The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-28 00:00:00

ROY AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. TMS EVE'N'ING, LE DOMINO NOIR. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall, Miss Leffler ; Messrs. H. Haigh, H. Corti, A. St. Albyn, and Horncastle. To conclude with a Divertissement. Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mallon. Commence at Seven. y r PLEA'FRK-R.O Y AL, HAYMARKET. Lemee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. THIS EVENING, the performances will cominenne with the Comedy of THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. E. Villiers, Buekstone, W. Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss F. Stirling. Atter which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Hr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the Farce of A.S.S. To be followed by DON GiESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar. Mr. Fechter. Supported by Messrs. Basil Potter, F. Matthews, J. G. Shore, Miss M. Harris, Ansa C. Leclercq and Mrs. Weston. After which, a new Christmas comical pan tomime, entitled ROBINSON CRITSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the King of the Caribbe Islands in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres will appear. Clown. Mr. A. F. Forrest. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING the new drama, THE HOUSE ON THE BRIDGE OF NOTRE M DAME. Principal carters by Mr. G. Vining . , Mr J. Johnstone, r. Villiers h ar m. Clifford, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mr. hio n rris • M aisse M.Ternan, Miss K. Saville, Mi ss L. Thompson, ad Madm Celeste. Alter which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTABELLE ; or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing , rilE VISION OF A ROSE, ITS FADING AT EVE, AND THE de L, OF THE WIL BRIAR. To conclude with a new Divertissemen D t. Miss Annie and Miss Marie Collinson, &c. A DELHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Bent 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. Roucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Sirs. 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 Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and 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, IL Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Ss.; Pit Stalls, 2a.; Pit, 18. Bd. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-- tl and Manager, Mr. Was. BATTY. Immense success of " Turpin's Ride to York." 4th appearance of Mons. Hillier, the Greatest 'Equestrian of the day, who has just arrived from Lisbon. THIS EVING. will be reproduced TUR PIN'S RIDE TO YORK, A ENeID 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, entitle H d ARLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFUL NURSE ; or, Percinet 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 Ratty's Prize Equestrian Harlequivade, and the celehrated 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 Morceanx Preludio. Coro Scena ed Aria_ "Tutto parca Sorridere" Coro di Odaßache " Oh qual perenne" Cavatina "Vola talor dal Carcere" Coro ed inno Scena ed Aria " Cento leggiadre Vergini" Terzetto Finale "Vol tacete io non" will be performed EVERY EVENING, In the original key and Italian language—in addition to the usual attractions. Mr. F. JONGHMANS, Musical Director. Also. in preparation. Selections from Verdi's New Operas, `, Lrn Ballo in Maschera," "Simon Boccaneg,ra;" and Flo tow's ce l e b ra ted Opera of "Stradella." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THis DAy.—Morning, 4 h. 4m.—Afternoon, 4h. 26m, To-mointow.-Morning, 4h. 42m.—Afternoon," sh. sm, THE WEATHER.—SUNIOYFICE, FEB. 28, 1561. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER--29.83; falling. "WIND—W.-N. -Westerly ; fresh and cool. Rain in the night. • 8. D . 4 , `• I =Z - likt bri.; " ` - bp76l . i' - - 4 THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 1881 a great many Disseflters into paying too. We confess to an agreeable surprise by the impor tant Liberal victory of yesterday. On Monday, when we wrote so strongly on the subject, we had the best reason to know that had the debate and decision been taken that evening Sir JGHN TRE LAWNY might have been left in a minority, indeed that it was most likely he would be so. What weight our arguments may have had in high quar ters it is not for us to conjecture, but certain it is that, at the eleventh hour, that is, so late as the Tuesday, the Government " whips," before apa thetic, did their duty. They appear to have sud denly perceived that on a question, popular in every parish, they could not afford to be beaten by the Conservative leader. The government was wise. No man knew better than Lord PALMERSTON that this was not a question of twopences, but of senti ment; that Dissenters universally resented being made, as they view it, to perform kotota, to the supremacy of the Establishment, and that liberal Churchmen, by thousands, sympathised cordially with them, and felt ashamed of annoying them for such a trifle. Had Sir JOIN TRELAWNY failed through Government apathy, we deem it certain that in every constituency where Dissenters could turn the scale, a Palmerstonian would have had no chance at the next election ; it is equally certain that Representative Reform would no longer be regarded with apathy, and a Reform Bill would have been forced on much sooner than Lord PALMERSTON would like. The debate was not a bad one for so old a topic. Sir JOHN TRELAWNY seemed to be roused by the unusually large audience he had before him, and Mr. GLADSTONE did his best as member for Oxford, and as an old, or rather young, theoriser on Church and State, as on many other things. He pleaded very earnestly the cause of the petitioners in favour of Church-rates—gentlemen who, we believe, gene rally approached the House, doubtless to avoid the appearance of intimidation, in small batches of five, ten, or twenty. Clergyman and churchwardens, sextons and constables, with the Squire, perhaps, and his farrier and blacksmith, being the chief signatories. Be they who they may, we hope we shall not incur an action . for libel by saying that, logically, they must be tools, or fools, or tyrants. They ask for leave to tax themselves. Good Heavens ! who can hinder them from doing it ? What law do they want to enable them to agree to pay to the support of the Church in the proportions of their poor - rate ? They can meet in the vestry of the church, or at the Rose and Crown if they prefer the stimu lus to liberality of pipes and ale, and arrange what their mutual payments shall be. But the truth is, they, or those wh o use them, want to compel others to pay who object t o doing sc. They calculate upon a large number of dependent tradesmen and artizans, farmers, and other persons who are Dissenters, being afraid to decline paying, even were Dissenters exempted by law from payment ; and, with all their meekness of manner, what they mean is let us tax ourselves, as aforetime, beeause then we shall indirectly coerce Mr. DIsRAELI, indeed, told us that the bill aimed to deprive us of " the privilege of self taxation !" Had he said to deprive us of the right of sectarian taxation, he would have hit it exactly. The " privilege" is altogether of the kind," Heads, I Win ; tails, you icgse." So sectarian is the pri vilege, that if stiff .Churchmen are in a majority they can tax Dissenters, but if Dissenters are the