The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-08 00:00:00

TO the ELECTORS of the COUNTY of CORK. A vacancy has taken place in the Representation of our County, and, willing to labour honestly for the promotion of our common interests, Political, R e ligious, and Local, I venture to place my services at your command. Identified, as a Resident Proprietor, with the Agricul tural Classes, and intimately acquainted with the just re quirements f each, I trust 1 ahall not be accused of pre - sumption if I claim for m yself such ability to serve you as may be incident to local knowledge, and experience in the important pursuit in which we are all mainly interested. Sincerely impressed with the conviction that the security of the Landlord cannot repose in safety on any other basis than on that of the Tenant, I re g ard it as one of the first duties of your Representative to accelerate such further remedial legislation as will, while preserving order and:the rights of property, effectually avert from capital and labour the u ncertainty consequent on capricious tenures. I am equally impressed with the wisdom and justice of prompt measures for ameliorating the condition of our Farm Labourers, hitherto exposed to privations from which too many of them have sought relief in distant lands. Re forms have been recently proposed for the better regula tion of the laws affecting Fairs and Markets, and for esta blishing an uniformity of weights and measures. A per sonal ;acquaintance with the evils at present existing in those important matters will not, I trust, disqualify me from taking part in the consideration of the remedies pro posed for their removal. I deem it essential to resist, as far as is consistent with public safety, the further increase of Taxes, general or local, and for that purpose to enforce retrenchment and economy in every department, and I am especially op posed to any augmentation of the Income Tax, and to the imposition of assessed Taxes on Ireland. I think Ireland has been most unfairly dealt with by the Report on the National Defences, and that we are entitled to stipulate for a far larger amount of the vast sums proposed to be expended on their completion than the paltry share allocated by the Report. Ido not acquiesce in the policy of cen tralization, and so far from consenting to the abolition of the Viceroyalty, I would advocate a Viceregal Establish ment, far raore in proportion to the amount contributed by Ireland to the receipts of the %Voods and Forests, and to the Commercial rights of the trading classes, not only in the capital, but throughout the country. I think that the Education of the people should be conducted so as to obviate the possibility of proselytism in any institution supported by the State. Influenced by this consideration , I have myself declined to ves t sc h oo l s b u ilt by me i n an y Board which could possibly impede or diminish the salu tary influence of their parish priest. With respect to foreign policy, the humble part I took on a recent occasion of an Irish tribute to the exigencies of the Holy See, sufficiently manifest my total disapproval of any policy which does not tend to place the Temporal Inde pendence of the Supreme Pontiff on a safe and permanent basis. In avowing these opinions with candour, far be it from me to impeach the sincerity of those who take diffe rent views, as I have ever advocated the great principle of universal toleration, and the union of the moderate and well-affected of all creeds. I will afford to such of my , fellow-electors as concur with me in opinion, an opportu nity of recording their votes, and if we shall succeed in effecting the Independence of our County, I will endea vour to servo all without distinction of political opinion or religious creed, unbiassed, as I truly am, by party influ ences or any other motive than an honest sense of the public good. I have the honour to be, Your humble servant, HENRY HARDING. Firville, Macrcom, Feb. 6, 1861. t) OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT " GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA DYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. On MONDAY, Feb. 11, and during the week, at seven, to commence with an Indian Legend, THE SONG OF HIAWATHA, the Words by Longfellow, the Music by Robert Stoepel. The Poem will be read by Miss Matilda Heron, Principal Tragedienne of the United States. Balfe's SATANELLA will be produced, for the first time this season, on Tuesday, the 12th. 1/O YA L ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. if arrlson, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Balfe's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mssrs. A. Lawrence, .1. Wharton. H. Corri, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin p Lyall, and W. Harrison. With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle quin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. 11. lloleno, H. Payne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan. Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. IL Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux, itc. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. THEA TRE-R OYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING- the periorraaticee will commPnge with rrn E RIVALS. Sir Lulus O'Trigg,er, Mr. John Brougham; Lydia Languish, Miss Fanny Stirling. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Lecleroqe, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commenoe at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Draan•er, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with RUY BT.AS. Messrs. Fechter, Basil Potter, Garden, Ray mend. Graham, Cathcart, and A. Harris. After which, a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled BOBINSO'N CRI7SOE ; or,Tlarlecmin Friday, and the King of the Caribbe islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. 'THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUIV Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. Re-apnearance of Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING, the new drama, ADRIENNE; or, THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal characters by Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Villiers, Mr. G. Vininrr, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clifford, Mr. .T. Johnstone ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTA 'BELLE : or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing THE VISION" OF A ROSE, ITS FADING AT EVE, .AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. Followed by THE YOUNG WIDOW. Miss M. Ternan and Mr. IT. Neville. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, rik, Sol. , Protector and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENTNG, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. .T. E. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Roucicault, D. Fisher, Billimr,ton, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Aznes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravm - ranza, entitled BLUE. BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar, X. Kelly, Laidlaw, and M. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for bookincr. Private boxes, £2 28.; Family Boxes, It OrChentra Stalls, ss. ' • Balcony, 4e. ; Front Circle Stalls, Zs. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, le. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d . Aoting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. -" *- TUTS EVENING. will he reproduced TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK, A.,41) THE DEATH OF BLACK BESS, in which the Brothers Edwin will appear with their celebrated Steed Black Bess. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and Bri;ish Artistes. Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, entitled ITARUP:QUIN AND nf . : WONDERFUL HORSE •, or, Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy Icing, produced with Gorgeous Scenery. by Mr. Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing in the comic scenes Patty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley. Box-0111°e open daily trom 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. I'VEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. Commence at T. C A NTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!! A Grand Selection from Verdi's Opera, L CORSA - 11,0, Consisting of the following Morceaux : Preludio. Coro Seem. ed Aria.....,, "Tntto parca Sorridere" Coro di Odalische. " Oh (vial perenne" Cavatin a " Vola talor dal Carcere" Coro ed inno Scena ed Aria. " Canto leggiad re Vergini" Terzetto Finale "Vol tacete io non" will shortly be produced, in the orignal key and Italian I anEruaze—the first time of performance in this country—in addition to the usual attractions. Mr. F. JONGIIMANS, Musical Director. Also, in preparation, Selections from Verdi's New Operas, Ballo in Maschera," "Simon Boccanegra ;" and Flo tow's celebrated Opera of "Stradella." BANK FAILURE AT POOLE. —This town wa s thrown into a state of great excitement on Mondaytail, consequent on the suspension of ,business of Ledgard and Sons, wh4e bank has for many years been most widely known, and'in the management and safety of which the ,nest implicit confidence has been placed. Up to Tuesday evening no statement or explanation of any kind had been issued from the bank, and rumour was busy as to the cause of suspension, and the probable result the un fortunate depositors and holders of notes. It is currently reported and believed that the recent failure of a large mer cantile firm in the town, with whom it is supposed the bank had extensive dealings, is the primary cause of the sus,pension. The town is in a state of great consternation, ' l uny of the tradesmen having the whole of their floating capital in the bank, and a communication to the creditors as to the state of affairs is most anxiously looked for.- Bh erberne Journal. ACCIDENT AND ESCAPE IN THE HUNTING FIELD. —A few days ago, whilst Dr. Ringer, of the Indian army, was out with th e Clifton harriers, at Failand, near Bristol, his hor se , i n eonsequenco of the late severe frost and bad state of t he high fence, lo s t his spring,ground, which gave way, in taking a (whi c h and instead, therefore, of clear ing the hedge been recently cut, and was too stiff for the horse to crush through), struck his fore-feet against the top, and horseand rider turned a complete somersault iu the ai r . O n reach ing the ground Dr. Ring er wa s saved from bei ng cru s h e d t formed death y i n thete horse'sweigh t of the horse, owing to the concavity back, the back of his head and hind quarters only touching the ground, his feet being in the air, After a brief pa use in this position, the horse rolled over on his right sid e , b was in e and, in his violent plunges to get up, Dr, Ringer d hor out. imminent danger of having his brains daa L uc kily he had the presence of mind to hold his head down while he extricated himself from t he bridle and stirrups; and, being close to the body of the horse, h e was able to break the force of his kicks with his. hands, and keep out of reach of his heels. We are happy to say that Dr. Ringer sustained no fracture, but only extensive bruises and slight concussion of the brain, and ji going on favourably under the skilful treatment of Mr. Greig. The holly Was PI at au injuied,—Bri , (9/ -Vai/y Press, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tine DAY.—Morning, lh. 9m.—Afternoon, lh. 30m. To-moßßow.-Morning, lh. 55m.—Afternoon, 2h. 16m. THE WEATHER.-Sux OFFICE, FEB. 8, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day at noon. BAJtomnTnit-29.58. Wm—South -Easterly—light; with dull weather. ~..4r,.... 1.1 4.1% . 2. , ci*' ' .' ',. l'. . .---;' - --..-- ,4 ,4 ~ ' 4 147 . . I*--,,.: 4 1 ~. V. , ..3 , : 't .14- ~.•:. 'li 17.; t, ,71 ,-- . P .5,, "I •31 0 N , 4 ,IF-4.:11,- ,<- ~ '• r• - ' l/.- THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 8, 1881. We are, of course, pleased to see our Foreign Secretary speaking the sentiments of his country and of common sense, respecting the temporal power of the POPE and the French occupation of Rome ; but it should be remembered, the noble lord him self should remember, that if right now he was not always so. The occupation of Rome by Louis NAPOLEON, then President of the French Republic, was undertaken with the express sanction of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Cabinet. He appended the requirement of reformed institutions from the POPE, it is true, but it is notorious that the EMPEROR tried every means short of the right one—that of leaving the POPE and his subjects to settle their own institutions—likely to effect the object. Saving always the occupation, the EMPEROR has been un doubtedly in earnest in pressing on the Holy Father the secularisation of his secular government, and the Holy Father, in the hands of ANTONELLI, as firm in resisting the proposal. Lord JOHN, we fear, so intensely hated MAzzINI, Republicanism, universal suffrage, and the ballot, that he sold the liberties of the Romans to the man, who needed them as the thirty pieces of silver, with which he might and did bribe the turncoat French clergy to sell their own Republic and to tear up the trees of liberty they had planted and consecrated before they began to sprout. By the 22d of December, 1860, according to the despatch of that date to Lord COWLEY, he had learned to regard the French occupation of Rome in a different light. By that time the inhabitants, seeing no hope of gaining the admirably admi nistered Republic which Louis NAPOLEON and Lord JOHN agreed to crush, although resisted to death in so doing by the Romans, were ready to throw themselves into the arms of a Constitutional King; they, doubtless, also shared with all Italy and the world, the opinion that unity was their strength. The magic words Constitutional Govern ment, perhaps changed Lord JOHN'S views entirely. The Romans were now as wise, as they were mad before; they had adopted his Lordship's watchword, and now they deserved liberation from their secular Pope. Accordingly he can argue in the despatch referred to, " regret that the French occupation of Rome ever took place," can prove at length its undesirable character ; can shew that instead of obtaining what the Catholics ask, inde pendence for the Pope, it makes him entirely de pendent on the troops of a foreign sovereign ; and as to the Romans, though they ought not to be free to choose their form of government when they were so crazy as to prefer Republicanism, now, they ought to be left free to act. " The French military force," says his