The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

SIXTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, !19, Great Russell. street, Bloomsbury, lon , lon. SPECIAL NOTICE. AU Per4ons who assure on the Participatinc Scale before June 18:56, will be entitled to a share of the SIXTH BONUS, wltich will he declared in the January following. Proposals should be forwarded to the office before June Ist next. The Thirty-first Annual Report (just issued) can be obtained of the Society's Agents, or of CEO. H. PINCKABD, Resident Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANZ :Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TIIIS FVENING, A BACHELOR OF ARTS. 1 o clivlade with SECT DIDDLE DIDDLE qarlequtu King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of titan. THEATRE ROYAL. II 1. YMAREET. Miler the Management of Mr. Bnekatone. THIS EVENING, MARRIED LIFE. Followed by SHE LITTLE T"tE&ITRE. After which. LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled TUE BUTTrAFf.ri 1,1,1: AND TETE iIRASgIiOPPEIV, FEAST; or, Ilariervitn and the Genius of tho Spring,. ROY U. ra14r,1474,4 . 4 rrifIATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CRAMS KUL • Tlili EVFINING. A WONDERFUL WOMAN. After which, HARLEQUIN' AND THIC MAID AND TIM MAGPIE ; or, th. Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hullae ; Pantaloon, Mr panto; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. FLEX MORE'S liENEFIT. In consequence of Covent Garden Theatre being required for the Italian Opera, Flexmore be;s to inform his pa•ron--the Public— that his Benefit will take place at the above Theatre on WEDNES DAY, March 12, and that cards of admission, price Is., 25., 35., 45., and 55., may be hal at 66, Hercules-Buildings, Lambeth. THEATRE 80Y.41. ADICI2M. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectreil, Madame Ueda TIM EVENING. BETSY BAKER. To be followed by • . TROT BLESSED RUT. To conclude with JACK ASTD VIE BE 4.!T STALK.; or. Harlequin and Mother (`.003e at Home Again. la which Sle.tri. J. 1-111 , 14. P. Ilearcv.q. Mrsdara Celeste. Misi Wyndham, and Nilo It. Anion will ap,ear. R3YAL TITEA.TRE. Lessee and 3fana4ey, Mr. ..4.liYel Wien. TIT; • r.VP'S'INT4. sTru, WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be prcrl , m.. - 1 a N'eve an , l deuhly-moral, though excessively old. Meiodra - nAtic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled T FIE D ES(.:ItZET PR I C o the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robion, H. Cooper, Miss Marstoi, and Ml3B Ifaskell will appe.tr. ROYAL SITIRRY THEATRE., Left.o4l4, Stepherrl and Cregwiek. For the, BENEFIT of Mr. J. NEVILLE. THIS Eri.:N.lNa BLACK-E.YED SUSAN'. Wiliam, by Prof,s4-r Anderson. Followed by A. S , 7ems from LA SOSNAMBIJLA. After which, a BALLET, by the Spanish Dancers. To conclude with THE SGAPE.GOAT OF PARIS. ROYAL , TIIkNTO Vt-IPlVrtel U ider the direction of Mr: Payne. IA RV WING. THE IfERCIIA.NT OF VENICE. After which, A Ballet Divertissement. Followe4 ny WHY D 1 1 , 7' t' SHE MARRY? A fter which, A. ratite Divertlsiement. To conclude ertth BLUE JACKETS. ABTLEr9 ROYAL ANPRITEMATICE. Lessee and Manaler, Mr. Wm. Note. Last Week of the Pantomime THIS EVENING, THE A.RAR OF THE DESERT AND HTSI FAITHFUL STEED; in which the rail naidy of the hor•e, taught and trained by Mr William Cooke, fills the audience w th delight and wonder. Atter whle`i, the EQUESTRIAN EVOLUTIONS In the ARENA. Themiraculons ascent of the huge Elephants from the ring to the stage. T. conclude with (the last weal) T...MAW:TM ANTI) ST. GEORGE AND THE DRA.UON; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. &questrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Inn. EMMA- STINTLEY'i SEVFI' AGEi OF 1V0,41AN., Pronounced b the unanimous voice of the press, and by increasing patronage, to be the greatest artistical triumph of the day. Evenings at S. anil on Saturiays at three precisely. Stalls Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, SAINT MA RT IN'S HILL, Long-acre. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON' BRIDGE. TWO DAY—Morn. 12 min. aft. 2—Evening 34 min. aft. 2 l'n-INfeßßow—Morn. 54; min. aft. 2 —Evening 15 min. aft. 3 THE WEATRER—SUN OFFIcg, Alaneit 7. TIISUMOMILTER, IN TEM SHAM 46—highest sine noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and daring the night. 45—this day at swan. Raaomitritrt-30-38. WIND, N.E. to E.N.E.--FreQh, with dull, cold weather. 7 , ";. C.' ' : ' . .. ''*`%, 1 %, ‘,. 5 .. ~, A,14-' c r .: ' ;•_,...i. , ; ...."- 7.7 ' ' '' . ; l. . , ;- -- ':. f' ' ',--1 - 1,;r,55 4 L3NDON, FRID,IY, MARCH 7, 1856. .~__~ Lord STRATFORD DE REDOLIFFE has a heavy account to render to his countrymen. To him may be attributed the sacrifice of Kars and its gallant defender . ] --- the preservation of " the • honour of the Russian arms," and the Muscovite equivalent for all the successes of the Allied Armies by sea and land, in the Crimea, the Sea of Azoff, at Kinbourn, and in the Baltic (such as they have been). It is necessary to investigate the causes of the animosity of the British Ambas sador to the British Commissioner. It has been more than hinted that it is ascribable to the fact that the latter was appointed by the Foreign Secretary, without the intervention or recommen dation of the diplomatist, and that the result was the extraordinary " repudiation" (no other phrase will express the systematic conduct of Lord STRA.TFORD) of General WILLIAMS. The ex cuses put forth •at the- eleventh hour are so clearly and palpably fallacious as to require no argument to expose their weak ness. Day after day, week after week, and month after month, did the. General appeal to the Ambassador, but in vain. Not only did he fail in obtaining the aid so urgently required, but even the slightest acknowledgment of his existence. The common official courtesy of ac knowledging the receipt of his. communications was altogether omitted. Fifty-four urgent de spatches were left unnoticed, because, forsooth, the great man was anxious "n o t t o occasion dis appointment by announcing measur es which might or might not be carried into effeot." Therefore he left him without the slightest encouragement that might have sustained hi m in his arduous position, and enabled hi m to brave the contumely of those whose frauds and treachery he was required to eipo,se ? The assertion that the diplomatist at the &MO time endeavoured to accomplish the wishes of the General, is equally negatived by the extraordinary oblivion which prevented him from even applying for the recognition of the Turkish Government on behalf of the Commissioner ! How could he forget that which was daily pressed on his attention, of which he was fifty-four times reminded within a few months ? In his petulance (we do not wish to use a harsher term) he ignored every communication that he received. He might have cast them aside without perusal, and that is the most charitable view of the subject. But surely, even in such a " be would have vaio iwaitor to wiiiiipor ip .