The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-13 00:00:00

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the GROS VENOR and W ST-ENI I RAILWAY TERMINUS HOTEL COMPANY (Li, laitf..id) will be held, at the Grosvenor Hotel, Lower Bel: rave -pli ice, Pimlico, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of February. 11 4i4, at two o'clock p.m. preciselT, for the purpoze of Receit?ii ig the Directors' Report, and Statement of Accounts to the 2 Ist day of December last, and for Tran sacting all such of her Business as may be requisite and authorised thereat. Notice is Further • Given, That at the termination of the ordinary business tl is Meeting will be made an F,XT ttAOR DINA It Y GENE RE tL MEETING, tor the purpose of grant ing to the Directors such powers as may seem advisable for enabling them to raise such sum or sums of money as may be requisite for the set tlement of the balance of the Builder's account, and for the repayment, if necessary, of the moneys which have been ad r anced on mortgage. By order. J. T. DARKE, Secretary. February 16,1564. BONNET'S S ILK S LYON.—Every Article of commerce to kes its title either from the inventor or 'manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the gr 'ater is the credit •which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILII .S are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England; by t the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos dby the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by bleasn ;. JAY, of Regent-street. The following int !rwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Dt at utacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it Lyon eta Inj urieux." WI 3ar guaranteed. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, (',OVENT-GARDEN. Under the Mai Istgement of Miss Louisa Pyne and lir. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING. ( 3 rd time ) a new Opera, f o unded on Goldsmith's Comedy', and to be called SH t , ; STOOPS TO CO NQUER. Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. `V- After After which, the B3irlesque Opening of the Grand National pantomime, HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—Co m mence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL D R U R Y-L A N E. Managers, Messrs . Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENTING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio-.Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled 4 IGHT AND MORN. principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fit zjames, and Misses R. Leclercq, Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBA.D THE SAILOR; or, The Seven Wonders of the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; harlequins, Id essrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and M isses Gunniss. prices as usuaL Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEA , DNIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated llvery Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a w and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Yelsrs. IL Wicklicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, iumeland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclereg„ Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. ALlter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DENIONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian rihronicle," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by ?itr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, :;otlett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Niles Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is ;wade to t he occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either to; play 13.11 s or for the safe keeping of hat ,, and cloaks, and teat the attendas in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive an 3, gratuitie nt s whatever. Box-o Mee open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. firHE AIME ROYAL HAY NI ARKET.— sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS E'TENING, LITTLE DAISY. Followed by SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Atter whi ch, KING ARTHUR ; or 'the Days and Knights of the Rom td fable. Messrs. Cliipnendalo, Compton, Braid Clark, Rogvrs, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough , :Wright, Try, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. 11 OYA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sale Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which HARLEQUDI LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a'. Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Know what to do. STEW (EATRE-R0 ICAL, ADELPHI.- dole prcp rioter and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. A.l THIS EVEN - DG, THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER. Miss Woolgar. 41 I to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil- Ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and' Mrs. Billington. To conclude with. LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio and his Seven Magic Men. .viessrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. MISS BA I'EMAN.—LEAH.—Tnis EVENING, ' the 115th. appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of Li4;A.FI. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation ot' the pr itacipat character in the new Five Act Drama ot 141A1E1 has been attended. Mr Pirebstei. begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING- until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. nader the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. CroA ded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Dirs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Bertjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Bucking ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINING Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John stone, Mr. bior,tag - tie ; Mrs. t harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the Frencli)in his characteristic character of lUn Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. "ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborougb, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &a Followed by MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. TE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Coo taining the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ..... .265. per ton. I Double ..21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nuts. l9s. „ Deep .225. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This PAT. —Morning, sh. 57m.—Afternoon, 6h. 18m. I' o-moßuow.-Morninz, Gh. 33m.—Afternoon. 7h. 3m. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 12, 1864. THEILIIOMETER. Thia day at Two o'clock 52 Barometer-29.65. Wind—Blowing a gale from S.W. , fil r ei c „ . 4 AL/ i .),„..._....,, ~ ..: '1 414.. ~ ....