The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-20 00:00:00

'OIONNET'S SILKS a LYON. —Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inven tion tor ort r manu l actur er, and the more perfect the produc grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos dby the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end of each piece : —"Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., Lyon eta Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIF) EVENING {oth time) a new Opera, founded on Goldsrn:th's Comedy, and to be called Sir,: STOOL'S TO CONQUER. Miss Louisa Fyne and )Ir. W. Harrison. ,biter which, the Burlesque Opening of the Grand National pantomime, .I.IAItLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—jommence at Scycn. FTEATRE ROYAL D - R UR. Y-L AN E. Mating,:rs, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chattert.on. THIS EVENTING, the Performances will commence with THE MAN OF TEE WORLD. Mr. Phelps, Mr. 'Barrett, Mr. G. Seville ; Misses Atliinson, R. Leclercq, and Murray. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SIN BAD THE SALLO ; or, The Seven Wonders of th. , World. Clowns, Messrs. IL Boleno and C. I.auri ; Tiariequins, Messrs. J. Cormacx and S. Saville; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. alorris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 dal Y. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEAIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will comtnence with a New and Original Farce, entitled Tn.F. LOST CHILD: 3lessrs. IL. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, 31"reland; Misses Percy, Pauline teziercg, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and :Hiss E. Lavenu. l Ater which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO , a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendlial's "Italian Chroniclei," by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Moreland, Smith, r Clr, E m ery, Raymo nd, :"ollett, Sims; Mis s Bate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, ais. i Lea, and 'dies Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is inade to the occupants of Boxes, Box places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. • 111HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. Miss Maria Farris. To be followed by (by desire) THE RIVALS. Bob Acres, Mr. Buckstone • Sr A n thony Absolute, Mr. Chipp endale ; 31cs 4.5. Howe, 'Braid, Rogers. Clark, Coo; Miss Angel, Miss 11. Lindley, Miss .`inow4co, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round fable. Messrs. Chipnendalo, Compton, Braid, Clark. Rogers, Tilbury, &o. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, SVC, Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TILIS EVE KING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, lIA 11.LEQTJI1 LITTE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross Land the Old Woman 'who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't know what to do. EW THE A.TRE-R0 1r AL, ADELPHI.- 8010 Propristor and Manager, M. B. Webster. .k.NI 2:st Week of Miss Bateman. TITIS EVENING, TILE PRETTY lI.ORSEBREAKER. 3liss Woolgar and Mr. J. L. Toole. at * to Eight, the New Drama of LEAFI : Miss Bate 'flan, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, It. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, St2phenson, Elyarne; Miss IL Simms, and Mrs. Billing:ton. To concluda with LADY BELLE BELLE; cr, Fortnnio and his Seven slngh Me-n. il : e ssrs. J. Oarke, It. Phi Pattillips, BtePhenSen; Miss WOOlgar, MISS K. Kelly, Miss i'ose;hs, Miss L. Laidlaw, 31158 Seaman. Commence at 7. L EA 11.-EVERY MISS BAT EgAN. NIGHT. EVENlNG, i l e s .Actress iiss illitSliSe 113,IsAtrrapEpelarAL of the TjE A nea Ti. t T T ra n, EXITMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unboun&ii SUCC3S9 with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Waster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING - until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manalzer, Mr. W. 11. Swanboroug - h. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. ,selford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS _44.ND EURYoICE : Messrs. Honey , Wood , James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborougb, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Ste. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. I[ll4-E-THIRD-EDI'FION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Ban be had Every Evening of G. ft GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 20, 1364. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock ........ Barometer-29. 93 . ; fresh breeze, and fine. OYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the ..Leu Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Croxded with rank and fashlon.—The New Comedy of THE SILVE I:, LININ(x every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, sirs. Frank Mnt:hews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are w_rage,.l:—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr..l. L. To , lle, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mat:aews. THIS EVENINCr, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, au entirely new Comedy. in 3 Acts, by Leicester Buckine bam;Esq., entitled THE SILVER. : Mr. Charles nlathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'npe, Mr. Montague; Mrs hales Mathews. Mrs. Frank Matthews, 1‘1;:s Cottrell, Miss Wentworth. and Mrs. Stirling. To he followed by'ir. Charles Mathews just transla!e , l irom the Fre;c;i) in nit clilraeterstic &critter of UnAn,lais Timide, entitled COOL AS A GUMMI:EI?. To conclude with 18411; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON: Mr..T. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. George Case) , at the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William. strcet (her THIRD SEASON hi London), EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday). Saturday Mornings at Three. Stalls ; unreserved seats , 2 s. ; area, Is. Will continue positively for a month only. ------ ____ FOALS.—Th© LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 265. per ton. I Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top ............ 255. „ Nuts l9s. „ Deep ...... .....225. Well screened nd delivered within five miles of their De pots. Westbou a rne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddin.gton, W. Best Core .......... lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Mornlug, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 30m, rO-1101t1low.