The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-07 00:00:00

AAT S. LINDSAY, M.P.--Tho. Rising Genera r V • tion—Our Prize Essays —Mrs. Grundy 's Gossiping, in,FUN this wecir. ' One Penny. Of all NeWßlllell. AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT - GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING Wallaoe's new Opera of LOVE'S TRIUMPH Mi ss Louisa Fyne, and Mdme. Laura Baxter Geome rerren, W. H. Weiss, H. Core, A. Cooke, and W. Harrison. Conductor—W. A. Mellon. - - After which, the Grand Comic Curiatmas Pantomime, en iltled lIARLEQUIN BEAUTY A.N IYTHE BEAST. Doors open at hall-past +—Commence at 7. THE A TRE-R OYA I. DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the Combo Drama of THE NEXT OF KIN. Al ter which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. Commence at 7. TREAT RE-ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckatone. 1. THIS EVENING. at Seven o'clock. will be performed OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord I)undreary, Mr. Sothcrn. After which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled !TASSEL AS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA; or, The Happy Valley. Rasselas. Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTE R. THIS EVENING Feb. 7, to commence with an 0r12. - bill Sketch, entitled A , SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, IL Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prologue, en titled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and Johnßrougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougnap, H. 18 combe, W. M'lntyre. F. Char les. G a rden, ttaymond. H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclerc% Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W . Montgomery are enga g ed, and will shortly appear. roors open at half-past Six, performanca to commence at Eleven. Private Boxes, £2 12s. dd., and £2 28. Places regietered. Stalls, es. ed. ; Dress Circle, ss. 6d.; Upper Circle, 4s. ed. Prices at doors—Stalls, es. ; Dress Circle, 55.; Upper Circle, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is. No half-price. Box office ol.en daily from ll till 5. The public are entreated to take notice that no charge is made to the occupants of boxes, box places, or stalls, either for playbills or for the sate keep ing- of hats and cloaks ; and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining:. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr Liming. T HIS EVENING, LAW v. LOVE : Miss M. Oliver. Followed by ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES AN OTHER. Mr. R. Roxby and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RIQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, H arlequin and Mother Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Scyton, Misses Gray and _Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and Mr. Halford. 'MEW THRATRE-R0 SCAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. This Evening a Juvenile Night. THIS EVENING, "GEORGE DE BARN - WELT:: or, Harlequin Folly in theßealms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Seamen ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, Stephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Flildyard ; n taloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and lertrand. To be followed by THE Ll'l TLE TREASURE. Mr. Billing - ton, Mr. R. Phillips, and Miss Marie Wilton. --" After which, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, and Mrs. Bllling,ton. Commence at 7. The Weather.—Sun Office, reb. 7, 1863. 14) THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. .. 50 Lowest during the night This day at Noon . Barometer-30.19. Wind—N.W., fresh and variable; fine but cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAY.—Morning, 4b. 15m.—Afternoon, 4h. 35m. To-monnow.-Morning, 4h. 49m.—Afternoon, sh. sm. _I-, r -•• . I ~ j.OI . IS 2,... _ i mam,. , n f t% t tr el .7 M 's ,-..1 1 1...k 1 41k j 4, rW i riiti T o .11,1,,,N p " U 0 LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 7, 18€3. In the House of Lords, yesterday, Earl DE GREY and RIPON said, in answer to Lord Llanover, that it was proposed to bring for ward x measure carrying out the substance of the recommendations of the Volunteer Commission. Lord HARDINGE expressed his satisfaction at the announcement. Lord TRURO thought there were several discre pancies in Vle report, and deprecated a grant from Government. After some trifling observations on the same sub ject from Lord Vivian and Earl De Grey and Ripon, their lordships adjourned. In the Commons, Mr. NEWDEGATE gave notice that on Tuesday next he should ask leave to bring in a bill for the commutation of church rates. In answer to Mr. LAIRD, Mr. LAYARD said that the papers relating to Brazilian affairs would be produced without delay. He explained the recent differences which had taken place between the English Brazilian Govern ments, and added that the King of the Belgians had been accepted by both sides as tubitrator, and amicable relations restored. On the motion for reading the Address in reply to her Majesty's Speech a second time, Mr. BENTINCK made some remarks on the several topics referred to in it. He thought there was no affinity between the cession of the lonian Islands and the surrender of Malta and Gibraltar, and though he would not commit himself to any par ticular course he thought our government of those islands was unpopular there. He believed a great change had come over the public mind with respect to American affairs, and that the proposal to re cognise the South would not now be unfavourably received. The distress in Lancashire was certainly great, but so it was in other parts of the kingdom, and he thought the sympathies of the House should not be confined to one class. Mr. LOCKE hoped the Government would effect a remission of the duty on tobacco. Mr. GRANT DUFF approved of the Ministerial policy, but regretted that reference had not been made to the great Liberal questions. Mr. NEWDEGATE made some observations in con nection with foreign treaties, and thought the Ministers had acted wisely and courteously in offering the Pope a residence in Malta. Sir J. ELFHIN STONE would oppose the cession of the lonian Islands, and thought the House wen en titled to some eNplanatiou of the proposed renewal of the Galway contract. Sir J. TRELAWNY was desirous that there should be investigation into the affairs of New Zealand. Mr. HIBBERT made some remarks on the Union Relief Act of last year. Sir J. WALSH would have been glad to see some reference made in the Queen's Speech to the ques tion of transportation, and applauded the Govern ment for having omitted any mention of reform. Ir. GRIFFITII thought the cession of the lonian Isl na: a stretch of the prerogative. Tha report on the Address was then agreed to. Mr. NVIIALLEY, after some discussion obtained leave to b r i ng i n a bill for diminishing the ex pense attending the passing of bills relating to railways. Sir 3. TItELAWNY obtained leave to bring in a bill to abolish church rates. Several other members then obtained leave to bring in biils on various minor questions, and the house adjourned. The King of PRUSSIA'S reply to the address of the Chamber of Deputies is about as unsatisfactory as it can possibly be. His MAJESTY concedes