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itODYAL coVEENGLISH. OPERA, Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE SONG OF HIAWATHA, MIS R Matilda geron, Madame Palmieri, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. Corri, Mr. Wallworth. To be followed by BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE; Illsl4 Louisa Fyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, B. Wharton, Corri, St. Albyn, Wallworth, Lyall, Distin, And Mr. Wm. Harrison. Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lemee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. THIS EVENIN(4, the performances will sommenee with THE RIVALS. Sir Lulus O'Tricre,rer, Mr. John Brougham; 'Lydia Languish, Miss Fanny Stirling. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD p.NI) HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, DON CIESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar, Mr. Fechter. Supported by Messrs. Basil Potter, F. Matthews, J. G. Shore , Mi ss M. Harris, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Weston. After which, a new Christmas com ical pantomime, entitled :ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequ in Friday, and the Ring of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mille. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal eantinent,ltheatres will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING the new drama, THE HOUSE ON THE BRIDGE OF NOTRE DAME. Principal characters by Mr. G. Vining, Mr. J . Johnstone, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Clifford , Mr.. J o hn Rouse, Mr. F orrester, Mr. Morris ; Miss M.Ternan , Miss K. Saville, Miss L. Thompson, and Madame Celeste. Atter which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, ragVISIOLNT sTABELE ; or, The ROSE, ITS Rose withoutFADING a Thorn, showinz OF A AT EVE AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with a new Divertissement. Miss Lydia Thompson, dzc. ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Bousicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. Smith ; Miss Wo ol g ar, K. Kelly, La do and K. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 25.; Family Boxes, It Orches tra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, is.; Pit Stalls, 2. ; Pit, le. ed. ; Amphitheat Smi th. Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. --------- A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-- Proprietor and Manager. Mr. W2ll. BATTY. Immense auccess of " Tnrpin's Ride to York" The Last Morning Performance will take place on Friday, Feb. 22, when the Boys . of the Duke of York's School will attend with their splendid Brass Band, commencing at two o'clock with the Pantomime and Scenes in the Arena. THIS EVENING. will be reproduced TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK, AftlD THE DEATH OF BLACK BESS, in which the Brothers Edwin will appear with their celebrated Steed Black Bess. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and British Artistes. Concluding,. with Batty's Prize EqUeStian Comic Panto mime, for Good Little Bois and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, entitled HARLF.QUDT AND THE WONDERFUL HORSE ; or, Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery. by Mr. Cu thethert, new Costumes and Appointments Equestrian Harlequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley. Box-office open daily trom 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Di re ctor of Commence the Arena— atMr. Pearson. 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS !! A Grand Selection from Verdi's Opera, IL CORSARO, consisting of the following Morceaux:— Preludio. Coro Scena ed Aria. "Tutto parca Sorridere" Coro di Odalische. " Oh qual perenne" Cavatina "Vola talor dal Carcere" Coro ed inno Scena ed Aria. " Cento leggiadre Vergini" Terzetto Finale "Vol tacete to non" will shortly be produced, in the orignal key and Italian law:maze—the first time of performance in this country—in addition to the usual attractions. Mr. F. JONGTIMANS, Musical Director. Also, in preparation, Selections from Verdi's New Operas, 'Un Ballo in Maschera," " Simon Boccanegra ;" and Flo tow's celebrated Opera of "Stradella." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taw Dey.—Morning, sh. 36m.—Afternoon, sh. 54m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 6h. Bm.—Afternoon, 6h. 24m. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, FEB. 16, 1561. THEEMOYETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highe since noon yesterday. 42—10 w this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BAROMETER--29. 65 . WlND—West ; light airs and fine. - . 41, ) 5 4: t• I^, THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1881. After all the rumours, then, of better promise The French intervention at Rome is to be continued. such, we, understand, to be the drift of the new pamphlet written professedly by M. DE LA GIJER 110NIERE, and published with the sanction of the Ilinister who defends his severity towards another - writer who went, in his judgment, too far. Of course, under such a regime the views of the new pamphlet " France, Rome, and Italy," must be con sidered 47 second to columns in the official por tion of the lifoniteur itself. This country will read the pamphlet, of which, indeed, a few extracts contain all that is essential, with regret. It had been hoped that on the fall of Gaeta, Imperial am bition itself would be ashamed to perpetuate the oft condemned intervention at Rome. But the pamphlet looks like the vindication of a policy at Rome closely resembling that of pre venting so long the capture of Gaeta, and we have little doubt that whatever the alleged reasons, the real reasons are the same. It were useless to follow all the rhetoric of the pamphlet. What is the result, is the only inquiry of importance ; this it is: " The EMPEROR will leave his sword at Rome in order to protect the security of the Holy Father. He cannot sacrifice Italy to the Court of Rome, neither can he deliver up the Papacy to the revolution. Impassible, he will patiently await the hour when the Pontifical Government, at last disabused in regard to the dangerous allies who have imposed their support upon it, shall be able to distinguish between those who have done everything to bring about its ruin, and those who have done everything for its preser- cation." Of course a show of reasoning is produced for such a policy ; indeed, the declarations, which we may well suppose to be almost verbally those of the EMPEROR himself, are intended to convey their own reasons, however—reasons as little likely to be satis factory to other countries as they are to be the EM PEROR'S private opinions. They err at least griev ously by defect. He likes, it is true, neither the Court of Rome, nor the Revolution which is making the King of a Italy a Monarch only second to an Emperor of FRANCE ; he has done his best, as our last Blue Book on Italy shows, to prevent such a consummation. He' fretted and chafed under the revolution which was giving Italy Union and In dependence, till he could not refrain from harassing at Gaeta the cause which England would not allow him to obstruct when GARIBALDI was waiting to cross the straits of Messina, but over and above all this, the great intermeddler likes meddling for its own sake. He acknowledges in explicit language in this pamphlet that he is guilty of " intervention" at Rome, and calls it generous intervention !" Generous, it may well be asked, to whom ? To the Roman people, on - whom he forced it at the point of the bayonet ? or to VICTOR EMMANUEL, to whose Government they make every effort to unite themselves ? To the Court of Ronse, with whom he declares himself at variance ? To Ital y , ' which desires the completion of its unity and the restora tion of its historic capital, as much as the poor Romans themselves de,i,ire the same thing ?