The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-06 00:00:00

S. LINDSAY, .r.— he Ris in g Genera vv• tion—Our Prize Essays—Mrs. Grundy 's Gossiping, Bcc., in FtlN this week. One Penny. Of all NeWSTllell. ROYAL ENGLISII OPETtA, COVENT GARDEN. u n der the Mana geme nt of Miss Louisa Py ne and Mr. W. - H a rrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING. SATANELLA : liisses Sara Dobson, Thirlwall, and Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, .J. Rouse, A. St. Albyn, IL Corri, C. Lyall, W. H. Payne, and George Perren. Conductor —Mr. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comic Curls/Inas Pantomimst, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AN I.);,THE BEAST. Doors open at halt-past 6--Commence at 7. THE ATRE-ROYA I DRURY-LANE,- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the Comio Drama of THE NEXT OF BIN. Alter which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. . _ Commence at 7. TREAT RE-R OY AL. ll AY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. , at Seven o'clock, will be performed OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. .Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck [tone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled IIASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA ; or, The Happy Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE -ROYAL INCRUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, Feb. 6, to commence with an Orin inal Sketch. entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. 31essrs. Shore, Garden, B. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which. at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic T Urania, in Three Acts, and .0 3. i oc,nlC, entitled HE DUKE'S 11140 TO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fech . ter, sunported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougnam, H. AN iddi comb% W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Butler, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Bate Terry, E. Lavenuc, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and will 'shortly appear. Doors open at half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. Private Boxes, Z 2 12s. dd., and £2 2s. Places registered. 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N-EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. Mr. Killington, Mr. P. Phillips, and Miss Marie Wilton, After which, A TICKET OF LEAVE :Messrs. J. L.Toole, P Bedford. and Mrs. Billington. To be followed by "GEORGE DE BARNWELL : or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolizar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Took, P. Bed ford, F . 'iephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; t..oluntbine, Miss Caroline Adams; Ciown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; ntaloon, Mr. J. Panto. The celebrated Arthur and L e rtrand. Commence at 7. The Weather.--Sun Office, Feb. 6, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highash since Noon yesterday. 47 Lowest during the night This day at Noon . Barometer-30. 31 . Wind—W., moderate ; with fine but dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 450 L—Afternoon, 3h. 59m. To-monnow.-Morning, 4h. 15m.—Afternoon, 4h. 35m. • !,, 4 lllip wig LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 6, 1863. At the evening sitting of the House of Lords, the Prince of Wales took the oaths and his seat. Lord DUDLEY moved and Lord GRANAItD se conded the Address, and in an appropriate style touched upon the chief points in the Royal Speech. The Earl of DERBY commenced by an allusion to the happier circumstances under which Parliament met this year than last. Then the nation was mourning for the affliction that had befallen the Royal Household, now it was called upon to rejoice at the approacleieg marriage of the heir apparent, and he could forM no better wish for the Princess about to share his dignities than that she might partake of a happiness like that which had been the portion of his Royal mother, and he trusted in Providence that it might be more lasting. Allud ing to America, the noble earl remarked that he approved of the Government's policy of non-inter vention, but he thought at the same time that they might have done wisely in agreeing to the plan proposed by the Emperor of the French, which might have given the belligerents an opening for coming to terms, and thus solving the difficulty they were placed in. He did not think with many in this country who urged us to recognise the Southern Confederacy, for such a policy always en tailed something else afterwards. He firmly be lieved, for his part, that the United States would never again be in their former position. One seri ous consequence of this war was the effect that it had produced upon the industry of this country. Notwithstanding the liberality of the country, he feared there would be many more demands upon it. In regard to Denmark, he could not admire the policy of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Lord Melbourne always advised the members of his Cabinet, when they came across a difficult subject, "to let it alone." He thought Lord Russell had better have followed this plan in two or three in stances' lately. He strongly disapproved of the CeSsion of the lonian Islands, and trusted it was net yet too late to stop so suicidal an act. The noble earl concluded by making reference to the death of Lord Lansdowne in his usual eloquent manner in touching on such topics. Lord RUSSELL defended the refusal of the Govern ment to mediate in America, and denied the charge of meddling. He had given advice to Denmark to preserve the peace of Europe, and had thereby pre vented a rupture between Denmark and Germany. The offer of an asylum to the Pope was made solely in answer to a question put by the Pope him self, and he believed that the offer had created a favourable impression on the Continent. As to the kingdom of Greece her _Majesty's Ministers had been, the first to proposes joint declaration that the three protecting Powers should be incapable of accepting the throne, and it was °illy in consequence of Russia's refusal, that they did not at once de clare that Prince Alfred would not accept it, The lonian Islands, being a republic, were no part of our dominions. If the people of those islands ex pressed a wish for union with Greece they had a 2 ,31 at to it. Lord MALMESBURY approved of the general policy with respect to America, but regretted that advantage bad not been taken of the French Em peror's proposal to mediate. He censured Lord Russell's officious interference with Denmark and considered the - vacillation of the Ministry in re gard to Prince Alfred had been unjust to the Greeks, and wanting in respect to the Royal Family. The cession of the lonian Isles would be a precedent for the surrender of Malta and Gib raltar. Corfu was one of the best ports and the strongest fortresses of the Mediterranean, and it it passed out of the hands of England it would in evitably fall into those of France or Russia. Earl GREY supp orted icy pulley of the Govern- went. The Earl of CARNARVON deprecated the manner