n o , thing t all to the wishes of the representatives, bat determinedly asserts his rights, and unequivo cally declares that all that has been dcne by him self and his Ministers is wise and right, and fitting. The tone that he thinks proper to assume in making his remarks Is a most irritating one, and at times indeed it seems almost mocking. The KING observes that ho " concludes from the tone of the address, and the mode in which it was sent to him, that the House seeks to learn the expression of his personal will. If so, they have no reason to rejoice at their request being granted, since it confirms their worst *ars for the present, and holds out no hope what ever for the future. "The next paragraph at once approaches the question at issue. The Chambers have accused the Ministry with carrying on the administration in violation of the Constitution, and without the Budget being voted, and states that the acts of the Ministry have been done with his sane- tion, because he considered them constitutional. Surely the King of PRUSSIA, cannot be so ignorant as he pretends to be of the fundamental principles on which constitutional States are formed. Nothing that is done against the consent of Parliament is right or orthodox in England, the model of constitutional States. How, then, can the contrary doctrine hold good in Prussia? Small hope exists for the political free dom or public welfare of a State where the monarch instigates and suffers bis Ministers to defy the repre sentatives of the people, either by open contradic• tion or by covertly ignoring their decision. Then the KING adverts to the Budget, and states that it could not be executed as voted last year, " that the law requires the budget to be agreed to by the three constitutional bodies of the State." If so, why pro pose so objectionable a measure that the sense of the Chamber could not agree to it ? His MAJESTY as serts that the complaints relative to the abuses of the Administration are unfounded. This is a mere assertion on his part, which the general feeling of those he addresses will at once refute, from their knowledge of existing circumstances, and from their remembrance of the antecedents of the KING and his Ministers. We cannot credit the sincerity of the next remark, and we doubt if the Chamber can either. " His MAJESTY farther deplores the con flict of opinions, but states that he will not sacrifice the rights of the Crown and of the Upper House to the claims of the Chamber of Deputies." Now, this is a contradiction in terms, and carries a denial in its utterance, because if the KING really regretted the unhappy differences, common sense tells us that he should seek to remove them. If he could not, or would not, concede the point entirely, he might, at least, mitigate the evil, by modifying his measures. Those who refuse to propose terms exeept those they know cannot and will not be accepted by the oppo site party, and refuse to meet any overtures in the right spirit of conciliation and go half-way to meet the capitulating foe, cannot lay claim to any con ciliation on the ground of their feelings being hurt by the strife and discord that prevail. The con cluding sentence is almost insulting to men who are doing their best to maintain their own independence, and uphold the rights of the countrymen they represent and the country they serve under circumstances peculiarly embarrassing and painful. The KING says, "that, having thus given a proof that he wishes a reconciliation, he expects that the house will meet his views." Really if the subject were not so serious, we should be in clined to think that his MAJESTY of Prussia was making a joke of the affair, or, at all events, had put in an ambiguous phrase to throw doubt on the truth of the preceding statements. It will be as much to his credit to suppose this, as to take him au pied de la lettre, and consider his remark with gravity becoming the message of a Sovereign to an important section of his people. Nor are they to read this otherwise than as a threat. If you do not agree implicitly to my wishes without compromise or surrender, there can be no solution of this perplexed affair, and no peace can be expected in the conduct of public affairs. Surely it is a matter of grievous significance, it is a cause of pro found regret that, in this enlightened age, a country so prominent as Prussia should be thrown back in the march of progress, and stultified in her political independence. Many great actions, much public good effected, will not efface this stain from the memory of the monarch who stands charged with such an offence before the face of the civilised world What advantage can be gained by these petty' manoeuvres for power ? What happiness can he enjoy in such an atmosphere of strife and conten tion ? Is he too old or too obstinate to learn the lesson which all Royal personages should acquire in their youth, that no Sovereign is so strong, so influ ential, or so prosperous as he who reigns in his people's hearts. Let them see that he respects their rights, and he need never fear for the security of his rule. It is to be trusted that some influences will yet be brought to bear on the KING, and that Prussia may, during this year, see the happy ter mination of so much disastrous controversy, and that this strife may be an episode of the present, and not a forerunner of future policy. So that on the page of history where the actions of kings are sub jected to the severest scrutiny, and handed down from generation to generation to a remote posterity, this mistaken and mischievous conduct may appear as a blot on the glory of WILLIAM the FIRST, and not as the ruling spirit of his entire reign. If, 'when summing up the epitome of his career, such should not be the case, unhappy wilt be the people, and unfortunate the country of Prussia, while the name of their Monarch will be a by word and reproach in the memory of all who judge between him and the subjects that have been committed to his care. The news just brought from the New World by the screw steamer Damaecus does not augur well for the hopes of the North. General BURNSIDE, as we have already learned, has resigned the command of the army of the Potomac, thus anticipating the dismissal which is usually the fate of Federal Generals, and which has just befallen two Generals of lesser posi tion. Impatient of their ill success, the Federals, people and Government, combine to lay the blame on the unfortunate Generals, and seem to hope from their frequent changes that they will at last get a Stonewall JACKSON," or a STEWART, to take the headhis new dignity of their army. A very brief experience of seems to have satisfied General he accomplished s Err RNSIDE. He p om ro e bab b l r y fillianetlt feat t at of unlessarms and retrieved the Federal fortunes his tenure of authority would be but brief. He says in his letter of resignation that the army would under more favourable circumstances have accomplished great results. This is a very convenient and comprehen sive apology which could always be made by the losing side. VILLENEUVE at Trafalgar, FRANCIS at Austerlitz, or FREDERICK WILLIAM a t J ena, might have comforted themselves with the reflec tion that under happier circumstances they might have remained victors of the day. The Federals have need of some consolation, for