—Ro, there is but one being. on eartli to whom LOMB NAPOLEON is generous, and that mortal is Louis NAPOLEON himself. To him, the EMPEROR is even prodigal in his ge nerosity. Romans, POPE, Italians, VICTOR EMMA NUEL, GARIBALDI of course, England —nothing is too much to sacrifice or bestow, so far as it lies in the EMPEROR'S power, on the EMPEROR. He wants occupation for his vast army, he wants notoriety for it, he wants Vive l'Empereur to be heard in all parts of the world if it might be. Syria and China are convenient for this purpose, but the display of Zouaves there must have its ter mination. Algeria makes little show before the world, but to be master of Rome is to be heard of throughout Catholic Christendom. PADDY in Con naught hears of him, and subscribes for swords to his Generals, and sends recruits to preserve their skins whole for him and his POPE at Spoleto. He ad vertises himself all over the world by making Rome his placard board. It gives also a little importance to his pretorians who made him what he is, and whom, therefore, he is obliged to please in all ways possible. Europe must see in this persistent occupation also a great deal of petty spite. " Generous Inter. vention," he terms it —he should have said, " Mali. cious Intervention." Italy will not do his bidding, therefore Italy must be vexed to the last. Acknowledging in words that the Italians ought freely to choose their own Government, he is yet galled beyond measure that they think they know what is best for themselves. He told them they were to be a confederation, with a puppet Pope at their head, and M. PLoN-pLoN was to be monarch of Tuscany, and some one else, if possible, was to be installed at Naples. The ungrate ful Italians took their liberty but not the advice of the EMPEROR; hence to this day, by mere brute force—by the army which, like burglars, without the shadow of a pretext, broke into a city which had committed no act of hostility against France — he crushes the freedom of the great capital of Italy beneath his dapper regiments. History will know how to describe the atrocious utterly unprovoked attack of a French Republican army on a sister Republic. But if there can be anything which exacerbates the cruelty of the first outrage, it is what he is now doing. Gaeta has surrendered ; with the exception of the northernmost corner of Italy, no foe to her union and liberty, but the Frenchman is to be found south of the Alps. In central Italy union, harmony, good administration, commercial pros perity are all beginning to make themselves apparent ; a social and politicalras well as a natural spring is commencing, but in the midst of this hopeful scene stands the sulky Emperor of the FRENCH, marring all, blighting all like a pest, and perfectly unmoved by the groans of the victims of Papal bondage. As to the arguments of the pamphlet it is really impossible to find:them. " The safety of the Holy Father" is too transparent a hoax, it being well known that VICTOR EMMANUEL is both politically, and personally, a far better Catholic than himself, and that the POPE'S life, property, and spiritual posi tion are safer in the hands of a King of ITALY than they can be in those of an Emperor of FRANCE, We must say, however, that the pamphlet is ob viously intended to supply want of reasons by mere declamation, and that its sum is—l will keep at Rome. It suits my military, my dynastic, my revengeful purposes. The time is, however, come, we think, when our Government ought, on behalf of the Italians, to protest to some purpose. If we are to spend again £12,000,000 on our navy, it ought not to be that we should demand non-intervention, and see it wantonly violated year after year without the shadow of a pretext. We have precisely the same right to send an army to Rome as LOUIS NAPO LEON has, as much right to intervene one way as he the other, to intervene for liberty as he for the worst despotism on earth. Let him be reminded that we are not any longer disposed to put up with intervention, if we abstain from it ourselves. The Secretary of State was certainly determined last evening to make the best of it in regard to the late outbreak of the convicts at Chatham Prison. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS, the member for Green wich, having put an inquiry to Sir GEORGE LEWIS as to the alleged cause and the general character of these disturbances, the Right Hon. Baronet imme diately avails himself of the opportunity to give the most charming little milk-of-roses account of a revolt really and truly in itself of the most fright ful and formidable description. If one might listen only in this matter to the mild and dulcifluous accents of the Home Secretary, all that has taken place within the last few days at St. Mary's Con vict Establishment, down in the neighbourhood of Chatham, Strood, Brompton, and Rochester, might be described as nothing more than a mere momentary tiff between the felons and their warders. Let us examine for an instant, statement by statement, Sir GEORGE LEWIS'S account yesterday of what took place on the 11th instant, when Captain GAMBIER was down at the Convict Prison instituting an official inquiry (into what had already recently occurred there) in his capacity as the Visiting Director. While this was taking place, observed Sir GEORGE, " it was reported to him"—that is to Captain GAMBIER, then and there invested with the chief responsibility of maintaining order and discipline in the esta blishment—" it was reported," says the Home Se cretary "to him," that is to Captain GAMBIER, " that the men on the parade, returning to their work, were in a state of insubordination." A long word, that last, that might mean anything or everything. We shall see presently what it really did mean, in spite of the pretty gloss thrown over the transaction by Sir GEORGE'S milk and 1 water way of giving the narrative anew. " A number of men," continue the Home Secretary, with apparently the least possible wish to be explicit as to what that number really might be when accu rately stated, " a number of men began shouting and throwing up their caps." Surely a very harm less amusement. Then follows a much more con fused account of what took place thereupon, a very much more confused account than any that has yet made its appearance in relation to these disgraceful proceedings. Listening to what Sir GEORGE LEWIS said, reading what he said, last evening in answer to the very natural interrogatories ad dressed to him by the hon. member for Greenwich, one cannot but regard the Secretary of State's ex planation as one partaking considerably of the jumble of these very riotous proceedings them selves which it affects to describe with such extreme lucidity. This explanation, in fact, of the Secretary of State throws so much light upon the matter that we suppose the result is precisely what is described Miltonically, as " dark with excess of light," or if•neither light nor dark ness, just simply " darkness visible" like (not inap propriately here) the very atmosphere of Pandemo nium. Of the situation of things in the donvict Pandemonium on the 11th of this present Month of February, thus spoke last evening in the House of i Commons, in sentences that read to us uncommonly i like dust thrown into the eyes of the public, thus with the most elaborately bewildering perspicuity \ spoke the Right Hon. Baronet the Hotne Sectetary : ZEE. SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ETENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1861. 