The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-13 00:00:00

CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS!!! Westminster-road. Proprietor ........C. Morton. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, IL CORSARO, (This opera has never been produced in this or any other country, except at these Concerts), having met with that de cided success which charactise 4 the most popular works of this great Master, will be performed EVERY EVENING ; together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI MNTO, by Donizetti, Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A. B, Hollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and the Brothers Conrad. John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on *view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the Ystablishment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Z• eta MY.—Morning, 3h. 12m.—Afternoon, 3h. 26m. To-MORROW. -Morning, 3h. 40m.—Afternoon, 3h. 54m. THS WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 13, 1561. THERMOMETER, IN THR 48--highest Ainoe noon yesterday. 3.ss —lowest this morning and during the night. 45 —this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.90 ; rising. WlND—Northerly; with fine weather. , ri) 4-4 i• , e: ON ) , r ? , : 4. ,,, • , g ---------.-- • - , ~ J.,47 rz-,t . ~„,-; \ '''-. , - 4-44.z...„- ; • .re 0. - - . ' - i• - ___."l.LZ./ktiNt -4 , ~ru n•F L3 "THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1861. Committees of Inquiry—so often of late an nounced among the Notices of Motion—are certainly by this time the Order of the Day. As the riiht hon. gentleman, the leader of her MAJESTY'S Op position, took occasion to remark last evening, the House of Commons has done quite enough during the first month of the present session, the month -which has but just now elapsed, in the way of ap pointing these Select Committees of Investigation. A systematic course of proceeding upon the part of the House of Commons, by which it ap propriates to itself very many of the most vital functions of the Executive while re lieving the Cabinet from much of the re sponsibility which must otherwise have devolved - upon the various members of her MAJESTY'S Go vernment. Already, according to this summary arrangement, the national representatives, as they - were reminded last evening by Mr. DISRAELI, havo nominated, during very little more than one calendar- month, no less than six select com mittees of inquiry of the utmost importance, of a character the most exceptional and extraordinary. Delegating to one committee—a scrutiny of the whole of the elaborately jumbled and unsatisfac tory scheme of our Poor Law Administration ! To another—the consideration of the long-vexed question as to whether or not the entire Criminal Law might not be at length consolidated ! To an other—the examination of the scale of our military expenditUre throughout the whole of our colonial possessions! Another of those committees having to investigate the machinery of our Board of Ad miralty, with a view to its comprehensive recon ctruetion ! A fifth committee having deputed to it the labour of a searching inquiry into the man ner, of the assessment of the obnoxious Income tax, particularly in regard to Schedule D— a conscientious and laborious reconsidera tion in point of fact, of the whole prin ciple on which the chief amount of our taxation, an amount yielding annually from X 10,000,000 to £12,000,000, is being from year to year realised. The sixth and last of these remark able committees of inquiry suljecting the entire tliplomatie service of Great Britain to a pitiless investigation. Whether or not the appointment of co many of these select committees of inquiry may be calculated to prove advantageous to the country nt large, to the Legislature, or to the Government, may remain still a moot question, and one upon -which opinions may continue, for a long while to come, diametrically opposed. Whatever the even t ual decision arrived at upon tLis point, there is, at 3east, no doubt at all as to the fact that the half cozen committees above enumerated have within the month last past been definitively appointed ---not a jot more doubt being entertained t ither as to the necessity for an inquiry of tom e kind being instituted forthwith into ele4 and all of the six topics submitted to the said co mmittees now for most serious investigation. The Vogr Law Administration—the Criminal Law and its Con solidation—the Colonies and their military e xp endituxe—The Income Tax and its assessment— the Admiralty andits reconstruction—the Diplo mat is Servi ce and i b,i o g upon the its total rehabilit a ti on — a ll th ese instant suggestive of some amongst the_ most notorious exigencies of our time. They are indicative in their more titles of some among the great national grievance s th e most clamour ougly demanding investigation, The Admiralty Committee was the one, it will I e remarked throu g h th e Parlia mentary reports of yesterday's sitting in the H ouse of Com mons, which again occupied the attention l u r some considerable time of our national rc pre,4entatives. The discussion which _ensued immodiately upon Admiral DUNcoMBE's moving the n omination upon this particular coin. mittee of the fifteen members selected to constitute it—elici 'teii the comments of a great variety of Ipeakers, •apoii both sides of the House, speakers enunciatingviews of the utmost conceivable diversity. Conspicuous upon the list of the Fifteen appearing the nanies of three right hon. baronets who have at different times occupied the post of First Lord of the Admiralty under different Governments—to wit, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Sir FRANCIS BARING, and Sir Row PARINGTON. Against the selection of which three ex-First Lords of that very Admi ralty whose acts of omission and commission are about to be examined into, the hon. member for West Norfolk (himself one of the chosen fifteen) at once protested in no measured tone, and really we cannot but admit not very surprisingly under the circumstances. True, no doubt, as the Premier very justly remarked later on in the dis cussion as to whether the three ex-First Lords of the Admiralty should, upon reflection, be allowed to remain members of the Committee—true, not a doubt of it, the objection raised by Mr. BENTINCK might be waived not very rashly by the House upon the mere consideration that the mission of the proposed Committee is one to inquire into the working of a system, and not one to examine into the conduct of private individuals. Nevertheless, this much may be said, not unreasonably, in sup port of Mr. BENTINCR'S objection of last evening, that the assistance to be looked for at the hands of Sir JOHN, of Sir JAMES, and of Sir FRANCIS, might come more usefully in aid of the collective judgment of precisely such a Committee as this one of Admiral DUNCOMBE'S, in the shape of actual evidence elicited