majority they cannot tax the Churchmen. In the county of Pembroke, for instance, the Churchmen are in round numbers but 10,000 ; the Dissenters more than double that number, yet Dissenters can not lay a rate on the Churchmen to repair their more numerous and important chapels. Mr. DISRAELI must have felt himself hard pressed for arguments when he not only made use of the one just men tioned, but spoke of the Establishment as not only a depository of doctrines but " a part of Eng land's liberties." We have, certainly, not generally been accustomed to regard the Church of England as a very liberal body. It would be hard to say what liberal movements she has ever promoted. Catholic Emancipation, the Reform Bill, the Emancipation of West India Slaves, the Repeal of the Corn Laws, and the like—in regard to all these liberties of England, Dissenters took a prominent part, while the Church of England was often hostile, at best asleep. The Nonconformists of early days, as all history is witness, were the conservators of our liberties, while their own were denied them by the Church of England—and their successors of the present day, it is but just to acknowledge, retain much of the politically free spirit of their ancestors. One feature in the debate it is worth while for High Churchmen to notice. The thing was done in as kindly a way as it could well be done, but it will be seen by Mr. BRIGIIT'S speech that if Church Rates last much longer, the question will be pressed on Parliament in a rather unpleasant and inconvenient form. What are the merits of the Church, whose supremacy Dissenters are required to bow to ? Church abuses are, Heaven knows, a fruitful topic enough, and it is plain that if harassed any further Dissenters will expose them most unmercifully, adding the question—ls it fair that we should be compelled to pay tribute to the supremacy of such a Church ? Dissenters object, and who of us can help sympathising with them—to paying tribute to Ecclesiastical Supremacy at all —but if we compel them to expose all the corrup tions, scandals, and divisions of the Church as a part of their cause, we can only thank ourselves. We cannot close without reminding our readers, that though we regard the victory as a great and real one, yet it was not what it ought to have been ; it was great, because though almost unprecedented exertions were made by the clergymen of every parish—for to each circulars was sent—and by the Tory Whips, who plied their task with the most creditable enthusiasm, yet the majority was deci sive, though not large, in a house so equally balanced. But does any one, Whig or Tory, believe, that a majority of 15, in a house of 551 members, represents the real majority of the country on this subject ? Without enlarging the constituency, the ballot alone would give an additional vote or two against Church-rates, in almost every county in Eng land and Wales, and in many of the boroughs also. If, parallel with that, the suffrage were also but reasonably extended, none can doubt that the House of Commons would send the Bill to the Lords by a majority of two to one. Indeed, we cannot give the Lords credit for wisdom enough to abolish Church-rates till they see them becoming a provoca tive to Reform agitation. This will soon be the case. Church-rates are not a matter affecting but a few like Jews Bill or the Marriage Bill, and a few years of resistance will raise the old cry—Reform your House of Commons, and your House of Lords, too Yesterday, the penultimate day of February, the Great Liberal Party may certainly be described as having been in feather. As no inopportune sequel to the magnificent victory obtained in the House of Commons at a little before half-past five o'clock upon the great Church Rates Abolition Bill of, Sir JOHN TRELAWNY, came that superb banquet to Sir WILLIAM HAYTER, through the medium of which the triumphant Party of the Ins attested, in the most signal manner, their grateful sense of the past services of their far-famed whipper-in ! Since the memorable banquet given to the late Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER, at the Reform Club, imme diately before his departure, during the early days of the Russian War, to take the command of her NIAJESTY'S fleet in the Baltic, there has been no such convivial gathering of the leaders of the great liberal section of the community. It is noticeable, moreover, that upon both of these occa sions the chair has been filled by Viscount PALMER STON. Last evening the noble premier must, na turally enough, have been in the gayest spirits imaginable, when sitting down to preside over that important political demonstration, with the guest of the evening at his right hand, and before him and around him, grouped in the happiest good humour with themselves and each other, the participators with himself in the notable party victory but just then achieved down at Westminster. It is only neces sary to run the eye down the catalogue of names, which will be found elsewhere, at the commence ment of the report of the proceedings last night at the HAYTER Banquet, and immediately afterwards to remark how many of those names appear also in another column, alphabetically arranged, among the Ayes on the Division List—it is only neces sary to compare those two catalogues of names and to appreciate fully their identity as lists con stituting, so to speak, the bede-roll of the Great Liberal Party—to understand how thoroughly the dinner of last night must have been enjoyed, and how unalloyed must have been the general sense of satisfaction thereat. The remembrance yesterday will go far to wards obliterating the recollection of the little irritating defeat suffered by the Government upon Mr. HUBBARD'S motion when Ministers were placed in a minority of " four," instead of find ing the Great Party, of which they are the most conspicuous champions, placed in a majority of "fifteen," as they were yesterday. A majority, it is true, attained in connection with no Government measure, but upon the second reading of the bill of a private member upon the Govern ment side, yet a bill with the principles involved in which the sympathisers of the Government were 1 jknown to be intimately and directly identified. Not only will yesterday, by means of the division and of the banquet which followed immediately afterwards, do far more than compensate the Administration of Lord PALMERSTON for that vexatious rebuff brought to it at the opening of the session by reason of the perverseness and obduracy of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chan cellor of the Exchequer in resisting that very reasonable motion of the ex-Governor of the Bank of England for a committee of inquiry, with a view to the more equitable adjustment of the Income Tax in regard to the manner of its assessment ! It will mitigate the more poignant regrets excited by the late far more vexatious election triumphs won by the Conservatives in Leicester, in South Wilts, in Aberdeenshire, and now last (but not by any means least) in Cork County, the largest county in all Ireland, a county that has never once until now, ever since the Reform Act of 1832, sent other than stanch Liberals to Parliament as its representatives. These election triumphs of Toryism must remain yet its whole and sole conso lation. Especially this last triumph at Cork, we doubt not, will be turned to by the discomfited THE SUN, LONDON, I'IItIRSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1861. `his