The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-04 00:00:00

Al' L ANTI C TELEGRAPH COMPANY.- Si XTII ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SBA REHOLT)FRS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE v. That the Sixth Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Shareholders in the Atlantic Tele graph Company will be helq at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. in the City of London, on THUR -DAY, the 19 It y of March, 1863, at One o'clock p m., for the purpose of RECEIVING a PORT and BALANCE -SHEET from the Directors, and for transacting the ordinary business of the Company. And notice is hereby further given that at the:s d ai r d Meeting a a d p o r p o t p d sa a l t thellExbetramoargnaloryTeenieurdaltreefgrcirof the resolution nuopted at the Extraordinary lieuerai }leetlng of the Share- Jioluers on the Bth June, 3.859, ;hereby the number of Direc tors was thenceforward limited to 12, and to substitute in place thereof a resolution extending that number to 18. And notice is hereby also given that at the said .11 eating after the re-ele_tion of the Directors retiring by rotation, come one or more duly qualified Shareholder or Shareholders will be offered for election to the additional seats thus created at tee Board. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Chairman. GEO. SAWARD, Sectetaiy. 22, Old Broad-street, London, 3d March, 1863. More than two-thirds of the first issue of the preferential shares have now been subscribed for. Applications for the remainder may be made to the Secretary at the above Offices, from whence also prospectuses and every information may be obtained. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Inder the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, Bellini's Opera, LA SONNAMBULA Mdlle. Parepa, Mrs.Aynsley Cooke, Miss Thiriwall ; Messrs. Weiss, John Rouse, C. Lyall, and G. Perren. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comic Ciirlifmas Pantomime, en. kitled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND , THE BEAST. Doors open at hall-past tmmence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS _EVENING, BONNIE DUNDEE ; or, The Gather ing. of the Clans. Messrs. Henry Lorraine, Edmund Phelps, Chas. Selby, Henry Haigh; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Mrs. Edmund Falconer, &c. After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. . _ Commence at 7, THEATRE-ROYAI, HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock. will be performed CUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, r. Buck k,tone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which a new and original Extravaganza , entitled RASSELAS,PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA; or, The Happy Valley. Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with MRS. WHITE. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. THIS EVENING, March 4, 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 Pr)logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. Widdi combe, W. M'lntyre, P. Charles, Garden, Raymond, 11. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, B. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and will shtetly appear. Loors open at half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. Private Boxes, £2 12s. dd., and £2 28. Places registered. Stalls, 6s. 6d.; Dress Circle, 58. 6d.; Upper Circle, 4s. 6d. Prices at doors—Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Circle, 4s. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, ls. No half-price. Box office open daily from 11 till 5. The public are entreated to t'.ake notice that no charge is made to the occupants of boxes, sox places, or stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keep ing of hats and cloaks ; and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindus. THIS EVENING. an entirely new and original romantic drama, J four acts, by Lewis Filmore, Esq., entitled THE WINNING SUIT. Messrs. Marston, Vezin, Stephens, Fitz james, Sic.; Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss Murray, and Mrs. H. Marston. - - •- To conclude with the Drama of ALL THAT GUTTERS is NOT GOLD. Messrs. leitzjames, Belmore, Veen, and C. Seyton ; Misses Constance Aylmer, M. Jones, and Mrs. IL Marston. IVEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL soIe Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the new comedietta, entitled A GREY MARE. Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss Marie Wilton. To be followed by ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Billington, and Miss H. Simms. After which, A VALENTINE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss Seaman. Concluding , with THE GAMBOLS OF ARTHUR AND BERTRAND AND GEORGE DE BARNWELL : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer ; Miss Woolgar. Terminiating with the Transformation Scene. Commence at 7. The Weather.—Sun Office, March 4, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday, 4l Lowest during the night This day at N00n...... Barometer-29.69. Wind —Southerly; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, lb. 40m.—Afternoon, lh. 59m. To-moßnow.-Morning, 2h. 14m.—Afternoon, 2h. 31m. THE WEDDING SUN. ON TUESDAY, 10TH MARCH, Will be published AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF Zile Ann. SUPERBLY PRINTED IN COLOURS, With Illustrations by the First Artists. THE SUN OF THAT DAY, Altogether unprecedented in Newspaper Printing, Will contain MEMOIRS of the PRINCE and PRINCESS, IN DANISH AS WELL AS IN ENGLISH. WITH A Full Account of the Marriage Ceremony. (Terms for Advertisements, One Shilling per Line.) Price of the Wedding Sun, 6d.; Stamped, 7d. Orders received by all Newsagents, and at THE SUN Office, 112, Strand, W.C. I antagonists. As. regards Charleston, it is 1 all up in that quarter. The generals have practically confessed their inability to take it. The defences are so strong that it would require a force far superior to that at present avail able for Mr. LINCOLN to make the attempt with any chance of success, so that although the blockading squadron still remains outside the bar, there is no ( likelihood of their coming to closer quarters with the garrison. Meantime, while the Confederates, confident in the strength of their fortifications, are concentrating their forces on the various points threatened with attack, Mr. LINCOLN and his ad visers (that is, if he ever listens to advice) are con cocting new schemes for imposing on the population, who are at length awakening to the fact that they are fighting for an impossibility. His conscription bill embraces all men, governors of States alone excepted, between the ages of 20 and 43 years. This may look very fine on paper, but in what will it result ? Yon may bring a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink. You may force a man into the army, but you cant make him fight ; or, if he do fight, it may be on the wrong side. It is a fact patent to all America, that, in spite of conscription and bounties, the de serters outnumber the recruits. The army of the Potomac is demoralised. The force before Vicks burg is unequal to the work assigned to it, while the proposed attack on Charleston has been abandoned, and