from them catechetically as witnesses summoned before the fifteen. Eventually, however, in spite of any and every objection, the particular fifteen originally selected to constitute the committee were duly nominated, including among them the three ex- First Lords of the Admiralty aforesaid. A decision nevertheless not arrived at by the House, it should be observed, until after Mr. DISRAELI had moved the adjournment of the debate : so unlikely did it at one time appear last evening that the differences of opinion expressed in this matter in the course of the discussion would be thus summarily reconciled. It was characteristic of one eminent member of the committee, namely, Mr. HENLEY, that he only consented at last to allow his name to appear upon the list of the selected fifteen—conditionally. The right hon. gentleman protesting from first to last that the recall of Admi ral Sir BALDWIN WALKER was regarded by him as a sine qua non for his own retention of the post allotted to him as one of the fifteen committeemen. Upon the contingency of the run-away ex-Sur veyor of the Navy not being brought back to give his evidence before the committee, Mr. HENLEY inti mates his fixed determination to wash his hands of L what he manifestly for one will then regard as the whole farce of this sham investigation. It matters nothing that the Earl of GIFFORD assures the House of Commons quite confidently that so soon as the report of the Dockyard Commission shall have been laid upon the table, as it is now pretty certain to be very shortly, any further evidence from Sir BALWIN WALKER will be looked upon by one and all as little else than absolutely superflu ous. Have Sir BALDWIN before this new com mittee of inquiry in regard to the Admiralty, Mr. HENLEY will—or—he will respectfully beg leave to withdraw his name as one of the fifteen committee men. Whatever the Earl of GIFFORD may say to the contrary, we cannot but think that Mr. HENLEY is in this matter very much indeed in the right. If Sir BALDWIN has nothing in the shape of evi dence that he is reluctant to have wrung from him before the Select Committee—Why, Why, Why, did he fly off at such a tangent the other day, with such suspicious precipita tion, in a gale of wind, as though he carried his flag aboard not of the Narcissus but of the Flying Dutchman ? Unless the " powers that be" had been anxious, moreover, to connive at, and in every possible way to facilitate the gallant Admiral's escape from his otherwise inevitable subjection to the interrogative thumbscrew of the Parliamentary Inquisition preparing to squeeze the whole truth out of the Naval ex-Surveyor—will any rational man say that the Government might have readily prevented his taking his departure, or, supposing him to have taken his departure before they stopped him, that they might even then, had they so pleased, have brought him back easily enough immediately afterwards ? As a matter of course—as we intimated yesterday would infallibly prove to be the case in the evening —upon the Premier's motion the order of the sth, for the appointment of the select committee proposed by Sir J. ELPRINSTONE, was discharged. It was discharged too summarily, and without any attempt at a division. The reference to the Admiralty Committee of the duties which were about to devolve upon that other now abandoned committee, being carried upon Lord PALMERSTON'S second motion upon the subject last evening, by a majority of 96, against no more than 33 dissentients. Now that the matter is thus simplified, now that the various evils complained of are brought under the scrutiny of one comprehensive committee of investigation, let us hope that the fifteen members of the new Committee will labour, with a will, in veritable earnest, heart and soul, con amore, conscientiously, patrioti cally in carrying their inquiries to an issue that will sweep away the thousand and one abuses so long festering in the Admiralty, and lead, with all convenient speed, to its solid and satisfactory re construction. "Peace at any price"—is the proposal of the now famous Peace Conference at Washington. It was held to bring about reconciliation between slavery and freedom, and the Border States were to be the mediators--the result of their conference in this critical juncture is now before the world, and the world will certainly be •of opinion that if the Republican party accept it their position in history is disgraced for ever. It is a proposal again of compromise ; of that which has worked so fatally for the Union hitherto, and which if accepted would as certainly be again fruitful in heartburn ing and disunion. On the face of it the plan of the conference damns slavery while seeking to save it. It is, and rightl y enough, ashamed of the very name of its client. It dares not use the word slavery. Through out the seven sections, it does not venture to call a spade a spade. It must find some such expression for slavery, as an implement for loosening and inverting the earth would be for a spade. " Persons held to labour," or "to servi tude," and " involuntary servitude," are the cant beneath which the moral obscenity of slavery is concealed. After all the praises bestowed on this diabolical institution, its advocates dare not in the face of the world introduce the word " slave" into their proposed amendments of the Republican Constitution. Can anything mark more emphati cally the real conviction of these YELVERTONS of liberty. They do not like the lawful relation between master and workman. They want service for their own advantage and gratification, without the reciprocal obligations due to the other side; so they think it.no harm—if not exactly laudable, yet nothing mo ron g —to appropriate the services of those who are not of the white skin ; just as OUr YEL would , YERTONS a ppro priate to themselves, if they could, the persons of the most accomplished ladies who were not of " gentle blood." The almost ex tinct moral sense of these creatures is, however, awakened a little from . its slumber when it con fronts the moral feeling of the great world ; and the wretches who hold their fellow creatures as mere goods or chattels, who buy and sell them as they please, who part husbands, wives, and families with as little feeling as a farmer sells his rams, ewes, and lambs separately, who flog and kill them at their pleasure—these wretches are ashamed of the only word which means all this, and simper out instead the delicate phrase, " involuntary ser vitude." As to the proposed compromise itself, though there are doubtless thousands in the North who are willing to accept that or any thing else, provided " the hope of their gains" is left them, it is one which would disgrace Mr. LINCOLN'S great party for ever. Mr. SEWARD and the trim mers would doubtless take the bait ; but though not without many misgivings, we have hope in " honest ABRAHAM LINCOLN." The old Missouri line of 36 deg. 30 m. is its basis. North of that