The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-26 00:00:00

1,17. S. LINDSAY, M.P.—The Rising Genera -7 • tion—Our Prize Essays—Mrs. Grundy's Gossiping, In FUN this week. One Penny. Of all Newsmen. RONAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GAR DEN. Under the Management 4)1 Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, Feb. 2G, Balfe' s New °low's of 'I lIE ARMOURER OF NANTES : Miss Louisa Fyne, Mrs. A. Cooke, and Miss Anna Hiles ; Messrs. W. H.Weiss, SantleY, H. Corri, C. Lyall, Ayns ley Cooke, and W. Harrison. Conductor —Mr. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comte Curiestmas Pantomime, en titled tl ARLEQU IN BEAUTY AN I)THE BEAST. Doors open at hall-past 6--1, bmmenCe at 7. THE A T RE-R YA L, DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. TLI IS EVENING, BONNIE DUNDEE; or, The Gather inv.; of the Clans. Messrs. Henry Lorraine, Edmund Phelps, binclair, Chas. Selby, Henry Haigh; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Mrs. Edmund Falconer, &c. Atter which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GODDY TWO ;;HOES. Commence at 7. T tIEATRE-ROYA 1., HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed UR. AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Ruck tone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Atter which, a new and orttlinal Extravaganza, entitled RASSELAS, PRINCE OF AIIYSSINIA ; or, The happy Valley. Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with MRS. WHITE. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, Feb. 26, to commence with an Original sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, sunported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. NV iddl combe, W. Wlntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclerc% Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Dlontgomery are engaged, and will shortly appear. I'nors open at half-past Six, performance to commence at 3even. Private Boxes, £2 125. dd., and £2 2s. Places reglacred. Stalls, 6s. 6d. ; Dress Circle, ss. ed.; Upper Circle, 4s. 6d. Prices at doors—Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, 55. ; Upper Circle, 4s. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, ls. No half-price. Box tflice open daily from 11 till 5. The public are entreated to : - .ake notice that no charge Is made to the occupants of boxes, box places, or stalls, either for playbills or for the sate keep ing of hats and cloaks : and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever Stare -Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager, Mr Undue. _ - THIS EVENING, an entirely new and original romantro drama, in four acts, by Lewis Filmore, Esq., entitled THE WINNING SUIT. Messrs. Marston, Vezin, Stephens, Fitz jamas, &c.; Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss Murray, and Mrs. H. Marston. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RIQUET WITH THE 'Mr!' ; or, El arlequin and Mother Shipton." Mr. G. Bellmore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and _Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and Dlr. "{afford. NEW THEATRE-ItO YAL, ADELPIII.•••• Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the new comedietta. entitled A GREY MARE. Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A VALENTINE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss Seaman. To be followed by "GEORGE DE BARNWELL : or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, Stephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Lolutubine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; ntaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and _Bertrand. Commence at 7. The Weather.—Sun Office, Feb. 28, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. .. 40 Lowest during the night This day N00n..... Barometer-30.36. Wind —Westerly; fresh and squally, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEts DAT.—Monaing, 7b. 25m.—Afternoon, 7h. 54m. To-monnow.-Morning, Bh. 30m.—Afternoon, 9h. 15m. TUE WEDDING SUN. ON TUESDAY, 10TH MARCH, Will be pablished AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF The Sun. SUPERBLY PRINTED IN COLOURS, With Illustrations by the First Artists. THE SUN OF TEAT DAY, Altogether unprecedented in Newspaper Printing, Will form an appropriate MEMORIAL OF THE PRINCE'S MARRIAGE, Comprising within it MEMOIRS of the PRINCE and PRINCESS, IN DANISH AS WELL AS IN ENGLISH. WITH A Full Account of the Marriage Ceremony. Advertisements cannot be received after 10 P.M. on THURSDAY NEXT, the 26th inst. (Terms for Advertisements, One Shilling per Line.) Price of the Wedding Sun, 6d. Orders received by all Newsagents, and at THE SUN Office, 112, Strand, W.C. 4 * • . 44 4L, („ L, 7rLg e olirdellrey(f 1.1147M°"1" irN LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1863. The chimera of Union, so strongly upheld by Arr. LINCOLN, and so credulously believed in by his dupes, or rather the dupes of their own infua tion, is at length virtually at an end. The latest American intelligence discloses the fact which we from the first forsesaw, that when the eyes of the Northerners were opened to the impossibility of ever subjugating the South, they would turn upon the Government in which they had trusted,and which had so signally failed in redeeming its promises and seek to come to honourable terms with a foe who had from the first declared his 'willingness to make peace, if allowed to retire peaceably from the Union, and who had again and again beaten them in the field. Foreign intervention is now unnecessary, the cause of the South is practically gained. Sae cess to the Federal arms at Vicksburg or Charleston might delay bat could not avert the ultimate acknowledgment of the right of the Confede rates to self-government. Already we find that th© North-west States are dissatisfied with the conduct of the war. The free navigation of the Mississippi, to procure which they joined in the war, that being the high road to their commerce, has been closed against them by the possession of Vicksburg and other fortresses by the Confederates. Twice have the Northern armies and fleets endeavoured to take it, and twice have they been defeated and compelled to retire. A third and prob a bl y last attempt i s to b e made, an d doubtles s a desperate effort will be made for its capture ; but the garrison, which have twice re pulsed the at tack, will show equal determination to hold the key of the Mississippi, and if this last a tt e mpt fail it is probable that the agricultural States of the North-west will make peace on their own account with President DmTts's Government, and leave their late allies to shift for themselves. Meanwhile, we learn that : " A resolution has been introduced into the New Jersey Legislature to send commissioners to Richmond to ascertain if the South will consent to re-affirm her adhesion to the Union; if not, under what terms amicable relations under one Govern ment can be restored. The Governor of Pennsylvania has sent a message to the Legislature of that State condemn ing arbitrary arrests. The Illinois Legislature has ap pointed commissioners to confer with delegates from other States upon the condition of the country, to mee t at Lo uisville, Kentucky, in March next, and has a . greed upon a r ecess from the 14th proximo until June 1, in order to receive their r e p orts. The