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THE CARLOGGAS TIN MINING COMPANY (Limited). Ilee, - istered under the Companies' Act, 1 62, whereby the liability of each SharehoLler is limited to the amuunt of his Shares. Capital £15,000, in 3,090 Shares of £5 each. Deposit 10s. on Applic-tion and £1 on A llotment. DIRECTORS. Hans James Hamilton, Esq., Rose Bank, llanwell, Middle sex. John Kirkham, Esq., C.E., 109, Euston-read, N.W. James Pearce, Esq , Threadneedle-street, and Wimborne, Dorset. Theodore Richard Schweitzer, Eeq. (R. T. Schweitzer and , 21. Throgrnorton-street, E.C. Captain Benjamin Wr ght, Heath Lodge, Clapham. BANKERS. Th. 3 Metropelitan and Provincial Bank (Limited), 75, Corn- E.O James 13ourdilion, Esq., 30, Great Winchcbter-Areet. SECIZETARY—Mr. W. Battye. Orr ICES. 0, Great Winchester street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. This Company 's formed for the purchase and working of the Carloggas Tin Mines, situated in the Parish of St. Stenhens, St. Austel, in the County of Cornwall, a district well known among mineralogists as being rich in Tin Mb.eral deposits. The sett is very extensive, and held under lease from Lady Grenville, for a term of twenty-one years, at a rox ally of one -fifteenth. The promising character of the Mines to be worked by the present Company fully warrants the expe,tation that large returns will be realised ; five Tin Lodes are known to pass through the sett, and on one of which operations have been c irried on to some considerable extent by the tormer Workers. The Mine is situated on the junction of' Granite and Killas, so favourable for the production of metallic minerals, parti cularly Tin. The ancient excavations on the backs of the lodes give evi dence that vast quantities of Tin have been raised on the property, and recent explorations demonstrate this sett to be of no ordinary kind, it being merely a question of capital for a fuller development to bring it into a dividend state. The reports annexed are from men of long practical ex perience in the ()Istria ; their testimony as to the highly promising charac•er of the property, and the great local ad vantages by which it is surrounded, will be read with inte rest, and leaving nothing- to be urged by the Directors, ex cept an assurance of their strong c'nfidence as to its value, and that ere long it will bear comparison with aa,y of the rich Mines opened in the district. A contract has been entered into for the purchase of the property on most favourable terms —viz., for £6,000 (0€2,500 in cash, and £3,500 in paid-up Shares). The capital of the Company is fixed at £15,000, in 3,000 Shares of £5 each ; it is, however, estimated that £2 per share will be ample for all purpi ses, to place the Min?, in a profit able state, as immediate returns of Tin can be made. The Company having teen registered with limited liability, no Shareholder can, under any circumstances whatever, be made responsible for a greater amount than that of the shares to which he subscribes. A considerable portion of the capital has already been sub. scribed. The Directors propose to commence operations when they consider a sufficient number of shares have been subscribed for. Applications for Shares to be made in the subjoined form. The deposit money of 10s. per share to be paid to the Company's Bankers, for which receipts will be given. If no allotment be made, the deposit money will be returned in full, and if a less number be al otted than is applied for the surplus will be used towards the payment on allotment. Prospectus s and forms of application for Share 4, and all further information, may be obtained at the Offices of the Company. T HE EQUITABLE FURNISHING COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Joint-stcck Companies Act, 1862. Capital £50,000, in 20,000 Shares of £'i 10s. each ; 10s. payable upon application, and £1 upon allotment. No further call to be made without a notice of three months. DIRECTORS. Edward Bell, Esq., 15, Kensington-square. J. W. C ark, FFq., 55, Long-acre ; High-street, Clapham ; and The Acacias, Larkhall-lane. Sir J. A. Douglas, R.N., Doddington-grove, Kennington park. Charles Pierce, Esq , The Boundaries, Balham, Surrey. Wm. llaylett Royston, Esq., 1, Great Cheyne-row, Chelsea. John Till, Esq., Park-road, Hornsey. Mr. Thomas Offen 4 lark, The Payment, Clapham-common, Clapham Old Town, Managing Director. BANKERS. London and County Joint-stock Bank, Lombar I-street, and Henrietta- street, Covent- zarden. BROKER—Fredk. ti v , rett, Esq , 17 and 18, Royal Exchange. SOLlClTOR—Alexander Warrand, Esq., 61, Cheapside. SECRETARY—Mr. William Carpenter, 8, Brunswick-square. AUDITORS—One to be chosen by the Shareholders. Temporary Offices—No. 6, Salisbury-street, Strand. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed to meet a long recognised want. It will enable persons to furnish their apartments or houses with the money they would otherwise have to pay as rent. A married couple, occupying furnished apartments at a weekly rental of 305., or £7. per annum, might have similar apartments, unfurnished, at £3O per annum. The use of fur niture, therefore, costs them £4B a year, whereas tie cost of furnishing would not exceed .£ 100—which, being provided, a saving of £4B per a n n um wou ld b e effected. ' The Equitable Furnishing Company will effeltt this saving by supplying the furniture, the best of its kind, at ready money prices, the party making his election to purchase at the end of a year and a half, two years, or three years. In the meantime, the furniture will be taken on hire, the hire being periodically paid. The whole of the payments will be allowed in the event of purcha e, and thus the money which would have gone as rent will have bought the furniture. The charge made by the Company will be 7i per cent. per annum on the price of the goods, if purchased at the end of 18 months ; of si per cent., if at the end of two years ; and of 10 per cent., if at the end of three years. The Company will retain the ownership of all furniture until it has been paid for, so that any appropriation of it would constitute a criminal offence. Seizure for rent is the only adverse contingency to which the Company will be ex posed ; but as the deposit payable will always cover the first rent due, that risk will be small, and it is allowed for in the estimate of profits. The Directors have secured an established and first rate furniture business, returning net profits of more than 20 per cent , with unusually commodious and admirably adapted premises. in one of the best situations at the West-end of the town, and a large stock of welt-seasoned Furniture, exhibited in suites of apartments, in various styles. This will consti tute a very advantageous basis for the Company's own busi ness. and justifies the Directors in anticipating for the Share holders, after liberally providing for all possible contingen cies, interest at the rate of at least 20 per cent. per annum. The following certificate will be satisfactory on this point : Ornee, Parliament-street. " I have gone through Western Life the several estimates and cilcula tions upon which the statements in the prospectus of the Fquitable Furnishing Company are based, and I find that, after allowing considerable margin for contingencies, the probable profits as therein stated are faithfully represented. (Signed) "CHARLES HARDING, F.S.S." Prospectuses may be had, and the articles of association and detailed estimates be seen, at the offices of the Company, and at the