day by day their chance of sovereignty grows less, and the dispirited tone of the news before us is the more remarkable when we remember that it comes from New York. The most important piece of intelligence is the sinking of the Federal gunboat Hatteraesngbayge-a Confederate stea m e r , supposed to be either the Alabama, Orvieto, o r H arr iet Lane. If it be the latter, the Conf e d era t es h ave t u rned their good tohave taken account. A n m e e w nt p is rie r z epor to tedplaceoft. sharp Galveston, resulting in this catastrophe. Another naval dis asterhe Federal where h e r e evidentlythe occurred of t ',ha s Louisiana, ecommand er Eayouche, gunboats was killed, and even the Northern account is obliged to admit that no Confederates were taken. On land the Federals have been no more fortunate. In North Carolina the army under General FOSTER appears to have shrunk from an engagement, hav ing made no forward movement. However, a colli sion occurred between some forces sent towards the railroad, and 1,300 Confederates, whom they en countered at Pollocksville, resulting, we are told, in the dispersion of the latter, However, as the best THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1863. that New York can say is, that the Federal cap- LATEST INTELLIGENCE conclude that k t l r l e e d d , a w fl o a u g n , d i e n d s , t e a a u d d of ca p the e u , s w n u e 1 331 h a i y g h e t! o n vv e n list of this r engagementa laurels. iv e h a added a ve little little ao u to t t h h e Fede ral tthe st York beli g ev r e o r w s s i d n a t i h ly e p m o o li r t e ic apr a e la e t s m si o n s g p . her T e he at sta l e c w he fortunes of the Union must feel that time is fighting against them. Every month that the South con trives to maintain its ground is so much lost to the North. The resolute attitude preserved by the Southerners proves their deep-rooted hatred to Northern supremacy as well as the unanimity of their purpose and their capacity for self-govern ment. It convinces Europe that the separation is not produced by a few mob orators, but is the firm conviction of the great body of the people. Lord RUSSELL'S words on the opening night of the session will, we may hope, speak across the Atlantic, and show the angry combatants the light in which the struggle appears to English eyes. Ile plainly told the North that the Union was impossible; that if they succeeded in subjugating the South it would not be by reconstructing a United Republic, but by dominating over a con quered State. Both sides have surely suffered enough in this political struggle to learn the lessons of that experience which convinces the most unwil ling. Surely sacrifices enough have been made to the hopeless vision of Union, and it ill becomes a practical people like the Northerners to persist in imitating a policy they have often satirized by fight ing for an" idea." POLAND. FEB. 6 (Evening). Yesterday a body of 480 troops entirely defeated a band of 230 insurgents near Ztmosc. The Emperor has ordered that all the reports of the Polish Council of the Empire to the Crown shall be in future in the Polish language. ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 7. The Journal de St. Petersburg of to-day, contra dicting the assertions made in a telegram published by the Nord on the 31st ult., says:—" Specie is no scarcer here than before. The Bank of Russia continues to discount at 5 per cent." Wengrow has been taken by the Russians after a sanguinary conflict. The insurgents dispersed into the forests. Warsaw is quiet. The Prussian Gen. Von Alvensleben has arrived hero, and will proceed to Warsaw. The news of an attempt having been made to poison the Marquis de Wielopolski is fully con firmed, His family and all his servants are seri ously ill in consequence , No person has, however, yet succumbed to the effects of the poison, which was mixed with the provisions ;consumed by the family. LEMBERG, FEB. 6. Yesterday morning the Russians again took Tomasgow, and drove the insurgents out of the town They quitted it, however, after having burned down some of the houses. Lsnziewiz, one of the insur gent chiefs, defeated a detachment of Russian troops near Sandomiez, and made many . prisoners, besides capturing a quantity of arms and horses. THE EX-KING OP NAPLES. The following address has been presented to Francis 11. from certain inhabitants of Naples : _ _ _ A revolutionary Provisional Government was established on Tuesday at Sloezow. The soldiers posted on the frontier near Kroezeje have been disarmed by the insurgents. - Two thousand persons have left the town of Km simir to join the insurgents. " Napes, Dec. 23. "Sire,—The confidence which we felt in the triumph of justice and right induced us to believe that the past year would not have rolled away with out your august presence having once more rejoiced those countries which only demand their legitimate Sovereign to make them reparation for the ills they have endured, and to represent their national inde pendence. But Providence has not yet heard our prayers. The hour of mercy and of reparation is still retarded, and we, submissive to the Divine de crees, take the liberty of presenting you, though from afar, our names and our respectful good wishes. Why is it, Sire, that those whose devotion to your Majesty is equal to our own, have not been able to follow our example ? It is certain that if the suspicious vigi lance of our invaders had not permitted it had not prevented it. All those who retain in their hearts one spark of faith in truth and justice would have unanimously united with us in an act imposed by duty and prompted by admiration. Yes, Sire, be this known to you, that this Neapoli tan people wish for, ask fin', desire you only—yo u the legitimate heir of the august Bourbon dynasty —you, the symbol of their autonomy—you, the champion of her independence—you, in short, Francis 11., the terror of the enemies of our country, the joy of her faithful sons. The sole thought which smiles upon us in the midst of so much suffering and disappointment is that if to-day we salute you as glorious in exile, when a short time shall have passed we shall salute you once more as a King upon the throne of the Two Sicilies, and with you the Royal lady who shared your dangers, who partakes with you the love of the nation, that nation which with one voice calls for you through your Royal birth and the inalienable rights vested in you. Animated by unconquerable and devoted loyalty, we approach your throne and sign this address." Here follow more than 30,000 signatures. SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 6, It is asserted that France has asked Spain to send back troops to Cochin China, and that Spain has replied that she will respect the treaty which she has concluded with that country. Marshal O'Donnell is unwell. The friends 'of the Ministry are said to counsel a dissolution of the Congress. Hopes are, however, still entertained of an arrangement taking place between the Go vernment and the Opposition: The Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Colenso. The following answer from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury to the address of the clergy of the rural deanery of Chesterfield, on the subject of the heresies of Bishop Co lenso, has been transmitted through