The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-08 00:00:00

ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boneloault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and T. Thorne. Doors open at half past B—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, XL Orehestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is.; . Pit Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS!!! Westminster-road. proprfeiOiT..7.7.l6:SiOrton. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, IL CORSARO, (This opera has never been produced in this or any other country, except at these Concerts), having met with that de cided success which charactise the most popular werks of this great Master, will be performed EVERY EVENING ; together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI MENTO, by Donizetti, Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A. B. Hollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and the Brothers Conrad. John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on view a short time longer in tire Fine Arts Gallery of the Establishment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON 'BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Oh. [om.—Afternoon, Ll2h. 24m. To - monitow.-Morning, 12h. 48m.—Afternoon, lh. 14m% THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 8, 1361. kr THEEMOMMTER, IN THS MAIM. 53—highest since loon yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day atrnoon.f BaRommTER-30.05 ; up again —great fluctuations. WIND -- South-Westerly—rather fresh; with dull weather , ',. • _..---A , ,T, 2, , -S,* — ... • 3 , ' --_____- .. - i" - ,. le .. - iz of 4 !, i, 4i, ; i• t,1:5,,..i. • 3ft 0 , ~-. • -1.:. .....,,: .1, : ,-..- , 1,,,.., ~„ ~,. THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1881. We have to thank Mr. HENNESSY for a two nights' conversation on Italy —a conversation with no other object in reality than that of each speaker saying what he liked. What he, Sir G. BOWYEIt; and Mr. MAGIJIRE could hope to gain from it, it not easy to say. They could at best but serve as foils to show off to the best advanfage the cause Italy and piedmont, and the universal feeling amongst Englishmen in direct opposition to their own: Had they wished to accelerate the downfall of the temporal power of the PoPE, to blacken the memory of the expelled Italian Princes, to encou rage their late subjects in following our own example of 1688, and to strengthen the hands of VICTOR EMMANUEL and his able Minister, they could not have done better than raise a debate on Italian affairs. It is, of course, childish to arraign our Foreign office for representing in its policy the wishes of all but there is a band of notable Irish patriots who, en -soying the fullest liberty themselves, are never tired of demanding that Italians shall be slaves. So strong and universal is the wish of England, Scot land, and Wales that the liberties we enjoy should be possessed also by other nations, that nothing . makes a Ministry, otherwise unpopular enough, more tolerable--we might say acceptable—to the nation, than its foreign policy in favour of constitutional• liberty. Great Britain cannot comprehend the" consistency of rejoicing in her own freedom, and. wishing to keep others beneath the yoke. We• perceive the zeal of Irish Catholics to uphold the hated temporal despctism of the POPE, but while. we could pardon the illiterate mob for enlisting to win the glories of capitulation in so good a cause at Spoleto, we fail to comprehend how men of education enough to enter the British House of Commons can make common cause with the superstitious multitude. Do they, we are inclined to ask, speak their real sentiments, or do they speak for bigoted priests, and the voters whom those priests will some day whip up to the poll ? Can these legislators for a free country catch nothing of the spirit which breathes all around them ? Are they, as well as the heroes of Spoleto, amongst the benightedly superstitious? It seems difficult to believe it, yet they enter upon their cause with such an intemperate warmth that it looks like conviction ; Mr. BOWYER even took upom himself to deny the facts of Perugian atrocities, a denial for which he received an ample rebuke by Mr. GLADSTONE, who read the return of the POPE'S officers to the POPE himself, describing barbarities which make one's blood run eold, as acts worthy the commendation of his Holiness. Mr. MACQUIRE asked what had the POPE done that he should be despoiled of his dominions ? lie might better have asked what he had done that he ought not to be despoiled of them ? Especially, when the spoilers were the people themselves who inhabited them. It is simply absurd to quibble abou the hospitals and charities of Rome, the amount of taxes and so forth, when the broad fact is before the world that all the subjects of the POPE hate and detest his government, and throw it off as soon as, and wherever they can. He cannot hold an acre of his dominions, through the attachment of his subjects to their ruler. No sooner are Austrian troops withdrawn from the Legations, than away go the POPE'S Legates with them, glad only to get off with a Whole akin. And were the French togo to morrow, the POPE if he did not go with them, must go to ' bed th at his night as spirit ua l ru l er on l y o f mornings subjects. But, in plain English, we think the conduct of the Irish Catholics utterly di.graceful to them. It is mean, irrational, and selfish. They fancy th ere is something grand in having a Pope a temporal Princefy their Chief Bishop, they are p repared to sell the liberties of their fellow Catholics at Rome. Such conduct i s, however, as irrational as it is mean and selfish; for they see that the dominions of the POPE are not such as to make him independent ; he has been in almost all history but the tool of some great Power, and is obviously now but the serf of France,. His indepoadenco and dignity would be greater P Y A LITENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. JO Under the Management (Alias Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, LE DOMINO NOIR. Miss Louisa Fyne, Misss Thirlwall, Miss Leffler • Messrs. Henry Haigh, Ii t;orri, . St. Albyn, and Horncatitle. To conclude with a new Divertissement. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at 8. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. tiackatone. THIS EVENING, the nerformances will oommenee with THE SUN AND THE WIND. The Leclercqs, Sze. After which, a new and original comedy, A DUKE IN DIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr. Bucketone, &c. To conclude with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Mr. Compton, Mrs. Wilkins, he. Commence at 7.1 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the Farce of SUSAN SMITH. To be followed by DON CESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar, Mr. Fechter. Supported by Messrs. Basil Potter, F. Matthews, J. G. Shore, Miss M. Harris, bliss C. Leclercq and Mrs. Weston. To conclude with a comic ballet, THE JOLLY MILLER. M. Espinosa, Mr. Garden, Sze. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. ' THIS EVENING the Butletta of THAT RASCAL, JACK. Followed by the new drama, THE HOUSE ON THE BRIDGE OF NOTRL DAME. Principal characters by Mr. G. Vining Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Clifford, Mr. John Rous'e, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Morris ; Miss M.Ternan, Miss K. Saville, Miss L. Thompson, and Madame Celeste. Alter which, the Lyceum Christmas Comis Extravaganza, CRYSTABELLE ; or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing THE VISION OF A ROSE, ITS FADING AT EVE, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. The republication of Parliamentary Speeches in a - plonphlet-form, as separate avehures, apart from Hansard, apart from the columns of the daily newspaper, we take to be conspicuous among the number of those our political habitudes not, we deliberately say it, NOT " more honoured in the breach than in the observance." Ocoitsionally the advantages accruing from it are, Peculiarly those resulting from Aparely leeial enjoyment. Occasionally, that is—now-a days it must be allowed very rarely—it places alone 'in the hands of•the public some masterpiece of ore toriLi2' which. , all the unintenti ona l, klunilers.and Nweii elisions incidental to the mere precipi tation of rapid stenography have been 5crup..L.,..1 7 „corrected by .* the Lanas of the orator from whose mouth the speech has emanated. It was thus, for example, with reference to that resplendent burst of eloquence which was the "bright particular star" of the last Session of Par liament—that masterly oration upon Reform in which the doom of Lord Joux's Poor Little Bill yeas definitively pronounced by the lips of the right hon. Baronet, the late Colonial Secretary. Occasionally the reprint of a Ministerial decla ration, having reference to some vital theme affect ing in the most intimate manner the whole sub stance and structure of the national polity, consti tutes, for the multitude at large, nothing less than a boon, the value of which is, in a measure, beyond .the reach of computation. It has very recently been thus in regard to those two speeches delivered at'two consecutive sittings of the House of Com mottb, by the noble lord her MAJESTY'S Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, those two most im portant and remarkable harangues, in which the noble lord defined the tendency of the entire foreign policy of the Government, and elucidated with especial particularity the significance of the root' . principle of that policy, namely, what is now 'popularly known as the principle of non intervention. Occasionally, moreover, it so happens that some harangue of great intrinsic importance, some speech that might otherwise have been allowed to pass by unnoticed, is opportunely recalled, almost upon the morrow of its delivery either in the Lords or Com mons, to the general recollection, is thrust vividly and visibly in its printed form upon the national consideration. It is precisely in this way, it is thus happily and thus opportunely that a speech which might otherwise have been allowed to evade popular observation, has been forced anew in the shape of a distinct brochure upon the attention of the more thoughtful part of the community. Those who may either have listened to this speech—the speech of Lord STRATHEDEN upon the policy of Occasional Reforms as compared with that of Final Measures— those who may have listened to it at the time of its delivery in the House of Lords upon the evening of Thursday, the 21st of February, dr those, again, who may have merely glanced down the epitomized report of it as given in the public journals of the day following, will hardly have appreciated the real value of its argument, as it may now be very readily and agreeably appreciated in its revised and corrected form as a distinct publication. A sixpenny pamphlet of RIDGEWAY'S, extending in all to scarcely 19 octavo pages, may readily enough be obtained and read by those amongst our reformers who are really and earnestly solicitous that the much talked-of, but now seemingly abandoned cause of Reform shall be furthered and advanced instead of being quietly shelved and cushioned. They will find in every sentence almost of this thoughtful argument of Lord STBATEEDEN'S, reasons enow and to spare why Reformers generally should not allow themselves, even now in this second month of the session, under all the enervating and debilitating influences of a Cabinet not in earnest in the cause of Parliamen tary Reform —(the very cause for the triumph of which they were called into existence as a Cabinet!) —to be disheartened. The gist of the argument of this speech, as the very title-page of its reprint in BOW TO CATCH THE ADMIRAL. If the Admiralty be in earnest in their wish to " cut off" or catch Sir Baldwin Walker, they might have telegraphed to Cork, some three: hundred miles further west, to send one or more vessels out—or they might even tele graph to our Naval Authority at Lisbon to send a vessel on a cruise for the same purpose. But "where there's a will there's a way," and none are so blind as those who wont see. Still the Admiral may turn up, through stress of weather—unless he have "a bee in his bonnet," for the good of the hive. In any case. , his absence now will be far more damaging than his presence. the shape of a substantial pamphlet clearly enough indicates, is demonstrative of the superior advantages of the policy of Occasional Reforms, as compared with the now unhappily : - patent and notorious disadvantages of the policy of Final Measures. During twenty years, as Lord STRATFIEDEN argues, namely, from 1832 to 1652, it was presumed by the majority of our statesmen that there was no further necessity for any comprehen sive or root and branch scheme - of innovation in the great system of popular representation. Occa sional Reforms had meanwhile been carried out now and then, at rare intervals, with the i happiest results. But then, in 1852, the policy of Final Measures, the policy which had for a whole score of years been dropped or allowed to fall into abeyance, was again evoked—the alluring and even enthralling policy of great and compre , hellsive measure 4 ok Reform iu karliaratnt, Four a purely spiritual Sovereign. Superstition, how- times, says the noble lord--Four times a recon ever, is blind. structive settlement in this way h as b een a tt em pt e d, Between Mr. LATARD, Sir It. PEEL, Mr., GLAD- "with unifornl reproach to all the Governments STONE, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL the cause of Italy who ventured upon it !" Th e G overnmen t of 1852—abandoning its scheme because no was well sustained enough, and the old horrid plc sooner was it explained than it was an tures of misgovernment, that of Naples especially, object of all b u t un i versa l oppro bi um. The revarnished. The novelty of the debate was the Government of 1854 " being forced," as Lord speech of JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK. We have all STRATHEDEN remarks, "by a concurrence of all of us thought Lord JOHN RUSSELL always quite parties to withdra w th e i r measure o f R e f orm , on Austrian enough, especially since his unlucky vi s it the eve of the R uss i an war , an d never rega i n i ng to Vienna at the time of the Russian war. But the credit which th e y l os t by thi s un f or t una t e an d ill-timed proposition !" The Government of 1859 Mr. ROEBUCK has also lately paid a visit to Vienna, being " outvoted on the second reading of their and the hon. member for Sheffield comes back far measure, and in vain appealing to a'general election more in love with Austria than our Foreign Minister to:reverse the judgment of the House of Commons !" now is. Mr. ROEBUCK wishes to see Italy free The Government of 1860—but surely the retro and united—up to the Dlincio ! Free, except spect in that instance •relates to a period Venetia! Free, except from Austria! Free, except so very recent and to a disappointment from the threats of a Quadrilateral, garrisoned of all reasonable expectations so very flagrant that by 150,000 Austrian soldiers ! This, from JOHN it ne eds needs no detailed parti cu la r i sa ti on . R e f err i ng t o allthese notorious failures, L