2±30 , —Speaking still ca guely of " a number of men" who were amusing ti iemselves with shouting and throwing their caps into the air like so many larking schoolboys, Sir GEORGE ob- served—" They 1‘ iere separated by the warders of the civil gual re, and the remainder were ordered by the CI oTernor to return to the prison. They obeyed the order, and the remainder were sent to their cells." Tile Secretary of State cer- vainly adds hereupon that; ' the disturbance became general," and adds yet fur,'..her, what appears to us wholly incomprehensible an'il even ludicrotTs under ,he circumstances, that 4 ' Captain GAMBIER remonstrated with them"—the' felon-rioters! But immediately afterwards Sir G. LEWIS is contented to observe simply, that " the military were sent for" —without mentioning how mans of the military ! What followed last evening in the Home Secretary's explanation is really worth looking at very care fully—" Before the arrival of th e military," re marked Sir GEORGE LEWIS, " the convicts broke some windows and threw some stanes, but the military on their arrival suppressed the outbreak without loss of life, or any serious wounds, and the prisoners were locked up." Surely nothing simpler than all this—surely nothing at all here that can be deemed in any way extraordinary ! One would never suppose, listening to these very bland assurances of the Secretary of State, reading what he said last evening from his place in the House of Commons, that the Facts and Figures of the cases were as they must now be very briefly recapitulated—That the ruffians who revolted on the 11th inst. in Chatham Prison num bered altogether from one thousand to fifteen hun dred of the most abandoned miscreants on GOD'S earth !—that this formidable band of felons had to deal in the first instance with an insignificant minority of 150 warders who were quickly over mastered !—and this, not very wonderful to relate under the circumstances, especially remembering how the visiting director, Captain GAMBIER, resorted to the extreme measure of actually remonstrating with tie rioters in the very crisis of the revolt, when they were showing themselves to be most infuriated !—that the whole of that huge convict establishment at Chatham was, for two hours or thereabouts, completely in the possession of these insurgent desperadoes !-=. that during that interval of two hours the whole interior of the prison was reduced to a complete wreck —everything the miscreants could lay their hands upon being smashed remorselessly, and the building itself absolutely set on fire in two or three different directions ! Knowing this, one cannot but marvel to read the complacent assurance of the Home Secretary that "some stones were thrown," and. that " some windows were broken "—when scarce one whole pane of glass was anywhere dis coverable—when the riot was at length put an end to, how we shall soon see—scarcely one whole pane of glass was anywhere discernible in the entire establishment. Any one reading for the first time about this outbreak of the convicts at Chatham by the light of Sir GEORGE LEWIS'S explanation would hardly guess that " the military " spoken of by the Home Secretary numbered altogether upwards of ONE THOUSAND BAYONETS ! Yet that was never theless absolutely the Fact these, in round numbers, were literally the Figures. And it is now regarded down in the neighbourhood of these disas trous occurrences as nothing less than absolutely providential that the troops of the garrison were all at their quarters—instead of being absent from the barracks brigading—at the moment NN hen they were summoned to quell those appalling disturb ances. Otherwise had they chanced to be away from barracks at the time—the convicts, it is felt certain would, in all human probability, have con trived to make their escape from the Prison before the scattered troops could have been mustered. Under which instructions, under the supposition of which alarming contingency, it is the opinion of a correspondent, writing as recently as yesterday from Chatham to our contemporary the Morning Post— "that the probable sacrifice of life and property would have been appalling, as there is no doubt that 1,100 convicts loose would have completely sacked Chatham and Brompton." Recollecting the for midable character of this revolt of the convicts at Chatham, we do earnestly trust that the remark able solicitude yesterday manifested by her MA JESTY'S Home Secretary to make the best of it—is not indicative of a predetermination on the part of the authorities to hush the matter up according to official custom as—inconvenient ! It is for the good of the public service essential that nothing of this kind should be attempted, or if attempted, should be for one instant tolerated. Into these frightful occurrences at Chatham Convict Prison the most searching inquiries should be instituted—so that the causes of them should be brought to light , and those who are in any way culpable dealt with accordingly. THE EARL OF DERBT.—Yesterday the Earl of Derby, who appears to have lost all traces of his recent severe illness, honoured Mr. Mayall, the photographer, with a visit at his studio in Regent-street. The weather was far from favourable to photographic manipulation, but Mr. Mayall was fortunate enough to produce several remarkably successful portraits, some of which, we under stand, are to be published. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and family do not intend to leave Dalkeith Palace for town until after Easter. The Duchess of Norfolk and family have arrived at Norfolk House, from Arundel Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester have arrived in town from Amport House, Andover, for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness St. Antonio and Madame Costella have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street, for Portugal. The Countess Dowager of Tankerville entertained at dinner yesterday, at her residence in Hertford-street, the Countess of Chesterfield, the Hon. Frederick and Lady Adelaide Cadogan, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Shel burne, Count de Jaucourt, and Mr. Charles Greville. The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe and Lady Ernestine Edgcumbe have joined the Earl of Mount Edg cumbe at Farrance's Hotel, from Mount Edgcumbe, Devonport. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln are expected in town early next week from Paris. The Countess Cowley and the ladies Wellesley have left town for Paris. Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly this evening, and on Saturday next. Lord and Lady Chelmsford entertained a select party at dinner last evening, at their residence in Eaton. square. _ Lord and Lady Egerton have arrived in St. James's-square from their seat in Cheshire, for the season. Lord Richard Grosvenor has just returned home after several years' absence, during which period his lord ship has travelled in America, Australia, China, and Japan. , . The Hon. C. Bertie Percy and family have left Guy's Cliffe, for Torquay. Among the passengers who landed at Southamp ton yesterday from America, per Teuton, was Herr Formes, the celebrated basso. CHAPEL BURNT DOWN, AT BRADFORD.—OR Thursday afternoon the Providence, Primitive Methodist Chapel, Manchester-road, Bradford, was burnt down in less than an hour, property to the value of £3,000 being destroyed. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—The joint stock banks, at a meeting held at the London and West minster Bank yesterday, decided not to make any alteration in their allowance on deposits. A similar resolution has been adopted by the discount houses. It is stated that a kind of joint-stock combina tion has been foamed at Manchester to purchase cotton in India, America, or wherever it can be obtained. The ply. posed sum is £1,000,000, each subscriber contributing £l,OOO, and about £200,000 is said already to have been paid &Tit LATEST NEWS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAIS.) PARIS, FEB. 16. The Moniteur of to-day conttins a decree, according to which the raw tissue; of cotton des tined to be printed in France for re-exportation, will be temporarily admitted free of duty. The Moniteur also announces that Admiral Charner has received the Grand Crum of the Legion of Honour. TERRACITTA, FEB. 14. The capitulation of Gaeta was accelerated by the explosion of two powder magazines on the 13th inst. The garrison remain prisoners of war, enjoying military honours. Another article of the capitulations stipulated that Franeis 11. was to be free. Francis 11., the Queen, the Princes, and the. Ambassadors have embarked on board the Monette. Francis 11. addressed an earnest farewell to the troops, who were deeply affected, and cheered the King. The Monette fired a Royal salute at the moment of departure. The battery of the port fired a salute of 21 guns. PARIS, FEB. 16. Reports are current here that the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy will not for the present be communicated in an official manner to several Go perial rescript, and in favour of the electoral law' of 1848. While on the subject, it may be as well to call attention to an out-spoken article in the Ost Deutsche Post, which reviews the dangers now threatening the Austrian Empire, and shows the urgency for adopting a new policy, The following is part of the article : " Things are in as bad a state as possible in Austria. Her finances are deplorable; her consti tution is still in an embryo state, and no one knows what will become of it. The Patent of October, drawn up in haste, and executed with hesitation, has precipitated us into a host of contradictions and half-measures, of which it is not yet possible to see an end; in many eases a want of 'good will and of decision is displayed; and what is still worse, we see no men of talent and character. And yet, in spite of all these misfortunes and all these faults, Austria will live. Attempts have been made to unite the different parts of Austria by force, by absolutism, by bayonets, but all in vain. Let now a directly contrary line of policy be adopted with energy. Let Austria be organised by liberty and civil courage; let her not be centra ised at the green tables of Ministerial offices, but et her be centralised in a great Parliament !" vernments. TERRACINA, FEB. 14. Francis IL and his family have disembarked here. They will go to Rome, where apartments are prepared for them in the Vatican. ROME, FEB. 15. Francis 11. and his Queen arrived here to-day, and alighted at the Quirinal. The brothers of the King and General Bosco have also arrived here. His Holiness and his distinguished guests have exchanged visits. PARIS, FEB. 15. The first Conference on the Syrian question is to take place on Monday. Judgment has been given in the Patterson case. The Patterson family are non-suited on their demand. Telegrams received here state that Francis 11. and the Neapolitan Princes arrived to-day at Rome. The Patrie adds that, after a short stay in Rome, they will proceed to Trieste, and thence to Bavaria. NAPLES, FEB. 14. A Spanish frigate has left for Gaeta in order to receive on board the corps diplomatique. Great fetes have taken place here and in the Neapolitan provinces in celebration of the fall of Gaeta. THE EX-KING OF NAPLES. NAPLES, FEB. 14, 3 P.M. Francis 11. left this morning at 9 a.m., on board the Mouette, it is believed for Civita Vecchia. The Sardinians occupied the ramparts of Gaeta at 6 a.m., and the interior fortifications at a later hour. • The garrison of Gaeta will remain prisoners of war until the surrender of Messina and Civitella del Tronto. It is believed that Gaeta has stiffered much by the explosion of the powder magazines. Yesterday a Spanish vessel came to Gaeta and rAceived the diplomatic corps on board. Naples is grandly illuminated, and fetes are Taking place on account of the capitulation of Gaeta. PESTH, FEB. 15 In the conference which was opened and termi nated to-day, the Obergespane addressed a declara tion to the Court Chancellor, Baron Vay, stating that it was against the national law and their con science to impose upon the country the obligation of paying the taxes before a decision had been taken by the Diet. PESTH, FEB. 15 The sub-committee of the Index Curiae Conference proposes the abrogation of the Austrian penal law and the rules laid down by Austrian law for crimi nal trials. It also recommends the immediate introduction of the criminal code of 1844, with the regulations for criminal trials by jury and the re-establish ment of the press laws of 1848 also with trial by jury. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 9. Great storms have raged in the Black Sea during the week. Among the vessels lost are the Sully and Henry IV., of the Messageries Imperiales, which were wrecked near Trebizond. The crews were saved. News from Syria is to the 29th ult. Up to tha date no executions had taken place. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 16 The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer, City of Washington, Captain Jeffrey, from New York, on the 2d instant, has arrived. She brings 14 cabin and 87 steerage passengers, but neither specie nor mails. She passed the steamers Marathon and Edin burgh. She experienced strong breezes and heavy seas on the homeward voyage. News anticipated. FRANCE. The Paris papers, with the exception of the Debars, publish in extenso M. de le Guerrioniere's pamphlet. The Constitutionnel, however, leaves out the concluding sentences. La Patrie says : " This is high reasoning in a grand style ; it might be called the idea of Napoleonvlll. developed by the author of the Genie du Christianisme" BOURSE, Feb. 15.