-Morning, 12h. 55=4—Afternoon. lh. 19m. JI -G4llll LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 20, 1864. A question of very great interest and im portanco was opened to discussion on Itivinesday e„,r,lng by the motion of Mr. BERNARD. The relief of the poor has always been a difficult subject. Taut it is the duty of the State to support its poorer I)l.r:doers, to suc2our the infirm, to provide for the aged, and to supply the w ants at the utterly desti tute, has been unhesitatingly admitted on all sides; bat the manner of doing so has been less univer sally apparent. As it is, many and grievous defi ciencies are daily felt in our exi s t in g social arrange ment, and the public are beginn in g to leek round them for a remedy. Town and country alik e have their grievances —in the one the unjust and oppres sive inequality of rates is especially felt, while i n the other the effects of the law of settlement are constantly eTr,r.plained of. Mr. BERNARD'S moticn more particularly referred to the agricultural dis tr:c..s. lie asked leave to introduce a bill provid inr for th.c. more equitable distributian of the charge on landed property for the relief of the sick and destitute, r, ad although err:h a measure might cer tainly deal with a very comprehensive range of topic 3, isprincip!e object was to secure the substi tution of a union for a county rate. After some discussion, in which the President of the Poor Law Board took a prominent part, promising his sup port to the measure, the bill was withdrawn, Mr. BEr:NARD Oxnressing himself satisfied that it would he b e tter to leave it in abeyance until another ses sion. So far, then, the matter remains where it was. But two questions press upon our notice. The firbt is, whether the really destitute from whatever cause are properly cared for, and the second, whether the burden of supportrug then' is fairly divided among the different members of the community ? Neither of these queries can be very satisfactorily answered. Cases are constantly coming under our notice in which, from some cause or another, poor persons suffer the extremes of want and hunger, and juries have to return the melan choly verdict, "Died frem want of the necessaries of life." No one can attribute wilful neglect or in tentional cruelty to the officials of our parishes, but tco often in poor and densely peopled localities the natural desire to keep down the rates which press so heavily on the ratepayers produces a reluctance to attend to the needs of the extreme poor, and an anxiety to discourage pauperism which. sometimes bears startling fruit. The inequalities and injustice of thc present system of rating ore so manifest that it is only surprising they should have survived to the present day. It stands to reason that in a dis trict like Spitalfields or Bethnal-green, where the largest number of poor congregate, the householders are very unlikely to be able to pay heavy rates with anything like ease. Very probably a great many of them with difficulty keep off the rates themselves. Small shopkeepers, occupiers of tene ments with four rooms, or little lodging-house keepers, are not likely to be very willing to sub scribe for the relief of the destitute on a larger scale than the rich merchant of the City or the mar- quis in Park-lane or Grosvenor-square. Why are some parishes2ratekat:two or three shillings in the pound, whereas in others a poor rate is almost a thing unknown ? Which class can beat afford to contribute to the relief of the necessitous—the in habitants of St. George's Hanover-square or those of Bethnal Green? The intelligent foreigner so often referred to as the referee on matters of social philosophy, might naturally consider that the latter was the wealthiest of the two. A great deal is said about the equality of our laws, and the fairness of our system of government, but we expect the true explanation of such a glaring absurdity is to be found in a remark made by Mr. VILLIERS the other evening. "It was difficult," said the right hon. gentleman, "to induce parishes that were exempt, or but slightly rated, to support the principal of equal contribu tion, based on the value of all the property rated ; and the resistance, on account of this interest had always been extremely influential." Naturally so, because it is the wealthy parishes who oppose the reform, and the injustice of the present method, and the hardships of the poor weigh but little in comparison. The true cure is to be found in a national rate. The poor of the country are a national burden which every man should assist in bearing according to his ability. There is no rea son because a man lives in one street, instead of another, that he should give six times as much towards the relief of persons who have no real claim on his aid, save that of common humanity which appeals to all parishes alike. A national rate would cure many evils. It would avoid the mani fest injustice of the burden as now distributed all through the country. Witness the high rate of Liverpool, and the ingenious arrangement by which some country landowners contrive to keep the very men employed on their farms off their estates. It would take away that anxious desire on the part of the officials of heavily rated parishes to discourage the poor from applying for help—an anxiety which has no effect on the hardened and worthless, but which makes the decent and indus trious poor struggle on through &most any privations rather than go to " the House." It would relieve poor ratepayers of a heavy burden, and in eases of a national calamity like the distress in Lancashire and Cheshire, the weight would fall on all alike. No one could fail to bo touched during the worst time of the trouble by the accounts of the rf;tepayers vv::o were themselves reduced to the greatest straits, yet fighting on till overpowered by the burden of the constantly increasing rates. Had there been a national rate a good many might have been kept from pauperism. A line once overstepped is hard to retrace. Such a rate would remove the inducement to keep labourers off the land, and con sequently have an influence in promoting the build ing and improving of cottages. What says Mr. VILLIERS, who, as one of the original inquirers in 1833, and the present head of the Poor Law Board, should be able to give a sound opinion ? " The effect of the parochial system has bee❑ to exempt some parishes entirely, and to cause in others every kind of inequality and injustice besides in the dis tribution of the burden." With such a confession from our Poor Law President, with deaths from starvation continually recorded in our columns, with the dwellings of our agricultural labourers in a state that is a national disgrace, and with strug gling tradesmen of the lower class heavily taxed for a common burden which the rich man may not pay for at all, it is certainly time that something was done in the matter of our parish rating. Sir G, GREY'S motion for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the Penal Servitude Acts, afforded occasion for some debate on the slab- It proves that the question still en gages the attention of the House, as it has long engrossed the thoughts of the public. Amid the discussion some very conflicting statements were made, but en the whole Sir G. GREY'S Bill appeared to receive general approbation. It is certainly, as Lord NAAS stated it, a step in the right direc►ion, and it is to be hoped that having once entered into the spirit of the task, the autho rities will prom& and that whatever be the poli- tical creed of those who occupy the Treasury benches, the importancs of this subject of penal servitude will be duff considered, and the question studied with reference to its bearing on the inte rests of society. There is one point in which many will concur with Lord NAAS, and that is relating to Western Australia. With all due deference . to Sir G. Gnm—who is doubtless animated with the best intentions, and thinks he sees valid grounds for his resolve—it is to be regretted that the right hon. b tronet has come to the determination not to carry cut the plan of sending convicts to Western Aus- tralia. This is a mistaken concession, and one that furnishes a bad prccedent, while at the same time it will occasion great disappointment to the colo nists, who sought for the convict labour, and work incalculable mischief to the unhappy subjects of discussion. In the first place, to take the question upon the broad principle of