or d ST RATHEDEN h as ARTHUR ROEBUCK ! What does it all mean ? Was remarked (in his speech in the House of Lords on it really because, as Mr. WHITE said, it had been the 21st of February, p. 7) very shrewdly, and it proclaimed in the city that the honourable member might even be said philosophically " Th e for She ffi eld would ret urn t o thi s country t h e reception by which these new settlements of Reform were strangled in their cradles, c ann o t b e ascr ib e d Eulogist of A us t r i a , b ecause he was received in gilded salons by arc hd u k es an d arc h duchesses ; and to want of talent in the Cabinets w hi c h f rame d because it was rumo ure d th a t th e h onoura bl e mem- them. It cannot be ascribed to a n y tempora ry causes. The more their failure is examined, the ber had come back from Vienna with a very lucre- more it will be traced to causes which survive, tive contract in his pocket ? Be the cause what it and of which, whenever such attempts are made, may, Mr. ROEBUCK now pleads for Austria as our the operation may be confidently reckoned on. At any time they must arra y aga i ns t th em t h e host i l i ty natural continental ally in th war ti ng F renc h an d of Parliament, because they threaten di sso l u ti on . At Russian ambition. Sh e i s now a const it ut i ona l G o . vernment, he tells us, and even h er littl e c hild ren are any time they must excit e th e Opp os iti on o f the day into activity, because on projects so ambitious and learning to prattle the English language, and her so vulnerable, far more than on any other, the Go• bigger Ones to appreciate and " love" the beauties vernment advancing them may he successfully at of English literature; of MILTON'S prose works, no tacked. They must, also, to some extent, create doubt, among them. In short, to save Italy from disunion in the Cabinet which forms them ; be being the vassal of F r a nce , s h e mus t b e so f ar as cause, unless there is an obj ec t t o p ursue , an d the strength of the Q ua d r il a t era l goes, the vassal a principle to go upo n , a s th ere was i n 18 31, does not seem t o b e a t p resen t, no twe l ve of Austria. One w ou ld h ave supposed, i f Mr. statesmen can entirely agree on what ought ROEBUCK had not been blinded by Vienna to be the nature of the settlement." Ia illustration dust, he must see that nothing could tend of the truth of this last-mentioned source of weak more to liberate Italy from vassalage to France, ness, and consequently of failure in the projeot of than to have such a strong line of defence to fall these Final Measures, of these large and compre hensive measures of P ar li amen t ar y R e f orm , t h e back on as th a t o f th e Mi nc i o. W ere Piedmont and its fort resses carr i e d b y t h e F rench, then the noble lord content s hi mse lf w ith reminding the readers of his reprinted argument in a footnote four famous fortresses, defended by freemen fight- (p.B), that the disunion cause d i n th e C a bi ne t o f t h at ing for th e i r f a th er l an d, wou ld b e a T orres Vedras time by the Bill of 1852, was eight years afterwards indeed to the armies of the invader. disclosed quite incidentally by Lord GEET--(April, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it is gratifying to see, 1860) in his speech upon his Committee ! Observ i will not sacrifice Venetia to M r . R OEBUCK and ing that the division ca use d i n L or d D ERBY ' S Austria. He stands by applyi ng hi s principle Cabinet by the Bill of 1859 was revea l e d to t h e there of letting the Veneti ans d ec id e for them recognition of all at the very ti me by th e s i mu l- taneous resignation of Mr. HENLE Y an d M r . WAL selves. He does not think it f or t h e interest of POLE! " And yet, perhaps," adds Lord STRATH- Austria herself to make the heavy sacrifices which EDEN in his footnote, " its application—[z.e. the she is now compelled to do, merely to garrison the application of this remark of his in re country. And, he seems to hope that the New ference to the divisions caused in Cabi- Austrian Constitution will enable the Venetians nets by these great and final Measures] — to express their opinions in a way which shall its application to the bills of 1854 and 1860 is still permit Austria to part with the country without more generally felt, although not resting upon dishonour. Such a bl oo dl ess solution would be proofs so easy to refer to." A significant inti ma ti on , ; the force oflwhi t eli every one feels as might b e sa id indeed, a happy one , one which England would instinctively—significant from any one, but espe cordially welcome. Come what will, however, cially so (for reasons most will upon the instant Italian unity m us t b e comp l eted, and Rome and appreciate), coming from the lips of Lord ST RATH - Venetia share, ad orn , an d strengthen their country's EDEN. ffeedom. Contrasted with the utter fail ure o f th ese f our great measures of Reform, of Parliamentary Re forms attempted thus comprehensively, has been the success attendant, time and again, upon the various occasional Reforms upon which different Cabinets have adventured. " The policy of occa sional Reforms," Lord STRATHEDEN argues, with manifest force, " has been already sanctioned by the Legislature." Adding, " On this principle the Irish franchise Was. extended in 1850 by the influence of one Goverikmen.t.; the qualification of members was in 1858 aboltelikt with the sanction of aliegier;! And as ta_the Xac.ility of carrying out this tame policy of octoidaatßeforms, the noble lord reminds his hearers in the House-,of Lords, and-sincetheril through this ,reprint of his speech in a pamphlet form, his - readers throughout the country, that —TL.. 13111 of lszcn year with an Act as grave and as much controverted as any which had passed since 1833—the Act for giving institutions to Australia." Observing with equal power of argument that " The Bill of 1858, already referred to, was carried in the same year in which India was transferred / by legislation to the Crown, night after night being spent in arduous battles on that subject." Whereas how truly and forcibly does not the noble lord immediately afterwards remark in broad contrast to this—" The 1 1 comprehensive Bill of 1860, although it never passed into committee, throw out every other mea sure except those relating to the Budget, along with which it was proposed." We are precluded only by a want of space and time from submitting here to our reader s mere than these purely fragmenta r y portions of the well • considered argument addressed by Lord STRATHEDEN on the 21st of February to the House .of Lords, and since then (by means of his pamphlet) through the House of Lords to the country, in demonstration of the superiority, as a policy of Occasional Reforms, compared :with that other and more ambitious policy, which has four times failed so very flagrantly—in 1852, in 1854, in 1859; in 1860—th e po li cy o f great and comprehensive measures for the Reform of Parliament. ...Eva by means of these fragmentary passages, however, we have displayed enough of the sound ability, and of the rational tendency of the argument in its entirety, to commend reformers generally throughout the country to the examina tion of the Speech itself, as originally delivered and subsequently revised by Lord STRATHEDEN. PARLIAKF,NTARY COMMITTEES. This evening, in the House of Commons, Admiral Bun combe will move the nomiiation of the following gentlemen as a select committee on the Board of Admiralty :—Sir J Graham, Sir F. Baring, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Henley, Lord C. Paget, Mr, Corry, Admiral Buncombe, Sir Henry Willoughby, Mr. Beamish, Mr. Finlay, Mr. Bentinck, Sir J. Elphinstone, Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. Philipps, and Mr. Whit bread. Power to send for persons, papers, and records; five to be the quorum. Mr. Hubbard will move the nomination of the following gentlemen as a select committee on income and property tax :—Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. S. Estcourt, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Turner, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, Sir W. Heath cote, Mr. Baxter, Sir 5. Northcote, Sir F. Heygate, Mr. Bentinck, and Mr. Cave. DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT.-It was expected that her Majesty would leave Osborne at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, and if the weather continued fine, of which there was every prospect, the Royal family would embark from Osborne Pier. It is reported that the Princess Royal of Prussia ani the children will take up their residc.nce at Osborne, in July next, for the bathin g season. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA V. DAY.—THE KOSSUTH NOTES. —This case was not mentioned in Vice-Chancellor Steuart's Court up to the hour of going to press, but we understand that the agents of the Emperor of Austria have paid £lOO into Court as security for costs. The Belgian journals announce another ecclesi astical scandal—the arrest, at a place called Menin, of a certain Brother Fidele, a member of the Order of Good liro: ks, but whose realnamo is Van Brakom, on the charge of committing criminal assaults on girls under 14 years of age. He has been lodged in the prison of Courtrai to await trial. The Pungolo of Milan states that the bombard ment of Gaeta has cost 25 millions of francs. Intelligence has been received from Glasgow of the suicide of ;‘,lr, Crurn irk tAikt city, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY :EVENING, MARCH 8, 1861 LATEST NEWS. RETJTER'S TELEGRAMS. PARIS, MARCH 8. The Corps Legislatif will commence the discus. sion of the Address on Monday next. VIENNA, FRIDAY. The damage caused by the inundation to the granaries of Galatz and Ibraila, especially in the former city, is so great that it is apprehended that commerce will be seriously affected. MADRID, MARCH 7. The Ministry have pronounced themselves in favour of the temporal power of the Pope. 'TURIN, IVIARcII 7. Signor Ratazzi has been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies by 219 against 23 votes. NAPLES, MARCH 7. The Official Journal notifies the blockade of the citadel of Messina. Hostilities have commenced. All foreign vessels have left Messina, with the ex ception of those of England aad America. The English captains have declared their inten tion of remaining in order to protect the property of their countrymen. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. In to-day's sitting of the Senate the whole ad dress was agreed to by 120 against 3 votes, after speeches had been delivered by several Cardinals and other Senators. To-morrow a committee of the Senate will pre sent the address to the Emperor. TOULON, MARCH 7. Prince Napoleon mill embark for Italy in ten days. A levy of 1,000 sailors has been ordered in the district of Toulon. VIENNA, THURSDAY. An imperial autograph letter sanctions the assembling of a Servian national congress in Kar lowitz, under the presidency of the Patriarch Rajacic, before the opening of the Hungarian Diet. The congress is to be composed of Servian deputies only. The inhabitants of the other provinces belonging to the now united Greek Church are also to be re presented, but only for matters of religion and public instruction. AUSTRALIA. QUEENSTOWN, THURSDAY. The Ocean Chief, from Melbourne, 72 days out, arrived off Queenstown to-day. She brings 22,970 ounces of gold. She landed mails and passengers, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. THE FRENCH BUDGET. The Budget for 1862 has just been laid before the Corps Legislatif. The detailed estimates are not yet published. From the statement it appears that the estimated expenses amounted to 1,929,448,725 f. (nearly 80 millions sterling), whilst the estimated receipts are set down at 1,941,030,350 L, showing an excess of receipts over expenditure of 11,581,550 f. (nearly half a million sterling). I have read very carefully both the projets de loi and the expose des motifs, but I have not been able to discover how this delightful result is arrived at. It is probable that the truth will be elicited on the subject in the Corps Legislatif. The estimated expenses show an excess 'Of-upwards of 31 millions of francs overlbe budget of JB6l. There is an increase in most of the " chapters," I N Wlrthe largest . increase is shown in the military estimates. The expose des motifs has the follow ing on the subject :- 1 • ........, 2 " X.. La. v.Lunates of the Ministry of War. It is due to the necessity of providing not only for the expenses of the re serve, and also to a change in the effective strength of the army, which is intended less to increase the active force of the army than the regularisation of that which you have more than once acknowledged to be necessary for the defence of the country in time of peace. The increase is also owing to the reorganisation of the artillery and the military train ; to the extraordinary manufacture of powder for the finance and navy departments; to the in crease of salaries below 1,200 f. a year; and to the addition of 3c. per man to the mess fund, to im prove the food of the troops." The war estimates for 1862 show an increase of 26 millions odd (upwards of one million sterling) over those for 1861. The sitting of the Senate yesterday was only important by the demonstration of the clerical party, 60 of whom voted for an amendment in favour of the temporal power of the Pope ; it was negatived by a majori t y of 10, 79 members having vo t e d against it. l'he President of the Council of State, M. Baroche, made an important declaration. He said the French Government could not protect the Papacy against itself :—.. ' 't What had the French Go vernmen t engage d t o do ? It had engaged not to withd raw th e F renc h e within the l as t f ew days occupied F which the tr oops o f the Ring of Sar dinia had disputed? There was also the language which the President of the Council of State had employed on the 12th April, 1860, and which the honourable Cardinal bonnet had partly cited in a previous sitting. It indicated the duties of a pro tecting g overnment towards the cne which recei ve d counsels. These duties he did not deny ; but he would remark that Cardinal bonnet had said nothing of what made the counterpart of these words. Ile had examined, in fact, the case in which the Government protected reviled the counsels of the protecting Government, and he had shown that the guarantee for the advantage of the latter could only result from reciprocal engagements. A govern ment could not be governed against itself. They well knew the view of the Empem's Government, what it had determined and done, it spite of England, against Piedmont. They knew the present state of affairs ; and that if the Pepe 'stained his tem poral power, he was indebted to the Emperor for it. (Hear.) It was for that reason he thought the amendment useless. They should continue to place their confidence in the monarch who covered the Papacy with the French flag, and had been the faithful sentinel of Rome and the Pontifical throne. The army at Rome had well fulfilled its duties for 12 years. Let the Senate, mindful of the past, have confidence in the future. That was what the draft of the Address proposed, and it seemed to him that all opinions might meet on that ground, and all consciences be satisfied. (Loud applause.)" BOURSE, March 7.