Lordship, "in the City of Rome occupies a most commanding position, and the reinforcements now about to be sent thither are a practical admission on the part of the Government of France that if the subjects of the POPE were left free to act for themselves, with such assistance as they might receive from their fellow-countrymen in other parts of Italy, they would soon relieve themselves from the oppressions under which they have so long and so grievously laboured." He even goes so far as to recommend the POPE'S being raised to the Bishopric pure and simple of Rome under VICTOR EMMANUEL. " If such," he says, " be the POPE'S condition, it would be far better that his troops should be protected by the troops of an Italian sovereign, who would respect his spiritual authority, and give relief to his temporal subjects." In confirmation of which his Lordship quotes an extract from a despatch addressed to him from Rome by Mr. ODO RUSSELL. It is as follows : " In Rome the population hope so ardently for King VICTOR EMMANUEL and his army, that every family in every house, from the poorest upwards, has secretly prepared, on the chance of his arrival, a national flag wherewith to welcome his Majesty. The police detected, but too late, the sudden sale of every bit of red or green stuff in every linen draper's or haberdasher's shop in Rome that could be turned into a national flag ; but they could not punish the offenders without putting nine tenths of the population into prison." We are, as we have said, well pleased with this great change of opinion on the part of Lord JOHN RUSSELL in regard to the Romans, and that having agreed to chose what his lordship thinks the best form of government, he now thinks they have arrived at the age of discretion in government choosing. We hope he will insist upon this with the French EMPEROR till he has convinced our iron-frigate-building ally. But if he would con vince him it must be before he has built many more Gloires. His speech on Wednesday was as sound on the Roman Question as need be. After praising, we believe sincerely, the personal character of the POPE, and even his disposition towards Italy, and referring to his liberal commencement of his reign, he said—" I trust that the feel ings which then inspired him will recur to his mind, and I do not at all despair of seeing him again show his sympathies for Italy and make some agreement with the King of SAR DINIA, who has been chosen by the almost unani mous voice of the Italians to be their temporal Sovereign, by which, while resigning his secular power, he shall retain the homage which is due to him even from those who are not members of the Roman Catholic Ghurcb, and the spiritual autho rity which must belong to one who is the head of a faith which is professed by so many millions of Christians. If he t akes such a course he will no t buton only preserveywi llat the samehisdignity as a Sov ere i gn Prince, time establish a claim to be considered the first of Italian patriots, preceding even those men who have done so much for the liberation of Italy." On the rest of his speech we shall say but little. Mr. FITZGERALD gave him the opportunity of an easy defence before a liberty loving nation, for the honourable member attacked the despatch in which all England exulted, and hardly cen sured the one which made us all ashamed of him. That despatch (No. 63 in the Blue Book) of the 31st of August, we wish, for Lord Jotts's sake, could be blotted out of existence. But Mr. FITZ GERALD spent the whole of his Conservative strength in damaging his party, by trying all the logi c of a lawyer and all the sophisms of a special Pleader, in controverting the principles of the Recanting Despatch, as we have ever viewed it, of the 27th of October —the one which asserted the right's of peoples to imitate what' we did in 44king hither WILLIAM of ORANGE. Of course the Whig Lord desired nothing better than to defend such Despatch. And he treated Mr. FITZGERALD to a homily on that subject, and on the long misrule of Italy which the hon. member will not easily forget. One of the most important motions that could well have been submitted to the consideration of the House of Commons, was yesterday embodied in the following resolution, by the leader of that great assembly, and leader also of her MAJESTY'S Government :—" That a select committee be ap pointed to consider whether, by any alterations in the forms and proceedings of this House, the despatch of public business can be more effectually promoted." It might surely have been thought by any one that the wording of this resolution was in every respect sufficiently explicit. Not so, how ever, thought the most captious carper and caviller in the House of Commons, the right hon, gentleman the member for Stroud, himself conspicuous among those independent members who are, above all others, the principal delinquents in this very par ticular. According to Mr. HORSMAN'S view the lion's share of the blame in regard to that annual waste of public time, for which the popular branch of the Legislature is every successive year becoming more and more remarkable, appertains especially and peculiarly to the members of successive Governments. Not—observe—to those who squabble with them at every turn, who have objections to raise, amendments to introduce, explanations to demand upon any and every con ceivable opportunity : not to himself or to his brother independents ! " 0 wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us—" Not a notion evidently has the member for Stroud of the figure he "cuts" only too frequently during the session, as the systematic squanderer of that public time he now affects to regard as so peculiarly precious, and the responsibility of wasting which he would now fain fasten exclusively upon the successive holders of the offices of Government. Why, for an example, it is only necessary to look at the turn given by Mr. HORSMAN himself last evening to the discussion provoked by the very business-like resolution submitted to the house betimes by Lord PALMERSTON. As we have already insisted, the wording of that resolution was about as terse, about as clear, about as directly to the point surely as any reasonable man could well have de desired. Mr. HORSMAN, however, belong ing, we presume, to the very opposite cate gory, thought, as a matter of course with him, quite otherwise ; and, so thinking, acted accordingly. Hence, in point of fact, the Right Hon. Gentleman must needs at once follow suit, after his own fashion, upon the exceedingly practical motion of the First Lord of the Treasury. To the resolution of the Premier, the Right Hon. Gentleman must perforce, as by necessity, raise a distinct and point-blank objection. And by way of turning this perverse objection of his to account, he must tag on to the Prime Minister's resolution a neat little amendment of his own. After the words " business of the house," therefore, he proposed to interpolate in Lord PALMERSTON'S resolution, these particularly roundabout, excessively confus ing, and wholly unnecessary words,—" And by a more careful preparation of measures, their earlier introduction, a judicious distribution of business between the two houses, and the order and method with which business is conducted." Equally, as a matter of course, with the introduction of an amendment at