their moment of defeat, as an t. - qt to Conservatism, whereby it Opposition in agreeable little com,. . it may for the rather may console itself as 13, •nstrained to swallow, bitter pill it was yesterday ct, much doubtless to its disappointOent It was only the other day that the right hon. gentleman the Leader of her Majesty's Opposition humorously suggested in a tole of sardonic irony that the Great Liberal Party s bould hold another meeting in Willis's-rooms, St. James's. Well, the meeting has been held there according to the right hon. gentleman's suggestion. In Willis's-room last evening the Great Liberal Party did there and then assemble, each member in his political capacity as one of the units in that large and important aggre gate. There—presiding over them— was the Ministerial head of the Great Liberal Party, the veteran Premier, Viscount PALMERSTON. There —as the honoured guest of the evening—was Sir WILLIAM HAYTER, the renowned ex-Whipper-in. The occasion which had thus brought together once more in Willis's-room the pick of the Great Liberal Party may be most aptly and tersely inti mated in the words of the inscription upon the magnificent Testimonial presented to Sir WILLIAM HAYTER by his brother Liberals upon the date of this henceforth memorable demonstration. " This tes timonial," says the inscription, " was presented on the 27th day of February, 1861, to the Right Hon. WILLIAM GOODENOUGH HAYTER, Bart., M.P., by Viscount PALMERSTON, M.P., on behalf of 365 members of the House of Commons, in remem brance of the courtesy, fairness, and efficiency with which he performed the duties of Political Secre tary to the Treasury between the years 1850 and 1859." So that for one entire decade did this model whip acquit himself of the responsibilities of his de licate and onerous position to the entire satisfaction of the Great Liberal Party, to which during those ten years he did far more than yeoman's service—to be eventually complimented by 365 members—one for every day in the twelvemonth ! The duties de volving upon the ex-Whipper-in during all that pro tracted service of his to his party from 1850 to 1859 inclusively, required, as the noble Chairman at last night's banquet well observed in the speech in which he proposed the toast of the evening, " re quired rare and distinguished qualities for its efficient discharge—great courtesy of manner, great soundness of judgment, great discrimi nation in dealing with men, great fidelity in executing the instructions he might receive." And of the brilliant success with which those duties were discharged, the banquet of last night afforded sufficiently distinct attestation. That attestation, indeed, was visible yesterday at Willis's Rooms in various ways—in the ample gathering of the members of the Great Liberal Party around the banquet table—in the fact that the leader of the party, the Chairman of the night, is still Prime Minister of England—in the recollection of the recent triumph won' by the Party down at the House of Commons, that victory fresh from which they had just come in full glow and glory to this attractive and deeply interesting party demonstration. THE CHURCH-RATE DIVISION. ,I , The importance of this division may be estimated by the fact that 551 members voted, being just 50 more than voted on the second reading last year. when there was also a great increase on the pre vious Not es. It is also 90 more than voted on the third reading last year. This is exclusive of the list of pairs, the publication of which will show still further to what as extent the opinion of the House of Commons has been elicited upon this subject. ' The great efforts made by the Conservative party are attested by the fact that they brought up 32 more votes than on the second reading last year; notwithstanding which, and the loss of several Liberal voters at recent elections, the Abolitionists were able to nearly double their majority on the third reading lust year. DEFACING COIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Can you say why a man is punished for defacing the coin in this country, and is only a wise enterprising capitalist who sends the coin to be melted down abroad. Yours very truly, AN ENQUIRER. Feb. 27. The Emperor of Austria has just conferred the great gold medal for Science and Art upon M. Pauer, a gentleman well known and highly esteemed in the musical world. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Etna, which sailed to-day for New York, took 250,000 dols. in specie. FIRE AND LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES IN CORK.— A telegram from Cork yesterday states that a fire broke out that morning on the premises of Mr. Long, publican, 42, Old George-street. Seven of the inmates were burned to death. An explosion of gas was supposed to be the origin of the fire. We learn from the Bombay Gazette that an action for libel in the Supreme Court of Bombay is about to be instituted against the publisher of the " Vesnuv Punch," a Gujrati journal, by a Mr. Gunputram, a Brahmin who lately married a widow of his own caste. By doing so he incurred the indignation of many of his countrymen, and was subject to constant arnoyance from them. The " Vesnuv Planch" became the vehicle of this abuse. The last letters from New York express strong apprehensions that the Morrill Tariff Bill will be carried in Congress. "If such should be the case," it is observed in a letter of one of the leading merchants, "it will nearly stop all imports from England, France, and Germany, and, as a matter of course, those countries will have to fraternise with the South, notwithstanding its slave institutions." The latest return of the New York banks shows the total of gold to be £7,000,000, or rather more than double the amount usual in ordinary times. " ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."—A writer in a con temporary says :—Dr. Jelf has moved Convocation to con demn "Essays and Reviews" on the ground that they have been quoted, as the doctor says, by certain Atheists at Leeds in support cf their opinions. lam afraid that, if tb;s argument be a good one, it will bear hard upon Psalms and Deuteronomy, which are quoted by the Devil himself in the fourth chapter of St. Matthew. THE BALLOT SOCIETY.—The weekly meeting of the Executive Committee was held on Tuesday at the offices, 5, Guildhall Chambers—Lieutenant-Col. Dickson, in the chair. Mr. Bontems, Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Syden ham Nodes, Mr. Elt, Mr. Le Maitre, Rev. W. H. Bonner, Colonel French, Mr. M. E. Marsden, Mr. R. A. Marsden Me. Tlonwld Nicoll, M. Man, &c., attended. Several sub scriptions were reported, including James Ross, Carlisle, £5 (accompanied with a strong expression of gratitude to the Executive Committee), the Earl De Grey and Ripon, £3 3s. Lieutenant-Col. Townsend Wilson, £1 is. and other smaller sums. The question when Mr. Berkeley's motion could be most effectively brought forward occupied the attention of the committee, and it appearing that after Easter would be the most convenient time to a large num ber of the Parliamentary friends of the question, it was resolved to solicit Mr. Berkeley to postpone his motion until after Easter, but to bring it forward as soon after there. cess as possible. It was resolved earnestly to support Mr. Duncembe's motion, that the elections in Gloucester and Wakefield shall for a certain period be taken by the ballot. This motion it is expected will be made on Tuesday, March 12. The preparations for the soiree at the London Coffee House, on Wednesday evening, 6th March, also engaged the attention of the Committee. A WORTHY WORKING MINISTER.