--..i t i 2 ,ea - :Aim ;6 j Nfy),... • Wail* OW Vat '414 4°, ° .''' f LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 13, 1864. Our vast Indian Empire is a legitimate object of national pride and interest and anxiety. We may feel justly exultant in the ma gnitude of our terri which England is there called upon to fulfil, let us quote from some of his opening observations on the subject. "We have done," he says, "a great deal for the people of India. They were blind, we have taught them to see ; they were unthinking and unconscious, we have taught them to be conscious and observant ; they were accustomed only to a Government of force and arbitrary caprice, which renders a whole people de pendent upon the personal disposition of the Monarch,—we have shown them a government of law and order of rights and principles. We can not stop here; we must allow them to touch, to handle, to taste and to enjoy, all ,those glorious fruits of British civilisation which we have taught them to understand and to appreciate. We cannot give and withhold at the same time. We must con tinue to show the way in reform and reconstruction ; we must always confer and never concede: no long as the British Government keeps moderately in ad vance of native opinion and native capacity, it will preserve the moral support of the influential classes, without which peace and good order will for ever be precarious, and physical force will be a doubtful and discreditable safeguard." The power of right as opposed to might is what Major BELL is anxious to enforce as the true stronghold of British power. In the furtherance of this opinion he expresses views on the subject of territorial aggrandisement not likely to be palatable to the acquisitive. While we do not agree with him in all his views, we consider these views eminently deserving the thoughtful attention of alrthe friends and the rulers of India. At the close of his remarks he disclaims the reputation of being an alarmist. " I fear," he says, " neither invasion nor rebellion, but I wish always to feel that the right is on our side. I wish to see every source of moral weakness, every subject of rebuke, obliterated. I desire the rights of every one to be respected, in order that our own may be strengthened. It is not," he added, " because we have done so little, but because we have done so much, that I wish to see our work consolidated and naturalised. , ' In furtherance of which desirable object, Major BELL has done good service by his fearless suggestions and his plain-spoken reproofs. It will be a matter of general satisfaction that the House of Peers has made no opposition to the appointment of the joint committee, which it is pro posed shall undertake the supervision of the myriad railway schemes with which London is now threat ened. The public have seen with some alarm the rapid extension of these projects until they have reached an amount that is positively startling. As Lord DERBY observed, there may well be a feeling amounting almost to a panic, when the number, extent, and variety of these schemes are contem plated. No less than 160 of our metropolitan streets will be seriously interfered with, and as a proof that these are no mere visionary designs which may never be put into execution, even if admitted, the noble earl tells us that 8 per cent. of the estimated amount required—L3s,ooo,ooo—has been already deposited. Railways are to intersect London north, south, east, and west. Trains are to ply over our heads, to rumble under our feet, and to rush along side of us. The latter experiment is one of the many modern fashions which have been set us by the Americans ; but as our disregard for life and limb does not yet equal theirs, we doubt whether it will prove acceptable to English folks. It is a matter of common remark and natural regret that all these schemes are brought forward indepen dently and separately, without any reference to each other. There is, therefore, good reason for doubt ing whether the interests of the public are not secondary to the speculative ambition of each particular company. It has been very truly said in both houses, with regard to the proposed committee, that the case of the metropolis is an ex ceptional one. In this country we usually look with some suspicion on any attempt on the part of the Government to direct or influence such matters, preferring to leave them exclusively to private enterprise. But in a matter in which such wide interests are involved, and in which private enter prise seems to be outrunning all bounds, it is better, as Lord DERBY said, to decide in such a manner "as to exclude all private interest or personal consideration from any influence in the decision.' Lord REDESDALE, who is himself to be a member of the committee, observed with reference to the suggestion of a Royal Commission on the subject, that it was usually found in practice that the re ports of such bodies possessed little weight, and he doubted whether a commission would have the requisite boldness to deal with these schemes, and decide which should not go forward. After the report was made, too, it would be quite possible to disregard some of its recommendations, a course which would be scarcely possible if a joint commit tee of the two Houses were concerned. The pro posed course will be more advantageous to the schemers themselves than the ordinary one, for it will save them a great outlay, perhaps, for no good. If a company expend a large sum of money in getting abill through a committee of the Lower House only to have it thrown out by a committee of the Peers they have not only the mortification to regret, but the actual loss. The committee will have every opportunity of dealing with the subject as a whole, without any regard to particular cases or isolated plans. They have already a report of the Board of Trade on the subject, and Earl GRANVILLE has promised them a supplementary report of an en gineering character, describing the effect of these schemes. The Board of Works and the Corpora tion of London have also published reports which Will further enlighten them as to the views of tie citizens. The numerous public meetings which have been held in different parts of London will probably also have weight, although, of course, a limited or factious opposition mast not be allowed to interfere with designs of general utility. It is evidently quite time that something was done to put the whole matter on an entirely new footing, since the interests of a large body of the inhabitants of the metropolis are at stake, and the comfort and convenience of all. There is no ground for fearing at the present day, and with the names which com pose the committee, that any unnecessary obstacles will be put in the way of improvement and enter prise; but the public will be more satisfied if they see the matter placed in the hands of those who will only regard the general good without regard• en t oa rl na to priv a t e i nterests of any sort w h a t e v e r ; avo idi ng alikeo e f u e s nb extreme of unnecessary meddling with reasonable encouraging plans, unlimitedand the innovation even more d . a n ge ro us error The Earl of DERBY has shown great promptitude in bringing the affairs of th e A mer i can Correa pondence before the House, and much as it is to be regretted that his efforts Were so little successful, still it is a satisfaction t o find one in so prominent a position as the noble earl exposing the inconsis tencies and declaring the mysteries that distinguish and surround all the transactions of our Govern ment with that of Washington. In the first place, what can be more conclusive than th e arguments with which Lord DERBY confuted the statements made by the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, respecting the difficulties that stood in the wa y of producin g th e p a p er s. Indeed, a more trivial, 1111 • founded, or shallow excuse was never put forward; than to say that it is inexpedient to furnish the cor respondence because the case of the steam rams in the Mersey was about