the Lord Bishop of Lichfield to the Rev. John Hamilton Gray, rural dean : " Addington Park, Jan. 27. "My Roy. and dear Brethren,—l cannot be surprised at the feelings and the language with which you have ad dressed me on the subject of the opinions latelyprrnaulgated by the Bishop of Natal. They possess, as you observe, but little of novelty to the well-instructed; and as the objections he has raised to the authenticity and historic truth of the Pentateuch are so familiar to all who are acquainted with the replies given to the Deistical writers of the 17th and 18th centuries, it is to be lamented that Bishop Colenso should not have made himself earlier acquainted withthose difficulties, and with solutions given by leading divines of the English Church. "But it is still more to be deplored, for his own sake as well as for the sake of those whose minds may be perplexed, not certainly by the force of his arguments, but because they are advanced by a bishop, that he should have felt himself called upon at once to publish his crude sentiments, which deeper study and more profound reflection might most probably have induced him to renounce, but which the hasty step he has now taken may, it is to be feared, render impossible. You may be assured that no effort shall be wanting on my part, nor, I trust, on the part of my right reverend brethren, to vindicate the faith of the Church in this instance, as far as it is in our power to do so.—l am, my reverend and dear brethren, your faithful friend and brother, " C. T. CANTAI.TR, end, and all seemed to breathe at ease when it was over. BOURSE, Feb. 6 The market continues firm, but without any further advance in prices, Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at yesterday's closing quotation of 70t. 50c. Mobilier have slightly improved. Railway Share Market quiet, with previous rates up to the present time pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows ; Bank Shares 3395 Credit Fonder 1530 Piedmontese Fives -- Italian Loan 7l 35 Russian - - Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt FATS. 41 per Cents .. 98 75 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O: 45 New 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 1135 Do. end month 1188 75 RAIL Cash. Account. Orleans 1095 .. 1095 Northern lO3O .. 1035 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1185 .. 1183 75 Geneva 420 .. 415 Southern .. BlO .. 813 75 Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian - LOW bard North of Spain Saragossa .. Ditto to Barcelona .... 327 50 .. 332 50 " To the clergy of the rural deanery of Chesterfield." The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers will present the Freedom of the Company to his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales, on Thursday nowt; after which the Prime Warden will entertain his Royal Highness at a splendid deleuner.—City .Press. THE ECCENTRIC WINDHAM FAIRLY ON THE ROAD AT LAST.—Mr. Windham has indignantly " cut" the rail, and flung his offended guard's uniform and door-key into the face of the ungrateful, unappreciating Great Eastern directors. Ho has again returned to the road, and on Monday last was legally and formally inducted into the possession of the Norwich and Cromer stage-coach, horses, harness, stabling, curry-combs, brushes, pitch forks, brooms, buckets, "and all other sundry and divers utensils." He is his own coachman, and, like the late Sir Vincent Cotton, on another route, the passengers, gentle and simple, wiil have the satisfaction of being " tooled" down the road by a " real gentleman b)rn." We have been told the length of the stage is some two-and -twenty miles, passing, for some distance, along the borders of the ex patrimonial estate of Fellbrigge Hall. We heard of a curious incident occurring on the day ho took possession of the ribbons, The first " inside" he booked happened to be no less a personage than the Bishop of Norwich, but, when his lordship learnt who the coachman was, he positively refused to make good the contract, and immediately "scratched" himself for the run down. Whether Mr. Windham may make the matter answer as a commercial speculation it is not for us to predict, but we think we are not far wrong when we say that there are plenty of people in the City who would scarcely expect to make money under his mercantile superintendence. Be this as it may, if he has a guard at all like himself we recommend the ride as a curiosity, as well as a sensation. In sporting circles there has long been a character known as tho " Eccentric Joey Jones," who has more wit under his cap and bells than superficial observers give him credit for. We have seen Joey dressed a la Richard the Third, hump and all, mounted on a sorry nag, trotting up Fleet-street in the middle of th e a ft ernoon , f o ll owe d by mounted .cpursuivant at arms," a genuino " darkey," costumed as Othello, to the no small amusement and curiosity of an inquiring public. Now, if Mr. Windham could get Joey for a guard, he would have " the right man in the right place," to match. Passengers need not be afraid of Mr. Windham, as he is rather timid than otherwise when behind horseflesh. The Norwich folks are in great good humour at coaching it with this representative of the highly -respectable Windham Family.—Era. SPITEFUL!—" That old Frenchman was right,'' I muttered Captain Bulstrode ; " there is a great satisfaction in the misfortunes of others. If Igo to ray d en tist I like to find ano ther wretch in th e waiting-room ; and I like to have m y tooth extracted first, and to see him glare enviously at me as I come out of the torture chamber, knowing that my troubles are over, while his are to come." —Miss Bracldon's "Aurora Floyd," WHAT IS COWARDICE ?—Very often the cowar dice is merely physical and may be got over. Many very brave officers have, it is said, shown a great nervous ness, or rather nervelessness, in going into their first battle, but afterwards, when grown warm in the combat, they ex hibit much coolness, self-possession, and bravery. The timidityof woman, arising from her education, her softness, wiikthloaudty ammonuermhuanr: her physical weakness, is not to be called cowardice, because amanya women are often :mentally brave, and, as physicians nsurgeons tell us, all women as a rule bear pain and sickness with much more patience and resolution than men hand, who will start and scream at a if attacked, quietly mouse, will, on the other, undergo the most painful opera tioni]. shoot a burglar, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, FEB. 6. The following is a summary of the King of Prussia's reply to the Chamber of Deputies. The King concludes, from the contents of the Address, and the mode in which it was sent to him, that the House seeks to learn the expression of his personal will. For this reason the reply is given without the intervention of the Ministry. His Majesty then adverts to the fact of the Chamber having accused the Ministry of carrying on the Administration in violation of the Constitu tion, and without the Budget having been voted, and states, that the acts of the Ministry have been done with his sanction, because he considered them constitutional. The Budget, as voted last year by the Chambers, could not be executed, but it was nevertheless necessary that the public