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

THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. • On EASTER MOS DAY, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL GAMBUSINO ; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In whioh PEREA. NENA. and the Spanish Dancers will appear. To conclude with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST BEET. Under the Management of Mr. Munn KILL ON EASTER MONDAY A WONDERFUL WOMAN. After which, FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN FOUR. THEATZE ROYAL ADELPHY. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. Madame Celeste. ON EASTER MONDAY, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To be followed by URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with uin an d a deq JACIC AND THE BE AN STALK ; or, Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E, Arden will amen ROYAL OLY NIKO THEATRE. Lessee and Manaxer, Mr. Alfred Wigan. ON EASTER MONDAY. STILL WATERS REIN DEEP. After which will be aroduce4 a New and doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodrifinatic Fatry Extravaganza, entitled DISCREET PRINIFiSii cr, the Three. Glass Distaffs. In w hi c h Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, R. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appe,r. ROYAL WIREY TEMATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. Og EIST' R ]lO\D. Y, Will be performed t new Drama, entitled BOW IVIE LIVE. Followed by FAVOURITE 13 ALLE.T. ro conelwie wah TUFFLEHAUSEN; or, The Lairyer's Legend. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. ON EASTER MONDAY. THE LOST DIAMOND. After which, AN OREI , INAL BALLET. To conclude with an Original Burlesque Extravaganza, called GOOD QUEEN BESS. ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Edward Stirling. On EASTER MONDAY, the 24th of March, 1856, LOST, 230,000. _ . Messrs. Stuart. Belford, Stirling, Carter, Langton; Meads. An derton, Morel!, Mars. . Brothers Elliott's wonderful performances. GRAND BALLET. Ma nselle Agnes, Mr. ani Mrs. Harvey, and Corps de Ballet. Musical Fairy Spectacle, FURY FERN FLOWER; or, THE GOALIN MINE. Miss Francis Hughes, Miss Morel?, Mr. Sanders, Mr. J. Bedford and 30 Ladies. Boxes and Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. E ATM A. STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMIN." Commencement of the Second Season on EASTER MONDAY. This Lyric Entertainment has been crowned by the unanimous Approbation of ALT. TIM LONDON' JOURNALS As the greatest artistieal triumph of the day. It constitutes an Opera, Comedy, and Vaudeville. With a host of characters in Correct Cos. tames ; and Song's in SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Never attempted by any other artiste. Evening performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8. Morning performances ou Weduesdays and Saturdays at half-past two, precisely. Admission—Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. HIC4II WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY—Morn. 40 min. aft. 2—Evening 53 min. aft. 2 TeI4IORROW—Morn. 8 aft. 3 —Evening 20 min. aft. 3 THE WE/lariat-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 22. THERMOIIETEH, IN THE SHADE. 45 - highest since noon yesterday. 43 -!owest this morning and d.nrlng the night. 5 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, ' o.lo—rising. WIND, N.—Light, with tine mild weather. c7 5 !;.1 Vi c _ L')NDON, SATURDAY, MA_RCII 22, 1856. The vast superiority of military and naval tri bunals has been a favourite topic at the clubs devofed to either branch of her Msazsrv's servile. To judge from the extravagant plaudits bestowed by the 21 ,,t very irnpari.►ai orators, the old maxim of llonAcz is completely reverse}, and " the gown yields to the sword" without a chance or 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 now and corn prehensive scheme of legal reform, which would abolish law and lawyers, Courts of Equity and Comman 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 accused, 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 (1) 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 House of Commons—whieh, under some very extraordinary and powerful influence—he after- wards retracted, apologising unconditionally for everything asserted, to any and every one who thought proper to demand explanations. Amongst others, claimants for redress, was Lieutenant- Colonel CAVI3NDISIi, who, being too late for the general answer, thought proper to publish a va riety of letters, some of them reflecting on nijor - General HALL, who, f ee li ng hi s c h arac t er ag grieved, has made a statement of the entire transaction, which certainly carries on the face of it all the marks of authenticity. It appears that in November, 1847, some ma lignant scoundrel, who had not the pluck or man liness to sustain in person the charges which his 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 HALL 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 thattheinjured 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 individuals, but merely the system Boliefring that he had found out hits assails mit he placed the proofs before the Duke of WEL' JNGTON, who ordered that "nothing further ghoul d be done in the