of cession. Lord WODEHOUSE condemned the course pur sued vith reference to Schleswig-Holstein. Their lordships adjourned at half• Past nine. The Address in the Commons was moved by Mr. CALTHORPE, who adverted to the principal points in the Speech, and, during his discourse on American affairs, paid the highest compliments to the Confe derate troops for their dashing spirit and daring eeergy. He sincerely hoped that the time ap proached when an honourable and permanent peace would be established in these distracted States. He quite approved of the neutrality of the Government, as ho was of opinion that intervention would do more harm than good. DISRAELI observed that the pafiuge in the, Royal Speech which referred to the marriage of the Prince of Wales would be received in that House with the most cordial and complete sym pathy. Royal marriages were once political affairs, bat happily now domestic interests were consulted is their arrangements. Another topic of unity was the reference to Lancashire in her Majesty's Speech, and all must agree in the expressions of admiration for the fortitude with which our suffering fellow countrymen had borne their trials. Still, consider inc. their matchless endurance, we might expect some moral compensation for material loss, and ultimately this great visitation might be looked upon as a misfortune rathe r than a calamity. As concerned America, subsequent events had only confirmed his previous conviction, that the struggle there was a great revolution. Those who lived to see the ultimate conclu sion of the consequences of this civil war would find a different America from that of our fathers. It would be an America of armies, diplo mates , rival States, rnanceuvering Cabinets, frequent turbulence and probably of frequent wars. The course which her MAJESTY'S Government professed to fol low was honourable to the country and beneficial to the community. Therefore he deprecated the tone adopted by some of the Ministers during the recess in their various speeches. He exposed some of the inconsistencies in these several addresses, and said that one of the Cabinet Ministers had recently declared that the cause of the war was the existence of slavery, and denounces that pestilent institution. Another member of the Government not admitted to the Cabinet, but whose lips are steeped in the gravity of the Privy Council, toJd his:hearers that " the Lord of Hosts was on the side of the Southern States." He observed that the Government had confined the practice of non-interference to America, since they employed the autumn by interfering in almost every other part of the world. One country not mentioned in the Speech. was China concerning which it was very desirable to have some precise notion of the state of affairs. The consequence of supporting the Emperor against the Taepings might occasion another Chinese War, and involve us in serious expense. They were promised papers in refeeence to Greece, Italy, and Denmark, and on all thteee . subjects they were very necessary. Lord Russell's despatch in regard to Schleswig-Holstein especially called for explanation. With regard to Italy, he had before now stated that the settlement of the Roman question would not be so easy as some hon. gentlemen supposed, and he had been told by the Foreign Secretary that he contemplated the occur rence of contingencies which would never come to pass. In the mellow harvest of autumnal indis cretion, the noble lord had not been content with disturbing the waters of the Baltic, but appeared to have been very active in the Mediterranean. Lord Russell widely differed from Lord Palmerston in regard to the policy that ought to be pursued towards Turkey. They had been told that day that diplomatic engagements prevented the acceptance of the throne of Greece by Prince Alfred, but if that were the case why had the Greeks been kept in a state of suspense both trying and injurious. The Cession of the lonian Islands was a serious question, which re quired time and thought. They proposed to give that settlement, which had been fostered by the power of England, and which abounded in wealth and public spirit, to the Provisional Government of what at present certainly was a distracted coup' try. He trusted such a policy would not preci pitately be adopted. He offered no objection to the passing of the address, which he understood did not imply approbation of the policy indicated in the Speech. Mr. BAZLEY, one of the members for Manchester, seconded the Address, and referred at some length to the distress in the North and the future pros pects of the cotton trade. He hoped as we were now at peace the Government would reduce the taxation, and so give a stimulus to the industrial energies of the per ple. Col. SYKES made some observation on the supply of cotton to be expected from India, and denounced our present policy in China. Lord R. MONTAGU remarked upon the enormous public expenditure, and deprecated the cession of the lonian Islands. Mr. MAGUIRE dilated on the distress in Ireland, and complained that no mention of it was made in the Queen's Speech. Mr. FORSTER insisted on the necessity of reform ing the manner of assessing the income tax. Mr. COCHRANE inquired whether the Duke of Saxe. Coburg would accept the Crown of Greece? After a few words from Sir J. HANMER on the Royal Marriage, Sir P. O'BRIEN and Mr. HENNESSY spoke of the distress in Ireland. Mr. Hennessy also remarked on the state of Poland, and denounced the policy pursued on the Papal question as inconsistent. Mr. SMOLLETT hoped that the affairs of India would be brought before the house. Lord PALMERSTON, who was cheered on rising, said he was sure the country must be gratified at the manner in which the House had received the announcement of the marriage of the Prince of Wales. He remarked that his Royal Highness was peculiarly fortunate, since the alliance was in every sense of the word " a love-match." He then pro ceeded to answer the charges brought against him by the leader of the Opposition, and indignantly denied the accusation of an intriguing policy. Re referred to the unanimous selection of an English Prince by the Greeks as a testimony of the just and honourable influence possessed by this country. With regard to our relations with China we were on the most friendly footing with the Gcreernment there. Their great object had been to promote the commercial interests of England, and it had now been happily attained. They were withdrawing t• oops from China instead of sending more thither. The Taepings had marked their course by destruction and plunder, and by everything that destroys com merce. But the Government were not making war upon them, except that they insisted on the Tae pings respecting the neighbourhoods where Eng lish commercial establishments were fixed. The right hon. gentleman had said he found it impos sible to understand the policy of the Government with regard to Denmark, a proof of the necessity of the Ministers fulfilling their pledge of producing the papers relative to foreign subjects. It was a mistake to suppose that Lord Russell had acted I hastily ; he had for several years been