all by Mr. HORSMAN—the amend ment he thus sagaciously decided upon introduc ing to the consideration of the House, came to nothing whatever in the end—it was withdrawn (quite a matter of course), and might consequently just as lief, after all, never have been introduced. Only in obedience to his favourite guiding prin ciple, the "rule of contraries," Mr. HORSMAN, we are left to conjecture, spoke upon the matter of Lord PALMERSTON'S resolution last evening, objected to it as not altogether satisfactory, and suggested his usual pro forma amendment to be afterwards, according to custom, withdrawn as bootless—by way of illustrating how little he himself had to do with the waste of the public time by needless harangues The discussion, in fact, yesterday, was in this particular just a case in point. If the Leader of the House had wanted to have an illustration of the evil complained of patly introduced at the very tail of his resolution, he could not by any possibility have had his wishes more opportunely fulfilled than they were upon the instant by the member for Stroud, and his ridiculous little amendment —that amendment which was only made to be destroyed. Every one, we may safely say, without excep tion, recognizes the need for economizing the time of the session—just as every one without exception is conscious of the awful and solemn necessity there is for reducing the amount of the nation's annual expenditure. The only difficulty is—How either the one economy or the other, the economy of time or the economy of money, is really and truly to be accomplished. The financial economy the House leaves in the first instance, of course, as in duty bound, to the sagacity of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The economy of timo, aimed at by Lord PALMERSTON'S resolution for the better regulation, for the greater facilitation, and for the clearer systematization of the business of the session, the House—now that the Premier's motion has been adopted—refers (as a difficult problem urgently requiring solution) to the collective wis dom of a Select Committee. A Committee to be framed of course without even the smallest refe rence to mere party considerations, or rather with only such reference to these considerations of mere party as may result in equipoising the represen tation in the Committee, of the " ins" and the "outs" of her Majesty's Government, and her Ma jesty's Opposition. The right hon. gentleman the loader of the latter—strange to tell—is for leaving this wished-for economy of time to the patriotism or the conscience, to the civism or the forbearance (or however it may best be expressed) of the House generally, of the representatives of the people collectively and individually. One might have thought that the nation had had sufficient experience of the futility of any such fondly confiding anticipations. Civism, patriotism, con science, forbearance, all go for nothing when weighed in the balance against—what shall we call it ?—vanity ? perversity ? ambition ? A love of oratorical display ? A wish to be listened to of nights by the hour, and to be read of mornings by the column ? An overweening anxiety to have ones thoughts entombed in that vast and increas ing parliameutary mausoleum, the stupendous and appalling _Hansard ? Whatever the inducements held out by patriotism, or by any other lofty and evmotive to ke e p s il ence, to pract i se the high l e e l gis a l tg a i t n iN - e virtue of reticence, to restrain in some degree that perillous flux of words which, but too often, swamps the action both of the Administra tion and of the Parliament as disastrously as the development of harvest and vintage would be reduced to nought by the devastating influences of an inundation—whatever noble incentives night be.expected to exercise a wholesome power over the Tolubility of individual members in the Rome of rifE SUN, LONDON] FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY rB, 1861. Commons, we know for absolute certainty that those incentives, that those inducements, year after year, go just absolutely for nothing. It is idle, therefore, to think of leaving, matters as they are, and to hope in this way any longer. Our experience is too afflicting in reference to this prolixity of the debates in Parliament to leave us any faint shadow of an aspiration that matters will in this particular somehow or other very delightfully right themselves. A de finite " effort" at any rate must be made at length to systematise in some reasonable manner the busi ness of the session, and without in any way inter fering with the perfect liberty of speech, to abbre viate the debates, to economise the time hitherto vainly squandered upon the discussions of the popular branch of the Imperial Parliament. How this may be best accomplished the Select Committee for the appointment of which the Leader of the House of Commons and of her MAJESTY'S Government moved last evening, will have now seriously and energetically to take into its consideration. Earnestly must we all hope that some practical good may result from its deliberations. In which event the House of Commons will say less and do more— and when that double advantage has been secured, depend upon it Bansard will be all the pleasanter reading. Another State, one which seemed to hesitate for a while, Louisiana, has seceded from the Union. It is one of the States in which the slaves nearly equal the whites in number, there being according to the Census of 1850—whites, 325,000 ; free coloured men, 18,164 ; and slaves, 303,800. Louisiana lies for a considerable distance along the western shore of the Mississippi, but for some distance from the mouth northwards it embraces both sides of the river, commands its mouths, and can boast of the large but unhealthy city of New Orleans as its capital. In the Act of Secession, therefore, it has prudently declared that it holds the course of the Mississippi to be free, doubtless intending to avert the displeasure of the vast and strong North Western States which have firmly declared that they will not see the lower course and mouths of the Mississippi, their great highway to the ocean, in the hands of a foreign power. For, as foreign power, and probably as more hostile than an ordi nary foreign power, will the Free States regard the Slave States which have broken up the Union. Louisiana is willing to enter, she says, into gua rantees or stipulations securing the free use of the river " to all friendly states." The northwest, should secession, however, prove permanent, will certainly not stay to be catechised respecting their friendly feelings; they are strong enough to carve a way for themselves, and they will do it, even if they cut the embankment of the Mississippi and submerged New Orleans with a flood to which NOAH'S would have been a trifle. Georgia has completed her secession, and her representative, Mr. HILL, has formally withdrawn from Congress. In the Houses no business has yet been transacted beyond the tardy admission of Kansas as a free state; Mr. BUCHANAN having thus the mortification of seeing that the atrocious measures of Mr. PIERCE and himself to inflict slavery on that State have all been frustrated, their only result being to leave the obloquy of almost Austrian treachery and cruelty for the sup pression of freedom, attached to their