it is rumoured that the expedition is about to be directed against Savannah. If such be the case it is obvious that it is only done as an excuse for doing nothing; but it is very probable that the Confederate General, being well informed of all the movements of the enemy, will be prepared for them, and Savannah may prove as unattainable a prize as Charleston, bat even if taken, no material benefit can result from the cap ture of a place of no importance. With to-day ends the Republican majority ; what the Democrats may effect, remains to be seen. There is yet time to conclude an honourable peace, while the Federal Government has at least the semblance of an army and credit. Will Mr. LINCOLN be guided by the voice of those who have the interest of America at heart, and who desire to stay the unnatural waste of life caused by this fratricidal war, or will he persevere to the end—an end which is now mani fest—a cession of hostilities not caused by the victory of either side, but by the inability of the Northern States to find men or money to prosecute a hopeless contest ? Does the PRESIDENT, from whom so much was expected, and who instead of glory has brought disaster and ruin upon his country, court this last humiliation; or will the light' of reason dawn upon the mind of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, as it has already dawned upon that of all intelligent Ameri cana, and induce him to adopt the philosophy of a homely adage, and make the best of a bad job. See ing that he cannot make war, let him show to the world that he can at least make peace. We sincerely regret that Lord PALMERSTON did not find himself again in the minority last night, according to the prevailing fashion of the present session. The result of the division on the Munci pal Elections Bill reflects as little credit on the House of Commons as the Premier's speech did on his character as a Liberal. We have long been unfortunately aware of Lord PALMERSTON'S aver sion to the Ballot, but we were scarcely prepared for so open and decided a profession of it. We all know that theory is a great deal easier and more convenient than practice, and accordingly the hon. members of the Lower House prefer to indulge in high sounding platitudes about purity of election, and pathetic lamentations over the weakness of voters and the wickedness of agents, to taking the smallest step in the direction of real and substantial reform, in the shape of the Ballot. Professedly the reason for this reluctance is to be found in the solemn platitudes in which Lord PALEERSTON indulged last night. We apprehend that the real motive is rather due to the anticipa tion of its inconvenient success than of its failure. The application of the Ballot, which was proposed last night, did not refer to Parliamentary elections. It was to municipal elections that the test was to be applied, and it was distinctly specified as simply experimental. Mr. LOCKE declared that in these elections " a great amount of bribery, drunkenness, and intimidation, or at least cajolery, took place," and the object of the bill in question was to apply to small boroughs in the country a system which had worked well in the metropolis, where voting papers are used in all large parishes. The members who spoke against the bill were, at least, honest in their admission that it was solely for fear of its proving a wedge for the introduction of the dreaded Ballot that they opposed it—not on the grounds of inefficiency or superfluity. A speaker on the Opposition side having observed that, if they suffered this bill to pass the second reading, the hon. member for Bristol would infallibly cite it as an awkward precedent in behalf of the Ballot, Mr. BERKELEY, the consistent cham pion of that much needed reform, boldly declared the bill to be a step in the right direction and deserving of support. It was justly observed by some speakers that this was a good opportunity for trying how the much talked-of Ballot worked, but that argument probably influenced the repre sentatives of nomination boroughs, the successful candidates at sharply contested elections, to post pone the awkward experiment. Still the ministry, taught by sad experience, may possibly have anti cipated another adverse division, for Lord PAL MERSTON came to the rescue, and with lofty tone and high sounding morality, protested against the possession of political power without poli tical responsibility. " I think, says the gay and easy Premier in his now character of Mentor," that a man should take the re sponsibility, whether for good or evil, of the course he has thought it his duty to follow. I I think that respensibility ought to go hand in hand with political action." It is to be hoped that Lord PALMERSTON is willing to abide by this princi ple and to accept the responsibility of the evils resulting from bribery and undue influence. Does his lordship seriously believe that no consti tuent has reason to be ashamed of his open vote ? that no landlord agent, or man of wealth a n d in fluence need shrink from the revelation of the secret history of elections ? Does ho indeed credit that every voter adopts the course which " he deems it his duty to follow "—that either can didate or elector always allows his fellow citizens to know haw or under what influence his vote is given ? If so, his lord ship has contrived in a surprising manner to pre serve the verdant freshness of youthful credulity. We fear the explanation is rather to be found in that obstinate and unreasoning opposition to a reform likely to shake many seats, which I too many of our leading statesmen contrive ( 7, I to v e il under 'virtuous and patriotic platitudes. "Cowardly, dishonest," " un-English," are adjec tives readily if and continually applied to secret 1 bri bery and intimidation were espe cially English virtues ! No b an d c onscientously oppose iton do t u ho t some eg m ro e sincerely uidsa and such we would remind th at we are not living in Utopia. It would be desirable no doubt for every man to give his vote free and unchecked by any I motive save his own political cc evictions. Men ought,-not to bribe or be bribed, they ought not to submit to threats or to intimidation. On the same grounds we might leave our street doors open, for men ought not to steal. So long, however, as human nature:remains what it is, prac tical experience and not Quixotic theory must be our guide, and as surely as the thief and the bur glar will make the careless householder repent his want of prudence, so surely will unscrupulous poli ticians extort a vote from needy or timorous elec tors so long as the means are left in their power. It is idle to indulge in fruit less lamentations over the evil—idle to preach electoral purity, and meanwhile put the lever and the screw into the hands of the candidate. Lord PALMERSTON has certainly not given stability to his tottering cabinet by his speech or his vote last night. They were probably quite in accordance with the wishes of too many among his supporters as well as among the occupants of the opposite benches. The country at large, however, will regard this new specimen of reform legislation with less satis faction, and be inclined to ask' Where is the liber ality of our Liberals?" The month of March has been long memorable in the annals of time, from the Ides of JULIUS CASAR in the old world to the 4th of March in the New. This is the day when ABRAHAM LINCOLN assumed the purple power of the United States—united in name, but dissociated, in fact, as much as day and night, and aptly represented by the all-wise white Abolitionist as by his swarthy but rejected brother of African lineage. And much as the supreior race of ADAM revolts at the inferior organ of mind in the New World, what has the great arbiter of the West gained by his incomparable intellect, in the exercise of uncontrolled despotism against the poor slave and his indomitable master of kindred flesh and blood. Ile who was but the other day his friend in partnership and brother in iniquity, so far as profit resulted, from equal participation in slavery. What are the PRESIDENT'S feelings this day ? Does he remember the Ides of March ? Does he exult in the present or dread the future ? Poor ABRAHAM LINCOLN !