Broker's. Application for shares to be made in the usual firm, accom panied by the Bankers' receipt for the deposit of Its. per share, which will be returned in full on all shares not allotted. T HE BANK OF o rAoo (LIMITED). NEW ZEALAND. Incorporated under "The Companies' Act, 1 , ;62," which limits the Shareholder's liability to the amount of his shares. Capital, 2500,000, in 5,000 Shares of £lOO each (with power to increase.) Deposit, £1 per Share on Application, and a further pay ment of VI per Share on Allotment. Calls not to exceed £5 per £lOl Share, nor to be made at less intervals than three months. It is not intended to ciii uo ore than £5O per Share. Power is taken in the Articles of Assoc'ation to reduce the nominal amount of the shares to such amount as may hereafter be deemed advisable. DIRECTORS. G. H. Donaldson, Esq. (Messrs. Donaldson, Lambert, and Co.), Director of the Agra and Un ted Service Bank Limited. Alexander Lang Elder, Esq., Fenchuroti Buildins (Director of the English, Scotti s h , and Australian Chartered Bank.) S. B. Edenborough, Esq., (Messrs. S. 13. Edenborough dz Co.), Director of th' Imperial Bank Limited. John Harbottle, Esq., Alderman's Walk Alexander Morrison, fi'sq., Pengelly House, Cheshunt, for merly of Messrs. John Glads one and Co. Jcwepli R. Morrison, Esq., late of Messrs. James Morri son and Co., Director of the Chartered Bank of India, Aus tralia, and China. J. D. Thomson, Esq., St. Peter's Chambers, Cornhill, late Director of the Cape of Good Hope Bank. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Imperial Bank Limited: :Co. 6, Lothbury, BANKERS IN SCOTLAND. The British Linen Company. BANKERS IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. The English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank. BANKERS IN ADELAIDE. The South Australian Banking Company. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hughes, Masterman, and Hughes, BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co. SECRETARY, pro. tem. William Greig, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES : 17, Bucklesbury. The Gold Fields of Otago, opened in 1861, gave New Zea most of the land an imp British Colon iesulse. which bids fair to pl ace it among,,t the fore- For . the year 1855. the total Exports and Imports of New Zealand were For the year 1869 ...... 2.137.286 For the year 1861 . ..... 3,864,058 For the three q uar t ers en di ng 30th Sept , 1862.... 5,241,411 The value of GOLD exported from OTAGO alone was— In 1861 £727,318 In 1802 1.580,708 The latest accounts show that the same ratio of increase is being maintained. The following is an extract from the Melbourne correspondent of " The Times," published in that piper on the 13th April, 1863 :—The weekly production (of Gold) in the province of Otago ranges from 12,000 to 15,000 uunces, and new fields are opening out in all directions " The rapid increase in the export of WOOL from NEW ZEALAND is remarkable:— In 1855, it was .................... 1,447,200 lbs. In 1858„ 11111- . 1••• ••• • • 3 i 562,810 lbs. In 1861„; In 1862, .................... 8 ,V3,460 11 1 : 3 4 . Not withstanding these facts there is but one Bc!,tirnikespecially land),sed for New Zealand (having 1 s and with a paid up capital of 4 250,000 ; and the ca at Ark banking' facilities are derived from mere Branches oannlciY.Ao. beer cies of Institutions whose chiet business is in Australia, where their capital is mostly em.,loyed. The Bank of New Zealand (established in 1861) declared, I n the first year of its existence a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. ; but its actual net profit for the year was much larger. In these circumstances the Directors believe that by estab lishing the BANK OF OTAGO LIMITED, they will supply a legitimate want of the Colony. and at the same time pre sent a lucrative and safe investment to Shareholders. The head Office will be in London, the Chief Branch at DUNEDIN (0 rAG-o), and Branches or Agencies will be esta % )lis 'Jed at su3n other settlements as the oir,ctors may from lime t lime deem advisable. The Bank Ist' receive mosey on dep sit in London and w Zeala d repayable at long and s ort dates, o. en draw ductcco!.nt- in the Colony, issue notes, discount bills, con for e xchange e xchange operations, receive dividends, interest, dm., c ustomers, effect purchaFes and sales in funds, stock, &c., „,".7 1 0, and transact all other legitimate Banking business. rne'not,,pirectors are confident that under prudent manage antee.tpic BANK OF OTAGO LIMITED will prove eminently Ht-ikm;,,,illyl.,,:lhlte.progress of the existing Colonial Banks is the following table:— Na m e Of Bank. Paid up Paid up Present Price (.apital. per shared per share. Australasia ..... v ctarla • • ..... ........ Nev t-outli ....... Unit Austratia. ........ London Chartered ••of Allit alia .............. New Zealani .......... £ £ Cr 0 , 001 40 500,0(0 25 7 -° ,OOO 20 1,000,0,9 25 1,000000 0 26 0,000 "5 Th • whole of the pr( ltraina -------- ment of Shares, including they expenses up to the Allot tion of the Comp my, Broizer-megistration and Inco:pora- Charges, k.c. are guaranteed n ag e' Advertisements, Law %to exceed One per Cent. upon the nominal capital ot thq b n e P p a rd . to the Company's A Depositner Shares , and a further payment of Bankers on application tor X-1 per Share on allotment. In p oceedin fp the event of a sufficient number of Shares not bein.i all 4- appliol for tojustily the Directors ment, the deposits will be returned to thre appliciLtsoi end Forms of Application tor Prospectuses, Sharesn dal. be obtai ne d irom th e Pram, or at the Temporary ofligei- o , f the Company. THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN. Tom Huckaback on Public Schools. Po and, Sleswick Holstein, &c., 4:,c. In SATURDAY NIGHT, No. 57. ONE PENNY. FO, Fleet -street. N°. 22,098. NEW NOVEL BY TIIE HON'. C. S. 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Part VlL—Bally . tujtagh. A Ch qiiei: on Superstition. Dante - aad Beatrice, A Fortnight in Ireland in the Lent of 1863. La Marguerite, By T. Steele. Sir Geor;e Cornewall Lewis. —ln Memoriam. Bourn, West Strand, W.C. PRETTY POLEY, Come back to his loving Father—Lord Clarence E iward Paget, M.P.—The Teetotal Charger, to., &C., in " FUN " this week. One Penny. sir. JAMES' HOTEL, Corner of BERKELEY-STREE V, Piccadilly. This HOTEL will be OPENED to the public on SATUR DAY, the 2d of May next. Manager—M. FRANCATELLI. By order, G. T. OLDFIELD, Secretary. Dated April 17, 1863. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. eaon Person. SOUPS. Mock Turtle. Claremont. FISH. Soles a l'Hollandaise. Fried Fillets of Whitings. ENTREES. Croquettes ala Reine. Mutton Cutlets a l'ltalienne. JOINTS. Rout Sirloins of Beef. Roast Saddles of Mutton. SWEETS. Tapioca Pudding. Strawberry Tartlets. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET -STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NoncE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Carignan l heatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Sic nor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWOR I'FI'S NEW STUMP SPEECH, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. T H 0 X F OR D , f, OXFORD STREET. THIS EVENING. Auber's Grand Opera, MASANIELLO. Also, the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, " HERNE THE BUNTER," Su ported by Miss Russell, Miss Oesten, Miss Townley, &G.