business," and that " in order to avoid public scandal and injury to the service, , the matter should not be talked of, either by Gee .eral HALL or by the officers who had neces sarily been made acquainted with it." To these orders General HALL submitted, and the paper s and evidence were deposited in the con fident sal department of the Horse Guards. Thai following year 1848 General HALL was formall y arraigned on a series of 21 charges of a more serious character. An inquiry was held after th e lapse of several years, and it was not until sl iortly before the sitting of the Court that the ace used discovered that the sole founda tion for all the annoyance, trouble, and expense to whith he had been subjected was another anonymous letter similar to that which had pre viously bean 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 them, who, by refusing to came publicly forward, proved that he was actuated by private malice rather than a zeal for public justice. If, on the contrary, he was ignorant of the name, rank or position of the accuser, it re flects even more srongly on the system, which could subjeCt an officer of high standing to such vexation on the charge of some vile and cowardly scoundrel. Limy case the public scandal so ear nestly deprecated has arrived. The unanimous Feeling of the.people will be one of disgust and in lignation that such things are poSsible, and that there should be found persons to talk of " the superiority " (Got, save the mark) of such a system. The resolution adopted by the Metropolitan Board of Works, on the motion of Mr. Wilarx sox, 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 metropolis 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 :)lan can be hit on, the subject being invested .vith many difficulties, and that a growing desire exists in the public mind to have the reproach tnd inconvenience of narrow and obstructed thoroughfares removed, it will be admitted the ;abject 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 improvements will b 3 dependent, and which gill not necessarily involve the levying of a very , leavy taxation. One great danger the Board will have to guard against is, the running together of Iwo or more great schemes in a vro,n,e, - o disgust the taxpayer by the heavinoss of the rates thereby iniptved upon him. The sewerage of London alone will involve a serious sum, and the improvements sought cannot ba 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, leaving initiated a (grand scheme, see to its being carried out with judgment and discretion, trusting to the good tense 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 worefrain 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 ba different, and we cannot but think it will he the imperative duty of the Board to take the ,most dffectual measures to meet it. The caution of Mr. TAYLOR in connection with the Committee, we may acid, is one which should not be overlooked ; unless all proposals for im provement are brought before the Board to receive their sanction in the first instance, the Committee is likely 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, via., 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 ease ? 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 State , ., 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 • -„ , tit , a - THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINO, 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 beyund 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 ob 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. MARCY'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 enter 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. MARCY'S case is a bad one ; and, as if conscious of it, he con trives to bo afraid of the neutrality of the United States, in respect to belligerents being havlrded. by these offences—of his own imagi nation. Is there a man in his senses living who believes that President PIERCE, or this his tool, have been scrupulous after this fashion towards ? If there is, BARNUM should have him without delay. But sam satin ; the merits of the entire affair era 4 '" vesses 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, there was, or is, reason for the attitude assumed 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, get 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 Koenigsberg 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, 111ARcH 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 Valontia. A Te Deum will ba sung on Sunday next at the Church of Saint-Ltiuisi-des-Frapcais, to cele brate the happy delivery of the Empress Eugenie. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The following was the bulletin issued to-day 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 Moniteur of to-day publishes those of the Court of Accounts, the Tribunals of Cher bourg, Saverne, Toulouse, the Municipal Councils of Orleans, Troyes, St. Etienne, Angers, Nantes, Valenciennes, and Caen, the Invalides, the 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 on 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 iu Corsica ; six for those out of the French territory, but in Europe or in Algeria ; one year for those out of Europe ; and eighteen months 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 Nationale, " 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 1810 and 1841, is given to one of these sub-committees, of which Baron de IVlanteuffel is a member." " Commandant Fave, the orderly-officer to the Emperor," says the Journat du, Havre, " who was charged with the mission of announcing officially to tha C o mission of Paris the birth of the Prince-Imperial, ),.. grataneu - with a pension for life of 10,000 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; e. End of Month, 4i per Cents 94 --f. —c. :3 per Cents 72 10 72 45 New Loan 72 60 Bank Shares 3,475 Boman Credit Alobilier 1,570 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese(s). 9l 25 Home Debt • RAILWAYS-I'oB CASH. fr. c. fr. o. Orleans 1,295 Wostern... 897 50 Northern Lyons. 1,2 2 50 Now Ditto 823 75 Nlediterranean 1,565 Grand Central 650 Lyons Geneva 785 Teste Cette 755 Austrian Com. :;07 50 the intention of operating a complete reconciliation between the Courts of Vienna and St. Peter's burg, and that, with that object, there will be an interview between the Emperors of Austria and Russia and the Ring 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 :—" The Council of Ministers has assembled to discuss the question started by the letter of the Papal Internuncio, Mgr. Viale Prela, 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 M. 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 realis,ition of his plans of reform more difficult. After the Council, he went to Cardinal Rauscher, with whom he had a long conversation." A circular, as may be remembered, was lately addressed by M. de Thun, Minister of Worship in Austria, calling together ali 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 the 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, but 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 Commerce pre sen'ed a bill relating to a convention with the national bank. By it, notes, known by the name 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 late M. de Hiackeldey, 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 the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" Councillor of Legation Detmold, who was Imperial minister at Frankfort in 1843 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 th 3 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 he had filled up to that event in the Ministry of Interior. But as it has been proved that he conducted himself in the matter according to the laws of honour he has been reinstated. AMERICA: SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The 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. The steam-ship Africa, from Liverpool, had no t made her appearance off Sandy Hook up to eleven o'clock p ni. of March 7. No intelligence of the Pacific. In the Unit•TA States" Senate, on the Gth, 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, Ricific at . 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 said 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 following:— "The Washington Union of Thursday last concludes a long editorial 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 insulted her Sovereignty in any the leaf thing what ever, but only because, after she had infringed our laws and insulted our Sovereignty, we courteously request her to relieve us from the presenc3 of her Minister, Mr. Crampton, for reasons the most cogent and unaniwer able. There is no other cause or pretext of a rupture between the two countries.' " 'No ot!er cause or pretext of a rupture Why, ac cording to the President's Me3sage, we had supposed the Central American embroglio was the main question —that the real causes for war lay in John Bull's viola tions and false interpretations of the Clayton-Bulvver treaty. But now, in effect, we are coolly informed that the patriotic indignation of our President, concerning she 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 no cause or pretext for a rupture' in the affairs of Central America. Curious this, very. 'The Union talks, too, of Great Britain threatening us with war. We had supposed, on the conteary, that the administration had resolved to get John Bull out of Central America, and that the negotiations to this end had been br"ught to the alternative to England of a back out or a fight. This was the great feature of the message; and the implrtaricc.s 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 organisa tion of the house. Yet we are told now that Craoip ton is the only existing cause or pretext for a rupture between the two countries.' Is the Central American issue then abandoned on either side, or postponed 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 'cause or pretext for a rup ture.' 'We turn hack to the affair of the steamer Caro line, and the M'Leod, and feel fully authorised to bid the bulls of Wall-street be of good cheer. The world will never be set in flames about Mr. Craeonton. Os, no. But upon the Central American question how is it ? Is Marcy "laughing in his sleeve at us ? Have we been sold 'I Or has Mi. 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, Ctpt. 