•". his ear the unpleasiug intelligence that something was required, and that he either ought to accede to or peremptorily refuse the urgent applications, co that the Commissioner might know what he had to anticipate, and for what he should be pre pared. Lord. STRATFOB.D must have formed a very humiliating estimate of the intelligence of the Government and people of Great Britain, when he conceived that such an excise could pass current. En any event there is a prima facie case against him, which requires his immediate recall. The interests of England can no longer be trusted in such hands, whether the untoward events were occasioned by negligence, ill-temper, or something even worse than either. A stringent account must also be rendered of the money received in this country, on the joint parantee of France and England, for the alleged benefit of Turkey. It will be asked why that which was of such vital importance to the Otto- man cause was suffered to remain idle and unpro ductive in the Bank of England, when it was so urgently required, and when the fate of Asiatic Turkey virtually depended on its receipt. It may be answered that the notorious corruption and treachery of Turkish officials de manded unusual precautions to show that the money should not be misapplied. But surely the withholding the necessary assistance until the mischief had been effected was nearly as bad as the misapplication, of the fund. Had it been promptly transmitted to Constantinople, a portion might have been improperly spent, but the, residue would have saved Kars, and thus have averted an evil of fearful magnitude. Measures should have been promptly adopted to coun teract the - undue influences in operation at Stamboul, and for that gross negligence the Eng lish Government are in a great degree, if not alto gether, responsible. As to the conduct of certain Turkish officials,. there can be no second opinion. If they had been in the actual receipt of Aluscovite gold they could not better have played the Russian game, or better have earned the wages of corrup- . tion and treason ! The most exemplary pAnish ment could not be too stringent for SELI3I PACITA and the "robbers and traitors" by whom he was assisted in his nefarious course. We are not advo cates for capital punishment, unless when abso lutely required ; but no' person could say that any retributive justice would be too severe for such atrocious offenders. That the fall of Kars is attributable to gross negligence or something worse is certain. It is for the British Parliament to discover the offen ders, and to see that they are treated in the manner which they deserve, so that loyalty, honour, and honesty may be fairly vindicated. Dissenters must have been greatly amused with ;the grand difficulty of Wednesday's debate. All the advocates of Church Rates, especially the two Lords JOHN, were gravelled, as disputants of old would have said, by the ever-recurring question —How will you provide a reliable substitute ? Their adversaries were by no means gravelled by any such perplexity. Good Churchmen as they were, with at least but one exception, they had on this subject had so much of late to do with Dis senters that they had, perhaps unconsciously, im bibed the, belief that the difficulty was a mere phantom; walk up to it and it would vanish. Suppose a little coterie of Dissenting managers met to discuss how they should provide for some annual expenses of their worship, or their house of worship ; suppose, after long, and graie discus sion among the grey heads, some one hitherto quietly busy with pencil and. paper should ask— " Well, friends, how much per 'head will it be, think you, for the congregation ?—Why, just 35., at the most extravagant calculation—more pro bably about is. 6d. each ;"—the whole diffisulty would be seen to have vanished at once. " Why, a halfpenny a-week, perhaps," one would remark ; "any how, not a penny a-week," another would add. " Well, it is but for our pastor to tell the congregation so from the pulpit and the thing is done," would be the final observation of Mr. Chairman, and the whole staff would resume their ordinary engagements, perfectly sure about the security of the Chapel Consols. This supposition is a mere matter of fact in regard to the grave difficulty which presses on the younger Tory Lord and the elder Whig Lord. It really comes to a question, say of one-halfpenny a week per worshipper, or at most of under a penny ! And here were grave legislators in the British House of Commons objecting to Sir W. CLAY and the abolitionists that they provided no substitute ! We provide, replies Sir WILLIAM, the free-will offerings of the worshippers. But Lord JOHN RUSSELL turns up his nose at such an unreliable dependence. Voluntary offerings are but a sha dow—or a vague—a will-of-the -wisp offer, tempt ing you only to Church perdition. The Noble Lord has lived so much in the house of taxes, that nothing else appears to him trustworthy secu rity. He has had so long discipline in the science of obtaining money by coercion, that he cannot comprehend the reality and force of the motives to free contribution for religious purposes. The truth is, that in every country on earth it has been but too easy for priests and fana tics to play upon those motives. The Clergymen of England_ could at this mom en t raise almost any sum in reason which they choose to ask, did not the revenues of the Church make the application ridiculous. Even Lord JOHN might perceive that there must be something re liable in the motives which could subscribe more than 500,000,0001. in the last twenty years for church building—and which could maintain the ministers and the services of Dissenting worship. pers, somewhat outnumbering those of the Esta blished Church. Any how, the whole force of the objection resolves itself into this—that you can not rely on the worshippers in the Established Church to the extent of a halfpenny per week each ! That, though churches are provided them by the nation—although their clergyare supported by State endowments—although nothing, literally nothing, pressed upon them but expense of wor ship and repairs of buildings, to the amount of a halfpenny a week each, they could not be trusted to raise it. Were this true, the Church of England herself ought to be given - up instead of Church Rates. But we do not say we hope--we know better things of her. In respect to all the quibbling about the audi tors to be appointed under Sir W. CLAY'S Bill, to pass the accounts of money collected by voluntary quite une ssen ti al. contributi on , we say but little, because they are The scheme was introduced by a Churchman to pleat() Churchmen —but it is pretty evident that, like the " children sitting in the mar ket-place," soothe no music will or please which ac companies the abolition of power to tax Dissenters. It is losing the money, and, still more, losing this ecclesiastical Huradj, which galls those who in England occupy the place which Mahometans do in Turkey. The Church of England is a Parlia mentary Church, and if Parliament does but give its officers power to receive and apply voluntary contributions, we may leave the rest to the con- tributors. They will not long see their money -wasted. TIP gaill4t nJ agreed to.aucipt tha--Sill with .; ~ - ••• A THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING MATICII 7. 18.56 the amendments of the Archbishop of CANTER BURY. Perhaps it is thought that the recusant towns may be quieted by a guarantee of perpetual emancipation, and that all the more litigious parishes will soon fight out the battle for them selves. Lord PALMERSTON would rather each parish should fight for its liberty than that he should be saddled with the task of fighting the Lords and the Bench of Bishops. It is at best a poor shuffle. Should the measure pass in this form there will still be an annual battle in the House, and Easter will be the season of many an unholy conflict. We do not deny that some thing will have been gained, but certainly not a satisfactory and pacifying settlement. Lord JOHN RUSSELL sustained his reputation. He did not repeat his last year's declaration, " We have a National Church ; we have an here ditary aristocracy ; we have au hereditary Monarchy; my opinion is, too, that they would decay and fall together. I must therefore oppose this Bill, as in my opinion tending to subvert one of the great institutions of the State." His " therefore" this year connected objections of detail chiefly with his Tory vote. His arguments as ex-Premier were, of course, chiefly directed against the proposed Ministerial amendments ; and he could not find much difficulty in proving that they would not hush the storm. So far as he did not reason factiously, however, he plainly showed his aversion to leaving Churchmen to pay the expenses incidental merely to the conduct of worship, and for the .repairs of the buildings they use. He clings with aristocratic tenacity to the right of the aristocratic Cnurch to levy tribute on Dissenters. It is melancholy to see the dregs of aristocratic bigotry in such a man as Lord Jour. Memories of the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and of Catholic Disabilities, not to mention Par liamentary and Municipal Reform, will arise, but it is, sad to have to look to the youth