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Ruish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghm.ns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous ART and BERTRAN. " These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their origin,l gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. JULLIEN'S PROMEN ADE CONCERTS. • At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Cortinued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a- Piston Every Evening a Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's Opera, IL TROVATORE—SoIos, Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. J. Levy—Messrs. Horton, Tyler, King, Snelling, and mo rica . Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Der Freischutz, Masaniello, L'Etolle du Nord, dm Doors open at Eight o'clock. -7 Admission, ls. Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malfoi mations, 'v' onstrosities, &c.; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address the Secretary, as above. T FIE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of CO, New Bond•street. They are neither so low in price as t, necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. 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LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, Vie stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price as. 6d., ss. 6d., 10s. d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (drat floor), 51, Fenclitirch-street. T. E.'s yrigs, Al Et X____ ............. p 41/ „..." --c---e_-----e_e • . ~„,_',`,*:- ;A. 1.. 5 . N.., -; ~,.... ......„........4„ ,, . : -,--.4.. .--, . 10 ...,..:.. , ., „ l t ( 1 / 2 .,.... a ,,1,...4 e: .};;),.f., 14 . ri ; .. .... pel., „,.,, ~„ . (1.1.5 C • , . ~...,,,,, c.: '2., A *l 7 1, • TII .A -- p.-,,, , ~,,,,,.•,, , ..--,- ~,,. t .i , ....** . • , ' . - • _4. - -A, -(Q 4 .' 447 ~......... . . . . . . . . . . " ~.--'''' . \ %\„ , • -•. . „ ~. . ---10 e:, . : 01 . ,V. '' ' '' ' %41111111( .0 1E laik••• .AC ‘.../C 4 l . 04. . ..,( S PT+ ' too / - 7. ~', T • 7.: 1.-.- 1 , 1 ....-. ' " •- 1., t , t_. ,,,, t , '0., lA,',. ---'1411111117.0. 7 .. A,"14: 111 : 14, ± .117:, z '(7 '' 42 r.,.• THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1863 AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. ROCHE'S POINT, April 25 (Midnight). The Canada has brought advices from New York to the 14th inst. • The Federal attack on Charleston has proved a more decided failure than was anticipated. Admiral Dupont's official report, which is in the hands of the Government, has been withheld for reasons not stated. The accounts of the correspondents of the New York papers not only confirm those previously received from Confederate sources but admit the re , pulse of the ironclads to have been complete, and , that no renewal of the attempt need be looked for. Of the nine Monitors that participated in the en gagement, one, the Keokuk, was sunk, and has proved a total loss; another, the Passaic, received a shot • that bent in her turret and disabled her 11-inch guns; three others, the Patapsco, Nantucket, and Nahant, were all more or less injured and rendered unfit for service. This condition of his fleet deter mined Admiral Dupont to abandon the idea of re newing the conflict, At the date of the last advices two of the Monitors had sailed for Port Royal, whither the remainder were shortly to follow. The Federal loss was 20 officers and men wounded, one of whom has since died. The Federals report that several breaches were made in the walls of Fort Sumter. The engagement, when fairly commenced, only lasted 30 minutes according to one account, and two hours according to another. The result has caused great discouragement in New York, and revived the popular clamour for a change in the Administration. The violent outcry against Great Britain is con tinued in the Republican journals; it is declared that a war against England would effectually unite all parties in the North. The Solicitor-General and Lord Palmerston are vehemently denounced for their recent speeches on the depredations of the Alabama and Florida. The indications are that the anti-English spirit is stimulated by the Government to distract public attention from the disheartening repulse before Charleston. Advices from Moorhead city, North Carolina, to the 11th inst., state that up to that date all attempts to relieve General Foster at Washington had been unsuccessful. A detachment of 7,000 men, which had been despatched to his assistance, was driven back by the Confederates, with a loss to the Fede rals of 50 men. No communication had been re ceived from General Foster subsequent to the Bth inst., and it is alleged that he had only provisions for one day. He has refused to receive any more flags of truce, or to send away the women and chil dren and other non-combatants. All the expeditions for the purpose of reaching the rear of Vicksburg via the several passes leading from the Mississippi have been abandoned. During the reti eat of the Federals from Fort Pemberton and Yazoo Pass they were frequently fired upon by guerillas, and had 30 men killed and many wounded. Tho correspondent of the New York Times, writ ing from New Orleans under date of April 5, states that the attitude of the Confederates at Port Hud son, Jackson, Mobile, and on the Atchafalaya jus tify the apprehension of an attack upon New Or- , leans, which the troops under General Banks are in no condition successfully to resist. The Con federate forces at the points named number nearly 65,000 men, and would be concentrated at New Orleans in 12 hours, while General Banks has less than 20,000 men. A grand mass meeting was called by the insti gators of the Loyal National League to meet at Union-square on Saturday afternoon, the anniver sary of the fall of Fort Sumter. About 5,000 per sons assembled, Who were addressed by Generals Fremont and Sigel and the Postmaster-General, Mr. Montgomery Blair. The latter denounced the English aristocracy for fitting out the pirates Ala bama and Florida, and advocated the vigorous pro seJution of the war. The disturbances between the white and coloured labourers in this city continue to be of frequent occurrence. Yesterday, in two instances, the negroes were driven from their work on the wharves by Irish and other labourers. One of the negroes fired a pistol into the crowd, wounding one of his assailants, and it was with great difficulty that the police prevented his being lynched on the spot. There is no further news from Charleston, except that the Confederate steamer Stonewall Jackson, formerly the Leopard, being closely pursued while attempting to run the blockade on the night of the 11th, was beached and burnt by the captain of the vessel. The mail was safely landed in small boats, together with crew and passengers. It is believed that the remnant of the ironclads, so signally de feated on the 7th, will, as soon as repaired, be sent to New Orleans to make an attempt upon Port _ Hudson. The Tribune reports from Washington that Lord Lyons has requested thet the mail found on board the English steamer Peterhoff be returned to him unopened, and that the Department of State is in clined to comply with his demand. The Navy De partment, on the contrary, objects to do so on the ground that the letters and papers it contains may furnish sufficient proofs to condemn the vessel and cargo. On the 14th there was some slight skirmishing near Suffolk, Virginia, brought on by an advance of a Confederate force for the purpose of occupying the attention of Gen. Peck, and of preventing reinforce. ments being sent to Gen. Foster. The casualties