—The market has been heavy, caused by a fear that the Bank of France will fol low the example of that of England, and raise its rate of discount. Threes, for the account, are now at 68f sc. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 98 I Credit Foncier 940 Do. end month.... 97 951 Belgian 41 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 05 Roman Bank Shares 2890 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 682 201 Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 6Bl 25 ;Home Debt .. 47 RAILIYAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l4OO -- .. 1402 50 Northern - .. 960 -- Isrevvditto BB7 50 .. 890 Lyons and Mediterranean 930 -- .. 932 50 Geneva 375 50 .. -- -- Southern ...... 528 75 .. 526 25 Western . 563 75 .. 561 25 Eastern Sardinian - .. 375 -- Ausbian ........ 477 50 .. 480 -- Lotrbard 475 -- .. 476 25 HUNGARY. The intelligence from Hungary is daily assuming more sombre aspect. A telegraphic despatch yesterday announced that the state of siege had been declared at Fiume, on the coast of the Adriatic, and not far from Trieste. Despatches from Festh of the 13th mention that important resolutions had been adopted by the Comitat sitting in that town. That assembly firmly declared against the last Im- FRANCE, ROME, AND ITALY. We have already alluded to a pamphlet from the pen (nominally) of M. de Laguerroniere, published with the permission of Count de Persigny. It is needless to add that this pamphlet embodies the views of the French Emperor. We have only time to day give a resume of this pamphlet, which con sists of 14 chapters : " There is at the present moment (says M. de Laguer roniere) a question in Europe which casts all others into the shade. It is that of Italy ; and there is in Italy an in- threat which comprises its history as well as its destiny—it is Rome. . . . " The spiritual power of the Pope, is, happily, not in danger. We do not live in times of heresy, schisms, and religious wars. The Catholic faith follows our flag where ever it is displayed, giving to the Holy Father more souls than he can ever lose in subjects. . . But the tem poral power of the Pope is actually going through a crisis, the importance and danger of which we cannot disavow. As a political question, it touches the highest interests of Governments and nations ; as a religious question, it ex cites passions, alarms faith, and stirs up the deepest emo tions of the human race. " And whence arose this crisis ? What has brought about this fatal antagonism between the Papacy and Italy? "Who has caused a mistrust between the Vatican and the Tuileries ? If the Pope is now isolated; if he is separated from the Italian movement, of which be is the natural chief ; if he has lost a portion of his States, whose fault is it ? Is it to be attributed to French policy ? That policy has never been wanting in respect and devotion. Has not the Eldest Son of the Church been a respectful and faith ful son ? Public opinion will decide the point. 'When, on the 10th of December, 1848, the national confidence placed the power in the hands of the heir of the Empire, the clergy took part in that popular manifestation. It was under their clerical banner that the populations proceeded to vote." After a few pages of adulation to the Emperor Napoleon, M. de 'Lague rroniere continues : " It was for the Chair of St. Peter to give the signal for the regeneration of the nationality of a people." Chapters 3,4, and 6 are little more than a resume favourable, of course, to the policy of France in the Italian question ; and M de Laguerroniere indtilges in poetical effusions, as,—" Ces plaines fertiles qu'arrosent le Tessin, le Po, et le Mincio ;" and it is not till Chapter 7 that we find any observations worthy of remark. "France foresaw the struggle between Austria and Italy. She did what she could to prevent it. • . . But, when the struggle became inevitable, how was France to act towards Rome ? Between the tang ' eels which arrived from Vienna and those which came from Paris the Roman Government did not hesitate. To the wise reforms which France counselled Rome preferred the pro tection of Austria." M. de Laguerroniere (Chapters 8 and 9) again enters into a retrospective history of the last 12 months, relates how Parma, Modena, and Tuscany were lost, how, after the " preliminaries" of Villa franca the Emperor wrote to the Pope (au lende , main de sa victoire), declaring " his constant soli citude for the interests of the Church." And how did the Court of Rome act ? Instead of placing confidence in the conqueror of Solferino, it replied by hesitations and adjournments. M. de Laguerroniere then makes a sort of apology for the policy of France after the treaty of peace, and quotes the despatches of M. Thouvenel and the Duke de Gramont to show that France had at heart the maintenance of the " temporal power of the Pope," but we will quote the original :—" Pour se rendre compte de la bonne foi avec laquelle le Gou vernement l'Empereur poursuivait une solution qui put conserver l'autorite t.emporelle du Pape," &c., but the Roman Court declined everything. " Le Pape ne transigera jamais,"—s uch was the reply given by Cardinal Antonelli. " Thus (we again quote the pamphlet) the Court of Rome had refused everything. It had declined a vicariat over the Romagnas as an attack upon its sovereignty, which no longer existed in that province; it declined a collective guarantee of the Catholic Powers for the integrity of the territory which remained to it after the war; it rejected, as a humiliation, the offer of a pious tribute from Princes recognising the spiritual sovereignty of the Holy Father it rejected a body guard provided by all nations faithful to the Holy See. Did the Court of Rome wish to remain a passive spectator of events in resignation and contempla tion, hoping for the hour of retribution ? This might have been understood. There is an austere virtue in resignation which ennobles misfortune and commands respect. But resignation never entered the hearts of the Councillors of Pius IX." M. de Laguerroniere devotes three or four pages to General Lamoriciere and the invasion of the Papal States by Sardinia. The Emperor Napoleon, he says, expressed his disapproval of that act of aggression by withdrawing his Ambassador from Turin, and by increasing the French garrison at Rome. By so doing the Emperor gave a striking proof of his devotion to the "Holy Father !" The pamphlet now takes a view of the policy of the different European Powers : " And now it is easy to point out the part alloted to each in this question. " As regards the passions brought into play, at first un derhand but afterwards openly, the Pope was only a means —not an object. . . . But is the evil irreparable P We do not think so. At Rome, as in France, the Italian ques tion cannot be looked upon as an accident. Italy is a great interest of civilisation and European order. She possessed only a place in history; she has now acquired one in active politics and the diplomacy of nations. She has achieved more than that, and it may be said that the advent of her nationality on the map of Europe has