of a Liberal Statesman to preserve you from disgust with the Man in his, old age. His closing remark, on Wed nesday, was to the effect that it was the ultimate triumph of Religious Liberty that men should not be compelled to go to Church ; and that he could not comprehend the mctdern demand which included exemption from Ecclesiastical class-taxa tion as essential to complete Religious Freedom ! Would his Lordship say the same of political class taxation ? Would he permit any order in the State to tax another, which not only did not belong to it, but in no way used its services ? Would he call that Political Liberty ? • away, durwg the week. There .have been some 'forced sales of brandy, Martell's realizing 121;6d. to 12s. 9(.1. In wines, superior Porta are in much demand ; while good Sherries also Command a steady sale at remunera'= tive rates. • - "For both ales and porte r s the be brands there . is a large it creasing demand for the Melbourne and Geelong markets ; the best classes of bottled beers ob taicing at least 2s. per dozen. on late quotation -R. " For teas we have also large orders from Victoria ; indeed, so extensive has the trade been with the sister colony for some short time past, that much difficulty has been found in providing the means of sufficient freight. " We have already adverted to the activity exhibited in the sugar market during the last few days, and the sudden advance in the prices of the qualities in chief consurnptiOn. We understand that the holders of the largest stocks have despatched agents to Melb iurne and Geelong, with the view of purchasing such stocks a's may. b 6 procurable. "With the opening of the summer there is a marked improvement in draperies and soft goods generally ] and for useful and seasonable items in the various de partments there is a very fair demand. The increasing pressure of businesi in the coining department of the. Sydney branch of the Royal. Mint, its weekly issue of sovereigns having reached so high as 45 , 000 , will render an addition necessary to its engineer ing staff, the.present strength not being adequate to supply the demand for gold coin. - " A considerable increase to our grain market has been made by the arrival of the America from Valparaiso, which vessel brings 2,500 bags flair. 3,851 bags wheat, 1,000 bags bran, and 38 bags maize." THE USES AND ABUSES OF THE ELEC- TRIO TELEGRAPH. The opinion is universal that the electric. telegraph is not only the most wondeiful but the most useful disco very which has ever been made. We are sorry to be obliged to add that, like everything else that is useful, it is very often turned to improper account. The latter part of Lord Panroure's telegraphic communication to General Simpson, on notifying to the gallant officer that he had been appeieted Commander-in-Chief in the Cri mea, viz.—" Take care of Dowb," is a thing which will never die, arid would make an admirable and attractive heading for a farce at the Adelphi. And yet the tele graph has been turned to worse accounts than telling Sir Jaines2,Simps.m. to "take awe of Dowh," in the very same sentence in which his appointment as Commander in-Chief was intimated to him. An officer, high in com mand in the Crimea, actually obtained, a short time ago, the use of the telegraph to convey an intimation to a party in London,,that a hostile message would be sent to bird, in the event of his not doing a particular thing ; and not only so, but, adding that, if the action i n ques tion was not pefformed, the. Crimean telegraph would . be employed to, induce two other parties in England . to call out the same gentleman. go that through means of the telegraph at. Balaklava, which is exclu sively in the hands of the Government, three duel, were to be fought at the instigation of an officer in the Crimea, contingent on a particular gontiOman in'Eng land not pursuing.a specified line of conduct ! Verily, if the electric telegraph has its uses, it has its abuses, Aci THE CREW OF THE POLYPHEMUS. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 7, 18'56. The following is the list of officers and men who were lost when her „ Majesty's ship Polyphe mus was wrecked on the 29th January, 1856 : Mr. Herbert, master. Duncan M‘Stockline, captain maintop. Henry Forbes, captain forecastle. John Reynolds, captain afterguard. Giles Wilkes, boatswain's mate. Thomas Maunder, boatswain's mate. James Hardy; ordinary seaman. Stephen L-Mghurst; Ist class boy. Samuel Pearce, Ist class boy. A Cabinet C imecil was he'd yesterday : afterno on at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. The Ministers pre- . sent were—Vieeount Palmerston e the Marquis of .Lans downs, Sir George Grey, Mr. Secretary Leboechere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Charles Wood, the Right Ildn. R. Vernon Smith; the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Boa. M. T. Beinee. The'Couocil eat two bonus. esereerniaenT Dosraneoer.-- e 'ire Goldsmiths' Company yesterday, presented to the Royal Free Hospital one hundred pounds, in addition to former donations amount ing to 2501. Sir Thomas Redington has resigned his office of one of the Secretaries to the Beard' of Control. The St. Pancras vestry are commencing a movement to obtain for the public the es jayerient of Hampstead heath and certain adjoining lands as a place of public recreation. ROYAL SOCIETY OP MUSICIANS.—The lath anniver sary festival of this society was held yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Hall. • At the meeting about 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner, the chair being occupied by the Earl of Westmoreland. Music, as usual, formed a large portion of the entertainments of the evening, and there were several pleasing and interesting performances. CONCERT AT HARROW.—Efandel's " Messiah" was performed on Thursday, in the speech room of the Public School, 'Under the patronage of the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, the principal, for the benefit of the organist, Mr. Fill yard. The ail/secs who appeared were Miss Stabbed', Miss Dolby, Mr. Montein Smith, and Mr. Fillyard ; trumpet, Mr. Harper n conductor, Mr. nnurman. The . Harrow boys enjoyed the performances greatly. STATE OF TRADE.—MA.NCLIEETER, March 6.—The demand for goeds suited to the India and Chir,a may. kets continues, and the m7rket is quite as animated as on Tuesday. Shirtings, printing cloths, rend domestics are also in fbir request, and prices generally are quite firm. The Levant trade is dull, the ndvices received by the Greek houses here from Cone l, antinople and Alex, andria being to the effect that seeks are accumulating under a much modified demo ail, and that prices are giving way, while the exchnnze i s also against shippers from this market. The . Royal Serelisheiteilway Company have given notice, under the advi ce o f the Committee cf I nves ti ge tine, that all sliarea- and obligations of the company are require I to be ' .e ft on or b efore Wednesday next for ex amination amen reference to the genuineness of the Ani e . tures. Tae Committee of the Stock-Exchange ljd a sitting yest A-day I . e.p.,:cting the securities in question; but undenstanding that this notice was about to appear, and that another meeting of the shareholders will probably /de called before the end of the month, they deferred for the present the aloption of any remolutioLs. Out of the 362,0094- of gold brought , by the James Baines, 120,0001. has already been taken to the Rude of England, and it is possible a further slim may yet find its way there. The French rate - of exchange continues favourable for this country, and hence the purchase of the amounts of gold taken within the last few days for the Bank of France must have involved a heavy lose. The pressur e f or m oney, h° 7ev.nr, in Paris, consequent upon the sp ecu l a ti ve man i a; is such that any eacritieee are borne for the moment to prevent a check being given to public confieln eee . THE ROYAL C'AI3IISSION Or GENERAL OFFICERS.— It is at last de:eel-mined that the board of general officers formed to inquire into the Crimean report of Sir John M'Neil and Col. Tulloch, shall bold its meetings in the Great Hall of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. THE CRYSTAL PALACE GREAT CLOCK.