Metropolitan Railway the committee report that as only 22 h ouses occ uplea , by the labouring classes will be r emove d they h° not deem it necessary to make any special prOyl sion in the bill. The latter is the case also with the West London Extension Railway Bill, and tlie Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway 1 3111 ' The Hammersmith, Paddington, and City Juno tion Railway, the committee report, will afford '$ speedy communication to those of the labouring classes who are employed in some of the densely' populated parts of the metropolis, but whoso residence is in the suburban districts with which the railway communicates." The select committee of the Lords on the Charing' cross and City Terminus Bill, report as the result of their inquiry, that the number of houses °colt pied by the labouring classes, and over compulsory power is s oug ht b y t h e bill , i s 82 ; but it _: having been pr ove d th a t on l y seven h ou se" would be removed, in two of which several roovas were unoccupied, and that the number of person s to be displaced amounted only to forty, the CO° mittee did not deem it necessary to make 00,7, special provision in the bill in reference thereto. INQUEST ON A CRIMINAL LUNATIC• - Yesterday afternoon Mr. Sergeant Payne, tie coroner for the city of London and Southwar k held an inquest at Bethlehem Hospital, on the bod y of Mary Ann Brough, a criminal lunatic, who Was acquitted on the ground of insanity on a charge,% murdering six of her children at Esher, in ti e month of June, 1854, and removed to this establish' went under a warrant from the Crown in A ug usD of the same year. 1)r. William Charles Hood said—l am doctor of medicine and physician cf Bethlehem Hospital; The deceased was brought in here on the 25th 0 ; August, 1854. She was tried at Guildfor d in the previous July, before the Chief Baron Pol lock and Mr. Justice Erle, on a charge of murdering, her six children, and acquitted on the ground of insanity. She was sent here under a warran t from the Queen. Her name was Mary An n Brough, a married woman, and her age on her admission was stated to be 43 years. Her beet)! was apparently very good for a short time, b uv afterwards she showed peculiar symptoms of n 16 1; tal derangement, whi c h ma d e me b e li eve that organic disease was g o i ng on i n th e b ra i n an d had been so for some tim e . Sh e went on very NY,ei : until the 19th of Novemb er , 1856, an d on that aiN, she had a paralytic attack affecting her left sil! . That attack however gave way to some extent 1 ° medical treatment, but on the 4th of December, 18' 5 7 she had another attack o f apop l exy, folloW e' by paralysis, chiefly affecting th e mouth and tongue. Ori September 27, 1859 , s h e h a d ano ther attack, which affected her legs, and she almost los t the use of them, and her mind became much wealce,,, f after this third a tt ac k. O n J anuary 30 , 1861, Al; had another slight paralytic attack, and very e° ° r t after she became so weak that she wa s una ble to s' up, and a water bed was provided for her. She r e ; mained in that condition until the 17th i ns t., wh i l she lost all consciousness, gradually and rapidly sunk, and died on the evening of the 18th. The Coroner—What was the cause of her death' and how should it be properly registered ? Dr. Hood—Paralysis, resulting from apopleq called serious apoplexy, au effusiow . of wat er y flue on the ventricles of the brain. The Coroner—Then insanity had nothing to e l° with the cause of her death ? Dr. Hood—Yes it had;iind although there Wag considerable doubt expressed as to the proprieti s of the verdict, for when she was tried there O f not much evidence to prove her insanity, yet 0 have no doubt that even then the brain 1 0 diseased, and that sh e comm itt e d th e ac t whil e under the influence of insanity. Especially so, a O 2 O was proved that some years before the trial oh. was attacked with paralysis of one-half of tl l 5 hemisphere of the brain, by which the brain itseik would to some extent be affected. After some further evidence, the jury returned * verdict of " Natural death." ESCAPB OF A FUGITIVE SLAVS 111 AT.ETV YORK. Just previous to the sailing of the steamshil! Yorktown, yesterday afternoon, for Virginia, 1 ' scene which created quite an excitement occurre d at pier No. 13, North River. About 3 o'clock ! close carriage, containing two deputy United State' marshals and an alleged fugitive slave, named Job° Polhemus, made its appearance on thawharf. T he slave was said to belong to Mr. Jameson, of Lynch burg, and to have confessed that fact t o his motel': who is now in the c it y , b e f ore the two marsht; above mentioned. H owever th i s may be, when t'''" officials ali g ht e d, G um b o showed no very s troll inclinatio n to f o ll ow suit, and in fact resisted ! I ' ll invitations to s t ep out on terra firma. PersualOa failing, th e mars h a l s resorted to coercion, forice, the negro fr om th e waggon , an d hurriedly theen?e,, voured to ship on board th e Y or kt own . But t ile negro, slave o r no s l ave , c l ung w i t h no su b m issl grasp to the rails of th e pl an k, an d s h ou ted o , ut 0 with an appealing voice, evidently i n t en d e d for tl e vox populi. Responsive to the cry, the Pel ta gathered round in a crowd in a fe w m i nu t e s, a" s them the slave cried in desperate and pit eo us ton e ; "Oh men, save me, save me, save me . I'm 117 t A man, not the man —no, no ; oh, s a ve, s ave. 0 , policeman named Armstrong -came up at this jun,, ture and interfered, asking the marshals to pr duce their warrants and show their authority I v o shipping off the darkey as a slave. N o t having t.' l s, necessary documents, one of the marshals hurrwo off to fortify himself with th e au th or itative paP e i r i ; leaving the negro meanwhil e i n the custody of other deputy. But before the officer had time ' 0 return, the slave, urged on by the crowd, cut tier company of his keeper, and made tracks for lif a 1 running rapidly towards West-street. The raarst t , briskly pursued, but the slave proved nimble of ku i, and in a short time was completely out of sigele'r It is said he crossed to Jersey City, where another warrant will be necessary for his arrest. The c"', / created quite a sensation.—New York Ve ra ' March 3. ------- - The London and North , Western Railway traf6 re turn shows an increase this week o f 3 0 ,2 292 (owing Part,', to the Liverpool Races), the G rea t Northern, an increas; of £1,162, the Great Western an increase of £1,3 12 , th London and South-W es t ern an i ncrease o f £1,996, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire au. increase of £1,505. thi pri We ha. £2 an;