endeavouring to mediate between Denmark and Germany. In the course of last year the Diet of Frankfort threat ened to march troops into Holstein—the noble lord persuaded them to suspend operation s , and having done so, he was bound to try to arrange: matters a micably. He (Lord Palmerston) could not say that they had succeeded in the effort, but it was only a link in the chain, and not an isolated act. Respecting Greece, the Government had, on the first mention of the proposed election of Prince Alfred, stated that the protocol of 1830 would r en e der him ineligible as a candidate for the Greek throne. He could not say what might be the result of the negotiations still pending the with lonian t e Dukesllslands n ds of Saxe Coburg. The ces sion o was a wise and generous measure ofgre b a a tbe dte n v e e fi r tt d o the lonians. The right hon. gentleman d a to certain communications between Mr. Odo Russell and the Pope. They bad been mis-stated. The fact was that the Pope had sent for Mr. Russell, and had asked him whether in the event of his leaving Rome he could find an asylum in England, to which Mr. Russell had replied that it was the English" custom to afford protection to any one who might come to the country. Mr. Russell had s t u on bse en q i, u o en ff t e l r y ing ca t r h eed e i po a d pei e n sp s a u t e c h h an to C e,en ar t d a in su a i l Atabnle asylum in Malta. The noble lord then answered other objections raised in the course of the debate, and referri ng t o I re l an d expresse d hi s regret at the disastrous effects of three bad harvests, but thought that there wa s as yet no groun d for granting t money for public works. Sir G. BOWYER contradicted Lord Palmerston's version of the affair with the Pope. He denounced he Piedmontese Administration in strong terms, and defended the Papal Government. Mr. FITZGERALD commented on the omission of America from Lord Palmerston's speech, al though the Government had taken the responsibi lity of refusing to mediate, and another strange omis on wag the aubject of Polcml, The policy of England had been suddenly chomged with regard to ;Denmark without any reason. Be considered the cession of the lonian isles, impolitic, inexpe dient, and unjustifiable, and censured the general foreign policy of the Government. Mr. WEIALLEY considered the great Powers should have been consulted with reference to the cession of the Islands, and regretted that any hon. members should have defended the policy of the Papal Government. Last night will be for ever memorable in the History of England as that on which the Heir Apparent to the Throne of these realms took his seat in the highest assembly of this land, the House of Lords. It is impossible to overrate the interest of this occurrence, whether in an historic or a per sonal point of view. In the case of this young PRINCE so many associations attend his entry into public life, that it assumes an aspect at once pecu liar and distinctive among the princes of the world. There is, first and foremost, the memory of his mother ; a Sovereign who has won golden opinions from all ranks of her people ; and all classes of the community, however widely they may differ in other points, always unite in the testimony of respect and reverence to her who so wisely and graciously sways the sceptre of these realms. No reign in English history, indeed, we may say in the annals of the world, bears so many records of per sonal attachment and public homage as that which is the bright and happy era in which the present generation has the good fortune to live. If any thing could cement the attachment still further it would be the intense sympathy which all feel for the calamity that has overtaken the QUEEN in the meridian of her days. All know how, in the first hour of her widowhood she called her children around her, and bade them remember ►hat they had a duty to their country which they must fuJfil, even while mourning for the noble dead. This principle of duty has always been the ruling pas sion, the prevailing influence, in the lived of the QUEEN and her Royal Consort. One has been sum- moned from this changing scene, the other survives, let us trust, for many long and happy years to watch the development of the characters of those children they have trained up with such care and skill. There is no higher end to human labour, no brighter repayment for arduous exertion than to see the young tread the paths of virtue and peace. The Prince of WALES begins his career under the happiest auspices, and under the blessing of Providence we may trust that he will be worthy of his high calling, and that the bright promise he now gives may be fulfilled in the right understanding of his lofty station, and the worthy employment of his high trust. Our interest is in creased by the prospect of an occurrence that will in all probability be the source of domestic happi ness, his approaching marriage. Lord DERBY happily observed last night that all who knew the Princess thought her worthy of being the partner of the Sovereign of the greatest country in the world. His lordship also added, and his tee timony is invaluable, that " we tender our congra tulations to the PRINCE, not alone as the heir to the throne, but as one who has already, by the courtesy of his demeanour and the affability of his manners, won the affectionate regard of all those who have been privileged to associate with him, and one who, at a very early age, when placed in circum stances of no inconsiderable difficulty, displayed a tact, a judgment, and a discernment which promise well for the future." No better man than Lord DERBY could pronounce this eulogy. From one who represents the spirit of Englishmen in the higher classes of the community in their native integrity and irdepenctence we willingly accept this tribute to our future KING, and doubt not that when cir cumstances ehall call his Royal Highness more prominently forward, the various branches of the 11 community and the nation at large will ratify from public knowledge what the noble earl so eloquently and so feelingly expressed from his private experi ence in the House last night. The ceremony of introducing his Royal Highness to the Parlia ment and his taking his seat in the higher brench of the Legislature was his virtual entry into public life. Mr. DISRAELI in the Commons also alluded to the subject of the Prince's marriage in very forcible language. He said that he was confident his Royal Highness would imitate the example of his Sovereign parent, and so endear himself to the hearts of Englishmen, also that he would not forget that other parent so recently mourned over, and " who built up a Royal hearth on the principle of household love, and who yet by his refined and profound intelligence elevated it above the majesty of thrones." The present moment is rife with memory and hope for the Prince of WALES, We are confident with the majority of her MAJESTY,S subjects, that the future will realise the wishes, and answer the prayers of the nation. By the example of his mother, which, it is to be trusted, will long be before him, by the recollection of his father, who, being