to undergo judicial investi gation. Now, as Lord DERBY very justly remarks, what foundation can there be for this assertion, when these rams were seized in October, and from that time till now no steps have been taken to bring the case before the Court. It was only last Saturday that they filed information which might have been done in November and December. Also it was now said that it would be necessary to send a commission abroad for the purpose of taking evidence in the proceedings. It is very clear that by this means no information will ever be given to Parliament on a subject which it is especially important they should possess accurate knowledge, and form a candid and impartial opinion. Extreme slowness seems to be the present ruling policy of the Government. The other day we were told of the lengthened period that must elapse before the papers relating to Denmark could possibly be laid on the table. Now we find that all these months have gone by since the seizure of the rams, and yet nothing definite has been done. Apart from the question of the corresuondence, this is a most untair proce dure. The Ministers are in the double capacity of plaintiffs and judges at present, and it is a mean and pitiful advantage to take of their power to subject the owners of these vessels to losses and inconvenience which they could not incur at the hands of minor prosecutors. In their affected zeal to do service to the Federal Government they are overlcok.i-z J necessity of rendering justice to their own p.ople. Lord DERBY hid great stress upon the despatch which contains a suspicious paragraph to the effect that it is announced as the policy of the American Government to " pursue vessels into British ports, and there carry on hos tilities notwithstanding they are lying under the protection of the British flag, and in British waters." Earl RUSSELL'S remarks wete as tame as Lord DERBY'S were energetic, and his argu ments were as shallow as his opponent's were con clusive. All the impertiner,-,a of Mr. ADAMS is treated as indiscretion, and the noble lord falls back upon the wretched expedient of saying that Lord DERBY must not complain of delays which are proverbial in law. All this shuffling is quite unworthy of a Minister of a great country, who is put forward to represent the majesty of England in the presence of the natives of the world. If his case is good, he spoils it by such subterfuge ; and if it is bad, it does not avail him in the straits into which bad management has brought him. The conclusion to which Lord RUSSELL arrives is, that he would be doing an injustice to the law officers of the Crown in allowing those papers to be produced at this stage of the proceeding. One is reminded of the saying, that the " wish is father to the thought," in perusing Earl RUSSELL'S speech, in which he admits that law is proverbial for delays, and then goes on to say that his proceedings will be regulated in accordance with the forms of the law. The law officers of the Crown have a respon sible duty to perform, and a recognised position to occupy ; but it is not for them to settle our relations with Foreign Fowers according to the forms and customs of a court of law. It was not so that our forefathers acted, and even in the last generation such a thing was unheard of. Had the ships of England been unjustly seized, the honour of Eng land assailed, or the flag disregarded, PITT, or Fox, or CANNING would not have come down to the house and said, I have consulted the law officers of the Crown, and they will make inquiries; mean while it is not expedient to interfere at present. Such a course would be virtually ignoring the question, and allowing the judgment to go by de fault. It remains to be seen what will be the issue of these discussions in the house, but so far as it appears at present, it cannot be said that the conduct of our Government is anything like satis factory. There is a tone of hesitation and uncer tainty which is entirely at variance with the prevailing characteristics of English spirit. Irish Emigration—Whig and Conservative Policy. (From the Realm.) A Ministerialist contemporary dismisses the opening objection made by the leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons to her Majesty's Speech with a curt observa tion to the effect that Mr. Disraeli made a strong bid for the sympathy of the Irish members, and then proceeds to a her subjects as if the Irish question was one of no inte rest to the British nation. That this treatment of so grave a subject is in accordance with the policy of the present Government may be further gathered from the speeches of Lord Carlisle at the recent Lord Mayor's dinner in Dublin, and from Sir R, Peel's answer to Mr. Whiteside's speech on Friday, while the sympathy and right feeling among the Opposition are well shown by the strong arguments used by the member for the Lublin University, and by the early and prominent notice that Mr. Disraeli takes of the absence from the Royal Speech of any allusion t 3 the great distress now prevalent in Ireland. The Lord Lieutenant of Irelane, while commencing with a generous regret that the sower of Ireland's population should leave their native shores to crimson with their blood the reeking plains of Virginia and Tennessee, consoles him self with the weak argument that it would be cruel forcibly to repress the current of emigration and to put into execu tion the law against Foreign Enlistment, and so pre vent an ignorant people from being kidnapped to fight in an alien cause. His Excellency, surrounded by a clique whose object is to stifle public outcry or investigation in regard to Irish distress, suggests no alleviation of the misery of the coun try, beyond a vague remark that the general want of Ireland is the adoption of a better style of farming. In contradis tinction to this let us take the speech of the late Attorney- General for Ireland. Mr. Whiteside urged that the welfare of Ireland is no provincial question, and shows by statistics that not only has the agricultural wealth of the country diminished of late years, but that, under the present Government, the manufacturing resources of Ireland have suffered an enor mous decrease. He cites the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to show us that the agricultural produce between the year 1859 and that of 1862.3 fell off by no less a sum than £12,110,000 sterling, nearly one half of the estimated value of the agri cultural products of the country. This might be accounted for by the bad weather and consequent bad harvests of late years on the other side of the channol ; but when Mr. Whiteside touches upon the manufacturing interests of Ireland, he brings a far graver proof of the mismanagement of that unfortunate country. In the item of spirits the Chancellor of the Exchequer im posed an extra duty on Irish produce, in order to increase the revenue; and the result was a diminution of the re ceipts. The extent of this deficit, however, is not well known, and Englishmen will be startled by the irrefragable statement, that the spirit trade of Ireland has decreased by nearly five millions sterling. The paper trade has also suffered a severe blow from Government measures. In one mill alone the receipts have fallen off from £3,426 in 1860 to £1,235 in 1863 ; and a large manufacturer in the South proves that the price of rags has increased from 50 to 100 per cent, since the Customs duty on paper has been remitted, while the export duty on rags has been retained. It is, therefore, impossible for the Irish manufacturer to compete with foreigners in the London market, and the result is that the manufacturer is now obliged to work half time, and to dismiss a considerable portion of his workpeople. Hence the great and continued emigration. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Asiatic, at 3 ; Archi tects, at 8 ; Royal Academy, at 8, " Sculpture," Professor Westmacett. Tuesday—Statistical, at 8, " The Registrar- General's Reports," Mr. Sargant ; Royal Institution, at 3, "Experimental Optics," Professor Tyndall; Anthropolo gical, at 8, "Pictish Remains," Rev. W. Joass ; "Weight of the Brain in Negroes," Dr. Peacock; "Neanderthal Skull," Mr. Blake; Engineers, at 8, " Works cn the Mont Cenis Tunnel," Mr. Sopwith, jun. Wednesday-Society of Literature, at 4! ; Meteorological, at 7 ; Society of Arts, at 8, " Public and Private Dietaries," Dr. Smith. Thursday Zoological, at 4 ; Numismatic, at 7; Antiquaries, at 8 ; Linnean, at 8, " Rhizopodal Fauna of th e Sh et l an d s, " M r. Brady; Royal, at 8! ; Royal Instit u ti on, at 3, "Experi mental Optics," Professor Tyndal. Friday —Royal Insti tution, at 8, "Dreaming and Sonnambulism in Relation to Nerve-Centres," Mr. Savory. Saturday—Geological Anni versary, at 1; Royal Institution, at 3, " Metallic Ele ments," Professor Fraukland,—Athentrum. tories--- " We call such a vast domain our o wn That the sun never sets on our might." We may feel a very natural and almost parental in terest in those millions of our fellow• subjects, w h o should look to us for all the blessings of civilisation and Christianity, for their welfare and prosperity in this world and the next, and especially bearing in mind the dreadful ev,nts of 1857, which are will so vivid in the remembrance of all, we c •nnot but regard witti heartfelt anxiety a responsibility ) great and so precarious. A very thoughtful and earnest writer, who has deeply considered the various workings of our Indian administration, has just published a volume* on the subject, well wor thy of attention, careful examination, and especial regard. Many of his opinions, as he him self is ready to expect, will be r:Tarded with doubt and displeasure. H e is one of thos e plain-spok e n friends who do not shrink from the ntterauce of un pleasant truths when they believe such utterance to be impelled by duty. As an evidence of th e right spirit with which this observer regards our influence in India, and the high mission *" The Empire in India." By Major Estana Bell. Oae vol. One vol., pp. 412, Trilbner. TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG. RENDSBURG, FEB. 12, Friday. Advices received here from the theatre of war to the morning of the 10th inst., state that a reconnaissance of the Prussian Guards division towards Duppel showed that the Danes were posted about an hour's march from that place. Two companies of the :Queen of Prussia's Regi ment skirmished upon this occasion with three Danish companies. An officer and a few men were wounded on the Prussian side, while the Danes lost a number of prisoners. Reported Summons to the Austro-Prussian Troops to Evacuate Schleswig, FRANkFORT, FEB 12. The Europe of to-day publishes advises from Paris stating that it has been decided at an English Ca binet Council that Earl Russell shall summon Aus tria and Prussia to evacuate Schleswig as soon as Denmark withdraws the November Constitution. THE BANK OF FRANKFORT, FRANKFORT, FEB. 13. The Bank has re ed its rate of discount to 4 per cent. GREAT FIRE AT CHAMBERY, CHARBERY, FEB. 13. The theatre and town hal, of Chambery have been entirely destroyed by this morning. The loss of property is very great, but no person has perished. THE SUEZ CANAL. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 3. The Levant Herald of to -day has the following in referer'.,. to the question of the Suez Canal: "11 7 %, —Ave reason to believe that a recent combi nation of fortunate circumstances, and the exercise of judicious influence in high quarters, are likely soon to remove this important question from the slough of despond and place it upon a satisfactory footing for a just and permanent settlement. " The following, we understand, are the heads of arrangements which have been mutually agreed upon by all the parties, national and personal, to the controversy _ _ _ " 1. An extension of time, beyond that hitherto stipulated, will be granted to M. de Lesseps and the company to provide for its more perfect organi sation, so that they shall no longer have any actual necessity for resorting to the system of forced labour, a system, indeed, which even the most zealou supporters of the project have not hesitated to condemn. "2. The belts of land along the banks of the Canal are to be surrendered by the company to the Egyptian Government, the latter paying the com pany a fair and suitable indemnity in return for this sacrifice. "3. The company acknowledge that the consent of the Turkish Government—the fiat of the Im perial Trade—is essential to render their concession valid and of practical efficacy." RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 12. The Bank rate of discount has been reduced to 8 per cent. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 12.—The market remains firm, but with little change in quotations. Threes, for the Account, and Mobilier are now both unvaried at yesterday's prices-66f. 50c. and 1,122 f. 50c. Rail way Market quiet, but firm. The market improved towards the close, and left 41 per Cents. 95 20 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 60 Credit Mobilier...,lo3l 25 Do. end month 1038 75 Bank Shares 3287 50 Credit Foncier Roman — off as follows : ' Italian Loan 67 90 Do. end month 6B 15 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt .. — Deferred PAYS. RAIL' Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Cf;sh. Account. 1000 .. 998 75 951 25 .. 955 9 37 50 :. 935 - 667 665 - 617 50 .. - 481 25 .. 480 - 380 - - - 400 - 405 - 520 - 520 - 495 - .. 492 50 577 50 .. 578 75 298 75 .. 305 - THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. (From a Supplement to the Gazette of last night.) List of Casualties that occurred to the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the Waikato Flotilla, employed in the attack on Rasgariri, November 20th, 1863. KILLED. Her Majesty's ship Curacoa—Mr. Thomas Watkins, midshipman, gunshot wound in head—William Tidy, A. 8., gunshot wound in head—James Woods, quartermaster, gunshot wound in head. Her Majesty's Ship Harder—Frederick Osborne, 2d cap tain fore-top, gunshot wound in neck, and David Downer, private, Royal Marines, gunshot wound in chest. WOUNDED. Her Majesty's Ship Eclipse—Richard Charles Mayne, Esq.. commander, deep and extensive flesh gunshot wound of left hip, severe, doing well—Henry Oldfield, stoker, gunshot flesh wounds, left shoulder, left forearm, and upper arm, and right knee, very severe, doing well. Her Majesty's Ship Mranda—E. Downest Panter Downes, Esq., lieutenant, deep gunshot flesh wound, right shoulder, severe, doing well—George Andrews, A. 8., cutlass flesh wound, right leg, accidental, slight, doing well—Thomas Galling, leading seaman, gunshot deep flesh wound, right leg, severe, doing well. Her Majesty's Ship Curacoa—Henry APC• Alexander, Esq., lieutenant, gunshot scalp and deep wound, through right axilla, very severe, progressing favourably—Charles Frederick