on either side were trifling. A deserter who same into the Federal lines at Suffolk on the 13th inst. reported that Gen. Foster, with his whole garrison, had surrendered to the Con federates. The latest Federal accounts direct from Gen. Foster are to the 11th, at which date he believed he could hold out for three weeks. In compliance with the request of the Confede rate Congress, President Davis, on the 10th inst., issued an address to tha people of the Confederate States upon the present condition and future prospects of their country. He says, in this ad dress, that, alone and unaided, the Confederacy had defeated the most formidable military and naval combinations of its enemies, and, at the end of two years of war, could look back with pride upon all it had accomplished. Referring to the discomfiture of the Federals at Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Charleston, he said that the forces of the Confede racy were never so numerous or efficient as at the present moment. He concluded by exhorting the people to be prepared for the continuance of war, and to cultivate the crops for the sustenance of their armies rather than cotton and tobacco. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 14. The confirmation of the adverse news from Charleston sent up the price of gold yestei day to 1581 ; to-day it has fluctuated between 148 and 1551, and closes at 155 i. Exchange nominally 170. United States' Sixes, 1881, 1042; Treasury 730 Notes, 104 a. New York Central Railway, 1134; Erie,l7B2-; Illinois Central, 89. Cotton, 70c. Flour, sc. to 10c. per bushel lower. Gold 54. Exchane 166. APRIL 16. g Stocks generally dull, rperYork c c e e n n t t . r al sinceßai yesterday' slway 1; ; q E u o r t i a e: with downward te n d ency. United States' t n i o e t n e e s . declined N e w 72 ; Illinois Central 88, Cotton, 68. Breadstuffs unchang e d i n pr i ces. Provisions quiet ; sugars, 9tc to 10c. EXICO. No attack upon Pue M bla had taken place u to the p encoun -23d ult., the d ate of last advices. Several ters between th e F rench and Mexican troops are reported from Mexican sources, in which the ad vantage is claimed for the latter. The Canada takes 20,901 dole. in specie, Richmond papers of the 13th publish a despatch from Mobile, dated April 11, which states that an officer from a British man-of-war, then lying off the harbour, had reported the capture of Mexico by the French. NEW YORK, APRIL 14, AFTERNOON. The efforts made to reinforce General Foster at Washington, North Carolina, have been unsuccess ful. It is supposed that he will be compelled to surrender for want of provisions. The Confederates are reported to be 27,000 strong between Newbern and Washington, and an attack upon the former place is expected. The Confederates are also said to be between Williamstown and Yorktown, and to be threaten ing Suffolk; in order to prevent reinforcements reaching General Foster. The entire Yazoo Pass expedition has returned to Helena, having abandoned the attack upon Fort Pemberton. Five Federal ironclads were preparing to run the Vicksburg blockade. Southern reports state that Admiral Farragut was near the Red River, between two batteries, unable to pass either of them. Rumours are current at Now Orleans that the Federals intended to make a forward movement by way of the Red River, and that operations in the Atchafalaya River would shortly commence. A corps of 15,000 Confederates, under Van Dorn, has attacked Franklin, Tennessee, and is reported to have been repulsed with a loss of 300 men. The New York Herald says, "It is rumoured General M.Clellan has resigned his commission." A riot has occurred at New York between white and coloured labourers, but order has been restored by the police. The public meeting held at New York on Satur day last (11th) was not so numerously attended as the previous meeting. Resolutions were passed declaring a determination to preserve the Union against Southern traitors, their northern aiders, and their piratical allies ; also, that, in view of England having permitted piratical vessels to be built and manned in British ports, it was proper to recall to the British Government the contrast between such violation of international neutrality and the honour able fidelity and promptness uniformly observed towards England by the American Government. The New York Herald says the allusion to Eng land were received with yells and groans. The Postmaster-General, Blair, made a speech devoted mainly to denouncing the British aris tocracy, who, be declared, aid the rebels in every way short of declared war. Public apprehensions of War with England are increasing. The New York Times says the Government speeches in the British Parliament concerning the Alabama forbid all further doubt that there is deliberate purpose and settled plan on the part of the British Cabinet to violate its neutral obligations to America. Americans should apprehend this distinctly, and the Feder Al Government should take ef f ective measures against it, taking the ground that the fitting out of vessels against a neutral Power is essentially illegal under the law of nations. The New York Irzbune says that the wrongs heaped upon the Americans by the British ruling classes are treasured up against the day of rockon ing, which must surely come. The New York World thinks that the Adminis- tration and its organs seem determined to inflame to the utmost the natural popular resentment towards England, their object being to gain credit with the Irish population here. The World is con fident that the Administration does not mean war with England, and that, therefore, to put on bully ing airs was disgraceful. It urges President Lin coln earnestly to consider whether the Americans will stand the humiliation of another Trent affair, and says, " If President Lincoln fans the popular passions to a dangerous pitch they may pass beyond his control." Gen. Burnside has proclaimed the penalty o death upon all persons aiding the Confederates. The steamer Marion, from New York for New Orleans, was wrecked upon Doubleheaci-shot Key. The City of New York has arrived out. April 14, Evening. Northern accounts direct from Charl es t on state that nine ironolad s crosse d Charleston b ar i n single file on the 7th and move d up the harb our towards Forts Sumter and Moultrie to attack those forts, which vigorously returned the fire of the fleet. In their pa ssage up the h ar b our th e fl eet disco cvhearendnael from netw sorkuomfte r t o Moultrie, from S umter to obstructions stretching ac ross the Cumming's P o i n t, and from F or t Ripley to Fort Johnson. It was impossible to pass these obstruc tions, and after an engagement, lasting from 3 till 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet returned from the harbour with five out of the nine ironclads damaged, and one of them, the Keokuk, sank the following morning from the injuries she received. During the last 30 minutes of the engagement the Federal fleet received a concentric fire from the Confederate batteries, which is described to have been so terrific as to render it impossible for any vessel to remain long under it. No explicit accounts are given of what damage was inflicted upon the Confederate forts. marked A correspond en t o f t h e New York Trib une says with 11 holes, vi s ibl e at a distance of thre e m il es. that the north- east f ace o f Fort Sumter w as Some gaps were three feet wide, and two embra sures seemed knocked into one. The New York Ti mes ' correspondent writes.