names for ever. The CRITTENDEN Resolutions, of which the important feature is the division of of the territories of the United States into two portions—one to be for ever free, the other to be open to slavery if the States formed out of it desire it—cannot get through the Senate. It must be kept in mind by readers of the American discus sions that the main question between the Repub lican and slaveholding party is the right of Con gress to prohibit slavery for ever in all the territories, and thus to limit this curse to the districts already blighted by it. The slaveholders resent the assertion that slavery is a curse, as well as, for pecuniary reasons, desire to spread it over new lands. Mr. DOUGLAS—who proposed when candi date what he considers the mediating view— now comes forward with resolutions which he proposes to substitute for those of Mr. CRITTENDEN. They come in the shape of pro posed amendments of the constitution. The degree of amendment they would make may be conceived if we state a few of them. Section first provides that Congress shall make no laws in respect to domestic servitude in any territory of the United States, and that all territorial Go vernments shall be formed on the model and in the terms of the Compromise Act of 1850, that which prohibited slavery in the territories north of 36 deg. 30 min. Section second declares that Congress shall have no power to abolish or in terfere with slavery either in the States or in any place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United states, and that Congress shall not have the power to interfere with or prevent the removal of slaves from one State to another. Section third, the best of them, for ever suppresses the slave trade. Section fourth gives greater emphasis and efficiency to the claim already in the constitution concerning persons held to service or labour escaping, &c. Section fifth prohibits the elective franchise and the right to hold office, whether fede ral, State, territorial, or municipal, to persons of the African race, in whole or in part. Section sixth is in these words :—" The United States shall have power to acquire districts of country in Africa or South America, for the colonisation, at the ex pense of the Federal treasury, of such free negroes and mulattoes as the several States may desire to have removed from within their limits, and from the district of Columbia, and such other places as may be under the jurisdiction of Congress." The seventh section provides for the payment for fugi tives, if the officers in search of them are prevented from doing their duty by violence or intimidation." Another section increases the President's term of office to six years, but he is to be ineligible for office during the next six years. There are also arrangements for a new mode of elect ing the President, and which, though their probable working is perfectly uni n t e lli g ibl e to Englishmen, we may take for granted are intended to strengthen the wrong side. On the whole, there is little real change of position. Symptoms of a tendency to compromise still appear iu the North, as the repeal of the Personal Liberty Law by Rhode Island, of all the Stateslin the world—the State of ROGER WILLIAMS ! But March is ap proaching, and to the not yet avowed policy of the new President all are of course looking. A paper is, however, receiving a few signatures in the House of Representatives, calling on them:all to resign, and so necessitate an appeal to the people ! It is little likely to be acted on. It it rumoured that her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the Royal children will honour the perform ances of the Royal English Opera this evening) with their presence. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and Lady Charlotte Lanes tier will leave town in a few days, to join the company about to assemble at Itendlesham Suffolk. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll will arrive at Stafford 1 1045 e to-clay, from Treatktan fall, Staffordshire. LATEST NEWS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) NAPLES, FEB. 7. Two other explosions of powder magazines at Gaeta have compelled the garrison to ask for an armistice of 48 hours to bury their dead and dis inter the living from the ruins caused by the bombardment. General Cialdini granted the armistice although it was against his interest. The explosion caused great damage to the bat tery San Antonio. The Bourbon soldiers are greatly discouraged. General Cialdini has offered necessaries for their wounded. PARIS, FRIDAY. A telegram received here from Constantinople, dated yesterday, announces that France had re mitted a note to the Porte, a note almost identical with that of Russia, stating that the inquiry in Roumelia was not sufficient, and demanding the convocation of conferences. The Porte replied that reforms had been pre pared. LEMBERG, FEB. 8. An address, signed by several hundred notables of this city, petitions that the popular interest may be principally considered in the approaching elec tions to the Diet; but that only proprietors of landed property should be entitled to elect, and that all other persons should be excluded. THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, FEB. 7. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the discussion of the Address was continued, and the question of the organisation of Germany was treated by several speakers. M. Stavenhagen proposed an amendment, ex pressing the wish that Prussia should be placed at the head of united Germany and the German Con federation. Baron Schleinitz, in reference to' this amend ment, said :—" An energetic concentration of the national forces towards the exterior, and a deve lopment of the federal institutions, are highly desirable." The Minister laid stress, however, on the necessity of respecting the established rights of others, and said :—"A free understanding is desirable; no coercion must take place. As regards the solution of the German question, different opinions exist. In many places a strong antipathy prevails against the solution which would place Prussia at the head of Germany. Suck antipathies would receive a new stimulus by such resolutions. The present general state of things does not "allow of extensive projects of reform. At a moment when concord is needed, no discord must be sown." In the course of the discussion Baron Schleinitz said further :—" Even if there is no danger in adopting the amendment, it is nevertheless unde sirable." M. Stavenhagen then withdrew his amendment. M. Overbeck took it up, and proposed it on his own account. The amendment was, however, rejected by 261 against 41 votes. TURIN, FEB. 7. At Gaeta, within the last 36 hours, the besiegers have blown up three powder magazines, and have destroyed the side curtain of the citadel. The garrison has asked for an armistice of 48 hours to bury their dead. This has been granted by General Cialdini, who has besides sent to the place necessaries for the wounded. FRANKFORT- ON-THE-MAINE, FEB. 7. In to•day's sitting of the Federal Diet, the pro positions of the committee on the affairs of Hol stein, were agreed to. The representative of Denmark contested the competency of the Diet, and reserved the rights of Denmark. MORTAR, FEB. 4. On the 28th of January the Montenegrins, with a band of insurgents from the neighbouring vil lages, which they keep in a state of revolt, sur prised several villages in the district of Nicsich, and behaved with the utmost cruelty and atrocity towards the peaceable Mussulman inhabitants, killing altogether 41 persons, of whom 10 were children and three women. A second band attacked the chief town, Carla nitiz, assassinated several people, burnt many libuses, and acted with the greatest ferocity and cruelty towards the inhabitants. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 2. The Russian ambassador has presented to the Porte a strong note in reply to the Grand Vizier's report. This note reiterates the assertions of Russia that the Christians are oppressed. The Porte continues to refuse its consent to a prolongation of the French occupation of Syria. The drafts of the treaties of commerce which are about to be concluded between England and Turkey, and France and Turkey, have been sent home for the approval of the English and French Governments. The commercial crisis continues in Galata. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 7.—The market opened with firm ness, and prices kept looking up. Previous to the close, sales for realisation caused a little reaction, leaving prices, however, at the close in advance of those of yesterday. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 97 80 Credit Fonder 930 Do. end month.... 97 80 ' Belgian 4k 99 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 35 Roman Bank Shares 2897 40 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 690 ' Spanish Threes 47 75 Do. Account 693 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l4lO .. 1407 50 Northern New ditto B9O 890 Lyons and Mediterranean 928 75 .. 932 .50 Geneva 390 .. 390 Southern 526 25 531 25 - Western Eastern Sardinian 382 50 .. 380 Austrian Lowbard AUSTRALIA. The well-known clipper ship Orient, Capt. Law rence, from Adelaide, South Australia, with 50 passengers and full cargo of wool, arrived and landed part of her passengers off Swanage yester day evening. She sailed from Adelaide the 3d of November, making the passage in 96 days, via Cape of Good Hope. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere leave Bridge water House to-day for Burwood, Cobham, Surrey. The Earl of Shelburne has left Lansdowne House for Liverpool. Tier ladyship remains in town. The Earl and Countess Spencer left town on Wednesday for Althorpe Park, Northamptonshire. Lady Napier, wife of her Majesty's Ambassador to the Eniieror of All the Russias, was presented to her Majesty the Queen en Wednesday evening, at BuJking ham Palace, by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady-in• Waiting to her Majesty, LITERATURE. The Art Journal. This publication still maintains its high charac ter, and presents a series of elegant engravings. It is also a repertoire of all artistic subjects, and thus forms a valuable standard work for research and re ference. Among the most noticeable:plates in the last few numbers may be mentioned " Killarney— the Lower Lake," engraved by Wallis, from a painting by Anthony. It is truly said in the de scription here given that, of all her fine scenery, Ireland has nothing more beautiful than the lakes of Killarney. " Nature seems here to have almost exhausted her resources to combine and develope her beauties. Mountains—ometimes sterile, but grand—sometimes deseeiiding abruptly to the verge of the lakes—clothed with the richest garb of forest tree and ever verdant shrub, islands, green and luxuriant; castellated ruins, old and grey; cascades, white and foaming ; waters reflecting on their surfaces every hue of foliage and every tint of sky and cloud ;—all these unite to form a pic ture, or rather a series of pictures, such as few, if any other part, of the British dominions can show." The engraving here is very fine, and there is a cairn beauty pervading all the scene. " A Country Blacksmith," from Turner's picture in the National Gallery, is a suggestive subject, well carried out. A life and animation pervades the sketch, charac tQristic of the busy scene of labour it represents, and forms a very successful delineation. " The Rock at St. Helena" is a very fine representa tion of the imprisoned conqueror of the world. It was the last sketch of Delaroche. It is evident that the painter was endo7; e d with a full appreciation of the gr,at ness of his subject. This engraving is from. a in the Royal Collection. Th ere i s picture :4n engraving from Turner's picture of APP;iIO killing the Python." As may be suppo-,,d, sketch, and its importan ce this is a grand may be estimated from the fact that Mr. R. js ki n h as given a whole chapter on "Modern ainters"to its consideration. In the last ni!w:oer we meet with an excellent engraving by Newton of " The Duenna," by C. Jeans. Tb.'s is from a picture in the Royal Gal lery, aP:o' this year will conclude the selections from its treasures. The admirers of Turner will be gratified to meet with another of his far•famed works in " Calais Pier," engraved by Cousens, from the picture in the National Gallery. Also there is a representation of " Industry," from the statue by Mrs. Thorneycroft. In some remarks on the progress of this journal it is said :—" The Art Journal has more than attained full ac - Ye ; twenty two volumes have been issued since the year 1839, and it continues to be, as it has been during nearly the whole of that long period, the only publication in Europe by which the arts are adequately repre sented. To the artist, the amateur, and the con noisseur, the Art Journal supplies information upon all topics in which they are interested; while to the general public it addresses itself by the beauty and variety of its illustrations and by articles at once instructive and interesting. Art, which some twenty years ago was in Great Britain the resource of the few has now become the enjoy ment of the many. Every public institution has learned that to circulate a knowledge of art is a leading and paramount duty ; its refining influence has been largely acknowledged, and there is conse quently a very general desire to derive enjoyment and instruction from art among all classes and orders of the community. This high purpose is achieved by the Art Journal. It is therefore reason able to expect for it a greatly increased circulation commensurate with the advanced and advancin g Art love manifest in all parts of the world." Those who attentively peruse this work will agree that these assertions are not of that class designated as promise without performance, but that the high order of excellence which distinguishes its style, the admirable choice of selections that is invariably made, and the vast amount of artistic information it constantly affords, combine to *-en der this journal one of the highest intere: d i an d importance to all students and 10vr . , - fs o f th e noble art of which it treats. It is to be hoped that the success it has hitherto met with will be inaugurative of future and greater triumphs, and in this age of high int r,:ilectual development, and general diffusion of 'knowledge, so complete and concise an epitom e o f art progress, and so elegant an illustration, of the beauties and sublimities of art-ereatior3 will not be unappreciated. 