Hotham, Esq., lieutenant, gunshot flesh wound right leg, lower half, severe, doing w3ll— Hayles, ordinary seaman, gunshot deep flesh wound, right thigh, severe, doing well—Walter Robin son, ordinary seaman, gunshot flesh wound, left leg, moderately severe, doing well—Tom Dallis, A. 8., gun shot flesh wound, right shoulder, moderately severe, doing well—Richard Stevenson, boy, Ist class, gunshot wound in abdomen, mortal, since dead (November, 1863.) Dated at Rangariri, the 30th November, 1863. RICHARD PICKEN, M.D., Surgeon 11.M.5, Curacon. In consideration of the distinguished conduct of the officers and seamen, the following naval promotions have taken place : To be Captain—Commander Richard Charles Mayne. To be Commanders—Lieutenant Edward Downes Panter Downes end Lieutenant Henry M'Clintock Alexander. To be Lieutenant—Acting Lieutenant Robert Frederick Haremick. To be Surgeon—Mr. Adam Brunton Messer, M.D., Assistant-Surgeon. In consideration also of the services detailed in the above despatches, the Board of Admiralty have directed the names of the undermentioned officers to be favourably noted :—Capt. Francis William Sullivan, who has already been promoted for distinguished service in Now Zealand— Commander Henry B. Phillimore — Lieutenant Charles Frederick Hotham—Acting Lieutenant Frederick John Easther—Duncan Hasten, Assistant• Surgeon— Frank Elrington lladson, Cecil George Foljainbe, Sydney Augustus Rowan Hamilton, Midshipmen—and William Fox, ordinary seamen. SHANSPERE'S SELF-POSSESSION AS AN ACTOR.— Shakspere, it is said [by whom ?], was acting the past of a king in one of his own tragedies, and in the course of the evening was standing near the royal box. Queen Elizabeth, who occupied it, wishing to test the actor, and, if possible, to make him depart from his dignity as a sove reign, gave orders to her courtiers not to interfere, and at the moment of his proximity, dropped a handkerchief upon the stage. The mimic monarch, nothing daunted by the stratagem, picked it up, and handing it to her Majesty, mere ly interrupted his speech by exclaiming, with a regal But ere Ibis be done, Take up our sister's handkerchief. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LATEST LONDON BETTING.—FRIDAY. Notwithstanding the near approach of the Waterloo Coursing meeting, speculation is at a complete standstill, there being only two or three nominations inquired after. The Chester Cup and other coming events also are alone speculated upon, and we therefore can give but a meagre list of those backed. Closing prices : THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 12 to 1 agst Mr H. Haywood's nomination (off ) 14 to I agst Mr Lloyd's nomination (off)) 20 to 1 agst Mr Blackstock's nomination (off ) 20 to 1 agst Mr Gregson's nomination (off ) 25 to 1 agst Mr G. Steele's nomination (off) LIN COLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Benjamin (taken) 15 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken', 16 to 1 agst Donnybrook (ttiken) 16 to 1 agst Bosh (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Principal (offered) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst Bantam (taken) 12 to 1 agst Emblem (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Wee Nell (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Real Jam (taken) 100 to 6 agst Portland (offered) 20 to 1 agst Amy (offered) 20 to 1 agst Medora (offered) 20 to 1 agst Sinking Fund (offered) 25 to 1 agat Emblematic (taken) 25 to 1 agst Serious Case (taken) 25 to 1 agst Martha (taken) 100 to 3 agst Ireley (offered) 100 to 3 eget Bridegroom (offered) 50 to 1 apt Baron of Avon (taken) 100 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 11 to 1 agst Blithefield (taken) 14 to 1 agst Lioness (offered) 16 to 1 agst Dollar (off, take 20 to 1) 16 to 1 agst Gardener (offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 22 to 1 agst Change (taken) 25 to 1 agst Aufield (offered) 25 to 1 agat Golden Pledge (offered) 30 to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 30 to 1 agst Tooi-Tooi (offered) 30 to 1 agst Merry Hart (offered) 33 to 1 agst Accident (offered) 100 to 3 agst Greenland (offered) 40 to 1 agst Tippler (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken) 40 to 1 agst Durham (taken) 40 to 1 agat Whitethorn (taken) THE DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Coast Guard (off. take 16 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Coup d'Etat (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Ely (off, take 30 to 1) BETTING AT MANCHESTER, FRIDAY. Th ere was an average attendance at the Subscription rooms this day, and, as there were several commissions in the market, speculation assumed a somewhat active aspect. For the Liverpool Steeplechase Bantam was in demand at 15 to 1; and anything over that figure would have been taken about Real Jam. Emblem closed the favourite, at 100 to 9; but there appeared a disposition to lay against Wee Nell, offers of 13 to 1 against her being refused.— For the Chester Cup Blackdown was backed rather freely at 20 to 1 ; but Anfield and Accident were on the decline, 26 to 1 being offered against each horse up to the finish. Change, Golden Pledge, Merry Hart, and Muezzin had an upward tendency ; and 33 to 1 was asked for in vain about Little Stag.—There were a few com missions in the market for the Waterloo Cup, and Messrs. H. Haywood and Lloyd's nominations, as also that of Colonel Bathurst, were freely backed. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 9 agst Emblem (taken and offered) 13 to 1 eget Wee Nell (offered) 14 to 1 agst Portland (offered) 15 to 1 agst Bantum (taken free'y) 15 to 1 agst Real Jam (offered —take 16 to 1 freely; 20 to 1 agst Emblematic (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Serious Case (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken) 25 to 1 agst Martha (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ireley (offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Accident (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Anfield (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Change (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Merry Hart (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Muezzin (offered, take 28) 33 to 1 agst Little Stag (wanted) 33 to 1 agst Tippler (taken) 33 to 1 agst Greenland (offered) 40 to 1 agst Tette (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, 11 to 2on the field (offered) THE DERBY. 10 to lon the field (offered) TIIE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 14 to 1 agst Air H. Haywood's nomination (take and off) 16 to 1 agst Mr Lloyd's nomination (taken freely) 30 to 1 ngst Mr Bland's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr Blackstock's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Colonel Bathurst's nomination (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr Cloudesdale's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr Jones's nomination (taken) RACING FIXTU Fzsia 'RES FOR 1864. EtUARY. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford l7 MARCH. Nottingham Spring .... 1 Warwick .. 