-- " The fleet has only felt the outposts of the en emy , as it was never abl e to place itself whe re i t was designed to begin operations — viz., upon the north west face of Fort Sumter. It was due solely to the skill of the commanders that the entire fleet was not destroyed. During part of the engagement the steamer Ironsides refused to obey her rudder, and became unmanageable. The Federal commanders unanimously decided that it was useless to renew the attack. No land force co-operated in the attack. General Hunter stated that he could only spare 7,000 men to co-operate with the fleet, and this force only proceeded to Stone Inlet, 12 miles f r om Ch ar l es t on . Admiral Dupont's whole availabl e f orce to hold the o forts, s which had t wo turrets, rece i ve d 90 h I difwb ptured them, was 1,100 men. The t n e s c h a orribly riddled. O ne Whi twor th shots, ,a n Keokuk, steel-pointed shot remained still sticking in the wall of the turret. The 'Weehawken was struck 0 times, and her turret worked with difficulty. The Passaic was struck 58 times, and her turret so bent as to deprive her of all offensive power. The turrets and pilot-houses of other vessels were damaged. . _ The Confederates are said to have had some very effective Whitworth guns. APRIL 16, Evening. willforces rei away reinforce e G f from e o n. General Grant has moved he e is R Vi o c s k e s n b o u ra rg ns . , or It make a movement inland into Mis sissippi. General Foster is reported to have supplies suffi cient at Washington to hold out against the Confe derate attack for three weeke. The New Orleans correspondent of the New York Times asserts that that place is threatened by the Confederates. Preparations are making at Mobile to capture Ship Island. Southern advices report Admiral Farragut to be still blockading the Red River. The .ivetv York Tribune states.— " It is reported that Mr. Seward has forwarded a despatch to Mr. Adams, dated the 13th inst., going so far as to intimate that if the British Government permit the Confederates to build and despatch piratical cruisers from England, it ought justly to be held responsible." The Prize Commissioners take all testimony in the ease of the Peterhoff, and the oftee will be tried iu the District Attorney's-office at New York ae soon as possible. The Prize Commissioners hold the mail bag of the Peterhoff, and have invited the British Consul at New York to be present when it is opened. They also offered him the privilege of opening it, but he declined. The Government afterwards telegraphed that the mail bag was not to be opened until fur ther instructions. Lord Lyons demands the return of the mail bag unopened. The riots between the white and black labourers in this city have been resumed without result. The steamer Leopard has been burnt by the blockading squadron off Charleston. The crew escaped. The steamers Emma and Anna have arrived at Charleston. It is currently reported in Havannah that Admira Wilkes was held as a paroled prisoner there unti he could explain why the Vanderbilt had fired a shot at a Spanish coasting steamer. The Bremen has arrived out. INDIA AND CHINA. By the arrival of the Calcutta and China mails we have advices from Calcutta to March 23 ; Madras, March 28; Ceylon, March 30; and Hong Kong, March 14. INDIA. There is but little general news by the presen mail. The Hurkaru says : The most important fact, and almost the only one worthy of note, is that the Four per Cents, are at par, having thus at length recovered the 30 to 35 per cent, discount to which they fell during the times of trouble and distrust. Al though the rise in value of these securities may, in a slight degree, be owing to a vague but unfounded rumour of an intention on the part of the Government to pay them off, it is really and truly the indication and result of an abund ance of money in the market. Such a rumour, however, is the best testimony to the public faith in the genuineness of the cash balances, and in the extrication of the Government from its financial difficulties. The existence of a consider able surplus is likewise accepted as an undoubted fact, though no one appears to possess Sir C. Trevelya.n's confi dence unless it be Sir Charles himself—at least, no one has yet betrayed it. The withdrawal of the odious and little productive income tax would be the most popular use he eould possibly derive from his embarras des richesses, though very few anticipate any such agreeable announcement in the forthcoming budget. Mr. Laing's able and well written essay on " England's Mission in the East" has been very favourably received by the Calcutta public, and divides the table-talk of the " polite end" of the town with Mr. Kinglake's " War in the Crimea." Never, perhaps, has the true bearing of all the most important questions of the day relating to India and China been placed before the people and Parliament of Eng land in such a strong and clear light. There cannot be two opinions as to either the perfect soundness of his premises, or of the generous and statesmanlike conclusions founded upon them. The Colombo Observer says that the prospects of the coming coffee crop in Ceylon are exceedingly good; blossoms have come and gone very satisfac torily; and with the present high prices, and the low exports likely to be afforded by Brazil and Java, the planters are expecting a continued run of pro sperity. The pearl fishery is likely to fall short of expec tations. The sum of Madras contributions to the Lan cashire Relief Fund has now amounted to Ra. 74,394-2-2. The viceroy and the commander-in-chief are still pursuing their respective political and military pro gresses in the north-west. It seems (says the Madras Atheneum) that the unfortunate disturbances created by the hill people on the north-western frontier, which have demanded mention for so many months past, are at length in a fair way of approaching their conclusion ; the energetic measures lately taken having produced their due effect on the insurgents. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta _Englishman of March 23.) Produce Market.—This market continues firm in the face of limited supplies, and presents no feature requiring especial attention. Although the exports still show well, they chiefly refer to parcels settled for some in our Import Market.—The active deman d noticed our last report continues, and prices have again advanced consider • ably. Joint- stock shares command full rates, and there has been a considerable business done in favourite stock since our last. Government Securities.—We have no change to report in this market. The abundance of money serves to maintain rates, and the unlucky persons who have to complete their time bargains at this time are suffering serious loss ; some of the keenest speculators, and even one or more of the banks, are said to have suffered from the sudden advance during the last tew weeks. Money Market.