---tal arrange ment has just been effected with Mr. Bennett, of Ch-ap side, by which the clock exhibited, by him at the Great Jcured or a central posi- Exhibition at P ar i s h as b een sr tion in the Great T rane ept...The hour f will he stru c k on a large bell, producing a Bound which will be heard throughout the building. The mode of decorating the clock is an entire novelty, the case being formed of a magnificent velvet drapery, curtained round it, in a de sign supplied by the first waits of Paris.—Crystal Palace Herald. On Saturday evening a grand cavalcade by torchlight took place at Troyes, with a view of collecting money for the poor. The Car of Beeches and the Temple of Momee formed very striking objects in the procession. The Sire de Franc-Boisy and his chaste spouse also figured in the Cortege, A considerable sum of motley was raised amongst the spectators and in the town. LIMITED LIABILITY.—The following petition is in course of signature in Liverpool, and has already been signed by n. number of influent:al firms :—" To the Hon. the Contmons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and. Ireland in Parliament assembled. The humble pe. tliion of the undersigned merchants bankers, solicito rs , and traders i n Li verpoo l , showeth,---That it is of the first importance to the general interests- of commerce, and also a matter of bare justice to private traders, so as to enable them to stand on a fair and equal basis with the numerous joint-stock companies now rising and likely to rise into existence, that the advance of capital should be permitted to such traders on terms which would pledge the amount advanced only, and not the persons and whole fortunes of the advancers; to the payment of the debts of the concern. That an alteration of the law to this effect would, in the opinion' of your 'petitioners, :induce owners of capital content with a moderate return to place the same in the busi ness of a private trader as readily as they would in ,ehe shares of a joint-stock company, and they and the public would alike be benefited thereby. At the same tone, your petitioners are of opinion that no owner of capital advancing money based on a participation in the profits of a business should be entitled to come into competition with other creditors of the trader to whore such advance is made, nor be entitled to receive repayment of the advance until ail other debts contracted during the time of such advance are discharged. Your petition ers , therefore, h um bl y pr a y that the Partnership Amend ment Bill may pass into a law, having first received such amendments as will effect the above objects ; and that such bill may rn ju tice to private traders pass concur. rently with, or previously to, any bill for better organ s . icing and freallitating the establishment of joint-stock. Companies, Anil your petitioners will ever pay, ..ta." LATEST NEWS. HAMBURG, Kutcn 5. Two Russian war-steamers, accompanied by three gun-boats, have got out of Sweaborg, by breaking the ice. These ships have appeared in the Baltic. BERLIN, hattm 5. The Upper Chamber adopted in yesterday's sit• ting the proposition of dividing the budget into extraordinary and extraordinary budget, although Government opposed the proposition. A letter from Vienna of the 2d, in the Post Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" By letters from Constantinople we learn that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe.had presented a note from the English povernm q nt, asking the Porte to allow, as a gua rantee for the promised reforms, the occupation by English troops for an indefinite period of Varna, Gallipoli„ and Candia. It was thought at. Constantinople that if this question be dis cussed at Paris Russia will oppose it. Reinforce ments are no longer directed on Kamiesh, but on Maslak. Marihal Pelissier has been summoned to Paris." FRANCE. . , PARIS, Tiwitsi).A.Y . EVENING. To-day there has been a fifth' sitting of the Con gress. • • It is confidently stated that the Grand Master of the Cere mon i es h as just drawn up the, programme of the ceremonial to be observed at the birth and provisional baptism (ondoyemeat) of the children of the. Emperor. The explanation of LOrd Palmerston On Monday night relative to the "preliminarii;s of peace," and which was received here yesterday, disposes of the blundering statement's which appear to have created such a sensation in London, , Paris, and Brussels. Lord - Palmerston merely repeated at some, length on Monday; March s, What was, stated More briefly on TueadaY, the 26th silt:, that, is, six. daysTreviously. A" private letter from. Brussels informs us.that the Russian• Minister there, .who .is, .we, believe, a son-in law of Count Nesselrodo,. went about repeating everywhere that peace was concluded, that be announced the fact to .King Leopold, and that his Majesty warmly congratu lated him and others thereupon. It was rumoured here that a number of houses' in Brussels were illu minated on the • occasion. Evidently a trick, ,has, been- played off for stockjobbing purposes, and one firm in particular in Paris is charged, justly or otherwise, with hiving originally sent' the news to Brussels, London, and other cities of the continent. All that can be safely affirmed is, that matters are going on, assez Urn ; but it would be an error to, suppose that there is not yet a good, deal of work to be got through. France. and England have not been since the. commencement more firmly united than at this moment. Of Austria's firoinesalt is a doubt whether so much can be said ; at' all events, whisperings are heard about dount Bnol not rea , using all that was expected of him. It is positively stated that no prolongation of the armistice or of the negotiations beyond the - 31st of March will be listened to, and that, in fact, 'everything must be arranged in 10 or 12 daya from, this date. The members of the Legislative Body met yesterday in the bureaux to name the presidents and secretaries •sf the bureaux for the present month. For the Ist bureau, Count de .Morny was chosen 'president, and Cotint • Gony d'Arcy secre, tary ; 2d; M. ,Leniaire (Oise) and Count Joachim Murat; 3d, M.:Alengry and M. Severin Abbatucci ; 4th,, General .Merlin and M. Tesmere • sth,, M. Wereil and M. Cnauchird ; 6th, M. Faure, and Baron de Velure ; and 7th, M. de Parieu and „.M. Jules Portalis. BouusE, March 6.—The following were the last quotations:— Cash. fl'. e 4A per Cents PG tiO .3 per Cents 72 40 New Loan 73 Bank Shares • -- Roman Credit MehlHer 1,585 ,-- Austrian Belgian Fives 9tl Spanish Threes Piedmoutem (5) f'o Home Debt ....„.., End or Month, —f. —e. 73 15 RAILWA Yl3-/fOR CASH. fr. e. fr. e. 0r1ean5.......«......1,280 - Westera 'BBl Northern - 190 Strasbneg „ 970 -- Lyons 1,2.35 New. Ditt0.,.......... 815 , -- ffediterrinesui 1,550 —. Grand Central 655 Lyons Geneva 770 Tt-sto Cette 770 Austrian C01n....... 922 50 RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the "266, in the Debats says • • `.