The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-22 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, FIAYMARKET. linier the Management of Mr. Buckstone. On EASTER MONDAY, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by IL GAMBUSINO ; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In which PER EA. NEN I and the Spanish Dancers will appear. To conclude with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS ROTAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST BEET. Under the Management of Mr. CIUALZII KEAN. ON EASTER MONDAY A WONDERFUL WOMAN'. After which, FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN POUR. TILEATRE ROYAL ADELFEEL Proprietor, Mr. B. Wobster.—Directress, Madame Cslode. ON EASTER MONDAY. DOMES FIG ECONOMY. To be followed by IJRGENr PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Coosa at Home Again. which Met. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will appear. ROYAL OLYNIPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. AlfreA Wigan. 0:5 FASTER MONDAY, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and &ably-mural, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled VIE DISCREET PRINCESS; er, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SUIRET TAEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.. IY+l E:l5 110 , ;DAY, Will be performed anew Drama, entitled ROW WE' LIVE. Follower! by A FAVOURITE BALLET. To conclude with TUFFLEHAUSEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. IT icier the direction of Mr: Payne. ON EA; !TR MONDAY. THE LOST DIAMOND. After which, AN ORt , INAL BALLET. To conclude with an nrignal Burlesque Extravaganza, called COOD QUEEN BE.Si. ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. Under the Management Of Mr. Edward Stirling. On EASTER MONDAY, the 24th of March, 185 G, LOST, £30,000. Messrs. Stuart. Belford, Stirling, Carter, Langton ; Messds. An derten, Morell, Mars. Brothers Elliott's wonder ul performances. GRAND BALLET. Mamselle Agnes, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, and Corps de Ballet. Musical Fairy Spectacle, FAIRY FERN FLOWER; or, THE GOBLIN MINE. Mics Francis Hughes, Miss Morel!, Mr. Sanders, Mr. J. Bedford, and 30 Ladies. Boxes and Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. EMMA STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Commencement of the Second Season on EASTER MONDAY. This Lyric Entertainment has been crawned by the unanimous approbation of ALT. THE LONDON JOURNALS Att the greatest artistieal triumph of the day. It constitutes an Opera, Comedy, and Vaudeville. With a host of characters in Correct Cos. tomes ; and Songs in SIX DIFFERENT lANGLTAGES Never attempted by any other artiste. Evening performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and . idays, at s. Morning nerformanees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at half•past two, precisely. Aahniss!on—Chairs, 3s. ; Cl:intra Seats, 25.; Back Seats, Is. SAINT M Hs's HALL, Long-acre. WATF ie rt AT LONDON BUTDGE. This DAY—Morn. 40 min. aft. 2—Evening 53 min. aft. 2 TN-IfoßßOvir—Morn. 8 min. aft. 3 —Evening 20 min. aft. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE:, MARCH 22. TIIERIIOIIETER, IY THR SHADE. 45 highest since noon yostorday. 43 --wrest this morning awl during the night. 53 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 20 . 10—rising. WIND, N.—Light, with tine mild weather. * 1 (6 5 • • 61 1 1 t • , • k ,4 •&W4.1 1, ..V • .1 = LONDON, SATURDAY, MATCH 22, 1856. The vast superiority of military and naval tri bunals has been a favourite topic, at the club; devetel to either bietee'l of her I.k,JE - 4T.Y'S service. To judge from the extravagant plaudits bestowed by the not very impartial oeatTes, the old nal.xim of HORACE is completely reversed, and " the gown yields to the sword" without a chance of resistance in these matters. It is proudly asserted that no legal quibbles can prevail—that truth is invariably elicited by the simple but effective process enforced, and that not only a just verdict, but also a correct sentence, is invariably pro nounced. So strong, indeed, has been this feeling that we have almost anticipated a "Trinity-house oration" from a Field-Marshal or some other high military authority in support of a new and com prehensive scheme of legal reform, which would abolish law and lawyers, Courts of Equity and Common Law, and place the entire country under the jurisdiction of these model Courts-Martial. The Windsor trials, and some others of recent oc currence, have not materially advanced the system in popular favour ; but, as our military critics assure us, " public opinion is altogether astray in these matters, and the case of Lieutenant PERRY, beyond all others, demonstrated the peculiar ad vantages of the system—which, indeed, prevents the impossibility of any persons acmsed, whether innocent or guilty, escaping with impunity." Another case respecting the practice of the Secret Preliminary Courts of Inquiry has just come to light (although of more than seven years' standing), which certainly will not improve the general estimate respecting Military Justice (!) even when administered under the highest auspices. It was by mere accident that the " profane vul gar" heard anything of the matter, which had been whispered in the clubs for several years, and it was only the speech of Sir De LACY EVANS in the 'louse of Coramons—whie,h, under some very .. extraordinary and powerftil influence—he after wards retracted, apologisin' t :, , unconditionally for everything asserted, to any and every one who thought proper to demand explanations. Amongst others, claimants for redress, was Lieutenant- Colonel CavEmersn, who, being too late for the general answer, thought proper to publish a va riety of letters, some of them reflecting on M,jor General HALL, who, feeling his character at:- grieved, has made a statement of the entire transaction, • which certainly car:i©s on th e f ace o f it all the marks of authenticity. It appears that in November, 1847, some ma lignant scoundrel, who had not the pluck or nr ln _ liness to sustain in person the charges which hi s malice induced him to prefer, forwarded certain grave charges against General HALL, who was then Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the Ist Regiment of Life Guards. In place of disregard ing the whispered and disgraceful insinuation, the Duke of WELLINGTON received and acted on it, as if it were a bond fide straightforward accusa tion, and officially ordered General HILL to reply to the charges therein contained. This reply seems to have been satisfactory, for nothing more on that part of the case is mentioned, and the letter appears to have been given up to the party so basely traduced. It is almost needless to add thattheinjnred officer adopted immediate measures to satisfy himself as to the identity of his accuser, and obtained evidence which induced him to sup pose that he had ascertained the party beyond the possibility of doubt. Whether he was right in that conjecture we shall not discuss, for it is not our object to attack indiciduals, but merely the vatic. Belierring that he had found out his assailant he placed the proofs before the Duke of WELLING 'TON, who ordered that "nothing further should be , done in the business," and that " in order to amid public scandal and injury to the service, the matter should not be talked of, either by General BALL or by tite officers who had neces sarily been, made acquainted with it." To these orders General BALL submitted, and the papers and evidence were deposited in the con fidential department of the Horse Guards. The following year 1248 General HALL was formally arraigned on a, series of 21 charges of a more serious character . . An inquiry was held after the lapse of several years, and it was not