2'emple Bar. The story of " The Seven Sons of Mammon" is continued at some length. We meet with the smart descriptions of persons and things that have before signalised the writings of this author, and in this instalment there is plenty to attract notice. The lively widow appears prominently on the scene, and she is evidently the machinator of sothe deep-laid scheme concerning the disappearance of Hugh. The account of the pompous ceremony which celebrated the burial of the heir of the rich house is a clever satire on those " who bear about the mockery of woe" in their absurd trappings and elaborate display over the dust and ashes that re quire but a few feet of earth.. " For Better, for "Worse," is another good tale, evincing much know ledge of human character. There are evidently many bitter hours in store for the fair young bride in her husband's cold and cruel family. This new periodical eclipses some of the long-established ones in the brilliancy of its fictitious department. The paper on " Relatives and Connections" is very well written, and presents some striking specimens of different classes. Augustus is a regu l ar illustration of the " ne'er-do-weel" race, and his escapades are most amusing. The writer quotes the lines of Longfellow— " There is no flock, howe'er so well defended, But one dead lamb is there ;" to which he adds as a corollary, there is no family, however much respected, but which has one black sheep. " I have known city magnates with mothers in city almshouses, members of Par liament with brothers doing duty as railway guards, a fashionable physician with a nephew a night cabman, I was once acquainted with a very humorous circus clown, who was first cousin to a Cabinet Minister." There are several other subjects of interest met with in this number. An article on " The Causes of Railway Accidents" seems very appropriate at present, and " London Poems" has for subject this time—" Outcasts." It is written in a feeling manner, and some of the verses are very prettily expressed, as when dwelling on the miserable race it is thus said— " The ghosts of a sweetness long since lost, Unpitied, and dead to pity, They wander lonely and tempest-tost Where blackness clotheth the city. They live their lives forgotten and dead, Forgiveless and unforgiven, For the angel of childhood seems to smile Them back from the portals of heaven." Who's Who in 1861 ? Edited by C. Oakes, M.A. Baily Brothers. Cornhill. This is a most useful publication, and no one who is at all immersed in business, or desirous of being au courant of ,the affairs of the day, should be without it. The amount of informa tion afforded by this little volume is really sur prising. The list comprises the members of both houses, the ministers, the Royal family, the chair-. men and secretaries of the railways, the police magistrates and commissioners, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, etc., and several other very important breaches are included. This is the thirteenth year of the appearance of this little work, which testifies to the approbation it has met with from the public ; and it is in no way surprising that a cordial reception should have been accorded to so complete an epitome of desi rable knowledge. A more useful companion to apply to for instruction on topics of immediate interest regarding public characters and places of business and amusement is hardly to be found, and it can therefore be recommended to the gene ral public as a work of constant reference. Ald Round the TIP orld. Parts 1 and 2. Marsh, Fleet-street. lire have here a novel kind of publication, and one which in these days of curiosity and travel ought to attract a great many readers. It is entirely devoted to descriptions of foreign lands, and is embellished with a great number of woodcuts. A good deal of information respecting the history of the count r i es described is incidentally given. The object pro posed by the conductors is thus described in the prospectus : " To set before the St ay - a t- Home Traveller, pining to receive new impres sions, an exact image and rep resen t a ti on o f the world wherein he lives—supplying him with that ready means of acquaintance with each coun try, its scenery, its vegetation, it s an i m al s , its i n habitants, and its monuments, that can only be attained by the eye, and accomp any i ng eac h pic torial delight with graphic illustrations by men of celebrity in the career of travel and adventure." As is justly observed, such a work is very necessary, as even the interior of our own great colonies is but little known amongst us. This serial, if well car ried out, will go far to supply the deficiency among a large c l .ass of read ers , an d th e mo d erat i on o f th e price can offer no obstacle. Charles Knight's Publications. The subscribers to th e " P o p u l ar Hi s t or y of Eng land, are expecting with interest the prom's" volume. It will be rememb ere d that a deviation from the ordinary system of publication was announced last autumn. The author naturally found the pressure of a monthly issue was incom patible with the care and labour which ho wished to bestow on ) the eventful and important epoch at which he had arrived, He deternained,coneequently, that the portion requisite for the completion of the seventh volume should be published as a separate part in the month of J anuary. He has thought, how ever, as he proceeded% in his task that it would be more desirable that the conclusion of the volume should bring down the history to the Peace of 1815, that redoubtable Treaty of Vienna which is an swerable for most of our European perplexities since. This plan will, however, necessitate the extension of the volume beyond the ordinary limits, and consequently its completion will be deferred until April. To meet the wishes of the subscribers a number of the usual size has now been issued, and the remaining portion will be published along with the whole volume in April. The recent numbers of the English Cyclopoodia fully maintain its high reputation, and include a vast range of topics, treated with care and ability. The latter number brings us down to the letter S, and consequently the fourth and last division of work is approaching its conclusion. Good Words, Edited by Norman Macleod, D.D. Groombridge and Sons. This is an excellent serial; supported by the pens of Dr. Guthrie, Principal Tulloch, Dr. Stanley, Hugh Stowell Brown, Margaret Maria Gordon, and other writers of eminence. Although infiu enced throu g h ou t b y a re li g i ous sp i r i t, i t may fairl y claim the title of " a magazine for all the week." The editor con t r ib u t es a pat h et i c story ca ll e d " Wee Davie," telling the wide-spreading good that has been wrought through the unconscious influence of a little child. Hugh Stowell Brown has an essay on the time-worn proverb, 0 Honesty is the best policy," sound ! and forcible in its teaching. Dr. Guthrie commences a series of papers on " The Religion of Life," and Prin cipal Tulloch gives us a treatise on the Christian school and worship in the second century, which are all that might be expected from the high repu tations of their authors. Mrs. Gordon, so well. known as Margaret Maria Brewster, contributes the first chapter of some feminine instructions, entitled, " All about the House." This introductory portion only takes a general view of the house wife's duties and privileges, but