justice, what rigb have those who are so far away from the place in dispute to set up a claim or put forward a demand to judge of the propriety or non-propriety of such a proceeding ? c nisistency is highly necessary, and for the inhabitants of one place to dic tate to those of another as to what class of workers they shall employ, is simply absurd. The fact is, that prejudice hae a greet deal to do with this veheme n t opposition, and in some cases un founded alarm, produced by the exaggerated repre sentations of tlase whose object it is to sound an alarm, or create a panic, until the vexed question is withdrawn, and the attempt proves futile. There is everything to hope for as regards the future of the criminal who returns to liberty on that distant soil, far away from old associates, and surrounded by a complete change. Surely, under such in fluences, we may venture to form a well-grounded expectation, and to indulge in a substantial hope, that fur these outcast brethren it may be said, "old things are passed away, and all thin,s are income ect. new." Those who first started the inimical idea, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. A M . _ and gave rise to the strenuous opposition, have much to answer for. Inasmuch, as concerns tlle colony IREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) itself, a great boon would have been conferred on it by the acquisition of convict labour. Many of the places which have so strongly disclaimed the notion of allowing the ingress of convicts, have themselves greatly benefitted by the very source which they would now shut out from others. It seems a great pity that these unfortunate outcasts should be con signed to certain destruction, by being sent back to all their old associations, while it a new world, as it were, fairer scenes and brighter prospects are awaiting them. If, however, it is determined to give up for the present all thoughts of this plan, it is important that a right view should be taken of the manner in which th' are to be treated at home. Lord NAAS spoke in terms of approbation of the Irish system. but it is proposed by Sir G. GREY to leave things in static quo in this respect. It is neither one thing nor the other to carry on a system which irritates the men without conferring any substantial benefit upon society ; and, above all other alterations, some very strict measures should be passed concern ing those who are convicted. It is not enough for them to complete their sentence ; they should have the full term before imposed, doubled or trebed, AUSTRIA AND THE LONDON TREATY. VIENNA, FEB. 20. TLe Austrian Government addressed a circular despatch on the 13th inst. to all the members of the German Confederation. The following is a cum, mary of the document :-- "It is admitted that the Loudon treaty is not binding upon the Federal Diet. " A vote on that treaty, taken by the Diet, in conformity with the propositions of the committee, would not be decisive with regard to that question, but might possibly induce the non-German Powers to make counter declarations in favour of the treaty, thereby aggravating the critical state of affairs. Austria, therefore, requests the German Governments not to assent to the different proposi tions of the Committee, big to instruct that body to make a fresh report, which should treat solely of the succession question." Movements of the Niels fuel, PLYMOUTH, FEB. 20. The Danish frigate Neils Jual is reported to have been seen yesterday evening off the Deadman near Falmouth. When ob served she was under close reefed topsails, and lying close to the land awaiting arrivals. according as their offence has been comparatively great or small. It is greatly to be hoped that during the discussion on this topic some very great changes will be made relative to the manner in which the discipline is carried on within the walls of the prison. The days are happily gone by when dark doings and cruel tortures disgraced the annals of our prisons and made our gaolers a species of barbarians. We have, however, fallen into the op posite extreme, and the details that have been most unwittingly afforded relating to the management of criminals as to diet, labour, and recreation have been scandalous. It is downright in tolerable to reflect that vice should be pampered, while honest poverty struggles on unheeded, and the deserving sufferer often dies a cruel death without the commonest necessaries of life. Such a course of conduct is totally subversive of order and justice in a State, and the dictates of sense and reason are alike arrayed against it. By all means care and at tention should be bestowed upon these criminals, but they should be given no indulgences that they would not have had if they had kept in their own position and done their duty faithfully to their Creator and fellow-creatures. As has been ob served, this is a beginning that has been made; and . the hopes and wishes of all who have the wel fare of the community at heart will be interested in the furtherance of the undertaking now so auspi ciously commenced. It is high time that the atten tion of the Legislature be called to the consideration of a system into which serious errors have crept, and wherein so many abuses have taken root. •.... •••••• ....• THE INVASION or JUTLAND. • COPENHAGEN, FEB. 19, 2.16 p.m. It is cfficially announced that all was quiet at Duppel at 11 a.m. to-day. In consequence of the circuitous movement of the enemy the Danes were compelled to evacuate Bol ding in Jutland. A cavalry engagement subsequently took place at Gudsoe, without result. HAMBURG, Fts. 20, 10.31 a.m. Advices from Flensburg state that several iron clads, among which were the Esberne•Snare and Absalom, appeared on the 18th inst. on the Flens burg Fiord, and exchanged shots with the allied artillery. It is stated that a Prussian garrison has pre vented a landing of the Danes to the north of Friederichsort, which had been attempted in the boats of the Esberne-Snare and Thor. TUE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1564. C.A.. QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Australasian, from New York on the 10th inst., arrived here to-day, at eight p.m., with 41 passengers and 307,182 dole. in specie. She landed two passengers and 85 sacks of mails, and proceeded at 830 p.m. All well. NEW YORK, FEB, 8 (Evening). General Meade's army made a reconnaissance in force on S iturday last to the south side of the Rapidan. Lee was found in full force in the Fede ral front. After heavy skirmishing, in which the Federals are reported to have lost from 200 to 300 men, they returned to their 041 Tiarters. Four thousand Confederates made a demonstra tion egainst Cumberland. Gap on the 29th ult., but, after heavy skirmishing, were driven back and have since made no further movement. General Johnstone's main army is stated to be at Rome, Georgia, where the general is supposed to have retired, either for convenience in obtaining supplies or to prevent desertions, which were vs Ty numerous. Southern advices to the sth report that 8,000 Federals had crossed the Tennessee River near Ger mansville, their supposed object being the destruc tion of the iron works in the Cherokee country. The New York World asserts that Sherman's ex pediticn has moved from Vicksburg due east in the direction of Selma and 11lontgomery, Alabama. In conjunction with Sherman's movement a large Federal cavalry force, under Grierson, is advancing southwards from Holly Springs, the object of the combined movement