until shortly before the Hitting of the Court that the accused discovered that the sole founda tion for all the annoyance, trouble, and expense to which he had been. subjected was another anonymous letter similar to that which had pre viously been refuted and manifestly in the same handwriting. He was fully acquitted by the dis tinguished officers to whom the investigation was entrusted, who spoke severely, but truly, of " the base and unworthy persecutions " which led thereto. Now the Duke of WELLINGTON must either have known the secret calumniator or not. If he did so, we unhesitatingly say, it was unworthy of his high position to tolerate so vile and degrading a practice as secret accusations, or to screen the party preferring thetn, who, by refusing to come publicly forward, proved that he was actuated by private malice rather than a zeal for public justice. If, on the contrary, he was ignora,nt of the name, rank or position of the accuser, it re flects even more strongly on the system, which could subject an officer of high standing to such vexation on the charge of some vile and cowardly .coundrel. In any case the public scandal so ear nestly deprecated has arrived. The unanimous feeling of the people will be one of disgust and in dignation that such things are possible, and that there should be found persons to talk of " the superiority " ((xen save the mark) of such a system. The resolution adopted by the Metropolitan Board of Works, on the motion of Mr. WILKIN SON, to the effect, " that it be referred to the Committee of Works and Improvements to take into consideration and report upon a comprehen sive plan for making, widening, and improving streets, roads, and ways for facilitating the pas. sage and traffic between different parts of the metropolis," will meet, we are persuaded, with the general concurrence of the ratepayers. Undoubtedly the purification of the me'L,ropoli, is the primary task of the Board, to which all others must give place ; but pending the prepara tion of a plan of intercepting sewage by the Engi neer of the Board, to whom it has been entrusted, no impediment exists that we are aware of to have warranted the Board in giving the " go by" to the important question of improving our thoroughfares. The Committee of Works appear to have been in the singular position of an elected body without instructions, and when to this anomaly are added the facts that a considerable period may possibly elapse before a satisfactory plan can be hit on, the subject being invested with many difficulties, and that a growing desire exists in the public mind to have the reproach tnd inconvenience of narrow and olyztfucted thoroughfares removed, it will be admitted the subject was not referred to the Committee sooner than was desirable. By the term comprehensive we, of course, un lerstand a plan of a general nature, on which all local imp , 7ovements will be dependent, and which will not necessarily involve th) levying of a very heavy taxation. One great &Inger the Board will have to guard against is, the running tooler of two or more great schemes in a manner calculated to di:=!gust the taxpayer by the heaviness of the rates thereby imposed upon him. The sewerage of London alone will involve a serious sum, and the improvements sought cannot b 4 executed with out a heavy outlay. The more judicious policy, therefore, as it appears to us, will be not to press the latter too hastily, but, having initiated a (grand scheme, see to its being carried out with judgment and discretion, trusting to the good sense and national pride of the Londoners. Already the improvements which have been ef fected, and are still taking place, in the French capital are having their effect ; and when the indications of a great scheme, which will really add to the beauty and promote the traffic of the metropolis, become sufficiently obvious for appreciation, but little difficulty is likely to be experienced is carrying it out to a successful issue. It is on this ground only—the danger to which we have referred—that 'we refrain from any expres sion of regret at the rejection of the amendment referring to the consideration of the Committee the "providing or securing open spaces for the health and recreation, or otherwise, of the inhabitants." Such provision is highly necessary, and many will be disposed to think it only of secondary impor tance to the sewerage. This, however, apparently notbeing the general opinion, it was doubtless wise to defer the consideration of this important sub ject to a future period. If, however, there should be a danger of losing any existing places of re creation, the case will be different, and we cannot but think it will he the imperative duty of the Board to take the most effectual measures to meet it. The cAution of Mr. TAYLOR in connection with the Committee, we may add, is one which should not be overlooked ; unless all proposals for im provement are brought before the Board to receive their sinction in the first - instinde; the CoMmittee is lik@ly enough, sooner or later, to dominate over the Board. This is an event which should be carefully guarded against, as a violation of the principle on which the Board is constructed, and a mortal. blow to its usefulness and other claims to consideration. If we said the British Government has incurred the displeasure of President PIERCE and Mr. MARCY, rather by what it has refrained from doing than by what it has done, we don't know that we should fall into much error, but on the contrary incline to think would pretty accurately describe the truth. If one thing is more clear than another from a perusal of the correspondence between the two Governments now laid before the public, it is this, viz., that on the part of our Government there existed the sincerest desire to avoid giving occa sion of offence to the United States Government in the matter of Foreign Enlistment, and on the part of the latter a no less sincere desire to find such occasion, or, shall we add, invent it. What are the circumstances of the case ? The British Government having resolved on a foolish, but cer tainly not a criminal act, to wit, availing themselves of the offers of volunteers in the United States., adopted such measures as it deemed necessary to Make its readiness to accept such offers known in these States, and for receiving such persons as should present themselves at an appointed place in one of the British possessions, at the same time issuing the most stringent instructions to its agents to guard against any violation of the United States law. That it was sincere in issuing . THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIN6I, MARCH 22, 1856, these instructions is obvious, from the example it had already set in selecting a British Province as the place of enlistment for such American citizens as presented themselves, and were found in a condition to enter the service—thereby respecting the act of Congress, in which it is forbidden "to hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign Prince." In other words, the British Government studi ously confined itself to the communication of the simple fact, that it was ready to receive the offers of American volunteers in her MAJESTY'S territories. It would be hard to discover in this proceeding any but a sincere desire to avoid col lision with the United States' Government, and still harder an actual violation of the United States' law. So hard, indeed, that Mr. MARCY, on the part of his Government, as good as con fesses no such violation has taken place. From what follows, however, it will be seen no such conciliatory spirit and no such desire existed on the part of the American Government. Unable to point out any violation of law, Mr. MARCY has recourse to insinuation, and that of a decidedly Yankee description. " For very oh vious