The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-27 00:00:00

Roy AL ENGLISH OPERA, COV ENT-GARDEN. -I I ) Linder the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, LE DOMINO NOIR. Hiss Louisa Tyne, Miss Thirlwall, Miss Leffler ; Messrs. H. Haigh, H. core, A. St. Albyn, and Ilorneastle. To conclnde with a Divertissement,. Concimetor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. THEA TR F.-ItO Y AL, HAYAIARKET. Lewiee, Mr. J. B. Baokstone. - • - THIS EVENING, the performances will eommonce with the Comedy of THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. E. Villiers, Buckstone, W. Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss F. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND 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, the Farce of A.S.S. To be followed by DON CXSAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar, Mr. Fechter. Supported by Messrs. Basil Potter, F. Matthews, J. G. Shore, Miss M. Harris, MISS C. Leclercq and Mrs. Weston. Atter which, a new Christmas' comical pantomime, entitled ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the King of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal eantinental theatres will appear. Clown. Mr. A. F. Forrest. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING the new drama, THE hOUSE ON THE BRIDGE OF NOTR, DAME. Principal characters by Mr. G. Vining,, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Clifford, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Morris ; Miss M.Ternan te , Miss K. Saville, Miss L. Thompson, and Madame Celes. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTABF.LLE ; or, The - Rose without a Thorn. showing THE VISION OF A ROSE, ITS FADING AT EVE, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with a new Divertissement. Miss Annie and Miss Marie Collinson, A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. 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. Atter which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing,ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled MATE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and 141. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, Al. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith: ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. CATTY. Immense success of " Turpin's Ride to York." 2nd appearance of Mona. Hillier, the Greatest Equestrian of the day, who has just arrived from Lisbon. THIS EVENING. will be reproduced TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK, Arm 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 Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFUL HORSE ; or, I'ercinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery. by Mr. Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing in the comic. scenes Fatty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. Commence at 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 qua! perenne" Cavatina "Vola talor dal Carcere" Coro ed inno Scena ed Aria " Cento lezgladre Vergini" Terzetto Finale "Vol tacete to nol" will be performed EVERY EVENING, in the original key and Italian languwe—in addition to the usual attractions. Mr. F. JONGHMANS, Musical Director. Also, in preparation, Selections from Verdi's New Operas •,Un Ballo in Maschera," "Simon Boccane;ra ;" and Flo. tow's celebrated Opera of "Stradella." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 22m.—Afternoon, 3b. 44m. TO-MORROW. -Morning, 4h. 4m.—Afternoon, 4h. 26m. THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, FEB. 27, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER--30.05 ; falling. WlND—South-Westerly ; light, with very fine weather. , - 7 :--" , - ' ~'',;•.•- 4 ~ ~r ,% ' i' L. : ‘-' - ' ' . L .N... 5.,4J, • 4 ,77 4, , 4 _ :,:..., c _ .... . c . ~...„. • „:, ~_ ~,:o r ;- ,- i r - ---- .Y . : -, . ' ' . , , 4 (4' .• . , `,..✓ THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 186 How charmingly the free institutions of France work ! There is the Address of the Senate in answer to the Speech from the Throne, the High sounding speech delivered by the EMPEROR at the inauguration of the present session of the Imperial Parliament. It is quite a case in point. For recollect—this answer in reply to the Speech of the EMPEROR begins a new system of free dis cussions upon his Majesty's policy, as expressed through his owm words or through the acts of his Ministers ! It is the initial proceeding of an epoch in which the legislation of imperial France will ensure to itself, outwardly, at least, somewhat of the characteristics hitherto appertaining almost exclusively to our English Parliament. Will it, however ? Will it, in real earnest, bear any resem blance, even the remotest, to the Lords and Com mons down at Westminster ? We were certainly led to believe that it would when those last impe rial concessions of the reigning Sovereign were originally vouchsafed, or at least foreshadowed. It was intimated that the PERSIGNY regime was at length to restore to France under the Empire—free dom of Speech and freedom of Writing—liberty of the Press and of the Tribune. These were the alluring prospects held out to 40,000,000 French men. The Only difference, it was hinted as gravely as possible, the only appreciable difference henceforth to be discernible between the political institutions of France and the political institutions of England would be something equivalent to the contrast face tiously indicated by the juxtaposition of six and half- a-dozen. France, like England, was to have open discussion, free debate, in both Chambers. The debates were to be reported stenographically, and to appear first of all epitomized in the evening journals and afterwards in extenso in the columns of the great official organ, the Paris 2foniteur. The newspapers generally were to be allowed, under the auspices of Monsieur le Comte DE PER SIGN Y, the same privilege of unfettered writing enjoyed on the northern side of the British Chan nel--with this one only distinction, that the redac tem., when issuing his leading article under the auspices of the responsible gerant of the establish ment, would, as usual, append his individual sig nature to his lucubrations, whereas the Editor in England is an individual lost sight of absolutely under the shadow of the anonymous. Otherwise the press of France and the press of England were to be in freedom of discussion perfectly similar. It was intimated even that but one subject would be forbidden to the political writers in France — namely that dynastic theme which said the Minis ter of State, in his argument u p on th e m att er , wa s alike a th e me forbidden to political writers in Eng land. It fell out, unfortunately, that no sooner were these fair promises heard of, but something else was heard of also in regard to the liberty of the Press in France —namely, the renewal, even under the rEItSIGN v r egime, of arbitrary proceedings in refe rence to the Press similar to those which had dis tinguished (;shall we say disgraced ?) the p rev i ous Administration. It w as not even that M. DE PER stcsv could "keep the Word of promise to th e ear, " and at the rametime "break it to the hope," Appear ances even were not kept up—f ore i gn newspapers were seized at the Post-office just as insolently— home newspapers were warned just as haughtily as of yore, and told to keep a civil (meaning an