The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-14 00:00:00

- - - Ti iiE EXHIBITION of ALUMINIUM and ALUMINIUM BRONZE. 2,000 SPECIMENS, illustrating the appli cation (Or and Usefof these in teresting Metals, namental ARE NOW ON VIEW at MAPPIN BROTHERS' NEW ROOMS, 222, REGENT STREET. Admission by Card. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- FIRST NIGHT OF I PURITANI. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), April 14. will be performed (tor the first time this season), Bellini's favourite Opera, I PIIRITANI. With the following powerful cut : Mdlle. T Mena ; Enrichetta, Madame Taechani ; Walton, Signor Bossi ; Riccardo, Signor Gassier ; Bruno, Signor Soldi ; Giorgio, Signor Vialetti ; and Arturo, Signor Giuglini. Conductor, Signor ABDITI. PROSPECTIVE AR RANGEMENTS. Thursday next, April 16 (Subscription Night), I PURI- M NI. After which will be produced a new and original Ballet, in Four Tableaux, entitled LA FARFALL ET PA. Composed by Signor Prospero Diani. The music by Signor P. Giorza. Farfalletta, Mdlle. Ferraris (her first appearance these two years), supported by Mune. Pieroni, M. Diani , and M. Alessandro Paul - . IL TROVATORE, Saturday next, April 18.-1 n conse quence of every place having been disposed of for its ,repre sentation on Saturday last, and owing to the impossibility o f repeating it for some period on account of forthcoming novel ties, Verdi's favourite Opera, 11 Trovatore, will be again performed on Saturday next, April la, with the same unparalleled cast. Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Prices :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Reserved Box Seats, Half-a fl uinea ; Pit Tickets, Bs. 6d ; Gallery St alls, ss. and 7s. ; G.ilery, 25. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Circle, to admit three persons, 21s. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Box-office of the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the Haymari , et', which is open daily, under the superintendenceof Mr. Nugent, from Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music sellers. THEATRE -R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April 14, for the 354th time in London PEEP O'DAY. Messr s. Henry Lorraine, W a lter Lacy, C. t, Verner. Addison , J. raham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, &c. ; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &c. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. THEATRE-RO VAL, HAY MARKET. Legume, Mr. J. B. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, to commence with MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Hero, Miss Ellen Terry; Beatrice, Louisa Angel. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Orizinal Bketoh, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prilog - ue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feral and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, 'imported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. Width- I M co mbs, W. 'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, B. /Avenue, and Elsworthy. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessees, Mess s. Lindut and Vining. THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Sedgwick. bliss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. It. Roxby, O. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Get , . Vining, Mr. C. Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEIC ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen derson, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz james, Moreland, and Cockerill. NEW THFATRE-R0 ir AL, ADELPHI.--.• Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE TRIAL OF TOMPKINS. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss A. Seaman. After which, at Fight o'clock, AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. a t ßomer 7 M . r. C. J. Smith. Commence TFIEIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 14, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday L o west during the night This day at Noon. . . $ $ .. 50 Wind—S.-W. ; light, with fine weather. RIGA WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAY.--3tlonling, 11h. 9m.—Afternoon, 11h. 45m. To-govaaw.-Morning, —h. —m.—Afternoon, 12h. 12m. ! i •j'• t "INA,„„ e LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1863. The news from Poland is not astonishing, con sidering all things. The latest intelligence informs us that " The proposed amnesty has been univer sally rejected," and that it leaves Poland in the same position as before the insurrection. Some well wishers to Poland may feel disappointed; but perhaps the people have chosen wisely in choosing an open foe rather than a pretended friend. All who have studied the course of events can tell how often the Russians have held out suggested imaginary Utopias, delusive hopes a nd su only to ensnare their victims more com pletely and throw off their guard their friends and advisers. They keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the heart. It would be expect ing too much from a nation burning with the ac- Cumulated wrongs of so many years, and goaded to madness by such persecution, to give up their present 'vantage ground for a defenceless state where they wou'd be at the mercy of their enemies. It is also said that " a protest against the proposed amnesty has been circulated." This looks as if the Poles were determined to brave it out to the last, and to leave nothing undone that can at all keep up the courage of their adherents. It is evident that the Poles have all along entertained a suspicion against the sincerity of any proposition that came from adverse quarters. " Timeo Danaos et done ferentes may well be their outcry on reading these fine sounding propositions. Sad as their fall may be, and hopeless their future state, it is all for the best in one sense. It is always an advantage to know the worst. Despair brings c ourage of its own to meet the emergency, but it is prostrating to the energy to feel outwitted and betrayed. The Polish insurgents, as they are styled, are now ready to perish in the struggle for freedom, " And leaving in battle no blot ontheir name, " Look Look proudly to H eaven from the deathbed of fame." They are even prepared for a harder fate; to drag on through weary years the captive's lot in exile, to mourn for the country that they could not save, and regret that they did not yield up their spirits in the deadly encounters that settled the doom of their compatriots. There are different vocations to fulfil in life; and as MILTON has said in his inimitable sonnet— " They also serve who only stand and wait," so while the blood of the patriot is the seed of the tree of freedom, those who endure insults, spoliation and exile in the cause are also worthy o f recognition. They may be ranked among those who, more than conquerors, lead captivity captive, and are greater than him who taketh a city, since they overcome obstables which daring cannot surmount, and vanquish the innate desires of human nature, in the pursuit and furtherance of their dearly cherished object. It may suit political purposes to call this strife a rebellion, and this up rising ill-timed and misjudged. But viewed in its true appearance, and regarded in its right aspects, it has far wider scope and higher significance. Those who :add in the pages of history the deeds that make men lemons and send down their names to posterity, as the trumpet blast that calls after generations to the conflict, Ins — y turn from their intereeing perusal to notice the "mats now taking place