—The only change to note as regards money is that the Bank of Bengal have reduced their mar gins for loans on Government securities, leaving their rates as before; better terms can, however, be obtained outside upon first-class securities. In exchange rates are 1-16th lower. Freights have had a downward tendency since the closing of the last mail. CHINA. The Cleina Mail of March 14 says : The rebel victory at Tai-tsan, on the 15th ult., recorded n our last issue, has been succeeded by another victory at Shaou-hing (more properly Shaou-bsing), 90 miles from Ningpo, which took place on Feb. 20. This is unfortunately the second repulse which the Imperial disciplined troops have met with before Shaou•hsing ; in the first attempt to take the city, General Lebrethon, it will be remembered, was killed by the bursting of a gun, and the troops under his command became disheartened in consequence. On this occasion General Tardiff, his successor, was also killed by the fire of his own men as he was leading the assault. For a second time, too, the assault was impeded by the want of proper means for crossing a moat that surrounded the city, the first time being at Pai-tsan. Such blunders are beginning to prove expensive. It continues to be noticed that the rebels seem well supplied with European arms of the newest pattern, if we may judge by the bullets that have proved so fatal in the Imperial ranks. Captain Dew and Lieutenant Tinling, from her Majesty's ship Encounter, were present at the second attack upon Shaou hsing, in the capacity, it is said, of spectators. Lieutenant Tinling received a wound in the head, which has since proved fatal ; he died in Ningpo a day or two after receiv ing it. Captain Dew and he were both undoubtedly absent from duty on the unhappy occasion, and the event will likely put an end to British officers travelling beyond a radius of 30 miles. After the defeat at Tai-tsan, General Staveley took a force to Kanding, and scoured the adjacent country. All was quiet. Captain Gordon, R.E., has been appointed by Prince Kung to the command of Ward's force. He was recommended for the post by General Staveley an d Sir F. Bruce. The news from Japan is scanty. Nothing has happened to alter the alarming aspects that affairs are there assuming. All reports speak of increased vigour on the part of the Japanese Government in military matters ; the matter is being brought to a high state of effectiveness. Admiral Kuper has gon to Japan but his object has not transpired. He is said to have gone to demand a fine of £125,000 for Mr. Richardson's murder. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The London mails to the 26th January reached this on the night of the 10th, per steamer Malta. In the import market very little business is doing. Holders continue firm for an advance on cottons. In exports, a fair business in teas for the time of the year has been done, but in silk the only transactions are some 900 bales at Shanghae. Shanghae, March 7.—Not much doing in imports, trans actions in shirtings being under 5,000 pieces for the fort night, and of T cl o th s on ly 500. I n tea 400 chests black had been taken, but i n gre ens the market has been brisk.toe. In silk 900 bales h a d f oun d buyers, leaving 2 , 500 in stock. Exchange on London : Bank, 68. 24d. to 6s. 21d• ;Credit, tea; and 6s. 21d. to 6s, 2/d. Freights: To Lond on,f £3 15s. to Liverpool. Ships Loading—For London, ir Fero zepore, Leichardt, and Martaban ; for Liverpool, rit Caldera, Carlotta, and Cyclone; for New York, Ariel. CANTON.—Business shows signs of improvement, and 16,000 grey and 2,000 white shirtings have been taken. Rice hes also advanced. In teas 17 chops Congou, 14,000 boxes scented orange Pekoe, 3,000 caper, 2,000 boxes Can ton made, and 2 ,7 90 p k g s. countr y g reen s , are the transac tions. In stock 35 chop s Con g ou a nd 17 , 000 pkgs. cou n t ry greens. Nothing doing in silk. Freights to London £4* to N e w York, 15 dole. nominal. Ships loading for London— Lauderdale and Peterborough, with Margaret Mitchell on the berth. H O NG KONG.—Very little doing i n i mports generally, and 6,000 pieces grey, 3,000 white, and 750 spotted shirt ings, 7,000 T cl ot h s, 1,500 brocades, 750 American drills, 800 camlets, 1,000 long elle, and 600 lastings, comprise the sales of manufactures. In rice a good business has been doing. Exchange on London,_ 45 8d 6 4s Bid ; credit, 45 Btd to 4 s 9,1 . Vessels for the rice and coasting trades still in good demand. PRICE..... -.....4d. STAMPED ....6d. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. A letter from Valetta, dated April 22, says : " Her Majesty's screw line•of- battle ship Edgar 89, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, hearing the flag of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8., which came in from Corfu on Thursday last, continued her voyage to England yesterday, where Admiral Dacres will take the command of the Channel Fleet. The fol lowing supernumeraries proceeded by the Edgar, --Assist.-Sorg. Clarke, 22d Regiment, Lieut.W. C. Shuckburgh, R.N., Lieut. R. H. Harris, R.N., Lieut. A. P. M. Lake, R.N., Mr. W. Pratt, Mr. T. W. Harmon, Mr. Derrick, 50 invalids, five time-ex perienced soldiers, and 1 woman. The Shannon, 35, Capt. 0. J. Jones, also arrived on the 10th inst. from Corfu, and is still in port with the St. George, 86, Commander E. H. L. Ray (temporarily com manding in the absence of Capt. the Hon. F. Eger ton, on leave), the Magicienne, 16, Lieut. White (temporary) ; the Icarus, 11, Commander N. Sal mon, V.C. ; the Medina, 4, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C.B. ; and the Hibernia, (receiving-ship bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral A. J. Cod rington, C. 8.); and her tenders Boxer and Growler. The St. George will leave in a day or two for Na ples to relieve the Meeanee, and send her to Malta to refit. Her Majesty's screw line•of-battle ship Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, left Malta on the 16th for the Piraeus; and the despatch vessel Care d(); 2, Lieut. E. Wilkinson, left the same day for Corfu. Rear-Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8., is expected out here by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poona, on the 29th inst., from Southampton, to relieve Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8., in the superintendence of the Naval Arsenal. The lat ler with his Staff will proceed home in the Poona, on her return voyage from Alexandria, about the 7th proximo. A letter from Athens of the 17th, re ceived to-day, says that the Pelican, Commander P. Brock, had gone to Suda Bay, and was expected back shortly. The Liffey, 39, Capt. G. Parker, and the Foxhound gunboat, were at the Piraeus. The Liffey, on being relieved by the Queen, was to pro ceed to Corfu, and take the place of the Trafalgar, 72, Capt. the Hon. T. Bailie, which would then re turn to Malta. Capt. the Hon. A. Hobart, of the Foxhound, had left for England, via Constantinople and the Danube. On the 21st inst., at 2 p.m., tele graphic communication was established between the Commander-in-Chief's office at Valetta and the office of the Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard, by means or a subterranean cable across the Great Har bour and a submarine line passing through Strada Levante, Strada Mercanti, and Strada Mezzodi. A letter from Corfu of the 13th April says that the Trafalgar and Shannon shifted the Ist battalion, 9th Foot, to the Southern Islands on the 11th inst., and brought up the 2d battalion, 4th, which was imme diately marched into the citadel. The embarkation and disembarkation of the troops were conducted by the navy, under the eye of Rear-Admiral Dacres, and reflected the greatest credit on all concerned." Orders have been received at Devonport to put into commission, with a complement of 450 officers and men, the screw steam frigate Liverpool, 39, now in the first-class steam reserve fully rigged, and further orders are expected for placing in com mission other ships of inferior rating. There has been a rumour at Portsmouth during the past week that the iron-clad squadron