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, arid prepared to take in a large cbrgo, 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 CIRCUL_4R. WINDSOR, MARCH 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 tere4 a!so to the King of the Belgians and the Duchess of Kent. The Hon. and Very Rey. the Dean of Windsor officiated. The Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Stalo rd House, on Thursday, from attnding her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Ansley House, on Wednesday afternoon, from attending her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and family 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 Hill-street, on Wednesday, front Enville Hall, Staffordshire; It is stated on circuit that Mr. - Self, of the Oxford Circuit, is t 3 succeed Mr. Broderip as one of the magis trates at the Westminster Police -court. According to the Epoca of Alldrid several Carlid officers are 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. Mn. BRIGHT'S HEALTH. —Mr. Bright, M.P., is on a visit for a month at Ben Rhydding. His general health is go id, but the undue arain to which devotion to the public interest has exposed his aysntal faculties, is nosy evident from his inability *o attend to thee familiar sub jects without pain. He is, therefore, very wisely givio his overtaxed brain the repose which it requires.—Leeds Mercury. A grand diplomatic banquet was given on Monday last by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Turin, in honour of the King's birth-day. The British Ambassador, Sir J. Hudsoo, proposed a Oast to the King. The last letters from Constantinople state that the Sultan has authorised the publication of a newspaper in the Arab langua,c, br circulation amongst the inhabi. tants of Syria, Egypt, and ether parts of his empire in which Arabic is spokcn. This journal, which is to bear the title of Mirat ul Alwal (the Mirror of the People), is to appear once a week. ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY.—We observed with very great 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 deeply interested in such a movement. Church affections, artistic taste, archxologics.l studies, will all enlist their votaries ; and the promises of sup port and assistance already made are large and nume rous. The Earl of Verelam (the Lord-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. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Crystal Palace was visited yesterday afternoon by no less than 17,507 per sons. Long 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 conveyance 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 these visitors were conveyed from the Palace., without accident, in the evening. - . RUSSIA. BERLIN, March 19.—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 ment, and Messner, the commander of the Danu bian 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 thec9n 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 rep irts. Among other reforms about to be introduced into the Russian empire is rumoured that of the entire administration of justice; 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 contrive to live in very good style, even in that most expensive capital St. Petersburg, there eau 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 Venna. _ Prince Italmiski (Count Suwaroff Rymnikski) is to have the command of the corps d'armee on the Baltic 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 allow in how great a degree they are an object of interest. Up to the present time the reports upon the traffic of despatches have bean 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 bud,;et. 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 state 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 BoersenhallB of Hamburg ) states ;—•gr It is said that I'rnsa a has COMNIERCIAL. 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 snore firmly held. Missouri prime white sold at 1 do]. 950. Corn was in fair demand at lower figures. Southern white sold at 66Ac., and prime Jersey yellow at 71ic. Rye was quiet. Pork was inactive, and closed at about 15 dol. 873 c. Sugars were more active ; the sales footed up about 900 to 1,000 hhds. and 400 boxes. The aue tin Salo of a good cargo of 9,000 bags of Rio coffee came off ye,terday. It drew a good company of spirited bid ders, and the whole was sold at fail pric , !s, having ave raged 11 dol. 44;c. Freights were steady for Eoviish port, , , and firmer far grain. To Liverpool 250 brls. flour were engaged at 2s. 9d. ; 250 boxes bacon at 30s. ; 10,000 bushels grain, in bulk., at 7d., while Sd. was re fused in ship's bags. Cotton was 1 ,4 . for compressed. To London provisions were 321. qa. to 355. There was no change to notice in rates for the Continent. AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The Lightning has arrived at Cork with advices 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 Ocway. Passengers and crew saved. The Red Jacket Las arrived out. The political advices are unimportant. The Legislative Council of New South Wales I 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, &To., there was considerably more animation throughout the various markets. The grain and flour markets quiet ; the price of flour was 30/. for firsts, 2SI. for seconds. In Hobart Town the decline iu breadstuffs was progressing. Price of gold, 3/. 