16 Derby Spring 3 Durham Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring MARKETS—This Day, COVENT GARDEN. of produce at our market to, There was a short supply day. The trade was firm at the following quotations : IT. FRU s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 5 0 to 10 0 Foreign do 0 0 to 0 0 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 6 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..3 6 to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries ht aye° 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Mulberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 3to 1 6 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per ous 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per to. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, 13 do 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 oto 0 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 - oto 0 o Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 1 oto 1 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 1 3to 2 0 LTRY. Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 5 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 oto 1 6 Ihd ditto 2 oto 3 01 Savoy do., pr dz. 1 oto 2 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Brocoli, per bus. 0 Bto 1 0 1 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 113 0 New ditto, pr pt 1 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6 to 3 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h. -sv. 0 oto 6 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 2 oto 2 6 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 1 3So 2 6 POU Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od ; geese, 3s Od to 6s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., is to is 3d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; Surrey fowls, 9s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 9s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasanus, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; partridges, is 6d to 2s 3d ; woodcocks, 3s to 3s 6d; snipes, Os to Os 9d; teal, is Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, is 6d to us Od ; widgeons, is Od to is Od; plovers, Os 6d to Os 8d each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to Is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 10s Od to lOs 6d ; French do., 8s 6d to 9s 3d per 100 ; leverets, 2s Gd to Os Od ; grouse, Os 03 to Os Od. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os : eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s ; cod, 3s Od to 128 Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; dorevs, 5s 6d to Os Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 2s to 4s Od; crabs, 18 to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, 8s to 268 ; natives, 658 to 70s per bushel ; whitings, Os Od to Os • haddocks, Os to —5 ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 10d ; lamb, 08 Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 48 10d ; and pork, Zs Gd to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 38 2d to 4s 4d ;mutton, 3s 6di to 4s 10d; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6}d to 7d , of household do., 6d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to aid ; 721 b to 801 h, 3d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, aid 104 to 41c1 ; 881 b to 96 1 b, 4 d to 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 41d 1b to 1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides, 9s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 28 Gd to half Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, lls Od to 14s Od ; -breds, 9s Od to lls Od ; Downs, 7s Od to Os Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; sheatlings, Os Od to 6s Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, ,E 1 48 to £1 lOs per load. A slow trade. WHITECHATEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. Supply moderate. The State, and Prospects of Parties, (From the Spectator,) It is one of the great advantages which ths Con servative party secure at the price of many neCd less errors and much wilful blindness that their tra• ditional way is broad and the few gates in it wide —like another way of which we have heard, which was, doubtless, also in the strictest sense, Conser vative—and so offers comparatively few opportu nities for missing the way. On the other hand, the Liberals are always having, as it were, an em barrassing choice of turnings, all of them, possibly, without deserting a policy which, in some true sense at all events, may be called Liberal ; and thus we are constantly beholding the painful sight of some Liberal members turning off down this defile, and others filing up that narrow and difficult ascent, in the exercise of an individual discrimination which it is part of their duty as Liberals to make, but which too often disintegrates the party, and may in some conjunctures almost grind it to powder. Such a crisis is, we fear, the present one in Den mark. It is clear enough how the question of our duty to that free and courageous little State will act upon the Conservative ranks ; it is by no means so clear how it will act upon the Li beral ranks ; but it is pretty ceztain that while its tendency will be to cement the former, its ten dency will equally be to scatter and sow dissen sion among the fatter, Towards the side of Den mark all politicians will naturally be drawn—first, who take pride in England's standing and influence abroad; next, who value a practical constitutional liberty, such as Danmark possessee, more than the mere intellectual raw material,—the professional enlightenment and indifference of popular govern ment,—which pervades the German States ; finally who value positve contract and distinct engage ments, even when they are not all we could wish, more than the vaguer "natural rights of race." Now all these preferences are clearly and specifically Conservative preferences, though all of them may be claimed, and especially one of them may be claimed even with one more right, as principles daar to the Liberal party. The country powtr has always striven to hold high the power and influence of England abroad, though never to involve it in need less quarrels. The Conservatives have always con trasted, with something even of insular self righteousnes, the constitutional self-government of England—and in this respect Denmark is like England—with the mere soft,unmanufactnred fibre of educated thought in Germany. The Conserva tives, lastly, have always professed themselves wholly unable to understand a priori " natural rights of race which the Liberal party have often endeavoured to preach,—and have taken a con stant pride in insisting on the clear duty of per forming intelligible contracts, and on the danger of searching for unintelligible principles why we should evade them. On all these grounds, there fore, the natural drift of the Conservative party is towards the Danish side of the quarrel. England's engagements are all on that side, and England's protest against their violation has been put aside by Austria and Prussia like so much waste paper. Denmark has a practical self-government, and the German Confederation only one in theory at best. Finally, all the positive law is against this shame less invasion of Schleswig, and against both Austria and Prussia for never having fulfilled their uncon ditional engagement under the Treaty of 1852, by acknowledging King Christian as Duke of Schles wig and of Holstein. Though isolated members of the Conservative party, therefore, may fall off, there can be little doubt that the normal political cur rents will take over the bulk of the party to the Danish side. On the other hand, there is no such prospect of unity for the Liberals, and unless there be in that partymore of that statesmanlike instinct which found on Thursday night such masterly expression from Mr. Goschen, we fear for them a term of paralyzed existence. Committal of a Lady for Stealing. Julia M'Millan, a regimental schoolmistress at Aldershott, was charged before Alderman Lusk, a Guildhall, with robbery. , - Mr. Lewis, jun., conducted the defence. Henry George said—l am an assistant to Messrs. Nicholson and Co., drapers, of St. Paul's-church yard. About a quarter past 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the prisoner came to my department and asked me to show her some cambric handkerchief's. I showed her some, and she purchased half-a-dozen, which she paid for. James Bright, an assistant in the same employ, said,—l am iu the silk department. Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Wednesday last the prisoner came to my department and wished to see some black and coloured silks, which I aceordiegly showed her. She selected a black moire antique silk dress, which she paid for, the price being £4, and a coloured silk dress, which she said she would call and pay for, as she had not enough money. She came again about 5 o'clock and asked to be allowed to look at some evening silks. I showed her some check silks, and she selected one and paid for it at the same time that she paid for the coloured silk dress. She paid altogether £6 15s. Adderley Clarke, also in the prosecutor' employ, said—l was in the show room yesterday about 3 o'clock when I saw the prisoner come in. As soon as she took her seat I went upstairs and watched her from above. I saw het put her mantle over the connter with one arm and with the other hand draw half-a -dozen cambric handkerchiefs from be neath a quantity of others, and endeavour to slip them into her pocket, but they fell on the ground. She then passed her hand down inside her dress and picked them up and asked the assistant who was serving her for a pin. With it she fastened the handkerchiefs to her dress. I informed my em ployer of what I had seen, and the prisoner was eventually given into custody. Police-constable Lewis, 358, said, from information I received I followed the prisoner from Messrs. Nicholson's premises to the top of Cheapside. I then asked her if she had anything which did not belong to her, or which she had not purchased at the shop she had just left. She several times assured me she had not, and, after some further conversation, I took her to the police station, where she gave up six cambric handkerchiefs, which she took from under her dress, and a smail box containing three studs. She said that was all. Elizabeth Harrison, the female searcher, said,—l found on the prisoner this hag (an enormous pocket), which she was wearing, and a ticket relating to a parcel left at the South Eaatern Railway station. Lewis, recalled, said,—l took the ticket referred to by the last witness, and on presenting it at the cloak room received this piece of silk, consisting of 46 yards, and of the value of £6 12s. The witnesses George and Bright, on being re called, identified the silk and the handkerchiefs produced as their employer's property, and said they remembered showing those goods to the pri soner at her own request. Mr. Lewis made a most urgent appeal on behalf of the prisoner. He asked, in the first place, that she might be remanded, in order that her friends, who were all highly respectable and had been tele graphed to, might have time to place before the court a defence which would be most material to the prisoner, but which ho was not at present in a position to explain; aud, secondly, that she might be admitted to bail in the interval of the remand or pending the trial, whichever course the magistrate might decide upon. Alderman Lusk said he had not the remotest doubt about the good position the prisoner had oc cupied in society ,or of the respectabilityof her friends. There was no question of character but of fact. The case was exceedingly clear, and the circumstance of the prisoner wearing a large bag under her dress led to the suspicion that this theft was one of a series of thefts. He had decided upon committing th e prisoner to trial without admitting her to bail. Mr. Lewis said he could give bail to any amount for the prisoner, aud reminded the magi strate that in the case of a west-end physician whose wife was charged with a similar offence that lady was admitted to bail from the first with out failure of justice, so that there was a precedent for his present application. He therefore hoped the worthy alderman would reconsider his decision, and on account of the prisoner's youth, health, and great mental suffering, liberate her on bail. Alderman Lusk said that if it were a poor per son without friends he could not entertain such an application, and that his duty as a magistrate would not allow him, however much he might commiserate the unfortunate young woman before him, to make any distinction between rich and poor in the admi nistration of justice. THE REV. CANON SENICYNS, on Tuesday week, at Durham, slipped on a piece of turnip rind, falling on the pavement with such violence as to break his leg, but he is going on favourably. MR. PIIILLTMORE'S EXCEEDING ACCURACY. — In reply to ono cf Mr. Phillimore's crotchets about the modern way of studying the classics, his Edinburgh Reviewer mentioned as Professors at Oxford "Professor G. Smith and Professor Arnold." On which says Mr. Philli- more, his pamphlet reply, " Professor Smyth being a Cam bridge Professor of Modern History, and not a tutor ; Dr. Arnold for the last half century not having had any share in academical education." Dr, Arnold's lectures on Modern History were delivered long after 1814; but it is obvious that the persons referred to by the Edinburgh Reviewer (not, to be sure, very pertinently) were Mr. Goldwiu Smith, the present Professor of Modern History at Oxford, and Mr. Thomas Arnold, the Professor of Poetry, Dr. Arnold's eon, ‘z"Trt'---- HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 12., Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Bruce, commander-Ina' chief at Portsmouth, and Mpjor-General 1,3 r we stero d William Paulet, commanding the south district, came over to Osborne yes terday, ar' d ha the honour of being received by her Majesty to pre' sell*, the reports of their respective commands' • The Prince and Princess of Wales' ST. LEONARDS , Feb. I*. Their Royal Highnesses the prince and Princes of Wales, and the infant, left Frogmere yesterdl at half-past two, and arrived at St. Leopards at° minutes past five. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Hon. Mrs. Coke, Lieutenant-General Kaollse) nn Major Teesdale. The Approaching Drawing 1100 131 *.,,, a of eil We are autooristd to state that i n conseque.— the inconvenience experienced a t the alleded Levees and Drawing Rooms from the overerost state of the apartments, it will nut be expected 0711 ladies or gentlemen should atten d at coat uPu more than one occasion during the season• tin This does not apply to those who are Pre 6ell an official capacity. ~~d -v• HER MAJESTY'S STYLE AND TITLES.