at pre sent in commission is about to be despatched to Bermuda to strengthen the squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral Milne. There appear, however, to be several reasons why this course should not be adopted. Rear-Admiral Robert Spencer Robinson, Con troller of the Navy, inspected the ships in progress of building in Devonport dockyard on Friday. The old sailing ship Thunderer, 84, was towed on Saturday from her moorings in Hamoaze into the basin of the Devonport dockyard, where she will be cleared out and prepared for a target ship in:place of the Powerful at Portsmouth. Her Majesty's steam corvette Archer,Capt.By the ses, V.C., returned from her trial trip on Friday to Greenhithe to adjust compasses, and is ordered to sail this morning for her station on the West Coast of Africa, calling on her way down Channel at Portsmouth to disemhark a number of second class lads from the flagship at Woolwich. Her crew consists of 195 men and boys ; her engines are of 202-horse power, and her burden is 973 tons. She has an armament of 13 guns on the quarter-deck— namely, eight 32-pounder smooth bores, four 20- pounder and one 110-pounder Armstrong, and two field-guns, consisting of one 12-pounder Armstrong, with field carriage and limber, and one 6-pounder brass smooth bore, for short practice, with elevating carriage. She has been thoroughly renovated at Woolwich. The Orlando, 40, 1,000-horse power, Capt. G. G. Randolph, arrived at the Nore on Saturday from the North American station, and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. J. H. Johnstone, comman der-in-chief. She is to be docked at Chatham, to undergo a thorough overhaul and repair. The Orlando being the largest frigate in the service, and her draught of water very great, it will be neces sary for her to unship her guns, powder, coals, and other heavy stores, before arriving in Chatham har bour. The subscriptions to the Orpheus Fund at Ports mouth already amounts to considerably upwards of £4OO, of which about £5O was subscribed at the meeting of the inhabitants, presided over by the Mayor, on Thursday evening. The committee have issued a notice at once to pay all the allotments for the present month. Printed forms to be filled up by the applicants are obtainable on application to the secretary of the fund, Mr. Kirkham, Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—C. Bawden, master in command, to the Supply; W. L. Wright, paymaster, to the Leander ; Mi. E. P. Saer, assist,-paymaster, to the Warrior ; H. H. Wyatt, assist.-paymaster, to the Curacoa ; Derisley Martin, assist.-paymaster, to the Leander; W. E. Boxer, clerk, to the Curacoa, as supernumerary; W. A. Stevens, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernumerary ; and H. Williams, clerk, to the Leander; Capt. R. Lambert, to the Liverpool; Commander C. J. Bullock, to the Fisgard; Lieut. H. St. John de Robeck to be Flag Lieut. to Rear-Admiral Yelverten, C.B. ; Lieut. C. R.Ttthe' to the Blenheim ; Lieut. G. G. R.natto t he tray Edin burgh; Colossus ; J. P. P. Warren, master, to the Marl borough ; W. P. Braun d, master, H. A. Moriarty , niln master, r t the Victor ' o ' to the Revenge ; H. C. Aitchison, midship m an, lacable ; J. D. Lamont, ; F. Negus, surgeon, to the Imp nt, assist.-engineer , to the Cum berland, as supernume rary; eeorr, theto t T h r e in J e a u s i e e u ; r C ; i l l y Fenton l (a) and G. Edwards, assist.-engineers, from the Revenge , W. Ban' to a t s h si e st ; ng d e gar in , f Farwell, assist. - clerk , additional, t o the L as. Edgar De H. Whiddon, assist.-clerk, eande r ; the Narcissus; Gerald D e C. P. li additional, to clerk, additional, t o the Cure norris, assistant assist.-clerk, additional, to theca' Lewis J. P otter, t C. W. Gib son, ask: is .- c 1 erk t Rattlesnak e; an d H . o the Victory. ....m......, The Me THE ARMY. P g era screw trocpshi Command den, arr i ved at Portsmouth on on Saturday u rd ad, from Dub- The with e r l‘ a la d d o : ta chment of th e 73d Regiment lin. special t ra i n from the dockyard and d The troops were l ande sent on by station, whence they marched into camp at Alder shott and joined headquarters. The Army Sanitary Commissioners on the occa sion of their visit to the hospitals, bftrracks, aLd other Government buildings at Chatham, a few days since, approved of the proposal for the conversion of the buildings at Fort Pitt into a hospital for the whole of the troops of the garrison, including the Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineers, and the three depots battalions of infantry. The invalids from the Royal Marines will continue to occupy Melvil,lo EWSPAPER ~"==-~ ~~~, / r ~1-~zez„Rp c---- 4-G---- - G - - - -C _ , _ THE POLISH QUESTION. ital, as at present. rot; Ttit accommodate about 300 patients, Which is probAblY in excess of the number who will ocet4y Alt 09 time. This arrangement will place at the disposal of the authorities the present garrison hospital, a commodious building at the back of Chatham bar racks, which, according to present arrangements, will be converted into barrack rooms for the troops of the Line. The casemated barracks at St. Mary's will also be s e t a p ar t f or t h e same purpcse , an d w ill in all probability be reserved for regimeuts arriving from ludia. By this arrangement additional bar rack accommodation will be provided at Chatham for about 2,000 men buoucl the present number quartered at that station. The importance of pro viding separate quarters for the married non-com missioned o ffi cers and m en , as at other garrisons, which has frequently been adverted to in The Sun, has attracted the attention of the authorities at the War-office. It has now been decided to erect suit able buildings in the vicinity of the infantry bar racks for the married troops, and thus do away with the reproach which has so long attached to Chatham of being almost the only important gar' i son town at which a separate building was not pro vided for them. At present there is no separate building provided for the married non-commis• sioned officers and men of the Royal Marines, but it is probable that the Admiralty will see the neces sity of erecting suitable quarters of the kind now that the Government has decided upon bestowing that boon on the troops of the Line. The order issued some days ago for the discharge of a number of mechanics and labourers from the carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal was on Saturday caccelled, when the men received notice that they would be retained on the usual conditions. A similar order, it was stated, had also been re ceived at the Royal gun factories and the other branches of the Arsenal, with a probability that the numbers would shortly be augmented. The following promotions and appointments, dated the 23d inst., were on Saturday announced at Woolwich to have taken place in the Royal Marine Corps :—First Lieut. John F. Sanders, of the Ports mouth division, to be Capt. at the Plymouth division, vice W. C. P. Elliot, retired ; Second Lieut. Francis M. Shairp, of the Plymouth division, to be First Lieut. at the Portsmouth division, vice Sanders, promoted; First Lieut. and Adjt. James P. Murray, of the Portsmouth division, to be Capt. at the Ply mouth ; Second Lieut. Erskine Tudor Risk, of the Plymouth division, to be First Lieut. at a division to be hereafter named. PARIS, Saturday Evening. In the Corps Legislatif on Friday M. Emile 011ivier took the opportunity of the vote on the section of the budget which relates to the