143. 6d. The ship Rockwall 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. FRENCIr POLICR CASES. (Prom Galignani's Messenger.) The Tribunal of Correctional Police yesterday tried a man named Lefebvre for swindling. This man, who *as 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 trades He therefore established at Staines and Arnouville-les-Gonesse, near Paris, institutions for the maintenance and instruction of the children of poor people, and by plausible repre sentations be 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 pres , inge 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 dreadfully emaciated, to have scarcely any cloth ing, and to have his toes frostbitten. Inquiries havine, boors 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 wishout 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 tine 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 boy named Crampon, who was in his institution, a ticket'in the artists' lottery, and this ticket won a piano worth 3,000 f.; but as the instrument was of no 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 Bresselles, 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 Real mon t, end when his daughter married Bressolles, he received the latter into his house, made him his assistant, and destined him for his successor. They might a'l have lived very happily, but unfortunately Bressolles was a drun kard ; and as be had not always money enough to satisfy his vice, he ran into debt. Oa one °cession 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 father, whose name was Fournier, declared that on the next quarter-day he should leave the house. Before the quarter-day arrived the old mars 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, vornitinee. p s >iral rrt rrr a.; ca ll e d i n . and he prescribed for him ; but after lie are; none 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 qu entity of laudanum, and that she would do wrong to administer it ; butatter 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 *as 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 cup in which the medicine had been administered, the doctor saw the remains of a white substance which he suspected to be poison, and be 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 aske 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 ECCLESIASTICAL A rro /NTMENT. —A few weeks since the rectory of St. Margaret, Lothbury, with St. Chrietopherle-Stocks, and St. Bartholomew, by the Exchange, in the City of London, became vacant by the death of the Van. J. B. Rdlingworth, D.D., Archdeacon of Huntingdon, who had held the united benefices, worth 1,5001. a year. since 7.814. The presentation to the living is vested in the Lord Chancellor and the Bishop of London alternately, and as Archdeacon Mil lingworth was collated by the Bishop of London, the Lord Chancellor, in due course, claimed the presentation upon the present occasion. It seems that Lcrd Pal mereton, as Prime Minister, contended that the *pre sentation:rested with him, inasmuch ae the rateable valve of the living in "the King's books" was upwards of 20/, a year. Formerly the living was rated at less thin tt at sum, but when the new Royal Exchange was built, the church of St. Bartholomew was pulled down, and the ecolesiastical district belonging to that church was ad led to the parish of St. Marearet, Lothbury. This brou g ht up the value of the living in the King's books to an amount exceeding 201. a-vei.r, thip., as it wag alleged, giving the right of presentation to the Premier instead of to the Lord Chancellor, who only enjoys the r'ght ~f nomination to Crown livings when tl.ey are rated under 201. The Lord Chancellor maintained that the presen tateon was not to one living, but to distinct benefice;, although they were merged in one incumtent. The matter was referred to the Attorney and Solicitor Ge nerals, who decided in favour of the cl dm of the Lord Chancellor, and his lordship has presented to the living the Rev. William Goode, M.A., Rector of Allhallows, Thames-street. INTERESTING TO GAS COMPANIES.—Oa Tuesday the magistrates at the Town-hall, Preston, gave ju 'gment in an appeal against the poor rates by the Preston Gas Company, which was heard last week. In 1838, the com pany were assessed at the rate of 1,2001. ; and since that time the amount had been gradually increased iu 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 companyappealed. Several witnesses were called on both sides. Mr. R. Veevers, 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 4,5471. 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 eNti mated the value of 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. Belihouse, of Manchester, made the not rateable value 2,1081. 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. Sd. was taken from the reserved fund. In giving judgment, Mr. Ainsworth, chairman, said the magistrates had decided that the gaso meters and purifiers were rateable. The gross value of these articles was 13,697/. ; and the annual value 8901. Gs. id., from which must be deducted one-fifth for depre ciation, 1781. Is. 2d., leaving the net rateable value, 712/. 