most prominent of the commissioners is a staunch Republican and a personal friend of Mr. Lincoln, but who urged his friends to vote the Democratic ticket at the November election as the only means of saving the 'Union. In consequence of the pro. ceedings of the Democrats, the Abolition members have seceded from the Legislature, and threaten to revolutionise the state. Kentucky has also appointed commissioners to the Louisville Conference in March, and it is believed that all the loyal Middle and Western States will be re presented. The revolutions in the Indiana Legislature demand the establishment of an armistice as soon as practic able, and a convention of all the States, including those of the Confederacy, to be held at Nashville, Tennessee, on the Ist of June. The New York Assembly, by a vote of 95 against 4, has authorised the governor to invite General III'CLELLdN to visit Albany as the guest of the State." The grand army of the Potomac is no more. The mad attempt of General BURNSIDE, urged on by the "No-nothings" of Washington and New York, in spite of the prudent refusal of General M'CLELLAN the only able commander of the North gave it its death-blow. Disorganised and demoralised as it had been for some time previous to the removal of its favourite general and a disastrous defeat, coupled with the loss of upwards of 10,000 of its best soldiers, left ,it but a disorderly rabble, and now weakened as it is by the desertion of thousands we learn that 35,000 men will be detached from it to proceed [to] Suffolk,' Virginia, under the command of General BURNSIDE, thus but a comparatively small force will be left to hold General LEE in check, and so protect Washington. The grand army, which was got together at such an enormous expense, and from which so much was expected, has dwindled down to a mere advanced guard to protect the capital. Its only attempts to subdue its adver saries having resulted in a disastrous retreat and a crushing repulse. These bloody conflicts and this unnatural war are fast coming to a termina tion. Money and men are failing in the North. It is impossible for love or money to raise another fifty thousand men, while with gold ranging from 50 to 60 per cent. premium, the monied men are loath to speculate on Government security seeing how imbecile the cabinet of President LINCOLN is. The general disaffection of the Border States and the distrust and opposition that the President's mighty Proclamation has caused in the North-West and South-Eastern States foreshadows too plainly that the day of President LINCOLN'S supre macy are numbered. He was hailed as the saviour of the Republic, he has proved to be its destroyer, by his obstinate determination to preserve the Union at any cost, and refusing to a few Southern States the right of secession, he has laid the foundation to the separation of the North- Western States, and hampered the country with a debt that will for ever oppress it. Meanwhile the publication of the correspondence of Messrs. SEWARD . and MERCIER is creating excitement in New York and Washington. Mr. SEWARD repudiates the idea that he ever requested M. Mercier to visit Richmond, in order to endeavour to bring about a reconciliation with the South, thus disavowing the only really public act for which he has yet deserved credit. A few days may bring us intelligence of the result of the impending attacks on Vicksburg and Charleston, success to the Northern arms, if such should chance can but protract the war, and raise vain hopes in the bosoms of a few deluded mortals, their repulse—which is more than probable—will virtually end the war. The progress of railways had much to encounter from the very beginning. Prejudice and self interest went hand in hand against the un known intruder. People in the country were 1 wise beyond their fellows as to the utter uselessness of such an unheard-of innovation. What could railways presume to do that the noble and willing horse could not achieve ? Their forefathers did very well without such encum brances, and why should not their sons jog on like wise ? Such was the argument of pedantry, igno rance, and self-conceit against the introduction of railways in days gone by. Even the atmosphere of the Legislature was then tainted by sympathetic cre dulity—for few listened with patience to the tale of professional belief in the magic wonders yet to be. The improvement was far too good to be true, and genius in this, as in many other inventions, had to mourn the obstacle which obstinacy thrust in his way. But we must persevere, as GEORGE STEPHENSON said to those who despaired of ever crossing the Chat Moss in making the line along that unfathomable bog —we must still persevere, and lo ! perseverance conquered the supposed im possibility. Such was a sample of some of the wise people of that day, who seemed to have for gotten the prophetic fervour of DARWIN in his en thusiastic strain : " Soon shall thine aid, unrivalled steam, afar, Urge the slow barge, or drive the rapid car I" Seeing is believing, they say, but some will per sist in their own notion,—and persuasion were as hopeless as it would be unprofitable. No wonder, then, at the difficulties encountered in the very out set of any enterprise, however promising. The idea is chimerical, says the party indisposed to counte nance the project, and thus throws cold water onthe eager temperament of the sanguine enthusiast. "Anything but money or help!—you shall have my best advice—and so on. What wonder, then, that public improvement ever sees the light of day but for the daring devotion of the indomitable mind rising in proportion to the difficulties interposed. And so it was, and ever will be. Genius is as in comprehensible as it is impulsive,—treads on thorns while it confers with Divinity. It conceives and plans, and explains, but all beyond the concep tion of those who hear, but will not, and often can • not, understand. Hence the ever-recurring indif ference of the world to the man who labours to improve the condition of his fellow-men by the development of his invention. Even so it has been with railways in the country —and now the hue and cry is raised in London against a remedy for the very grievance they have been complaining of day and night for some years past. As the population increases, the streets seem to decrease. Your course is blocked up wherever you turn by vehicles of every description, or ob structed by dense crowds wherever you go. To widen the communications would be expensive to the public, while it would be ruinous to individuals during their construction. There is no help for it, but to grumble. That's some satisfaction, at least to him who delights in abusing what he will not tolerate any more than his irritable neighbours. Poor JOHN BULL !—too rich to be happy, and too proud to be taught. It is a national weakness, and he likes it all the more, because he can grumble to his heart's content while plodding on to indepen dence. He likes railways in the country, but cannot boar them in the town—and to go under ground would be like seeking the valley of the shadow of death. Thus reasoned the doubting mind when 10, after much burrowing through devious drains and unmentionable curiosities, tho Metropo litan Underground Railway emerged on the won dering disbelief of London. And if one line 11 " 1 West to East relieve the public pressure, why should there not ba other lines diverging from all points of the compass, and converging in one or more central localities—as it may suit the public convenience, and so relieve the general ne cessity ? It is but the application of common sense to supply a common remedy. It benefits all to the injury of none. Yet prejudice and motives, which ITIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1863. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PRUSSIA. RESIGNATION OF COUNT BISMARK. BERLIN, Feb. 25, 9 58 p.m. In a Cabinet Council MM. Eulenberg and Muhler declared against the Russian Convention and the attitude of Prussia in Polish affairs. Count Bismark consequently resigned. His re signation is as yet neither accepted nor withdrawn. BERLIN, THURSDAY, FEB. 26. Since Friday last rumours of a Ministerial crisis have been circulating on the Bourse. Up to the present, however, they have not received any confirmation. GREECE. ATHENS, Feb. 25. The Assembly elected the Ministry yesterday. It is a compromise. Valbi is President; Smolensk, Minister of War ; and Dimitri Viavrocordato, Minister for Foreign Affairs. ITALY. 'TURIN, FEB. 25. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies to-day the debate upon the bill authorising the new loan took place. Signor Mordini combated the policy of the Mi nistry, which he declared, by its opposition to all members of the party of action, was spreading in difference and general scepticism throughout the country, and continued,— " I consider the policy of Italy too subservient to foreign interests. If we were to display more inde p3ndence towards France we should obtain the more efficacious friendship of England." Signor Crispi also spoke against the loan. He did not approve the financial and admini4trative system of the Ministry. The debate still continues. NEWFOUNDLAND. ST. JOHN'S, N, F., FEB. 14. The ship Rothsay, which went ashore near here, has been sold, and will probably be got off. The wreckers cut away her masts and plundered the cabin and cargo. The ringleader in the affair has been arrested. The weather is very severe, and the inhabitants of the island are suffering very much in consequence. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 25. The Constitutionnel of this evening publishes an article signed by M. Buniface, the secretary of the paper, saying " The exaggerated fears as to the result of the Polish question, to which we alluded on Monday last, have now disappeared. The Bourse, which gave way yesterday to a species of panic in no way justified by circumstances, surveys the position of affairs to-day with greater coolness and reason. At the commencement of the insurrection the unanimous sympathy of liberal Europe, and the re presentations of the great Powers, might have suf ficed to arrest this painful conflict; but the conven tion between Prussia and Russia has transformed the question into one of Earopean interest. That the convention would evoke universal reprobation and cause an understanding between France, Eng land, and Austria was certain, even before the treaty was concluded. This understanding is a sure guarantee for the maintenance of peace. It became evident that the way was open to conciliation, and that right and justice were to triumph by peaceful means. Public opinion now seems to understand this, and we are happy to note the change." The Siecle and the Opinione Nationale have opened subscriptions for the benefit of the Poles. The Opinione Nationale states that the struggle between the Russians and Poles is continued with the same intensity, and that whatever the official despatches and the Russian correspondence may say to the contrary, the insurrection is augmenting its forces, and now comprises in its ranks the whole nation. In France, in England, in Italy, in Prus sia, in Germany, in Austria, and, in a word, in all Europe, the sympathy of the people for the Polish cause, and their indignation against the Cabinets of Berlin and of St. Petersburg increases every day. Public opinion is unanimous, and the Governments which desire to sustain in the world the grand principles of justice and humaiity will find it diffi cult to resist this influence. The Pays observes that the policy which the Cabinet of Berlin has now adopted in external affairs has succeeded even less that which it followed in internal matters. In signing the convention of February it has ended in exciting against it all liberal Europe, and in calling d own u p on it a uni versal reprobation. The Szecle announces that a subscription is opened at their cffice for the cause of Poland, and calls upon all to Lid to the utmost of their power this attempt to put down an odious tyranny. BOURSE, Feb. 25.—The mcrket has recovered from its panic of yesterday, and almost regained what was lost, Threes, for the account, being now at 69f. 50c. Railway Share Market also firmer. The market continued firm to the close, and left off as follows : It per Cents .. 98 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ...... 69 7.5 Do. end month.... 6 9 55 Bank shares 3370 - - Credit Foncier 145 Piedninitese Fives Italian Loan 69 70 Russian Austrim Spania Threes 52 50 Home Debt - rAYS. Cash, Account. Orleans 1092 50 .. 1095 Northern Now ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1177 50 .. 1183 75 Geneva.. Southern 782 60 .. 787 50 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lorbard 535 . .. 535 North of Spain Saragos gft - .. 685 Ditto to Barcelona .... .. New 3 per Cents .. -- Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier....ll6o -- Do. end m0nth....1172 50 RA IL UNITED STATES MAIL.—The Inman steamship City of Baltimore sailed yesterday from Liverpool for New York, with the United States mails. Besides the mails and a large cargo she also took out 35 cabin passengers. CHINA AND THE SEWAGE QUESTION.—When we have to announce any new discovery, or refer to any ancient one which has greatly affected mankind, we have to acknowledgethe Chinese as the earliest originators, Print ing, gunpowder, the mariner's compass, and half a dozen other great inventions were well known in the flowery land long before this:island had emerged from barbarism, But it seems stranger still to add that the simple expedient by which one of the largest empires, counting upwards of 400,000,000 inhabitants, possesses, and has possessed for hundreds of generations, the most productive soil in the world, should only be known among our sharp-witted farmers, If, according to a new theory, a slow exhaustion of the vegetable mould were really going on, we ought certainly to look to China for the strongest evidence of the fact ; but mother earth is as strong there, possibly stronger, than she has been for a couple of thousand years, and the secret of the eternal vigour lies in this, that the in habitants never fail to return to the soil those materials that they have taken out of it. Every morning the market gar dener, who brings the day's supply of vegetables, takes away the sewaga.of the house. It may not seem very savoury to our ideas to find the produce and the producer thus nakedly and perpetually brought into contact before our eyes, but it is in this rapid circulation of the fertilising agent that the whole secret of the wonderful productions of this vast em pire is based.—Once a Week. LAW OF PARTNERSIIIP.