-out of all the many candi dates for his office but two short years ago which of them would change places with him now ? Not even that poor slave but lunatic freeman, who shook hands with him on the sad day of his emancipation from one thraldom to be:precipitated into another, with all his imperfections on his head—a freeman without a brother, yet a bondsman in his own esteem ! He finds no sympathy, meets no friend— is pushed aside by his fellow freemen as a plague to be shunned—and faint and weary, roams in the world like an outcast in the wilderness. This is what Mr. LINCOLN calls a military measure to eman cipate the slave. What delusion—and for both alike ! If the PRESIDENT has missed his purpose, the slave has surely missed his destiny. Was there ever such fatuity in Government, or such misery in flicted under such specious philanthropy ? The prize is freedom, and the wages death. And this emanating from the merciful dictator of a Christian Empire, composed of many vaunted abodes of free men and conservators of the human race ! Pride goes before a fall, as the proverb runs, but we have never seen such a fall as this of the PRE SIDENT of the United States— " Since he miscalled the Morning S tar— Nor man, nor fiend has fallen so far." And fallen, too, in the boast of his boundless power , trampling over the liberties of his own people in the ruthless endeavour to crush those of his anta gonists. We have said some time ago that the Fourth of March would be fruitful of events—and now that the day has come, we wonder what has happened. Had we now the great Atlantic cable in being—what would not the Old World give for a little table-talk with the New—not under the rose, but under the waters of revelation ? And what an abyss must the Western daughter of free dom have fathomed in her two years of frantic labour, and yet she persists in her forlorn fanaticism ! The blood runs cold in the very contemplation of the damning horrors now rearing their guilty heads above the waves of affliction ! Humanity shudders, and can but weep. Had Mr. LiNcout, however averse to emancipa tion by virtue of his oath to preserve the Union intact and indivisible, yet leaning to mercy's side, made a virtue of necessity and boldly set the slave free once and for over at the beginning, irrespective of friend or foe, the deed were magnanimous, and would have been hailed with rapturous acclamation by the civilised world. And more—such a stroke of generous statesmanship would have combined his friends and distracted his enemies. Rebellion would have been quashed in its turbulent dream of resist ance, and all discordant feelings and commercial misunderstandings mutually arranged to the satis , faction of all. But the evil genius of Domination would brook no advice ; and hence what a world of havoc and waste of life and property have ensued. Presumption, on the one hand, goaded by ambition, provoked resistance on the other. The lust of empire in the North begot independence in the South, and the struggle grew the more fierce as the rela tionship became the dearer from the recollection of thei:past and the apprehension of the future, till frenzy roused their animosities into one common hate and savage determination to dare the worst. There is no hate like that of brothers—and sadly have the heroic hearts of America confirmed its truth,—for in proportion as the stronger made sure of crushing the weaker, just in the same spirit of hope did the weaker rise in the desperate fervour of its might, and trusting in the goodness of its cause, not only resist but actually overpower its rival, thus proving that the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong. To despise not your enemy, would have saved the North tens of thou sands, and the South many a widowed mourner in these days of sorrow and mutual tribulation. And what avails it all!' The dream of conquest is as fallacious as ever. They triumph but profit not. Their victories are only prolific of slaughter—and still they strive for conquest to the grave. This fourth of March must be a day of anguish to Mr. LINCOLN in his meditations, even if his expedi tions prove successful. He cannot heal the past nor predicate what the future has in store. Already his own most intimate friends and advisers begin to waver in their faith to him while they despair of their country. None have courage to speak out what all feel, and the very action of Government is hurried on with a recklessness of consequences that seems to echo the consciousness of their fears. It must be a terrible trial of power shorn of re spect from the fatuity of its hopeless career. Never was promise and performance so much at fault. And yet they go on—but whither ? If forced to abandon Charleston, will success at Vicksburg be an equivalent for consolation ? but if he fail at both while his evil genius keeps in the ascendant, will Mr. LINCOLN wish to see another fourth of March in the fallen fortunes of his Republican empire ? We guess not. But he will—Remember March,— the fourth of March, remember ! --- The Freeman's Journal states that the Marchio ness of Londonderry (wife of the present Marquis) has been received into the Roman Catholic Church. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £1,770, on account of the dividends of gquador. V w .a h re -- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 18E3, In the House of Lords yesterday, the Prince and Princess of Wales' Annuity Bill was read a third time and passed. The Bills of Exchange and Notes Metropolitan Bill was read a second time, and the Naval Coast Volunteers Act Amendment Bill passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. in the Houseof Commons, Mr. GIBSGN said, in answer to Lord ENFIELD, that the Government did not intend to appoint a Royal Commission to in qiiire into the various schemes of metropolitan railways ; but the Board of Trade had been directed to inquire into the various schemes, and the house would see the report. In reply to Mr. Ferrand, Lord C. PAGET said that the first naval lord, Sir F. Grey, did not receive any depu tation from dockyard men during the election for Devonport ; afterwards he did, however, and they complained of the rules in regard to promotion, and 130 presented the petition to the Admiralty, but it , 7as not desirable