already modified the general situation. " England, which only two years ago declared that the treaties of Vienna were inviolable, has come forward, her - self, to favour one of the most serious attacks that ever could have been made against the European system so cleverly organised against France. " Russia, since she has honourably resigned her exclusive protectorate over Germany and her preponderance in the East, only exercises her legitimate influence to prevent conflicts; wisely progressive in her institutions, she has shown herself everywhere just and conciliatory in her in ternational relations. " Prussia, rejecting false alarms and empty threats, has just, by a recent vote, replaced her policy on a footing worthy of her history and interests. " Austria is endeavouring to recover from her defeats by . reforms ; and, with a modesty which must be acknow ledged, she limits her right of intervention to defence. " Stain has escaped from storm, and her liberty, which is being organized, restores to her the elements of her ancient glory. " Italy has contributed in a great measure to this great Liberal movement in Europe, which, by destroying the germs of coalition, consolidates all the hopes of peace and progress." We have given a synopsis of the whole of M. de Laguerroniere's pamphlet, but had we simply trans lated pages 60 and 61 we should have given the whole substance, or rather the part corresponding with the title—" France, Rome, and Italy !" We give a full translation of these two (last) pages : "But, if Italy is free, she is not constituted, and the obstacle to her organization is Rome. As long as the lamen table antagonism exists which has been created between the elements of strength the union of which responds to I ) many interests Italy and the Papacy will not be able to balance themselves. Let them unite, and from that alliance will arise their common greatness. " It is as difficult to imagine Italy without a Pope, as to imagine a Pope without Italy. They are connected by tradition, by history, by the universal respect of all Catholic natio , towards the Head of the Church. When the Emperor went to war with Austria his intention was to re establish that precious union. On the day upon which that great idea is accomplished we shall behold the Papacy re assuming in modern society an autho rit y on a par with its origin and mission. We shall behold Italy adding to the political strength of her independence the moral strength of that quite exceptional position which makes her the loud of spiritual sovereignty, the dominion of which extends to the extremity of the world. " Meantime, and despite all that has taken place—de spite so many refusals to the generous intervention of France—despite so many acts of injustice which have not shaken his devotion, the Emperor, we are convinced of it, will leave his sword at Rome to protect the safety of the Holy Father. Faithful to his double duty as Sovereign elected by the national will and as Eldest Sun of the Church, he cannot sacrifice Italy to the Court of Rome, nor the Papacy to the Revolution. Unmoved like the conscience and the rights of a great people, he will await with patience the approaching hour when the Pontifical Government, enlightened as regards dangerous allies who have imposed their support upon it, will know how to distinguish between those who have done everything to ruin it, and those who have done everything to save it." COUNT PERSIGNI AND THE ,4 COUR. RIER DU DIMANCHE." The following is a letter which Count Persigny has recently addressed to a friend in this coun try : _ _ _ " Paris, Feb. 6, 1861. "My dear Sir,—l have received the letter which you addressed to me on the subject of the measure which I have taken against the ( our Ker du Di- manche. If, as you inform me, public opinion in England has blamed this act, I greatly regret the circumstance, for you are well aware what a high value I set on the opinion of a country for which I have learned to cherish such profound esteem. But there is something else on which I set a still higher value, and that is the real interest of my own country. " You are aware of the fact that in my character of Minister of the Interior I am invested by ow laws with a discretionary power analogous to that which the judges who held office under the Houst of Hanover wielded against the Jacobites and the Papists. Faithfully adhering to the spirit of, the great Imperial Decree of the 24th of November. and to the principles of my own Circular on the Press, I have favoured, to the utmost of my ability. the right of freely discussing the acts of the Govern ment—a right which constitutes a considerable inno vation in the regime of our institutions,and of whict, the newspapers have readily and fairly availed themselves. But from the moment that a journa not confining itself, as the English newspapers do. to the reproduction of opinions, whether Liberal or Conservative, Aristocratic or Democratic, Tory. Whig, or Radical, attacks the very principle of our institutions, and even the dynasty itself, I felt myself bound, if I was to remain faithful to the doctrines of my Ministerial circular,' to give a warning to that journal. Nor did I stop there. I seized the opportunity furnished by the circum stance that the writer of the article was a foreigner to act with still greater severity, in order to place in the clearest possible light my resolution on this point ; for I entertain the conviction, at once deeply _ _ _ rooted and strengthened by the example of Eng land, that the sole mode of establishing freedom in a country where, unlike England, there still exis factions hostile to the existing form of government, is to separate the liberty of discussing the affairs of the country from the liberty of assailing its funda mental institutions. Now, in precisely the same way in which you in England, with your practical common sense, have never allowed the establish ment of the House of Hanover to be called in question, I, as the faithful guardian in France of dynastic interests resembling those of the House of Hanover, will not allow myself to be turned asidt from what I regard as the sacred path of duty. In a word, I entertain the solemn belief that, in having dealt thus severely with the Courrier du Dimanche, I have been as truly serving the interests of free dom as when I invited all the journals freely to discuss the acts of the Administration. " Such, my dear sir, is the language which I may frankly and openly employ to men who, like yourself, have been led in perfect good faith to misapprehend the moral character of this measure, and I do so in the belief that the most effectual mode of serving one's country is first faithfully to serve the dictates of one's own conscience.—Accept the assurances, &c., (Signed) " B. DE PERSIGNY." BANK OF FRAN CE. The following is the account for the month end ing Thursday, Feb. 14:— ASSETS. F. C. .. 99 2,529,257 82 _.__ Cash and ingots • . Cash at the branch-banks Bills due to be paid to-day.. Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 64,517,823 f. 39c. are from the branch banks .. •• .. .. Bills in the branth-banks Advances on coin and ingots .. 289,854,265 - 567,349 63 .. 217,152,235 G .. 255,085,948 - .. 