The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-18 00:00:00

_BONNET'S SILK S a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes ' As title either from the inventor or :tanufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit wt Ich attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; trade 'he fallacy of such an assertion is ex posed by the very mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece:—" lifairufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon et a Inj urieux." Wear guaxanteed. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING (7th time' a new Opera, founded on Goldsm;th's Comedy, and to be called SH ,; STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss Louisa Pyne and air. W. Harrison. After which, the Burlesque Opening of the Grand National rantomime, HAItLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Sis—•.:ommence at Seven. r iIIEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serlo-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled 01GHT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, napported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fit zjames , and Misses R. Leclercq, Atainson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime f SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders Panto of th, o World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunnies. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. OYAI, LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE Immo (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the perforitlmanceed THE wicommence with a ;Kew and Original Farce, entLOST CHILD Niessrs. H. Widdicombe, Paneardn, F. Charles Collett, Wood, Mrs. Lee, oreland ; Misses Percy, LeJlerc and Miss E. Lavenu. A,Ater which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DENONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, -Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenn, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is oriade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either Or play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and t )at the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. Miss Maria Barris. To be followed by (by desire) THE RIVALS. Bob Acres, Buckstone ; Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. Chippendale ; 3.les.irs. Howe, Braid, Rogers. Clark, Coe; Miss Angel, Miss a. Lindley, Miss Snowden, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or 'I he Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. rik Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Gco. Vining. 'APHIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do. ESP THEATRE-RO VA.L, ADELPHI.-- 4-N dole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. 2'st Week of Miss Bateman. TE T IS EVENING, THE PRETTY HURSEBREAKER. Miss Woolgar and Hr. J. L. Toole. kt I to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate tnan, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stu;wt, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To wmaclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven Magi 3 Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. 1" E A H.-E V E R Y JL4 MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. MISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 119th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA fEMAN, in the character of L NAIL In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the pritcipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Cro•' ded with rank snd fashion. The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, airs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are enraged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Tof,le, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirlimr, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mat7aews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, n entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicest , r Bucking' ,Esq., entitled TH E SILVER LINT(.: Mr. Charles raft,thew,,, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s, °cc. Mr. Montague; Mrs I harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth. and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated front the French)in his characteristic character of llnAnglais Timfde, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBEK. To conclude with 1861; or. TETE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON: Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Kr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. )elford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, olt P FIE US AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, .James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborou , h, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Concluding with MARGATE SAN DS. Commence at 7. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. Goorge Csse), at the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William street (her THIRD SEASON in London), EVERY EVENING, at . Eight (except Saturday). Saturday Mornings at Three. Stalls. 3s. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, Is. Will continue positively for a month only. TIHE - THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," 111_ Containing . the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening . of 0. R. GIANIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26e. per ton. 1 Double 21e. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ 19s. Deep .225. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De note, Westbournc Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOIIN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 11h. 12m.—Afternoon, 11h. 52m. To.moßnow.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 18, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 37 Barometer-30.H. Wind—N. ; moderato breeze, and cloudy. 