—The Ban.ff shire Journal notices a work of a novel character, entitled " A Brief Outline of the History of Christianity in Scotland from its Introduction to A D. 1690," by the Rev. John Christie, minister of Kildrummy. The narrative is a plain and simple one, carefully put together ; but the more notice able feature in it is, that the pastor of Kildrummy may lay claim to the production as being entirely and peculiarly his own. He compiled it, wrote it, set it up, " imposed" it, to use technical phraseology, printed it himself at his own press, and had it circula ted amon g his p arishioners after be had delivered it from the pulpit. The typography s not perhaps such as would satisfy a fastidious printer, and his stock of material does not seem to be such as would induce a large number of customers were he in a public way; but, in the circumstances, it is marvellous for accuracy and artistic get up. Mr. Christie regularly on Sundays has dis tributed in his church pews a printed list of the psalms to be sung, the text he is to preach from, and the heads of the sermon. Are we not therefore entitled to designate Mr. C. as a worthy working minister? Truly his hearers have rare advantages. LAI EST NEWS. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, THURSDAY, NOON. Three per Cent. Rentes, 67f. 85c., 67f. 90c., 67f. 87c. Flat. PARIS, FEB. 27 (Evening). The Pair . ie and the Pays give a denial to the rumour that France has the intention of with drawing her troops from Rome. General Turr has arrived in Paris. The reading of the project of address took place in to-day's sitting of the Corps Legislatif. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 20. The financial embarrassments of the Government continue and Increase. The early arrival of Count Orloff, on a special mission from St. Petersburg, is rumoured. The Marquis de Lavalette returns home in May, to be succeeded, report says, by Marshal Niel. MARSEILLES, FEB. 26. Letters received from Constantinople to the 20th inst. announce that the financial news received from Paris and London had increased the commer cial panic. Turkish Consols fell to 38. Numerous failures were imminent. It was asserted that a fresh creat ion of paper money was inevitable. The assembling of a Russian army at Tiflis had given great uneasiness to the Turkish Government. BERLIN, FEB. 27. It is stated on reliable information that, on the occasion of the anniversary of the battle of Grochow, fought on the 25th of February, 1831, between the Russians and the Poles, disturbances took place at Warsaw, which rendered the interference of the police necessary. the number of 5,000, supported by Montenegrins, have forcibly entered Bihar, killed more than 50 Mahometans, among whom were several women, pillaged the eity, and finally set fire to it. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, THURSDAY. Prussia has not, up to the present time, given in her acquiescence to the recent French project in reference to Syria. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Cunard screw steamer Kedar has arrived with New York advices to the 14th. The counting of votes for President commenced in Congress on tho 13th, when Abraham Lincoln was declared President, and Hannibal Hamlin Vice- President of the United States, for four years from the 4th of March next. The following is the vote : —Lincoln and Hamlin, 180 ; Breckinridge and Lane, 72 ; Bell and Everett, 39; Douglas and Johnson, 12. In the Senate, on the 13th, the Tariff Bill was order consideration, when Mr. Seward gave notice ;hat he should move to strike out that portion of she bill abolishing the warehousing system. In view of the pressing embarrassments of the Treasury Department from lack of means to meet indispen sable obligations, Mr. Sherman, the Chairmen of the Committee of Ways and Means of the House, reported a bill authorising the President, in place of any part of the recent loan, to issue coupon bonds of a denomination not exceeding 50 dols., and bear ing not exceeding 6 per cent, interest, and running 20 years, and apply such bonds at par to the credi tors who may receive them, the entire amount not to exceed that authorised by the recent Loan Act. The Secretary of the Treasury had sent the follow ing urgent appeal to Mr. Sherman, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means : u Treasury Department, Feb. 13. " Sir,—lt is indispensable that I should give to day notice of a loan of 8,000,000 dols., in order that the Government may be in funds to meet indispen sable payments on the Ist proximo. The obstacles unexpectedly thrown in the way of the passage of the bill reported by your committee yester day, authorising the acceptance of the guarantee proffered by several of the States, compel me reluc tantly to ask for the loan on the usual terms; for, in the present distracted state of the country, should it continue, I fear there must be a loss of 800,000 dols. Under all the circumstances, however, instead of calling for 2,000,000 dols., as I suggested in my letter to you of the 11th inst., I have thought it advisable to ask for 8,000,000 dols., reserving the right of declining to accept bids which may be deemed disadvantageous to the United States, and taking the chance of a favourable change in the political condition of the country within the next 10 days, at the end of which proposals for the loan will be received. Allow me to remind you that the Loan Bill, under which I ask for proposals, was not presented for the approval of the President until the Bth inst., and that on the 9th inst., Saturday, there was not a quorum of your committee to act on the bill reported yesterday accepting the gua rantee of the States. I advert to these circumstances to exonerate myself, in the judgment of those who have an interest in the discharge of the liabilities pressing upon the Treasury, from any want of diligence on my part. Your committee, I believe, all understand that more than 5,000,000 dols. of Treasury notes have been redeemed out of the cur rent revenues, and that about two millions more fall due before the 4th of March, less the amount to be paid in for public dues, making nearly the 8,000,000 dole. now required to meet the public wants before that day; that more than one-third of the revenue derived from the Customs is paid in Treasury notes, due at a future day ; and that the present embarrassed state of the Treasury arises from the operation of a paper system which com pels the Government to anticipate the payment of its debts out of its current receipts. As I have de cided to issue the notice for a loan to-day, I am constrained to request that the bill reported yester day may not be acted on, as the expectation, of a call for a loan at a future day on guaranteed stocks could not fail to have a very.disadvantageous effect on the proposals to be made for that now asked for." The Secretary of the Treasury had advertised for proposals till the 23d inst. for the 8,000,000 dols. loan under the late Act, successful bidders to deposit the amount accepted on or before the Ist of March. Respecting the Conference at Washington the correspondent of the New Fork Herald says : " The Peace Convention met to-day at 12 o'clock, and were informed by