administration should still be carried on. The King points out that the law requires the Budget to be agreed to by the three constitutional bodies of the State. The complaints of the Chamber relative to abuses of the Administration are stated by the King to be unfounded. His Majesty further deplores the conflict of opinions, but states that he will not sacrifice the rights of the Crown and the Lipper House to the claims of the Chamber of Deputies. In conclusion, the. King says, that having thus given a proof that he wishes a reconciliation, he expects that the House will meet his views. The fiftieth anniversary of the appeal to the Prussian people in 1813 was celebrated in Berlin, on Tuesday last, with much ceremony. There were out-door processions during the morning, and in door festivities during a later period of the day, in which many of the veteran soldiers whom time had spared participated. It was remarked, however, that the processions were not so large as had been expected. The Society of Volunteers held a meet ing, at which the celebrated appeal " To my people" was read by way of opening the proceedings, and a toast was then drank in solemn silence to the memory of King Frederic William 111. and King Frederic William IV. During the banquet which followed the King entered the apartment and greeted the assembly with a speech, the substance of which is as follows " He felt there was a necessity that he should appear that day among them to return his thanks for the sacrifice, de- votion, and bravery they had shown at a former period, and for the readiness with which they had responded to the appeal made to them by his revered father, who had led them to the combat and to the victory. ii is father and his royal brother had partaken of the labour and the danger of the troops. His Majesty would recal to their memory the great deeds of that period, and would add the hope that their sons and descendants at a future time would as readily respond to the royal appeal, tf it should be necessary for the interests of the King and country to call upon them." After a few more words of a courteous nature, his Majesty quitted the apartment, amidst the cheers of the assemblage. - - - A similar festival was held by the Society of Volunteer Jagers and Combatants, which his Ma jesty also honoured with his presence, and thus addressed the veterans : " I appear amongst you today as you celebrate the 50th anniversary of the call to arms, in order to express to you the thanks of the King, whose appeal at that time you so readily responded to. May the sentiments which then animated you survive in your descendants; and, if the country calls upon them, may her sons, as at the period alluded to, hasten to protect the throne and the country. Think first with deep affection of the two Kings who fought at your head, and I hen give a cheer to the country and to the army. May heaven long preserve the dear country and the army." , The assembly gave three hearty cheers, and then greeted the King in a similar manner, during which his Majesty retired. The day closed with a torchlight procession by the students and other bodies. AMERICA. RESIGNATION OF GENERAL BURNSIDE. NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Evening). (Per Damascus, via St. John's and Queenstown.) General Burnside has resigned the command of the army of the Potomac, and General Hooker has been appointed his successor. Generals Franklin and Sumner have been relieved of their commands. General Burnside's letter of resignation says that the army would, under more favourable circum stances, have accomplished great results. The bad weather and mud prevent any forward movement on the part of the army of the Potomac. In North Carolina the Federals under General Foster have made ro general forward movement. Land forces were, however, sent forward on the 16th towards the railroad, and encountered 1,300 Confederates at Pollocksville. An engagement ensued, in which the Confederates were driven back. The Federals captured a flag. A Confederate steamer, supposed to be either the Alabama, Orvieto, or llarriet Lane, after a sharp engagement, sunk the Federal gunboat Hatteras off Galveston. The Federal gunboats had engagements on the 14th at Bayoutcho, Louisiana. The Federal commander was killed. No Confederates were captured. The financial bill framed by the committee of ways and means has passed the House of Repre sentatives. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Evening.) Gold, 54 per cent. prem. Exchange on London, 170. Stocks heavy—Erie,7si ; Illinois, 94. Bread stuffs firm, and advancing. NEW YORK, Jan. 27. Advices received here from Vera Cruz to the 3d inst., via Havana, announce that the French army had commenced its march upon Puebla. It was reported tbat the vanguard under General Berthier, had been completely defeated by the Mexicans. This report was, however, discredited. The Mexicans are stated to be determined to make a desperate resistance at Puebla. The French troops destined to act against the place number about 15,000. The Mexicans had 25,000 regulars, and 10,000 volunteers at Puebla. Tne French fleet bombarded Acapulco for three days. Tho Mexicans abandoned the town. The French then took possession of the fort, and spiked the guns. The fleet afterwards sailed in another direction. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 6. The auxiliary screw steamer Damascus has arrived here, short of coal. She left New York on the 23d ult., and St. John's on the 28th, and brings 32 passengers. She encountered great quantities of ice on the passage. --- VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—Victoria papers state that a thousand Indians have died of smallpox in Vancouver's Island this winter. It is thought this disease will soon exterminate the race on the island. At the meeting of the City of London Brewing Company (late Calvert's) yesterday, a dividend of 41 per cent, was declared, making n per cent. for the year, 4 l (#l' , trairt HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 6. The Queen drove out yesterday, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and attended by Lieut.. Colonel du Plat. Countess Blucher had the honour of driving with her Majesty. Her Majesty's Levee and Drawing Boom. ;(From the Gazette of last night.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 4. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the 25th inst., at two o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at this Levee shall be considered as equi valent to presentations to her Majesty. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 4. Notice is hereby given, that her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland) will, by command of the Queen, hold a Drawing Room at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Saturday, the 28th instant, at two o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to her Royal Highness at this Drawing Room shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 7. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a letter addressed by the Emperor to the Duke de Malakoff, Governor of Algeria, in which the Emperor says that in order to terminate the anxiety caused by the discussion in the French Chambers, upon the landed property held by the Arabians, it is in- dispensable for the rerose and prosperity 01 Algeria that this landed property should be eon. solidated in the hands cf those who retain it, and continues—" Algeria is not a colony properly so called, but an Arab kingdom. The natives have an equal right to my protection with the colonists, and I am as much Emperor of the Arabs as of the French. The Minister of War is preparing a Senatus Consultum, which will render tribes, or fractions of a tribe, indefeasible pro prietors of the territory they occupy, and which they have had in traditional possession." The Opinion Nationale comments on the debate on the question of Poland, and refers to the remarks of M. Billault, the representative of the Govern ment, on the occasion. He said that France had lost none of her old sympathies for Poland, but she thought, and the Government thought with her, that that nation would have more to expect from the generous and liberal sentiments of the Emperor of Russia than from the insurrection, which conld only end in bringing down more evils on that unhappy country. To this the ()pinion Nattonale subjoins that the prudence of the Government is extreme, but the French nation will consider that in repressing the sentiments of generous sympathy with which it is animated, it makes an exaggerated sacrifice to Russia." The Siecle remarks upon the language of the Govern- i ment representative on the subject of elections. The Siecle goes on to say that it is certain that the Go vernment reserves to itself more than ever the right of presenting official candidates, and that it continues to rank among its duties and its most sacred rights the mission of directing universal suffrage. It ob serves that the liberty of the public meetings is not the same as that of elections and the power of the press, the former cannot be stimulated or repressed at pleasure. The President of the Council of State averred that what happened in England would not do for France. " The liberty of the press in Eng land is the liberty of being judged by exceptional tribunals, it is the liberty of being under the risk of fearful penalties. But, truly argues the Sieele, in France is not Government an exceptional tribu nal always in existence, which can subject a jour nal to the most terrible penalty, that of suppres sion. The Constitutionne/ animadverts on the speech of M. Plinhon, who remarked that there were two opinions in the Government of the Emperor. We I will remind this gentleman, says the Constitutionnol, that he speaks in the reign of a sovereign, whose Ministers are chosen by himself, and have only to carry out his views and obey his suggestions. The experience of ten years proves to us that this task has engaged their noblest efforts, and to fulfil it is their privilege and honour. The Pays considers that the Duke of Saxe Coburg has acted most wisely in refusing the crown of Greece, although it ignores the motives that in duced him to do so. It observes that the embarrass ment of the Greeks increases as the interregnum is prolonged, and the several candidates decline the honour proposed to them. M. Emile 011ivier's speech in the Legislative Corps on Wednesday has been greatly remarked. He met M. Persigny's favourite theme about the Hanoverian dynasty by showing that even in the commencement of that dynasty the press was in reality free, and he quoted some passages from " Junius's Letters." The following, from the cele brated letter to the Duke of Grafton, he read with emphasis, and amid the smiles of his hearers:- 4( The profound respect I bear to the gracious Prince who governs this country with no less honour to himself than satisfactory to his subjects, and who restore you to your rank under his standard, will save you from a multitude of reproaches. The attention I should have paid to your fail ings is involuntarily attracted to the hand that rewards them ; and, though i am not so partial to the Royal judg ment as to affirm that the favour of a King can remove mountains of infamy, it serves to lessen, at least, for, un doubtedly, it divides the burded. While I remember how much is due to his sacred charalter, I cannot, with any de cent appearance of property, call you the meanest and the basest fellow in the kingdom." Murmurs rather loud followed this quotation, and the Deputies appeared to think that Duke de Morny was going to call M. 011ivier to order. They were equally moved by the following from the ad dress to the King : " The people of England are loyal to the House of Hano ver, not from a vain preference of one family to another, but from a conviction that the establishment of that family was necessary to the support of their civil and religiou s liberty. This, Sir, is a principle of allegiance equally sol id and raiional, fit for Englishmen to adopt, and well worthy of your Majesty's encouragement. V e cannot long be deluded by nom i na l di s ti nc ti ons . The name of Stuart , of itself, is authority, thei r p r i nc ipl es are f or midable. The princ e who only contemptible ; armed with the sovereign imitates their con d uc t s h ou ld b e warned by example , and, while he plumes himself upon the security of his title to the crown, should remember that, as it was acquired by one revolution, it may be lost by another." Notwithstanding these quotations, which were heard with seeming astonishment, M. Emile 011 - Tier was allowed to continue his speech to the The Marriage of the Prince of Wales. The following is a copy of the Treaty between her Majesty and the King of Denmark for the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra, daughter of Prince Christian of Denmark, signed at Copenhagen, January 15, 1863. The ratifications were exchanged at Copenhagen, February 4, 1863, and the Treaty is presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty : " In the name of the Holy and Blessed Trinity. "Be it known unto all men by these presents, that whereas her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and his Ma jesty the King of Denmark, on the other part, being already connected by ties of friendship, have judged it proper that an alliance should be contracted between their respective Royal Houses, by a marriage agreed to on both sides, be tween his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, &c., eldest son of her Majesty the Queen of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of his Royal High ness the Prince Consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra Caroline Maria Charlotte Louisa Julia, eldest daughter of his Royal Highness the Prince Christian of Denmark : " The two high betrothed parties, as also his Royal High ness the Prince Christian of Denmark, and her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa Wilhelmina Frederica Caro line Augusta Julia, his Royal Highness's Ccnsort, having declared their consent to such alliance ; in order, therefore, to attain so desirable an end, and to treat upon, conclude, and confirm the articles of the said marriage, her Britannic Majesty on the one part, and his Majesty the King of Den mark on the other, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : " Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Augustus Berkeley Paget, Esq., her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of Denmark; " And his Majesty the King of Denmark, his Excel lency Carl Christian Hall, his