line Slavery is not to enter the territories— South of it may. States formed out of territory on either side are to enter the Union with or without Slavery—we beg pardon, "involuntary servitude," as they please. The Chicago platform, on the con trary, forbids extension of Slavery into any part of the territories. Other sections protect the slave holders in the acquisition of territory by conquest, with an eye, of course, to Mexico. Others provide for for the transit through the States of " involuntary servants," and for their recovery when they have become voluntary fugitives from involuntary ser vice. If the fugitives escape the Marshals of the United States from any cause, the States in which they do so are to pay the full value of the fugitive to his master ! One good section alone appears among the seven—a clause prohibiting in every form the foreign slave trade for ever. To crown the whole, lest these noble republican enactments should ever be changed, it is proposed to render them all im mutable. At least the consent of all the States is to be necessary to their alteration ! So far as we can see the concession is to be all on one side. The old Missouri line is revived to be sure, but it is after Kansas had proved that it could be maintained even if the South abolished it. " Further correspondence " on the affairs of Italy, has just been presented, through the Lords, to the public. It contains little not known before, excepting the three closing letters, and these we may hope are the last which will ever pass between our Foreign Office and the representative of any monarch of a part of Italy. On the 20th of February Lord JOHN RUSSELL writes to the Chevalier DE FORTUNATO, late repre sentative here of the King of Naples, to apprise him that since Gaeta has fallen, and FRANCIS 11. with his Queen left their late domi nions the Chevalier " can no longer be accre dited at this Court as the representative of the Government of the King of the Two SICILIES." Lord JOHN is, at least, guilty of no hypocrisy. He says,—" I will not on this occasion indulge in vain regret at the catastrophe which has befallen the BOURBON dynasty in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies." We had long foreseen it all, says his lordship ; we warned you, we warned the late Monarch ; and so, with every assurance of my per sonal esteem, and so forth, farewell. The ex-ambassador, poor man, cannot help replying with a rather long justification of his master and his cause. He too did not play the hypocrite, he "was not surprised," though he was pained. The British Government had long shown such "want of sympathy, of good will, he would even say generosity," to the King's cause, that we had paralysed the action of the King, and emboldened the revolutionists. He wishes Italy joy of her proposed unity—may she get it ! As to the young King, he had always sought the good and prosperity of his subjects. He was not respon sible for the faults of the police, and abuses of ad ministration which had been left to him; he gave a constitution, offered Piedmont an alliance which she was too ambitious to accept, he would have done anything to be kept on his throne. The writer might have added that,' unfortunately, there was one thing he could not do—he could not change the fact that he was " his father's son"—a BOURBON. However, now all must be left to the verdict of History. The ambition, cruelty, and tyranny of the King of PIEDMONT will be recorded there, and it will be severely impartial on the disloyal and immoral means adopted in the south of Italy. Lord JoHN's reply is of the briefest. Poor Che valier FORTUNATO is now out of court. He has no locus standi in writing to the Foreign Secretary of .England? he no longer represents any foreign power. " The same reason," says his lordship, "which caused me to make the former communi cation to you, preclude my replying to your letter of the 22nd. Personally, he wished to show the ex-ambassador all courtesy, but their political relations were at an end—and so end the relations of England with the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, for the kingdom itself is no more. CIALDINI, quite justly tells the Commander of the garrison of Messina that, he can no longer deal with him as a soldier but as a rebel. No capitulation will be accepted—he must surrender at discretion and if he ventures to fire on Messina, he and his will soon be handed over to the justice of the in habitants. Thus falls, unwept, falls amidst the joy of all free nations, another hateful dynasty. Freedom asks but similar sacrifices at Vienna and at Warsaw, and then Europe would begin to breathe again. The HAPSBURGS and the ROMAN OFFS swept from civilized Europe, and what an era of progress, of internal improvements, and poli tical liberty might at once begin. THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA V. LOUIS KOSSUTH. —A case is now pending in the Court of Chancery, in which the Emperor of Austria has obtained an injunction to restrain Louis Kossuth from publishing certain notes, which he has been advised, on high legal authority, that he can publish without the slightest infraction of British law. Several gentlemen, including Messrs. White, Coningham, Stansfeld, M.P.s, and Professor F. W. Newman, feeling that the resources of the noble exile, who has sacrificed his all in support of constitutional liberty, must be unequal to cope with those of Imperial Austria, and desirous of securing a full and fair hearing of the case, have resolved (without prejudging the question between the parties) to endeavour to provide a fund for the purpose of having the issue raised fai r ly t r i e d out. Th ey are prepared to act as a provisional committee to receive subscriptions and see to their due appropriation. For the present any sum may be remitted to Mr. J. F. Bontems, 14, Moorgate-street, E.C., the hon. secretary. THE ARMY.—The number of effectives (not in cluding officers) on the Ist of February, 1861, is returned as follows : On the British establishment —At home . 82,410 In the colonies ..54,907 On the Indian establishment—ln India ...67,909 At home.., ~, 15,429 Embodied Militia Total 223,723 The average number of effectives (not including officers) on the British establishment and embodied Militia in the year 1850 51 was 106,191; in 1855-56 (Crimean war), 214,165; in 1859.60, 136,456. The average cost per man, calculated on the absolute expenditure on votes for pay and allowances, miscellaneous charges, clothing and provisions, fuel and light, was £46 18s. Bd. in 1850-51, £97 14s. 6d. in 1855-56, £54 48.5 d. in 1859-60, )1 0 0 YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN ender the Manag,ement on of Miss Lo Louisan. yne and Mr. W. Harris, Sole Trus EVENING, LE DOMINO NOIR. Miss Louisa Jeyne, Miss Thirlwall, Miss Leffler ; Messrs. Henry Haigh, L. Corr', A. St. Albyn, and Horneastle. Followed by Mendelssohn's Operetta, -THE SON AND STRANGER. Misses Thirlwall and Leffler ; Messrs. St. Albyn, H. Corri, Lyall, and Horncastle. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at 8. ralliEA TR Pi-110 YAL, HAYMARKET. Les , :cf.., Ir. J. B. Eackstcne. TH 11 EVENING, the performances will commence with THE PAIN AND THE WIND. The Leelercqs, Ate. After which, 'a new and original comedy, A DUKE IN DIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr. Buckstone, (te. And SIMPSON AND CO. Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Howe; airs. Wilkins, Miss Henrietta Linley (first appearance.) Commence at 7. VIIOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,— i.pssee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE LADY Or, LYONS. Mr. G. relville, Miss Heath, &c. After which, THRICE MARRIED. To conclude with a comic ballet, THE JOLLY MILLER. 117. Espinosa, Mr. Garden, &c. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEU M. IP - Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. Last Six Nights of the Winter Season. THIS EVENING the Butletta of THAT RASCAL, JACK. Followed by the new drama, THE HOUSE ON THE BRIDGE or NOTR n; DAME. Principal characters by r. G. Vining, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Clifford, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Morris ; Miss M.Ternan, s ' f ig IC. Saville, Miss L. Thompson, and Madame Celeste. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comis Extravaganza, CRYSTABELLE ; or, The Rose without a Thorn, showi HE VISION OF A ROSE, ITS FADING AT EVV, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. J A. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. thorne. After which, TIIE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Roucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and n. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled FLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POI NIT OF HUE. Steam's. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and 143. Thorne. Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking'. Private boxes, £2 28. ; Family Boxes, £l. C rchestra Stalls, ss. • Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is. ; Pit Stalls, 21.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1861. THE VOCAL ASSOCIATION-ST. JAMES'S HALL. It was with very sincere pleasure that we at tended the First Subscription Concert of the season given by this admirable Association last evening. Discriminating applause from an appreciating public has placed these concerts in the high ranks of musical enter tainments, and they now form a solid and attrac tive feature to all who can estimate and enjoy the elevating delight derived from artistic playing and perfect singing. Great praise is due to DI. Bene dict for the energy and devotion he has exhibited in rendering the Association so efficient and com plete as it now is. He is no niggard with his time or talent—whatever he undertakes he does well and thoroughly, and his enthusiastic industry in the general cause of the divine art of music fully equals his genius as a practical disciple of it. We cordially compliment him on the brilliant success which attended the opening concert last evening —a success well deserved by the pains bestowed on the whole of the performances and arrangements connected with it. The programme _included a choice selection from first class compositions, bear ing the warrant names of Handel, Mozart, Sebas tian Bach, Mendelssohn, Bishop, Benedict, and others of world-wide fame. The instrumental performers comprised Miss Arabella Goddard as pianiste, Messrs. Dando and Westlake, as violinists : Messrs. Webb, Pettit, and Reynolds taking viol, violoncello, and contra-bass; and Herr Oberthur the harp. Madame Laura Baxter and Miss Banks were the solo vocalists, with a choir of two hundred carefully trained voices, capable of executing part-songs with harmonic precision not frequently attained. The concert commenced with " Misericordia Domini," which was carefully given by the double choir with very impressive effect. Benedict's cradle song, " Sweet repose is reigning now," re ceived full justice from the twelve ladies who were entrusted with it, and it was rendered with a finish and delicacy which evinced that the singers had their hearts in their work. Madame Laura Bax ter gave Handel's beautiful recitative and air " Lascia chio pianga" in her usual style of excel lence," and Miss Banks sang " Mark the waves" in a manner that elicited enthusiastic applause and an encore. The air is a delicious bit of melody, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience, as was also that plaintive and exquisite song "By the sad sea waves," which Madame Baxter was called upon to repeat. The part songs, " Where art thou, beam of light," and " Lovely Night," afforded ample proof of the high training the choir voices receive—indeed the whole of the music confided to the members of the asso ciation was interpreted with a correct expression which reflects the greatest credit on all parties. We must make speciEl mention of Miss Arabella Goddard, whose power and skill on the pianoforte are truly fascinating. Her themes last evening were " Alla Tarantella," by Bach, and a " Fantasia on English airs," by Benedict—the last creating an earnest encore. The hall was crowded with a most attractive and delighted audience. The advent of these admirable concerts was most auspicious in every department, and we cordially commend them to the notice of the musical public. The next concert takes place on Wednesday, April 3, when a tempting pro gramme and sound artistic performances will doubt less insure the patronage so richly merited. THE RANCLIFFE WILL CASE.—The cause of Rumbold v. Forteath and wife haz been brought to a conclusion at the Nottingham Assizes. It was brought to try the validity of the will of George Augustus Henry Anne Parkyns, Lord Rancliffe, and to obtait possession of the mansion -house, park, &c., of Bunny. The real de fendant Mrs. Forteath, formerly Mrs. Hama Butt, to whom he had bequeathed the bulk of his pro?erty, had lived with Lord Rancliffe some 30 or 35 years, and, indeed, up to the time of his death. The verdict was for the de fendant. BRITISH SHIPS IN THEIR OWN PORTS.