being, it is thought, to conquer Miabiisippi and Alabama. Iu order to strengthen Sherman the Federals have withdrawn their forces from Middle and Western Tennessee, and abandoned Corinth and the line of the Memphis and Charles ton Railroad as far east as Bridgeport. Albite dispatches of the 4th inst. assert that the Confederates had occupied Jackson, Mississippi. Southern accounts assert that General Early had captured 800 Federals at Petersburg, Western Virginia. Advices from Charleston to the sth state that the firing on the city and Fort Sumter continued. A committee of the New York Union Lincoln Association has called the people throughout the state to meet on the 22d February to give public expression to their sentiments favouring Mr, Lin coln's re-election to the Presidency. A new political organisation has been started in New York favouring a more radical abolition policy than that pursued by the Lincoln Adminis tration, and organising a movement for the nomi nation of candidates to carry out this policy. Horace Greely spoke in favour of the movement. The steamer Presto ran ashore off Charleston on the 2d inst. The Confederates would save most of the cargo. The blockade runner Wild Dayrell has been de stroyed near Topsail Inlet N . EW YORK, Feb. 9. Mobile despatches report that eight Federal regiments, with two batteries of artillery,. crossed Big Black River on the sth inst. Considerable excitement prevaled in Mobile. The force which was expected to attack the city was estimated at 30,000 strong. There is a doubtful report from Chattanooga of a wide spread mutiny in the Confederate army. General Butler sent an expedition, consisting of three brigades of infantry, four regiments of cavalry, with 12 guns, across the York River to wards Richmond, for the purpose of surprising the Confederates and releasing the prisoners in Rich mond. The expedition reached within 12 miles of Richmond, but was discovered through infor mation furnished by Federal deserters, and com pelled to return without attaining its object. Advices from Charleston to the 7th inst. state that the firing on the city had ceased. NEW YORK, FEB. 10, Morning. The Richmond Examiner states that a German has been arrested in Richmond as the ringleader of a plot for the release of the prisoners in that city, and the assassination of President Davis. The same paper states that the Federals lest 1,500 men during the Confederate attack on the Federal outposts at Nawbern. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEW YORK, FEB. 9 (Morning). Money easy. Gold, 591, firra. Exchange on London, 1741; on Paris, 3211. Stocks firm and advancing. New York Centrals, 1331 ; Iliincis, 1301; Eric, 1131 ; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 107:. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 83c, Flour very firm. Wheat in good demand for export. Corn heavy. Provisions good inquiry. Coffee firm and advancing. Sugar steady. Molasses inactive. petroleum—Crude, 30 to 31; rtlued, 43 to 47. MEXICO. NEW YORK, FEB. 8 (Evening). Advices received here from Vora Cruz to the Ist ult. confirm the news of the French occupation of Zacatecs, Guadalajara, and Agnas Ca'icmtes. Several Mexican generals, the Juarez Finance Minister, and numerous officials, have given their allegiance to the French. The Havanah correspondent of the herald asserts that at a council of Spanish generals held at Ha vanab, it was determined to petition the Spanish Government to abandon San Domingo. THE BRITISH INSTITUTION, The Exhibition for the present season at the British Institution is, we regret to say, very corei derably below the average. As usual, numerous works are displayed upon the four walls :of the noble suite of three apartments constituting the gallery. Minor drawings, both in size and merit, are hung upon the screens. There is the customary diversity of landscape, animal life, histories. scenes, genre pictures, fruit, flowers, winter, spring, summer, and autumn views, sea-pieces, and so forth; but among them all, while there are very few really good paintings, there are a great many ur question ably bad, while the vast majority are beyond all question most indiffaent. A single gem e.ione attracts the eye, scanning, no matter whether care fully or cursorily, the contents of this arl-caskct-- that solitary chef d oeuvre being 68, " Well-bred Sitters that never say they are Bored' "—the said sitters being a tan collie and a Week re triever, painted as dogs can alone be painted by Sir Edwin Lludseer. The retriever holds cross wise in his mouth one of the at tist'ii cam. 1-hair brushes. A pheasant and so,i.e pigeons—as speci mens of dead game—aro littered in the front part of the picture. There ere, besides this, other more usual appurtenances of a studio—odds and ends introduced, it would seem, almost hap-hazard. Every detail teuched with the easy, careless, mar vellous touch of the great master. The expression of the doge' countenances being the central interest of this new masterpiece of Lendseer's. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, The 450th concert of this society was given last evening, on which occasion Handel's magnificent composition, "Israel in Egypt," was selected for performance. The attendance of company, in the great hall, was by no means inferior to that which invariably assembles on every per formance of "The Messiah," although the oratorio under notice is remarkable for the subordinate parts allotted to the soloists. In " Israel in Egypt" the great weight of the perfor manceis thrown upon the choristers, and to this circumstance must, perhaps, be attributed the comparative non-success which invariably attended its performance during the life.. time of the illustrious composer. To us of the present time it seems remarkable how the massive and splendid choruses could have been listened to without creating the utmost enthusiasm, but certain it is, an extraordinary change has happily taken place and for this impro vement in our musical taste, the Sacred Harmonic Society and Mr. Costa deserve the unanimous gratitude of every true lover of music in its best and loftiest form. The soloists were Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Miss Banks, Mr. Santley, Mr. Patoy, and Mr. Cumming. Tho list of instrumentalists embraced the name of nearly every performer of merit, and the unrivalled chorus of the society were on this occasion divided into two separate and distinct choirs, placed at either side of the noble organ. The opening recitative was sung by Mr. Cumming with care and intelligence, and then fol lowed the chain of remarkable double choruses that grandly demonstrate the power of sound. It will be quite unneces sary on the present occasion to do more than reiterate the praise we have invariably given this incomparable Ludy of choristers, at the same time remarking that never have they given the Hailstone Chorus, as it is familiarly called, and the sublime composition, "The waters overwhelmed hem," with greater precis ion and c act, In the former the rest previous to the two concluding bars was a perfect miracle of power and discipline. It is almost needless to remark that both were unanimously encored. In the second part Madame Rudersdorff sang " Thou didst blow," and the introduction to the final chorus, "Sing ye to the Lori," with the greatest purity and effect. Madame Dolby was, as ever, majestic and tender in the beautiful air "Thou shalt bring them in,' and Mr. Cumming highly distin guished himself in the tenor war