30,470,521 Do. in the branch-banks 5,823,900 Do. on French securities .. 21,126,000 Do. in the branch-banks .. 13,491,400 Do. on railway shares and bonds .. 39,925,600 - Do. in the branch-banks 24,381,400 - Do. on Ctait Foncier Bonds .. 506,100 Do. in the branch-banks • • 310,000 • . Do. to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 60,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds 53,708,828 13 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. 6,110,389 Expenses of - administration Sundries .. • • • 438,105 94 6,419,854 82 1,234,890,905 19 LIABILITIES. .. 91,250,000 - .. 91,250,000 - .. 12,980,750 14 9,125,000 - 4,000,000 - Capital .. .. • • New Capital .. .. • . Reserve-fund •• •• •• New Reserve •• •• •• •• Reserve-immobiliere Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of law June 9, 1857) •• •• •• Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks • • Do. to order (Post-bills) • • Bills payable at sight • • • • Acc. cur. of Treasury Creditor .. Various accounts current .. Do. branch-banks Dividends to be paid .. • • • • Arrears of values deposited .. • • Discount, interest, and expenses Re-discounts of the last half-year .. Sundries .. 1,857,786 22 .. 735,839,025 - .. 5,795,185 49 .. 8,924,044 - .. 64,181,132 86 .. 167,625,382 96 .. 28,773,967 - 1,997,120 75 2,347,883 64 4,786,670 67 1,820,678 65 2,336,277 81 1,234,890,905 19 THE BERWICK-ON-TWEED ELECTION INQUIRY. The Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the existence of bribery at the last elec tion for Berwick, together with the minutes of evidence, has been published. The following are the findings of the three commissioners. Messrs. Vaughan, Barstow, and Lushington We find that bribery was committed before and at the election in April, 1859. We find that Charles Wm. Gordon was privy to and cognisant of, and Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, Ralph Anstruther Earle, and John Stapleton were not privy to or cognisant of such bribery. We find that the persons named in Schedule A, to this our report annexed, were guilty of bribery at the election in April, 1859, by corruptly giving or promising money or other valuable consideration to voters for the purchase of their votes, or on account of their having voted, or by cor ruptly advancing money for the purpose of bribery. We find that the persons named in Schedule B; to this our report annexed, were guilty of bribery at the election in April, 1859, by receiving money or other valuable conside ration for having given, or to induce them to give, or to refrain from giving their votes. We find that bribery was committed at the election in August, 180. We find that Richard Hodgson was privy to and cognisant of, and that Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks was not privy to or cognisant of such bribery. We find that the several persons named in Schedule C, to this report annexed, were guilty of bribery at the elec tion in August, 1859, by corruptly giving or promising money or other valuable consideration to voters, for the purchase of their votes, or on account of their having voted, or by corruptly advancing money for the purpose of bribery. We find that the persons named in Schedule D, to this report annexed, were guilty of bribery at the election in 1859, by receiving money or other valuable consideration for having given, or to induce them to give, or to refrain from giving their votes. We subjoin the evidence taken before us. All which we humbly submit to your Majesty's grad ous consideration. J. VAUGHAN. THOMAS I. BARSTOW. Temple, Feb. 2. FRANKLIN LUSHINGTON The Marquis of Breadallmne, K.T., has been selected by the Queen to proceed on a special mission to invest his Majesty the King of Prussia with the Order of the Garter. His lordship will be acc(ampanied by NI ajor- Gen. Lord F. Paulet, C. 8., and by Viscount Hinchinbrook , of the Grenadier Guards. Sir Charles Young, Garter King of Arms, will also proceed on the mission with the Marquis of Brotulalbane. DARING ROBBERY AND SUPPOSED MURDER AT FALMOUTH. Great consternation prevailed at Falmouth on Thursday, in consequence of an extensive robbery having been committed on board a vessel in Fal- mouth Harbour, and the supposed murder of the mate, and an attempt to murder the apprentice boy belonging to the same vessel. It appears that the schooner Viscata, of Aberayron, from Portsmouth, David Jones, master, in ballast, put into Falmouth, on Sunday last, having sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday morning. The crew consisted of the master, the mate, Martin flaly, of Cork, who is described as a short set man, having no whiskers, aged 25, two seamen, who gave their names as John Brown, aged 25, and William Ellis, aged 19, and James Jones, an apprentice aged 18. Brown and Ellis shipped at Portsmouth. The vessel was lying in St. Just Creek, in Falmouth harbour, and on Tuesday the captain came ashore in company with Brown, Ellis, and the mate, leaving the apprentice on hoard. On Wednesday afternoon the captain and the three same parties left in their boat to go on board another vessel in Falmouth harbour; the captain and mate remained there, but the two sea men, Brown and Ellis, left to go to the Viscata, it being then about five or six o'clock in the afternoon. About eight or nine o'clock the same evening, the mate also left the vessel to go on board the Viscata, and at about half-past 10 the captain, accompanied by Capt. W.Jones,of the schooner City of Chester,also went on board, when to their great astonishment and alarm they found no one on board but the ap prentice boy, who was then in the cabin quite in sensible, blood flowing freely from his head, and lying in his blood in the cabin. His head was severely cut, the skull bone being broken an inch deep; the state-room had been broken open, locks wrenched off, the captain's clothes, his watch, two £5 notes, four sovereigns, and 10s. in silver stolen, the ship's register and other documents removed, Ind a great deal of property damaged. From he large quantity of blood on deck, and other matter, as if from vomiting, it appeared that a scuffle had taken place there, and it is feared that the mate, who it is supposed came on board before he was expected, was also attacked. Although every search has been made for him, he has not been heard of, and it is supposed that he was murdered and thrown overboard. The ipprentice, who is removed to the Sailors' Home, is recovered a little, and states that he did not go on deck ; that the two seamen, Brown and Ellis, came down in the cabin to him ; that Brown struck him on the bead with a piece of iron, and from that time he was insensible, but that he never saw or heard the mate. Both Ellis and Brown, were ap prehended at Falmouth, each having on at that time some of the captain's clothes. There was also found on them two £5 notes, two sovereigns, the cap tain's watch, and some silver. They were brought before Jacob Olver, Esq., mayor, and Thomas Rogers, Esq., and the case is remanded until Mon day. The two prisoners slept at the King's Arms on Wednesday night, and on being asked for the mate, said that "he was gone ; he was no good." Ellis says that he belongs to Brighton, and Brown T hat he is from Exeter. A piece of iron about 101bs. in weight, was