4s. 11d. After having gone through the whole of the accounts, and setting down what in their judgment was an 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 is therefore 1,270/,--.Pignantr Ouardicou THE PEACE CONGRESS. (From Second Edition of the Times of this day. ) The following is the letter of oar Paris corre spondent, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : Peace is so certain that people now only talk about the date of its official announcement. As it is not anticipated that the sub-Commission ap pointed to decide upon details, not of sufficient im portance to occupy the attention of Congress, will have very much left for them to do, it is believed that very soon after Easter the world will he 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-com mittee, and the great point once agreed on, the treaty may be signed forth with. The Prussian Pleni potentiaries have already presented themselves twice at the Conferences. They were courteously received, and their conduct, it appears, has given no cause for complaint. Their position must have been rather awkward, under all circum stances, but they comported themselves with proper modesty, and I am assured they -of fered no opposition, and suggested no difficul ties in the way of an arrangement. Russia, notwithstanding occasional fits of coyness, no doubt to enhance the value of her favours, has ended by conceding almost everything she was asked neutralisation, Nicolaieff, Principalities, and territorial rectification; and one would sup pose that at this moment her only regret is that no further concession is asked of her. So, at least, goes the report. Notwithstanding the grace with which Count Orloff yields to the allies, there are occa sionally some cutting allusions to Austria—polished to be sure, but not the less keen. The ter ritorial concession was - dangerous ground to touch on, especiaily for Austria, and all the art of M. Buol did not prevent him from suggesting corrections in 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 that of Austria, and admitted with proud humility that, so far as practice-went in matters relating to terri torial concessions, Russia had very little advantage indeed ; her acquirements were all on the other side. For M. Buol himself, personally, no one has any objection ; and the acquaintance he dis- . played with treaties of all sorts, and with the inter- - national law of Europe go:let-ally, is said to be pro found. But it is not difficult to perceive that the Government he represents is hated or mistrusted by all. Prussia eyes her askance, and Austria, in turn, regards her rival wi ch undiminished suspicion and dislike, and feels still uneasy at the prospect of itnythin,,e• like liberal institutions being established in the Principalities. Peace will be made , no doubt, but whether in the meaning of the mot at tributed to one of the Plenipotentiaries—une pais, et non la paix—time alone can tell. It will be made, but whether the men who have assembled together to discuss and sign it will repair to their respective homes enanunred of each other is another question. A rumour prevails that Prussia is desirous of re covering the good graces of England, which her conduct throughout the war had forfeited. How true the report is I cannot say, but her dislike, and perhaps fear, of Austria may prompt her, now that Russia can render her little service, to court the. goodwill of her former friend. (From Second Edition of Morning Post.) There is little to report concerning the Congress. I presume their meetings are drawing rapidly to a close. The present moment is occupied in elabo rating the articles of the treaty. As it has been hinted in some continental journals that the views 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, which I am able to do on some authority. On the contrary I am sure it will be seen that the Governments of E,?gland and France have taken seriously into con sideration the suggestions of their less potent allies. The Plenipotentiaries of England and France . have, no doubt, had much to contend with, owing to the exaggerated desire for peace expressed is France, k)y those who but ill represent the views of the Em p -ror and that gallant French army which with our own have a national right to receive from diplo macy the reward of their valour in the field. - I understand, at the present moment, no clay is fixed for the next meeting of the Congress. The delay does not imply any difficulty. BRISTOL CHANNEL PILOTAGE. A. special meeting of the Bristol town-eiuncil was held yesterday, the Mayor (Mr. John Vining) presiding, for the purpose of consNering a communication from the B ,ard of Trade in reference to the pilotage of the Bristol Channel. It h mid be stated that at present the pilotage autho rity of the whole Channel is vested in the Bristol corpo ration, and by that body del-gated to the society of - VT .4 " ft, twevi . b ia d. f the state of things by Gloce ,-, ter, C , rdiff, Newport, Swansea, and other ports, in Apri., 1855. Captain (now kintiral) Beechey vk as depute,,{ by the Board of Trade to visit Bristol, and to in,tittne an inquiry upon the subject. The gillant Admiral held sittings on five days, and examined a great iiniivier of , vitnes•e., As a result .if the recommendations of A.,:iniral Beechey, the fol