song. The duet, "The Lord ii a man of war," was sung by Mr. Santley and Mr. Patey, and of course elicited the usual (meow. " Judas Maccalieus" is to be the next oratorio performed. Miss Grace Egerton's Entertainment. Miss Grace Egerton's (Mrs. George Case) entertainment at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, will be found wall deserving of patronage. The present idea is to limit its duration to one month ; but if real merit is consi dered, it ought to become one of the permanent entertain ments of the metropolis. Tha abilities of Miss Egerton as a public entertainer aro remarkable, and her assumption of the different characters of which her pretty entertainment is made up, will bear comparison with any hitherto seen in London. Mr. Cass agreeably gives a variation to the even ing's amusements, by some very cleverly executed solos on the violin and concertina; and to those wishing amuse ment for a couple of hcurs, we cordially rec - mmend a visit to the Polygraphic THE RUBENS OF FR/slim-0o Tuesday last the numerous works of the late EuOne Dulacroix, were exhi bited iu the Rae Druot. There seems no style which M. Delacroix has not attempted and adorned—mythologic al pictures, such as " Ac!soon Changad into a Stag ;" histo rical works—for instance, " Louis IX. on the Bridge of Taillebourg ;" religious inspirations, as " Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane ;" pictures from'Byron and Goethe; and finally compositions of fruit and flowers. The works offered for sale will fetch groat prices, for France is very proud of her artist. So LIKELY !—Greco and hie accomplices having been examined yesterday at the Conciergerie by M. Devienne, the president, who named M. Allen to defend Greco, Trabucco, and Scaglioni as they declined to appoint counsel, Signor Mazzini has been invited to, appear, but come and be killed" was not less attractive to the his toric lucks than ouch a summons to Mazzini, who will outior Judgment to go by default, arid punielament also. AUSTRIA• DEPARTURE OF AN AUSTRIAN FLEET FOR THE PROTECTION OF GERMAN VESSELS. VIENNA, FE8.420, Morning. A squadron of 12 Austrian men-of-war has re ceived orders to put to sea for the protection ol German merchantmen against German cruiser& Part of the fleet has already sailed. FRANCE• BOURSE, Feb. 19.—The market has been rather less animated, but without any material decline in prices. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 65c. Mobilier are rather lower, being at 1,0751. Railway Shares quiet, and with a slight decline on some of the lines. The market continued heavy to the close, and left cff Es follows :- 41 per Cents .. 95 45 Italian Loan 6B 10 Do. ead month.... Do. end month 67 9'.) 3 per Cents Do. end mouth.... 66 60 [)o. end mouth — Credit Mobilier....le 6 7 50 Russian Do. end m0nth....1070 Austrian ..... Bank Shares 3290 Spanish Threes . 51 25 Credit /cooler 1 285 Rome Debt. . . Roman RAIL 'AYS. Cash. Account. 1006 25 1005 96J 957 50 Orlolns Nortluxn New ditto Lyon 2 and Meditarranean New ditto . . Siuthern Weqern Eastern ...e..... see e. Sar.:!inian 000000 tees seise Austrian Lozplyird North of Spaln ...... 2 Saragoosp .. Ditto to Barcolou3 940 - 040 - 895 - 670 .. 667 50 516 25 .. 517 50 478 7.5 4 80 -- 382 50 ~ 382 50 412 50 ~ 426 25 52,2 50 .. 521 25 500 - .. 500 -- 500 - .. 590 - 11146,REETS—T1113 Bay. COVENT GARDEN. There was a seasonably good supply of produce at our market to-day. The trade was firm at the following rates. YRUIT. a. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 oto 10 01 Colonial do., each 0 0 0to 00 0 01 Grapes,per lb 5 to 1 , Foreign do 1 oto 2. 6 Melons ... oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 6to 4 0 Pears, per do oto 9 0 Oranges, per 100..3 6to 8 01 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0 Gooseberries hf sveo oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Greens, dz bunch 5 oto 7 0 , Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 to 1 61 Bid ditto 0 OSo 0 0 I Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Brocoli, per bus. 0 Bto 1 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 110 0 New ditto, pr pt 1 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 2 6 Carrots, pr d 0.... 5 oto 6 0 Cucumbers ...... 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb .... 0 6to 0 8 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 2 oto 2 6 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach .. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0 s. d. s d Mulberrles,prpt..o otc 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 k ?reign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 3to 1 6 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 o to 0 0 Figs, r er'doz. .•.. 0 o to 0 0 Peaches.... ...... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 LIME& Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 0 9 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 IParsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms.p ptl. 1 oto 1 3 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 t Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 oto 1 6 Rhubarb, per bun 1 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 ißeakale, per bun. 1 0 to 1 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od; Poults, 4s Od to 4 s geese, 5s Od to 7s Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s tid ; d u cklings, each ; 3s Od to 3s Gd; rabb its, is Od to is 10d each; w ild do., is 6d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 8d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 13s Od ; chickens, Os Od to lOs Od; barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to Os Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Gd to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 3s to Os Od; snipes, Os to Os 10d; teal, Os Od to Os Oct ; wild ducks, is Gd to 2s Od ; widgeons, is Od to Os Od ; plovers, is Od to Is 6d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to Is 2€l g+ Od is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 103 Od to —s M ; French do., Sc Od to Os Od per 100 ; leverets, 33 Od to Os ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. English, is 2d BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 8d to 2s 2(1 ; trout, Od to Os : ee ls, 5d to 10d ; ..)rawns, Os ; Pb.ike, skate, sturgeon, Od and halibut , 6d p er l ; turbots, 5s Od to 18 s; cod, 38 Od to 123 ; brills, 2s Od to 4 to Os Od ; dorevs, 58 Od to 58 6(1; m ullets, Os 6(1 to is Gd ; lobsters, 2 s to is Od ; crabs, Gd to 3s Od ;p l ait © and gimlets , Od to Os Od each ; soles, 5 , 1 to 3s Od pe r p air ; common o y s ters, 8s to 26 s ;_ natives, Gss to 70s pe r bushel - whitings, 2s Od to Os • haddocks, Gs t o 12 s ; sm elts, Os 0:1 d oi mders, Os Od per dozen; mackere l, Os per 103 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 - ; bloaters, Oa to Os per 100 ; carp and touch, Os Od to O s p er brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3 s 4 ( 1 to 48 4(1; mu tton, 38 8(1 lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 48 Od to 46 Sd ; to Os Od ; to 4s. G 6d to 41, 6(.1 per 810 s, by the carcas e. WIIITECIIABEL. and pork, 30 4s Od to 4s 81; an—a pork, 3s 41 to i s 4d p e r Sibs by the ca rcase. 