the committee that they had not yet agreed upon a plan of settlement, and asked for further time. The Convention gave them until Friday, when the committee thought they would be able to report. The indications are, from the votes that have been taken, that the plan submitted by Mr. Guthrie will be the one adopted. They may vary it somewhat, but the basis will be Guth rie's, and it will be sustained by the border States, both free and slave. The New England States, with some others, will oppose this, and probably bring forward either Corwin's or Adams's propo sitions. But for these outside States, the border States would have agreed some days ago. Mr. Guthrie's proposition was the particular one de bated to-day, and it is said that Mr. Logan, of Illinois, one of the confidential friends of Mr. Lin ' coln, is in favour of it. He would prefer some trifling alterations, but if they cannot be obtained will take it as it is." Ex-Secretary Floyd had indignantly denied the charges made against him. The strictest precautions continued to be taken at Washington for the suppression of disorder. Mr. Lincoln's journey continued to be a trium phant one. At Columbia.on the 13th he said:— " Mr. President and Mr. Speaker and Gentle men of the General Assembly,—lt is true, as has been said by the President of the Senate, that very great responsibility rests upon me in the posi tion to which the votes of the American people have called me. lam deeply sensible of that weighty responsibility. I cannot but know what you all know, that without a name, perhaps, without a reason why I should have a name, there has fallen upon me a task such as did not rest even upon the father of his country, and so feeling I cannot but tt.rn and look for the support without which it will be impossible for me to perform that great task. I turn, then, and look to the American people and to that God who has never forsaken them. Allusion has been made to the interest felt in relation to the policy of the new Administra tion. In this I have received from some a degree of credit for having kept silence, and from others some deprecation. I still think that I was right. In the varying and repeatedly shifting scenes._ of the present and without a precedent which could enable me to judge by the past, it has seemed fit ting that before speaking upon the difficulties of the country, I should have gained a view of the whole field, to be sure, after all, being at liberty to modify and change the course of policy as future events may make a change necessary. I have not maintained silence from any want of real anxiety- It is a good thing that there is no more than anxiety, for there is nothing going wrong. It is a consoling circumstance that when we look out there is nothing that really hurts anybody. We entertain different views upon political questions, nobody is suffering anything. This is a most consoling circumstance, and from it we may con clude that all we want is time, patience, and a reliance on that God who has never forsaken this people. Fellow-citizens, what I have said I have said altogether extemporaneously, and will now come to a close." Advices from Fort Pickens, Pensacola, report that five of the Federal steamers were off the port. The State troops continued to threaten an attack on the fort. From Charleston we learn that the State Government was strengthening Fort Moultrie. The South Carolinians had erected an impregnable bar rier of railroad iron on Cummings' Point, at a point so near the fort as to enable them to do much mis- chief. The Louisiana State Convention had adjourned until the 4th of March. BEGINNING `YORK.—The first report of the Com mons' General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills which have been read a second time, states that the com mittee have arranged 181 bills in 19 groups. Groups of members are now to set to work upon them. INSTITUTE OF AcrumtiEs.—At the last ordinary meet ing of this institute, a paper by Mr. Tucker was read on the subject of the returns made by the assurance companies to persons assured with them. The paper gave rise to an animated discussion in consequence of its s howing that, under ordinary circumstances, there was very little corres pondence between the payments made and the surplus re turned ; and that in some cases the former were wholly insufficient to enable the company to perform the promises held out. The opinion was very generally expressed by the members present that these promises were frequently of an inordinate character, and that it was not possible for any assurance company to continue to meet them for any long series of years. OUTWARD MAILS. The Massilia, from Southampton, on the 12th, and the Euxine, from Marseilles, on the 20th, reaehed Malta at five a.m., and sailed for Alex andria at noon, on the 23d February. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. A project of address was read to-day in the Corps Legislatif.. The following is a summary of its contents : The address expresses the thanks of the deputies on account of the Imperial decree of Nov., applauds the policy of the Government in the interior, and expresses hopes for the maintenance of peace. The address then continues : "We hope that the humane mission which France has fulfilled in Syria will be maintained. We approve the policy which your Majesty has followed in Italy. The late diplomatic documents and the recent despatch of troops to Rome have given proofs of your constant efforts to ensure the security of the Papacy, and have preserved its temporal power as much as the force of circum stances and the resistance of the Papal Government to wise counsels have allowed. In thus acting, your Majesty has completely responded to the re ligious sentiments and the political traditions of France. As regards the future, the Corps Legis latif entirely relies on your Majesty's wisdom, being convinced that you will always be guided by the same principles and the same feelings, without allowing yourself to be discouraged by the injus tice you have experienced, and which has distressed us." The Moniteur of to-day says " The Bishop of Poitiers has published a mande ment in the Monde, containing allusions offensive to the Government of the Emperor, and likely to arbitrarily disturb the conscience of the citizens. "The m - andement has been submitted to the high jurisdiction of the Council of State, which is charged to decide in all cases of abuse." The Moniteur also publishes a circular addressed by Count Persigny to the Prefect of Vienna, relating to the above mandement of the Bishop of Poitiers. The Minister says : " I considered that it would be contrary to the interests of the Government to screen such excesses from the judgment of public opinion, and I would not therefore take any measures to prevent the publication of documents in which are disclosed, with such audacity, the secret views of that party which, under the veil of religion, has no other aim than that of attacking the elect of the French people." BOURSE, Feb. 27.—The arrangements for the settlement have occupied the attention of specula tors, to the exclusion of fresh operations. The market, however, continues without any material alteration. Threes, which opened at 68f sc, are now at 68f 40c. Railway shares have been also well maintained. The following are the last quotations : 4i per per Cents 9B Do. end month 97 951 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 90 Bank Shares 2890 I Credit Mobilier 658 75 Do. Account 658 75 _ _ Credit Fonder 925 Belgian 4i.. — Piedmontese Fives 75 70 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt .. — RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l4lO .. 