around them. Why should not these troops struggling for their birthright of independence, and striving with fear ful odds against their enemies, be as worthy of regard and respect, as the heroes of other times, "the patriot TELL, the BRUCE of Ban nockburn." The Poles are now at bay, and that position is known to be a dangerous one; they have the sympathies of all free nations enlisted in their cause, and many hearts with vow and prayer take the field with these sons of liberty. They wish that the day may not be far distant, when the regeneration of their fatherland shall remove a stigma from the face of Europe, and do away with a reproach from the nations who from motives of expediency or suggestions of fear have sanctioned, encouraged, and not protested against the outrages that have desecrated its dominions, Another case of death from starvation has just startled the inhabitants of this wealthy metropolis, and has set men asking once again whether there is not some great defect in our poor-law system. Whence comes the horror of workhouse relief which induces English men and women to risk starvation not only for themselves but for their families, rather than enter the gloomy walls of the parish asylum for the destitute ? How is it that every sixpence is begrudged not only to the idle and worthless vagrant, but to those whom misfor tune or inability to obtain employment have reduced to the greatest need ? The custom is, when poor persons with families apply to the parish authori ties for relief, to tell them that they must come into the house, or no assistance will be given them. Mr. HUMPHREYS, the Coroner who presided at the melancholy inquiry, remarked very justly upon the impropriety of such a stipulation. It was, he said, no doubt perfectly legal to refuse relief on such grounds, but it was quite evident that if families entered the house the expense would be much increased. The only object, therefore, that could be gained by such a stipulation would be that fami lies in extreme destitution should be left without assistance. If this is the primary object of our Poor Law guardians, it is a pity that we have a Poor Law at all, and that the nation is charged with the salaries of the numerous officials employed by it. People could do no more than starve if we took no thought for the poor, and with all our expensive and cumbrous machinery it does not seem that ‘a e get much further now.. The worst class of paupers and vagrants, male and female, find their way to the workhouse doors without scruple, when conve nient to themselves, and are admitted. It is the lower class of the honest poor, those who struggle hard to keep their families together and to keep off the parish, that are refused assistance, when two or three shillings per week would often help to keep afloat until better times. But, no, the little home must be broken up, the scanty furniture sacrificed, and they must surrender all the domestic life which all Englishmen and women esteem so highly above associations and communities, even if comfort able. Independence is a thing tot readily sacrificed, and it does not require much worldly experience to know that it is far easier to pre serve anything like a home than it is to gain one. The object of our Poor-law guardians seems to be to pauperise the people—to break down that sturdy independence which is the best safeguard for the pockete of the ratepayers. The sooner some radical change is made in the general system the better; and if the parochial authorities cannot, or will not, introduce a thorough change into their present system, it will become the duty of the Government to take the matter into their own hands, and, while receiving and regulating the rates of the parish, to see that the funds are ap plied in a manner that will prevent the recurrence of such distressing scenes. The unfortunate woman on whom the inquest was held was the wife of a watch-finisher, and the mother of nine children. The family resided in one room, at the top of a house in Bethnal-green, for which they paid 3s. rent. The father's earnings were 14s. a week, thus leaving lls. for the weekly support 111 of elveen persons. A year ago the _husband had applied, he said, to the parish for out-door relief, which was refused— scarcely, we should imagine, on a plea of saving, since three or four shillings would probably have been considered a great boon by a man then earn ing only 12s. or 13s. per week—a sum scarcely sufficient, even with workhouse management, to maintain two persons and nine children. Per mission to see the guardians was refused him, and he and his family decided to remain in their pre sent miserable abode. Their hardships since that time appear to have increased still further, until, according to the coroner's account, the appearance presented by the family was one of the most shocking destitution. The children were barefooted, with only one garment each ; and recently one of the sons remained 41 hours without food. The mother, thinly clad, and suffering from long-continued privations, went out to seek food or employment of some kir d. She got wet through, which, in her wretched condition, was sufficient to produce fever. Her son-in-law, himself a poor man, said that when very ill she went to the over seer to ask him to take the children into the house, as she could nothing more for them. The overseer, he added, not only refused the sick woman's re quest, but positively bullied her. In answer to this it was stated that the deceased had been asked to go to the Fever Hospital, but had refused; that the husband had earned on the average 225. a week ; that it was twelve months since relief was asked for; and that the guardians were anxious always to assist the deserving poor. These conflicting accounts demand inquiry, for the fact remains that the woman has died, on the evidence of the parish surgeon, from long-continued want, when she would have probably recovered if she had had proper nourishment, only one teaspoonful of food being found in the body on a post mortem examination. There may have been great neglect or mismanagement on the part of the sufferer and her family ; but the fact that our system o f workhouse relief demands a thorough supervi sion, has received a startling confirmation from a case no less discreditable to our parochial arrange ments than derogatory to our national humanity. The notice that Mr. FERRAND gave last night concerning the distress in the cotton districts likely to be producive of some results. T he seems hon. member will ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, to-night, w hether he will be so good as to name Monday next as the day for the discus sion relative to the distress in the cotton districts. It is to be hoped that Lord PALMERSTON, with his usual tact and discern ment,will accede to this request, since the subject is one of overwhelming importance, and to appear to cause any delay in its appearance before the Legislature would not look well for those in authority. What plans Mr. FERRAND and his friends may project, what views they may entertain on this question, it is of course imposeible to ascertain as yet. Notices of motion are prover bially barren soil, wherefrom to glean any scrap or detail of information regarding past, present, and future. It must be inferred, at all evente, that the Opposition are ready to meet the emergency, or at any rate to consider the difficulties of the case calmly, and not wait till some sudden casualty or unforseen calamity throws every one into a panic, and all alterations and arrangements are made hap-hazard. This seems