—Mr. Scholefield has re produced his bill for allowing a person to lend money to a trader on the terms of receiving for interest a share of profits without becoming a partner, the loan being regis tered in a public office; allowing;also, clerks to be paid ina portion of profits without becoming partners. A clause the bill requires that, where the style of a firm does not contain the full names of every partner, their names must be registered at the Joint-stock Companies Registration office. Th ere are a l so c l auses prov idi ng that partnership disputes shall be referred to arbitration in the manner set forth in the bill, except where a partnership deed contains provisions as to the mode of deciding such disputes. we shall not characterise, must petition Parliament to arrest the very remedy indispensable to the pub.. lie convenience—now that London has overgrown itself above ground, and must seek relief below like the wild ducks diving to avoid the breaking billow towering over their devoted heads. What instinct teaches the duck in the stormy water, reason ought to suggest to the wayfarer in the crowded street. But neither reason nor instinct avail with people determined to be obstinate. We have lying before us an excellent map of the Metropolitan Railways, Bridges, Embankments, &c., by Mr. STANFORD,* of Ordnance map celebrity and other useful surveys, which displays the pro posed improvements in and about London with a particularity and distinctness so arranged that he who runs may read the picture of metropolitan im provement with an eye of wonder and admiration. It exhibits not only the squares, parks, Royal and metropolitan, but the streets in all their multitu dinous variety, stretching for miles on mites out of town along the roads, till the metropolis loses itself in sylvan scenes and alleys green. This map ex tends from Wanstead Park on the north-east to be yond Richmond on the south-west, and from Wein bly Park on the north-west to Sunderidge Park and Etmatead 11/ ood on the south-east. Then coming home to the focus of stirring life in the City and West-end, we have on the broad face of London the proposed railways and other plans brought before Parliament for the present session, also the rail ways sanctioned and those in operation, all inter secting the great city over bridge or under ground. The proposed embankments on either side of the Thames aro broadly marked, with other improvements, such as the Royal Arcade, pro posed to join Broad street and Regent-street, under cover from sun and shade, which rears its mimic head on the map. Altogether this map is London itself covered with railway panoply, and will be valuable for reference to men of business as well as to visitors to the great Babylon of commercial enterprise. We have, besides, another map similar to Mr. STANFORD'S, but more restricted in extent, being rather a skeleton of London and the vicinity, published by VACHER and Sons, j' of Parliament street, displaying no less than 24 of the several lines for which several bills have been deposited for the present session. Several of these proposed lines run into the very heart of business localities from remote districts, and promise when executed to shorten both time and space within a span as it were, bringing the vast circumference to the very centre of a radiating circle. Surely there can be no legitimate or well-founded objection to men of business being brought nearer to the places of their several avocations. Perhaps those living in the thoroughfares above ground may apprehend some loss of custom from the passers-by choosing the lower line of ingress and egress, but that is a trivial consideration when weighed with the general advantage. We can understand that the proprietors of omnibuses and other conveyances may have ob jections to any improvement tending to interfere with their monopoly; but the universal public re quire more space to allow the daily-increasing traf fic freer scope ; and if any real damage be done, let there be just and prompt compensation awarded. Perhaps, as speculation may have run riot in this as in every other obvious improvement, it were well that a comprehensive scheme were submitted to a competent tribunal, so that one proposition might not be permitted to run counter to the other from a spirit of jealousy and rivalry. What is for the bene fit of all should not be allowed for the advantage of any particular party, because it will militate, like all monopoly, against the public interest. • Stanford's Map of Metropolitan Railways, Bridges, Embankments, &0., including the proposed railway and other plans brought before Parliament for session 1863 ; also the railways sanctioned and in operation. By Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross, 23d February, 1863. tVacher and Sons' Parliamentary Map of the Metropoli tan Railways, showing the lines in existence and in pro - gress, and all the proposed railways for which bills have been deposited for Session 1863. Published by Vacher and Sons, 29, Parliament-street, S.W., and Letts, Son, and Co., 8, Royal-exchange, E.C. Price 2s. 6d. Lithographed on a large sheet, The ceremony of the Levee, held yesterday by his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, was not without en interest, seldom attaching to mere Court ceremonies or forms of etiquette. It was the first occasion on which the Prince of WALES had ap peared before his future subjects in that position of dignity and authority which, for the future, belongs to the youthful heir to the Throne. It was also the first Levee held for two seasons, owing to the bereavement of her MAJESTY, and it was felt to be an inauguration of that happier and brighter time which her MAJESTY'S loyal subjects earnestly trust to be in store for her and her illustrious family. It was an opportunity of testifying that ready loyalty towards the young Prince which, for his parent's sake as well as his own, all classes of Eng lishmen are so ready to accord to him, and the eagerness with which the opportunity was seized showed the general desire to do honour to the youthful Heir apparent, in whom, at the present moment especially, the public feel so warm an interest. The commands of her MAJESTY placed the PRINCE for the time being in her place, and it was felt that paying homage to the son was the best way to afford gratification to his Royal mother. The consequence was, that the number of presentations yesterday exceeded those on any occasion since her MAJESTY'S accession, while the throngs of spectators in the parks received the PRINCE with a cordial enthusiasm that he must have found most gratifying. The feel ings with which the nation watches the carper of the eldest son of ALBERT and VICTORIA are as different from the national sentiments towards our last Prince of WALES as, we trust, their careers will be distinct and oppoeite. Our present PRINCE is entering life under the fairest auspices—shadowed, it is true, by the memory of his recent loss of the counsellor whose interest in his welfare was the deepest and sincerest. He has but to fulfil the expectations we have formed of him—to be worthy of his parents and of his people, and the throne of England will still remain unshaken by the convulsions of neighbouring States—a position whose security despots may look upon with envy, ant democrats with unwilling admiration. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM, SNARES BROOK.—The Elder Brethren of the hon. corpora- . tion of the Trinity-house have signified their intention of presenting to each boy and girl in this institution a silver medal, in commemoration of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The medals will each be appended to a rosette, in order that they may be worn by the children on the 10th of March. MARRIAGE BY TELEGRAPH.—The American papers assert that a lady in Syracuse has been mar ried to a soldier in a fort near Washington, the two being 400 miles apart, and the vows spoken by telegraph :—" Its took two hours to do the work up complete, and the tele gram from the chaplain to the lady announcing that she and the soldier were man and wife is the bride's marriage certificate." ENGLISH NEWS VIA SOUTH AFRICA.—In the Cape Argus of the 6th ult. we find the following :—" It is stated that the Queen of England has just published a book in which she examines with deep criticism sundry of the religious questions which are now prominent in the Chris tian world, and that the views of her Majesty accord greatly with those of Bishop Colenso. It would appear from a notice in one of the Natal papers that the book has been received there, but the wording of the notice is not very dear," THE OVERLAND MAIL. INDIA. By the arrival of this mail we have received advises from Calcutta to Jan. 22; Madras to Jan. 28. There is but little general news, only three days having elapsed since the departure of the last mail. The treaty with the King of Burmah re cently entered into by Phayre, acting as the re presentative of the British Government, is under steed to require some important modifications, and to that end Colonel Phayre has returned to Burmah. A bill has been submitted to the Governor-General's council to legalise the treaty, but no further steps will be taken, it is believed, until the result of Col. Phayre's second mission is known. The Gazette of the 21st January contains some supplementary rules for the sales of waste lands, being a continuation of those published by the lieu tenant-governor on the 17th of September last. The Landholders' Association represented that seve ral of the rules were inapplicable and calculated to interfere materially with the success of the measure, and we are glad to notice, says the Ilarkarze, that in every instance the Government have so modified them as to meet the difficulties suggested. According to Government telegrams the military are actively engaged in suppressing the revolt in the Cossyah country. The Central Asian question remains much as it was when we last wrote, says the Madras Athe neum. Dost Mahomed and Sultan Ahmed Jan con tinue their desultory strife, without a present prospect of either giving way. It is nevertheless observable that the defenders of Heerat seem to have grown rather more aggressive than of late, which may either indicate that scarcity is render ing them desperate, or that the old Ameer's pros pects appear less hopeful than they were. Nothing certain can be gathered from the native accounts which reach English ears through Affghanistan. An inquiry ordered by Government into the cir • cumstances of the loss of the screw steamer Jason has taken place, and the evidence given has been published, but the conclusions at which the commis sioners may have arrived have not yet transpired, nor will they:do so, probably, until Government send them forth in a record. Meanwhile, however, an impression has grown up, that those in charge of the wrecked vessel were not altogether as blameless as they had the credit of being in the first instance. Preparations are being made in Ceylon for what is expected to be one of the most profitable pearl fisheries on record. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE., Produce Market—No great change to report. Import Market,—For the last day or two this market has shown signs of improvement, but many holders show little disposition to sell, even at former extreme rates. Money Market—We have an abundant supply of money, without much demand. Exchange—A good business has been done in exchange for this opportunity, both in credit and documentary bills, of which the banks have been large buyers. CHINA. Our advices from Hong Kong are to January 15. The English mail of Nov. 26 arrived at Hong Kong on Jan. 7. Ward's successor, Gen. Burgevine, had been dis missed from his command. Having had a dispute with the Chinese authorities respecting the non payment of his troops, he was provoked to strike the Imperial banker. The authorities at Sbanghae at once issued a proclamation deposing Burgevine from his command; they also requested the English commandant at Shanghae to appoint a successor. Col. Jebb accordingly appointed Capt. Holland to the temporary command. Owing to this occurrence it is said that the siege of Nanking has been aban doned, and that the forces already gathered together there are being withdrawn. The river is shortly expected to be swarming with Taeping junks. This is likely to be an exaggerated fear. The excitement produced at Shanghae by these events may be judged by the fact that nearly a whole issue of one of the local newspapers is de voted to correspondence and comments on the sub ject. It is allowed that Gen. Burgevine was wrong in striking the Imperial banker, but that he had great provocation. The following general summary of news is from the China Mail of Jan. 16:— From Peking, the only intelligence refers to the highly amicable relations which subsist between the foreign and native authorities. A project has been conceived to have a line of railway between Tien-tsin and Pekin ; the ordinary daily traffic is large ; coal is cheap and good if properly wrought ; the country between Tien-tsin and the capital is flat ; and the imperial authorities are ready to give their consent to the scheme. From the Northern Ports there is not much news of consequence. From Hankow, we hear that a chamber of com merce is being formed to regulate the price of all exports; the authorities will support it. Two hundred war-boats have been launched, and a num ber more will follow, their destination is Woo-boo. Kiu-Kiang continues to be well reported of; the rapid increase in its exports is a promising feature in this new settlement. Letters from Ningpo report all quiet in the coun try, but state that the taxes in the city are rather heavy ; as it was only by much trouble and expense that Ningpo was regained for its people after their cowardly surrender of it to the rebels, they have not much cause for complaint, so long at least as the money is wanted to preserve order in the district. The gunboat Flamer is reported to have gone on shore on one of her late trips up the river, sustain ing some injury. From Amoy and Fuhchau there is no news. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Black Horse Tavern, Kingsland road, Shoreditch, respecting the death of a female, un known, who was found dead in the Regent's Canal, near the Kingsland-road Bridge, Shoreditch, under very strange circumstances. The evidence proved that deceased was found by •William Gardener, a labourer, on Saturday morning last, floating in the water off Messrs. Ricketts' coal wharf, Kingsland. Police-constable 73 N was called, who, with assistance, got the body on shore, when Dr. Griffith, the divisional surgeon, examined the deceased, who had been immersed about a fortnight. The deceased was only par tially dressed, and had a gold brooch in the front of her bosom. She was without a gown,•and it was supposed that the deceased had walked into the water while labouring under an attack of somnambulism. The deceased's under clothing was very good, and it was the opinion of the per sons at the workhouse that she must have moved in a re spectable sphere of life. There was nothing found in the deceased's pockets to lead to her identity, nor was any money found in her possession. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned an open verdict of found dead in the Regent's Can al ; but how, when, and by what means she came into the water there was no evidence to prove. COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION.—At the usual weekly meeting of the executive committee of this association, held at Manchester on Tuesday last, applica tions for seed were received from Egypt and from Queens land, and were acceded to. Samples of very good, useful cotton, were submitted to the committee from the island of Nevis, from Cuba, and from Peru. A report on the cotton trade of Greece, received from the Foreign-office, was read, which stated that the production of cotton in continental Greece in 1862 was nearly double what it was in 1861. A letter from Buenos Ayres, urging the expediency of encouraging British e migration to that coun- try, with a view of extending the cultivation of cotton there, was also read. A memorial was signed and forwarded to Earl Russell praying for the a ppointment of a Consul at Rabba, at the confluence of the Niger and the Chadda, where a large trade may be expected with the countries lately opened up by Dr. Baikie and other explorers. It was determined to hold a public meeting in a few weeks, under the auspices of the association, to consider the question of cotton supply, and what measures it would be advisable to take. BILL RELATING TO BILLS AND NOTES PAYABLE ON THE 7TH MARCH.—The preamble of this bill, just introduced into the House of Commons, states that it is apprehended that on the occasion Gf the Princess Alex andra of Denmark passing through the metropolis there will be so great a concourse of people as to materially in terfere with the transaction of business. The first clause declares that all the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV., and 6 and 7 William IV., with respect to bills of ex change and promissory notes payable in the metropolis, shall extend and be applicable to the 7th day of March, 1861, as if the said 7th of March were a day appointed by her Majesty's proclamation for a day of thanksgiving. By the second clause, the neutral charges occasioned by the act, through the non-payment of any bill on the day pre ceiling the 7th March, shall not be thrown on the acceptors. 4r.D. CZUrt ICM DI EN 1111 AT HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 25. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Major Teesdale, arrived at Windsor Castle, yesterday, from Althorp Park. The Rev. Dr. M‘Leod arrived at the Castle on Monday and left to-day. The Countess of Caledon has succeeded the Dowager Countess of Mount Edgcumb as Lady in Waiting. _ - THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 25, Evening. The departure of the Princess Alexandra is appointed to take place at three o'clock to-morrow. Her Royal Highness will be accompanied by her father, Prince Christian of Denmark, attended by Adjutant Ritt meister Castenschjold, and her mother, Princess Louise, attended by Countess Reventlow ; her brothers, Prince Frederick, attended by Adjutant of the Artillery Captain Lund; Prince Wilhelm, attended by Marine-Lieutenant Chevalier Funck ; and Prince Waldemar; and her sisters, Princesses Maria and Thyra. Her Ito) al Highness's suite will alas include General oAholm and his lady, together with Prince Frederick of Hesse, brother of Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Chamberlains Roepsdorff and Oer tzen. The wedding present of his Majesty to the Princess Alexandra is a necklace, containing 2,000 brilliants, and 118 pearls, the two largest of which were exhibited in the International Exhibition, near the Koh-i-noor. The fac simile of the Dagmar cress, attached to the necklace, also contains a fragment reported to have belonged to the true cross, with a piece of silk takes from the grave of King Canute, the patron saint of Denmark. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—To-morrow even ing Handel's great choral oratorio, " Israel in Egypt," will be performed under the direction of Mr. Costa. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The last morning performance of this pantomime took place yesterday at this theatre, and was signalised by an acs of kindness and liberality on the part of Mr. Falconer, the lessee. Phis gentleman invited the aged inmates of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, 140 in number, to attend on the oc casion ; and they accordingly availed themselves of the treat thus offered them, appearing to enjoy the entertain ment exceedingly. Previous to their visit, they were boun tifully regaled by Mr. Edward Weston, at his music hall in Holborn, the repast being provided at his solo charge. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince Leopold, the Princess Beatrice, and Prince William of Prussia, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Countess Buhl, and the Hon. Colonel Liddell, honoured the evening performance with their presence. EGYPTIAN HALL.--The popular and attractive entertainment, given by Messrs. Yates and Power for many weeks past with undiminished effect, has been recently embellished with severed new and striking additions, Mr. Harold Power's admirable rendering of Levasseur's "Postilion de Ma'me d'Ablon" is received with expressions of unmistakeable mirth ; and a variety of new anecdotes, in which "Jack Bagot" is the principal figure, are told with ample dramatic spirit by Mr. Edmund Yates. A clever patter song—glibly written and sung with marked humour—concludes the second part of "The In vitations," which have yet in perspective a long career of success. "I WASH MY HANDS OF IT!"—This same wash ing of hands has always seemed to us so difficult an operation that we have often wondered how people came to take up the phrase, especially when we remember its asso ciations. Pontius Pilate, so far as we know, was the origi nal proprietor of the patent; and his success was hardly such as to encourage imitators. Whenever we hear of a person washing his hands of anything, the points on which we feel assured are—first, that they are unusually dirty; and next, that he is not likely to mend the matter by the process.—Saturday Review. NEW BATH THEATRE.—The new theatre erected on the site of the old building, which was burnt down in March last, is nearly completed, and will be opened on Wednesday next, March 4. The old structure could hardly have been surpassed in the excellence of its acowstic properties. The new building has been raised by a company enrolled under the Limited Liability Act, and the cit zens of Bath have subscribed the whole of the capital of £12,000. The cost of the erection and accessories will be about £lO,OOO. The works have been executed under the superintendence of Mr. Phipps, architect, whose designs were chosen from among those of several competi tors. The stage has been constructed by Mr. Sloman, of Her Majesty's Theatre. The decoration has been executed by Messrs. Green and King, of Baker-street, London, and the new act drop has been painted by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. The directors have appointed as lessee Mr. Chute, who has held the Bath and Bristol theatres for several years, Tho theatre will be opened with the performance of Shakes • peare's " Midsummer Night's Dream." IRON SHIPBUILDING ON THE TYNE.