1408 75 Northern 962 50 .. 962 50 New ditto 895 .. 895 Lyons and Mediterranean 937 50 .. 937 50 Geneva Southern 527 50 .. 525 Western •... Ettlgtern ... Sarnan 3BO .. 380 Aus tr i a n Lowbard 476 25 .. 475 ITALY. On the 24th inst. the city of Turin offered to the King a crown, the produce of a subscription to which nearly all the inhabitants had contributed. At the same time a deputation presented to his Majesty the following address, composed by the senator Cibrario : "Sire,—Although you Majesty, from natural inclination, as well as through the great mission you have received from Divine Providence, is a citizen of Italy, the inhabitants of Turin, neverthe less, cannot forget that this city was the cradle where love for our great Italian native country came to maturity in your generous soul, and where the vast projects were planned that were destined to accomplish the independence of the glorious Peninsula. "Therefore the inhabitants of this city, jealous of its glories, have thought that as soon as this diffi cult mission should be accomplished, it belonged to them to offer to your Majesty, upon your return from the beautiful provinces recently united to the monarchy, a crown that shall be the emblem of the union of those warlike virtues that are the inherit ance of the princes of Savoy with those civic virtues necessary to the accomplishment of the great work —ltalian unification. "We lay, sire, at the feet of your Majesty this humble homage, praying you to take into considera tion the modest nature of the gift, regarding rather the gratitude and devotedness of those who make this offering, and rather still its deep significancy. " Long live the King of Italy." The crown consists of two branches of laurel and oak interlaced, and of a diamond star. On the gold band uniting the two branches is the following inscription, composed also by the Senator Cibrario, who has a reputation for matters of this kind : " Victorio Emanueli 11., Italici Imperil Restitutori, Cives Taurini, 1860." A letter from Turin, Feb. 23, says : " After numerous discussions in the council, it has been decided that the King shall assume the title of 'Victor Emmanuel 11., King of Italy, and not Victor Emmanuel 1., King of Italy. The formula by the grace of God' has been suppressed, and is to have no substitute. The title therefore will be more majestic by reason of its simplicity." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FEB. 28. According to adviccs received here from official quarters at Turin, General Klapka, in the Con gress of Democrats assembled in that city, is said to have spoken against the outbreak of a revolu tion in Hungary, for which he represented that country as being at present unprepared. The insurgents from the district of Jenibazar to ff BST INDIA MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The Royal Mail steamer Seine, Captain Rivett, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 112 passengers, 1,585,586 dots. in specie, and 3,400 packages of cargo. The Seine left St. Thomas's on the 14th of February., In Chili the canvassing of nominees for the next Presidential election was proceeding. Senor Varas had been called to accept the nomination. The operations against the Araunca Indians had not assumed any striking feature. The Indians had burnt the pastures to obstruct the progress of the Chilian cavalry. The town of Coronel had suffered severely by fire. The house of Rauenseroff and Co. had sold out to Bentley and Co. The firm of Allsop and Co. had expired by limi tation, but was to be renewed at Valparaiso and Lima. The agitation in Lima respecting the rate of exchange continued. A great meeting of merchants on the subject was announced for the 30th January, and was to be held before the Minister of Finance. It was stated that Mosquera, aided by Lopez, Mendosa Gonzalez, and other notabilities, was encamped before Bogota, and that he had been pronounced by the States Magdalena and Bolivia as Supreme Chief of the Confederation. Great preparations were making at Barbadoes for the reception of Prince Alfred. The weather continued fine. Sugar operations were favourable, and a fair crop was expected. Exchange on London, at 30 days, was quoted 490 dols. The Demarara Bank had declared a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. A bill to provide for the extradition of convicts from Cayenne was before the Court. Trade was generally dull. Cargoes were in demand. At Jamaica business was dull. Money was exceedingly light. The revivals had materially affected the supply of produce. In some districts the labourers had refused to work. Coffee was quoted 425. for cash. No Pimento at market. Sugar, fair, 21s. to 225. ; dark, 16s. to 20s. Ex change on London, 90 days, one.half per cent. pre mium. CRIME IN FRANCE. The last statistical returns of criminal justice in France are examined by the Constitutionnel with a view to showing that the number of offences has of late years been steadily diminishing. Such an improvement, our contemporary observes, coincides with greater firmness in repression, greater promp titude in bringing the guilty to trial, and infinitely fewer acquittals : "If we go back," says the writer, " to 1851, we shall see the number of causes brought before the Courts of Assize increase—at first, in small pro portions, it is ' true, until 1854, and from that period go on constantly diminishing. In 1851, 5,287 causes were submitted to the jury ; that number had, in 1854, risen to 5,525; and in 1859 it had decreased to 3,918. Crimes against the person, placed highest in the scale of punish ments, have all diminished. Cases of murder decreased from 280 in 1852 to 186 in 1859 ; homicide, from 196 to 102; poisoning, from 38 to 28 ; and parricide, from 20 to 12. Infanticide alone presents a sad exception, that crime having gone on increasing in a frightful manner. From 164 in 1851, it amounted in 1859 to 226." One other species of offence has, however, aug mented—namely, criminal assaults on both young girls and grown persons. Of the former the num ber was 103 more in 1859 than in 1851 (718 to 615), whilst for the latter the increase is not less than 51 per cent. The writer expresses a hope that great severity shall be manifested towards this offence, evincing as it does so great an increase in immo rality. The article then says : " Incendiarism, which causes so much alarm in the country districts, diminished in 1859, when there were only 190 cases. In the preceding years the number was greater ; 223 in 1858 ; 239 in 1857; and 286 in 1854. Let us hope that the diminution which we now point out for 1859 may not be an isolated fact. It is robberies attended with aggra vating circumstances which have decreased in the greatest proportion. In 1851, 2,233 cases of that kind were submitted to the jury ; whereas the number in 1859 was reduced to 1,329." Speaking of the general statistics of criminal eases, the writer observes : " It is not without interest to remark that in the number of prisoners, which in 1859 was 4,992, the proportion of females was 905, or about 18 per cent. The number of condemnations to death was 36, of which only 21 were carried out, the remain der being commuted to hard labour for life. The other