the course into which the Ministers are at present driving us by their tardy provisions, and piocrasti nating measures. Why not take advantage of a temporary lull amid the storm, and make provision for darker days that are sure to be in store. At all events, common sense must make manifest to all men that, if they will not do anything for or by themselves, they should hold out every encouragement to others who are more able or wiling to assist. Let us trust that this ques tion will meet with the full consideration that it requires—that the various conflicting claims and divers interests will obtain that unprejudiced and impartial notice that they deserve—and that all who have any weight or authority in deciding on the matter will waive all personal feelings, and sink all party spirit, in order that the welfare of their common coun trymen may be the first and foremost object . of their regard. The vital interests of so many are en gaged in this question that it calls for the aid and assistance of all who are of any standing in society, and the peculiar circumstances of the case itself sets it apart from ordinary visitations that afflict the community, With the bleating of Provider ce it is to be trusted that our legislators will devise some scheme and suggest some remedy that may stay the spreading of this monster evil, and check the growth of this fearful suffering among the sad and deserted abodes of those who were so lately the representatives of thriving industry, and typify ing, as was once aptly described by a leading states man, the wealth and manufactures of our country. It is incumbent on all who have the power to do their utmost to lighten the burden and lessen the grievances that were so unexpected, and have been borne so nobly with but little hope of respite or relief. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Fleet. Two of the eight new vessels by which the Peninsular and Oriental Company's already numerous and powerful steam fleet is about to be augmented—viz., the Poonah and the Carnatic, are now completed and ready for sea. The first of these had her official trial trip on Saturday, and the other will pass through the same ordeal at the end of the present week. The Rangoon, built by Messrs. Samuda, was launched a week since ; the Syria, building by Messrs. Day and Co., of the Northam Ironworks, at Southampton, will be ready about September next; the Golconda, by the Thames Ironworks Company, at the end of the year ; the Delhi, by Messrs. Wigram, in the spring of 1864; the Ba rode, by Messrs. Samuda, in the summer of 1864 ; and orders have been given to the Thames Iron Company to construct a new paddle steamer which is not yet named. All these vessels are screws, with the exception of the Syria and the one last mentioned. The Poonah, which was taken out for her official trial on Saturday, is a magnificent screw steamer, built and equipped by the Thames Iron works Company at Blackwall, under the immediate super intendence of Mr. J, Robinson, the Peninsular and Ori ental Company's surveyor, and fitted with engines of 500 horse power nominal by Messrs. Humphrys and Tennant, of Deptford. All the latest improvements to insure strength, speed, and the comfort and convenience of pas sengers, have been adopted in her construction, and she is unquestionably one of the most beautiful and handsome vessels afloat. The length of the Poonah is 315 ft. ; extreme breadth, 41ft. ; depth of hold 30ft. ; tonnage, builders' measurement, 2,596 ; 3,370 tons displacement. She has 609 feet of section and 226-feet of firebar ; and her indicated horse power is 2,356. She has a pair of compound engines, on the same principle as those of the Mooltan, but laid horizontally instead of vertically, as in that vessel, and a moment's glance will convince the most unpractised eye that engines of this character are well adapted for ships of war, they being out of the way of all shot. The vessel is steered by Mr. Huniphrys's hydraulic steering gear, which has been found to answer so well in the Mooltan, and among other numerous ingenious inventions she is fitted with Capt. Field's improved compass corrector and course register. There was a large party of scientific and other gentlemen on board on Saturday, including Capt. Nairne, R.N., and Mr. J, Allen, two of the directors ; Messrs. Bailey and Olding, assistant managers ; Captain Engledue and Mr. A. Lamb, general and engineering superinten dents at Southampton ; Messrs. Dinnan, Luke, and Thornton, Admiralty surveyors ; Messrs. Rubie and Mur ray, Board of Trade Surveyors; Captain Patey, R.N., Admiralty superintendent of packets at Southampton • Mr. T. Brown, engineer instructor at the Royal Naval College at Pot tsmouth ; Mr. Peter Rolt and Capt. Ford, of the Thames Ironworks Company; Messrs. E. Hum phrys and C. Tennant, engine builders ; Mr. J. Y. Mes sum, R.N., Captain G. A. C. Brooker, R.N., Lord Allan Churchill, Lord Alfred Churchill, the Lord Mayor of London, Captain Lovell, Captain Kirton, Mr. P. Hddger, Mr. Whytt, Mr. Pinsent, Mr. A. Grey, Mr. A. S. Lamb, Mr. R. Lodge, manager of the Marine Insurance Com pany, &c. Leaving Southampton about 11 o'clock. the Poonah, under the command of Captain J. S. Field, pro needed direct to Stokes bay, where she ran the measured mile four times, the result being as follows :--First run, 4 minutes, 4 seconds, equal to 14.754 knots per hour, 64 revo lutions; second run, 4 minutes 52 seconds, equal to 12'329 knots, 64 revolutions ; third run, 4 minutes 11 seconds, equal to 14342 knots, 61 revolutions; fourth run, 4 minutes 51 seconds; equal to 12.371 knots, 63 revolutions; the true mean of the whole being 13.371 knots per hour. Pressure of steam, 251 b.; vacuum, 25; weight of coals, water, &c., on board, 893 tons. She ran on an even keel, the draught of water being 19ft. llin., both fore and aft. When at full speed the ship made a complete turn in 8 minutes. The machinery worked in the freest manner throughout the trial, and the ship and engine builders were alike compli mented by all the scientific judges on board on the success which had attended their efforts in the production of this noble specimen of nautical architecture. After partaking of a sumptuous dejeuner in the chief saloon, under Captain Nairne's presidency,a few loyal and other toasts were drunk, among which that of success to the good ship Poonah occu pied a prominent place. The Poonah will leave Southamp ton, on her first ocean voyage, with the outward India, China, and Australian mails of the 20th inst. CATHEDRAL OF SMYRNA. —Accounts were pub lished at the beginning of the present year of the ceremony which accompanied the laying of the first stone of a large place of Roman Catholic worship in the Turkish city just mentioned. The Monde gives some interesting details connected, either remotely or in the modern day, with the project of raising the building in question. It says :—" About the year A.D. 177, St. Polycarp, chosen by St. John the Apostle to watch over the Church of Smyrna, sent his well•beloved disciple St. Irenwus to preach the faith to the Gauls. This latter came to Lyons, where he was present at the martyrdom of the Bishop St. Pothin. At the hospital kept by the Sisters f Ste. Marthe, there may be still seen the dark and close cell in which the prelate was confined before his death. Close to it stands the column, still stained with blood, to which was attached the slave Ste. Blandine, who gladly died for her faith. There may be also seen the cell in which the savage beasts were kept for which the living human food was reserved. Everything in those