found on board, with blood on it, to which was attached some human hair from the head. The boat belonging to the schooner is mis sing. The prisoners were observed to enter the George and Dragon beerhouse on Thursday morn ing, and they ran through at the backdoor, making their escape over a wall before they were captured. They are both delicate looking young men, and not such as would be supposed to commit such a dreadful deed. THE WAR IN NEW'ZEALAND. In the Gazette of last evening three despatches, received by the Secretary at War from the officers in command of the forces in New Zealand, appeared. The despatches contained a description of the engagement with the natives on the sth of November, which has already appeared in the columns of The Sun. The names of the officers re turned as having distinguished themselves on the occasion are :—Liutenant-Colonel Sillery, Deputy Quartermaster- General, who was slightly wounded in the pah; James Monet, Esq., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals; Lieutenant-Colonel Cary, Deputy Adjutant-General, as usual most conspicuous ; Henry Bartlett, Esq., Assistant Commissary-General; Lieut. Forster, R.A, and A.D.C.; and Lieutenant King, acting as Militia A.D.C., and the following officers commanding corps :—Captain Strover, Royal Artillery; Captain Mould, Royal Engineers; Major Hutchins, 12th Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel A. Leslie, 40th Regiment; Captain Turner, 65th Regiment; Major Herbert, Taranaki Militia ; Lieutenant Urquhart, 65th Regiment; and Colonel Mould, Royal Engineers. The Emperor has decided that a statue shall be erected at rau to Marshal Bosquet, and as the Marshal's mother has no fortune, his Majesty has granted her a pen son of 6,000 f. THEATRES AND MUSIC SALOONS.—Last Thurs day a meeting of lessees of our Loudon Theatres, took place on the stage of the Adelphi Theatre, when most of our metropolitan managers were present. Resolutions were passed to employ counsel to ascertain and report the actual state of the law as regards their theatrical position, as wel as to the extent of power the Music Saloon Licenses can be properly used. 8 I The diplomatists who remained with Francis 11. at Gaeta were M. Gianelli, apostolic nuncio, M. Ber mundez de Castro, Count Szecheni, Baron de Verger, and Count de Kleist-Loss, the Spanish, Austrian, Bavarian, and Saxon Ministers. The Russian ambassador, Prince Wolkonski, remained at Rome, and the Prussian, Count Pert oncher, was at Berlin. STRANGE IF TRUE.—It is rumoured that Mr. Bright is so disgusted with the conduct of the Government, that he has tendered his support to Lord Derby and his party, if they will take office, and introduce a measure of Reform similar to the one they produced the year before last, it is also said that Lord Derby can overthrow the Government at any moment he pleases.--Era. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.— At the comitia majora extraordinaria, held on Tjiursday, the following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examination, and satisfied the college of their proficiency in the science and practise of medicine and midwifery, were duly admitted to practise physics as licentiates of the college :—William Williams, Penryn, near Holyhead ; Charles Radford Suffield, Harborne, Birmingham ; John Bowes, Herne Bay; Frederiok James Prior, Tewkesbury; Arthur Roberts, Montpelier-square, Brompton ; Henry Wheeler, Clifton; and Harry May, Longton, Staffordshire. THE BALLOT SOCIETY.--The usual weekly meet ing of the committee was held on Tuesday, at the offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Mr. Sydenham Nodes in the chair. Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Dale, Mr. Bontems, Mr. Elt, Mr. M. E Marsden, Mr. Lemaitre, Mr. Man, &c., were present. Messrs. J. W. Bishop, J. Fairburn, T. Gowing, Richard Jaques. J. W. Smith, all of Ripon, members of the com mittee of the recently formed Ballot Society in that city, and Mr. William Hickes, secretary of the Leeds Working Men's Parliamentary Reform Association, were elected members of the council of the parent society. It was re ported that 2,000 tracts had been distributed in the course of last week in various parts of the country. An applica tion for 1,000 tracts for the Pembrokeshire boroughs was granted, and it was resolved that a conference between the executive committee and some of the Parliamentary friends of the ballot should be convened to consider the best mode of promoting the ballot in the present session. GREENWICH HOSPITAL AND PAUPERISM.—Last night a fully-attended meeting of the vestry of Greenwich was held at the parish church, to take into consideration the burthcn inflicted upon the ratepayers by the large annual amount paid in the shape of parochial relief to Greenwich pensioners and their families, and to adopt measures for obtaining from the Government payment of rates in respect to the property of Greenwich Hospital. The chair was occupied by Churchwarden Huntley, and a return was read to the effect that at present 53 pensioners and their wives, with 87 children, were receiving out-door relief ; 39 pensioners' widows and 28 children were inmates of the workhouse; the total cost per annum being £1,835. A letter was read from Mr. Angerstein, M P., stating he had communicated with the Home Secretary on the subject, and entertained hopes that Greenwich would be included amongst the parishes to which the Government had con sented to pay an annual sum in lieu of races. Several members urged that Greenwich had a more just claim upon the Treasury than dockyard parishes, inasmuch that thou sands of men were employed in the latter, and their wages expended in the locality. A petition to Parliament in favour of the objects of the meeting was then adopted. SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN DUCKETT'S CANAL.—This morning, about half-past seven o'clock, a police-constable, named Robert I himbleby, 119 K, had his attention drawn to a coat and hat on the banks of Sir George Duckett's canal near the Grove-road bridge, Old Ford, Bow. The sleeves of the coat were turned inside out, and the lining was marked " Sal." The constable, suspecting that the body of a man was in the canal, immediately sent to the Regent's-canal lock-house for the drags. The canal was then dragged by Thimbleby and Russell, the lock-keeper, and, after an hour's exertions, the body of a man was found, hauled on shore, and laid on the banks. The deceased, who appeared to have been a very short time in the water, was without a coat. He appears to be about forty years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, large features, dark complexion, sandy whiskers, dark hair, and was attired in two black cloth waistcoats with spots of red paint upon them, white shirt, white cotton stockings, blucher bouts, girdle belt, pair of cotton braces with brass holes, and black silk necktie. The garment found on the bank of the canal, and which no doabt belonged to the deceased, is a frock coat with velvet cuffs, black buttons, and pockets behind. Thimbleby found in the pockets of the deceased 16s. in silver and Is. 3d. in copper monies. The body was conveyed by the constable to the Cricketers' publichouse, Old Ford-road. ... •