`The superior officers anti commanders of regiments who, during the Niiinteri have been on leave of ab4ence have now all returned to their poets, 'and the employo% of the telegraph on the coast of-the Baltic have received orders to proceed to their different stations. The naval department has taken all its ,ineaures inotfer to be on the alert, as sort`n as the enemy shOnict make their ap pearanee. The L' o lvergity h e ld its gran d annual sitting two daYs , a go , at which several of, the, high ,dianitaries of the State were ,present. A :paper was reaTt'on the state of the Russian army before Peter the great. - The Emperor has oiven a flag to the nohility, of Georgia, on account of the part which th e i n h a bit an t s tookin the two last campaigns; and another .flag to the flotilla of the Caspia o S: a. Scarcely a week passes without some condemnations. of public functionaries of peculation being letter frotn,Orenbourg states ,that an.em ployeof the departtent of the forces •has been sent to the army as a common soldier, for having disposed on his own acconot of permissions to cut wood, and thus pocketed some thousands of roubles. Irpeacs belnade, it is expected here that a lean to a cotvidetable amount will be negotiated."' - • EAST INDIA. AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTI:I4MPTON, THURSDAY. The 'Peninsular - and Oriental Coinpany's screw steam-ship Ava, Capl . . Field, aiTived this morning, at eleven o'clock, with the above. inails, and 70 pas sengers. The Alta left Alexandria On Feb. 211.; Malta, 26th.; and Gibraltar,-March Ist. • • Her freight consists et' 23 chests of indigo; - 1,025 sacks of beaus, 168 bags gum, 11 packages of ele phants' teetb,' 32 bales of flax, 3 bags'of Coffee, 06 packages silk, 9 boxes of tortoiseshell, 67 boxes of • oranges, .1 bag of specimens, and 261 packages of general merchandise. • • • • • H.M.S. Royal Albert, Hannibal, four two deckers, and a number's:A steamers,, of the Black Sea fleet; were at :Malta. ECM.S. Ariel was at Gibraltar. The Peniusula - (s. tran.) arrived at Gibraltar on the 29th ult. from London; she 'experienced tre mendous weather on the passage. She is laden w,ith medical stores for the hospitals at Scutari and Balaklava, and left immediately after coaling. The steamer Pantaloon (in the French transport service) had also arrived in six days from London, with stores for the use of the French troops in the Crimea. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Sultan arrived this evening, at six 4'clock, with the Peninsular mail, and ad vices from the following places :---Gibraltar, Feb, 27 ; Cadi z , 29th ; Lisbon, Marchl ; Oporto; 2d ; Vigo, 2d. The Sultan brings 14 passengers, 10 packages of specie, value 3,1591., and on freight, 78 cases of eggs, 1.8 casks of wine ; 783 chests of oranges, 84 baskets of chesnuts, 179 bales of orchilla weed, and' 57 packages of sundries. On the 2d inst. the Sultan exchanged night sig nals with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid, with the outward Peninsular mail. On the 27th Feb. her Majesty's ship St. George sailed from Lisbon, fOr England. NEW SOUTH WALES. We have received, vice Valparaiso, files of Sydney papers to the 10th of Dec.:inclusive. We extract the following front the Sycin - ey Morn ing Herald of that date : ", A review of the chief business trans ac ti on o f th e past week is gratifying, as aft - riling proofs that in almost every department of enterprise and industry, confidence, lately shaken by various large insolVencies, is being re stored. From our agricultural, pastoral, gold, copper, iron, and coal mining districts, the latest advicses are of the most favourable character, whilst the late consider able demand from Victoria for many of our leading items .of import has given a, great impetus to our rnost,profitable markets. ,The reports as .to the large coming crops in every one of our wheatelrowing districts are ,highly satisfactory, and give every promise to relieve the rates of treadstuffs from those fluctuations which will always arise when the coloiq is'entirely de pendent •on importations of f , rei,fu grain and flour. Already, from the Hunter, some large parcels 'of very. fine wheat have been received in. Sylney, and obtained 108. per bushel, and there appears every prospect of the wheat crop of this sea.soa exceeding, in ex t en t an d qua— ay; that O . A any - forip,er. ' "14 the spirit nierket there hes . net been lunch ag, MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS. The subjoined is from theCommitte3 of Mexican Bondholders "'The' committee of MeXican bondholders have re-. ceived advices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, 2d ult., but the packet brings no remittances for the divi dend fond. The British . consul. in Vera Cruz writes that, as regards. the $45,000 which could not be shipped -by the preceding packet, and were then lodged with him for safe cestody, he had met with unexpected difficulties to obtain the permit required to send them by the pre- Sent packet, and had referred to her M a j es ty' s M in i s t er in Mexico on the subject. The agents in Tampico re port that they:were unable to make any remittance, be cauee the expected supply of hard dollars had not y, t : reached that port, in consequence of the conducta havirg .been delayed in .San Luis Potosi. Affairs generally in Mexico continued in a very unsatisfactory state, and the difficulties which the Government had to contend with were immense. The President had by decree of 21st • January last abolished the tobacco monopoly, which had of late produced $600.000 annually, and ordered the Sale by public auction of the stock in hand. His ,Excel lency the Minister of Financl sends the committee (with- Out comment) a copy of the new tariff of 31st Jan. last,- which was to take effect from the day of its publication, but which, at the date of Mr. Whiteheid's letter s (2d alt.), had not apparently been published yet in Mexico. -Art. 11 of this law contains the following paragraph :—"Tn addition to these rates of. duty on imports, 25 per cent. more are to be paid into the national treasury,' in bends 01 the public consolidated debt." It is net explained, whether those bonds are'to be of the foreign as well as of the,detnes.ic debt, hut the committee presume such to, be the intention.; nor, if that be so, what proportion of each is'.to be paid, and whether-at par or at what other rates. • No Mexiaan newspapers have been received by this packet." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) i,oti - pori, March 7. —Wind this day at noon, strong northerly breeze and dull weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 6.--Wind N.E.—Arrived—Sul tana, from L9ndou, for New South Wales, and sailed for Southampton. Sliled--Ann Powell, for Valparaiso. SOUTHAMPTON, M.rch N.E.—Arrived—Sul tan (4.), kora Gibraltar, &c. FALMOUTH, March 9.—Wind N.E.—Arrived--Irii, from Havana. Off the port —Morse, from shanghai; Isa bella C. Jones, New Orleans. PILL, March 6.—The Sabrina (s.), bewnd to Rork. which got ashore on the Sweat' on the 10th Feb., .w. 48 towed off this morning, and proceeded for Bristol. LIVERPOOL, March 6 —The Constitution, from New York. _which to ,, k fire in*the Mersey on the sth Dec.. and was scuttled, subsequently turned bottom up, was lifted and towed in the main last night. SHIELDS, -- March 6.Wiud N.—Sailed—Lockwood, of Cork, for Hondura3. YARMOUTH, Match 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Valiant, from London, for Newcastle, with bowsprit cartied away and other damage, having been run into whilst at a nchcr Wiaterton, last night, by the Amelia, of Shields. DOVER, March 6.---Wrind N.E., fresh.—A.rrived,—Meeta, from Shields, for Rochefort,. with damage ' having been run into, whilst a t an c h or , by the Thopas Bell, of Swansea. • PLYMOUTH, March. G.—Wind E —Arrived—Persia, from London, for Moreton Ear ; Shannon, Ports mouth, for :the West. Coast of Africa. CARDIFF. March 6.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Arctic, trom London, with loss of bowsprit, from contact with the Thetis. SWANSEA, March G.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Slains Castle, for St, ,March do Cuba ; Lady Prudhoe, Madeira. GiBEALTAIt, March I.—. The weather has been. very b..ister o us, end mie or two vessels have been dri ven as h ore . The Jane Hudso n , from Alexandria to Queenstown struck the ground during the ga l e on th e 1 th Feb.,.is leaky, has started her stern-post, and received other damage;..,, she has been surveyed, and will discharge part of her cargo. OFF PLYMOUTH-Persia, from London, for Moreton Bay; P,omanoe of the Sea, Shanghai ' • Harding. Demerara., . GRIMSBY, March s.—Th e Vi g il an t, from Hull to Rio Grande, got ashore near Donna Nook yesterday, but came off , to.day with assist/vice, after discharging. LowicsToFT, March s.