places breathes of the sufferings and grandeur of that heroic age of Christianity. St. Irentous succeeded to the episcopal see of St. Pothin and shared his glorious end. Over the crypt which he had dedicated to St. John the Apostle, future patron of the Lyonnese Cathedral, was erected in the fifth century an Oratory, which, being several times repaired, retained up to our day the name of St. Irenmus. The crypt still exists, and there may be seen, on a level with the ground, an antique font, into which in those distant ages our forefathers in the faith dipped their fingers to make the sign of the Cross on their foreheads. There had been preserved there up to the six teenth century a considerable number of relics of martyrs ; but at that period the impious rage of the Calvanists dis persed a part of them, and by a frightful piece of refine ment mired up the remainder with the bones of the vilest de At E th on e a e id n of seventeen centuries this same crypt accomplishedd 1 adhninaivmailnalhgsa been the scene of a touching ceremony. Car 's which tomb December, of t he l r Church I n h ss h, , th A e r e c e h o b r i e s d ho m p yst o e f ries Lyons, after the very wgoiaftvheLytohhttiess sentus uatlo benedictiontrhitaets of t o o n the may rnsat4o stone form part of the foundation for the cathedral which is to be built in that city. This stone, which is of white ramble, is about 18 inches square by one inch in thickness, has on it a Latin inscription stating the ties which formerly united the two Churches of Smyrna and Lyons. The president and several members of the central council of the propaga tion of the faith, the clergy of the parish of St. Irenteus, and a numerous body of the faithful of the city of Lyons were present at the solemnity. A month had scarcely elapsed when this stone, carried to the shores of the East, was solemnly laid by Mgr. Spaccapietra, Archbishop of Smyrna, as the foundation of a temple worthy of the Ca tholic religion. On the 27th Dec. last the ceremony of laying the stone took place with all the usual religious tFh pointro e 1 French, cc hiis a tlnhe ndagtconcluded rites, and was attended by all the members of the Consular Body in that city and by the whole of the European residents.Ca tthh"e int o Al: :i r u ane r hb e bay bn icsch t o e ou m pn p ta o od r df a tr r he y ses t pe h dr o e n et ehe e ed n i a t n e sg r s a e n f tahpepbeualiltdointgh.e liTbehrealxityenaocrenfilthoassse,mabhtulty tcon siderablehtneletter sent by the Archbishop to o faithfulct i h n egrit Pope, publishes pafoetht accompanying should o text completionel x d t o make f a an address of his clergy, and the reply of his Holiness, thanking them for their sentiments of fidelity, and sending his benediction, THE SUN, LONDON, ITBSDAY EVENINGf, APRIL 14, 1863 LATEST INTELLIGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY, THE SULTAN'S PROGRESS. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 12. The French Consul was not present at the recep tion of the Foreign Consuls by the Sultan in Alexandria, and was also absent at the audience given by his Majesty to the consular agents in Cairo. It is asserted, i n e xplanation, that the French Consul has expressed his opinion that the Sultan's visit to Egypt constituted a danger for Europe. PORTUGAL. PROROGATION OF THE CHAMBERS. LISBON, APRIL 13. The Chambers have been prorogued until the 20th May. It is reported that a marriage is intended to be concluded between Prince Augusto of Portugal and a Princess of Brazil. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. CRACOW, APRIL 13. News received here this evening from Warsaw announces that the amnesty of the Czar has pro• duced no effect, and that the insurrection will con tinue. The Czas, in an extraordinary edition issued this evening, publishes despatches stating that notes were despatched to the Powers from St. Petersburg simultaneously with the issue of the Czar's mani festo granting amnesty to the Polish insurgents. The Czas says : " This step was taken with the object of prevent ing intervention. The manifesto does not promise to change the state of things which brought about the revolution. It only returns to the position exist ing before the 22d of January, neither more nor less —the position which drove the Poles to arms. How will the country and the Powers accept the mani festo ? It is not for us to reply, but it is doubtful whether the Powers will be content. The insur rection will reply in the name of the whole coun try. By fixing the term of the Ist of May for lay ing down arms the amnesty, in fact, recognises the insurrection, imposes upon the Powers the obliga tion of recognising it as a belligerent party, and may raise hopes of an armistice.'' BRESLAU, APRIL 13. The Bt eslauer Zeitung of to-day, in its second edition announces that an engagement has taken place between the Russians and the i nsur g ents near K.olo and Bonin, in w hi c h the Russians were defeated. The same journals state that the insurgents have greatly increased in numbers in that district. INDIA. BOMBAY, MARcn 28, The quotations are :—Broach, 500 r. per candy, advance 30r. ; Dhollera, 466 r. per candy, advance 31r. Freights, 755. per ton, decline 10s. Exchange, 2s. OP. per rupee. Broach will cost 17.339 d. per lb. with freight, or 17-7 ed ; Dhollera, 16.283 d, per lb. with freight, or 16.1 d. Sbirtings-50-39in., 61b., 7r. 4a., net 125., advance Sa. ; 54-39 in., 71b. Br. 3a., net 13s. 7d., advance 5a.; 60-39 in., 81b., 9r, la., net 15s. ld., advance 3a.; 64-39 in., 81b. 10oz., 9r. 12a., net 16s. 2d., advance 9a. ; 54-45 in., 811 b., 9r. 7a., net 15s. 7d., advance 7a. Market good. Latest date from England, 12th of March. CALCUTTA, MARCH 27. Freights for seeds to London, 925. 6d. BOMBAY, MARCH 28. Gray shirtings and awls twist advancing. Cot ton, higher prices demanded. Malwa opium, 1,645 r. Exchange on London, 2s. Oad. Government Securities —Four per Cents., 101 Five per Cents., 110 ; Five and a Half per Cents. 126. Freight to Liverpool, 72i. 6d. CALCUTTA, MARCH 27. Gray ahirtings and mule twist firm and active, Copper dull. Indigo, nothing doing. Exchange on London, 2s. Old. Government Securities. —Five per Cents., 1104 to 1101. Freight to London.--Seeds, 955. AUSTRIA. (From Correspondent of the Vines.) VIENNA, April 11. To-morrow, or on the follo wing day , a n Austrian Note concerning Polan d will be desp a t ched to St. Petersb urg . " A u stria," says my informant, " can make no d eman ds on Russia, but her Ministe r for Foreign necessary for bringing Affairs will a ppeal to the magnanimity of the Emperor Alexander , an d express a h o p e that about a lasting pacification he will be pleased to take such measures as m a y be of the P o li s h p rov inces of his empire." Ou the same England and France to St. Petersburg. In the authority it may be stated , that somewhat si milar notes will be sent to Augsburg Gazette of yesterday pre sented to the Russian Mi nis ter for Foreign Affairs, it is said th a t the Austrian note will first be but there is some reason to believe that the repre sentatives of England, France, and Austria will call on Prince Gortschakoff at one and the same time. The Vienna diplomatists, do not expect that Russia will yield to the pressure to which she is about to be subjected, and some of them express a fear that the Polish question will lead to a Euro pean war. The General Correspondence, the semi official organ of the Austrian Government, says that the Duke de Gramont never told Count Rechberg that " a powerful and independent Polish monarchy would be the best bulwark that Anstria could have against Russia ;" but he did so, and that more than once. The paper in question also states that if the Western Powers should demand the restitution of Cracow, " a change in the policy of Austria would be almost inevitable ;" but such a menace deserves no attention, as it can never be the question of a sin cere reconciliation between Russia and Austria. If the latter should propose to Russia to re-form the Holy Alliance the off e r w ould doubtless be ea g erl y accepted ; but at the fi rs t favourable opp ortunit y Austria would be mad e t o pay dearly f or her double dealing. England is the only Power on whose friendship Austria can now rely, and the Emperor Francis Joseph and the members of his Cabinet are quite as well aware of the fact as I am. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 9th contains a long account of the ceremonial which took place on the previous day in the chapel of the Palace, when the Queen delivered to Mgr. Luis de la L astra y Cuesta, the new .Archbishop of S e ville, the card inal's hat which had been b rought to Spain by the Papal Legate, Mgr. Cas a li d el D rag° . After the Papal brief had been read, the legate in a brief address informed the Queen that his Holiness felt the utmost satisfaction in conferring the dignity of a cardinal on a prelate so distinguished for his learn ing and virtu es as the new A rc hbishop of Seville, and concluded with expressing his ardent w i s hes for the happi ness of her :Majesty and the prosperity of Spain. Th e 0 —lleen replied " Senor Le g 4l e—Scarcely has an illustrious Spanish cardinal, the-f our th who had been invested with the sacred purple by t h e f av our of the Sove reign Pontiff wh o now directs the Church , de scended into th e tomb, when th e inexhaustible kindness of his H o li ness towar d s Sp a in has replaced him by his successor the Archbishop of Seville, whose wisdom will ever be the honour and glory of our ecclesiastical annal s . lam delighted that the choice of his Holiness, for bringing the cardinalY hat, should have fallen on ynn, who retain in your family such pleasing reminiscences of Spain ; and I hope that on your return to Rome you will not for get to tell the Pontiff from me, how grateful I am for the kind remembrance of the illustrious god father for his young godson my beloved child the Prince of the Asturias. Carry also to the Holy Father the expression of my gratitude, and assure him that in my heart and in those of all my sub jects the faith of our forefathers burns with warmth, and that we all feel the deepest veneration for the worthy successor of St. Peter." The Queen afterwards presented the cardinal's hat to the archbishop, and as usual gave him the accolade. The new cardinal then went to the vestry, put on the purple, and returned to occupy in the chapel the place which belonged to him as a Prince of the Church. Mass was afterwards cele brated. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 14. BOURSE, April 13.—The upward movement has continued, and a rather large business has bee❑ done at a further advance. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 70f. 40c. Mobilier have also been in demand at an advance on Saturday's quotations. Little doing in Railway Shares, but prices gene rally well maintained. The market continued im proving to the end, and c tt per Cents. OB 60 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 30 Credit Mobilier 1480 Do. end month 1478 75 Bank Shares 3375 - Credit F oncier 1522 50 BA ILA osed as follows : Italian Loan 72 75 Do. end month 72 95 NOV 7 ditto Do. end month 73 80 Russian .. 95 60 Austrian .. Spanish Threes — Homo Debt rATS. Cash. Account. Orleans lO2O .. 1020 Northern .... lO5O .. 1050 New ditto • • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1200 .. 1200 Geneva 426 25 .. 445 Southern BO5 .. 810 Western Eastern .• • • ,.. 538 75 .. 540 Sardinian 467 50 .. 470 Austrian Lory.bard North of Spain Saragossa 757 50 .. 765 Ditto to Barcelona RUSSIAN UKASE OF CONFISCATION. The Gazette of the Senate, official journal of St. Petersburg, publishes an extraordinary document, which sadly contrasts with the delusive hopes held ow_ by the agents of Russia in order to modify the diplomatic demands of the Powers parties to the treaties of 1815. The following is a textual trans lation : " By a ukase of the 22d of this March, the directing Senate promulgates the following regulation presented by order of the Emperor to the committee of ministers, through the Minister of the interior, and sanctioned by his Imperial Majesty on the 15th of the same month : " Regulation concerning the putting under sequestration of the property of the individuals implicated in the disorders of which the neighbouring Governments of the kingdom of Poland have been the theatre, and for the management ot that property. " 1. Complicity in the disorders which have broken out in some parts of the Governments of the West E ntails a respon sibility the effects of which extend to She persons as well as the property of the guilty. "2. The property of the persons who have taken part in the disorders is put under sequestration, at the instance ot the superior local authority, in order to ensure the material responsibility incurred by them. " 3. There may be placed under sequestration the property belonging to the individual accessory to the disorders, and who is in the empire; such as landed estates of all kinds, movable goods, and capital in bank notes ; shares and obli gations exempted from sequestration by positive provisions of the general laws, as well as c tsh and credit securities. "4 There may also be placed under sequestration the property of every kind of which the individual accessory to the disorders enjoys the usufruct, temporary or life interest in virtue of deeds or any documents. " 5. The property sequestrated is placed at the disposal of the local Chamber of the Imperial Domains. " 6 The houses situated in the towns and placed under sequestration may be entrusted to the administration of the local municipality. " 7. The delivery of the sequestered property and of all the title which relate to it, to the person charged with the administraction of the sequestration, is made by a func- tionary of the local police, or any other, on the nomination of the superior authority of the province, according to an inventory drawn up on unstamped paper, in presence of two trustworthy witnesses. It is lawful f r the proprietor, for the members of his family who are on the spot, or for the manager of the estate, to assist at this delivery. "8. There must not be written in the inventory the ob jects which the general laws allows to be left at the disposal of the debtors in bankruptcy when the inventory of their movable effects is drawn up. "9. The property of an individual accessory to the dis orders which he possesses by joint tenancy with others is left under the management of the other co-proprietors not implicated in the disorders. However, in that case the functionary charged with the delivery of the property, in concert with him who has the task of receiving it, is to verify correctly the revenue which the property produces, and to exact from the co-proprietors in whose hands the management of it. is left a written engagement to hand over to the Chamber of the Imperial Domains, at the expiration of every three months, the share of the revenues to which the accessory to the disorders would have been entitled. " 10. The above property, held on lease by farmers not implicated in the disorders, in virtue of contracts not subject to litigation, and concluded