—Messrs. Palmer Brothers, of Jarrow, have no less than 20,000 tons of iron shipping on hand. One of these vessels, a screw steamer of 2,686 tons burden, will be launched in a fortnight; the others are in various stages of progress. The ship nearly ready for launching is the Georgia. She is one of ten which Messrs. Palmer are commissioned to build for Messrs. Fernie Brothers, of Liverpool, and which are meant to bring cotton from New Orleans. Another clipper ship of 1,100 tons is being built for Australia; and other four are for the Mediterranean ; one of them will be 1,500 tons, and the others 900 tons each. Three of these are for a London firm, and one for a house in Genoa. A screw steamship of 2,000 tons is building for Messrs. Wilson, Chambers, and Co., Liverpool, and will form one of the White Star fleet trading to Australia. The other vessels are principally building for the coasting trade. HISTORY OF THE POTATO.—The potato was in troduced from America by Sir Francis Drake in 1586, though Sir Walter Raleigh has generally the credit of its first introduction. It is also frequently represented that it was for a long time cultivated in botanic gardens as a curiosity, and with little or no knowledge of its value as an article of food. But there happens to be evidence that though many years elapsed before the potato was known generally amongst the people, it was soon put to its proper use by those who could command supplies of the novelty, Amongst these. there is one fact worth mentioning, and that is that when Queen Elizabeth received intelligence of the destruction of the Spanish Armada in July, 1588, she had cooked potatoes on her table, which was in less than two 3 ears from the date of its introduction. No doubt they were for a long time considered rare delicacies. Shakspeare, in "Troilus and Cressida," speaks of "a potato finger" (Act V., s. 2), and in the "Merry Wives" Falstaff invokes the sky to " rain potatoes and hail• kissing comfits" (Act V., s. 5) ; and these aro the only occasions in which the word occurs in the whole of the works of Shakspeare. They began to be cultivated as a food for the people in Ireland in 1610, and in England 1650 ; so after all the potato may be said to have been in cultivation little more than a century in this country. It is rather curious that in a work entitled "A Treatise on Foods," by M. Louis Lemery, published ht 1704, the potato is described under the name of Helianthe mum tuberosum Indicum, the "Fewer of the Sun," a native of India—in other words, as identical with the Jerusalem artichoke, but assigned to the wrong hemisphere, which opens a question for people who like "notes and queries" when and how the word "potato" was definitely attached as a proper name to b'olanum tuberosum—Gardensr' s Weekly Magazine. PASTORAL STAFF OF THE BISHOP OF CENTRAL AFRICA. —Ttie revival of church architecture has necessarily drawn attention to the habiliments of its three fold order of clergy, and, consequently, to the furniture, so to speak, appertaining to them ; and, as an illustration of advance in the right direction, we have lately seen a pastoral staff just completed for the Bishop of Central Africa, who was consecrated on the 2d inst in Westminster Abbey. The staff is constructed of ebony, ivory, and silver, and its total height is sft. 9in. The crook is of ivory, an irregular octagon in section, about 10in. long, and 51in. wide, gradually diminishing in size from the commencement, and ending in a flowing leaf, in the eye of which is a six foiled conventional flower, 31in. in diameter, formed in hammered silver, having two similar faces, in tie centre of wiuich are large and beautiful carbuncles. On three faces of the crook are likewise carbuncles, gradually diminishing in size towards the end, to the number of 27, set in silver mountings. The crook springs out of a silver cap, octa gonal in form, and Sin. high, enriched with stiff leaved foliage, where it joins the ebony staff; all the other parts being hammered out. Moulded and chased with geometrical patterns and the sacred monogi am, thus covering the entire surface. The diameter of the octagon at its largest part being nearly 3in. ; 11 carbuncles are set around, and the centre is formed by a diamond of great value, surrounded with 18 smaller ones. The ebony staff is llin. between the cap and boss, or knob, which is of silver, and about 3ft. between it ani the spear point, likewise formed of silver, and both constructed on other parts. The whole of the silver is parcel gilt. The staff separates into three pieces, fitting into a case constructed to receive the same. The staff was designed and superintended in its construction by Mr. Withers, architect, the manufacturer being Mr. Keith, the well known church plate worker. Both designer and manufacturer have worked con more, the price charged by Mr. Keith being barely sufficient to cover his outlay, but his fame will not suffer by the work, and the only regret is that such a piece of work should pass from among us into the wilds of Africa. The staff is given to the bishop by an old clerical friend. The bishop's episcopal seal was likewise designed by Mr. 'Withers, founded upon ancient models, and very well executed by Mr. Morin g. We believe wo are correct in stating that Mr. Keith is now engaged upon the manufacture of a staff, under Mr. Butterfield's super intendence, for Bishop Twells, who was consecrated on th e same day.—Building 11rews. THE HEALTH OF PRINCE ALFRED. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred continues to progress favourably. Ho was conveyed from her Majesty's ship St. George to Malta on Tuesday,and bore the removal without the least apparent incon venience. Dr. Alexander Armstrong, the head of the medical department at Malta, and the senior surgeon of the St. George, are attending the prince. It is said that no spots have recently developed themselves. A telegram was received last evening from Malta, which states the prince to be going on satisfactorily, and that he had passed a comfortable night. Our Malta correspondent, writing on the 21st inst., gibes the following particulars up to that date:—" On the 19th her Majesty's ships St. George and Magicienne arrived from Naples. His Royal Highness Pfince Alfred was suffering from cold and fever caught at Naples. Apartments had been prepared at the Royal Naval Hospital, but it was not judged prudent to move him for the present. Dr. Armstrong, inspector-general, immediately at tended him, and from the remedies administered his Royal Highness spent a good night, was much better next morning, and is steadily improving. This attack has prevented his passing for his lieu tenantcy. He will probably proceed to England, as soon as he is well enough, in her Majesty's ship Magicienne. The weather is