—The Gratitude, of Sunderland, from Alexandria to Hull, put in to-day with, damage and leaky, from conta..t with the Rose of Spay, of Banff. LITERATURE. -,-.4t. An Inquiry into the Vine Fungus, with Suggestions as to a _Remedy. By a Twenty-three Years' Resident in Portugal. Saunders and Otley. A seasonable and practical treatise on an im portant subje'et, penned with highly-commendable motives, and'ivorthy of the most serious attention, not only of the vine-growers and Government of Portugal, but, also of the commercial houses at home whose welfare is dependent on the successful cultivation of the vino in that country. As most of our, readers are aware, the vineyards of the Peninsula have, during the last three years, been visited by a mysterious disease, the consequences of which, already disastrous, threaten to be fatal— no prospect of improvement being forthcoming, nor likely to be so unless energetic efforts be directed, without delay, towards its removal. Im pressed with this conviction, the author, who has resided twenty-three years in P or t u gal, , and not only feels a deep interest in hr welfare, but has also had considerable experience in the cultivation of the vine, and is well acquainted with the history and particularta of the disease, has stepped forward not merely to communicate the immediate fruit of his reading and observation, but alSo to offer suggestions well calculated in our opinion to rescue, the vine-growers from despair, and direct them to the use of means whereby the pestilence may be stayed. Premising that nume rous circumstances lead to the opinion that the proximate cause of Ur: appearance of the Oidium Tucheri fungus is to be' found in some abnormal condition of the atmosphere, in conjunction with a diminished power . of resistance—a theory which the reader will find sufficiently fortified by facts in the pamphlet he inquires into the causes of this di minution of power.' -These he discovers to a large extent in the absence 'of rain during the three suc oessive winters ending 1851, the want of proper pruning, renewal of stocks and disintegration of soil for some years previous to 1851, owing to the poverty of the vine-growers, and the excessive over production of 1846, 1847, and 1848—many old and fine quintas in the Douro district having from this neglect diminished 50 per cent. and more in pio duction prior to the appearance of the fungus in 1853. In 1851 rain commenced in October, and continued with little interruption until May, 1852—the spring being both cold, wet, and late ; with the appearance of the sun vegetation became rank and luxuriant, througa excess of moisture, and the vines seat out branches twice or thrice their usual length, and formed leaves of au enor mous size. Nu attempt was made to check this growth, , and the results; were further enfeeblement of the vines and au inferior vintage. The extreme drought, he supposes, produced partial stagnation of the roots, which subz.equently engorged extreme moisture, leading to a luxuriant and enfeebling growth. In this excessive moisture, and a well established abnormal condition of the atmosphere, he recognises the most favourable circumstances for the growth of the fungi, in question, it being.a generally recognised fact, that innumerable fungi are to be found in perhaps every soil, ready, trader favourable cirk umstances, taspring up into life, the r pabulum, moisture, shade, and cold, and their seeds being scattered in every direction by the winds. Once fastened on the vine, it has been unable, with its diminishing strength, to resist or cast off the per nioious parasite, and it is obvious, the efforts of the vine-growers must be directed to give it strength, and otherwise aid it to do so. In order to this, the anther recommends a judicious system of pruning, according to the strength of the vine (say also if we might suggest, ajudicious choice of periods to prune—forinstan ce, as chosen at Hampton- court), the clearance of the soil from weeds, the burning of these with the prunings and the spread of the ashes over the soil, its disintegration with pick axes, &c., the removal in June and beginning of July of all defective grapes and bunches, and burial at the root of dines together with superfluous shoots, Sic., broken is smaepieces, and the sparing use of argol and nitrate of potash mixed in the soil, also in 's nail pieces. Were these steps promptly adopted, ttie author is of opinion the vine would speedily regain its , strength and the fungus cease from its ravages.' The vine-growers, however, ate poor, and unable of themselves to do so. Hp therefore locks to the prudent foresight of the bank now in formation, to the sympathies of wealthy English houses, and, these falling, to the Portu guese Government, to come to their rescue, and by the advancement of a little capital enable them to avert a catastrophe becoming every day more im minent. -We cordially recommend' the work for perusal, believing it likely to be productive of great good: (Pali ELECITRIC TELEGIAAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived.—Le Coq, and Georges, from Cherbourg; South Western, (s.), Jersey ; Atalanta, (s.), Havre. , Sailed.—Express (a.), for Havre; Devonshire, (s.), for Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind E. Arrived.--.4very, from Valparaiso ; Elizabeth, Villa Nuova, • . DUBLIN, March 9. • Wind W.S.W. Arrived.—Proyelo, from SL Michael's. • Et SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) • • , ' GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.18 a.m. Wind N.N.E. ; cloudy; tide, two hours' flood. Arrived, March G.—Fairy, from Lisbon ; Zeewart, Surinam ; Sarah Jones, Antwerp. Arrived, March 7.--Alice and Ann, from Alexandria; Harry, Trieste. Sailed.---Unity,. for Algoa Bay ; Sandford, New Zea land. DLit, Fiiday, 9.47 a.m. Wind E.S.E., moderate. Passed.—Brisk, from London, for the West Coast of Africa ; her ITijosty's steamer Rhadamanthus, from Ports mouth, for the liver. Salled.—Norra3n (in tow) and Villiers, for London, and others for the north. DEATH OP THE ASTRONOMER VON BIELA..— The twice . .. -------- . . , . tifio , world will learn• with regret the death of the mit. The Countess. of Kinnoull and the Ladies Hay, who teated astronomer Yoe Biela, which took place at Venice, have been passing the winter at Nice, are expected to on the 18th of February. Wilhelm, Baron von Biela, a return to Hampden -house soon after Easter. esta s a, near Stolberg, in the Hartz)nountains, The Eerl of Eglinton has left town for Bath, but will major in the Austrian army, was born on his peternal to of Ro I on the 19th of March, 1782, and had consequently nearly return to St. Jatees's-quare early eext 'weel.-. Pupils *mpleted his 74th year. At an early .age he entered TESTIMONIAL TO DR. LLOYD, OF GUY'S HOSPITAL. — Last evening, a meeting of the members of the whilst quartered with his regimente—the 18th Infantry th- service of Austria, and it was in the year 1826, 'Phy.ical Society of Guy's Hospital was held at the of the line—at the little town of Josephstadt, in Bebe- Lendon Tavern, for the purpose of presenting Dr. Ed ward Lloyd with a testimonial expressive of the high estimation in which his long and valuable services, as min.; that he made the interesting discovery of the comet (called aft er hi m ) c i rcu l at i ng roun d the sun, b etween that honOrary sec r eta r y of th a t so ci e ty, are held by the former 'and preßei.t members, Dr. Lloyd having now retired luminary and the orbit of Saturn. Having retired from from that office. The testimonial con,isted of a band- the army he spent the last years of his life in the stUdy of big favourite science—astronomy—and in constant cor forsome silver candelabrum, with richly-chased branches three lights,. to suit also as a flower eta" , supported respondence with Maedler, Argalander, Humboldt, and ..' by a-beautifully-modelled female figure on a tripod stand other sav a n s of c el e b r ity. B aron V on Bi e l a was pos bearing an appropriate inscription. Mr. Odling took . sessed of a, valuable collection of paintings, which afford the chair; and among those present were Mr. Edward a proof of his r e fi ne d t as t e an d a d m i r ati on o f th e fi ne . Cook, Mr. Cooper' Forster; and Dr. Wilke. arts. 'The Committee on the improvements in St. James's. REFORMATORY SOCIETY FOR MlDDLESEX.