obsequious) pen thenceforth in the right hands of their reclacteurs, As it proved bus in regard to the Press, in regard to the ostentatiously and s l Jeciously promised aiirmsom . S ~'~`»+!. MM. emancipation of the Press of France—so did it even tually fall out in respect to those other promises, promises equally specious, equally ostentatious, articulated by the inscrutable Government of the EMPEROR, with all his MAJESTY'S old oracular ambiguity, in regard to the raising once more of a Free Tribune in each of the two Chambers of the Imperial Parliament. Scarcely was the Legislature assembled when these radiant hopes were dashed to the ground by the very man who had called them into existence. NAPOLEON told his Senators and Deputies, as plainly as words could tell them any thing, that—as had been so very recently intimated —they would be allowed the privi lege actually of discussing the Imperial policy with all freedom, but that even their strongest condemnation of it any time would not necessitate the change of that policy in any one particular, would not even necessitate the change of the Ad ministration ! It was actually as though the despotic ruler of France, at the very moment while he was affecting to concede constitutional privileges , to his Legislature was reserving to himself the prerogative of remaining very much like that Fool of the Proverb, who— " Convinced against his will, Is of the same opinion still." Expostulate with me—the EMPEROR seemed to say to his Senators and Deputies, in his Speech from the Throne at the beginning of this month of February —point out to me, an it so please you to do what part of my policy may chance to be distasteful to you, and the result will be between us as though you had not spoken. The refrain with him, as with Mr. TOOTS in Dombey and eon, was literally in this way—" It's not of the slightest consequence, thank you!" The problem remaining for solution by the French Legislature after the Speech from the Throne had explained the nature of the boon vouchsafed by the EMPEROR, could have been summed up conse quently in two words on the opening day of the session— Cui bono ? The Senate virtually appear to have thought with Mr. TOOTS also on their part—" It's not of the slightest consequence, thank you "—judging from the whole tone and character of their Address in answer to the Speech of their Imperial Benefactor ! They intimate in their re ply to the EMPEROR, these obsequious political lacqueys, that they accept the whole of his Majesty's policy, that they are ready to sustain that policy in everything. The truth being that in so doing they just simply put a good face upon the matter. They are positively assured that they may object to any thing in that policy if they like to do so--but that in the event of their objecting nothing whatever will come of it in the way of any change at all, good, bad, or indifferent. The pill is gilded for them—that is all : and thereupon they swallow it with the least wry face in any way possible under the circumstances. Nay, with a sort of a grimace of gratitude. In this respect indeed the Senate of NAPOLEON 111. bears a certain degree of resemblance in its polite imperturbabi lity, bears a certain degree of resemblance to Prince TALLEYRAND himself, of whom NAPOLEON the Great once said that, supposing that Minister at any time to have been undergoing a kicking, you could never tell what was occurring from the expres sion of his countenance. It is really thus with the Senate, who have but just now felt the touch of the Imperial jack-boot, and who,while yet fresh from the agreeable operation come cringing to his MAJESTY'S footstool—all politeness. Surely each Senator of France, as reasonably as he echoes the Imperial policy in this obsequious Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, might quite as reasonably and as justly and appositely echo INlawworm's : ejaculation in The hypocrite of BICKERSTAFF —" I likes to be despised." It has rather surprised us that in the interesting discussion last night on the Slave trade and Coolie emigration, advertence was not definitely made to the course which England ought to take with America if her circumstances became what they appear so likely to be. It is well known that the project of the first seceding States was to revive the African Slave trade direct. The promise was held out as a lore to the non-planting white men— " the Mean Whites," whose great ambition is to possess " a Nigger"—that the African Slave Trade should make that article so cheap that every loafer amongst them might possess one. The planters too, though it would reduce the value of their present slaves, yet if they were holding their stock, and did not want to sell their negro cattle, would gain more by their increased means of cultivation, than they would lose by the fall of value in their human chattels. It was long, therefore, fully understood, that a Southern confederacy, when complete, would, amongst its first acts, resuscitate the slave trade. Since then they have indeed been obliged to be a little cautious on the subject. The six seceding States are amongst the feeblest and poorest of the South. They need the co-operation of the Border Slave States, but these are for the most part slave breeding States. Slavery is desirable in Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland, because slaves are their most valuable article cf export—to bring in the raw African, and to cheapen their slaves till they were no longer worth breeding, would make it not worth while for these States to remain Slave States, and to join the South. The Seceding Six States, there fore, in their Congress, cunningly offered the border States the bribe of prohibiting slaves from being brought into the New Confederation from any other quarter than States belonging to it. Thus, the African slave trade was to be given up in order to purchase the secession of the Border States. This, however, can be no reliance for us. It is as likely as not that the Southern Confederation will be under the lead of fiery spirits, who, already having proclaimed slavery a Divine institution, will not hesitate to add to their Gospel the divinity of the African slave trade too. The planters, once emancipated from the North, will overpower the slave-breeding states by their cry for cheaper labour, and then will com mence a renewal of the trade under the unassailable flag of the New Confederation, carried on with all the vigour of the Anglo Saxon race, and on a scale to which anything remembered by the present strongly ' tempted to put Nowgeneration Englandwould w b o e u trivial.' would i v b i e a l. up with this. First, she would say—We have always acknowledged de facto Governments. That would be the diplomatic argument, the otre put forward. But behind that would be the real one, the Manchester argument. Unfortunately, the Northern States are doing their best to repel us. They are taking advantage of die secession of Southern members' absence to vote a much higher protective tariff for the manufacturers in the free States ; such a one, it is said, as will almost break up the present English trade to America. The South, on the other hand, are proposing to admit foreign imports duty free, and to lay a halfpenny a pound on the export of cotton, The working of this, they calculate, would be to bring them all the foreign trade, while, as Northern States' manu facturers would pay the