—The arrival of the English funds with lower quotations has had no effect on the firmness of the market, which has obtained a slight improvement ; business, however, remaining as restricted as can possibly be imagined. For the Account, Threes, which opened at 68f sc, are now at _ _ 68f 10c. The following are the last quotations :- 4f per'per Cents ... 95 75 1' Credit Fancier 930 Do. end month.... Belgian 41.. 99 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 15' Roman Bank Shares 2890 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 658 75 1 Spanish Threes,. • Do. Account 657 50; Home Debt .....• 47 25 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1425961 25 .. 1 9 4 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 0 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 948 75 .. 918 75 Geneva 375 • . 375 Southern Western ... 561 25 .. 560 Eastern Sardinian Austrian _ 480 .. 482 50 Lowbard - THE ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEERS.-62) seamen have joined the Royal Naval Volunteers on the Tyne. This is the largest number enrolled next to London. It is understood that Messrs. Dent, Palmer, and Co., the contractors for the Turkish Loan of 1858, are adopting all the steps in their power, by protest and other. wise, to prevent any future breach of agreement by the Turkish Government as regards the mode of collecting mad remitting the funds specially hypothecated for the di. vidends on that stock. Tne final and positive intimation regarding the payment of the bills of M. Mires falling due next week is still awaited from Paris, but the belief is maintained that they 7111 be proYided for, INDIA. Th following is from the Bombay Gazette, Feb. 12 :- " famine is great in the land. Horrible ac oour ' each us from the North-West Provinces of hum beings dying at the rate of 400 or 500 a day; whil. the desolation is not even limited to the vast expan., of country from Lucknow to Lahore ; for tales are now told equally appalling of the extremi ties to which the population of the native state of Travancore, in the south of India, are reduced by the drought whi c h h as cause d to wither all the fruits of the earth. According to a Cochin newspaper, mothers in Travancore are selling their children as slaves for sixpence each, that they may have wherewith to purchase bread, if only for a single day. While so many millions of the people of India are thus afflicted, it is at least a consolation to know that both the Government and the public have exerted themselves with liberality and promptness to lessen the weight of this terrible calamity. In Bombay alone from seventy to eighty thousand rupees have already been collected, and Calcutta and other great cities have also responded nobly to the appeal of the Famine Relief Committee. In the North-West the showers of rain that have lately refreshed the earth have, it is hoped, saved the spring crop; bad as our situation is, the worst be believe is already known. " Sir George Clerk is on his way from Gogo to Kurrachee. It is expected that the railway from the latter port to Kotree will be opened while his Excellency is in Scinde ; and thus the difficult navi gation at the mouth of the Indus will be avoided, and a ready outlet provided for the vast commerce of Upper India. " The Bombay Income-tax Commissioners have quarrelled among themselves, and one of the native members of the board, IVlr.Munguldass Nathoobhoy, has retired. No less than 10,000 blank returns have, it is reported, been sent in, and of those which have been filled up, the commissioners are said to have surcharged at least one-half,", THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH. The committee on the Red Sea and India Tele gragh Company's Bill sat again yesterday. Since their last meeting clauses had been prepared on be half on the company, and submitted to the convey ancing counsel of the Treasury, which were approved by him. At the meeting of the committee this morn ing the chairman announced that the committee had determined upon altering the frame of the Bill by striking out all portions of it, except such as related to the agreement and the assumed doubts arising on it. He accordingly showed to the chair man of the company two clauses which he intimated the committee had decided to insert in the Bill, and he called upon the company to state whether they approved them. Mr. Cotton, on the part of the company, observed that he could not say that the frame of the bill, or the clauses as altered, were satisfactory to the company, but that, as he could not say they affected the interests of the company injuriously, and the chairman had stated that they removed all impediment to the payment of the dividend, if the committee thought fit so to frame the bill, he on the part of the company, was not in a position to offer any opposition. The committee thereupon announced their intention to adopt the clauses. These are as follows : " 1. It is hereby declared that the guarantee contained in the said agreement was not intended to be, and is not, con ditional on the line of telegraph of this company being in working order. " 2. This act, and the Red Sea and Indian Telegraph Act, 1859, shall be construed together as one act." TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF COOKE'S CIRCUS, PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING Cooke's circus was destroyed by fire last night Eight of the adjoining houses were burnt down No lives lost. Eight horses were burnt. SPORTING IA TELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. Many of those who had been to Nottingham having re turned, there was more attention given to future events than for some days past. For the Liverpool Spring Cup, sto 1 was taken about North Lancashire, and Feodorowna, Prin cess Royal, and The Prophet were also supported .—For the Liverpool Chase there was some business done, but it indicated little change ; 7 to 1 was taken freely about Jeal ousy, SI to 1 Old Ben Roe, and Irish Emigrant and Dr. Leete had some friends at 50 to 1 each.—For the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, 6 to 1 was offered on the field, 10 to 1 was taken about Sweet Hawthorn. CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. sto 1 agst North Lancashire (taken) 10 to 1 agst Feodorowna (taken) 10 to 1 agst Princess Royal (taken) 1.1 t c , 1 n c ,..,4 TL .. - 12 to 1 agst Calpe (offered) 14 to 1 aget RDsamond (taken) 20 to 1 agst Furious (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 agst Jealousy (taken freely) 8 to 1 agst Old Ben Roe (offered) 10 to 1 agst Freshman (taken) 10 to 1 agst Anatis (offered) 12 to 1 agst Master Begot (offered) 50 to 1 agst Irish Emigrant (taken) 50 to 1 agst Dr. Leete (taken and offered) TWO THOUSAND. 6to 1 eget &larikoff (offered) 9to 1 aget Kettledrum (wanted) 10 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken) 10 to 1 agst Diophantus (taken) 12 to 1 aget Russley (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 14 to on the field (offered) 25 to 1 agst Chance Shot (offered, take 30) 25 to 1 agst Industrious (offered) 33 to 1 apt Benbow (taken) THE DERBY. 4 to 1 on the field (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken) COVENTRY RACE S.