dead, yet speaketh to him, by the thoughts of the mighty nation he is called upon to rule over, by the sense of responsibility so early thrust upon him, and by the conviction that his trust is imposed upon him from above, we are con vinced that VICTORIA'S son will not disappoint the expectation of the foremost country in the world. When, by the dispensation of Providence, he is called to reign over us, some of this genera tion and the new one, he will be most likely spared to see, will turn with pride to the auspicious in auguration of ALBERT EDWARD I among the Peers of the realm, as to the com mencement of a career that has been bright and blessed, and a life at once happy and glorious. At present he is the chief object of a nation's hopes, and he must make it his earnest endeavour not to disappoint the multitudes who pray, through the confines of an empire on which the sun never sets, that Heaven may shower down on him its choicest gifts, and that when summoned from his earthly throne to receive his reward from the KING of KINGS, he may leave behind him a long line of princes, the heirs to his honours, the recipients of his homage, and the bright exponents of his virtues to the remotest limits of the English Empire. The debat e i n b oth H ouses on t h e open i ng the measure s re disloyal I and t night of th e sess i on carries out our recent assert i on that the Parli amentary warfare will be merely ver baluntilwoul would be felt t tobe in approaching some uncourteous to mar th e f estivities attending that royal u marriage. happy event by the jar of p art i es and the confusion of a ministerial crisis. Nevertheless, though the necess ity of an armistice is tacitly admitted, the Opposition chiefs are not inclined to suffer the Parliamentary campaign to p ass over opening of the without a skirmish. Lord DERBY in the Upper House and Mr. DISRAELI in the Lower, proved that th e i r d by disuse, and cantrived, weapons were not rusted action, to leave while shrinking from immediate plenty of ground for a subsequent attack upon most of the main points of the Ministerial policy. We must confess that, with regard to the for , Agr. IntieY at least, there was ground fur cluirY; and we apprehend that a goo many who do not rank themselves among Lord DERBY's followers must have awaited with considerable curiosity the explanation of the luoble earl at the head of our Foreign Affairs with THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1863 regard to the rumours floating about as to Minis terial interference or non-interference in Denmark, Rome, America, anti Greece. Unfortu nateiy for the Foreign Secretary, the recent receF,a has been especially fruitful in opportunities for : despatches, and official correspondence. "We all know," as the in. the Commons 9 L n e t a i r d i e c r a hoebr served,Mi ajest tOn.saptp o t s h i e t i o noble lord ie not Minister who passes over an opportunity of writing a letter." We are all likewise aware of the per plexities into which the inconsiderate use of that very active and mischievous pen has sometimes led him. With regard to Denmark we must candidly admit that it was the failure in the noble lord's otherwise able and satisfactory vindication of his foreign policy. We do not wonder that the Earl of DERBY declared he had read that corres pondence with humiliation. The rashness, the uncalled-for, we had almost said, the impertinent interference of Lord RUSSELL in the vexed question of Schleswig-Holstein, was certain to draw down upon him the caustic wit of his brilliant antagonist. Lord DERBY reminded the Foreign Minister of days when both had been colleagues of Lord MELBOURNE, and advised Lord RUSSELL to recall and to imitate the manner in which ho disposed of any embarrassing business, " Can't you let it alone," he used to say, " it will do very well if you will only let it alone." But the English Foreign Minister cannot confine his superabundant energies to any such ignoble inaction. "We all know," said Lord DERBY, " what SYDNEY SMITH said of the noble lord's readiness to undertake any difficult position; and if any constitution is wanted for any country he is ready at once to frame one, although the subject has long puzzled the statesmen of that particular coun try. !The noble earl says, ' I will settle it all, I will give you a new constitution, and, without the apology that used always to be given by a noted character. ' I hope I don't intrude,' he is ready to prescribe a constitution for every country in the world." As Lord DERBY jastly observed, Lord RUSSELL, by taking this line in the face of Europe, has grievously complicated the difficulties under which Denmark was already labouring. Lord RUSSELL'S defence in this particular, was, as we have said, by no means satisfactory. We have not heard the last of the subject, and can only hope that the open expression of its views by the Perlis meat of England will in some measure neutralise the effect of these injudicious proceedings. With re gard to the interference of Mr, ODO RUSSELL in the affairs of the Papacy, Lord RUSSELL puts the question in a new light, and certainly frees himself from the blame that was perhaps too hastily attached to him. The New Yolk Government will not thank the noble lord for his views as to the difficulty of the subjugation of the South, and the direful re sults attending such a possibility. The time for recognition, said the noble lord, has not yet come, but what is the policy of the Government with regard to America ? How comes it that the mover of the Address in the Lower House expressed himself warmly in admiration of Southern heroism and declared that it was impossible not to have same feeling of contempt for the Federal Govern ment, these remarks being listened to the while in consenting silence by the ministerial benches and greeted wit's manifest approval by the Opposition. Is it the ministerial intention to afford the South at least a moral support, or is it merely a sign of that oourting of popular approval, that determination to keep by the winning side of a cause which has always been a distinctive feature, of the Coalition Cabinet? The North has deserved little enough at our hauds, but if the Ministry are inclined to prefer their opponents, let them candidly avow it, and not throw up a feather to know which way the wind blows, while the most important question of the day is only remarkable by its absence in the speech of the First Minister of the Crown. Lord PALMERSTON could touch on every other topic, he could take refuge in the mise rable to quoque argument from the satire of the right hon. gentleman the Member for Bucks ; he could refer to the distress in Lancashire and Ireland, he could uphold the Ministerial policy iv Italy and in the Mediterranean; he could even undertake the Quixotic attempt of defending the Danish de spatches, but of the m or al earthquake that is shakin g to its foundations a c oun try soclosely connected with and all ether omissions will probe supplied, and the G overnmen t, hav ing ourselves,these However blv be speedily got so far suc cessfull y throu gh t h e opening of wthieth gn foSessrieoi a ffairs to attend to the reforms which,n, bad better suspend their interference like charity, should begin at home. The funeral of Mr. Wm. Beckett, of K irkstall Grange, Leeds, formerly M.P. for thli borough, and also for Ripon, took place yesterday, when the mortal re mains were conveyed from the residence, Brook-street, and temporarily deposited at Ken sa l - green Cemetery. Among numroue re l a tives and 'friends attending the mourntui ceremony werc.