3 $ 61 x 6(1; veal, Beef, from 3 s 2(1 to 4s 2d ; mutton, BREAD. The prices of wheaten b rea d in the metropolis are from 6id to 7d ; of household do., bd to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 6414, 2ld to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to ; 721 b to 8014, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 4 , 3id to 4d 881 b to 961 b, 3id to tid ; 1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides, 93 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d. to 4s Od; full, 7s Od to 05 Od ; polled sheep, lOs Od to 14s Od ; halflareds, 9s Ocl to lle Od ; Downs, 7s Od to 9s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearling,s, Os Od to 6s Od. 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4id ;" 1041 b to HAY MAILK.ZTS. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to .0 105 ac load. 4 64 Od ; clove r, £4 Os to £5 10a Od ; and straw £1 2s to £1 p A slow trade. CUMBERLAND..—Me too, bay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od per ; clo over, £4 £4 Os to £ 5 8 s Od ; and straw, £1 33 to £1 103 A moderate dand. WHITECIIAPE em L —Meadow hay' L 3 Os to .CI lOs O clover, £1 Os to £ 5 103 Od ; and straw, Ll2sto LI d ; per load. Trade dull. A PATTI DE FOIE GRAS—(otherwise Ft Patti who was a very fat liver)—The Parisians have conceived the delicate compliment of calling the Bceuf Gras Adeline Patti. Ito—that is, she with the now natty kilogrammes. 15,000 kilogrammes. BALANCE OF THE SEXEs.—^^ 1861 there were 104,811 boys born to every 100,000 girls, but the k mor tality, (for what reason we now not) is so much greater among the boys that the balance is reduced to nearly an equilibrium. For every 100,000 women at home in England there are 0:5,00S men also a home ; and when we consider how many thousands of the flower of the popu lation are engaged abroad in the arrah navy, and mor cantile marine, we pee that the balar...ce le nearly equal, THE YELVERTON CASE. The Hon. Theresa Yelverton presented a petition to the House of Lords on Wednesday last, through her agent, praying their lordships to order the ap pellant, Major the Hon. W. Yelverton, to pay to the petitioner the sum of £5OO, or such sum as to their lordships shall seem meet, either in nature of alimony or for the purpose of enabling the petitioner i to complete her case; and, further, that the hearing of the cause may be postponed for three months, or until such time as the said £5OO is paid to the p-ti tioner. The petitioner states that in January, 1860, she raised an action of declaration of marriage before the court in Scotland, and on the 19th December, 1862, the judges declared the marriage to be lawful, and ordered Major Yelverton to pay the costs of the proceedings, but he had never paid any such costs. In 1860 an action was brought in the Court of Com mon Pleas in Ireland, against Major Yelverton, by Messrs. Grant and Gash, merchants, London, for £29 9s for necessaries supplied to the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton, and judgment was given in their favour, with costs, on the 5:11 July, 1860. The petitioner goes on to state that in Janu ar y , 1861, another action was brought in Dublin against Major Yel verton, by Mr. Thelwall, an kora master, in York shire, for £259 17s 3d, for board and lodgings sup plied to Mrs. Yelverton, at the request of Major Yelverton, and that the cause was tried before the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury, in March, 1861, when, after a trial of many days, the jury returned a verdict in favour of Mr. Thelwall for the amount claimed. In this csse a rule nisi for a new trial was granted, and, after having been argued before the full court, the rule was discharged on the 7th July, 1862, with costs; but Major Yelverton has not paid any part of the debt or costs in which he has been condemned. And the petitioner further states that her husband never contributed anything towards her support, but that he is living in con cealment, and his solicitors and agents refuse to give any information as to his place of abode. The petitioner then goes on to state that in consequence of the enormous law expenses she incurred in defend ing herself and maintaining her rights as his wife, her private means are nearly exhausted, and that she is now dependent for maintenance on the assis tance of her friends. The privations and hardships to which the petitioner has been exposed through the cruelty of her husband, and the mental anxiety which she has suffered during the last five years and a half, have produced a total prostration of strength. She was taken ill in the south of France, when on her way to England, and her medical advisers are of opinion that it would be dangerons to her life if she was to be removed at present, Their lordships considered the petition, and have ordered the question with reference to the same to be referred to the next appeal committee. 1I 71 North British Review. No. LXXIX., Ed monston and Douglas. Although several articles of importance lend an especial interest to the current number of the North British Rev i ew --conspicuous among them a reve rential treatise upon the' Vie de Jesus," such as will hardly satisfy the egotism of M. Renan should it fall under his observation— we have turned, as we conjecture every person taking up this ever welcome blue covered northern quarterly will turn, must perforce turn, instinctively, inevitably, to the last paper of all—the eighth—simply entitled " Thackeray." Of all the many memorials of Thackeray yet given to the eager multitude of his lamenting admirers since his startling demise, this paper in the 21 orth British is, to our mind, in comparably the very best. To our think ing, it is beyond all comparison the best. Nothing, it is true, could by possibility have been more exactly what it ought to have been, what we should (in our thorough appreciation of the two men) have wished it to have been, could our wishes have had any influence whatever in shaping out the result—nothing could possibly have been in more exquisite taste as an expression of manly sorrow and fraternal sympathy than Charles Dickens's In Memoriam paper leading off the last number of the Corrthill. But then it was—though of the best—so very brief! As for Mr. Anthony Trollope's tribute to Thackeray in the same number of Thackeray's own especial periodical—well, it was most gene- rous in tone and feeling, only, in point of fact, it was too much so, for, while it was all that, it was also to the last degree extra vagant. The finest novel in literature, the most perfect creation of a character in the whole range of fiction—why, these superlatives were simply preposterous as applied even to " Esmond" (that exquisite romance !), even to Colonel New come, that worthy companion to other imaginary beings, such, let us say, as Sir John Falstaff or Sir Roger al Coverley. The charming little me moir published by Mr. Hannay, first of all, in his own Edinburgh newspaper, and afterwards in a sepa rate form as a slight pamphlet, was—in bulk, or rather in the lack of bulk—insufficient. The com pilation prepared for the press with such surprising rapidity by Mr. Theodore Taylor, and published so very promptly the other day by Mr. Hotten of Pic cadilly, turns out to be, when the kindest thing that can be said of it, is said of it, wholly and solely a compilation. Bearing in mind, therefore, all that has yet appeared in regard to Thackeray since the date of his lamentably sudden demise, this eighth and last contribution, in the current number of the North British Review, is, we repeat, to our thinking, the very best, because in every way the fullest, the most searching in its criticism, and, therefore, all things consi dered, the most satisfactory. It is enough of itself to secure to the