before the sanction of the pre sent regulation, will be left in the hands of those fat mere ; but the latter will engage in writing to hand over to the Chamber of the Imperial Domains the amount of their rents at the time fixed in the leases. " 11. The Minister of the Imperial Domains will provide the chambers placed under his authority with detailed in structions upon all that relates to the economical adminis tration of the sequestered property, and the compatibility of that administration. " 12. All the expenses of the administration of the seques tered property will be taken out of the proceeds. " 13. The revenue produced by a sequestered estate will serve to provide for, at their expiration, all the payments due for loans to the establishment of credit; also for State and provincial rents, and to satisfy all the private debts based upon certain legal titles effected before the sanction of the present regulation. " 14. Substraction having been made of all the payments and expenses of the administration of the property necessary and authorised by the present regulation, the remainder of the revenue is to be transferred to the State Bank, or its branches to remain there at interest. " 15. The proprietor and his family shall quit the seques tered property; however, if the members of the family have not participated in the disorders, and not possessing sepa rate property, want the means of existence, the local superior authority may give them for their support a por tion of the net revenue remaining after all the payments and expenses authorised by this regulation have been met. " 16. The sequestration will be maintained until the re•• gulations which may be made after the definitive repression of the disorders. However, if before that time it is seen that the imputation of complicity in the disorders made against the proprietors of sequestered property was un founded, the sequestration will be immediately removed at the instance of the superior local authority, and the estate will be restored to the proprietor, with all its revenues, de duction having been made for the payment and the ex penses occasioned by the carrying out of the present regu lation. The Journal des Debats of yesterday has some pertinent remarks on this ukase, which we extract. It says:— " This document comes at the right time to enable us to estimate the results we are to expect foam the generous sentiments which, according to the assurances published by certain journals, animate the Imperial Government with respect to Poland. How many times have not official de spatches from St. Petersburg announced to Europe that the E m p-ror Alexander would restore to the Polish refuges their estates ? How often have they not sounded the mea sures of clemency and generosity which the Russian Go-- vernment held in reserve to secure the happiness and liberty of the Polish nation? Yesterday, again, did we not our selves register the news of a general amnesty which the Emperor signed a month ago, and of which the Grand Duke Constantine was the keeper ? And now as a pledge of all these liberal promises, as a foretaste of all those graces which are to rain upon Poland, the Emperor Alexander 11. puts into vigour the most odious of all the measures which weigh upon the memory of the Emperor Nicholas—the punishment of a whole family for an offence alleged to have been com mitted by , one of its members. This imperial ukase will resound most mournfully throughout Europe. It will further aggravate the deplorable impress'on already caused by the measure which has placed in the civil and military com mand of Warsaw General Berg, the man who was made in 'lB3l the instrument, the pitiless executer of the reactionary vengeance which the Emperor Nicholas carried out against Poland. These two facts taken together throw a sad light upon the present situation and upon the probable issue of the pending negotiations." A LIGHT SESSION.-- When Parliament met after the Easter recess in 1861 it had 85 bills before it; in 1862, 81 bills ; in 1863, only 64 bills, Nearly 4,000 dollars have been sent to Washing ton, from the loyal Americans in Chili, for the sick and wounded Federal soldiero, ttrtilltat iyur t mar- HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 13. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Major-General Seymour has succeeded Lieuten ant-General Hon. C. Grey as Equerry in Waiting. The following bulletin of the health of the Prin cess Louis of Hesse was issued this day : " Windsor Castle, April 13, " Her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse has had a most favourable recovery. "The infant princess continues well. " CHARLES Locoffc, "ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. " No further bulletins will be published." The Prince Witzengoiff, Baron von Lindon, and Count Victor Erckert arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, last night, from Berlin. The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Clumber Park, Worksop. The Countess of Suff;lk and Lady Isabella Howard have arrived at Farrance's Hotel from Charlton House, Wiltshire. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at their residence in Piccadilly last night from their seat, Broadlands, Hants. Tiord and Lady Herries have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Everingham Park, York. Sir John Crampton (the British Minister at the Court of Madrid) and Lady Crampton have arrived at Paris on their way to London. Lady Flower has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Lady Havelock and family have arrived at the Hotel Mirabeau, Paris. Lady Charlotte Sterling, the wife of Sir Anthony Coningham Sterling, died at her residence, South-place, Kensington, on the 10th inst. Her ladyship was a daughter of Major-General Joseph Baird. The Right H - rn. W. Hutt arrived in town yes terday from his seat, Gibside. THE HEALTH OF GARIBALDI.—The following letter from Dr. Albanese, dated Caprera, 'Zinn 31, is published in the Paris journals :—" I am happy I can send 3ou the best news of the general. For the last fortnight a decided improvement has taken place in his health. Rben matism has completely disappeared; the wound goes on regularly and satisfactorily. The period of recov, ry has commenced, and with ut wishing to positively affirm that that of elimination has ended, I think, nevertheless, we are near its term." THE PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF THE. CITY AND METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCES.—Public meetings were held yesterday, of the inhabitants of various City wards, to consider the proposal now before Parliament for the amalgamation of the City police with that of the metropolis generally. At each of the meetings speeches were delivered strongly denouncing the proposition as being uncalled for, and as an attempt to infringe upon the muni cipal rights of the corporation of the city of London by the advocates of centralisation. Rei=olutions and petitions to Parliament protesting against the meaetue were unani mously adopted. THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.—A cOrre "Ton dent says :—" We hear that it is proposed to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on 31r. J. F. Neil son, the well-known reporter for the Times—an alumnus who has taken high hsnours at this University. It is ex pected, in order that the degree may be granted before the close of this session, certain formalities will be waived. We believe that the proposed honour has been suggested by the late appearance in his native city of Mr. Neilson as the re. presentative of the Times on the recent occasion of Lord Palmerston's visit. This honour will be regarded as a not unmerited compliment to the fourth estate in the person of Mr. Neilson.