--Mr. Edmund Denison, brother of deceased; Mr. E. B. Denis on, Q.C., Mr. W. B. Denis o n, Colone l Marriot, Mr. Ed. M arriot, Mr. Randol p h M arriot, Admiral , Mr. S. Beecroft, M.P., Colonel Fran cis Se y mour, M r. Chas. Meynell, Mr. Lowther, MeYileil' Bart.,Bishop o f Ripon, Colon e l Ch arter i s, S i r J ohn Mr. Edward Baines, .P. Robert Tennant, and Mr. Fountayne Wilson Montagu. The service was impressively read by the Rev. Wm. Sin clair, rector of Pulborough, late incumbent of St. George's Church, Leeds. , Among the carriages which followed the hearse were those of the Ijuke of Cambridge, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, Lady Anne Beckett, Dowager Countess of Essex, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord George Quin, Colonel Waymouth, &c. Charlotte Ede was acquitted yesterday, at the Old Bailey, of an attempt to strangle her infant child. Tne aged claimant, Ann Curnich, to the ruinous houses in Stamford-street, has found bail for her appear ance at the Sessions, and has been released from custody. At the Court of Common Council, held yesterday, the Lord Mayor told the members that Sir G. Grey had informed him that the Queen and Prince of Wales were anxious that the citizens should testify their loyalty by giv ing a public entry into London to the Princess of Denmark. A committee was appointed to arrange matters. The surviving sufferer, Miss Hunt, remains in a state very favourable to the hope of recovery, no adverse symptoms having appeared. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY DIVIDEND.—The directors of this company have determined on re commending the proprietors at the general meeting on the 21st inst. to declare a dividend, for the half-year end ing the 31st December last, at the rate of £8 10s. per cent. per annum on the original stock of the company, giving for the half-year £1 bs. per cent. to the original stock, £3 per cent. to the B stock, and £5 10s. per cent. to the A stock. These rates will make the dividend for the whole year 1862 as follows, viz, :—L6 10s. per cent. on the original stock, £6 per cent. on the B stock, and £7 per cent. on the A stock. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY DIVIDEND.--The directors of this company have decided on recommending to the proprietors, at the ensuing half-yearly meeting, a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of about £17,000 to be carried forward to the next half-year. MIDLAND RAILWAY DIVIDEND.—The directors of this Company have decided on recommending to the pro prietors a dividend on the ordinary stock of the company, for the half -dear ending the 31st of December last, at the rate of £G 10s. per cent. per annum. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY DIVI DEN-D.—At a meeting of directors of this company, held on Wednesday, it was decided to recommend the proprie tors, at their next meeting, to declare a dividen d for the half-year, out of the net revenue, at the rate of 4 p er cent. per annum, less income tax. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY D IVIDEND.— go Wednesday the directors of this company decided upon re commending the propr i e t or s at the ensuing general meeting to declare a dividend, for the half year end ng f)ec. 31, at the rate of 5 per cen t. per annum, 3 arryiL g forward a bal ance o f £2,279. The Giant's Guise way, from Gee lon g , has brou j t .£lO l ,OOO in g o ld . It is believed that the forthcoming dividend South Eastern Railway stock will be at the rate of 6 per cult, per annum, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. POLAND. WARSAW, FEB. 5. The Council of the Empire has received orders from the Emperor to prepare several bills for the purpose of introducing reforms into the administra tion of the kingdon of Poland. Eighteen insurgents have been tried at Plock by court-martial, and two of their number shot. POSEN, FEB. 5. T'ne Dziernik Poznanskiof to-day announces that the Government of Warsaw has begun to stop the conscription. An ()icier issued by General Ramsay directs that all persons taken for the conscription in the night of the 26-27th January are to be released. It is not known to what extent this order has been executed, but the arrangements for the con scription in Suwolke and Petrikan remain in force. CRACOW, FEB. 5. Kinlee has been occupied by the military. _ - At Kurow the insurgents have captured a cart containing money belonging to the public treasury. A well organised band of insurgents is stationed between Kurow and Kassimir. The frontier guard near Szoce was yesterday dis armed by the insurgents. BERLIN, FEB. 5. According to intelligence received here from Warsaw, an unsuccessful attempt has been made to poison the Marquis Wielopolski and his family. The Nord Deustehe Zeitung of to-day states that a large parcel of arms destined for Warsaw has been seized at a railway station near Thorn. GREECE. GOTHA, FEB. 5. The Diet, in its sitting of to-day, unanimously resolved to convey to the Duke the thanks and joy of the country at his Highness's rejection of the pro posal for him to become a candidate for the Greek throne. A deputation from the Diet thereupon waited on ,he Duke, who most warmly expressed his gratifica ion at the interest manifested towards him by the country. COCHIN CHINA. PARIS, FEB. 5. The Pays of this evening says : "An insurrection broke out in Cochin China on the 17th December last. " The natives attacked the French at Saigon. The enemy, being twenty times more numerous than the small expeditionary corps, succeeded in penetrating into the interior of the fort, but were subsequently energetically repulsed. "At some points the combat was a hand-to-hand one, and not a man remained unwounded. "The Annamites fought with incredible boldness, They left a number of killed on the field, and more than 2,000 prisoners. "The greater part of their wounded remained in the hands of the French, and the Annamites re ceived a good lesson." The Patrze has the following additional news : "On the 27th December the Cochin-Chinese attacked Fort Mytho, but were repulsed with 225 killed." FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 5. Le Constitutionnel of this morning, speaking of the refusal of the Crown of Greece by the Duke of Saxe Cobourg, as a fact quite positive and beyond dispute, observes that there is really no room what ever to doubt it—because the Gazette de Cobourg now announces it as a fact " officially ;" reserving only to itself a little later the explanation of the negotiations that have taken place upon the subject. " This explanation," re marks the Constitutionnel, with, as it were, .a sly chuckle, while insinuating the comment , " thi s de claration comes very apropos to