cotton duty as well as those of Lancashire son to complain. the latter would have no rea- The bait of free imports would certainly t i k e w i th Manchester, and perhaps with England generally, and our Government might be told to wink not only at slavery, but at the slave trade. It is now time to make up our minds for the pos sible and probable eventualities of the case. To let the North understand that as really free States we look to them henceforth for a policy worthy of their nobler position. That they should, having become like us a free soil nation, join heart and hand with us, in putting down the accursed trade which, indeed, they have already denounced, by their laws, while by their deeds they are its great supporters. New York ships, New York capital, and the flag of its country, are the sole stay of the only slave trade now remaining, that to Cuba. Mr. LINCOLN and his friends ought to put an end to this. Then, as to the Southern States—if they form, as they seem likely to do, a Confederation—we ought, all diplomatic prece dents notwithstanding, to refine to acknow• ledge them as a Government, except under a treaty, which should give us full power to board all ships bearing • their flag and reasonably sus pected of being slavers; and generally we ought to require, as the condition of acknowledg ment, a perfectly satisfactory and irrevocable treaty on the African slave trade. Manchester and Liver pool will protest, if they dare, that we are not to be without consuls and means of regular traffic. With the New Confederation of Kidnappers, slavery and the slave trade must wait on cotton, according to Manchester politics ; but we rather imagine these are not the politics of England—and if the subject be but mooted in time, the discussion will be of service both here and in America. The Debate last night will do good. It will keep before the eyes of the civilised world the guilty parties in regard to the Slave-trade—Spain and the United States of America. The former, as the corrupt, the treaty-breaking, receiver of the stolen goods ; the latter as not merely the abet tor, by the contribution of her flag, but the direct furnisher of all the most efficient instruments of this devilislr robbery. The debate also shows that even the philan thropical party are now satisfied that the Coolie immigration is carried on with humanity, good faith, and advantage to the Coolies themselves. A gentleman, indeed, who recently went to India to inspect all the missionary stations there, and who is just returned from a similar visit to the West Indies, reported at Willis's Rooms last week that the Coolies were well taken care of, and doing better than in their own country. We think this testimony very valuable, being not only that of a competent witness, but of one belonging to a class who generally go with the ultra philanthropists. The principal points of the New Austrian Constitution, as well as the text of the summons to the representatives of Hungary to meet the EMPEROR at Buda (not Pesth as the Hungarians desire) on the 2d, are now before us. To appearance all is fair enough, as it generally is in the draughts of Viennese documents. One would think, looking at the description of the New Reichsrath, or Austrian Parliament, that it was almost the counterpart of the British houses of Lords and Commons. A Hereditary house, including other persons nominated for life—a Lower House of 343 members, elected by five per cent. of the population, a more extended suffrage than our own-- the right of initiating legislation—public sittings— the control of the imperial budget, and legislation on all matters of taxation, loans, and the public debt.—What could be asked more ? It appears, too, as if all were frankly conceded. In the same document we are told that the former consti tutions of Hungary and the parks annexae are restored within the limits of the diploma of October 20th 18G0. For aught that yet appears the Imperial Parlia ment is even better than could have been hoped for, If fuller information nullify this appear ance, the reason doubtless is to counterwork the Hungarians. A very free and power ful Imperial Parliament will both gratify all the provinces which do not care for a separate Minis try, and strengthen the rest of the Empire against the great Eastern Kingdom. It may also lead courtly Hungarians to prefer the idea of importance in an Imperial council to that of figuring in the inferior Parliament of Hungary. It is to be observed that the King of HUNGARY, as we must now call him in reference to that country, still fences with his subjects—he not only summons the Hungarian Parliament to meet on the wrong side of the Danube, but points to , the contemned diploma of the 20th of October, as the regulator of the form of the venerable Constitution of their kingdom. In the summons convening the Par liament, however, he has the temerity to refer to the Pragmatic Eanction—which is, indeed, the foundation of his claim to the Hungarian Crown, bat which undeniably authorises, directly and indirectly, all that the Hungarians ask. In another month or two, if violence do not disturb all, we shall witness a struggle of legal right against the arbitrary will of a despot, in Hungary, as intensely interesting as those of our forefathers with the STUARTS. EXCHEQUER BILLS. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will move the following resolutions in Committee on Consolidated Fund and Exchequer Bills Acts : " 1. That it is the opinion of this Committee that the principal monies of Exchequer Bills issued under the authority of Parliament, together with the interest thereon, which may become payable from time to time, shall be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom or the growing produce thereof. " 2. That the interest on such Exchequer Bills shall during their currency by law be payable half-yearly by coupons, and shall be paid at the Bank of England. "3. That an option shall be given at the expiration of each twelve months to the holders of Exchequer Bills to be paid the principal monies of all Exchequer Bills held by them, and such principal monies when paid shall be paid to the holders at the Bank of England; and that all Ex chequer Bills not so paid off from time to time shall have currency for the next twelve months following the date of such option. "4. That, when such Exchequer Bills shall be paid off, the Comusissianers of Her Majesty's Treasury may issue the like amount of Exchequer Bills to replace the Exche quer Bills so paid off. "5. That all Exchequer Bills shall be receivable for duties granted to Her Majesty during the last six months of each year, during which such bills shall have currency by law." The ex-Queen Marie Amelie, accompanied by other branches of the ex-royal family of France, arrived at Starkey's Royal Victoria Hotel, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, yes terday, from Claremont. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar have arrived at Cumper's Hotel, Torquay, from London. The Princess Wassiltchikoff has left the Claren don Hotel for Paris. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor will come to town on Friday, from Calverley Park, Cheshire. The Earl and Countess of Bective have left the Lodge, Virginia, for Park-street, Westminster. The Earl of Munster, with his two sons, Lord Fitzclarcnce and the Hon. L.Fitzclarence, left the Caven dish Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday, for Hastings. The Countess Stanhope has issued cards for assemblies on Fridays, the Ist and Bth of March, at the family residence in Grosvenor-Place. The Countess of Craven has arrived in Charles street, from Brighton. TRAFFIC THROUGH FRANCE.