reasons," remarks•that adventurous gentle man, " the officers employed by her MAJESTY'S Government would be cautioned to avoid expos ing themselves to the penalties prescribed by our laws ;" which, being interpreted, might read as follows :—" It won't do, Britisher, your pretend ing to respect the law. It was a tarnation clever dodge, I calculate. You meant teetotally to violate it, but took care to caution your agents against it being proved against them, and bring ing down on their heads the penalties prescribed by our laws. But I calculate you've mistook, we have you yet, and you'll find out, before long, it will take a kinder smarter hand than you to dodge the smartest people on the face of the universal earth." In Mr. MA.RCY'S own words, " we had a right to expect that the Government of Great Britain would regard the policy indicated by those laws, and respect our sovereign rights as an independent and friendly power." Very friendly ! When facts won't serve as a ground of quarrel, it, or rather its Government, has re course to invention. If our Government cannot be shown to have violated any known law, a violation of some creation of the imagination must be alleged against it, some law, of which Mr. MARCY alone, if even he could, be cognisant until too late. When did any nation undertake to do more than respect the laws of A friendly power ? These are definite, and more or less readily comprehensible, but what foreigner could be expected to appre hend a policy susceptible it may be of numerous interpretations ? Pursuing this tack he charges the English Government with having " violated international law, and offered an affront to the sovereignty of the United States." To the what ? The sovereignty—what sovereignty? The sovereignty of the people ? Offer an affront to the sovereignty of the people by acting on the conviction that they are not prisoners in their own land, but may leave it and eater the service of any other state, if they please ! Why, that were a monstrous allegation ; and if that is not intended, we should like to know what is. What other sovereignty is there in America ? It can not be that American citizens are free by states law and slaves by federal. Mr. MAACY'S case is a bad one ; and, as if conscious of it, he con trives to be afraid of the neutrality of the United States, in respect to belligerents being hazarded by these offences —of his own imagi naiion. Is there a man in his senses living who believes that President PIERCE, or this his tool, have been scrupulous after this fashion towards Russia ? If there is, BARNUM should have liiva without delay. But sam satis ; the merits of the entire affair are now in the posses sion of the reasoning population of both countries, and we look with equal confidence to either and ask if, after the denial of intentional affront on the part of the British Government, and in the absence of all proven offence, 0 - Jere was, or is, reason for the attitude assuir,ed and maintained by the American Government, or there exists any valid obstacle to a speedy and cordial un derstanding between the two countries ? LATEST NEWS. HAMBURG, MARCH 20. The English frigate Amphion, after having en countered a violent tempest in the Belt, grounded on a sand-bank, but, being got off by the Sampson steam-corvette, got safely into Kiel. A despatch has been received here announcing that Commodore Watson has declared Libau and all the Russian ports in the Baltic in a state of blockade. BERLIN, MARCH 20. A despatch from Kcenigsberg states that the Russian government has destined two recently organised corps of Cossacks to form the permanent garrison of the coasts of the Sea of Azoff. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 20. Ten deputies of the German Duchies, in the Deliberative Council, have proposed an applica tion to the King to get the Grand Charter revised by the Diet. MADRID, MARCH 20. The Credit Mobilier Company has requested an Authorisation from the government to establish a bank of issue at Valentia. A Te Deunt will be sung on Sunday next at the Church of Saint-Louis-des-Francais, to cele brate the happy delivery of the Empress Eugenie. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The following was the bulletin issued today at the Tuileries : " 21st, half-past eleven, a.m.—The Empress continues to go on perfectly well. "The health of the Prince Imperial is excellent. "No more bulletins will be issued respecting his Imperial Highness." (Signed as usual.) Addresses of congratulation continue to be for warded to the Emperor on the birth of the Prince Imperial, The Monitcar of to-day publishes those of the Court of Accounts, the Tribunals of Cher bourg, Severna, Toulouse, the Municipal Councils of Orleans, Troyes, St. Etienne, Angers, Nantes, Valenciennes, and Caen, the I nva lid es , th e Council of Health of the Armies, the Council of Works of the Marine, the Director and persons employed at the Imperial naval foundries at Ruelle and at La Chaussade, the Jewish Consistories of Colmar and St. Esprit, and the Academy of Lyons. We read in the Moniteur :—"By an Imperial decree of the 20th inst., issued ou the proposition of the Minister of Marine, a full and entire amnesty has been granted for all offences and contraventions in matters of police, as regards inscription, navi gation, and maritime fisheries, committed prior to the above date. In order to benefit by the am nesty, deserters from merchant vessels or men in scribed on the lists of the conscription whe have not appeared must present themselves before one of the maritime or consular authorities nearest to the place where they may happen to be, in order to make their declarations of repentance before the expiration of the delays hereinafter mentioned, which will reckon from the date of the said decree, viz. :—Two months for those who are on the con tinent ; three months for those in Corsica ; six for those out of the French territory, but in Europe or i.a Algeria ; one year for those out of Europe ; axid eighteen mouths for those who are beyond Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope. The am nesty is not applicable to the expenses incurred for prosecution, nor can it throw impediment in the way of the rights of any third party. " We have reason to think," says the Assemblee IVationale, " that the statement made by some some foreign journals of the formation in the con gress of a special committee charged to draw up the definitive treaty should be completed in this manner. The committee in question will, it is said, be itself subdivided into sub-committees, which will particularly examine each of the princi pal points under examination. The regulation of the navigation of the Dardanelles, rendered neces sary by the abolition of the treaties of 1819 and 1841, is given to one of these sub-committees, of which Baron de Manteuffel is a member." " Commandant Pave, the orderly-Ofificer to the Emperor," says the Journal du Havre, " who was charged with the mission of announcing officially to the Municipal Commission of Paris the birth of the Prince-Imperial, has been gratified with a pension for life of 10,003 f. a year, which he is to receive from the funds set apart for the Civil List." BOURSE, March 21.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4. per Cents q4 —f. —c„ 3 per Cents 72 10 72 45 New Loan 72 60 Bank Shares 3,475 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,570 .ustrian Belgian Five 5.,....., Spanish Threes — Piedmontese(s). 