demonstrate that the Morning Post is not always in the secrets of the English Ministers ! Even now," adds the French journal, with a sarcastic exultation one might almost think in throwing out the remark, "this journal (i.e. the _Morning Post) while actually taking into account the difficulties that subsist, expresses a hope to the last that these difficulties will yet end by being smoothed away. The official note of the Gazette de Coburg effectually, however, destroys these antici pations !" Referring to the possibility of a successful mediation by the French Imperial Government, between Poland and Russia. the Cpinione Nationale of to-day ends a very able argument, signed (Ad. Geroult), with these words :—" Per haps our mediation (that is, the mediation of France) will be less contracted there (namely, in Poland) than with the United States—and if she finds an honourable means of disembarrassing Poland from a yoke which so heavily crushes her down, and of delivering Russia of a cancer which gnaws at her vitals, she will have accomplished one of the grandest triumphs that the ambition of France could well aspire to." Read by Commission, says the Sleek, the Queen's Speech on the opening of the English Parliament contains " nothing at all worthy of particular notice !" Yesterday at 10 o'clock, we read in Le Pays of this mornieg, the Ministers met in council in the Palace of the Tuileries under the presidency of the Emperor. PARIS, Feb. 6. In yesterday's sitting of the Corps IsTislatif the amendment proposed by M. Jules Fevre to para graph 2 of the address was rejected. The amendment to the address in favour of Poland, brought forward by M. Guyard Delalain, was then discussed. ,M. Guyard. Delalain asked if it was intended to restore to Poland the constitu tion granted by the Emperor Alexander. M. Jules Favre also spoke in favour of Poland. M. Billault, in his reply, said—" The present moment is not opportune for entering into a dis cussion on the Polish question. France has not lost her ancient sympathies for Poland ; but thinks, and the Government is of the same opinion, that the autonomy of Poland has more to expect from the generous and liberal sentiments of the Emperor of Russia than from attempts at insurrection — efforts towards which will call down new disasters upon that unhappy country." M. Jules Favre then said—" This speech of the Minister is the counterpart of the celebrated words of Marshal Sebastiani, ' Order reigns at Warsaw.' " M. Billault replied that he regretted speeches should be made tending to excite vain hopes. M. Jules Fevre then asked if France was always to be on the side of the strongest, to which M. Billault replied— " The Emperor's Government has too much sense to add by vain words fresh fuel to insurrec tional passions, and is too jealous of the dignity of France to allow the repetition in the addresses for another 15 years of futile protests against the existing order of things." Paragraph 2 was then adopted. The Afoniteur of this morning publishes news from Cochin China to the Ist January, confirming the statement that the insurreotional movement of the natives had been speedily suppressed. Admiral Bonard did not doubt that a vigorous suppression of the insurrection would have an in fluence upon the Government at Hue favourable to the maintenance of peace. He had entered into negotiations with the Annamite Minister in rc ferenca to the settlement of some of the details and ;he ra tification of the treaty of Saigon, which will eke place at Hue. In to-day's sitting of 1 • ' the Corps Legislatif, M. Baroche replied to M. 0 1 ITIt r i speech of yester day. M. Baroche opposed the amendment to the Ad dress proposed by the members of the Left, and sought to refute the accusations brought forward by those members against the Government in refer e::ce to the system pursued towards the prese, the Ariking out of the names of ejectors from the lists, and the modification of the electoral districts. BOURSE, Feb. s.—The improved tone visible in the market yesterday has continued, and a fair csmount of business has been done at a further ad vance, Thrtea, for the Account, being now at 70f. 55e. Railway Shares firm, end in some cases higher. The triarkct closed as toilows ;- 41 per Cents. Do. end ,„ , 7530 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 70 50 Italian Loan — New . 3 per Cents .. Ru:,s4in - - Do. end month,... Austrian .. B3 50 Credit M0bi1ier....1192 50 Spanish Threes 52 50 Do, end m0nth....1190 Home Debt .. — RAILWAYS, Cash. Account. Orleans 1093 75 .. 1090 Northern .... 1026 .. 1030 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1181 25 .. 1185 Geneva 422 50 .. 422 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 367 50 .. Austrian Lombard , 591 25 .. 592 50 North of Spain Saragossa 685 .. 680 Ditto to Barcelona SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 4, EVENING. The Ministry having opposed an amendment of Senor Rios Roses to the bill for municipal organi sation, it is asserted that Senor Rios Roses will no longer support the Cabinet. A report is current that Marshal O'Donnell will dissolve the Congress after the discussion of the budget has taken place. ITALY. TURIN, FEB. 5. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Signor Miceli put a question to the Ministry in re ference to the dissolution of a political club at Palermo. The Minister of the Interior replied that the judicial authorities had opened an inquiry into the matter. The Minister also said he reserved the statement of his own views on the subject until the bill on political associations had beer. discussed He considered that in the meantime the circular of Signor Bette zzi, relative to political societies, should settle the question. A Turin letter of the 3d, in the Debats says : " The clauses of the treaty of commerce between France and Italy have at last been made known to the public. The following are the principal points : —With respect to navigation, Italy obtains for her vessels the exemption frem differential duties on goods sent direct from Italian ports to French ; she obtains also the right of coasting in the French ports of the Mediterranean and Algeria. On the other hand, she concedes to France the right of trading on all her coasts both in the Mediterranean and in the Adriatic. With respect to the tariff, the most important clauses are with reference to silk tissues, oil, and sulphur. French silk staffs will enter at the moderate duty of 3f. per kilogramme. 