to alter the rules laid down. On the motion for the second reading of the Municipal Elections Bill, which purported to carry an election by means of voting papers, Mr. G. HARDY moved, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day six months. A debate ensued, when Lord PALMERSTON said that this bill being certainly a branch of the ballot, the objection be felt to that measure determined him to vote against it. A divi sion then took place, when the second reading was lost by 93 to 58. Some other business was trans acted, and the house adjourned at a quarter past seven. The news by the E uro pa, alth ough not containing matter of much importance, clearly v , b-ows that the grand boast of the Fcclerals regarding Vicksburg and Charleston is mere moonshine. The wonder ful canal, which was to change the course of the Mississippi and leave the fortress at the mercy of the besiegers has proved a failure, as we foresaw from the first ; and the only way to subjugate their determined enemy will be by a long and protracted siege, for which the Federal Government are unprepared ; and, even if they possessed the requisite siege-guns and material, they would never be secure from a bold and dashing sortie from their determined 3111..N1 THEN SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1863 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) SPAIN. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. MADRID, MARCH 3 (Evening). The Ministry will be completed to-morrow. It is asserted it will immediately re-open the Chambers, and will request authority to_'collect the taxes. The Cortes will not be axolved. FRANCE. The Canstiiutionnel says that Lord Palmerston, in establishing with much adroitness the right of England to interfere in the affairs of Poland, had given the tone to the English press. The Pays states that the news from Poland arc quite different to those of yesterday, and only chronicle the suc cesses of the insurgents. The journal goes on to say that, allowing the Poles to exaggerate their victories, the Russians are more likely to do so. But whatever way it is the struggle still continues, and no one can say for certain how it may termi nate. L'Opinione Nationale, of this morning, remarks that there has been considerable uneasiness felt the last two days in Paris respecting Polish affairs, owing to th© despatches continually sent from War saw by the Russian authorities, who represent the combat of Malogoszcz as a great Russian victory, whereas the insurgents were, it is said, the con querors, After commenting on the prospects of the patriots, which it thinks hopeful, L'Opinion ex presses its fear that little is to be expected from English diplomatic intervention, as that Govern ment is chiefly busy in remonstrating with the King of Prussia, in order to deprive France of the temp tation to seize upon the Rhenish provinces. Le Siecle bids the Poles have hope, for their hour is coming. Their most powerful auxiliary will be found in the disaffection of the Russians, heightened as it will be by the eventful third of March, and the voice of g all the provinces of Russia will unite with the cry for independence uttered by the heroic Poles. The Illoniteur publishes the following:-- " A report from General Forey, addressed from Orizaba to the Minister of War, under date Jan. 25, gives an account of the preparatory operations of the expeditionary corps from the 9th of the same month. As a consequence of the movement of the army towards Puebla, the line of Jalapa has been aban doned; the occupation of that place uselessly isolated forces intended for a more active part in the plans of the general-in-chief. In their different move ments of concentration, our troops have had several encounters little calculated to increase the enemy's confidence. The most important of them occurred on Dec. 28, between Jalapa, and Puente Nacional ; three companies of the 62d there routel numerous guerilleros, who had 50 men killed and a considerable number wounded. General Bazaine, leaving a garrison at Perote, took his departure thence on the 20th of January with his own troops and those of General Marquez. His design was to establish him. self atTepetitlan on 23d, thus drawing nearer toGen. Douay, who was preparing to leave San Andres to march in the direction of Nopacalucan. The ma teriel of the artillery and engineers has arrived at Orizaba from Vera Cruz. General Forey is suc cessively despatching convoys towards the higher plateaux. The siege train and all the batteries of the reserve were already on the road. Supplies of provisions are constantly passing along the road leading to Quecholac. The sanitary state is satis factory ; the means of transport are daily increas ing; in short, everything is preparing for the on ward movement of the army." THE BOURSE, March 3.—The settlement con tinues to go on in a satisfactory manner. The market has been buoyant, and a fair amount of business done at an improvement on the closing rates of yesterday. For the end of the month, Threes are now firm at 70fr.• 30c. Railway Share Market firm, but with little variation in prices. The market again receded towards the close, and left off as follows : 4t per Cents .. 99 Bank Shares 3370 -- Do. end month.... Credit Fonder 1525 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 10 Italian Loan 69 50 New 3 per Cents .. Russian - Do. end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 1220 Spanish Threes 52 50 Do. end m0nth....1235 -- Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lllB 75 1118 75 Northern 1035 1035 New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1190 .. 1185 GPneva .. 405 .. 406 25 Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian 00000 ••• 368 75 .. Austrian 5lO .. 510 Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa 697 50 .. 700 Ditto to Barcelona 350 .. 350 Amongst the anticipatory tributes of welcome to H.R.H. the Princess—a spirit-stirring Epithalamium by James Orton, author of the "Enthusiast," has made its appearance. It is being set to music as an anthem by Captain Horton Rhys (otherwise Captain Morton Price), the lessee and manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre, where it will be sung by the composer himself and his company on the evening of the Marriage Day. STEAM HAMMER MAKING AT PATRICROFT.— Messrs. Nasmyth and Co. of the Bridgewater Foundry, Patricroft, are now engaged in the manufacture of a huge steam hammer for the Woolwich Arsenal. The standards or supports of the hammer are to be 26ft. 6in. high, and will each weigh 20 tons, though hollow through out. The hammer will weigh 17 tons, with a fall of 9ft.; this great weight and fall being necessary for its work of preparing the plates for our iron-clad ships. The weight of one cylinder and its fittings will be 10 tons, the founda tion for the anvi 40 tons, and the anvil 120 tons; total, 227 tons. In a recent experiment at the foundry, it was found that three of the fnrnaces could melt the quantity of metal required for the first standard casting in little more than three hours, whilst the filling of the mould will not occupy more than three minutes. The weight required to cover the mould to counteract the expansion of the air will be over 200 tons. LIBERTY (P) OF THE PRESS IN SPAIN.