9l 25 Home Debt the intention et operating a complete reconciliation between the Courts of Vienna tinit Bt. Peters burg, and that, with tbiAt object, there will be an interview between the Emperors of - Austria and Russia and the King of Prussia in some town near the borders of the three countries." A letter from Vienna, of the 16th, in the Bres lau Gazette., says s—" The Council of Ministers has assembled to discuss the question started by the letter of the Papal Internuncio, Mgr. Viale Pre]a, calling together a synod of Austrian bishops, with out taking any notice of the convocation already made by the Emperor. The result of this sitting has been to despatch to Rome the Imperial Councillor Hoffmann. The number of antagonists to the con cordat increases daily, and amongst the most im portant of these is L.I. de Bruck, Minister of Fi nance. In the sitting of the Council just spoken of, he stated without hesitation that the execution of the concordat rendered the realisation of his plans of reform more difficult. After the Council; he went to Cardinal Rauseher, with whom be had a long conversation." A circular, as may be remembered, was lately addressed by M. de Thun, Minister of Worship in liustria, calling together all the bishops of the Empire to an assembly in which the execution of the measures of the concordat were to be discussed. The German Journal of Frankfort now conveys t he news that the Catholic journals of Lintz publish a letter from the Papal internuncio, Cardinal Vial- Prela, to the bishop of Lintz, in which he summons the assembly to meet on the 6th April, in virtue of a Papal decisiOn, hut without making any allusion to the circular already published on the subject by the minister. At the same time the cardinal an nounces that he will preside over the assemby in the name and under the authority of the Pope. " The Council of Minsters of Austria," says the above journal, " has met to deliberate on this grave step of the Roman court, which appears to strike a blow at the rights of the State, for it will not alone be a question in the meeting of subjects purely eccle siastical, but also of civil interests of the first im portance, such as marriage and public education. Public opinion in Vienna is actively pre-occupied with respect to the conduct which will be pursued by the Prince Archbishop of Vienna on the occa sion, and it is asked if he will preside over the conference of bishops according to the Emperor's orders, or if he will be present as a simple bishop at the meeting called together by the Papal inter nuncio." The Prussian Chamber of Delegates adjourned on the 18th until after the Easter holidays. At the last sitting, the Minister of Onmcnerce pre. sented a bill relating to a convention with the national bank. By it, notes, known by the same of the Kassenscheine, are to be withdrawn from circulation to the extent of 15 million thalers, and the Government will issue inscriptions in the public debt to the amount of 16,598,000 thalers. The subscription opened for the family of the hate M. de Hinckeldey, Director of Police at Berlin, amounted on the 18th to 16,000 thalers (about 60,000 fr). A letter from Hanover of the 17th, in :he Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" Councillor of Legation Detmold, who was Imperial minister at Frankfort in 1848 under the Archduke John, was found dead this morning in his bed. He had already had two slight attacks of apoplexy, but he had recovered perfectly, and on the previous even ing no one suspected the approach of such a catas trophe." The Council of State of Norway, in one of its recent sittings, voted an address to the King ex pressing profound gratitude to his Majesty for having appointed the Prince Royal, his son, Vice roy of that Kingdom. Baron de Munchhausen, who had acted as second to the late M. de Hinckeldey, has been removed from the functions lie had filled up to that event in the Ministry of Interior. But as it has been proved that be conducted himself in the matter according_ to the laws of honour lie has bee n reinstated. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. Tho Argo arrived off Cowes at six o'clock last evening, and landed her mails and passengers here at nine p.m. She brings three days' later news than the Asia, being up to the Bth inst. Tile steam-ship Africa, from Liverpool, had not made her appearance off Sandy Hook up to cloven o'clock p m. of March 7. No intelligence of the Pacific. In the United States Senate, on the 6th, Mr. Brown introduced a bill providing for the construc tion of a railroad and telegraph line from a point on the Mississippi river, south of latitude 37, to the Pacific at San Francisco. It was referred to the special committee on the Pacific Railroad. The bill making the ordinary appropriations for fortifi cations was passed. The bill providing for new works of defence was laid aside. A resolution di recting the committee on foreign affairs to consider the expediency of reporting a bill effectually abro gating the treaty with Denmark, and repudiating the payment of the Sound dues, was adopted. A bill was introduced in the Senate of Louisiana, on the 28th ult., prohibiting the emancipation of slaves in that State, unless the master furnishes a bond that the sail slaves will be transported out of the United States. An act has been passed by the Virginia Legislature, prohibiting citizens of that State from hiring their slaves in the district of Columbia. The New York Herald, of the 7th, contains the "The Washington Union of Thursday last concludes a long editiwrial article, published, no doubt, by authority of the administration, with the following important de• claration " But we cannot forbear to add one remark, which is, that Great Britain is thus threatening the United States with war, not because we have infringed her laws or ii:FAilted her Sovereignty in any the least thing what ever, but only because, after she had infringed our laws and insulted our Sovereignty, we courteously request her to relieve us frarn the presence of her Minister, Mr. Crampton, for reasons the most cogent and unanswer able. There is no other cause or pretext of a rupture between the two comitries..' " 'No other cause or pretext of a rupture !' Why, ac cording to the President's Mesage, we had supposed the Central Amer:can embroglio was the main question —that the real causes for war lay in John Bull's viola tions and false interpretations of the C'ayton-Bulwer treaty. But now, in effect, we are coolly informed that the patriotic indignation of our President, concerning, he usurpation of England in Central America, was all humbug, and that all our efforts to strengthen the ad ministration upon the Monroe doctrine have been thrown away, for that there is cause or pretext fora rupture' in the affairs'af Central America. Curious this, very. "The Union talks, too, of Great Britain threatening us with war. We had supposed, on the cont-ary. that the administration had resolved to get John Bull out of Central America, and that the negotiations to this end had been brought to the alternative to England of a back out or a fight. This was the great feature of the message; and the imp-a-tance of its developments upon this sub ject was, if we mistake not, the excuse of the President for sending it up to Congress in advance of the organi,,a tion of the house. Yet we are told now that Cramp ton is the only existing cause or pretext for a rupture between the two countries.' Is the Central American issue then abandoned on either aide, otpostponed inde finitely, or settled, or turned over with the consent of both governments into the hands of Gen. Walker and the Nicaragua Accessory Transit Company ? We should really like to know. • " Crampton is the only t cause or pretext for a rup ture.' We turn back to the affair of the steamer Caro line, and the M‘Leod, and feel fully authorised to hid the bulls of Wall-street be of good cheer. The world will never be set in flames about Mr. Crampton. o , ', no. But upon the Central American question how is it ? Is Marcy laughing in his sleeve at us ? Have we been sold ? Or has Mr. Pierce been frightened off by the war like voice of Seward? These are the questions that bother us." By the arrival of the brig Samuel French, Cant. Brown, from Sierra Leone, at New York, files of papers up to the 19th of Jan. have been received. The fever prevailed with great virulence at all the settlements along. the coast and in the rivers, ex cept Liberia and Lagos. At Cape Coast and Fer nando Po much sickness prevailed. An American brig of 200 tons, completely equipped for the slave trade, and prepared to take in a large corgo, had been destroyed at Bona Vista. The disturbance still continued at Liberia, and a large force under Gen. Lewis had been dispatched against the insur gents. At Bathuist the black inhabitants had memorialised the governor to admit six of their number as members of the Legislative Council of the colony. News has been received from Rio Janeiro to Jan. 22. Coffee was very scarce. The cholera had re-appeared on the plantations, causing a falling off in receipts. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MAR= 21. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal, attended Divine service this morning, and received the Sacrament of the Holy Communion, which was adminis tered a'so to the King of the Belgians and the Duchess of Kent. The Hon. and Very Rey. the Dean of Windscr officiated. Tao Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Stab() rd House, on Thursday, from attmdiug her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House, on Wednesday afternoon, from attending her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Thu Marquis and Marchioness of Westnlinster and faintly leave town, to-morrow, for Motcombe House, near Shaftesbury, for the holidays. The Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warr ington arrived at their residence, in Hifi-street, on Wednesday, from Enville Hall, Staffordshire. It is stated on circuit that Mr. Self, of the Oxford Circuit, is to succeed Mr. Broderip as one of the magis trates at the Westminster Polica-court. According to the Epoca of Madrid several Carlist officers aro engaged in carrying on the civil war in Mexico. Pieces written in commemoration of the restoration of peace are already in rehearsal at the Paris theatres. MR. BRIGHT'S HEALTH.--111r. Bright, M.P., is on a visit for a month at Ben Rhydding. His general health is go:A, but the undue “train to which devotion to the public interest has exposed his mental faculties, is now evident from his inability , o attend to these familiar sub jects without pain.. He is, therefore, very•wisely giving his overtaxe d brain the repose w hi c h it require. —Leeds -Mcnury. A grand diplomatic banquet was given on Monday last by the Minister of Forein Affairs at Turin, in honour of the King's bir,h-day. The British Ambassador, Sir J. Ilufl,lon, proposed a toast to the King. The la-t letters from Cosistantinople state that the Sultan has authorise,d the publication of a newspaper in the Arab langutr ae , fur circulation amongst the inhabi tants of Syr . w, _E g ypt, and ether parts of his empire in hich Ar.);oic is BpOken. Thi. journal, which is to hear the title of Mirat ul Altoal (the Mirror of the People), is to a'ppear once a week. ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY.—We observed with very great I satisfaction, in the Herts Guardian of last week, an announcement, stating that an important county move ment is to be made in the course of the present month for the restoration of St. Alban's Abbey Church. Two objects are in view—the one the preserving perhaps the most interesting monument of antiquity in the country ; the other, the placing it in such a state as to make it fit to receive a Bishop of St. Alban's. It is difficult to imagine any person, or class of persons, who will not be deep!y interested in such a movement. Church affections, artiitic taste, archaeological studies, will all enlist their votaries ; and the promises of sup port and assistance already made are large and nume rous. The Earl of Veralam (the Lard-Lieutenant of the county) will initiate the movement, subscribing himself 5001., and Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., has under taken the laborious task of honorary secretary. Tins CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Crystal Palace was visited yesterday afternoon by no less than 17,507 per son,. L )ng before the opening of the doors, at 1 o'clock, the railway station at London-bridge was literally be sieged, and throughout the afternoon it continued thronged. The utmost efforts of the railway company were tasked to convey passengers to the Palace, and, although trains were despatched as fast as they could be filled (on an average every five minutes), many hundreds were unable to obtain co nve y ance until too late to avail themselves of it. The utmost order and decorum pre vailed throughout the building, not the slightest injury was done to the statues, plants, or flowers, and neither wine nor beer was supplied between the hours of 3 and 5, spirits being never sold in the Palace. The exhibi tors' counters were closed, all sales being strictly pro hibited. A selection of sacred music was performed by a full orchestra in the centre transept. The whole of thcse visitors were conveyed from the Palace, without acaidtnt, in the osenin. RAILWA TS -SOU CASH. fr. c. fr. 0. Or!eans 1,295 Western 897 50 Northern [lons. —,... 1,2 2 50 New Ditto 823 75 Mediterranean 1,565 Grand Central 6BO Lyons Geneva 785 Testa Cette RUSSIA. BERLIN, March IA —General Prince Menschikoff 11. has left St. Petersburg for Moscow, as is be lieved, on his way to Nicolaieff, to confer there with Metlin, the commander of the naval depart meat, and Messner, the commander of the DMlll biaa flotilla. The Ministry of Marine has, it ap pears, deputed him to collect materials for its in formation with regard to the stock and state of the vessels afloat belonging to the Black Sea, as well as of the building yards on its coasts. There are about 30 small craft of the Black Sea row-boat flotilla now lying at Rion, and it is assumed that thecm elusion of a peace will not interfere with their ap plication to their original destination. It appears that it is to Admiral Prince Menschi koff that the Grand Duke Constantine and the Rus sian nation at large are indebted for that remark able lecture to the officials of the Ministry of Marine on the necessity of truthfulness in their reports. Among other reforms about to be introduced into the Russian empire is rumoured that of the entire administration of jtistice ; this, however, will meet with almost insuperable difficulties on the side of the ways and means. It will be in vain to expect probity from officials whose salaries do not furnish them with anything like the means of subsistence. There are many men in office, more particularly in the Department of Justice, who receive no more than 150 silver roubles a year as salary ; and as they. ctuutßive to Jive. in very good style, even in that most expensive capital St. Petersburg, there can be no doubt of their making up for the defi ciency of their salaries by a variety of unauthorised perquisites, or perhaps worse. There is no truth in the report that was current that M. de Fenton is to succeed Prince Gortscha koff as Russian ambassador at Vienna. Prince Italiniski (Grunt Sawaroff Rymnikaki) is to have the command of the corps d'arme6 on the B dtic in the place of General Sievers, who retires on account of ill health, and is about to visit some of the mineral springs of Germany in search of a cure. A variety of instructions havebeen issued of late by the Government with regard to the administra tion of telegraphs throughout the country, which serve to show in how great a degree they are an object of interest. Up to the present time the reports upon the traffic of despatches have been sent in daily ; they are now to be sent in every month. Officers • who have been wounded or severely injured in the late war, without being posi tively invalided, are to have a preference in the ap pointments to the electric station. The household of the Grand Duke Nicholas, and the keeping up of the country palace of Zarko Selo are to be provided for by an annual allowance of 70,000 silver roubles provided for in the State budget. The army of the Cossacks of. the Don has presented its congratulations to the Emperor on the occasion of the marriage of the Grand Duke Constantine ; and the Emperor has acknowledged this " fresh token of their indestructible devotion" in a letter of thanks. The Emperor has passed a severe censure upon the Governor of Kaluga, and the members of the committee intrusted with the organisation of the militia of Kaluga, for the very bad abate of their boots, cartouche-boxes, shovels, and billhooks. The Commander of the Vladimir Militia has been suspended - from his functions, and made over to the discretion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the Boersenhalle of 11.amburg 1 states ; , ... 