sentences pronounced by the Court of Assize were 152 to hard labour for life, and 856 for dif ferent periods; 811 to solitary confinement, and 1,880 to simple imprisonment. The number of prisoners acquitted was 1,230. The proportion acquittals in the course of the year increased by 2 per cent., and that of the condemnations to in famous punishments decreased by 3 per cent." On cases brought before the Correctional Courts, the writer says : "The police courts, which in 1858 had tried 171,490 cases, and 211,081 prisoners, had before them in 1859 only 159,463 af f airs, in which 196,163 individuals were implicated. This dimi nution is not abnormal, as that of 1858, as coin- pared with 1857, showed a greater one. In the course of those two years the number of correc tional affairs decreased by more than 25,000, or nearly 14 per cent. This still enormous number of 159,463 affairs must be examined in its elements, in order to ascertain exactly the criminality which it represents. It must not be forgotten that it com prises 25,053 offences against the game laws; 30,949 contraventions against the post-office, fisheries, customs, &c. If we class the offences by the penalties which they entailed, we find that 15,709 were acquitted; 97,044 condemned to a simple fine; 71,217 sentenced to less than 12 months' imprisonment, and only 9,096 to a more severe punishment. To the above numbers must be added 3,097 ctildren of less than 16 years of age, of whom 1,362 were delivered up to their relations, and 1,735 sent to Houses of Correction." THE MOMAR CANNON. The followicg are further particulars relative to the new French mortar cannon : The tube or barrel is formed of several cylinders or rings of cast or wrought iron, its longitudinal cylindrical parts affording the means of uniting the rings. The interior of the tube is rifled by means of a certain number of projecting spiral rods shaped in triangular prisms. The tube can be lenthened at pleasure. The breech of the gun is a mortar, to which the tube is attached, and from which it may be detached, either for the purpose of load ing it at the breech or of making use of it as a mortar. It is alleged that this cannon cannot become heated, that the process of cleansing after each discharge is unnecessary, except as regards the breech, and that it may be fired five times during the space now required to fire any other gun once. Another conse quence said to follow from the non-heating of the barrel of the gun is, that there is no danger of burst ing, either from defect in the metal or from over charge. The gun may likewise be lengthened or shortened at pleasure. The inventor states that a gun throwing a shot of 120 pounds weight may be taken to pieces and conveyed on the back of a horse or mule over roads impassable for carriages. He shows that there is a considerable saving in the construction of this gun in consequence of the tube being of open work, and of iron, in place of bronze. It may be as light as is consistent with the resist ance which its weight must necessarily oppose t o the recoil produced by its discharge. The inventor expects that this gun will supersede mortars, and that every cannon mounted on a ship's deck may be used both as a cannon and a mortar, and that a ship which carries 40 guns may be said to carry 40 guns and 40 mortars. THE BLACK PRINCE.—GLASGOW, Feb. 27.—The Black Prince was successfully launched at five minutes before 3 o'clock. She went off beautifully. Although the quotation of exchange from New York by the Kedar shows another unfavourable movement of about a half per cent., it is not believed that shipments of gold from this side can even now be made at a profit. The remittances taking place are not entered into r I banking transactions, but are simply ordered as direct returns for the unprecedented quantities of cotton and grain lately consigned to us. As cotton is as good and almost as conv er tibl e as go ld, our i n t r i ns ic position is very little altered by the substitution of one for the other, and much of the disquietude occasioned by the operation is therefore without foundation. LITERATURE. Will Adams, the First Englishman in Japan. By William Dalton. A. W. Bennett. Until Lord Elgin's diplomatic mission to Japan, a few years ago, when his accounts of the marvel lous extent of its cities, the fertility of the soil, the general wealth of the country, and the barbaric civilization of its friendly inhabitants, which filled the world with incredulous wonder, the tales re lated by those who sought these shores nearly 300 years ago were looked upon as fabulous by the majority of the community; and there was, indeed, some ground for the belief, for unless, in those days, a story teller told a wonderful tale it was of no account at all—in fact it was often found necessary by travellers to add something of the marvellous to induce the public to be lieve the true part of their story. It is curious to note, however, that the descriptions given by Lord Elgin and his companions differ in no respects from the Jesuits and others who were dwellers in Japan three centuries ago, which proves the cor rectness of old historians, and shows that this people, like their neighbours, the Chinese, ante date all Western civilization ; for what the people are now they were 300 years since, and, possibly, 3,000. They seem to have reached a certain stage of civilisation, and there stuck fast. The author of this work has endeavoured to establish, on the slender basis of the fragments of authentic information of the history of Will Adams, and the writings of residents in Japan during the sixteenth and seven teenth centuries, an instructive and amusing tale, and in both respects he has certainly succeeded. Mr. Dalton states that all parts of his work which relate to political, social, or historic subjects have been carefully collated from the writings of the time, and to use his own words, that " to give a list of the writers of every shade of religious and political opinions —Jesuits, Dominicans, Francis.' cans, Protestants, sailors, merchants, and simple travellers, would be to catalogue a library of no small dimensions: and from such materials has the author sought his information. The reader must not, therefore, believe that he has a true account of the life of Will Adams and his doings in Japan, nor yet set the whole down as fiction; but dis criminate between the narrative and the descrip tions. The narrative, in fact, although highly interesting as a story, and full of adventure, only serves as a groundwork whereon to pour tray the national character. All the individuals introduced are real, at least existed at that time, and if justice is not done ito them, it is their ghosts alone who will have cause to complain. As the hero of this romance is unknown to nearly all, we quote from the preface an epitome of his fe WILL ADAMS. "Will Adams may not inappropriately be called a repre sentative Englishman, for though neither General nor Ad miral at sea, nay, but little more than a simple shipman, he was one of the fathers' of our navy. Not for that reason, however, was he chosen as the hero of the following nar rative, but because he was the first Englishman who ever set foot in Japan, in which land he lived, for some time a prisoner, then as the friend and confidant of the Emperor (Ziogoon), negotiated a treaty for his country, married a native lady, had children, and lastly, after a twenty years' sojourn, made a