—The Board of Customs have made an important concession, which will considerably benefit the shipowners of the north-east ports. Heretofore foreign vessels trading with England were allowed exclusively to consume stores untaxed by the English Cus toms while in our harbours, whereas our shipowners and their crews were obliged, as soon as their vessels entered an English port from foreign countries, to consume stores taxed by the Excise, as all the stores belonging to the ship were immediately locked up by the Customs. The Board of Customs have at length decided on placing British ships and foreign vessels when in British waters on the same footing a 3 regards the use of bonded stores. British ships in future, when bound foreign, in our harbours, instead of having to purchase (duty paid) articles for their crews to live on when in the harbour, will be permitted to use their free goods on board, the same as if at sea ; the same privilege is granted as regards the use of surplus stores. The CHURCH RATE BILL now stands for a third reading on Wednesday, June 5, that being the earliest available day on which the measure can be further dis cussed. The 22d of May was first named, but as that will be the day on which the Hoise of Commons re-assembles after the Whitenri holidays, there would have been no pro bability of securing a good louse, and the occurrence of the Derby Day in the following, week necessitated the delay of another week. Altiough the prolongation of the controversy is not without it: disadvantages, it will afford to the abolitionists an opportinity of making fresh efforts to carry the bill through the h6use by a good majority, and, more especially, the rurel parishes will be able, at the approaching Easter vestries, to show, in a practical man ner, their determination not b have the impost perpetuated in the country while it is given up in our large towns. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES. — The Right Hon. Sir John Yong, Bart., K.C.8., G. C.M.B who has just been gazetted Governor of New South Wales, in succession to Sir William Denison, K.C.8., promoted to the Governorship of Madras, was born in 1807, and is the eldest son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Young, Bart., by Lucy, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Frederick. He was educated at Eton School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1829. He was called to the bar, but did not practise. He sat for Cavan county in the House of Commons from 18,1 to 1855 as a Conservative and Liberal Conservative, or Peelite. In 1841 he was ap pointed a Lord of the Treasury, under Sir R. Peel ; in 1844 Secretary to the Treasury, on the break up of Lord Derby's Government; in December, 1852, Sir John Young was sworn of the Privy Council, and appointed Secretary for Ireland—an offic,o which he held to the great satisfaction of men of all parties till 1855. From 1855 to 1859 he was Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and was made a K.C.8., besides being (necessarily) a G.C.M.G. He married, in 1835, Adelaide Annabelle, daughter of Mr. Edward Tuite Dalton (step-daighter of the Marquis of Headfort), by whom he has no lime, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1848. THE YELVERTON TRIAL.—The Rev. George Gilfillan, in preaching on Sunday afternoon on the words from Proverbs xxviii , 14, " Hsppy is the man that feareth alway," alluded to the above trial, and denounced it as a disgrace to the ago. He was disgusted with nothing so much about it as with the profane use of the name of God made both by the counsel and by the judge, as if it were to rear and promote the morality of the land by public and profane swearing —as if the judge thought he would get men and women to keep the seventh commandment better by openly bretking the third. To hear profane swearing coming from the mouth of a judge was to him more dis gusting than to read the other ineffable details connected with the male as well as with the female party in that mise rable trial.—Dundee Argue. MRS. (FORBES) YELYERTON. — In reference to the rumours that were circulated that Major and Mrs. (Forbes) Yelverton had quitted Ireland for America, we have beon requested to give the statement, so far as regards the lady, a most unqualified contradiction. Mrs. Yelverton left Kingstown for London on Wednesday, to join Lady Ash worth and her sisters.—Cork Examiner of Monday. HEALTH OF LONDON. The Registrar-General's return states that the deaths in London, which had fallen to 1,238 in the previous week, rose to 1,279 in the week that ended last Saturday. The average number of deaths as obtained from corresponding weeks of ten previous years 1851.60, and corrected for increase of population, is 1,422. The number registered last week is, therefore, less by 143 than the number that would have been returned if the average rate of mortality had ruled. The births of last week exceeded the deaths in the same prim' by 793. Seventy-seven children ded in the week of whooping cor.gla, and of these so many as 9in Hoxton. There wore only 2 deaths from small-pox. There were 37 from scar latina, and 13 from diphtheria. Eight infants died from syphilis. Phthisis was fatal in 176 cases, whilst the cor rected average for corresponding weeks is 169. 't ho mor tality for bronchitis was law, 132 deaths having been re turned for the week, whilst the average is 178. The mortality from pneumonia and asthma was also much below the average. Fifteen women died after childbirth. Four nonagenarians aro returned, all of whom were widows, and the two oldest were respectively 95 and 97 years, A gentle man, aged 52 years, died of ulceration and perforation of the ascum caused by a damson stone which he had swal lowed about eight months previously. Last week the births of 1,066 boys and 1,006 girls, in all 2,072 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number was 1,799. , T N E k " . s L. rr E TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Moniteur contains the conclusion of yester day's discussion of the Address in the Corps Legis latif. ,In reply to M. Plichon, who applauded the con duct of the Papal Zouaves, and violently attacked King Victor Emmanuel, Count de Morny said:— " You are at liberty to attack the Government, or to defend its conduct, but it is neither courteous nor courageous to attack the absent, even when upon a throne." M. Plichon pointed out the dangers arising for France if she allowed three powerful empires to be created around her, by which, he said, she would be threatened. He advised the Emperor not to reckon on the Russian alliance, and to return to the execu tion of the treaty of Villafranca. M. Baroche said :—' 4 I am about to reply to a speech full of gall and bitterness. The Government of the Emperor has never been attacked so violently either in England or in Austria. He reproached M. Plichon for having said that the name of Napoleon 111. had become the object of mistrust in Europe. He was astonished at the praise lavished by M. Plichon on Sovereigns who fought against France at Solferino, and was surprised at the same speaker's sympathies for certain Governments, and his in sults against Governments which were the allies of France. M. Baroche also refuted the accusation of dupli city and intrigue made against England, and justified the policy of the Emperor in Italy, and especially in Rome. The Illoniteur, in its bulletin of this morning denies that the Conference on the Syrian question held a sitting on Monday last, and states that it may be presumed that a sitting will be held at the end of the present month. TURIN, MARCH 13. It is reported here that negotiations are being carried on for the capitulation of Messina and Civitella del Tron to. ROME, MARCH 9 (via Marseilles.) A demonstration of an extraordinary character, which may probably lead to an early solution of the crisis now pending, is said to be near at hand. Alletz (a Swiss) has been appointed commander of the Zouaves, in place of Becdelievre. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY. The Archduke Rainer has been appointed Cura tor of the Academy of Science. In consequence of the establishment of the Coun cil of State, Count Thun, MM. Thierry, Salvotti, Haimberger, and Wolkenstein have been relieved of their functions as members of the Council of the Empire. ZURICH, MARCH 13. A dreadful gale has raged on the Lake of Con stance. Two steamers came into collision. The Bavarian steamer Louis sank, and 13 persons were drowned. PARIS, MARCH 12. The Patrie announces that Auguste Balanqui and Senique, the latter of whom is a journeyman turner, have been arrested on a charge of belonging to a secret political society. Both had come from Londbn. The Patrie also says :—" The Conference on the Syrian question held a sitting yesterday. It is said that an agreement on this question will soon take place between the representatives of the Powers." The discussion of the address was continued to day in the Corps Legislatif. M. de Segur criticised the Emperor's Italian policy, and maintained that the English policy had triumphed in Italy. He said, "England wishes to surround us with great States, and to unify Italy and Germany." " England is everywhere hostile to the policy of France." M. Plichon asserted that general disquietude prevailed in all the countries of Europe, and said, " The armaments are universal, as if preparing for an approaching rupture." He criticised the Em peror's Italian policy, which he said was imposed upon France by England. M. Plichon concluded by defending the temporal power of the Papacy. ROME, MARCH 10. The Duke de Gramont has been charged to announce to the Pope that the Emperor has dis avowed the speech of Prince Napoleon in the Senate. Several other persons have been exiled. Reports current among the people fix the date of the arrival of the Sardinians at Rome for the 18th inst. A consistory has been held for the proclamation of some new bishops. The Frenchmen who had come to Rome to take service in the Papal army have formed a club, and are about to establish a newspaper. VIENNA, MARCH 12. The official lViener Zeitung publishes the diplo matic correspondence which passed during the negotiations for the treaty of peace of Zurich, in order to refute the assertions which have been made in the French Senate respecting the obliga tions of Austria towards the individuals who formerly belonged to the Hungarian Legion in the service of Sardinia. The same journal also announces that Count Mensdorff Pouilly has been appointed civil and military Governor of Gallicia, and that a separate provincial Government, the seat of which is to be in Czernowit z, has been granted to the Bukowina. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 12. The communications made by Denmark to the Estates of Holstein have produced an unfavourable impression at London and St. Petersburg, On account of Denmark having eluded the question of the budget, and not having granted the legitimate demands of Germany. THE HAGUE, MARCH 12. The New Ministry will be composed as fol- lows : Baron Zuylen van Nyveldt Foreign Affairs. NI. Godefroi Baron van Heemstra interior. M. van 'Pets de Goudriaan .... Finances. Colonel v. Cassembroot War. M. J. Loudon M. Strens (Catholic) M. Julles or M. Boscha (Protes- Cultus. taut) The official announcement is expected in to Stoats Courant. BERNE, MARCH 12. The Sardinian Government has proposed to Switzerland to appoint commissioners for the settle ment of the question of Ticino. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. Several journals state that the camp at Challons is to be opened on the let of next month. It is at first to consist of 40,000 men, divided into two corps d'armee, and afterwards to be increased to 60,000. The Tribunal of Commerce yesterday gave judg ment in the action brought by the Roman Railway Company against Count de Germiny, as provisional administrator of the Caisse Generale des Chemins de Fer, for authorisation to raise 6,000,000 f. on security of certain of its bonds and shares claimed by the latter. This judgment was to the effect that for the technical reason that the Roman Railway Company is a foreign one, and has not been authorised under the law of the 30th May, 1857, to exercise legal rights, it cannot maintain an action before a French court of law. The case was therefore dismissed. BOURSE, March 12,—The same stagnation in affairs still continues, and, from the almost com plete nullity in transactions, prices may be almost considered as nominal. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f sc. Little doing in Railways, but without any material variation in prices, except the Roman, which continues on the decline. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 75 , Credit Fonder 930 Do end month.... 95 751 Belgian 41 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B ! Roman Bank Shares 2885 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 655 —1 Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 656 25 1 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1425 1427 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 947 50 .. 947 50 Geneva 3BO .. 380 Southern 528 25 .. 530 Western Eastern Sardinian 3BO .. 330 Austrian Loirbard RUSSIA. A letter date , ' St. Petersburg, March 4, says : " Yesterday, the 3d of March, the day originally fixed for the emancipation of the serfs, has passed over quietly. There were no assemblages in the streets nor disturbances of any description. The official announcement that no publication could be made concerning the emancipation until the 19th of March doubtless contributed to this. The reports that have appeared in some of the French papers of cannon being drawn up before the principal edifices, &c., are great exaggerations. To say that the Government does not take any measures of precau tion in view of the great reform which is about to be proclaimed would be false and puerile ; it would be wanting in its duties, as the guardian of public tranquillity; but certainly it is not in the propor tions announced by the self-styled correspondents of the foreign papers, whose object, moreover, is easily discernible. "The news from Warsaw has caused a very pain• ful impression here ; but it is hoped these laments. ble events will not tend to a further postponement of the projected reforms." AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY. The Philadelphia Company's screw steamer Kan garoo, Captain Moorehouse, from New York on the 2d inst., has arrived here. She brings 14 cabin and 98 steerage passengers. She passed the Arabia. The Edinburgh had arrived out. The New York 'Jerald of the 2d inst. says:— It is reported from Washington that the des patch of a reinforcement to Fort Sumter and the sending of war vessels to attempt to collect the revenues in the Gulf ports will be among the first acts of President Lincoln's Administration." Major Anderson had written that he expected that Fort Sumter would be attacked immediately after the 4th. According to the New York Herald, President Davis was making every preparation for a bloody contest. Referring to the Peace Conference, this same journal says :—" All hope of adjustment has passed." - A collision between the Federal Government and the Texas State troops was imminent. The Texas election was unanimously in favour of secession. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MARCH 1. Stocks lower. New York Central, 79 ; Erie, 331 ; ; Illinois, 82/. Exchange—bankers' bills, 105/ to 106. Cotton dull and unsettled. Freight engage ments are made at lower rates. Breadstuffs easier. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 28. Cotton sales, 8,000 bales. Middling, 10 to 111. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Cunard screw steamship Jura, Captain Little, from New York on the 28th ultimo, has arrived at this port. Her advices are one day later than those re ceived by the Africa. The Peace Congress at Washington, on the 27th ultimo, adopted the following plan of adjust ment : SEC. 1. In all the present territory of the United States north of the parallel of 36 degs. 30 min. of north latitude, involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, is prohibited. In all the present territory south of that line the status of persons held to service or labour, as it now exists, shall not be changed. Nor shall any law be passed by Congress or the territorial legislature to hinder or prevent the taking of persons from any of the States of this Union to said territory, nor to impair the rights arising from such relation. But the same shall be subject to judicial cognisance in the Federal Courts according to the course of the com mon law. When any territory north or south of said line, with such boundary as Congress may prescribe, shall contain a po,plation equal to that required for a member of Congress, it shall, if its form of government be republican, be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the origi nal States, with or without involuntary servitude, as the constitution of such State may provide. SEC. 2. No territory shall be acquired by the United States, except by discovery and for naval and commercial stations, depots and transit routes, without the concurrence of a majority of all the senators of the States which allow involuntary ser vitude, and a majority of all the senators from States which prohibit that relation ; nor shall ter ritory be acquired by treaty, unless the votes of a majority of the senators from each class of States hereinbefore mentioned be cast as a part of the two-thirds majority necessary to the ratification of such treaty. SEC. 3. Neither the constitution, nor any amend ment thereto, shall be construed to give Congress power to regulate, abolish, or control within any state or territory of the United States the relation established or recognised by the laws thereof touch ing persons bound to labour or involuntary service, in the district of Columbia, without the consent of Maryland, and without the consent of the owners, or making the owners who do not consent just compensation ; nor the power to interfere with or prohibit representatives and others from bringing with them to the city of Washington, retaining, and taking away persons so bound to labour or service, nor the power to interfere with or abolish involuntary servitude in places under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States within those states and territories where the same is established or re cognised, nor the power to prohibit the removal or transportation of persons held to labour or involun tary servitude in any state or territory of the United States to any other state or territory thereof where it is established or recognised by law or usage, and the right during transportation by sea or river of touching at ports, shores, and landings, and of land ing in case of distress, but not for sale or traffic, shall exist ; nor shall Congress have power to authorise any higher rate of taxation on persons held to labour or service than on land. The bring ing into the district of Columbia of persons held to labour or service for sale, or placing them in depots to be afterwards transferred to other places for sale as merchandise, is prohibited, and the right of transit through any state or territory against its dissent is prohibited. SEC. 4. The third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution shall not be construed to prevent any o f th e s t ates, b y appro priate legislation, and through the sanction of their judicial and ministerial officers, from enforcing the delivery of fugitives from labour to the person to whom such service or labour is due. SEC 5. The foreign slave trade is hereby for ever prohibited, and it shall be the duty of Congress to prevent the importation of slaves, coolies, or persons held to service or labour into the United States and the territories from places beyond the limits thereof. SFC. G. The first, third, and fifth sections, together with this section, six of these amendments, and the third paragraph of the second section of the first article of the constitution, and third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article thereof, shall not be amended or abolished without the consent of all the States. SEC. 7. Congress shall provide by law that the United States shall pay to the owner the full value of his fugitives from labour in all cases where the marshal or other officer whose duty it was to arrest such fugitive was prevented by volence or in timidation from mobs or riotous assemblages, or when, after arrest, such fugitive was rescued by like violence or intimidation, and the owner thereby prevented and obstructed in the pursuit of his remedy for the recovery of such fugitive, Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of the several States. The vote on the first section stood. 9 to 8, New York, Kansas, Indiana, and Missouri not voting. All the other articles were agreed to by a vote of 16 to 8. The Conference ordered that engrossed copies of the plan of adjustment be sent to both Houses of Congress, and then adjourned sine die. The proceedings in Congress on the 27th were of considerable importance. In the Senate the Tariff Bill was finally passed, and awaited only the President's signature to be come law. The ArEly Appropriation Bill was discussed and passed. The adjustment adopted by the Peace Confer ence was read, and on the motion of Mr. Critten den, it was referred to a committee, consisting of Messrs. Bigler, Seward, Thomson, Trumbull, and Crittenden, with instructions to report upon it at 1 o'clock on the following day. The Senate then went into executive session, and ordered the cor respondence between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, relative to the fugitive slave Anderson, to be printed. THE BOMBAY AND MEDITERRANEAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 13. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Massilia, Captain Roberts, with the above mails, in charge of Mr. Lea, of the General Post office, arrived last night. She brings 44 passengers, five packages specie, value 1,614 dols., and the following cargo, viz. :- 21 cases Cashmere shawls, 48 boxes oranges, 60 sacks peas, 25 casks wine, and 1,203 bales raw silk, value upwards of £llO,OOO sterling. The Massilia sailed from Alexandria on the 27th Feb., Malta 3d, and Gibraltar the 7th inst. Several merchant steamers were in,the harbour of Alexandria, the usual Egyptian fleet, and a Russian frigate ; at Malta, the Algiers, Cressy, Renown, Caesar, and Mars; at Gibraltar, the Ariadne, Diadem, and Argus. The Swedish corvette Lagerbjelke, 16 guns, arrived at Malaga on the 2d from Malta, on her way to Sweden. The garrison of Tetuan was being actively re lieved by fresh troops from the Peninsula. The Spanish squadron to form part of the naval division destined to operate in the waters of Vera Cruz had arrived at Cadiz. His Excellency General Quesada, Captain Gene ral of Seville, who is on a tour of inspection, ar rived at Cadiz on the sth. The General, with some of his Staff and the Spanish Consul, visited the Governor of Gibraltar on the 6th. Rear-A dmiral Don Juan Baptista Topete had been appointed, with some engineer officers and an indi vidual interested in the Canary Islands fisheries, to mark out the most convenient spot for the fishing establishment at Santa Cruz de Agadir, which place now belongs to Spain, in conformity to stipulations of the treaty of peace concluded with Morocco. The following British ships had arrived out at Gibraltar since the 4th inst. :—B rig Betsey, 21 days, from Swansea ; steamer Olympus, six days, from Liverpool ; R.V.Y.C. schooner Columbine, 11 days, from Weymouth ; steamer Victor, 20 days, from London. Spoken by the Expedient, on the 28th ult., off Adra, the brig Olive Branch, from Trieste, 42 days out, all well; and on the Ist the Norwegian brig Skibladner, from the Gulf of Oristano, for Queenstown, 28 days out. Spoken by the Oceas Wave, off Malaga, on the Ist, British brig Living ston, from Odessa, bound to Cork ; and schooner Glenroy, from Tarragona, bound to Liverpool, all well; same day, off Europa Point, British barque Earl Powers, from Palermo, all well. THE BLACK PRINCE AGROUND. The Glasgow Herald says that on Sunday " this magnificent vessel was towed safely out of th• harbour. Every precautionary measure was adopted to ensure success ; and traffic being almost wholly suspended on the river on Sundays, and the tide being also favourable, Sunday was selected as the best day for the undertaking. At 38 minutes past ten o'clock she left her berth at Mavis bank Quay, where she had been lying since the launch, in tow of nine tugs, disposed of as follows :—Forward—one tug leading, four tugs placed abreast, and lashed together, with the Liver pool tug Rescue at her bow; aft—one tug on each quarter, with the fine tug of the Clyde trustees (the use of which was kindly given by the river trust) right astern, in order to assist in steering the vessel, for which purpose she was well adapted, having disengaging paddles. The day was breezy, with occasional showers, but there was an excellent tide. When the Black Prince got fairly under weigh her fine steering qualities were at once visible. At 20 minutes past eleven Erskine was reached, where a fine straight channel had ben cleared out right in the centre of the river to a depth of about 22ft. at high water. Bowling was reached at high water, and at half-past one o'clock the ship passed Port Glasgow, where a large num ber of inhabitants had assembled on the quays to witness the sight. After passing the Garvel Point near Greenock, about two o'elock, the vessel got a little too far south, and grounded forward, sticking hard and fast. It was confidently expected, how ever, that she would be floated off by the next tide. The Black Prince was beautifully managed in her downward trip, and everything went off well. From the moment she was berthed at the Mavis sank Quay until she grounded at Greenock her keel, we are informed, never touched the ground. She lay afloat at all states of the tide at the New Quay, as safe and as secure as if she had been in the finest dock in the kingdom. The Greenock correspondent of the Herald says:—"Every thing seems to have gone well till they reached that part of the river off Garvel Point where the channel takes a very quick turn, and half of it was made ; but whether she was drawn in too far, or whether the strong westerly breeze acted on her head, and the receding tide took her by the stern, we cannot say; but the fore part of the vessel took the ground on the bend of the chan nel, a little to the eastward of Mr. Scott's building yard, and all the efforts of the tugs to draw her back were unavailing. This was about a quarter past two, and the tide had fallen three feet. It is expected she will be easily got off at high water next tide ; and, if so, there is no cause to appre hend any further danger, as she is within 500 yards of the harbour." THIS DABS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of home-grown'wheat - on sale here, to-day, was again very limited, and in by no means first-rate con dition. However, the general quality of the samples showed a slight improvement, compared with several previous market days. All good and fine parcels sold readily at fully Monday's improvement in the quotations ; but in ferior qualities were a dull inquiry, at previous rates. A limited arrival of foreign wheat has been reported, but the show, ex-granary, was large. All descriptions met a good retail demand, at very full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were held at fully previous quotations. The karley trade was heavy in the extreme, and prices have a downward tendency. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, on former terms. Oats moved off steadily, and the quotations were well supported. In the value of beans and peas, no change took place. Most kinds of flour met a steady sale, at full currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Ir Eng ilsh— •• 480 330 650 020 1 590 ish 1,200 Foreign . .•• 3,810 1 ) 4,380 i 5,930 1 80 sack; 4,100 brie. BOROUGH HOP. The market for all kinds of hops is still very dull, and sales can only be effected by submitting to lower prices. WHITECHAPEL. For nearly all descriptions of meat the demand rules in active, at drooping prices, Beef from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; 4s Od to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per 81bs.