—North British Mail. POSTUUMOUS PRESENT TO SIR TATTON SYKES. —. A gentleman, Air. Robt. Heap, has this week arrived at Malton from Hungary, where he has for some years re sided. Mr. Heap was a native of Slingsby, near Melton, and was on that account intrusted with a highly valuable present for the late Sir Tatton Sykes, of whose death he had not heard till arriving in England. The present intended for the late b ironet was afolio volume, entitled "Les Chasses et le Sport en Hongarie," and on one of the front pages was inscribed, " This album, of Hungarian sporting scenes, is eresented to Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart., by Baron Ander Or, zy, as a remembrance of his very agreeable stay at Sled mere Hall, on the Bth September, 1862." The present has been forwarded to its destination, and will a oubtless be highly prized by the family of the deceased baronet. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-01) Friday and Saturday a very painful feeling was caused in Newcastle-on- Tyne by a deplorable accident which had befallen Mr. Wm Newton, surgeon of that town, and an active member of the Town Council. On Friday afternoon, between 4 and 5 o'clock, Mr. Newton had been riding out upon the Town Moor in company with a young man named Mr. James Scott, when the horse upon which the latter was riding took fright, and Mr. Newton's mare sprang after it, and the jerk threw her rider. Mr. Newton unfortunately fell with h's back upon a stone lying in the ditch. Assistance was speedily rendered him, and he was removed to the Herd's cottage, where he was attended by Sir John Fife, Dr, Heath, Dr. Hawthorn, and other brother professionals. His condition was so precarious, however, that he was not removed home until 10 o'clock at night, when he had to be carried with great care on a stretcher to his residence in Hood-street. Upon an examination by the medical men it was found that his spine was injured. On Saturday Mr Newton was in a very dangerous condition, indeed, and it is feared that, if he ever recover, his extremities will be paralysed. HOOD'S WHIMS AND ODDITIES.—Who ever tires of that scene where the heads of two Quakers are visible just above the ice on a bitter winter's day, and which he entitles a " Coolness between Friends ?" Or the view of a particularly bald old gentleman who has just up set a beehive, and whom he calls an " Unfortunate Bee ing." Or the " Spailt Child," wherein the servant is sitting with the infant under her care, she quietly reading her paper and comfortably killing the child ? Then there is that unforgetable " last in bed to put out the light," wherein the worthy couple, in all haste, dash at the bed clothes, making ends meet and heads clash at the same moment I FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. —On Saturday morning, the 11th inst., at about 6 o'clock, the engine of the IVern colliery, Bagilt, near Holywell, was put in motion with the view of winding up the colliers who had been working during the night, but melancholy to relate, through the want of the signal bell being properly placed, the engine was allowed to wind up the bucket containing the ill-fated colliers so far as to bnug it in contact with the wheel and turn it upside down, shooting three of the unfor tunate men back into the pit, where they met with an im mediate and melancholy aeath. A fourth collier saw his danger in time to jump out of the bucket, but sustained such severe injuries in doing so as to endanger his life—his leg being broken, besides other internal injuries. The names of the unfortunate sufferers killed are—John Hollis, aged 57, widower, family grown up; William Roberts, widower, three children, youngest 18 months old; John Williams, 28 years, separated from wife, no children. The two en gineers, viz., Edward Redfern and Edwin Powell, were immediately taken into custody, but bailed in two sureties of £.50 each to appear and answer the charge on the 18th inst. The inquest was to b 3 held yesterday. No blame is at present attached to the proprietors, Mears, David Jones and William Redferk. SIIOCKING ACCIDENT TO AN ACTRESS.—During the performance of the " Peep o'Day" at the New Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool, last week, a Miss Elton, who represented the 'character of Ann Kavanagh, fell from a considerable height on to the stage, and sustained very serious injuries. Both the young lady's legs are broken, and she at present lies in a dangerous state. The nature of the injuries are such as to prevent Miss Elton (should she recover) from ever following her profession again. THE ULLINGSWICK MURDERER.—On Wednes day, the Under-Sheriff, Henry Minett, E , q., by the direction of the High Sheriff of the county, attended at the county gaol, and in the presence of the governor announced to the corvict, William Hope, that 'Wednesday, the 15th inst., was the clay fixed for his execution. This communi cation was received by the convict in perfect silence, bathe was evidently much affected. Since his condemnation he has devoted the whole of his time to the study of the Bible and other religious books, and in prayer. On Wednesday last he was visited by his mother, brothers, and sisters, but. will have another opportunity of seeing them before the fatal day. He is visited daily by the chaplain and the Rev. John Venn, and h as a l so h a d an interview with the Rev. S. M. Ware, vicar of Ullingswick, but we understand that t h r e at h io a n s motawdehinoonchoonfheasssiuoenonotc' t o h n e vi a e lV e i d U . l_C li r 1 Ill e e . ej o o f r the dJournal. - A tragical occurrence has just taken place at. L, Bourdette (Ariege). An inhabitant named Andrieu was at dinner with his family, when his son, a young man aged twenty, act being satisfied with a portion of an ome ette wi h which he had been served, threw it on to the ground. The father, irritated at this act, seized hold of a chair and threatened to strike the young man with it. The latter, who was of a hasty temper, caught up a gun which was near and discharged the contents into the old man's breast, killing him on the spot. The son afterwards went into a wood and blew out his brains. The life of Wedgwood, our great artist-potter, is being written by Miss Meteyard, better known as " Silver pen," Great ScuDer's Race for the Championship of the Thames and £4OO (This Day). This great match, which has for some consider able time excited the greatest interest amongst the admirers of aquatic sport, between Robert Cham bers, of Newcastle, the holder of the honorary dis tinction of champion sculier of the river Thames, and Otorge Everson, of Greenwich, came off this morning over the usual distance—viz., from Put ney to Mortlake. The state of the tide rendered it necessary that the match should be rowed at an hour rather earlier than usual; but, notwithstanding that cir cumstance, the attendance of the I üblic at Putney was very great. Everson, having won the choice of stations, took the Middlesex side of tho river, and on rowing to his position was loudly cheered by his friends, while the same enthusiastic reception was awarded to Chambers. At 20 minutes to 12 a fine start was effected, both men dashing off in splendid style. For a short distance they rowed scull and scull together, but the effect of Chambers's long powerful stroke soon began to show in a most decided manner. The circumstance did not fail to attract the notice of