—Yesterday park' have resolved unanimously that the bridge and a • meeting of the Middlesex magistrates ware held at road across the park shall n ot he recommended ; b ut Cierkenwell Sessions-house, presided over by Lo r d R. fertee r , that no' interference with the enclosure of the Grosvenor, M.P., for the purpose of considering the p ro . park should. he permitted. - The committee adjourned Priety 'of forming a society, to be called 'the "Middlesex to this day, when scheme No. 2 is to be discussed. Society to Promote the Reformation and Employment That scheme is to continue Pall-mall through 'Cleve- of discharged Criminals." After addresses from the land-row, by widening the street and pulling down f chairman and Mr. Pownall, it was resolved " That such Lord Sydney's house, and then making a road in the a society should be fornied, to consist of patrons, a pre- Green-park, turning at right angles to the front of the sident, and a managingcOmmittee ; that such committee Palace. The cost of this "improvemeet" is estimated be empowered to appoint a treasurer and secretary, and at 156,0001. that the operations of the society should be generally "Another batch of Russian " applicablecaunon l to the reformation an says the demployment of pri ,Semaphore of Marseilles, " have just been landed loners upon their discharge from the three prisons of the at the Quai do la Joliette, where they have been county of Middlesex." Other resolutions embodied the object 'of great curiosity. Some' of the guns further details, and at the r conclusion of the meeting which belonged to . the Russian vessels are of un- Mr. Allen, the county treasurer,. honorary secretary to. 'usually large calibre. Most of 'them bear the the society, announced subscriptions to the amount of 210 guineas, and annual donations of 21 guineas. Lord 4: , of the_ Czars, double-headed ea(rre th Cand ' many snow iR. Grosvenor was appointed p res id en t , and Mr. E. M. ba tha marks of the lls-of the allies. 1 Konashead treasurer, q•Tril - • - ; - " - j -1 , CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) - --C.- OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) • THE MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS MOTHER AT ISLO„ Ci ,' TON.—At the sitti n g o f the• Court, Cdeetina Soma"' married, was indicted for the wilful murder of Celebtio' Christnia., by Cutting her throat. ' • Mr. Bodkin appeared for the proaebutien ; and Ballantine and Mr..Ribton defended. • The prisoner doe,, not appear near the• age stated '" the calendar, looking niore like a girl of 15. She is li very sickty-l oo ki ng , f a i r woman, matter hair is hoenew", inclining to red, an d th ere is rbAhing at all in her al'lle a ; ance to dicate that amount of' ferocity which it rolg b' e d be presumed a p erson , committing so dreadful a 'de would pdssess. She was dressed. ; in rather well- 10 black, and seemed to p a y very li t tl e atten t ion to vlba l was going on, but k e pt as ki ng th e atten dan t w ho lc"' ,'with bet in the dock for the'smelling bottle. Mr. Ballantine said. that, 'although the case bad be e° fixed for this morning, 'he now' Made application to S llB court to allow the trial .to be postponed Until next 613 1 7, sion, and the ground up on w bi e h 'he rnade the fe w ' cation was ; that a fall and ample-opportunity mlip`b t bo afforded 'to inquire into the conclue - of the P r isoner,w I had exhibited some p ecu li ar i ty an d ec c entr icity ".$ several periods of her life, .and he , thoagb, i l o would be more satisf ac t or y if h er . a ppijaans was acceded to: This case was one of a ' l ,, fearful kind, and th e co n sequences that might ,-e 1 :s suit to the unhappy prisoner were equally fearful.' •• %,4 circumstances under which the c r i me was coollit t o were most extraordinary, and he believed' is would . 1 more satisfactory for the wirposes'of justice if the trio were postponed to the next session: Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the prosecution, offered, opposition to th e ' a ppl icat i on, an d t h e trial was CO'-j r queutly postponed to the April session. • ich THE OUTRAGE AT THE, SUR REY T HEATR E , — rr e--- d Quennell, 38, was indicted for feloniously `cutting wounding William Hurcumb, with intent to do bits grievous bodily harm. tbe The tact of this case h ave b een recent l y b e fore tr public. The prisoner, wh o W as re l a t e d to t h e aniclthe nate man who was ex e cuted a f ew years ag o st• o H orsemonger-lane Gaol fo r =icier, was ereploY eu ts - d the Surrey Theatre in some subordinate capacity, flt the prosecutor was eroplOyed at th e same es t a blisb ol 7, in a similar manner. Accordi ng t o th e evidence off h t ha prosecutor, the prisoner had re p eate dl y threatened `"b that he would do him scnoe injury, and also,said f should not mind being hu ng , as hi s cous i n wa s ) i. '" t him. On the 23d of F e b r u ar y, i t appeare d tu the . prisoner was more vi o l ent th an usua l , av b% d ;„ r e told the prosecutor that be would helve his life b e r d . night, and while they were both in the drefthl e room the prisoner took up . an iron bar ant strack. t o lA O n prosecutor two tremend o us bl ows on th e - back 0f,4 head, at the same time exclaimi ng , "Bl o od f o r i life for life !" Toe prosecutor declar e d t h a t. he via,P,P aware of having given the p r i soner any formic:o ,-; 0 w but he admitted that on the same day the trauma°, took place he had struck the p r i soner . Tl4O ini°llo ceived by the prosecutor app eare d t o b e o f a very lo ve re character, and for a short•tim e d angerous resu lts Ir e an 'tici pated. • or The prisoner, in his defence, sa id•tb a C the preoecu was continually annoyin g an d i nsu l t i n g hin t , and tb3 ttas 1 ,. had struck him on several occas i ons . H e -diel are d, , ever, that he bore hint no animosity, and if he 00 '4 him at all on that night he mu s t h ave b eeu 'd run k. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recomeo' l b a him to mercy on account of the provocation they lieved he had received. eP t The prisoner was sentenced to b e i mpr i sone d and k to hard labour for ten months, the last week .to be 1 3 5 9. in solitary confinement. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. The Eclectic Review is one of the' most able of its kind. If its views are not always the most liberal, they are at least clearly and sensibly ex- pressed. The number for March has articles on " The Fine Arts in France," " The Table Talk of Samuel Rogers," "Recent Poetry," and various other topics of general interest, as well as some more characteristic ones, such as " Guthrie on the Gospel in Ezekiel," and a paper on' the ", Works of the Hansard Kuollys Society."--Sharpe's Lon don Magazine presents its usual attractions to the lovers of light readin g , a incollection of tales and sketches, lively and pathetic. The two chief features are the stories of " The Holy Homes," by Silverpon, and " The • History Of Lorimer Littlegood," by Alfred Cole. The 'latter possesses the 'advantage of being illtistrated .by George Cruikshank. " Life in a Water Drop" contains some curious' information for those unacquainted with the marvels that may. be found in one. There is a an interesting paper on "Alexander Hum boldt," and_ some amusing rcmarke .on " .The, Threatened Extinction of Ghosts." . The Jolla preserves its pre-eminence as the book of ,- the fashions. It presents its fair readers with four plates, three of them beautifully coloured, and presenting a remarkable contrast to the' Unfinished and tawdy appearance of most books of . 'a similar character. Among the many cheap serials that are now in circulation, '/he Family Friend is one of the beg. The recent number has a - remarkable s :Ties of pipers by Dr. LAliet . by, ow the, mischievous effects of quack me dicines. He subjoins an analy iis of the most com mon of these preparations. There is also an article , entitled "Social Frauds," exposing the tricks often practised on the 'unemployed b . / means of adver tisements, &c. There are many other useful and interesting subjects treated of in this. excellent little magazine, which is published weekly at a very low price. Macphail's Edinburgh . Ecclesiastical Journal supplies a number of more or less interesting articles; among winch one on "Islamism," a second on the "Customs and Characteristics of the Jews," and a third on " Our Scottish Pulpit," are more particularly deserving of notice. The latter has special application to Mr. Caird and his famous sermon, which, forcibly inculcating a practical every-day Christianity, took a;most the entire " re ligious world" by surprise. Justice,"in the writer's opinion, and • we incline to agree with him, has hardly been done to the consummate skill with which the masterly art of the preacher is concealed beneath, here and there, a somewhat homely utter ance. We are disposed, however, to rank Dr. Guthrie higher than does the reviewer. ATTEMPTED MURDER AT LlVERPOOL.