number, as we can hardly doubt but what it will, an unusually large and widely scattered circulation. Often, throughout it, we don't the least atom in the world agree with the writer in the North British in his estimate of this or that among Thackeray's writings. For example, We cannot for the life of us regard that great writer's Lovel the Widower as in any one respect a masterpiece. On the contrary, it seems to us, amo n g all his writings, to be in almost ev er y particu lar one of the least satisfactory._ It is the old story he had an often and often related before, told once more all over again—the tone of it, meanwhile, as caught from one of the most pro minent characters in the fiction, to wit that horrid butler, being inconceivably vulgar. Barring, how ever, instances like these, where our own judgment flies to quite an opposite conclusion to the one arrived at by the North British Reviewer, we have to thank the latter for a memorial chapter on our great humorous satirist, Thackeray, the eager perusal of which has on the whole given us the liveliest satisfaction. Among the scattered treasures of Thackeray's own inimitably comical writings, not to be found among his works, even in his collected Miscellanies, we have reason to be grateful to the North British for giving us in its grotesque entirety, what we have often heard sung, but never remember before this to have seen any where in print—Thackeray's wonderfully 'tinny impromptu song of— LITTLE BILLEE. There were three sailors in Bristol city, Who took a boat and went to sea. But first with beef and captain's biscuit, And pickled pork they loaded she. There was guzzling, Jack and gorging Jimmy, And the youngest ho was little Billee. Now very soon, they wore so greedy, They didn't leave not one split pea. Says guzzling Jack to gorging Jemmy, "I am extremely hungarec." Says gorging Jim to guzzling Jacky, "We have no provisions, so we must eat we." Says guzzling Jack to gorging Jimmy, " 0 gorging Jim, what a fool you be I There's little Bill is young and tender, We're old and tough, so let's eat he." "0 Bill, we're going to kill and eat you, So undo the collar of your clic:title." When Bill received this infumation He used his pocket-hindkerchie. " 0 let me say my catechism, As my poor mammy taught to me." "Make haste, make haste," says guzzling Jacky, While Jim pulled out his snickersnee. So Bill went up the roaintopgallant mast, Where down he fell on his bended knee. He scarce had come to the Twelfth Commandment, When up he jumps, " There's land, I see. There's Jerusalem and Madagascar, And North and South A.merikee. There's the British fleet a riding at anchor, With Admiral Nelson, K.C.8." So when they came to the Admiral's vessel, He hanged fat Jack and flogged Jimmee. But as for little Bill, he made him The captain of a seventy-three. Our obligations ought also to be expressed here to the .North Brittsh. Review for recalling to our re membrance that charming dedication of our great humorist's " Paris Sketch Book," in the very grace ful terms to his Tailor, M. Aretz, of No. 27 in the Rue Richelieu. Several perfectly original reminis cences of Mr. Thackeray, here published for the first time, lend a peculiar interest to a paper that altogether claims from us our very cordial com mendation. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Feb. 19.—We have had a very quiet market for yarns in all departments, both home and export, and, generally speaking, prices are easier as compared with Tuesday. In the home trade there is some business doing, but most of the sales have been small parcels. In cloth sellers re port a limited business. There has been a rather active inquiry, but it has not resulted in much actual business. As stated in our recent reports, the greater activity on Tuesday and previously was owing more to accumulated orders than any new demand, and most of these having now been placed buyers do not feel inclined to operate further. No doubt the recent arrivals of cotton and the further expected arrivals are influencing buyers to some extent in holding back. At the same time manu facturers are rather cheerful, believing that the great reduction which has taken place in the pro duce of the mills will influence prices favourably, whatever may be the effect on the markets of im ports of cotta. Whenever people wish to purchase for immediate delivery they find a difficulty in meeting with stocks of goods, and certainly this seems to bear out the opinion entertained by menu tacturers, who are, generally speaking, exceedingly firm about prices. Some orders have been given out running into April and May, the contractors for which have taken rather lower prices, but for early delivery most kinds of cloth keep firm, with a ten dency to higher rates. NOTTINGHAM, 19th.—There was a limited at tendance at the Exchange-hall to -day. For lace yarns the demand was still quiet, but prices re mained firm. In hosiery yarns little o r no al.era tion took place. Silks, both spun and thrown, maintain their prices. Brown nets meta slow sale. The makers are less actively eng 3 g ed, bat there is no change in prices to quote. WASTiIiP'-6.16.) r••••••0"...111r.....-- :.;‘;: . . k*.'l4:' P. ' . • ...,.,,. ~...„,...., .4... D ER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. :9. The Queen and Princess Helena walked a nd drove yesterday morning. The Hon. Harriett Phipps has succeeded the lion. E m ma Lascelles as Maid of Honour in Waiting. ____--4.----- -- The FriD.Ce and Princess of Wales , ST. LEONARDS, Feb. 19. as t Sasses fov The intewle d run with the E hounds did not take place this morning, a sharp frost during the night, accompanied by frequent falls of snow, having night~ad© the earth co hard at to be unsafe for hunting purposes. Mr. Cartels, the master, had made every preparation for carry hag out the proposed arrangements had his Itol ui Highness the Prince of Wales desired the hounds to be laid on. The placeof meet was the Harrow Inn, Baldsloe, about three miles from llastion on the summit of an extensiVe ridge of hills, along which the road from Hastings to Battle is carried. On this bleak spot from two to three thousand s uch persons had assembled, presenting some scene as that described on the occasion of the meet at Sidley Green on Tuesday, About noon tadward princo caused a very kind message to be for to Mr. Curteis, intimating that he thought it would be unwise to hunt that day, as it would be it to the riders as well as to the dogs• number tti ans gradually r o a f d h u o a r i horsemen The b o unds were then taken back carriage the kennels, and the lu r e pedre' yemreetnired.ccupant and The cold of the mo rnin g has been follow ed by : genial afternoon, during which the sun has shi.°lnd warmly and brilliantly, and the change has enuu e e her Royal Highness the Princess to take a a ril as along the 92a front, in a close carriage, for 001 of an hour. There has not been so cold a temperature elPfeo; rienced in the month of February in th i s place ea _ years. Generally speaking, at this time of I . ; the temperature is several degrees higher then 1 re on the adjacent hills, rendering the titcu °s P be mt enjoyable to the many invalids w ho flock hers winter residence. The Prince of Wales took walking te rn P 1 1 o r i companied by Major Teesdale, to the east er - , 0 of Hastings, both in the forenoon and aftereo,iii To.morrow, it is believed (according to Pr ii cse g. arrangements), the royal party will visit gr. Pl ' Curteis, at his seat near Hurstmonceaor. Dr. Sieveking re turned to town this %A, WOW ---_—____ 00t DENIS DUVAL is announced as the titl e of P Thackeray's last "Unfinished Story," numberooroil (the first of the four parts of it) in theareb of t 5 Cornhill. ..,AJe, s THE ROYAL BABY.