1 he reduction will be made gradually, terminating in 1868. Velvets alone are excepted. This is a concession to the industry of Genoa. The export duty on oil, which was 9f. per quintal in Nsptes, and 30c. only in Piedmont, is fixed at lf. France reduces the import duty to 31. This clause is very advantageous to the Southern provinces. Lastly, the export duty on sulphur is fixed at 11. the quintal. Italy, besides, obtains a reduction on fruits, such as oranges, lemons, &c., and upon some other secondary articles. The Sardinian treaty is maintained with respect to wines. This treaty of commerce appears likely to be warmly criticised ; some consider it as dangerous to the 'wisp silk manufacture, while others look upon it as politically inopportune. Is will nevertheless be voted. The sittings of the Chamber are quite devoid of interest. The Budget is being quietly discussed. On the sth will be elected two Vice-Presidents, in the room of MM. Minghetti, who has been appointed a Minister, and Scutera, named President, and who had not been replaced. MM. Cassinis and Lsfarina will be chosen by a common understanding. The selection of these two persons is excellent, and the more so as it is made in a spirit of conciliation." PRUSSIA. The following is given as the correct classifica tion, according to political parties and shades, of the Chamber of Deputies, as composed at the open ing of the Session of 1863. The stro nges t group i s the Fortschritt or progress party, which occupies the left of the Chamber, and numbers 136 deputies; next comes the Left Centre, known also as the Bockm u Dolffs, from the n a m e o f it s l ea d er , a nd consisting of 96 members. The difference in poli tical views between the above two parties is not great, the conduct of the present and last Go vernments has cemented the union between them, and on the Constitutional question, and in oppo sition to a Von der Heydt or Bismark Cabinet, they are likely always to vote together. Com pared to them the other fractions of the Chamber are numerically insignificant. There is the Parlia mentary Union, beaded by Messrs. Ronne and Letts, which voted with the Left and Lett Centre on the address. It has only 18 members. The Clerical party, also known as the Centre, and whose leaders are the two brothers Reichensperger, reckons 32 ; the so-called " Constitutionals," or "old Liberals," a respectable set of slow coaches, comprising Schwerin, Patow, Simson, and others of the same kidney, whp are for progress with a very heavy drag on, and who are marshalled by Vincke (formeriy a determined opponent of the Government to which some of them belonged), mus ter 22. Then there are 23 Poles, 11 Conservatives, nine wild men or savages, as they are called—men who belong to no party, and whose votes cannot be foretold—and five vacant seats. The foregoing analysis will be found useful to remember by per ' sons desirous of following and clearly comprehend ing the future proceedings of the present Prussian Parliament. MEXICO. A Mexican journal gives the following details from Mexico of what is passing in :he interior of the country : "At the moment wuen the French army was setting out for Puebla, incidents worthy of being related were taking place in the town. According to a decision of the Congress, military medals were to be distributed to the chiefs, officers, and soldiers who had taken part in the defences of Cumbres in April last, and in the action of the sth May before Puebla. All the solemnity possible was given to this ceremony. The President of the Republic, the Minis ters of Foreign Affairs end of IV ar, deputations from the Congress, from the army of the centre, and from the patriotic Junta, with numbers of private individuals, left the city of Mexico to be present. Juarez arrived at Puebla at about six in the even ing. Gen. Ortega went out to meet him at the head of his staff, and the President entered the city through a double line of troops, consisting of 9,000 men, which extended from the city gatas to the archbishop's palace. The streets were thronged with people carrying torches. The ceremony of the dis tribution was postponed until the 4th Dec., to en able certain regiments to receive their new uni forms. The intervening week wits a continued fes tival, consisting of banquets, with patriotic toasts, concerts, with speeches and poetry, bullfights, and distribution of prizes, balls, &c. M. Nanez, Minister of Finance, left the city of Mexico for Puebla on Dec. 3, accompanied by Madlle. Mata, daughter of the unfortunate Melchor Ocampo. The ceremony, which was as follows, took place on the following day :—At an early hour in the morning the troops took up their positions. An elegant pa vilion was erected for the President, the Ministers, the ladies invited, and other guests of distinction. The distribution of medals commenced at 10 in the morning and terminated at two. The soldiers, full of enthusiasm, passed before the President, and re ceived their medals from his hands or from those of some of the ladies, who placed the medals on the soldiers' breasts. Speeches were delivered by the President, M. Prieto, and M. Hernandez. The ladies who distributed the medals were Mme. Juarez, wife of the President, Mme. Meta, Mme. Bianco, wife of the Minister of War, and Mlle. Olivares, who is celebrated for her poetry. To the soldiers who were at Cumbres 2,393 medals were distri buted, and to those who took part in the affair of the sth May, 5,017. The medal belonging to Gen. Ztragoza will be delivered to his family, and those of Generals Arteaga and Tapia will he sent by the Supreme Government. Olt the following day a sham attack on the fortifications of Puebla was made by the Mexican troops; in the evening another ball took place, and on the 6th President Juarez returned to Mexico, where he was received by a salute from 21 guns." ANOTHER OVERFLOW OF THE THAMES.—Yesier.. day oftern ,, on, at the three o'clock tide., another overflow of the river took place, flooding man 3 of the streets, wharves, and ID:misc..; on both sides of the Thames Per sons wishing to pass from Lambeth Palace to Westminster were compelled to avail. themselves of the New Lambcth bridge, or the boats which were plying at the, foot of th 6 bridge, during the short time the tl,ol nrevailed, An Iderly genti etn ,n, i n S t ep ping 'A., a boat, slipped, and tell into the river, but fortunately be was res,med wiih,ur in jury save a ducking. It is somewhat remarkable that there should have been so many overflows of the river lately, but no doubt they are caused by the terrific storms of wind and rain which have prevailed. The damage done yesterday I must have been very considerable, as the tide rose much higher than usual on these occasions, CDUTt HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Thursday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by P:incess Louisa and Princess Beatrice. The Marchioness of Ely and Lieut. Colonel Du Plat were in attendance. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees . dale, left Oeborne this morning for London. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees dale, arrived at Buckingham Palace about half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Osborne, Isle of Wight. Prince Arthur visited his Royal Highness at Buckingham Palace, and afterwards attended by Major Elphinstone, returned to Greenwich. The Prince of Wales, attended by Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole, and the Earl of Mount Edg cumbe, Lord in waiting, left Buckingham Palace at half-past three o'clock, to tbke his seat in the House of Peers. His Royal Highness was habited in a general's uniform, and wore the insignia of the Order of the Garter, of the _Golden Fleece, and of the Star of India. THE APPROACHING ROYAL MARRIAGE.