Everson's friends, who thus early began to encourage him to put forth ail his energies, and accordingly he went to work with the greatest determination. At the Point Cham bers had managed to pull his boat quite clear of Everson, and the favourable advantage created amongst his friends a perfect frenzy of delight, the shouting of people on board the steamers as to odds they would lay on Cham bers, being something extraordinary. Thousands of voices could be heard shouting "Bravo, Chambers," and thus encouraged, he went steadily, but earnestly, on with his work, and soon the distance between the boats of the two men began to look very ominous for those who had placed their money and hope on Everson. Before half the distance was accomplished, Chambers appeared to have the race entirely in his own hands, and this seemed to be the opinion of everybody, for not a single cry of "Who'll back Everson ? " was now to be heard. There remains little to be said regarding the race, for all hope of Everson overhauling Chambers seemed to have been given up, the distance between them being now more than 200 yards. Notwith standing the unfavourable termination which must have struck Everson would be the result of the race be rowed well and steadily, but to no purpose— Chambers still held the pride of place, and seemed to be taking it very easy. That this was the state of affairs became palpably evident to the thousands of persons present, for when off Cornet Reach Chambers ceased rowing, and, with the greatest coolness, wiped the per spiration from his face. This little circumstance was seized by the friends of Everson to incite him on to renewed exertion, tut it was of no avail, for Chambers arrived at the winning post more than a hundred yards in advance of his opponent. The contest could scarcely be called " a match," for certainly Everson never seemed to have the slightest chance of winning, as from first to last Chambers maintained the lead he took shortly after starting. The time occupied in rowing the distance was 25 minutes 33 seconds. Chambers pulled 30 strokes a minute, and Everson 40. The betting at starting was 6 to 4 on Chambers. Upwards of 20 steamboats accompanied the race and we have to thank Mr. R. Bain, of Lambah, who engaged the Jupiter for the accommodation Of nis friends, for an admirable view of the race from beginning to end. Although he succeeded in giving all on board so great a gratification, he never for as instant allowed the boat to approach too near the contending senders, a circumstance which was not the case with some of the other vessels. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BOUTILRAbTERN OF PORTUGAL. The directors of this company state in the report that an additional sum of £22,223 has been received from the Government of Portugal, on account of the subvention, making £159,250 paid by them. The remaining debentures, amounting to £88,900, have all been taken up. The progress of the works is such that about 60 miles will be opened in June next, and the entire railway in a few months after wards. In anticipation of this, the directors are taking the necessary steps for sending out the pro pr officers to work the line. A resolution will be submitted to the shareholders for payment of the expenses already incurred in respect to the proposed extension lines, and authorising the directors to take such further steps as they may deem expedient, with a view to the purchase of the line from Bar ritro to Vendas Nuvas, and obtaining for the com pany the necessary authority for making such exten sions of the company's original line as they think desirable. Mr. C. P. Symonds, the engineer, states that since his last report the works on three sec tions of the line have been extended over a length of rather more than 62 miles. lie expects that by the end of June next a length of 58 miles will r,e open for the development of traffic from Evora, on the east, and from Alcapvas Vienna, Villa Nova, and Alvito to the south, with the outlying districts beyond those places, leaving less than 20 miles to comllete the total length of the line. The capital sceount shows that £405,772 had been expended, leaving a balance against the company of £15,843. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The report of the directors of this company states that the receipts on capital account during the past half-year amounted to £3,450; but 6 per cent. bond! , due in October last to the amount of 1:12,000 having been psid off, leaves the total receipts, on the 31at of .TanuAry last, £5,212,395. The aggregate expen diture to the same date amounted to £5,031,729, leaving a balance of £180,667„ The outlay on capi* tal account during the half-y ear f or new sidings an d other works amounted to £12,426. The E ng lish board, yielding to the expressed wishes of a number of proprietors, recommend the opening of a 4 , per manent way renewal account," and, therefore, for the present half-year, of the total sum of £36,369 expended for renewals, the sum of £30,000 is charged to revenue, and £6,368 is proposed to be carried to a renewal account. The revenue account for the past half-year shows that the gross receipts amount to £309,305, and the working expenses, including taxes, insurance, and rent of suspension bridge, to £136,200, leaving a balance of £173,105. From this is deducted £17,498 for interest on Government loan, £35,573 interest on Government bonds, £40,87 8 loss on the conversion of Ainericin currency, £30,000 proportion of renewals of rails, sleepere , bridges, &c., and £249 Flamborongh accident se" count, leaving a balance of £48,906. To this is added £2,704 from the preceding half year, making £51,610 available, from which the directors recom' mend a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent, per annulni leaving a balance of £1,338. THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.—In consequence of the confusion which followed immedtarely upoli the discovery of the murder in George-street, and the mYs: terious escape of the murderer, it has been publicly stated in many quarter" that there will be difficulties in the waY of identifying the perpetrator of the crime in the event of his apprehension. This is a mistake, as the police have 0 least 10 or a dozen persons who could speak to the man wil° was with Etuma Jackson between six and sewn o'clock 0 0 the morning of ihursdy, while there are others who sal/ them together on the previous night. In fact, there is little doubt that she was living with the man who murdered 1 161 ; during the three d a y s i n w hi c h s h e h a d a b sented herse lf from her home. Two psi sons who had been sleeping in th e lliuse in George-street on Wednesday night met Enao Jackson and her paramour as they were entering on Thurs' day morning, End it is expected that both of these person ° will be able to identify the man. Most active enquiries ar e being made amongst the associates and friends of the de' ceased, which, it is confidently expected, will result in the apprehension of the murderer, although the task whie ll devolves on the police is one of considerable difficulty. They state that they have a tolerably accurate description of the man, gleaned from particulars which those who s a w bir° with Jackson have given them. It was at first thougb that the murderer lived in the same neighbourhood as th e deceased, namely, that of Berwick-street, especially as 51 1 was seen with hi m so near to that spot, but it is now thougild, that that i s not the case, as no one who saw him recogn i s e him as a neighbour, or even retaerabered seeing bis i before.