salaries of agents abroad to question the Government in the following terms : The attitude of France relative to two very serious foreign questions, viz., the Mexican and the Polish, were the special pre-occupation of the public. He did not, however, think it either reasonable or practicable to provoke a debate on either of them at that moment, I will, therefore, said the hon. member, confine myself to asking a few questions. At what point have we arrived in the Mexican business ? Where is our army? Is it:attackinglPuebla ? Is it marching on the city of Mexico ? The enemy is a long way off, and there is no fear that any indiscreet language pronounced in this place to-day should compromise our soldiers. Respecting Poland negotiations seem to be in progress; but we have a succes sion of contradictory reports. One day we are told that France is acting alone, then that she is acting in concert with England and Austria; at one moment Austria its leaning towards us, and at another she is making advances to Russia. Undoubtedly, if the Government gave no ali ment to these rumours, we should have no right to call oat it to break silence; if we were told "France negotiates, do not mar the efforts of diplomacy by your curiosity,' , w o should only have to acquiesce. But the Government in unfortunately only represented not only by the Ministers and privy councillors here present, but also by its journals. One of them is the Pays. We know that this paper is in. the hands of the Minister of the Interior, who dismissed one editor to have another of a more docile cha racter. I mention this to show that we have a right to at ' tack some importance to the language and revelations of that journal. Now, a few days, the Pays indicated the sense of a despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to M. de Montebello, destined to be submitted to Prince Gortschakaff. First of all, I will put this question—These incomplete publications, acting upon and troubling public opinion, why are they authorised ? Then I ask—ls the idea given of the de spatch exact ? and lastly, I request the Government to com municate to us the despatch, and to give the Chamber all the information that the Minister may think it ought to possess. I hope that the reply will be satisfactory. M. Billault replied as follows : The hon. member is right in presuming that the Govern ment would touch with extreme brevity on one of the ques tions at issue, and with a perfect discretion on the other. (Applause.) My reply respecting Mexico will be brief, because serious official intelligence only arrives twice a month, and is then instantly published in the Non itctir. We expect news at the end of the month, and hope that these, or the very next after, will announce the first triumph of our arms. The facts will be published when officially affirmed. With respect to Poland, if ever discretion were necessary in a case of public interest it is, as all will admit, necessary in this. (Assent,) The Government will give no explanation after the solemn debate which recently took place in another assembly, Words would be either vague or detrimental to the success of the negotiations now going on. We are all animated with cordial sentiments towards the unfortunate Polish nation : we are convinced that it is a European question, and that the sentiments of all Europe ought to aid in its solution. (Applause.) As to the inter pellation relative to non-official communications, this is my reply:—The Government has only two organs, the lifonttearr for written communications and the government commis sioners for the business of the chamber. The government, cannot take on itself the responsibility of either true or false intelligence which may be found in the journals. I regret only that in a country as noble and generous as our own people should so easily accept the most extravagant asser tions—the most contradictory allegations. The government avoids both extremes. Let the country suffer itself to be a little less deluded by reports ; let it show itself less acces sible to the rumours of the press, to the illusions of the Bourse. (Great applause.) Let us have confidence in him who, holding in his hands such vast interests, has a full sense of their importance. (Applause.) The above ministerial reply amounts it will be seen to just nothing, and the Government it must be admitted is not necessarily blameworthy on that account. English Ministers are often and of neces sity quite as impervious to questions as M. Billault. But the stereotyped official fiction that the French Ministry has no organ in the press but the 211onteur deceives no one, however often and solemnly it may be repeated. It appears an intimation froin THE ST. GlLEs's MURDER.—On Thursday s er . the effect thasthinefoonliabtioin h ad been received gean t Glass, of the Cardiff police, apprehended a ni the arrival in . ritvrearceedd t thehe descriptionperso person at Newport, Monmouthshire, on suspicion of being the an murderer, that he left Cork for is icidnirocrirrtibbthse scribed, r aod; o : , steamer, ant ote city i h a aneL)ouef London o noa rtun a t e woman at St. Giles's linddothfthaataltniall who Cardiff ( 11 3 Bad Police so a o fp( t )r h ro a v t jad r dt u hi p f ra e i i h i a f rT t e : hm n iie d a e dt a h t lee f S lt t r o bi Stock dale i given of the supposed foot to Ii made at the 1 11 8 i r l i r s a small vessel in the coal trade .ar 3 , o f de had gone on after pledging a pair of boots, he latter place crime the man made theWport. When charged with the - -That he had gone to e following remarkable statement: cent execution in that Cork to act as hangman in the re— " expenses; that he city, for which he received £6 and the spree an d lost all hswi was there 10 d a y s; that he went on money ; that the governor of Cork Gaol gave him a s • int of clothes, and he then left that and came to Newport, via Bristol, as already stated, intending was conveyed to go on t ramp to London. The accused to Cardiff to be examined before the magistrates. EXECUTION OF THE RIBCHESTER AT URDERERS. —Duncan 111Thail and George Woods, the mur derers of Mrs. Walne, at Ribchester, near Blackburn, suf fered death at noon on Saturday, in front of Kirkdale Gaol. The atrocious character of the Ribchester murder created general indignation in the district, while a groat deal of in terest was also crowded into the case, from the fact that one of the murderers died on the morning of the trial and an other turned approver. Carr, the prisoner who died, ap pears to have taken the prominent part in the outrage. The deceased Mrs. Walne, it may be remembered, lived in a lonely place and in an isolated house, of which a s h h a e wk w e a r s the only inmate. M`Pail, from his business as d with the premises, and as the decease had become familiar iny sold beer, &c., he had frequent opport unities of stud. her h a bits and mode of living. It had been ascertair.ed by M‘Phail that t he old lady had received £lB fr omthe sale of one of her cows, and that she intended to deve,te this sun to the payment of her rent, and accordingly M'Phail, toge.. they with the other prisoners, wont to her house at r ri ii.. night on the 11th of November for the Purpose ' her. The deceased whilst in bed was tied d of robbing own and violently beaten about the head that when d' ' 813 was quite dead. The executioner was Calcraft. iscovered slat of 20,000 persons were present, B ot h Upwards share in the murder, Woods died men denied personal AlThail struggled much, i nstantaneously, but I