beautiful, warm, and sunny; no climate could suit his Royal Highness better. The Roman Catholic archbishop at Malta has been very attentive in sending on board to in quire after the state of the royal invalid." The Marriage of the Prince of Wales. A communication from Sir Geo. Grey, the Home Secretary, with regard to the order of the Royal pageant on the entrance of the Princess Alexandra into the metropolis, was read at a meeting of the Reception Committee of the corporation of London on Tuesday, and is said to have produced among them a feeling amounting to mortification. Sir George is understood to have directed that the Prince and Princess shall take precedence in the procession, attended by the suite of their Royal. Highness, and by a military escort, and be then followed by the civic and other official personages, who may take part in the reception at the Brick layers' Arms station. This arrangement proceeds from a desire to expedite as much as possible the passage of their Royal Highnesses through the metropolis, having regard to the distance to be tra versed and to the comfort of the Princess; and it is thought that by the Prince and Princess being in the van of the retinue the pace of the rest will be regulated, whereas, assuming them to be preceded by any considerable part of the escort, their progress might be unnecessarily delayed by circumstances beyond their control. The royal personages, it is said, with their attendants, will occupy six.car riages, each drawn by four horses. The authorities of the corporation of London feel aggrieved by this arrangement, inasmuch as it precludes the Lord Mayor from conducting their Royal Highnesses through the city, which they conceive to be his privilege and duty, founded on the usage observed on all kindred occasions. The entrance of the Queen into the city of London in 1837 is cited by them as a precedent. On that occasion her Ma jesty was met at Temple-bar by the then Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, with a mounted deputation of 25 aldermen and commoners, and preceded and con ducted by them to their destination. It is also argued that in all great state pageants, and so in this, the popular interest and admiration which cul minate in the sight of the principal personages are whetted by the curiosity of those who precede them, but that if the order suggested by the Home Secretary be adhered to, the cavalcade will be de prived of much of its interest and symmetry. The corporation it is said will probably expend £30,000' or £40,000 on the auspicious occasion, irrespective of the preparations they are making to celebrate the marriage, and they deplore an arrangement which they feel would mar the effect of the cere monial. So strongly do the Royal Reception Committee feel in the matter that before separating on Toes" day they unanimously appointed a deputation, coo' posed of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Humpherp Alderman Phillips, Alderman Gibbons, Deputy Fry, Mr. Anderton, and the Remembrance?, to wait upon Sir George Grey and urge reason s , i n what they conceived to be the public corrrienience, for changing the order of the processi on. They had afterwards an interview, first wi',l ) . th e H ome Se' cretary, who is reported to hav e b een averse from entertaining the application, and afterwards with the Lord Chamberlain. Tire matter is still under consideration, and the deputation are to have an" other interview with Lord Sydney this morning. The Corporation had proposed to accompany th e procession to Paddington, being preceded fro' Temple-bar by the official authorities of Wes t : minster ; but it is understood to have been jilt . mated on authority that they and the Westminste r escort could go no further than the entrance to Hyde-park, as it is in contemplation for only th e Prince and Princess, with the immediate attendant° of their Royal Highnesses, to pass through th e park, on their way to the Great Western railway terminus. This arrangement appears also to have caused dissatisfaction to the deputation from th e Reception Committee. As to the preparations 'which are being made t° witness the forthcomi ng spec t ac l e a l ong t h e line?' route, it may be desirable to state that at their meeting on Tuesday the City C omm i ss i one rs o`o Sewers passed a resolution, in the exercise of I t ' power conferred on them by Act of Parliamen t, prohibiting, in all cases, the erection of temporal balconies and scaffolding of all kinds, projecting from the fronts of h ouses and shops, having reg al . in that to the public safety and convenience. Staudford's Map of the Seat of W&r iil America, This is a splendid map of the unhappy seat °f war in America, ranging from the Gulf of Mole ° to the vast Lakes in the far North, to the confines 011 Canada, and from the Atlantic on the East almost ti the shores of the Pacific on the West—the States in the South, and the Border States, as well as thoso in the North West, are one and all clearly defined' Their boundaries are marked, and the slave states O ° coloured distinctly from th e f ree states. Th e Gra°' A Trunk lines of railway are traced in a distinctive manner throughout the emit e map, while the ricer ° seem to run in their immensity through the various States. The most conspicuous c iti es , towns, 1 : 173 ,.. places of note are legibly marked, w hil e even tu e counties are particularised on this extensive nlak h The harbours along the Atlantic shore are prot°l - set forth, with the several bays, inlets, 1 311 " montories, &c., while place s now rendered faw°ll4 by the war are conspicuously displayed. A lt° ; gether, it is the larg es t an d most compre hensi v e map we have yet seen o f t h e almost boundle°o regions of the far 'West, and does immense credi t t 1 Mr. Stanford for the ingenuity as well as pr acti , labour bestowcd on a wor k o f suc h momen tous ira te rest at the present conj unc t ure . W e have, besi deo the large map, a small er one , b u t a very compa c t epitome of a gen e ral ma p o f the United States 0 , they once flourished in their e nvied integrity, whi c a , contrasts very significantly with their present ( 11 jointed condition. Bat however m©n change w it h circumstances, the land alters not, but holds its OWo through every vicissitude. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.--A OfA moeting the governors of this hospital was held Nestertlai to elect a president in the r oom of Mr. Cubitt, who it n'eys.. be remembered held office, but resigned it when be d a.. so l ve d his connection with the City, a t t h e same time i % g mating that his resignation wa3 owing to the objeetieo tl s t a rted by others than rath er t h e free exercise o f his (3‘ w ill. The Lord May or was put in nominat i o n, n „c 'i to Cubitt was al so proposed for re .election, and °n s py votes being taken Mr. Cubitt was declared to be elected a majority of 87 votes over 44. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Ye— ,ter ti clog most of the b a k ers i n Lambeth-marsh an d l a f neighbourhoods reduced the price for the four-pou nd „t,a (last week at 8d) to 71d best bread ; the second qua lity r ao , at 6id to 7d; and the third-cliss loaf, 5d to 6d. A re t o tion also took place at several fancy bzeadmaker s south side of the Thames, some varying their ella r ° and Id, mostly the latter figure. ,