—Tnt) RSDAY. The Coventry Plate of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; winners extra. One mile. Mr. Smith's Gaylad, 4 yrs 6st (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Payne's Gwellyan, 4 yrs,7st (Drew) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Gloom colt, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Wheathfy) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Eleanor, Brine, Philo mela, Bonny Lass, and f. by Tadmor out of Taurina. Betting :-3 to 1 each agst Gwellyan and Brine, 4 to 1 agst Gaylad. Gaylad made the running throughout, and won by a length. Gwellyan beating the Gloom colt by a head for second ; the like distance separating the third and fourth ; Bonny Lass was next. The Coventry Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 40 added ; winners extra. One mile and a half. Mr. 'Whittaker's Black Diamond, 3 yrs 6st 81b (Grinisha w ) 1 Mr. Cliff's Jasper, 4 yrs 6st 121 b (Kendriok) 2 Mr. Menard's Harriett, 4 yrs 6st 121 b (Pearson) 3 The following also ran :—Foretop, Volunteer, Tonio, Heliopolis, and Medora. Betting -5 to 4 agst Foretop, sto 2 agst Black Diamond, 7to 1 agst Harriett. Won in a canter by eight lengths ; a neck between the second and third ; Foretop finished fourth. The Craven Steeplechase Plate of 60 sovs, with 60 added; winners extra. Mr. Simmond's Jerusalem, aged, lOst 13113.. (G. Stevens) 1 Mr. Walker's Heads or Tails, aged, 9st 21 b....(Kendall) 2 Mr. Land's Red Rover, 5 yrs, lOst The following also ran :—The Colonel, Deceiver, Little Monkey, The Dodger, and Pountney. • • - Betting-5 to 4 agst The Colonel, sto 2 agst Jerusalem, 6to 1 agst Red Rover and Heads or Tails. The favourite took the lead to within a quarter of a mile of home, when he was passed by Head or Tails and Jerusalem, the latter winning easily by four lengths ; Red Rover was a good third ; and Little Monkey fourth. The Military Steeple- chase, a Sweepstakes of 10 soya each 1 Ist 71b each. Three miles. Four subs. Captain Coates's Constance, by Faugh-a-Ballagh, aged, list 71b (Captain Barclay) 1 Captain Blundell's Matchlock, 5 yrs, list 71b .. (Owner) 2 Captain Gunter's The Pet, 1 Ist 71b (Owner dm.) Betting-6 to 4on Constance, who waited until within half a mile of home, when she came away and won easily. • The Pet refused early in the race, and was not persevered with. Handicap Hurdle Race. Conductor Topsy ....M 2 Seven ran. 11118 DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March B.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; light breeze, and mild weather, but rather cloudy. FoRTgMOUTH, March 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Major Wolf, from Shields for St. Thomas. Sailed—Earl of Hardwicke, for Madras. (BY ELV.CTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived, March 7—Genova, steamer, from Liverpool ; Branch, from Sunderland ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Penelope, from Newcastle; Brilliant, from Jersey; Temora, steamer, from London; Matura, from Cardiff. Sailed, March B—Marquis of Bute, for Sunderland; Tagus, steamer, for Lisbon ; Genova, steamer, for London; Temora, steamer, for Dublin; William, for Cardiff; Da nube, Susanna, and Dora, for Newport; Brilliant, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived--Concordia, steamer, from Rotterdam. _ _ DEAL Friday Morning. Passed, Mar c h 7.—Pl an t agane t, from Matanzas, for London. Anchored—Embla, from Shields, for Naples ; Anna, from Flonduras, for London ; Ea,bg,rech Fredrick Pranz, from Shields, for Naples; Mary, from London, for Cardiff; Nonpareil, f rom L on d on, f or N ew Y ork ; Maria, from Hamburg, for Lisbon. Sailed—The homeward bound, for their destination. The Warsaw Courier of the Ist says :—" The Princess Gortchakcff, wife of the Lieutenant of the King dom of Poland, left Warsaw yesterday, with her daughter, to go abroad." THIRD E b'UN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a five o'clock. CHURCH RATES. Several petitions were presented against the abolition o, church rates. THE LAW OF MORTATAIN. Lord CRANWORTH introduced a bill to amend the law of mortmain. A bill on the same subject was introduced last session, but certain clauses were not looked upon very favourably. Those clauses he had carefully excluded from the present measure. Alter a few observations from the LORD CHANCEL • LOR, the bill was read a first time. THE LABOURING CLASSES. The Earl of DERBY said he found there was an objec tion to the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the effect that would be produced by the various metropolitan railway schemes now before the house in displacing a large number of the labouring classes of the metropolis. It was supposed that such a committee might impede the ordinary ceurse of private legislation. He thought it was necessary that an instruction should be sent to the committees that were to meet on Monday to inquire into the number of houses and labourers that would be displaced in carrying out the proposed railways. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he thought the noble lord had better give notice of his intention to move that such an instruction be sent to those committees rather than do so without giving the usual notice. He did not think there would be any necessity of sending such an instruction as there was always a return made of the description the noble lord had mentioned. After a short discussion, in which Lord Rodesdale and Lord Stanley of Alderley took part, The Earl of DERBY said he would then give notice that on Monday next he should move that instructions to the effect he had mentioned should be sent to those countries. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES BILL. This bill was brought up from the Commons and read a first time. TRADE MARKS BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, and after a verbal alteration had been made by Lord CHELMS FORD, the whole of Ch ---et clauses were agreed to, and the bill was reported. STATUTE LAW REVISION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PETITIONS. Some petitions were presented against the duty on.fire insurances; against abolition of church rates • against the Parochial Assessments Bill ; in favour of a Reform Bill, &c. CHURCH RATES. Sir J. TRELAWNY said he would postpone the thi] reading of the Church Rates Bill until the sth of June. AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' EARNINGS ,___ (IRELAND). Lord DUNKELLIN moved for a return of the average rate of weekly earnings of agricultural l a b ourers i n I re l an d for the last six months previous to the Ist day of January, 1861, to be furnished from each county in so far as the same can be readily ascertained.—Ordered. THE SLAVE TRADE. On the motion of Lord A. CHURCHILL the following returns were ordered :—Return of the names of her Ma jesty's ships employed in the suppression of the slave trade, distinguishing the stations, from the year 1855 to the year 1859 inclusive, and specifying the class of each vessel, the number of her guns, the amount of horse power (if steamer), and the number of her officers and men. And statement showing the number of deaths, and the number invalided, of officers, men, and boys belonging to the several ships employed in th e su pp ress i on o f the slave trade, distinguishing the stations, in each of the years from 1855 to 1859 inclusive. Return of slave vessels captured by her Majesty's vessels of war during the years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1859, stating-1. Name, tonnage, number of crew, and under what flag (if any) ; 2. by what vessel captured, and where ; 3. number of negroes on board, and how disposed of; 4. total amount of prize money paid to captors in each of the above mentioned years. COUNTY VOTERS. Sir E. COLEBROOKE gave notice that on an earl, day ho would move for leave to bring in a bill to amen, the state of the franchise with respect to county voters. _ FORTIFICATIONS AT PLYMOUTH. In reply to Mr. WYLD, Mr. BARING said it was discovered that some defective piles were used in certain portions of the works at Ply mouth, but measures had been adopted to remedy this occurrence. POOR LAW MEDICAL OFFICERS. In reply to Mr. BEECROFT, Mr. VILLIERS said he was not aware that medical officers attached to unions were not remunerated for their professional services. SIR BALDWIN WALKER. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that he had received a com munication to the effect that the Board of Admiralty had been telegraphed to by the port-admiral to send the Himalaya instead of the Avon after the Narcissus. The right hon. baronet read the letter in question. Lord C. PAGET said that he thought the best course he could pursue was to read the telegrams that had passed on alibippi. mt ti, lny r i Lk. t.,1, 6 ,...a5ub, whieh confirmed the statements he had previonsly made in reference to this matter, said that the Himalaya was under repairs at the time. In consequence of the frequent mis takes in respect to this subject, he repeated that no ship lying at Devonport would have been able to overtake the Narcissus, and all the Avon was despatched to effect was to cut her off. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE said that this was a very im portant matter, and the most satisfactory explanations should have been given in reference to it. He believed that Sir Baldwin Walker had been forced to leave in wea ther when no person would wish to go to sea. Lord C. PAGET denied the accuracy of the statements of the hon. baronet. Sir G. GREY said that the hon. baronet was out of order in making a speech when there was no motion before the house. Sir J. ELPIIINSTONE, so as to'put himself in order, moved the adjournment of the house. He repeated that ho believed Sir Baldwin Walker was forced to go to sea, and that the object of such coercion was to prevent his giving evidence before the committee on the Board of Admiralty, and without such evidence he believed the efforts of that committee would be utterly useless. After the expression of opinion by the house last Friday he con sidered the Government should have adopted the most energetic meacure to intercept Sir I3aldwin Walker. Mr. LINDSAY vindicated the conduct of the Admiralty in respect to this subject. The evidence of Sir Baldwin Walker was considered to have been unnecessary up to a certain time, but after the house had expressed a decided opinion in reference to the matter they had adopted all the means in their power in order to cut him off. He considered that no just imputation rested on the conduct of the noble lord (Lord C. Paget). (Hear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY said he hoped his gallant friend (Admi ral Duncombe) would postpone the nomination of the com mittee on the Board of Admiralty which stood on the paper until Monday or Tuesday. He (Mr. Henley) was of opinion that the evidence of Sir Baldwin Walker was necessary to lead to any practical result, and time ought to have been given to him (Mr. Henley) and other members who were put down to on that committee, to de cide whether they would wish to sit on such committee, the labour of which would be considerable, and which might be of no benefit whatever. Admiral DUNCOMBE said ho had no objection to comply with the wish of his right hon. friend, and post pone the nomination of the committee in question. He could not but think this question about Sir Baldwin Walker had been made a stalking-horse. He entertained the same opinion he had previously expressed, namely, that Sir B. Walker's evidence was unnecessary, as he had stated everything that was required in respect to the department with which he was acquainted, on the occasion of his exami nation before the Dock Commission. Lord C. PAGET denied in the most positive terms that the Admiralty had given any orders to force Sir Baldwin Walker to sea, or that they had any intention of doing so. They did all in their power to secure his return and no vessel lying at Dover would have been able to over. take the Narcissus. Sir J. PAKINGTON made some observations, and charged the noble lord (1, , ,rd J. Russell) with having broken his promise in respect to this matter. Mr. BENTINCK said that he was present at the dis cussions which had taken place on this subject, and his name being amongst those who were to be nominated to serve on the select committee on the Admiralty, he had paid much attention to the matter. He considered that the charge on the noble lord (Lord C. Paget) was most unjust and unfounded. After some further conversation the subject dropped. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE-(TRIS EVENING FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 8. It is hereby notified, that the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Sardinian Minister in London, an •flicial communication, dated the 7th March instant, stat ing that the Sardinian Admiral Persano had, on and from the sth of March instant, established the Blockade of the Citadel of Messina and of the neighbouring Forts, with a number of ships of war sufficient to render blockade effec tive The Sardinian Minister further states that he is officially informed by the Sardinian Government, that the commer cial port of the city of Messina is not comprised in this blockade, and that such port cwasequently remains free from blockade and open to trade. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Sir John Young, Bart., K.C.8., G.C.XG to be Captain-General and Governor-in -Chi e f i n and over. the colony of New South Wales. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Ed ward Douglas, Esq., to be Assistant-Colonial Secretary in the Despatch Branch of the Office of the Colonial Secretary for the Island of Mauritius. INDIA-OFFICE, FEB. 8. The Queen has been pleased, by letters patent passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to appoint Colley Harman Scotland, Esq.. barrister-at-law, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras. INDIA OFFICE, MARCH 7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right llon. Edward Henry. Stanley, commonly called Lord Stanley, to be one of her Majesty's Commissioners to enquire into, and report upon, the measures which it may be expedient to take for maintaining and improving the health of all ranks of her Majesty's Army serving in India. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Colonel Henry Marion Durand, C. 8., to be a member of the said Commission, in the room of Major-General Sir Robert John Hussey Vivian, K.C.B. ; and James Brown Gibs on , Esq., M.D., C. 8., to be a member of the said Commission, in the room of Thomas Alexander, Eeq., C.B. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 8. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State fo r Foreign Affairs, a copy of a thapatoll fgora‘bser Consul at Costa Rica, reporting that the Port of Punta Arenas ceased to be a free port on the 26th January last. BANKRUPTS. Francis Lock, miller, Bridgwater, Somersetshire, to sur render March 20 and April 17, at one, at the Exeter District Court. William Bennett, linendraper, Nether Stowey, Somerset shire, March 20 and April 17, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Edwin Lewthwaite, watchmaker, Halifax, March 22 and April 26, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. John Wade, ironmonger, Blackburn, March 21 and April 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Joseph Farrar, grocer, Bury, March 19 and April 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas Ellison, baker, Liverpool, March 18 and April 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Henry Noltey, hotel keeper, Fieldgate-street, White chapel, March 21 and April 19, at one, at tha Court of Bankruptcy. George Lever, watch maker, Warwick •street, Pimlico, March 19, at eleven, and April 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Moore, market gardener, Perry Barr, Stafford shire, March 22 and April 12, at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Henry Thomas Tidmarsh, draper, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, March 22 and April 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. . ___ Samuel Wannerton Richards, hatter, Birmingham, March 22 and April 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Elul Barnsley, gas tube manufacturer, Old Hill, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, March 18 and April 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Adolphus Scherman, merchant, George-street, Minories, March 19, at two, and April 23, at on; at the Court of Bankruptey. William Berrett, licensed victualler, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, March 21, at half-past twelve, and April 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Heale, jun., seedsman, Bishops Cannings, Wilts, March 19 and April 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 6th day of March,:lB6l ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued:......£25,626,755 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,303,393 Silver Bullion .... 848,362 £25,626,755! £25,626,755 BANTLING D : Proprietors' Capi tal £l4 r.,52,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis mis stoners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- :PARTMENT. Government Seen- rite _(includfrig Dead Weight A nnuity) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver Coin 908,023 counts) 5,906,487 Other Deposits 11,848,773 Seven Day and other Bills 623,124 436,734,588 M.: £36,734,583 SHALL, Chief Cashier. „ Dated March 7, 1861. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the sth day of March, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : lgustovado, the produce of the British pos- Pm CWT. sessions in America Muscovado, the produce:of the Mauritius Muscovado, the produce of the E as t I n di es l Bs 111 d Average price of the foregoing .. 25s 51d COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tnxs DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1 12 1/ Antwerp Brussels — 25 65 25 70 liamturgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 75 2.5 80 Frankfort on Maine — 119/ 1191 Vienna Trieste - 16 60 _ 15 _7O Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz 334 481 48 26 70 26 J l5 25 90 25 95 25 90 25 95 39 391 117 11'4 117 117} 521 52t 621 63 Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Now York — .. , • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)... per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 9 f 0 5 1 South American Doublons T.HIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. We have again to report the- arrival of a very limited supply of English wheat up to our market to-day. In the onmrlPa th.ra was, as 'mai, a great deficiency in quality. The best qualities were taken off somewhat readily at Mon day's currency, but all other kinds were a mere drug. The show of foreign wheat was again large, nevertheless importers were firm, and a fair average business was trans acted in most kinds at full prices. Floating cargoes were a dull inquiry. The barley trade was rather heavy, but no actual decline took place in the quotations. Fine malt sold steadily, other qualities slowly, on for mer terms. There was a good consumptive demand for oats. In prices, however, no change took place. Both beans and peas were firm, but the demand for them was far from active. The flour trade was in a sluggish state at Monday's quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English.. •• 240 1,250 1 2,340 I 60 I 750 ..Irish .. F0reign........ 14,290 29,460 2,520 1 40 sackq 6,100 brie. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of moat having somewhat increased, the trade generally has become less active, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 3 0 3 4 Middling mutton 4 8 4 10 Middling d 0.... 3 6 3 8 Prime do Prime large do.. 3 10 4 0 Veal Do. small d 0.... 42 4 4 Small pork .. 48 5 0 Large pork 3 10 4 6 Lamb.......... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton 3 8 4 4 BOROUGH HOP. Fine hops aro mostly held at full prices. All other kinds are very dull, and the quotations have a drooping tendency. New Mid and East Kent per cwt. pockets.. 80s to 200 s W ealds • • .. 60s to 168 s Sussex 60s to 126 s Yearlings 80s to 170 s COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been very inactive, the dealers deferring their operations until the public sales, which take place to-day. SUGAR.—OnIy a moderate demand has been experienced, but the finer descriptions have maintained previous rates. In the refined market dried goods have shown no change in values. COFFEE.--r-The dealings were limited to small parcels in the private market, and full prices have been obtained for plantation Ceylon. RlCE.—Business has continued very quiet, and late quo tations are barely maintained for East India descriptions. SALTPETICH.—The dealings have been on a very limited scale, and prices have shown a downward tendency. TALLOW.—The market has shown less activity, and a slight decline has taken place in values. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 60s. ; April to June deliveay, 595. ; and last three months, 555. 6d. to 565. per cwt. COUNTRY MA.RILETS. IkIANCIIESTER-MARCH 7. Our corn market this morning was very moderately attended, and was of an improved character. An active business doing in English and foreign wheat, and best qualities brought full rates. Oats and oatmeal were at late rates. Indian corn firm. Beans rather lower. More in quiry for flour. BIRMINGHAM—Mancit 7. At this day's market there was a very short supply of wheat, and all English qualities were at prices as high as the currency of this day se'nnight. Foreign the same. Barley rather cheaper, and difficult to quit in quantity. Oats were nominally unchanged. Beans and peas were is lower. The interest on Treasury-bills in Paris has been raised to 3j per cent., and 4 per cent. for those of short periods, and to 4i per cent. for those having a year to run. The rates fixed six months back were as low as 4. to 2 par cent. Lord Truro, in a letter to a contemporary,says— in compliance with the wishes of the cavalry and infantry corps under my command, I am arranging a "march out" to Wimbledon-common on Easter Monday ; and that, should any corps remaining in London on that day be die posed to join us, I shall be extremely happy to cooperate with their commanding officers with a view to that effect. DEATH OF THE STATE EXECUTIONER.—John Lund, late Grenadier Guards, died on Wednesday last. He held the appointment for many years as headsman at the Tower of London, whose duty it was to decapitate all state criminals. This sinecure is in the gift of the constable, but most likely the situation will be abolished, as in the case c f the gentleman yeoman porter on the death of Mr. Murray. The last state execution took place in 1746, at the time of the Scotch rebellion. The salary is £BO per annum, with an excellent house. Mr. Lund was only seen at the Tower when the half -yearly muster took place, and had his posi tion= the right of the warden, with a large bright hatchet on his shoulder.— United Service Gazette. THE TURN -OUT AND WAGES MOVEMENT AT BoLTON.--There appears at present little probability that the turn -out amongst the power-loom weavers at Bolton vt ill soon be ended, and there is every probability of a turn out amongst the operative spinners and other branches of the factory limb, I