—yesterday a foreigner named Margeus Delt, cook on hoard the ship City of Mobile, lying in the Brantley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, deliberately fired a rift/ pistol at John Scan lan, a seaman on board the same The ball struck Scanlan en the hip, shattered the bone, and pass ing round !Aged in the unfortunate man's- abdomen. He lies in an uncertain condition. Dolf is in cost dv. 14 is not known why he made the attempt on Scanlan's life. NEW COIJRT. (Before Mr. Justice Erle.) James Sydenitam, 40, wheelwright, was' indicted 0 the manslaughter of James Cornwall. . ;a0 Mr. \V J. Payne prosecuted,. and,Mr.• Ballaa k defended. It appeared that the deceased, a boy about s iev e years of age,, went, during la s t J anuary , w ith s u e d friends to the pit of the Surrey Theatre, which was ayd inconveniently crowded. The prisoner was there of was very abusive; th e c hild was stan di ng u p in ir°Dh.jid him. This annoyed the prisoner, he put big .1; 0 1 across and gave th e p oor l itt l e f e ll ow a Most vt-df, pinch upon a most tender and delicate part of hill pd The chid complained at th e ti me o f great pail'. - t he from that time grafitia.lly declin e d i h ea lth until ie middle of February, when he died. Previousif t°t u lt, prisoner was taken before the magistrate far the a's", 0 3 and fined. After the death of th e c hild an inquest .o held ppon his body, and upon the result of those do ceedings was the committal of the prisoner iiP° l3 charge. to 'Toe medical evidence not clea r ly establishing dea-th ted have been the immediate result of the injuries jai ° by the prisoner, he was acquitted. ' , THIRD COURT. is (Bstore the Recorder.)' john King Gurney, cook, was i n di c t e d for utteri t i forged bils, with inten t t o d e f rau d Henry Mie Hancock. Mr. Payne and Mr. Codd prosecuted ; aiid Mr. lantine and Mr. D. Bingham Daly defended. tit The prisvuer had been a conk and confectione i r o Uxbridge, and. getting iuto difficultes had forgo th e names of several tradespeople of that towni'and go t 0 bills discounted at th e U x b r id ge Bank.. .:The pr' s° 1 0 1 41 had borne a very hi g h c h arac t er i n the.tosyn , but . 0 fallen'into the hand s of saute bill brokers, whose *sa l rates of interest had caused his He was found guilty', and the sentence was postpolie4l. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WOW Meeting This Day. ENCLOSURE OF HAMPSTEAD ItEATI L A special meeting of this body w as held. this nor ni ,- ie at the Council Chamber, Guildhall, Mr. J. Tuwa i t l of the chair, to receive deput a tio n s f rom •tbelvest ri. - Hampstead, Marylebone, and St. Pancras; : 0 On the 81) 0 ject of the adoption of measures for;securing,iiamr` te oo Heath for the recreation of the public," iwo on sequi 3- 0 , of the bill now before Parliament, to givie Sir . T. M l° Bart., power to enclose and build on this ;death. The following gentlemen formed the dePiilation Hampstead—Mr. Le Breton, Mr. Gurney Hoar e ," Cockerel], Mr. Bockett, Mr. Freshfield, and Mr. vestry clerk ; , from Marylebone, Mr. Freeth, Gornley, Mr. Griffiths Houghton, Mr. Lewis) , r ig : Williams, Mr. Wingfield, M r . G reenwe ll, vestry ei e ; r . and Mr. SeitBe, snrveyor ; from St. Pancras, v ie . 4 Farren and Smith, churchwardens ; Dlajer Pemberton, Mr Jarvey, sir. Brettin g bai n , Mr. Cl ar ;d t Mr. Orr, Mr. Cearles,..Mr. Heighley, Mr; Wedgwe and Mr. G. W. F. Cook, vestry clerk. • and The memorial from Hampstead urged upon the W o o the necessity of their spetdily interfei M g ;she matter, and adopting measures for the purchase of grnmd in queoion. The cost of the 310 acres was l b . mated at 100,0001., and the rnernoeia'l suggested o°oo approaches to the heath should be improved. It - o t enforced the necessity of an application , to-llarlialle, by this beard, in accordance with the clause in the tropolitan Board of WerkS Act. Application s bad ur.,t made to Governmei.t on this question ; and 'on the occasion the deputation was told to wait;and lay th. e o p case befog , this board, which was then in couterup lol- of being formed. th e The tie v utAtion from St. Pancras concurred in ir .„ recommentialions mentioned iu th e H amps t ea d me b 1 rial, and added that the e x p en , e s h ou ld be [defrayeu a general rate on the inhabitants of the metropolis. , 1 .0 The deputatio n f rom M arv l e b one a l so concurred the prayer o f the HampsteadHampsteadMemorial, and apPri ea t jt of the su Bges ti on o f th e d eputa ti on o f M ary l e b o ne c e : to regard t o pr ov idi ng t h e money necessai.y. to eee" Hampst ea d H ea th for th e p u bli c . The deput a tion then retired. f g r• The CHAIRMAN announced the resignation 0,- ncr Rant, on e o f the reprekeutatives of St. George's, ver•scinare. ; t w he The Il,,ard then proceeded to the discharge 0 . - 40 other business connected with the meeting, which s ; principally of a routine character, and presented no le a . tare of general intere-t. The meeting then separated. A letter lately received from Fiureoce by ROPSini nounces the thath of Doeliler, the pianist, of conEval; to m. The deceased, who was only 40 years of age, I/ married to a Russian lady. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS TO PRONTO]: V I Z DOD/ Of A CHILD SUPPOSED TO BE DETAINED IN A NIINZINO.,',. On Tuesday last Mr. Cook Evans, instructed by Clarke, of Bedfor I-row, applied to Mr. JUstieeCrerop t ° o l, at chambers, for a writ of habeas corpus on bebah o Mary King, the mother of Mary Ann King, who it ~,W h is supposed was detained in the Norwood Nunnery. affidavit of the mother (who is a Roman Ciithilic) st l ' l , that when her husband died in 1850 elsen onsen ted " s place her child, then ten years of age, in the nunneril Norwood for two years ; that she bad been in the of seeing her child from time to time, but .when the i .d' years had expired there was an intimation -of her bei-a sent abroad, to which the mother strongly objected, fi ll r the child also said she had no with to go away from h o e mother. A request was then made to allow the cbild A. reinain pie rnonthslonger, to which the mother consen tir , The child after that saw her mother always in the P r6 o sense of a nun ; and at length, when the mother bee to exprvs her determination to take her child bol i on g4 she was only allowed to see her child through a 'At ti c a work or grating. And at length the mother was refold permission to see her daughter at all. The latter en t he last year the mother "met one of the privets, and asked him concerning her daughter, and .the priest I formed her that her daughter had been sent to FrAricof some months since. The mother, in great distrets t mind, applied to a magistrate„ but he said he-could ocli, a4sist her. The mother was then recommended to ePP,4 to her attorney, Mr. Clarke, who went with 'her to t. : A convent and demanded her daughter. The nuns rep that she was not there, but had' been sent to Franco months previously, and in reply to questions the oclitt, said they neither knew where she was, hosi - ebe we n t who took h er , or to wh o s e care s he was CoOfide d ' d lj o g did they keep any register of the particulars •Of Be O tha t away girls from the nunnery. M. C. Evans urged tio if this habeas corpus wee not effectual the law °f d ,untry was a complete blank to the mother, and to any parent under similar circumstances. His 1.1. i l l granted tae writ, which he made returnable $9 cliambero on Mcvlay Rost Si 011 11 1v: St ' PI CI Il a _