46 It ie gaid that PrUßSia has COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, March B.—The cotton market was rather stronger, without change in prices. The sales reached about 1,200 bales. Dealers were disposed to await the arrival of the Africa's news. Flour was unchanged. The export demand was light, while there was a fair do mestic demand. Good lots of wheat were more firmly held. Missouri prime white sold at 1 dol. 95c. Corn was in fair demand at lower figures. Southern white sold at 661 c., and prime Jersey yellow at 711 c. Rye was quiet. Pork was inactive, and closed at about 15 dol. 87,3 c. Sugars were more active ; the sales footed up about 900 to 1,000 hhds. and 400 boxes. The auc tion sale of a good cargo of 9,000 bogs of Rio coffoo came off ye , terday. IL drew a good company of spirited bid ders, and the whole was sold at fuil prices, having ave raged 11 dol. 44jc. Freights were steady for English ports, and firmer for grain. To Liverpool 250 brbi. flour were engaged at 2s. 9d. ; 250 boxes bacon at 30s; ; 10,000 bushels grain, in bulk, at 7d., while Bd. was re lased in ship's bags. Cotton was id. for compressed. To London provisions were 325. 6d. to 355. There was no change to notice in rates for the Continent. AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The Lightning has arrived at Cork with advioes from Melbourne to the 28th of December. She brings 12,000 ounces of gold dust. The Gipsy Bride hence had arrived out on the 26th of December. The Schomberg is reported to have been wrecked off Cape Ormay. Passengers and crew saved. The.. Red Jacket has arrived out. The political advices are unimportant. The Legislative Council of New South Wales 1 a I. been prorogued. The demand for money was not active, and but few transactions had taken place. In consequence of large speculations in breadstuffs, tobacco, spirits, wine, Sic., there was considerably more animation throughout the various markets. The grain and flour markets quiet ; the price of flour was 30/. for firsts, 281. for seconds. In Hobart Town the decline in breadstuffs was progressing. Price of gold, 3/. 14s. 6d. The ship Blackwall for London, has 88,000 ounces of gold on freight. She left on the 13th of December. The Red Jacket, for Liverpool, was intended to leave on the 18th of January. FRENCIT POLICE CASES. (From Galignani's Messenger.) The Tribtinal of COrrectional Police yesterday tried a man named Lefebvre for swindling. This man, who was formerly a grocer, and who was twice condemned, once to three months, and the second time to a year's imprisonment, for acts of indecency, determined, on being released from pri son, to start as a philanthropist, instead of return ing to the grocery trade. He therefore established at Staines and Arnouville-lei-Gonesse, near Paris, institutions for the maintenance and instruction of the children of poor people, and by plausible repre sentations he induced a great number of charitable Persons to make him donations. He afterwards removed his establishment to Saint Denis, and there his appeals to the charitable became more numerous and pressing. In Dec. last he sent a little boy, named Piot, son of a journeyman tailor, at Paris, to the hos pital at St. Denis, and the poor child was found to be dreadrully emaciated, to have scarcely any cloth ing, and to have his toes frostbitten. Inquiries having been immediately instituted as to how he could have come into such a pitiful state, it turned out that Lefebvre kept the children in his establish ment constantly without anything like 'sufficient food, clothing, or firing, and yet that he not only made the parents 12fr. or 15f. a month towards the expense of their maintenance, and learning a trade, but compelled the poor creatures to work from morning till night for his profit. It also turned out that he had appropriated and spent in de bauchery the sums which the charitable gave him for his institution ; and that he had, from time to time, swindled the public by getting up lotteries which were never drawn, or which, if drawn, con tained no prizes. Another fact was also brought to light. Some person gave a little bey named Crampon, who was in his institution, a ticket in the artists' lottery, and this ticket won a piano worth 3,000 E; hut as the instrument was of us use to the child, a sum of 2,300 f. was given instead of it, and this sum the man embezzled, though he made a solemn promise to the boy's friends to in vest it in the funds for his benefit. The Tribunal sentenced the man to five years' imprisonment, 100 fr. fine, and ten years' interdiction of civil rights. A blacksmith, named Bressolles, was three days back tried by the Court of Assizes of the Tarn for poisoning his wife's father. It appeared from the evidence that the father carried on a good business as a blacksmith at Rnal men t, and when his dough ter married Bressolles, he received the latter into his house, made him his assistant, and destined him for his successor. They might all have lived very happily,' but unfortunately Bressolles was a drun kard ; and as he had not always money enough to satisfy his vice, he ran into debt. Oo one occasion he stole a number of bottles of liquor from a cafe, and being discovered, was obliged to give the owner a promissory note for 100 f„ to prevent him from prosecuting. His wife and her father and mother on hearing of this reproached him bitterly, and the fathr, whose name was Fournier, declared that on the next, quarter-day he should leave the house. Before the quarter-day arrived the old ma a was taken suddenly ill, after drinking some milk ; and his illness soon assmed the appearance of poisoning, being attended with violent pains in the bowels, vomitings, are. A medical man wan called in, and he prescribed for him ; but after he had done so, Madame Fournier said that a, neighbour had strongly recommended a certain remedy which she produced. The doctor, on examining it, told her that it contained a large quantity of laudanum, and thatshe would do wrong to administer it; but after he went away, she, at her husband's request, gave him the medicine, not until Bressolles had, in order, as he said, to improve it mixed some white powder in it. The medicine made the old man much worse, and the doctor was again, sent for in great haste ; but he could do nothing, and in a short time the patient, after dreadful sufferings, expired. On ex amining the cep in which the medicine had been administered, the doctor saw the remains of a white substance which he suspected to be poison, and he said to Mme. Fournier, " Hide that—and be on your guard against your son-in-law !" Notwith standing these circumstances, old Fournier was quietly buried and nothing was said. But, some months after, Bressolles' wife consulted the local authorities as to the means of obtaining a separa tion from her husband, and, when asked why she wished it, she let fall an answer which indicated that she could not bear the idea of living with a man whom she suspected of having poisoned her father. This led to the exhumation of the body of the deceased, and as a considerable quantity of arsenic was discovered in it, Bressolles was at once arrested. The investigation then made led to the discovery that he had purchased a quantity of 'laudanum on the pretext that he wanted it for an ox •, also, that he had purchased arsenic. Being declared guilty by the jury, but with extenuating circumstances, he was sentenced by the court to hard labour for life. SINGULAR ECCLESIASTICA.L APPOINTMENT.