—There is a great in crease observable this year in the traffic passing from flog! north to the south of France. On the Paris, Lyons, anti Mediterranean line the increase in the last weekly retur a was no less than £19,291, and on the Northern £7,446 ; while since the commencement of the year t he collective in - Lcrease on the two lines (not including the new reseaux which Kaye remained stationary) has been £91,563, ENGLISH OPERA.—THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.—Auber's opera of "Le Domino Noir" was re peated for the sixth time last evening to a fashionable and crowded audience. By the announcement we perceive the season is drawing to a close, there being only ten more nights. Among the distinguished personages who have lately honoured the theatre with their presence we have noticed the following :—The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Marchioness of Ely, Earl Spencer, Viscount Exmouth, the Dowager Countess of Essex, Lord and Lady C. Bruce, Ladies Grey, Mary Bulteel, C. Barrington, Theresa Lewis, Elinor Stanley, Kinnoul, Churchill, and Boothby ; Duke of Hamilton, Earl of Carrington, Lords Alfred Paget, De Tabley, Kinnoul, Cremorne ; Sir C. Armytage, Bart. ; Sir John Stuart, Col. and the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph, General Cavendish, Colonel Vivian, Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Hon. Mrs. Ricardo, Colonel and Mrs. Bathurst, &c., &c. The late Mr. J, R. Judkin, of St.Thomas's-square, Ila",kney, has left a legacy of one hundred guineas, free of legacy duty, to the National Lifeboat Institution. SUDDEN DEATII OF LADY RODEN.—It iS with regret that we announce the sudden death of Lady Roden, which took place on Monday afternoon at the family mansion in Cavendish-square. We are informed that the Countess, who had been in delicate health for some years past, had only left her room to meet her daughters, the Countess of Gainsborough, the Mar chioness of Londonderry, and Lady Marie Forester who had assembled to take luncheon with their mother, when she was attacked with an apoplectic stroke, and in less than half -an - hour afterwards was pronounced dead. The Earl of Roden was absent from town at the time, but reached London in the evening to receive the melancholy news. The Countess Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton was second daughter of Thomas, 22d Lord Le Despencer, and was born on the 22d of September, 1794, and by the Earl of Roden, whom she married on the 9th of June, 1813, she leaves surviving issue Elizabeth, Mar chioness of Londonderry ; Frances, Countess of Gains borough ; Maria, widow of the Hon. Charles Weld Forester ; Colonel the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, married to a daughter of Lord Broughton ; and the Hon. William N. Jocelyn, belonging to the diplomatic service. 20TH SURREY RIFLES.—On Monday evening a dramatic entertainment took place at the Griffin Assembly rooms, Kingston, for the benefit of the 20th Surrey Rifles, under the patronage of her Grace the Duchess of Northam• berland, and the nobility and gentry of the district. The play selected for performance was Sheridan Knowles's " Hunchback," Miss Amy Sedgwick, who generously gave her services, taking the character of Julia. The other cha racters were very respectably acted, especially that of Master Walter by Mr. Armstrong, which was in the highest degree satisfactory. The entertainment was numerously attended, and no doubt the funds of the corps will be con siderably increased. THE ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT IN MANCHES TERDMITORS PRISON.-Sir John Kincaid, who was directed by Sir G. C. Lewis to inquire into the allegations recently made respecting the treatment of the debtors confined in the Manchester City gaol, has made his report. Sir John is of opinion that the debtors department of the pri son is " very defective," but with reference to the charges of harshness preferred against the governor, Captain Lane, he asserts that he has not been able to discover that he " exceeded, in any case, the duties which he was bound to see carried out." Equally satisfactory has been the conduct of the other officers of the prison, and the visiting justices are stated to have shown due attention to every memorial or complaint addressed to them by the debtors.--11/renehos ter Guardian. INSOLVENCY OF A PRIVATE BANK ER.—The recent death of Mr. John Crosby, banker, Kirkby Thore, West moreland, who during his lifetime was a man highly re spected by all classes of society, has revealed a state of in solvency which has caused great surprise, and will cause great misery in the district. Mr. Crosby died very suddenly at his residence on the 12th inst., and upon his execu tors going to examine his books after his death they found there was a great deficit. A meeting of the creditors was held on Saturday last at the George Hotel, Penrith, when it was stated that the liabilities amounted to £Bl,OOO, and the assets were £39,000, leaving a deficiency of £42,000. It is generally expected that the creditors will only receive about ss. in the pound. This failure will cause the greatest misery in the neighbourhood, where Mr. Crosby was held in high esteem. The number of depositors was large. Many small farmers who had placed their money in the bank to be ready for their rent day on the 25th of March will be almost ruined ; others who had taken farms had their money accumulating in the bank, as they thought, to stock them ; farm servants had deposited their savings in Mr. Crosby's hands, and have lost their all. The losses will be heavily felt in all the coun try side. It is supposed the insolvency must have been for a long time approaching a crisis, but the fact was shut up in Mr. Crosby's own breast, as he kept his books strictly private, permitting no one to examine them but himself, even his son who was in the office not having that privi lege. The creditors, a largo number of whom assembled at the meeting on Saturday, appointed a committee of inves tigation. THE CAIRO COURT-MARTIAL—The revelations made by the Cairo court-martial are destitute of interest. Four officers were tried, but the witnesses who were called forward were generally more in fault than the prisoners. On what principle the prisoners were singled out appears to be quite unintelligible. One witness admitted having said, "How d'ye do, old fellow," as the Pacha passed him in the mosque, but in a very low tone of voice. The others implicated merely laughed and bowed in the mosque and overturned'earthenware lamps in the street. The evidence failed fully to convict any of them of being intoxicated on the occasion. The sentence of the court-martial is not yet known. The singular story of Lieutenant R. C. Kennedy is one of the subjects on the lapis at present. This gentleman, when at Damascus, thought proper to dress, speak, and act like a native of the place, chiefly, as he said, to perfect his knowledge of Arabic. He gave out that his mother was a Mahommedan, and ad mitted having married a Mussulmanee in Damascus while he had a Mussulman wife living in Bombay. The gravest charge against him was that he spoke against the British Government, and wished well to the cause of the rebels. Ho has been dismissed from the army by order of the Secre tary of State,—Overland Friend of _lndia. RAILWAY EXTENSION IN FRANCE.