Majesty's Privy Councillor of Conference, President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs : Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog, decorated with the Cross of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish Order of the Star of the North, of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olaf, of the Royal Sicilian Order of Constantine, of the Royal Spanish Order of Charles 111., of the Persian Order of the Sun and Lion, of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, of the Royal Italian Order of St. Mauritius and St. Lazarus, and of the Tunisian Order of Nichan Eftikhar ; " Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles :- 1 " ARTICLE I. " It is concluded and agreed that the marriage between his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Prince o Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, &e., eldest son of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Bri• tain and Ireland, and of his Royal Highness the Prince Con. sort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra Caroline Maria Charlotte Louisa Julia, eldest daughter of his Royal Highness the Prince Christian of Denmark, shall be solemnized in person, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain, according to the due tenour of the laws of England, and the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, as soon as the same may conveniently be done. " ARTICLE IL "Her Britannic Majesty engAges that his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, &c., shall secure to her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra Caroline Maria Charlotte Louisa Julia, out of any revenues belonging to his Royal Highness or granted to their Royal Highnesses by Parlia ment, the annual sum of £lO,OOO, to be paid half-yearly to her Royal Highness for her sole and separate use, and with out any power of anticipation, during the period of their Royal Highnesses' marriage. " ARTICLE 111. "Her Britannic Majesty engages to recommend to her Parliament that her Majesty shall be enabled to secure to her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra Caroline Maria Charlotte Louisa Julia, in case her Royal Highness should have the misfortune to become the widow of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the annual sum or payment of £30,000 sterling money of Great Britain, in lieu of dower; the said sum being, in such case, to be paid by quarter 4 payments to her said Royal highness or to her assigns. "ARTICLE IV. " The present Treaty shall be ratified by Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and by his Majesty. the King of Denmark, and the rati fications shall, be exchanged at Copenhagen as soon as possible. . "In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. "Done at Copenhagen, the 16th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, 1863. " A. B. PAGET. " C. C. HALL." The Prince of Wales presided, yesterday, at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, held at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate, St. James's-park. There were present the Duke of New castle, Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir William Dun bar, Keeper of the Privy Seal; Sir William John Alexan der, Attorney-General; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, Receiver-General; Lieutenant-General Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his Royal. Hig hness, and Lord Portman. Mr. Bateman, the Secretary, was in attendance. The Prince of Wales, attended by Viscount Tor rington, Lieutenant• General linollys, and Major Teesdale, honoured the performance at the Lyceum Theatre last evening with his presence. The Aberdeen Journal hears that it is not im probable her Majesty may make an early summer visit to Balmoral, remaining during the month of May. The Brazilian Minister had an audience with Earl Russell, at the Foreign-office, yesterday. Sir Frank Crossley and u deputation transacted hminess yesterday at the Rome-office. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have re turned to Apaley House, from Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and ' family will leave Cannes, on or about the 9th inst., for Nice. The funeral of the late Marquis of Lansdowne will take place to-day at Bowood. The Earl of Ellenborough arrived in town on Thursday, from Southam House, Cheltenham. Frances Countess of Albemarle and Colonel the Hon. Peregrine Cust entertained a select party at dinner, last evening, at their residence in South Audley-street. Lord and Lady Foley have arrived at their man sion in Grosvenor-square, from Worksop Manor, Notts. Lord and Lady Colchester entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence in Berkeley-square, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Kingsdown, Lady Egerton of Tatton and the Hon. Emily Egerton, Hon. Mr. Mitford, Admiral Bowles, Captain and Mrs. Elwes, Mr. Markham Law, &c. Lady Forester has arrived at her residence in Audley-square, from Willey Park, Salop, for a few days. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth St. Aubyn have arrived in town. Mr. St. Aubyn has taken a residence in South Audley-street for a few months. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Strange Jocelyn come to town to-day from a tour of visits. Married, on the sth inst., at the Catholic Church, and afterwards at the parish church, Clifton, the Marchese Yondadari Chigi, of Sienna, to Frances Cloritcle, second daughter of Mr. John Edward Geils, of Dambuck, Dum barton, and granddaughter of the late Mr. Charles Dickin son, of Farley Hill, Berks, and Queen Charlton Manor, Somerset. DEATH OF THE MEMBER FOR BANDON BRIDGE.-- Colonel Bernard, member for Bandon Bridge, county of Cork, died at Queenstown yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have been playink in "Hamlet" and " Macbeth" to crowded audiences in Edinburgh, • Trial of the E iralty Yacht. The official trial of this vessel took place at Ports mouth on Thursday, superintended by Captain H. Broadhead, commanding the steam reserve, and staff, which comprised Mr. Ward, assistant-engi neer of her Majesty's Dockyard, and Mr. Murdoch, inspector of machinery afloat at the port. The heavy gales of the past three weeks were on Thursday succeeded off Portsmouth by a moderate breeze from the W.N.W., and the weather on the whole, for the season of the year, could not well have been more favourable for developing the ship's speed. The ship left the harbour at 11 a.m., and as soon as the fires were well clear she was put on the trial ground, where six runs at full power were made with the following result : No. of Run. Time. min. sec. 1 .. 3 41 .. 16.289 2 .. 4 17 14.003 3 .. .. 3 38 .. .. 16 514 4 t . .. 4 20 .. 13.846 5 .. .. 3 37 .. 16.590 6 .. .. 4 17 13.953 Mean speed of the six runs, 15.216 knots. Speed of Ship in knots. The maximum of the engines' revolutions were 37.5, and their minimum 35.5. The average pressure of steam was 25.51 b., and the vacuum 26 inches. Four runs at haif-boiler power produced the following rcsults : No. of Run. Speed of Ship in knots. Time. min. sec. 1 .. 3 47 15.859 2 .. •• 4 3 3 •• 13.186 3 .. .. 3 45 • • • • 16 000 4 .. .. 4 35 .. 