— few weeks since the rectory of St. Margaret, Lothbury, with St. Christopher-le-Stocks, and St. Bartholomew, by the Exchange, in the Cite of London, became vacant by the death of the Ven. J. B. Hollingworth, D,D., Archdeacon of Huntingdon, who had held the united benefices, worth 1,500/. a year, since 1.814. The presentation to the living is vested in the Lord Chancellor and the Bishop of London alternately, and as Archdeacon TN lin.,rworth was collated by the Bishop of London, the Lord Chancellor, in due course, claimed the presentation upon the present occasion. It seems that Lord Pal meraton, as Prime Minister, center led that. the pre sentstion rested with him, in:l , 4mile% , as the rateable value of the living in 'the King'• honks" was of 201 a year. Formerly the living wa4 rated. at less th flat sum, but when the rew Royal Exchange was built, the &lurch of St. Bartholomew was pulled down, and the ecclesiastical district belonging to that chum), woe ad ?€..d to the parish of St. Margaret, Lothbu,.. This br m2ht up the value of the living in the King's books to an amount exceeding 20/. a.ves.r, thu., as it w:as alle k ed. giyinz the right of presentation to the Premier instead of to the Lord Chancellor, who only enjoys the right f noetination to Crown livings when ti ey are rated under 201. The Lerd - Chancelor maintained that the presen tatioa was not to one living, but to distinct benefices, although they were merged in one incumFent. The matter was referred to the Attorney and Solicitor Ge nerals, who decided in favour of the cl of the Gerd Chancellor, and his lordship has presented to the living the Rev. William Goode, ALA.., Rector of Allhallows, Thames-street. INTERESTING TO GAS COMPANIE3.—Oa Tuesday the mag,si rates at the Town•hall, Preston, gave judgment in an appeal against the poor rates by the Preston Gas Company, which was heard last week. In 1338, the com pany were assessed at the rate of 1,2001. ; and since that .time the amount had been gradually increased in consi deration of the increase of the works, till at the begin ning of 1855 they were assessed at 1,9731. In Novem ber last the overseers raised the assessment from that sum to 3,5201., and it was against this amount that the company appealed. Several witnesses were called on both sides. Mr. R. Veevere, of Preston, said he had gone through the accounts for 1854 and 1855, and estimated the value of the rateable property of the company in the township of Preston at 4,547/. 10s. 4d. Mr. J. Bentley, of Kendal, estimated it at 4,4101. Mr. Fisher, of Man chester, on behalf of the company, stated that he esti mated the value cf the rateable property at 2,114/.165. 6d. but explained that he had not taken the value of gas holders into his calculation, as he did not consider them rateable property. Mr. D. Bellhouse, of Manchester, made the net rateable value 2,103./. 3s. 2d. Mr. Rope, the managing engineer of the gasworks, said that last year the company paid a dividend of 10 per cent., amount ing to 7.8001., of which 2,5451. 7s. Bd. was taken from the reserved fund. In riving judgment, Mr. Ainsworth, chairman, said the magistrates had decided that the gaso meters and purifiers were rateable. The gross value of these articles was 13,6971. ; and the annual value 8901. Os. ld., from which must be deducted one-fifth for depre cietion, 1781. Iv. 2d., leaving the net rateable value, 7121. 4s. lid. After having gone through the whole of the accounts, and setting down what in their judgment was 41) equitable amount as the rateable value of each description of property, they made the gross rateable value 3,2431. Os. sd. The increase upon the old assess ment io therefore 1 1 270/.—Mcgichater 014+74riliflith THE PEACE CONGRESS. (From Second Edition of the Times of this day.) The following is the letter of our Paris cove' spondent, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : Peace is so certain' that people now only talk about the date of its official announcement.. M it is not anticipated that the sub-Commission sr' pointed to decide upon details, not of sufficient inr portance to occupy the attention of Congress, have very much left for them to do, it is believed that very soon after Easter the world will be in' formed that the war is at end. Some fix it for the 27th. The proclamation of peace, however, need not be delayed by the proceedings of the sub-cora' mittee, and the great points once agreed on, the treaty may be signed forthwith. The Prussian Pleni' potentiaries have already presented themselves twice at the Conferences. They were courteouell received, and their conduct, it appears, has glen° no cause for complaint. Their position meal have been rather awkward, under all circuln: stances, but they comported themselves with proper modesty, and I am assured they n!' fered no opposition and suggested no difficer ties in the way of an arrangement. Russia , notwithstanding occasional fits of coyness, no doubt to enhance the value of her favours, 1 015 ended by conceding almost everything she vae l asked neutralisation, Nicolaieff, Principalities , and territorial rectification ; and one would Or pose that at thii moment her only regret is that ne fut ther concession is asked of her. So, at least, r,. the report. Notwithstanding the grace with w os Count Orloff yields too the allies, there are oar sionally some cutting allusions to Austria--polisho , to be sure, but not the less keen. The ter ritorial concession was dangerous ground to. touch on, especially for Austria, and all the art of M. Be! did not prevent him from suggesting corrections l° matters of diplomatic lore which were not to the, taste of the Russian Plenipotentiary. It was hinted that the experience of Russia was inferior to they of Austria, and admitted with proud humility that. , so far as practice went in matters relating to tent' torial concessions, Russia had very little advantag e indeed ; her acquirements were all on the ,othet side. For M. Buol himself, personally, no on e has any objection ; and the acquaintance he die" played with treaties of all sorts, and with the inter' national law of Europe generally, is said to be pr. ( ' found. But it is not difficult to perceive that tne, Government lie represents is hated or mistruste d by all. Prussia eyes her askance, and Austria, i° turn, regards her rival wilt undiminished suspicion laid dislike, and feels still uneasy at the prospect et l anything like liberal institutions being establishe d in the Principalities. Peace will be made , doubt, but whether in the meaning of the mot ay tributed to one of the Plenipotentiaries—une pail et non la paix—timo alone can tell. It will be mane' but whether the men who have assembled togethet to discuss and sign it will repair to their respectiv e homes enamoured of each other is another question' A rumour prevails that Prussia is desirous of 1 13 , covering the good graces of England, which be' conduct throughout the war had forfeited. god true the report is I cannot say, but her dislike, all a perhaps fear, of