—The amount of new railway communication opened in France last year is returned by the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works as follows :—Old reseau—Northern, at Mau beuge, 1 kilo. ; Orleans, at Bordeaux, 2 kilos. ; Medi, at IBordeaux, 2 kilos. New reseaa—Northern, Paris to Sevran, 14, kilos. ; Lens to Ostricourt, 16 kilos. ; Eastern, Port d'Atelier to Aillevilliers-Plombieres, 29 kilos.; Western Lison to St. Lo, 18 kilos.; Orleans, Perigueux to Brives, 72 kilos. ; St. Cristophe to Rodez, 29 kilos. ; Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, Pontarlier to the Swiss frontier, 11 kilos. ; Moret to Montargis, 51 kilos. ; in all, 245 kilos., or 1:52 miles. The total length of railway opened in France to Dec. 31, 1860, was thus raised to 5,778 miles. The length of line set down for completion during the current year is about 430 miles. HEALTH OF SCOTTISH TOWNS.—The Registrar- General reports that the deaths in the eight principal towns of Scotland in Jan. last-2,779 —greatly exceeded those of any January since the Registration Act came into operation in 1855. This is partly to be attributed to the prevalence of small-pox, scarlatina, and diphtheria, and partly to the severity of the weather at the close of the last year and the opening of this, though Scotland has again been better off in this respect than might have been expected from its high latitude. Indeed, at Aberdeen the thermometer never fell below 10 deg. in January, while at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, nearly six degrees further south ; it was at 16 deg. ; at Paisley, however, it marked 8 deg., and at Perth 10 deg. The deaths in the eight towns in 1860 (26,028) were in the high proportion of 286 in every 10,000 of the estimated population. It would be understating the facts to say that for every four persons who died in London last year five died in the Scottish towns; it would be nearer the truth and a very little way from it, to state that for every three deaths in the metropolis there were four in the Scottish towns. In Glasgow half the deaths in the year were of children under five years of age. The mortality was heaviest in Glasgow and Greenock. In Edinburgh it was but 229 in the 10,000, and the Registrar• General notices the advantage that city possesses in its exposed site on sloping hills, and the consequent thorough ventilation of even its most densely peopled low streets and closes; were its drain age, surface as - well as underground, and its sanitary ar rangements in the lowest class of dwellings somewhat im proved, and overcrowding prevented, he has no doubt that it would prove one of the very healthiest towns of the kingdom. WESTERN BANK GE SCOTLAND. —The liquida tors of the Western Bank of Scotland have issued their re port to the gentreal meeting of shareholders, to be held on Wednesday. The report shows that the debts paid off during the year ending the Ist of February last amount to £417,160, and the total liabilities discharged during the three years of the liquidation are upwards of £6,000,000. In fact, the enormous debt which the bank owed to the pub lic at the crash in November, 1857, is now reduced to the comparatively triling sum of £:53,000. Tho liquidators are using every means in their power to pay off this rem nant by advertising over the whole kingdom for per sons who have paid money into the bank and who have neglected or forgatton it ; and, meanwhile, interest is n any longer allowed on these sums. The ceire paid on calls a monnts to a total close upon £2,000,000 sterling. The sacrif ices made by the suffering shareholders to diseharge their liabilities to the public have been most heroie, and iu connection with this great calamity these will ever be remembered as in the highest degree honourable to the national integrity of the country. The liquidators state that, apart from litigations with trustees, which involve some nice and unsettled questions in the law of Scotland there is only one action in court for recovery of a call. The probable surplus of the Western Bank, subject to the future expense of winding-up, amounts to £187,000, being an in crease of about £50,000 as compared with the previous _year. A considerable portion of this improvement is, of course, owing to the saving in interest, for, after providing for all that is duo, the amount added to last year's balance of interest is only about £7,000. The expenses of liquidation for the year, includtag law costs, amount to 40,000, 1 ( 11 • LAIESt PARIS, WEDNEESDAY, 12 10 P.M. Rentes 68f. 05c., heavy. THE NEW AUSTRIAN CONSTITUTION. VIENNA, FEB. 26. The representation of the Empire will retain the name of Reichsrath. The Reichsrath will consist of two Chambers. The Upper House will be composed of hereditary members, and of other persons nominated for life. The Lower House will consist of 343 members, who will be elected by provincial Diets. The Reichsrath will have the right of legislation and of initiative. Its sittings will be public. A bill becomes law when it has passed both Houses and has been sanctioned by the Emperor. The Reichsrath is to fix the amount of the budget, to legislate in all matters of taxation, to manage public loans and the national debt, to audit the State Balance sheet, and superintend the affairs of the Bank. The restoration of the former Constitutions of Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, and Transylvania within the limits of the diploma of the 20th of October, 1860, is decreed. For the other provinces liberal statutes, with re presentation of the interests of the people, will be given. To towns the representation will be at the rate of five per cent. of the population. In rural dis tricts it will be below five per cent. The Provincial Diets are to legislate for their respective provinces, to have autonomy, the right of initiative, and publicity. The Provincial Diets are to meet on the 6th, and the Reichsrath on the 29th of April. VIENNA, THURSDAY MORNING. Revolutionary disturbances have broken out tv Sutorina. The insurgents are receiving reinforcements from all parts. Mehemed Pasha, at the head of a force, is march ing against them. A conflict is imminent, EVENING. The insurrection in Sutorina has proved to be so serious that Mehemed Pasha, having only a small body of troops at his disposal, has not dared to attack the insurgents, but has retreated. AGRAM, FEB. 26: The Comitat of Agram has resolved upon re questing the Emperor to open the Diet in person and to be crowned as King in this city. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. BOURSE, Feb. 26.—The market continued firm, but with a very limited amount of business doing. Previous to the opening of the Parquet a circular was sent to the agents-de-change, stating that the rate of discount in London had been increased to 10 per cent., but the falsity of this manceuvre was soon detected, and an inquiry ordered to find out the authors of it. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f 45c. Railways are also firm. The following are the last quotations :- 42 per per Cents ... 