the succeeding ones will descend to particulars. Peeps at Russia and Glimpses at the over crowded Dwellings of London, vary the interest, and several miscellaneous papers enhance the attractions of this very pleasant and profitable serial. The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertiser's Guide. C. Mitchell and Co. This useful and long-established Directory has two new features in the present year, both of which are substantial improvements. A Directory of reviews, magazines, and periodicals of every kind has been added, and the list thus includes the whole of the periodical press of the country. The other addition is the publication of a newspaper map for the United Kingdom, showing the agri cultural, mining, and manufacturing districts. Every town where a journal is published is marked, and the number and frequency of the papers issued are also indicated. The general character of the work is too well known to require criticism. It is sufficient to say that it maintains its old reputation for fairness and comprehensive information, and that the additions recently made are decided improvements, The &Wish Review. This is an able and sensible periodical, containing many interesting topics. Prominent among those in the present number are papers on " The Litera ture of Progression," " Popular Amusements in Large Cities," and a cr iti c i sm on M r . Ruskin's " Modern Painters." It is styled a journal of social progress, and as such addresses itself especially to the discussion of all questions affecting the moral advancement and well-being of the community. The article in the number before us on popular amusements is particularly worthy of attention. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. Illacnzillan's has an interesting paper on the brief political career of• the late Lord George Bentinck. Educational subjects occupy a prominent position in this number, for besides the continuation of Mr. Hughes's story of " Tom Brown at Oxford," we have " Reminiscences of American College Life," and a paper on Eton.—The Eclectic has an article on the Rev. Thomas B hiney, an eminent Nonconformist Minister, who has been termed:a Conservative Dis senter, and in the opinion of his memorialist he well deserves the title. The recently published Life of Dr. Alexander Carlyle also furnishes the subject of a brief article. "History and Historians," and "6 Poetry of the Month," are among the most attractive papers.—The Church of England Monthly Review, besides a resume of Church matters in 1860, has an interesting paper on Bossuet and Fenelon, a sketch of Sir Francis Drake, and a sensibly written article on modern fiction. Another of the periodicals specially belonging to the religious world is—The Baptist Magazine, to -which a new interest will, he lent in the eyes of many by the fact of Mr. Spurgeon's having undertaken the editorship. A sermon by the Rev. Mr. Brock, one of the most eminent and highly esteemed among the Nonconformist ministers, is in this number.— Newton's London Journal of Arts and . I ,Seiences has an introductory paper on the important ques tion of how our cotton supply is to be maintained. The writer considers that a comparatively small grant would suffice to encourage extensive cotton planting in India; and that for every £l,OOO of subsidy we might reasonably anticipate that 10,000 acres not hitherto applied to that pur pose might be employed. He also considers that we should take advantage of the late period of the southern harvest, and should avail ourselves of the unemployed resources of our colony of Natal. If these plans were at once put in practice, we should, he asserts, secure two crops of cotton within the year.—Dullg's _Hibernian Magazine has a variety of tales and sketches, but the general character of its contents does not seem very brilliant.—The Welcome Guest has a story by Gustave Aimard, entitled " The Indian Scout," original stories by Walter Thornbury and Augustus Mayhew, besides a number of lively and spirited sketches by popu lar authors. It has recently been considerably enlarged.—Eoutledge's Illustrated Natural _History is an admirable series, the number and excellence of its illustrations render it the best work of the kind that has yet appeared. Cassell's family periodicals continue as cheap and good of their kind as ever. 2he Illustrated Family Bible has a great number of engravings and copious marginal notes. Cassell's history of England, Popular Na tural _History, and Family Paper are all deserving of commendation. Le Follet 10 this month unusually attractive, and shows a decided change in the costumes. The fair votaries of fashion can scarcely find a more elegant and tasteful guide than is supplied them by these graceful plates REPRESENTA7IOII' OF CORK COUATY. The elevation of Mr. Deasy, M.P., to the Irish Bench has caused a vacancy in the representation of the county of Cork, and for which there are symptoms of a sharp contest. The Cork Examiner of Wednesday contains the address of Mr. Henry Harding, of Firville, near Macroom, a gentleman of independent fortune, liberal principles, and a progressive reformer. He is advantageously known in the county as a resident landlord, an active and intelligent magistrate, and the zealous promoter of the moral, intellectual, and material improvement of the tenant-farmers of his county. He is one of the active promoters of the Cork and Macroom Railway now before Parliament, which will open up the markets of the city and the port of Cork to the produce of the rich agricultural dis trict in which he resides. On the much vexed question of " Tenant Right," Mr. Harding's views arc sound, clear, and explicit. He says—" Sincerely impressed with the convic tion that the security of the landlord can not repose in safety upon any other basis than that of the tenant, I regard it as one of the first duties of yOur representative to accelerate such further remedial legislation as will, while preserv ing order and the rights of property, effectually avert from capital and labour the uncertainty con sequent on capricious tenures." Gentlemen of Mr. HARDING'S stamp would be the best representatives of the Irish people in the House of Commons. 0, si sic Oninia ! The Eng lish public would see his election with satisfaction. At the annual meeting of the City of London Brewery Company (Calveri's) yesterday, Alderman Sir James Duke, M.P., in the chair, a dividend was declared on the ordinary and preference stocks at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum out of tho available balance of £18,633. It was also resolved to appropriate £1,704 to the reserve, and 1.',;150 to the manager, leaving £504 to be carried forward. The report stated that considerable difficulties have been contended with during the past year, especially from the increased expenditure consequent on the advance in malt and hops. The company, however, have fully maintained the strength and quality of their beer, and at the same time without adopting a rise in price. No loss of connec tion has been experienced of any importance, while several new customers have been obtained. The brewery build ings, machinery, and plant have been kept in a constant state of efficiency. The gross profits during the 11 months the company has been in existence have been at the rate of nearly £50,000 a-year,