io:8/41g proposals entic,Toing tile. Bri-tol Vhaonel pilot• ,ige have been submitt d by the Bard 411-ade " 1, ORGANISATION "1. The pilotage of the estuary, includingthe ports of Bristol, .Biilefor Bridge Aater, Cardiff, tlocester, Ne:.th, Newport, and Swati , ,a, to be under one torero ing body. "2. The Trinity house of Deptford Strond to h one a general control, and to take steps for the conatitu;ion of the local governing body. "3. The Trinity-house to communicate with the pilot- age, harbour, or town authorities at each port, and to appoint sub-commissioners for each port. " 4. One or more of the sub-commissioners at each port, according to the importance of its trade, 6ho deputed to act together as a central body, to regula e the general pilotage of the channel. "5. The central body to meet in the first instance at 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—to frame by-laws I , r the whole channel to fix, the qualifications of pilot, to license pilote, to fix stations for pilot boats, to appoint general superintendents, to settle the mode in which the earnings of the are to be applied, to arrar;ge pilots' sup-rannuation fund, to arrange how the pr Terty in pilot boats is to be held, to make all other rules and arrangements necessary for the interests of the several ports collectively and severally. " 7. These rules, when approved, to le made binding_ by order in Council under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1354, sec. 333. " 8. The central bcdy to meet at &Itch stated times as they may determine, in order to hear complaints, make or alter by-laws, _ . " 9. The sub-commig.ioners at each port to carry the by-lawn into effect at their own port, and to hear com plaint: ari , ,ing at the port. " 11, ARRANGEMENTS WHICH IT IS SUGGESTED IT WILL BE FOUND DESIRABLE TO ADOPT. " 1. Pilots to consist of two classes, outer and inner. The outer pilots to be qualified to take a ship between th• sea and the anchorage off each port, or further, if licensed for the purpose. The inner pilots to take the ship from the anchorage into the port, and vice versa. " 2. Two superintendents of pilots to be appointed, one at Pill and one at Cardiff, to enforce the by-laws, to keep the pilots to their stations, and to maintaia a prop r supply of pilots at their proper places. " 3. Special arrangements to be made for the Glo- cester pilotage." Mr. J. G. SHAW moved, and Mr. Alderman ALEX. ANDER seconded, the appointment of a deputation to attend a conference of delegates from the ♦arious ports, to be held at the Board of Trade upon the above sub jeot, on the 4th of -April. The resolution was carried after some discussion, and the chairman and depu'y-chairman of the Docks Com. mitt e. (Aessrs. R. P. King and Robinson) - and Mr. Poole, jun., were nominated ais such deputation. The master • and warder,: of the Society of Merchant Venturers, and Mr. E. Drew will also attend on behalf of that body. CovEsT-GARDEN THEATRE.—If it was fated to be burnt down, the fire should have burst out—provided all could have got away—in the last scene of "La Pro phete," with Mario singing the drinking song, sur 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 Mureter. But it was saddening to think of the low, dull, brutal orgy that had immedi ately preceded, and perhaps hastened the catastrophe. I heard that such a scene of vicious riot and rampant snobbery had Lever before been witnessed in London. " It's burst out again over the property-room," said a fireman to his fellow as they passed. Here was enough matter for speculation connected with departed glories. Many were thinking of-the manuscripts, the scores, and the documeuts destroyed ; my mind wandered to. hum b'er things. I wondered at what time was burnt the • letter B, that Gennaro cut with his dagger from over the Borgio's door, always of a different colour to the "orgia," and palpable as to its destination. I wondered, also, how long it took to melt the "Norma " gong ; bow soon to consume the fish that were thrown up to the peacatori on the sunny strand of Portici ; how rapidly the red candles.must have melted that adorned the chandelier in the act of the " Huguenots;" and whether the " Der Freiechutz " owl winked when the flames deranged his machinery. And I pictured the general and hurried de- • struetion of the Druid's beards, and Mario's long choco late-coloured boots, and the bright breastp'ate in which • Soldi sang the Rataplan—the "Sonnambula"ntill-wheel, with the candlestick that Viardot let fall from it, and the padded bricks she pushed aside with her feet when the plank cracked ; the sword that Tagliafice cracked across hie knee when be declared he was not an assassin—the profile horse of the statue in " Don Giovanni"— a n d the pony chaise that brought on Ronconi in the " Ewe — &Wolf/ Words. MON] COMM Yesterday 1 t ransacted it Markets, The B an k Week, ending taut changes, of the instaln of Exch equer °L , the demon ( it has since b( probably shoe stock of bulli a tittaeces fro a mounts knot a rrive, a mat( imports o " r eek have al exports have ?keels of gob f or political p key and elsew Activ e Circu' tib Deere '444111i0n lucre Rest E t .. lucre rqblie Depo . Incr. Other Depos Decre —oven. 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