Austria may prompt her, now Ws: Russia can render her little service, to court tdi° goodwill of her former friend. (From Second Edition of Morning Post.) There is little to report concerning the Congre o I presume their meetings are drawing rapidly too close. The present moment is occupied in elab°' rating the articles of the treaty. As it has hee l hinted in some continental journals that the viol' of Turkey and Piedmont on various questions have been sacrificed to the will of England and France,' I think it right to contradict such assertions, whi c° lam able to do on some authority. On the controrl, I am sure it will be seen that the Governments 0 England and France have taken seriously into con' sideration the suggestions of their less potent allies' Tile Plenipotentiaries of England and France hate' no doubt, had mach to contend with, owing to the exaggerated desire for peace expressed in FranCel iby those who but ill represent the views of the B 0 1,: pror and that gallant French army which Wit' our own have a national right to receive from dipicr, macy the reward of their valour in the field. I understand, at the present moment, no &Ps' fixed for the next, meeting of the Congress. rl6 , delay does not imply any difficulty. BRISTOL CHANNEL PILOTAGE. A special meeting of the Bristol town-council W' held yesterday, the Mayor (Mr. John Vining) presiding , for the porp,,se of considering a communication from till R , ,ard Of Trade in r,ference to the pilotage of. the Brisfc" Channel. It should be stated that at present the pilotage authr rity of the whole Channel is vested in the Bristol core, ration, and by that body delegated to the society Merchant Venturers. Complaints having been mad e of the state of things by Glocester, Csrdiff, Newpor , Swansea, and other ports,-in April, 1855. Captain (0 4 Admiral) Beechey was deputed by the Board of Tran to visit Bristol, and to institute an inquiry upon the subject. The g Aiwa Admiral held sittings on five day*, and examined a great number of witnesi;es. As a rega l' ,rf the recommendations of Admiral Beechey, the fe l. ;owing proposals c ,ncerning the Bristol Channel pilo t ' age have been submitt d by the Board of Trade : `' I ORGANISATION. "1. The pilotage of the estuary, including the por t! of Bristol, Bidefor I, Bridgewater, Cardiff, Glocester, Neath, Newper,t, and Swau.s,a, to be under one govern' , ing body. "2: Tbii Trinity-house of Deptford Strond to have general control, and to take steps for the constitntiO of the local governing body. • "3. The Tr laity-house to communicate with the 01 0 age, harbour, or town authorities at each port, and t ° appoint sub-corn missioners for each port. " 4. One or more of the sub-commissioners at 0 0 port, according to the importance of its trade, to be deputed to act together as a central body, to regula te the general pilotage of the channel. "5. The central body to meet in the first instance. et a place to be appointed by the Trinity-house, and after' wards at such place as they may themselves select. " 6. The'duty of the central body will be—t 6 bylaws f r the whole channel to fix, the qualification ) of pilot, to license pilots, to fix stations for pilot boat° , to appoint general superintendents, to settle the mod e in which the earnings of the pilots are to be applied, t ° arrange pilots' superannuation fund, to arrange how the property in pilot boats is to be held, to make all other rules and arrangements necessary for the interests MO* several ports collectively and severally. ` 7. These rules, when approved, to la made binding by order in Council under the Merchant Shipping AA 1854, sec. 333. " 8. The central body to meet at such stated times 0 they may determine, in order to hear complaints, make or alter by-laws, rto.- " 9. The sub-commissioners at each port to carry the by-laws into effect at their own port, and to hear oohs' plaint , : arising at the port. " 11. ARRANGEMENTS WHICH IT' IS SUGGESTED IT Vril j .. BE POUND DESIRABLE TO ADOPT. " 1. Pilots to consist of two classes, outer and inner' The outer pilots to he qualified to take a ship between 01 .ea and the anch.rage off each port, or further, I' licensed for the purpose. The inner pilots to take the slip from the anchorage into the port, and vice versa. " 2. Two superintendents of pilots to be appointedt one at Pill and one at Cardiff, to enforce the by-lave* to keep the pilots to their stations, and to maintain proper supply of pilots at their proper places. " 3. Special arrangements to be made for the Glo . center pilotage." Mr. J. G. Srtaw moved, and Mr. Alderman ALA ' ANDER seconded, the appointment of a deputation to attend a conference of delegates from the various ports, to be held at the Board of Trade upon the above sub ject, on the 4th of April. The resolution was carried after some discussion, and the chairman and deputy-chairman of the Docks Coax' mittee (Messrs. R. P. King arid Robinson) and Mr. J. Poole, jun., were nominated as such deputation. The master and warders of the Society of Merohao! Venturers, and Mr. E. Drew will also attend on behal f of that body. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—If it was fated to be burnt down, the. fire should have burst out—provided 0 11 could have got away—in the last scene of "La Pre' phete," with Matio singing the drinking song, our rounded by his beautiful bacchantes, as the flames began to lap and twine about the gilded doors and costly dra' peries of the palace of Munster. But it was saddening to think of the low, dull, brutal orgy that bad immedi; ately preceded, and perhaps hastened the catastrophe. 1 heard that such a scene of vicious riot and rampan t snobbery had never before been witnessed in Londoc. " It's burst out again , over the pr•iperty-room;" said fireman to his fellow as they passed. Here was enough matter for speculation connected with departed gloried Many were thinking of the manuscripts, the scores, aria the documents destroyed ; my mind wandered to hair bler things. I wondered at what time was burnt th e letter B, that Gennaro cut with his dagger from over th?, Borgio's door, always of a different colour to the "orgice and palpable as to its destination. I wondered, also, hoe r long it took to melt the "Norma "gong ; how soon t°, consume the 6.11 that were thrown tip to the pescater l on the sunny strand of Portici ; how rapidly the re d candles must have melted that adorned the chandelie r in the act of the "Huguenots;" and whether the " Der Freischutz " owl winked when the flames deranged b'' machinery. And I pictured the general and hurried de' st ruction of the Druid's beards, and Mario's long dace ( ' late-coloured boots, and the bright breastplate in whi ch Soldi sang the Rataplan—the "Sounambulemill-whe el, with the candlestick that Viardot let fall from it, and 00 padded bricks she pushed aside with her feet when the plank cracked ; the sword that Tagliafice cracked across his knee when he declared be was not an assassin—t he profile horse of the statue in " Don Giovanni"— and the pony chaise that brought on Ronconi in the "E!isir. Rouielteli Work, MC Yeste transae' Market The J week, e taut cIL of the i of Exci of the d It has si probabl stock of tnittanc amount arrive • „ The inai Week ha exports parcels I for polit key and Active fßullio~ Rest. Fr: Public Other E . even- Cover( Other E Ii otos Accou there is Austrian Cent. A/ 41 Stock 3 0kr. to sank of likewise lationi; ott the a London 1 Much of the En w Mir budget T h e 1 ue that inister, expOnditi blent, so service. 7' llinin Canad a higher. B arris. a Per c e llndll ° " n ON, in COIIBOI S kzei Icque Excheq. kl.OOl P.,500 Ditto I PRI CE Ditto 2 . Itussia Qp %nigh _ . Ditt o Ditto .4 I ;tt'irich Ditto Ditto Ditto I Ditto 1 Dut ch E Ditto con Diti soeic Bent', Ourp i Con s , Soo n contz A/ CU) tact of th Ate'