—The lace robes of the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the future Princess of Wales, are to be manufactured at Broadlands, the extensive lace manufactory of Messrs. Henry and Wil li am Nunn, near Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and about four miles from Osborne. THE KINGDOM OF ITALY. A letter from Genoa, dated Feb. 1, says ;--4‘ De cidedly the habit lately indulged in by the French and Italian Parliaments of talking at each other, might lead to serious complications were it not that Italian resentment must needs be smothered by a feeling of the great debt under which the events of 1859 placed them, and also by the consciousness of their embarrassed and helpless situation. The Address of the French Senate could not have been couched in a language more studiously calculated to wound Italian feelings and injure Italian inte rests. If France only said that, as a Catholic Power, she actually and absolutely engages to secure and perpetuate the temporal power of the Pope at Rome, and if she insisted, with the knife at her neighbour's throat, that Italy must fall in with her views and accept ber terms, no doubt she would carry ber point, and she would only be guilty of inconsistency with her previous conduct, and of wanton, unprovoked violence. But in her cold, plausible, half doctrinaire, half sarcastic spirit, France chooses to sneer at those she opposes in their most natural and legitimate aspirations. The Ad dress affirms that Turin Rome is no longer spoken of,' and the Minister, M. Billault, observes that the non possumus which hampered France at Rome now meets her at Turin.' Surely neither the Minister nor the framer of. the Address earnestly meant what they said. Not only has the subject of Rome been dropped at Turin, but the attempt of the Deputy Cairoli to start a discussion on the sub ject the ot'ier day was met with impatient cries for the order of the day: The Italians, however, think of Rome the more the less they talk of it; and if the Farini Cabinet wisely declined to make any propc sals, or to carry on unprofitable negotiation on the subject, it was precisely because they knew that nothing would be more embarrassing for France than to make the next step; it was precisely this embarrassment which soured the men at the head of the French Government, and called forth those out bursts of French insolence which the long-suffering behaviour of Italy had certainly not deserved. It is impossible to say on what ground the French rest their charge that the non p(2.9BUMUS of the Italians baffles their endeavours to solve the Roman ques tion. The Italians have proclaimed Rome as th e ir capital ; but they have not gole one step further towards gaining possession of it. The Pope and his French protectors could well afford to ignore the resolution of the Turin Parliament. So far as taly is concerned, there is nothing to prevent Pius IX. coming to a satisfactory arrangement with his subjects, nothing to prevent the French per suading or compelling His Holiness to do so. The quarrel lies not between the Pope and the Italians, but between the Pope and the Romans, and the non possumus which so nettles and plagues French statesmen arises from the fact that they, in violation of all principles of _non-interven tion, tread upon the neck of a people—of a portion of that people whom they three years ago called upon to be men and freemen. The religious feeling of France may entitle her to mete out with different measures the fate of the Romans and that of the Mexicans. The French may, if they choose, strengthen themselves at Rome and abide there to all eternity. But why they should lash themselves into a fury to have a pretext to quarrel with the Italians, who are, after all, only guilty of silence, of an ob servant, expectant policy, is more than any man in this country has power to conceive. After all, the only act by which Italy may have incurred the dis pleasure of France was the Parliamentary vote by which two years ago Rome was chosen as the seat of government. One could understand France it, sword in hand, she would venture to bid the Itslll.o representatives to rescind that vote ; but there seems, indeed, to be .ittle sense in quarrelling with them simply because they paused after that first declaration, and are now doing nothing to reveal en intention on their part to act up to it. They are cluing nothing, be it understood, partly because there is at present nothing that they can do, and because their inaction is precisely that conduct which can best puzzle and nonplus French states' men and drive them to those fits of powerless ill temper of which they give even now such a pitiful exhibition. According to an interesting recent semi-official publication, the Italian available navy at the present day only consists of two iron-plated cor vettes of 40 guns; of a ship of the line of the third class an of 64 guns; of seven frigates of the first class, 342 guns; of one frigate, second class, 36 guns ; and three corvettes, 52 guns ;—altogether 1 4 vessels, with 534 guns—not reckoning, of course, the sailing vessels nor even the paddle-wheel steamers' The author thinks that neither England nor France ever exceeded, in the Mediterranean, a force equive lent to 14 ships of the line and as many great screw frigates of the present time, or altogether a fleet of 29 vessels, armed with about 1,100 guns. He contend s that Italy, in the only sea which she may call be t own, ought to muster a force at least not inferior l e either of the two great Powers. Italy, according the author of this pamphlet, spends for her navi' 74,000,000 f. yearly. The French expenditure f° f , the same service does not exceed 143 , 000 , 0001 ; The Italian navy costs more than half that ' 9 ' the French, and, in its present condition, boast: hardly as much as one-third of its strength. O . want of great reforms both in the present organi o l tion and in the whole administration of the nay; quarters ; and 1 0 is understood deportment is that sorely Government fl tin will first promot e e Parliamentary inquiry on the subject, then peope, s l the foundation of a permanent maritime coa l ; somewhat on the footing of the English 1 3 ° 51. of Admiralty. Mr. Ferrand and Admiral Grey are both pura tiillg their canvass at Devonport with the greatest activity. 0 The trial of 'times Hagan, for murder, has be, a 1 potponed until the n ex t sess i ons o f th e C en tral COI — Court. r Je ci Galate, o ne o f th e t h ree f ore i gn sa il o rs cha oty with the murder of Michael Clinton, has been foun d of manslaughter, and sentenced to 18 months' i"' 01- went. The other two were acquitted. tad The Judge of the Divoice Court has gra il of decree nisi in the petition of the Countess V. the 'Pa- Lirarbk. be eo dis' important evidence, it is said, ha° Acto n. c , wurcii ril:Jive to the murder of th, , policeman 0 . '__ the It will be brought forward on the next exam re prisoners. le af P 1 • Importing Tea without colour on the uo tl as in the , vents the Chinese 1 - Assing off inferior leaves f re, 51‘. - kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, there good (dike. Sold in packets by 2,250 agezasiinatioxi.