--A locket has been .--- the infant with gems, to contain a small particle of the sire,h The Prince, fore gift to the Queen. one w of e th li e lif 11 b° isnpgenosefratthathi3aellagfiaannt s i , , r i i t uc i e s . thoug ht ' I. n lace e understand that a marriage is to tal' e r 0 . 0 between Guard Captain J. G. Hamilton, late of the d e P r l of and Lady Emily Melville, youngest delight the lat s e , Earl of Leven and Melville. M. de Fallout is at present engaged i n P rePB A r i i ii i3 r! for publication a number of letters of the Abbe LBO!" _ e t Room Mr. Charles Dickens has consented to preside I', the annual • Tuesday April 12. himself eofnorTdellnenc t ir o n o f i U ti n o i a v e e e rs o it f y: i. ol l A e l g rr e e l d lo d s o pi v ta i l g a n t : sen t M. JULES JANIN has finally resolved to pre t ale French Academy. it s o Of DEXTEROUS SWORDSMEN. --All eYe",V..-Tl3: '. hall, assault of arms the other day at the P'' 0 00 (horrible supposition), :—lf I were under sentence say for tee i and ' to be cat 0 11 9 _, my head W a3 to Core' should, as a last request, send my compliments ... 'lie St. John, and beg him to do me the friendly oWee'stanoe; dexterity_le would almost reconcile one to the citrate ats of I flied. would not take two blows. ID) rivalled the e 1,0 0 Sne in with his ecimitar ; those of Richard of th e wo rd art with his mighty two-handed weapon, arid il is k food ekqeualled the feats of the mythical Excalibar. 11 ; by single m uchceremony were stroke. Ribands (I hope they came Iwo Co--610e,,red A by wh th ol e e illie 0 with cut s. into fragments. Thick bars of lead vvere , toe cleanlywith b than ever was sheep bygslituheacerpdknhnitiefiles'sllsPs:c:6lt:f.titollbrstle cut u 'ato two pieces at one blow, without a thread ef l a - po the g ,, severed.ch Corporal-Major Waite did this, uoderfol aileY Napier" feat. This is a v ery wood f his feat. ha One guardsman laid an apple in t oed and ° plit i i hand, and the other took a sharp-edgd swera 9/3-:- Oil n two without cutting the hand at all, and tb iS it'° -6 OncIIe.EVASTATION DIADO IN TUB BA Si'S NOBILITY, titled and untitled, during t ::.,,°11611140 f " ro T ni hi tha te t e o n f he Wg b o y otol i c:ie t r i: the thirteen Years'War" of the White and fed P'jsneotter, battlesst.A Albans in 1455, YtoortkusetodoLs" ,eoiree, Dawn, near Bosworth, in 1485, —in nine of Which : It etir d s ; b6 t ge h erea Y t. o p i k r tn k izi i g s e t aa s tts w ,B er o e sw th or e th vi , c_ to t r h s e , ,e ye p t under the axe, two keintr ddurl: or "' two marquises, one•and-twenty e arlo, 1 '; se oaf h e o l eldest s t i s s sons variously be counts, and seven-and -twenty barons. 1: 0 1 A aa ittr nu ci na tt la tr e e r s' of th w e ninaedded, one lord• prior, one judge, one hundred auf'orty,oo all noble; tour hundred sad f get tle higsesh):e :111foitsui I:sl,lleirt.lo,,oto,l3l:tier:: men, or untitled nobility, of coat-armtiur a nd soc m6 r ber which WO swelled incorporated with thek:diYegasiltthats-t'eroadint bdo;tprivatE' 000' bs w lo e o l d le , d sh th ed e i g .u re a a ci t utoatrarleltwo hniecahr,lyafeteigrhatlyl;se: t h°llll 'A beg by c w h ay w o as f c t o h m e p e r o o s m t i t s o o. the country of that ccuritrYocldia ded itl itiV INDIAN FATALISAL—In this UniYerse — 0 wil iek, D t el ell : straw shakes with the wind unless it Were s'°ll? Whc+ before. Fate rules supreme—what avails ma ne wi t t io 0 0 is weak, who strong, who good, who had , e°BP de 0 4 predestined to be so ? Mortal men and immortal g° ver ill , es a r s lsv N o v ap e are bidden: that much is in them —nothing is beyond theo].. _ ii , 0 verily, they are puppets, under the control of stringi; it we hands of One above. Yes I this world is a stg, e ';,/iolo°. lle alone knows why we dance, cease to 00°1: preeol again ; to Him alone is it plain why sorao st c ,rPestita el/ actovth nocencei raparnietasrsae,pdati;nrwdithywyhotyhf iAshgeruaiorahtr.arneldi,araratosi,.....,:bittojetie.ifieloncioordoittli:ila; the rower that directs ue 10 too Arichandra. gorfting, DIE ANTI-GERMAN 'TOAST of " reP tl. Advertiser, in referring to the writer of Wre.ooruis given in our columns of yesterday, erephaticaliieeeteuei. the truth of its statement. We do so, ser c u i . r 00 0 01.5 rary, from the very best information, derivea h r f 01 00 11 ; sources ; and should the denial of the accurad,a°o. In t b o graph be persisted in we shall bo more spec . "' vi bjelt t il . meantime, sug,ice it to say, that the WO is boa iv toast alluded to wasp roposed were, as ages h o trong e ferred from the wording of our paragraph, r allo w . 00 0 1 than we described them to be. It is due to ° ge 0 0 b a t contemporary to state, that he does not cli_atirchotts dive originating the story of " The 'roast." il t ' t 0 b s ,, it "thy piece of gossip was going about,'' aw l t 13 4,4 wive ' e , y , only given it " currency." But we should eveou ve t te: o it right to give the story, "currency," hod o , o t all ;. assured of its accuracy. IVe repeat, thereforo,ol`looy tr.o; stated on the subject, and a good deal more, ii to ' tb e 1 t. TM', MURDER AT LEICEsTER. Froth hetolgt: quiries made by Sergeant Wright, o f etu_o,l Pit, police force, it Is quite conclusive that th joitiejoa.raPy, uncalBreviolli 600 Upton, whose body was found bearing of violence, floating iu the canal on the P all, or e ! has been brutally murdered. On Dlr. Islut.lootll3,uio carefully examining the body, he discovered thelo'f, the 0 10 0 ,1 about six inches iu length, down the centr.e_a pr 4015 and also the gash on the hip, had evidentlYhDtv' A by some sharp instrument, probably a batch e: ej-pv:reautl,.rr next to the ear and another on the side Wer`:... the latlee.. caused by a job with a blunt piece of one °f : 1 7 0 ti; t case the poker seems to have broken .:,,..,.„ers t have ,v,A to th e v i i s at other ribs are also broken, awl the bodYjorPvaliorcet,i, u; been frightfully mutilated. From the circaiunitilc.,eo tiled; by Sergeant -Wright, and the singular t 0 d:"004 t of inquiry had been made by the parents of n a _ A the fact . o b ay itnhge wtheehhthdreeee;peeeekrstehohahvase bile: :aiusioseir'p.tr,osv:io:t:htia, . 0 iti ~, being thrown into the water, tlao deceaysieoag .""%v,,r.s ,re ' t Upton, a framework knitter, now li iv, l_u_mis 0 1 LI .°0 was apprehended on Weduceday eveorniv; i°oloo beferaooooo perpetrating. the .rimy 1:110 prison _ a afte r 00,00 f ey. ~,,i magistrates on Thursday morning' e. of into ca) 7, 0 , (which to publish would dere t till _ day (which ,iO,O t o " be been received, he was rcnianded OL. Ditigo:'tfle ceased was missed, about three we 'g :a-greet (0e8f;„ 0004' then lived ia Berkley-street, his present abocideb. atchet street, and lately to tho place of a coal Picic °Poll of tlitie police have taken possession 0 1 a further sea .y, _..i.ic a ' 'i; hor.se, and 00 00 boa Toßth of the canal wlaere the body wCasraffvound), rant Tho found ;in the prisoner An 'n I µµo sped, hole 0.. premises is being made. nc ' e '.4„00 op.c.' Arrosev,: at tao totononY "it Os coroner, Mr. J. Gregory, after inediot. too token, pri_sented a shocking oPP ear3 i ' Wooleolo,n rs__":„(1 1 _ Thursday,eveninfli an" adjourned, ---,Leeds Netclo Y. denco as to the finding of .the body bi°l a -..% 14th e I I