13 091 Mean speed of the four:runs, 14.563 knots. It will be seen that there is but little difference between the ship at fall and half boiler power, while of course there is a very great difference between the full and half power consumption of fuel, and fuel, rightly considered, represents cost as well as power, both employed to gain certain results. The cause of this is simple and easy of explanation. The fact is that in the construction of ships for her Ma jesty's Navy no attention whatever is paid to the relations which ought to exist between the engine power and form of bull, and the result in the pre sent instance is—as in fact may be shortly said to be always the case in the Royal Navy—that every inch of steam added to the half power goes towards depressing the ship's bows further in the water, until, when a full head of steam is on, a large vo lume of water, with three distinct waves, is thrown off from each side of the ship's bow. What can be done to remedy this ridiculous state of things is shown by the action of the hull of the Himalaya and the Fire Queen under steam, both built at pri vate yards. Excellent machinery is put into our ships of war by private manufacturers, but the for mation of the hull is never rightly considered by the authorities at the Admiralty in relation to the propelling power. In our reports of screw trials of her Majesty's ships in Stokes Bay for several years past, we have so often had occasion to draw attention to this radical defect in the form of ships' bows that it is only with the greatest reluctance we again refer to it. At the concluSion of the mile trials the ship was next tested in making circles, and her machinery in turning ahead, reversing, stopping, &c., in the usual manner, in the follow ing order:—The helm was first put over to port in 30 sec., the ru lder being at an angle of 17 deg., and the half circle made in 2 min. 32 sec., and the full circle completed in 4 minutes 54 seconds. The helm was nest put over to starboard in 24 seconds, bringing the rudder to an angle of 21 deg., and the half-circle made in 2 min. 27 sec., and the full com pleted in 4 min. 17 sec., the revolutions of the en gines being in both instances 33. The machinery worked well throughout, and was undoubtedly cap able of developing even a greater power than was shown on Thursday, when the indicated power was no less than 1,600 horse. The nominal horse power of the engines is 250, the cylinders having a diame ter of 62m., an area of 3,019.07 in., and 4ft. 6in. length of stroke of piston. The draught of water .., - was 9ft. 7in. forward and aft, on an even keel, and the immersion of the ad' it. pA____e fl oats was 4ft. 4in- We cannot close our remarks on the trial of the Admiralty new yacht, however, without taking the opportunity of protesting in the strongest terms against the present system of running a vessel at the measured mile. For all practical purposes such runs must be utterly valueless, as a vessel ean never while in commission be tried under the same cir cumstances. A ship is put at the mile light, her machinery in charge of the makers, coals picked and waste thrown overboard, the wind not as a rule ex ceeding a force of three, and a rate of speed attained and published in official Admiralty returns as the ship's speed under steam, when at the same time it is well known to all that this published rate of speed will never again be equalled while the ship floats. To obtain a valuable result from a ship's trial a certain amount of fuel should be weighed out to her, and then she should be despatched to Lisbon, Gibraltar, or Madeira and back, and the expendi ture of fuel on her return compared with the results obtained. The only excuse now made for continuing the present fallacious " measured mile" system is that " comparative° results are thereby obtained—that is, that, although the eye tem is radically wrong and deceptive in every sense, yet we may as well continue it, as W e are thereby certain to get the usual means of com parison, although we know it to be worthless. It is quite impossible to say anything in favour of such nonsense, but the sooner such a false system is abolished, and a more reliable one substituted, the better it will be for the official regulation of the Admiralty and the public purse. The principal dimensions of the Enohantrees are : Ft. In. Length between perpendiculars 220 0 Length of keel for tonnage 2OO 1i Breadth, extreme 2B 2 Length, moulded Depth of h01d....,...... 834 53-94 Burthen in tons The accommodation ou board for the Admiralty, ship's officers, and crew is, for the vessel's tonnage, good, both with regard to room and arrangement. On her quarter-deck she has a dining saloon for their lordships' use when on board, 30ft. 6in. in length, 12ft. 6in. in breadth, and 7ft. 6in. in height. Below there are four roomy cabins in addition to the "First Lord's," the latter being superior in size and accommodation to all the others as becomes such a personage. There is also a dining saloon below for use at sea in rough weather, and an after retiring cabin, something like a ladies' cabin in a passenger steamship. Forward of the engines ate the ship's officers' cabins and messroom, and the cabins for the suite of their lordships; and forward of the whole is the force ,stle for the crew, all roomy, compact, and, for Aimiralty work, wonder fully well arranged. At the close of the trial the Enchantress returned into Portsmouth harbour to complete her outfit, and will be immediately com missioned by Master Commander Petley, late of the Black E tgle, as the official steam yacht of the Ad miralty Board. THE VICEROY OF EGYPT.—The Sultan has given , orders for the immediate preparation of the decoration of the Osmanie in brilliants, and a sword of honour, for pre sentation to Ismail Pasha , the Viceroy of Egypt.—Levan t Herald. THE TEA DUTIES.--At a meeting of the Edin' burgh Chamber of Commerce on Thursday it was unanimously resolved—" That a memorial be presented W Parliament narrating the arrangement made by Parliame nt in 1853, by which the duty on tea was to have been reduce d to ls. per lb. iu 1855, and expressing a strong and reason able desire that, as the state of the finances this year O tt o aff,rcl a reduction of th e d u t y to I s. per l b ., i t oug ht now t be made ; and that, to give fa:.ilities for increased c onsewr tion of tea throughout every village and hamlet oc t i r o country, consequent on the reduction of duty, lice l ' se : l s o sell it should he re d uce d or di spense d w i t h . " It w as agreed—" That the Chamber petition Parliament, recow_i mending that pro v i s i on s h ou ld b e ma d e f or th e abolittooo ;hose sm a ll b u t vexatious duties recently i mpose d on t_ D es trade and commerce of the country, in aid of the cll r roo for the collection of revenue, the trifling incorae_ado• which is, in the opinion of the Chamber, an utterly I . Li tue y quate compensation for the annoyance and discoutet;%to• occasion;" and "That a petition be forwarded to the ra .7 tica , of Commons praying for the diminution, as far as . _stora ble, of the forms now required in the transaction of 11 ,_:_ t rat. house business, and for the re-appointment of the , ecc.: an tee of last Session on the Consolidation of the 1 I ' l ' a ted Customs." A memorial to the Board of Trade Ta o'_ liar to in favour of a treaty of commerce with A ustria the treaty with France. 0 t ~..... i 3 I / Nc In