will (which was afterwards brought to England), and died. Of the history of this fine old English shipman, and founder of the Dutch and English commerce with Japan, we have but fragments in the shape of letters written by him and some of his contemporaries; but from these we gather the facts that he was born at Gillingham in. Kent ; was apprenticed to a shipmaster, one Nicholas Dig gines, of Limehouse, near London; and that he married, served as master and pilot in the navy of Queen Bess, again in the service of the worshipful Company of Barbary merchants, and lastly in the Dutcn fleet which sailed from the Texel in 1598 ; and that, after a disastrous voyage, accident threw him, with several shipmates, upon the land of Japan, about April, 1600, in which empire he remained till his death in May, 1620 ; and this, and much more that has enabled me to give the fortunes of my hero, we have upon authorities which may be found collected and collated in the admirable work of Mr. Thoma s R un d a l , pr i nted for the Hakluyt Society, and entitled Memorials of the Empire of Japan in the Sixteenth and S even t een th Cen turies. " Although Will Adams is the nominal hero of the tale, he is in reality but the eeeping partner of the firm of Adams and Melichor, for Melichor is the relater of this history, or rather autobio graphy, in which the doings of his friend Will Adams are related ; and it is the personal adven tures of this individual that form the thread of the story, and the interest of the reader is natu rally with the man who is always in trouble, rather than with the one who is in court favour. Melichor von Santvoort, a young Dutchman of rank, having been saved from the stake, at which his parents perished during the occupation of Holland by the Spaniards in the sixteenth cen tury, by a wealthy merchant, who sacrificed his conscience to save his property, personal and mercantile, held a candle to the devil, and bided his time. Young Melichor sailed with the ill fated Dutch fleet of the Barbary Company on its wild goose chase. On board ship he meets with Will Adams, and a brotherly friendship springs up between them ; after many misfortunes, in the end they are cast on the shores of Japan. At first they are kindly received; but owing to the machinations of their natural enemies, the Spaniards and Portugese, Melichor and Will Adams, separated from their comrades, are cast into prison. They endure long captivity—during the history of which much native incident is described. I n the end, however, they gain an interview with the Emperor, but previous to the au dience they are placed by his direction in a concealed closet, so as to enable them to over hear a charge preferred against them by their enemies, the Spaniards. The description here is amusing; the indignation of the Englishman, com pelled to remain silent while the Spaniard is abusing himself and country. At length his turn came, and the Dutchman and Englishman were led before the Emperor and signed to kiss the ground, but like the gallant but unfortunate Mils° of the Buffs, who refused to kneel to a Chinaman, they remained standing, declaring that their coun trymen knelt to none but their God and sovereign, which piece of independence so pleased the Emperor, accustomed to and sated with servile fawning, that he took them at once into favour, and hence forth the Spaniards were their humble servants. Now commence Melichor's adventures. Will Adams, the favourite of the Emperor, advances rapidly in favour, and beyond a few passing inci dents he is out of the story, of which, up to the present time, he had played the first part. Melichor's adventures are amusing, and at times highly interesting. The descriptions of native character and custom are remarkably clever. We are told by those in Lord Elgin's expedition that the country is so rich that there are no beggars, but Mr. Dalton gives accounts of endless classes of this fraternity, We give one as an example : THE NUN BEGGAR. " Those who are charitably disposed may well satisfy their hearts, for the race of beggars is legion. One tribe of these have their heads shaven, and to it belong some of the most comely damsels in Japan, who are of the order bikuni, that is, nuns. All of these girls are attached to some one of the many nunneries at Meaco, or elsewhere, to which houses they pay a portion of their earnings, by begging and otherwise, as an acknowledgment. The greater part of them are the daughters of poor parents, so that when I say, further, that none but those who are handsome are ad mitted into the order, it will serve as another proof of the ungodliness and immorality of these people, whose inno cence has been so much overpraised by the Jesuit fathers, and others of later date, who have written letters, but therein have unfairly said nothing of these things, nor that some of them are bred up as courtesans, but, having served the time for which they were apprenticed, buy the privilege of entering into this religious order, there to spend the re mainder of their lives and beauty ; and the following is the fashion after which they pursue their calling " They live two or three together, and make an excursion every day a few miles from their houses, when they watch for people of rank who travel in norimons, tangos, or on horseback, and, facing one of these, they accost him, sing ing rural songs; and thus they procure so much money, that although their heads are shaven after the fashion of their order, they are enabled to dress themselves in caps or hoods of black silk, with a large hat and rich quilted gowns, that the loss of hair is not noticed." Would space permit we might cite many curious traits of the Japanese character, but we must conclude after safely disposing of Melichor. He, of course, falls in love, is a dozen times on the point of being crucified or put out of his misery in many ways, he is mixed up in various political conspiracies, and is either saved by one party or the other, as his fate directs, but in the end he settles at the Dutch factory at Nangasaki (this is a fact, an individual of that name who landed in Japan in company with Will Adams was at the Dutch settlement at the period referred to in the tale), and after attending the death-bed of his friend he returned to his own country. Such is our tale, and for novelty of scene and character must prove highly attractive to all. The Archbishop of Canterbury has consented to preach on the morning of Sunday next at St. Matthew's Church, Spring-gardens, in aid of the National Society for promoting the education of the poor in the principles of the Church of England. M URDER OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN. The American ship General Parkhill, Captain Pyke, sailed from Liverpool on Monday last for Charleston, and had pro ceeded as far as Holyhead, when a disturbance took place on board between the officers and men, the cause of which has not as yet transpired, but which, melancholy to relate, terminated in the captain being stabbed to death, and the chief mate being severely injured, he having received no less than five wounds. The ship returned to port last even ing, and on the news of the affray reaching the Prince's Landing-stage, information was immediately despatched to the Central Police-station, when Inspector Carlisle and a body of police went on board, and brought the crew (eleven in number) on shore, and lodged them in the main bride , . well.--Lii pool .Post.