—The Contemporaneo of Madrid, in the last number which has come to hand, has replaced its first article by the following lines :—" First, at nine o'clock this morning a Government agent came and suppressed three paragraphs of our leading article. Secondly, at half. past nine another agent came and prohibited six other pargraphs. Thirdly, at a quart€r to 10 a third agent called and suppressed the remainder of the article. This incident is entirely new in the annals of the press. Yet, it is said, Spain possesses a constitutional Government 1" EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN SUSSEX.--A few weeks ago a labourer in the service of Mr. Adams, a farmer, at Robertsbridge, turned up about eleven pounds' weisht of solid gold in a field. From its appearanee ho took it for old brass, and sold it as such, for 6d. per pound. It subsequently found its way into the hands of a fly-driver in Hastings, who had been a gold digger in California, and he recognised its true value. The matter, however, reached the ears of the lord of the manor, and the fly-driver, whose name is Stephen Willett, was taken into custody for refusing to give up the gold or account for its disposal. The charge was investigated at Battle on Satur day last before B. N. Combo, :Esq. , the prisoner being de fended by Mr. Lewis, of London, who contended that the justices had no jurisdiction. This appearing to be the case,' the charge was dismissed. TnE SHIELDS POISONING CASE.—NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE, Monday.—By consent. this case came before the Under-Sheriff of Northumberland and a special jury this morning. Mr. Maule, Q.C., and Mr. Kemplay appeared for the plaintiff (Mr. Gillespie), and Mr. Manisty, Q.C., and Mr. Jones for the defendants (Fenwick and Peart). The plaintiff is a seaman, residing at North Shie:ds, and the defendants are partners practising as surgeons in that town. They were engaged in attending upon the wife of the plaintiff, and on the 11th October, 1862, a draught was sent from their surgery for her to take. About an hour and a half after taking the draught she died in convulsions. She was interred, but from circumstances which afterwards transpired, the body was exhumed again. It was then as certained that she had died from the effects of poison con tained in the draught, a quantity of strychnine having by some inadvertence been compounded with her medicine by some of the defendants' assistants. The plaintiff brought an action against the defendants to recover damages for the loss of the services of his wife, laying the damages at £1,200. The case was settled to-day, without going into evidence, by the defendants agreeing to pay the plaintiff £5OO and all costs in the case. BIRTH IN A CAB.—On Wednesday evening a lady, belonging to Dundee, gave birth to a child in a cab whils being driven lame. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,) QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, _ _ __ The Royal Mail steamship Europa, from Boston on the 18th and Halifax on the 22d ult., arrived here at 4.30 p.m. to-day. She brings 54 passengers and 277,400 in specie. She landed all mails and five passengers, and proceeded at 4.45 p.m. ; all well. The Europa was detained one day off Hali fax by fog. (PER EUROPA.) NEW YORK, FEB. 17 (Evening). The Federal commanders of the vessels blockading Charleston have forwarded an official refutation of General Beauregard's report that the blockade was raised. They declare they never quitted the block ading line usually occupied by them, and that no vessel of any description crossed the bar after the Confederate rams returned to Charleston. The Federal garrison on Roanoke Island was anticipating an attack from the Confederates, who had collected 100 small boats, and were concen trated upon the mainland.- The Federal Com mander had telegraphed for reinforcements. General Hunter has assumed the command of the forces lately arrived at Hilton Head from Beaufort, and General Foster has returned to North Carolina. The Governor of Virginia has addressed a letter to President Lincoln, informing him he would nn flinchingly retaliate for any improper treatment of citizens or soldiers of Virginia. An order has been issued prohibiting the circula tion of newspapers among the army of the Potomac. Some doubts are entertained of the Vicksburg Canal being made available. The Democratic members of the next Congress have been invited to meet in New York on the Bth of March. The resolution calling a Convention at Louisville has been defeated in the Senate of the Illinois Legis lature. A resolution has been introduced in the Confede rate Congress to maintain the right to free naviga tion of the Mississippi for the citizens of the States upon its borders or the borders of its tributaries. The New York,World thinks that Mr. Seward has made a great mistake in repelling the friendly suggestions of the Emperor Napoleon, and considers that it is the duty of the North to prepare itself for fresh complications, which the recognition of the South must introduce into the struggle. The Confederate steamer Oreto is said to be blockaded in Kingston by two Federal vessels. The North American, Asia, and Bavarian have arrived out. FEBRUARY 19, Evening. The Senate has passed a bill authorising the Pre sident, in all domestic and foreign wars, to issue letters of marque. The authority conferred by the act is limited to three years. A proposal to grant this authority for the suppression of the rebellion only was voted down during the discussion of the bill. Mr. M'Dougal, of Carolincvexpressed his opinion that before the meeting of another Congress the United States would be involved in a foreign war, and he wished the country to be prepared. The Senate has passed a Conscription Bill ren dering till citizens, and those who have declared their intention to become citizens, between the ages of 20 and 45 years, liable to perform military duty when called out by the President. The districts are made to correspond with the Congressional dis. tricts, with assistants. He will perfect an en rolment once a year. Persons enroled are subject for two years to be called into service, to serve for three years or daring the war, on the same footing with the present volunteers, advance pay and bounty included. The President can draught at any time with 10 days' notice to draughted men. Substitutes may be furnished or commutation made—none exceed ing 300 dole. Draughted persons refusing to re port will be treated as deserters. It is supposed that both the Conscription and Letters of Marque Bills will pass the House of Representatives by a considerable majority. A rumour is current in Richmond of a programme in the North-West for forming a North-Western Confederacy. The report that newspapers were forbidden in the Army of the Potomac is incorrect. The Federal turreted gunboat Indianola has inn he Vicksburg blockade in safety. _ _ Another Federal expedition has left New Orleans or Bayou Teche. The Confederate General Hindman's army in Tennessee is said to be demoralised. Three hundred of his troops were frozen to death in marching from Van Buren. Two members from Louisiana have been admitted to seats in the House of Representatives. The Senate of the New York Legislature has re jected the complimentary resolutions to General M'Clellan. It is denied that the Harriet Lane has escaped Prom Galveston. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Feb. 17, Evening. Money easy. Gold, 58Z per cent. premium. Exchange on London—bankers' bills, 175. Stocks very firm. New York Centrals, 118 k ; 111in0i5,.921; Erie, 76Z. February 19, Evening. Money easy. Gold is much excited on account of fears entertained of French intervention. The last price was 634 , per cent. premium. Exchange on London—bankers' bills, 180 to 181. Stocks tending downwards. New York Central, 119 ; Illinois, 921; Erie, 768. Cotton dull—middling upland, 90c. Flour, good inquiry, 10c. higher. Wheat and corn, extensive demand and 2c. higher. Provisiors and sugar steady. Coffee quiet. Molasses very firm. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND, At a private meeting held yesterday at the Marquis Townshend's residence, 15, Park-lane, it was unanimously resolved that a requisition be addressed to the Lord Mayor, requesting him to convene a public meeting at Guildhall, at the earliest possible day for the purpose of expressing the sympathy of the British nation with the Poles in their present righteous and heroic struggle, and that his lord ship be pleased to preside at such meeting. The requisition was signed by the following " TOWNSHEND. " SHAFTESBURY, K.G. 4 ' HARROWBY, K.G. " KINNAIRD, K.T. " EBT.TRY. " FERMOY. " RAYNHAM. " G. DENMAN, M.P. " GUILDFORD L. ONSLOW, M.P. " HENRY FENWICK, M.P. " W. PINNEY, M.P. " J. POPE HENNESSY, M.P. " DARBY GRIFFITH, M.P. " HARRYVERNEY, M.P. " F. H. GOLDSMID, ➢T.P. " It. JUCKES CLIFTON, M.P. " HARVEY LEWIS, M.P. " JOHN ABEL SMITH, M.P. " HENRY B. SHERIDAN, M.P. " ALFRED CHURCHILL, M.P. " HENRY SEYMOUR, M.P. " T HOMAS ALCOCX, M.P. " M. E. GRANT DUFF, M.P. " W. SCHOLEFIELD, M.P. " HENRY AINSLIE HOARE, " E. ROMILLY. " H. GRAVES MACDONNELL, K.C.B, " HUMPHRY SANDWITH, C.B• " THOMAS PHINN. " G. SHAW LEFEVRE. " G. T. GRAHAM. " JOHN DRAPER. " MONTAGUE GORE. " ARTHUR OTWAY. " JOHN YOUNG, Jun., C. C„ Trevor Ward. W. M. NEILL. " E. JOHNSTONE. " W. H. HARROLD. tt W. LL. BIRKBECR. " HORACE ROBERTS, M,A. " J. W. WORTHINGTON. " THOMAS YOUNG. " F. G. HARE. W. J. LINTON. " W. C. CUNNINGHAM. " EDMOND BEALES. " G. AUGUSTUS SALA. " E. L. BRYAN, M.D. " .JOHN DYKE DURHAM. " ISRAEL ABRAHAMS. " GEORGE MITCHELL. " W. ADAMS SMITH. " London, 3d March, 1863." „ rep , - .► . Tor+ 4 , 4- MA. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 3. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), walked in the grounds yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Princess Louis of Hesse, walked and drove this morning. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia, attended by Colonel Von Obernitz, Captain Von Lucadon, and Lord Alfred Paget, arrived at the Castle at a quarter before eight o'clock. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, went out hunting with the Harriers. The Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, attended by Countess Hohen thal, Count Furstenstein, and Major-General Sey mour, rode on horseback. Lord Camoys has succeeded Lord Methuen as Lord in Waiting. Arrival of the Crown Prince of Prussia. WINDSOR, March 3. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prus sia arrived at Windsor this morning at 7.45 by special train on the South-Western Railway. The arrival of the Prince was at an earlier hour than was expected, consequently none of the offi cials of the company were present to receive him excepting the superintendent, who accompanied the train from Waterloo Station; and Mr. Mandy, of the Windsor Station, being apprised by telegraph of the Prince's departure from Waterloo at 7 a.m., was enabled to make the necessary preparations for his reception at Windsor, where he was received on his arrival by Major-General Seymour and Mr. Mandy. The Prince was accompanied by Lord Alfred Paget, who met his Royal Highness on his landing at Dover. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred. The telegram, dated yesterday, March 3, 9.30 a.m., announced that Prince Alfred continues to progress favourably. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured Mr. Walton with a sitting at his studio in Savile row on Monday last. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, who has been labouring under a slight cold, is quite re• covered, and took a carriage drive yesterday. Lhdy Westbury is in a very precarious condition, and but slight hopes are held out for her recovery. The Earl of Derby is obliged from a slight attack of gout to absent himself from attendance in the House of Lords. The Duke and Duchess !d'Andiffret-Pasquier and M. de Fontenilliat have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. Sir George and Lady Musgrave and Lieutenant- General and Mrs. Beckwith have left Brown's Hotel. The Duchess Magenta has just been safely de livered of a daughter. Commander Bidford Pim, of the British Royal Navy, had an audience of the Emperor on Monday at 2 o'clock. He was received in the most satisfactory manner by his Majesty, and an interesting conversation ensued on Captain Pim's projected transit through Ni caragua. The Emperor accepted his book, "The Gate of the Pacific," and said he took much interest in the subject. He also observed that he should be most happy to assist him in every way he could, and added that he highly ap proved an English and French company being formed to carry out "this great highway" in European interests. He offered Captain Pim to put him in communication with some ' of the leading capitalists in France, and he at once gave him a letter to the head of a well-known French company. It was easy to see the Emperor was master of the subject. He went into all its details with Captain Pim, and seemed particularly alive to the inconvenience of the strict mono poly exercised at Panama by the Americans. The Em peror (then Prince Louis Napoleon) published a pamphlet in London in 1847 on the Nicaraguan route, which is in cluded in the edition of his works. he scheme had at tracted his attention at Ham in 1840, when the Envoy to the Court of France, Don Francisco Castellan, proposed to him, in the name of the Nicaraguan Government, to take upon himself exclusively the construction of the proposed canal. During the interview with Captain Pim, which lasted more than half an hour, the Emperor inspected the maps and plans in the volume presented to him. In a word, nothing could be more gracious than the manner in which this English officer was received by his Majesty. BALL AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY AT ST. PETERS BURG.—A grand ball was given last week at the French Embassy at St. Petersburg in honour of the mar riage of the Princess Marie Maximilianowna to Prince William of Baden. The Emperor and Empress were pre sent, with all the imperial family and above 600 other guests, including the diplomatic body and the most distin guished officers and dignitaries of the Russian capital. The emperor arrived about eleven, and remained until three in the morning. Between 300 and 400 persons sat down to supper.