98 Credit Foncior 925 Do. end month.... Belgian 4i, 99 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 05 Roman Bank Shares 2890 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 660 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 661 25 ; Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1415 .. 1410 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 938 75 .. 937 50 Geneva 377 50 .. 375 Southern 526 25 .. 528 75 Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian LQIP bard AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FEB. 23. The text of the Royal Letters Patent (Literce Regales), an analysis of which I sent yesterday, is as follows : " Royal summons to the Diet. Francis Joseph I. by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria, Apos tolic King of Hungary, &c. " Wise, well-deserving, well-beloved and loyal subjects— " After we, in virtue of the Pragmatic Sanction, had been called to the throne—our uncle, his Majesty the Emperor Ferdinand 1., the fAfth King of ,that name in Hungary and Bohemia, having abdicated, and our beloved father, his Imperial Royal Highness, the Archduke Francis Charles, having renounced his right of succession—we, on the 2d of December, 1848, made known to our peoples our accession. In accordance with our ordinances of the 20th of October,lB6o, we convoke for the 2d of April, 1861, a General Diet, which will meet in our royal free city of Buda, in order that our inauguration and solemn coronation may take place, and that we may present our Royal Inaugural Diploma to the Estates, and representa tives of the country. Further, that in virtue of the 3d article of the law of 1608 a Palatine may be elected, in order that we, in accordance with the wish of our paternal heart may be able to take into consideration (berathen), with our loyal Estates and with the representatives of our well-beloved kingdom of Hungary and of the annexed parts (tllene), most important legislative measures, which are necessary for the welfare of the kingdom and for the public weal. It is our intention, with the grace of God, to direct (leiten) the proceedings of the Diet in person. " We therefore hereby strictly command and graciously ordain that you do elect from among yourselves, in accordance with the electoral law recently published, which is on the basis of the sth article of the law of 1848, the therein-men tioned number of deputies—fitting men, loving peace and order—whom you shall direct to appear at the above-mentioned place on the appointed day. The Diet—which will be composed of the prelates and ban nerets (banner herren), and of the estates and representatives of Hungary, and of the partes adnexce—will consult, confer, and come to an understanding on propositions which will be made to the eud that the welfare, prosperity, and stability of the country may be secured. In the meantime you have the assurance of our Imperial Royal favour. " Given in this our metropolis (Reichshaupstadt) of Vienna, in Austria, on the 14th of February, in the year 1861. "FRANCIS JOSEPH (M. P.) " BARON NICHOLAS VAY (➢i. P.) " EDWARD ZSEDENYI (M. P.)." ITALY. A letter from Turin says :—" Garibaldi remains at Caprera, and will not abandon his retreat unless called forth by musket shots, his intention being not to take the initiative in insurrections. This. in fact, is the way in which he acted with regard to Sicily. His visit to England is adjourned. General Tuir is, in a few days, to go to Paris and London ; and this proves that Garibaldi is not about to em bark very soon in any new expedition, for Tarr is sure.to accompany him in his next campaign." If a Genoa journal is correct, the King of Naples will in a few days address to all the Powers a Memorandum, protesting against Piedmontese usurpation, and declaring his intention to defend his rights at a Congress appointed to pronounce a final judgment on the events of Italy. The garrison of Messina consists of three regi ments; and the men, according to a recent letter, being excited by the proclamation which Francis 11. addressed to them two months back, and also by a present of money from him not long since, are still very resolute. With this money, combined with a threat of bombardment, they had no diffi culty in obtaining provisions from the inhabitants of the town. At present, however, that resource will cease, and they must yield before long. A letter from Udina (Venetia) states that on the 17th au excited crowd filled the streets of that town and threatened to break the windows of all the shops which were not immediately closed. The THE FALLING 1N" OF A RAILWAY TUNNEL. tradesmen accordingly at once put up their shutters. After a time the garrison dispersed the mob, and found three tricoloured flags, which some of the fugitives had dropped. The cause of this demonstration is unknown. SHEFFIELD, TUESDAY. The work of excavation has been going on unin terruptedly since one o'clock yesterday afternoon, when it was resumed under the authority of Mr. Reynolds, the builder. It has resulted in the re covery of two bodies, but at such a depth that it is evident there would have been no chance of their being got out alive, even if the work of excavation had been followed up without interruption. The work is being closely followed up by relays of 20 men, a stage having been formed, and the• earth being dug out in a regular systematic manner. About three o'clock this morning the body of Thos. Booth was found. He was lying on his right side, with but few external wounds, death having been caused either by suffocation or by internal injuries. The other corpse was got out about half-past four. It was deeply imbedded in the earth and stones, and great difficulty was experienced in extricat ing it, one arm being buried in a direction straight down from the body. Eventually the men had to attach a rope to the body and put it out, it being found impossible to clear away the large stones which surrounded it. The corpse presented an awful spectacle, the body being one mass of bruises, Several barrowfuls of blood mixed with stones and earth were carried away. The poor fel low had fallen head foremost, and his body was lying in that position. _ _ RUSSIA. Advices from St. Petersburg of the Mil inst. state that the sittings of the Council of the Empire respecting the emancipation of the serfs have occa sionally assumed a stormy character. Various members had joined the so-called " noble party," and opposed the project. The Government has thought it advisable to take military precautions. The arms at the arsenal have been conveyed to the fortress. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Cunard screw steamer Kedar, Capt. Muir, from New York on the 14th inst., has arrived here. The electoral vote for President and Vice-Pre sident was formally counted by the Congressional Committee on the 13th inst. Lincoln and Hamlin were declared to be duly elected. The scene was very impressive. We can now furnish a correct list of the men killed. It appears that the actual number who fell with the tunnel was seven, one being got alive, and six killed. James Lambert, of Woodside-lane, the man who was got out alive and taken to the infir mary, was only injured about the head, and that not very seriously. The body recovered yesterday morning was that of John Harriman, of Woodside lane, brother-in-law to Lambert. He came from Grantham, in Lincolnshire, and had been at work here about a week at the time of his death. He had a wife, but no family. The bodies recovered this morning were those of Thomas Booth and William Booth, brothers, living together in Walker-street. Thomas was unmarried ; William has left a widow and one child. The other three bodies which have not yet been recovered are those of James Maloy, of Lambert-street, who has left a widow and family ; Henry Booth (not married), brother to and living with the other Booth; and Samuel Lawton, of No. 2, Court, Daisy-walk, who was married. It fortunately happened that in consequence of a strike for a slight advance of wages, which took effect on the very morning of the accident, there were fewer men at work than there would other wise have been. Mr. Reynolds, who refused to com ply with their demands, endeavoured to overcome the difficulty by obtaining men to fill the place of those who had left. This, however, he had only partially effected. Ordinarily there would have been about 30 men at work ; but on the morning of the accident there were eight men working on the spot near to where the accident happened. Of these only one escaped altogether—Thos. Wright. He worked on the building, and heard the noise of planks cracking. Immediately there was a cry that the wall of the bnilding was falling, and all tue men, except Wright, wno were upon it rushed to the land over the tunnel as a place of safety, when in reality they were going to their own de struction. Wright, however, ran to another part of the building, and so escaped. Sir Isaac Morley, chairman of the Works Committee of the Midland Railway Company, has been on the spot ; and the work of excavating is progressing under the super intendence of Mr. Crossley, engineer to the com pany, who arrived yesterday afternoon in pursuance of the telegram forwarded by Mr. Cobby. The actual length of the tunnel which has fallen is 23 yards. The scene of the catastrophe presents a graphic picture. In the centre there is a great hollow, where the tunnel has collapsed and fallen in, and where the men are buried. At each end of the hollow there are the broken ends of collapsed tunnel, bent from the original curve and threaten ing a still further fall. On the one side there are the stabling works, which were in progress, and the side of which fronting the tunnel is shattered with its fall. On the other side the rock rises up precipitously, sloping backwards towards the top, on which only a few feet from the edge of the preci pice beneath stands the extensive range of buildings occupied by Mr. Lockwood. A very small further fall of earth must have brought these buildings partly down, and they now look anything but secure. The house fronting Spital•hill has several large cracks in the lower part. A later despatch, dated 2 o'clock, states that the three remaining bodies had been discovered in a frightfully mutilated state. On reaching Columbus, in Ohio, Mr. Lincoln made a speech before the Ohio Legislature, in which he said that all that was wanted was time, patience, and reliance on God. Ile continued to receive perfect ovations during his progress. Nothing had yet been dons by the Peace Con ference. The Montgomery Convention was debating the subject of a flag for the Southern Confederation. The Virginia State Convention assembled on the 13th inst. Its President made a Union speech, but said that Virginia would insist on her rights as a condition of remaining in the Confederacy. Pre parations for attacking Fort Sumter were being continued at Charleston. 1,200 troops at Pen sacola were threatening an attack on Fort Pickens. The Secretary of the Treasury demanded an imme• diate loan of 8,000,000 dols, to meet indispensable payments. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 14. Money quiet, and easy. Sterling exchange dull, and irregular. Bankers' bills,104 : 1 , to 10. Stocks have been drooping, but closed steadier, at following quotations :—New York Centrals, 771 ; Illinois, 77; Erie, 321. Cotton,. lower. Flour and wheat a shade cheaper. Corn steady. Pork heavy. Beef unchanged. Freights firm, but quiet. NEW ORLEANS, FEE. 13. Cotton firm. Middling upland, 101 c. to lie. THE OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ellora, sailing to-day, takes out for Bombay specie to the value of £206,797, of which £195,490 is bar silver, £5,000 bar gold, £6,000 sovereigns, and £307 of sundries. THE PEOPLE'S PENNY LIBRARY. THE FATAL ACCIDENT 0 TILE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Among the wonders of cheap literature nowadays —we must certainly class conspicuously this really remarkable series of publications. Messrs. Ireland and Company, of London and Manchester, may by right of this one serial of theirs—The People's Penny Library, now issuing from the press perio dically—take rank amongst the most popular pub lishers of our day, of this age of popular publishers, among the Knights, and Cassells, and Chambers, and Routledges. As an illustration of the charac ter of the literature thus supplied to the masses in the shape of this Penny Library, it will be enough to particularise one set or series upon its ample catalogue—namely, the " Plays of Shakspere." A purchaser of any single number has but to say, virtually, " A Penny for your thoughts !" and lo ! for that penny, he has vouchsafed to him the whole of one of these great plays by the world's master poet and dramatist. There is lying by our elbow, while we write, one of these plays of Shak spere complete—the produce of the outlay of one single penny—the whole being clearly and even beautifully printed, upon excellent paper, with an ample margin, and, in fact, proving quite worthy to be bound up with the rest of the series when finished, for after preservation. Edu cate the lower classes in our great towns by means of the ragged schools, or otherwise, and they will soon know how to make their choice between the privilege of an entrance to a penny gaff and the pur- chase of some such penny play of Shakspere's. FINE AR7'S. MR. T. J. BARKER'S PORTRAIT OF GARIBALDI. Mr. T. Jones Barker, the facile and indefatigable delineator of contemporaneous heroes and their achievements, has just completed an attractive por trait of Garibaldi, which is now on view at the gallery of Messrs. J. and R. Jennings, in Cheapside. The hero of the Italian revolution is standing upon the sea cliffs, at Caprera, with the blue waves of the Mediterranean flashing and foaming at his feet. He is not looking out upon the melancholy main as Napoleon is represented in the well-known pic ture of " The Exile of St. Helena," but has his face turned landward, so as to meet the full gaze of the spectator. The general's arms are folded, and his attitude, at once martial and contemplative, shows off his small but well knit and symmetrical figure to the best ad vantage. He is, as usual, coatless ; but equally, as a matter of course, wears a red shirt, and around his neck that little handkerchief of bright blue silk which forms so conspicuous an article of his simple costume. In his right hand he holds a plumed hat, and his head being uncovered reveals "A brow on whose expansive page, Time softly printed middle age." There are no military accessories of any description in the picture ; but a spade by his side, and a couple of goats tranquilly browsing among the cliffs, in dicate the agricultural and pastoral tastes of the warrior. The expression of the face is bold and characteristic, and the excellence of the likeness is attested by many who have seen the original, and notably by Baron Henri Celli, who also bears tes timony to ,the accuracy of the view of Caprera. This picture, which is as rich in colour as the works of this artist usually are, is likely to become popular, as well because of its manner of treatment as on account of its subject. It will be engraved by Mr. W. Hon. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. About half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning the body of Captain Boyd was found off the East Pier at Kingstown. The Holyhead diver (William Pritchard) succeeded in rescuing from the sea the remains of this lamented officer. He was dressed in the closely fitting garb in which divers array themselves, and was supplied with the usual appa ratus, by means of which he was enabled to breathe. He was not more than 10 minutes in the water when he discovered the body. The spot near which the body was discovered is a little below the crane on the East Pier , and ri g ht in view of the Martello-tower at Sandy Cove. It has been erroneously stated that the body was found at the spot where the gallant officer was drowned. The force of the gale carried the body in life and death downwards towards the shore, and it was taken up within a few yards of the rocks, in water that was comparatively shallow. The remains wer e con veyed on board the Ajax. The first person by whom the body was recognised was Lieutenant Alorell, second in command of the v esse l. I t i s understood that an inquest will be held. THE CORK ELECTION. The election of a representative for Cork county began yesterday morning. Mr. Leader had at the commencement a large majority over his opponent at all the polling places, which he retained in almost every instance at the close of the hour for polling, when, as nearly as can be ascertained, he had a majority of 2,500 over his opponcnt. .I\T2:TIONAL ASSEAMLY RooMs.—We have much pleasure in drawing the attention of our readers to the annual benefit Bal Masque of Mr. Packer, musical direc tor of the above establishment as advertised for to-morrow evening. The efficiency of the band and the excellent taste displayed in the selection of the music, have long been the theme of admiration of visitors frequenting this fashionable and well conducted establishment. The pre vious entertainments have always met with a large amount of patronage, and nothing will be wanting on the part of either Mr. Packer or the direction to render this Bal even more attrnCtive Ulan any previonAly given, The inquiry into the cause of tha death of Dr. W. Baly, which took place at the recent calamity at Wimbledon, was resumed yesterday, for the sixth time, at the White Hart Inn, Merton, before Mr. W. Carter. Mr: Hume Williams appeared for the relatives and friends of the deceased, instructed by Mr. St. Clair Bedford. Mr. Johnson, instructed by Mr. Bircham (Bircham, Dalrymp!e, and Drake) repre sented the South Western Railway Company. Colonel Yolland, of the Board of Trade, was also present; Messrs. Pewtress and Turner watched the case on behalf of the relatives of those who were injured. Mr. Pole, C.E., continued his statement. At the last sitting he divided his suggestions into three divisions, first, that a pair of wheels got off the line ; secondly, that such wheels were the middle wheels of the tender ; and, thirdly, that they were defective. The first of these propositions were only given in evidence at the last meeting. The witness contended that the front part of the tender having broken violently away from its strong coupling, with the engine projecting itself on one side, and allowing the carriages behind to pass it upon the road, rendering it probable, in his opinion., that the damaging cause was something in the tender itself, and not the carriages behind the tender. He supported his theory by the appearance of the marks on the permanent way, and which were inconsistent with the fact of the lighter four-wheeled carriages being off the line. He described the marks as being light, and intermittent in their character, and attri buted this to the wheels of the tender being off the line, and being thus relieved of the weight of the carriages they would play up and down by the action of the springs. The marks on the tender wheels exhibited marks of their having been in contact with much force with some obstructions, which he considered must have been the crossings. The tender frame was sprung up or bent over in a direction that would account for the lateral derangement of the derailed wheels, and the marks on the angle iron caused by pressure of the flange of the wheel were also corroborative of his view of the case. Mr. Pole at great length, sug gested his reasons and contrasted the evidence of the driver and guard of the engine as being quite consistent with the hypothesis he was putting. The inquiry was again adjourned. T.HIS 1)41 7 'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat up to this morning's market wa,s somewhat on the increase, but the general con dition of the samples was very inferior. The finest qualities changed hands at prices quite equal to those realised on Monday; otherwise, the trade ruled heavy in the extreme, at irregular currencies. The imports of foreign wheat are very moderate. In most descriptions, a fair retail business was doing, and the quotations were steadily maintained. Floating cargoes of grain ruled dull, at barely stationary prices. All kinds of barley met a slow inquiry. In some instances, low English and foreign qualities were had at rather lower prices. Malt was in limited request, at late rates. The oat trade ruled firm, and the quotatipns were well supported. Beans and peas moved off slowly, on former terms. In flour, very little was doing. Prices, however, have not quotably changed. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 870 1,590 2,620 930) 2,480 Irish F0reign........ 4,870 1,8 00 6,2 - 20 1 i7O sacks 11,000 brls. BOROUGH HOP. There is no improvement to notice in the demand for any description of hops, and prices still rule next to nominal. WHITECIIAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale here, for which tho demand rules steady at full prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d ; and pork. 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs. CONDIMENTAL FOOD A PREVENTIVE OF DISEASE.-- At the meeting of the Highland Agricultural Society of S,;otland. held at Edinburgh on the 16th of January, Mr. Poyser, of the firm of Copo and Eoyser, - veterinary surgeons, of IN shbourne, Derbyshire, was awarded the gold medal of the association for the best essay on the disease in cattle known as Oma Albni;tenuria, in which essay he advocated the use of coudimental food as a sure preventive of that disease, and other diseases. It is a curious specimen of the progress of a genuine invention, that in 18.59 this very society, which now awards the prize to an essay advocating the use of Thorley's Coudimental Food as a preventive of disease, was induced to prohibit the exhibition of Thorley's Food at its annual show in 1859. Mr. Thorley may console himself with the fate of nearly all discoverers of important inventions—that of being abused as charlatans, persecuted ;is imposters, or in the old days, lurnt as sorcerers. We ~ope ere long to lay before our readers the valuable essay to wLich we have alluded, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY Ev ENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1861.