---There been laid before Parliament a conventi on, concluded i n ( T .. • tober last, between the Queen's Gove rnment and the vernment of the Bey of Tunis relative to the holding ° t : property by British subjects in Tunis. Her Majesty 15 described in the convention—" The desc endant of O i ri a : 6 t S o vereigns, the Crown of the illustrious great, virfo",,iol her command the sword and the pen, g the res t a nd stiv a i • Princess the fame of whose virtues is spread over the - verse." sub mitted THE PRINCESS OF WALES, it i s said, t• very reluctantly to the obligations o f etiquette is l es e - ou ld, ter of wet-nursing the baby. The Prince of NV "., s h of al it is also said, have willingly in d u l g ed the natur. the young mother, but Court traditio ns were too str°llAg.(lo The Duke and Duchess of Nort humberlav,o4 not intend to leave Alnwick Cas t le for Northutaber,'o House until after Easter. The health o f the noble da* rem arkably good. e lect The Earl and Countess Grey entertained a s party at dinner on Thursday evening at their resider° Carlton House-terrace. ritbl Viscountess Palmerston will have an ssse to-night at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. , t heir The Count and Countess Telow cki too' departure from the Brunwick Hotel, Jermlll4treet, night, on their return to Paris. ° The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge hal e left til St. George's Hotel. ear l The Countess of Ellesmere, with the yollytill and family, are expected to return home fro m the C°rj- early in April. g le ft the Countess (Dowager) of Carnarvoll 11 a t ; pal' Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Piston ra'r'' verton. daill jul' The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey , is proving in health. t th e Viscount Canterbury is at present stayinv 3 Hotel Bristol, Paris. testa Lord Ashburton is still in a very indiffere.Pot of health. His lordship is at The Grattge,llls otS in—tpl e Vacancies, Promotions, and ApPo— Hants. in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Sea vice Gazette.) bees /11):A FOREIGN-OFFICE.—Mr. C. Smith has ;, L 0" r p o o o in m ted f Vice-Consul at Granville, France, '- WARMercer, R.N., resigned. ~ Pr -OFFICE.—A vacancy in the Royal g lj- t . of tory, Woolwich, has been caused b the (16.11 Mr. T. H. Monk, first - class clerk. Y mc o l i " INDIA-OFFICE.--Mr. H. Ventris has b ` - o f tl i° pointed . a clerk in the registry department lad la-office. , Cog' BOARD OF TRADE.—Mr. Joseph ign atia ao ' ° I stantine Clarke has been appointed a telli` r d clerk in the Registry of Seamen's-officer. i d P. NI THE ADMIRALTY.—Mr. J. F. Freebarao 'ato.o'l° h • nnis, Mr. G. W. Hookey, and Mr. J. I . 3r ' afl t, 0 6e ! and d n \ appointed temporary clerks, Somerset t loclll clerk. H. Beattie Adams a temporal' d°c ',in Of THE POST-OFFICE.—The Postmasters., ° A ir •• ; heda, Ireland, is vacant. Mr. F. C. CA ''.- .00 ii M. Allen, Mr. A. D. Ferrier, Mr. T. co o, rot Mr. P. B. Stevens have been appointed to cle rk fit clerks, R London, and Mr. S. Pendred o r! ° :13 51° ugby ;Messrs. Mellersb, Lovett, and ut-Alefie been promoted to be sub-controllers, an ',,, to t° Berdmore, Tuck, Salisbury, Finch, and rat°. 1,00.* d assistant-controllers, Circulation Departniet:, tb° on ; and Mr. T. Grime r from the third 01eatt second Lh class of clerks, Circulation DePtiraroitei ndon. Messrs. Walshe, Weatherleio foo and Fawn have been appointed to s ill the upper section of the first cla s JO the Money-order Office, London. Mr' ig . t 0 1°6 has been promoted from the 2d to the '- p ; (lower section) in the Money-order office'Nfispr' Messrs. J. D. Hunter, R. Th son, C. T i l tb e and C. Stacey, from the 3d to Pthe 2d Cla es I ' oo ° Money-order Office, London ; Mr. R. f 7 c iet o from the probationary to the 2d class o ; ° to I)6' 1 Sorting-office, Edinburgh; and M r ' Plci.e' first clerk, Kilmarnock. ql r°° h CHARITY COMMISSION. —Mr. A. C . - °TOO° een appointed a third-class clerk in the deli-rodoo' of the Official Trustees of Charity Funds, ll ° for fi r EMIGRATION COMMISsION.—A va caric , l ,, ti fil „: j'unior clerk has been created by the Pr °— , ° r lc., Y .° Mr. Cooper, Mr. R. B. Cooper, first-class c' e be of been promoted to be assistant-secretarf t ° I g igag 6 ;,l mission, in succession to Mr. J. Walpole' re- oiti t CUSTOMs.—Mr. H. Bradshaw has been 1111 ,Sr, / 04 .' a clerk for general business, Liverp9nl ',OO Roberts an outdoor officer, London ; M r ' ~i k 1 f % 1135 an outdoor officer, Middlesborough. A lf ' - , 1 1;5 5 " t l a f' has been promoted from the 2d to the l• st i - ljo gr'/I- George from the 3d to the 2d class, M r ' ': g e, l3 ff rs from the 4th to the 31 class, Mr. R. Vlo,7froniZt the sth to the 4th class, and Mr. J. Mong 6 ',"ol 1 ; f3 fa 6th to the sth class of clerks in the .Ba8t„-to0 ',, r° ,.,0 India Docks, London ; and Mr. W. Robe' pia' . the 6th to the sth class of examining nieri°' trt A .plt AND H . —_--- eti "THE QUEEN'S" GOSSIP ABOUT Ili — lost ~§tl .R.H.—The prediction which 'Pews PuTige oh p f o a l s i , policy of eoeurf immediately je P eds r it e ay m t,es i l hazardedof that as to the probable conduct towards her Waroo that portion of the press which sup Ports alaMt°ool Queen's health," have been cropping 1 " / P 11, G rog lo 4 ye m rv e ae d nr i id c fi a eh l di: ad h v ien i n s u e ce r hu s ra,d":::':;; e ttilcilott:Plytiflitefref:f and the most uncalled-tor insinuation by the nor, when making his speech supporting' tile 50 tier not been overlooked. " This is the third occ'ixbic ri.. his lordship) " within the last few years, ° ll tio 0108 Majesty has introduced to the notice of the b ° to e i iPOor vate affairs of her family. On the first, it 11 58 ,, i ,bbe re 4 agg the death of that great and good Prince, froue w' o d 'ro w a io• ment her Majesty has not yet recovered/ a to 0 0 io v never will." Upon the impropriety, c ' t , co o) °, t go• loyalty, of this method (equally covert and tookoooo I,ord dareo,(o6o tacking the Queen, there is little pe ed p ,0 4 although she is as It is some satisfaction, howeVe, to qte pie et a more social functions of her high office , i ll° , ib itsP,,, lier, held her sceptre with a firmer hand, or ,9'l,,,ordinol-s of yet disinclined to enter on i•aticeo li lor o sense of what is right and wrong to the I: t a ' high-minded determination to refuse to ou: v or desi o bet lea 6 1 , 8 ice t° her Ministers than she does at present. ' 7° ter 00; e ot Majesty remains in her present state of railittig haraleose will have daily cause to thank God that ki t . t.ro es II 0 tD ° juncture of affairs He has placed upon the i ' big 103 0 0 0 0 reign so wise and sop atriotic. iliS 11°1:10re° ill P l ls° °‘ Prince of Wales just now takes a lively In , the tie e rt; affairs, and frequently attends the debatese e,roobitiPa'lareeo Lords. We are sorry, however, to find the oil': to t IP speaking openly of differences of opinion betw een 0 00' 0 60' and her son. Such differences, if theY 0%1 3 1 , til e ode painful to the interests of all, and espeei3 4.0,0 COitlijo 0 derive .., s oot g io ion Whatever counsels the Prince runY • best Oa t be a k lre House, he may rest assured that Los erocc t o. .. his mother. if he has been taught to rev _ believe _otvi of his father—as we have every reasolniet° 0 tl3_! , _ w o oer! has—he must surely know that that at; two all; ec i il lin who is spared to him, were of on© eP il3 , l „, mo st dig ° g fo t relating to the course of policy which i. W V ' te• beneficial for this country to follow Tile pre ora ci jo e:, CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. this raiWai 'l'l,t o f 1.1 0 5 : the completion of the lerorinus of and theater ,trota C cross are so far completed that front _ t ;it die ' month pasongers will arrivo aPd (RP' trance. ITO tt 4 °' kt t ,i