—Cialignani. At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Quadrant , Regent-street, held yesterday, it was resolved una nimously that they should light up the whole of the Quad rant with continuous jets of gas along the balconies of the houses on both sides on the evening of the Prince of Wales's marriage. It was illuminated in this way on the occasion of the declaration of peace, and the display then proved most effective. It was also suggested that it should be illu minated in the same manner on the 7th of March, the day of the arrival of the Princess Alexandra, and the proposal is likely to be carrried out. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Miss Constance Aylmer has recovered from her indisposition, and re-appeared at this theatre as Martha Gibbs in "All that Glitters is not Gold." ADELPHI THEATRE.—Mr. Benjamin Webster, after a long absence, has reappeared at this house, as the old copyist, in "One Touch of Nature," which now seems to have become his favourite character, and which is cer tainly one of the most forcible and finished of his imper sonations. The daughter is still represented by Miss Hen rietta Sims. Amongst the varied entertainments provided for the public on the occasion of the marriage of H.R. H. the Prince of Wales, one stands prominently forward and seems to have all the elements of a great success. We allude to the eighth, or Grand Commemoration Concert of National Melodies, to be held at St. James's-hall on Tues day, the 10th of March, the evening of the auspicious event. A chorus of 400 voices, accompanied by a band of 20 harps, will form one of the staple attractions. Madlle. Parepa and Mr. Henry Haigh will contribute their vocal abilities towards illustrating the melodies, not only of England, but of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, as well as the National Anthems of Fiance and Denmark. For this special occasion two novelties will be presented for public approval—the one a part song, words by Leicoster Buckingham, music by Frederick Kingsbury, entitled " English Rose and Danish Lily ; " the other, called "The Snow White Plume," words by W. H. Bellamy, music by 3. L. Hatton. Also, "The Wedding March" (Mendelssohn), from the "Midsummer Night's Dream." So as to meet the views of the public on this national holi day, and not to interfere with the later out-door entertain.. ments which will be so liberally provided, the directors have resolved that the doors shall open at nix o'clock, the con cert commence at half-past six, and the whole to conclude about nine o'clock. By this arrangement, the time lapsing between the departure of the royal pair and the commence ment of the illuminations may be agreeably and intellec tually employed. Safe ingress and egress to the hall will be secured in Regent •street and Piccadilly by an efficient staff of police, under the public regulations of Sir Richard Mayne. To mark the event, the whole of the choir will be decorated with wedding favours, from the looms of Coventry, THE CITY COURT OF SEWERS.—At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers, held yes terday at Guildhall, Mr. de Jersey presiding, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer, reported on the state of 213 houses that had been inspected during the week, and submitted a list of 74 places for sanitory improvement, and also a list of places requiring further proceedings on account of orders already issued, but not complied with. The markets and slaughter.. houses had been duly inspected, and the officers had seizAl and condemned 3,4801 b. of meat as unfit for human food. It consisted of 25 sheep, 4 pigs, 22 quarters of beef, and 25 joints of meat ; 2,4581 b. were diseased and 241 b. putrid, and 8931 b. were from animals that had died from natural causes 75 births and 53 deaths were reg i s t ere d d ur i ng th e week.. The mortality returns for the week are below the averoge for the core esponding period of the last seven years. 21 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and 21 were among old persons of 60 and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follows—Phthisis, 9 ; pneumonia, 4; bronchitis, 9; continued fever, 1; scarlet fever, 1; measles, 2; and diphtheria, 1; making together 11 deaths from tubercular diseases, 13 from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and 8 from diseases of a zymotic character. SIGNS OF SATISFACTION.-Mr. Frederick Doug lassf lu a recent e peech a t N ew York, told his audience that since the proclamation of the Ist of January "he had felt wiu ter) PAW had combed his hair more easily." The Royal Marriage and the Theatres. TO THE EDITOR Or THE SUN. SIR,—A few remarks to further the completion of the forthcoming pageantries may not be unae• ceptable at this moment. First—The generosity and great consideration of those high in the office° of state cannot be too highly commended by their more humble brethren— th© toilers and moilers--- 0 granting them free holidays to join in the general joy of the coming nuptials. Every trade, every calling, every profession seems to have been pre' vided for. But, sir—with respect be it spoken!, where is there any thought of the "poor player? Flom six o'clock p.m. t o e l even , or half-past, he is chained to his post to relieve the anxieties of the world by amusing others. Might it net be a grate' In! concession upon the occasion of his Royal High ; ness the Prince of W a l es b ecom i ng a " B ene di e k ) that the theatres should commence their perforni ances at five o'clock, or earlier, and so relieve comedians, tragedians, musicians, terpsicho reaps, carpenters, gasmen, scenemen, pro perty - men, dressers, servants, treasurers, act' ing and stage managers, and the host of ladles and gentlemen required in the working of our London theatres, that they may be permitted to witness a little of the splendour out of doors, after they had agreeably added to it within. The suggestion in your valuable paper will I feel assured induce others to reflect that this is a " consumlnv tion devoutly to be wished." Again, to prevent the slightest chance of confusion and incongruity occur• ing in the procession of the 7th, might it not be ( I commendable act to elect an M.C., who would " make out his plot," to prevent even a suspicion of delay or irregularity. Lastly, in case of wet weather —I may be excused throwing out the hint—that common unbleached calico, coated with tar, would be perfectly waterproof, and could be made avail" able in protecting any portion of the ornamentation , till its production was required.—l am, &c., WILLIAM SMITH. New Adelphi Theatre, March 3. The Wimbledon Rifle Contest. TO THE EDITOR Or THE BUN, SIR,—In your report of the result of the t r ial of small-bores at Woolwich you state that the cou ncil of the Rifle Association have accepted my offer ti give three of my Lord Bury Telescopes as prizes to be s hot for at the next Wimbledon meeting, which is not quite correct. What I have done is, give° them three telescopes of the value of 25 guineaoo and offered to lend them 40 of my best telescope o for the use of the competitors at the next Winable don contest, which offer they have done me the hon" our to accept.—l am, &e. 406, Strand, March 3. J. H. STEWARD. A FAST COLONY.—On the third anniversary o f the separation of Queensland from New South Wales the Brisbane Courier stated that the population with which this new colony started in December, 1859, was about 25,000, and at Michaelmas, 1862, the number was 42,00 0 0 and in December was not less than 46,000. The population has thus nearly doubled itself in three years. REDUCTION IN THE REVENUE ESTIMATES.--" Yesterday, the estimates for the current year called are• venue estimates " were printed. The sum required 115 £4,720,641 against £4,752,795 of the preceding year, choir' ing a decrease of £32,154. CONFEDERATE CRUISERS. -- PORT-AU.PRINCO FEB. B.—Besides the twa American vessels burnt by the Alabama since leaving Jamaica, a small Confederat e gunboat has captured two others off this const. It is all ° reported that the Alabama has beaten off a Federal corvette of 22 guns. The Alabama, last from Jamaica, was ati Jacmel on the 3d of February, and sailed the same day 011 a cruise.—Liverpool Mercury. THE GRIEVANCES OF JOURNEYMEN BAKERS.~' Yesterday morning was issued the second report addressed to the Home Secretary, by Mr. Hugh Seyract ir Tremenheere, relative to the grievances complained of bi journeymen bakers. The report is dated January 12 of the present year. The previous one related exclusively to till grievances of the London journeymen, the present extende to the country and to Ireland Scotland. We may state in brief that Mr. Tremenheere recommends—first, that no youth under 18 years of age shall be allowed to 196 employed in any bakehouse in the United Kingdom later than the hour of nine p.m., or earlier than that of five a. 13 3.! secondly, that the measures proposed for the inspection an d sanatory regulation of bakehouses in the metropolis, whO were stated in detail in his previous report, should be eV' tended to bakehouses in all towns or populous places having town councils, boards of improvements, commissioners, or other bodies exercising powers for sanatory regulations nude the provisions of the Public Health Act and the acts incor . porated therewith, or under or by virtue of any general o local act of Parliament, other than the Public Health AG 4 and the said Acts. SHOCKING PIT ACCIDENT AT WHITTINGTON , NEAR CHESTERFIELD.—On Monde afternoon 11 shocking accident occurred at Pierce's nit, Whittington, 1 1 which one poor fellow lost his life and two others were sel l : ously injured. It a pp ears th a t one of Hampshire's pate n' safety cages is affixed to the shaft, and when the three n 3 e ii were being drawn up th e pit th e catc h became disconnec ted about half-way from the top, and the men were precipitat e( ' with great force to the bottom. A man named Sheravi l was killed on the spot, an d t wo men named Johnson were seriously injured. Th e y were conveyed to the Chester ne' Hospital, where they n o w li e i n a precarious state. .6° inquest will be held on the body of Sherawell this dsti ( Wednesday). PARIS IMPROVEMENTS.—His Majesty the'En 3 P e " ror of the French, says Galignani, is said to ba ps decided as to the purpose to which the ground inside the military zone around Paris is to to applied: The intention is to erect upon that space a vast boulevard 60 naetteo wide, forming an external circle around the capital. VOYAGE UP THE NIGER.—The London Gazett° of last night contains a report from Lieut. Lefrolt of H.M.S Investigator, of his recent ascent of the RiT er Niger. It is in the form of a diary, and narrates a voyag e up that river from Lagos Rabba, and then ce t o t h e cans l P ° King Massaba, at Combatee, where h a expecte d ° put himself in communication with D r. Baikie ; i n thio , however, he failed, as that t rave ll er had gone to Kali °. Lieut. Lefroy accordingly returned with his steamer t° Lagos. He speaks highly of the charts of the Niger by Lieut. Glover, which made the pilot's duty superfluous. DEATH OF MR. STEWART, GOVERNOR OF PERT ° PRISON.---A few days ago we noticed the retir e ' ment of Mr. Stewart, Governor of the General Prison. fo r Scotland, and now we regret to have to record his deatlio which took place en Thursday last at the General Prisons Perth. Mr. Stewart held the appointment of Superintea' dent of Police at Leith from 1822 to 1828, and in the latt er year was transferred to Edinburgh in the same eapaeitit where he continued till 1842, when he was chosen by 01° General Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland as being em nently suited for the Governorship of the General Fri' son. This responsible office he filled with great efficieneP and gave the highest satisfaction to the Board of DirectorS. He was in his 68th year, A MANCHESTER SOLICITOR SUMMONED FOR CONTEMPT.--Yesterday, at the Wakefield Coital Court, Mr. John Stiles, an attorney practising at Manches ter, appeared to answer a summons charging him 0 ' 44 leaving committed a contempt of Court in the matter of a bankrupt, named Mosley, whose case had been a djudicate d , upon in the Wakefield County Cou r t. It seem ed tha t in March, 1862, Mosley, who was contemplating beconi' ing a bankrupt, saw an advertisement in a M a ncheste r , paper, stating that Mr. Anderton, an accoun tant, ‘,): Manchester, would undertake th e p reparat i on o f ban''' ruptcy cases, and, having an interview with Mr. Andertorlf he agreed with him that his affairs should be undertaken fo r £l2 125,, for which Moseley gave a note. Mr. Stiles %I ° ,the attorney in the matter, and the present case came be fore his Honour in this wise. There had been some pro' ccedings in the Court, in the course of which it was state"' by Mosley, that though Mr. Stiles appeared by his (th B bankrupt's) papers to have attested Mosley's signature, he was in fact not present, but he (Mosley) signed 01) papers in blank. Mr. Stiles now said that he was pre' sent when the papers were signed, and that, as a CO" missioner, he administered the oath to Mosley. He else stated that though on the Roll, he had not taken Il i° certificate for the past year (the year in which MosleY ° bankruptcy occurred), the money being sent a day Of late. Besides Mr. Stiles, Mr. Anderton and a you named ce ß id l e a d nd , ? o , liwtreardeieetxioarninnedt 11 9 e a n d Mosley statements wo sides; Mosley, on the one hand, adhering to his origi . nal statement, arid Mr. Stiles, on the other hand, emplie ti ; tally declaring that he did witness Mosley's signature an administered the oath to him. His Honour, in deciding ti3 Z, e case, said with regard to the contradictory statements, 0" also. nad oTahte:: should not then give a decision; but Mr. Stiles, on his °WI' : adm i ss ion, had acted as an atto rney, though h e was Ij,c't en tit'ed to do so ; and he should lea ve i t over to the ne"" Court to say what his judgment would be on the wetter• His Honour also said that t h ere was a charge of con ten , P against Mr. Anderton, but he would car sider whether 11° vVienna n n Uau latter at. should not leave it i n t h e hands of the Law Soc i e ty. Manchester ....' aia , n. A of the 27th ult., says that C °l3llt , a lieutenant in the Chasseurs, had be found on that d ay d readfully wounded by a pisto l s hot, fires by himself, as i s suppose d , i n consequence of on e of 111 , °6 desperate duels in ‘ , .hich the antagonists drew lots to u:g. cide whi c h o f th e two s h a ll commit solticide withia 10 1 l There is but little hope of the cour.it's recovery. 5 F t -- ---