4 - - - 04 tV> THE SUN, LOADON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1864. LOND xT n —& , s THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1864. Lord MELBotRi,, E'a happy-go-lucky remonstrance with any more energetic Ministerial collsagw 4, Why can't you leave it alone ?"—appears to have been only partially accepted as a hint for a guiding principle by the leaders Of her Majesty's present Government. It is adopted unconditionally by them in regard to all the r eally Great Powe r s i n one very important public depa rtment, though it is not in the least acted upon in another. It is is adopted unconditional l y , th at is to say, (in regard to the really Great Powers) in the War Department, and not the least bit in th e wor ld i n t h e Diplomatic Department. In the War Department Ministers, so far as war itself is in any way concerned, appear to have quite int:do up their minds to "leave it alone." No mat ter at what sacrifice of honour, of prestige, o' influence, of reputation —no matter what may be the prweecatives to interference—no mat • ter how heinous or detestable may be the outrages perpetrated—Ministers have, at once bl an dly and doggedly, made up their minds to " leave it alone." The atrocities perpetrated by Russia in her Polish Provinces may be such as absolutely cry to heaven for vengeance. N o matter, " leave it alone." The horrors of a Civil War, that has lasted now during several successive y ear , in peopled by our own ki t h America—in that land and kin, squandering, there, blood, and lives, and treasures with appalling prodigality—the horrors of this most miserable war beyond the Atlantic may te quire manifestly deepening and mn.tiplying deplorably. No matter—" leave it alone." The two great Powers of the Germanic Confederation, two out of the Five Greatest Po 'vier ain Europe, may lawlessly band together their . fighting men, horse, foot, and artillery, and may , then in open violation of treaty rights, in &fay ,ce of the law of nations, advance beyond the , frontirm of a lesser Power like Denmark for the 1 gurpos a of carry ing out by brutal violence a most - 3 agm at scheme of territorial spoliation. No matter - —") .eave i t alone. " The heir apparent may hay e taken to wife but one brief year since th e el ( lest daughter of th e lesser Power thus infamous? y outraged. Mais is no affair , of ours—" leave it nimpMe—it alone." That eldest daugb Ear of Denmark, now the adopted daughter of . England, may but one brief month since hav e brought an heir to the heir of the most constitr itional and beloved of the long line of our sove reigns—no matter—we will show our loyal'ql we will show our jealous regard for on e own honour (implicated in this shameless i nvasion of Danish soil by the banded armies of Pr issia and Austria) we will show our patriotic dev otion for the maintenance of Eng land's fair fiame, of her influence, of her re putation t ,afore the whole world, by letting things raw .i their course just as they may. We will "lea. /e it alone." Denmark may be the victim of a mos' t criminal adventure on the part of two Powers, either one of which single-handed would be a cry el overmatch to the invaded kingdom as an assailant. It is our impression, it is our conscie r ,tious conviction, that the invasion of tl 3 e Danish soil is a proceeding precise y of this most execrable character— no zrizLtter—we will " leave it alone." Prussia is 01113 of the Great Powers—Austria is one of the Great Powers—together those two out of the Five Great Powers of Europe are surely very form.idable—" leave it alone !" So is it, as a plaio, bald matter of fact with regard to the Foreign Policy of England in the War Depart ment'. If only the same exceedingly safe—rather contomptible perhaps, but perfeetly safe—policy (safest least so far as immediate consequences go) could be recognizable in any way, could be adopted, could be acted upon, in the Diplomatic as rigii!lly as it is thus being acted upon in the War Department ! There—in the Foreign Department par excellence—the presiding genius, having as strottg as ever upon him the cacoethes scribendi, wal on ao account whatever " leave it alone." He is for ever interposing, interfering, meddling, and muddling, ad infinitum: certainly, judged by JOHN BULL'S palate, usque ad nauseam. Nothing will induce him to " leave it alone." He interfered between the People and the last real chance of a Reform Bill, four years ago, with his dog•in-the manger Resolutions—and we know well enough what has come of it. 'We know well enough that, precisely because of his Resolutions, ever since then we have had Reform quietly cushioned and shelved. Just exactly in the same way this inimitable Statesman, and diplomatist, and administrator, this upsetter of coaches, and malapropos propounder of Finality as a political principle, this inventor of a Foreign Poli t y that is next to no Policy at all, this great Ministerial MARPLOT who, after winning his Garter and his Earldom, can simper out to the ration " Rest and be thEinkful"—Earl RUSSELL to-day, in regard to Foreign Affairs, as yesterday in regard to Reform, just exactly with the self-same pertinacity and per versity, interferes only by a dead certainty to make bad worse. He meddles only to muddle. The results of his happy diplomatic interference are painfully visible, indeee., at this moment alike in Poland, in America, in Schleswig-Holstein. To day, as we have said, the MARPLOT of the Ministry—to-motruw ho may be regarded as, the ',JONAH, and may then he treated accordingly. On Tuesday evening Lord CARNARVON called at tention to a very important subject—the Beitish claims upon the United States Government. The noble lord entered into the question at some length, and did ample justice to the case of those who were concerned in the affair. He said that his efforts were chiefly directed to inquiries concerning those who, on "vague suspicion," had been arrested, or subjected to great losses of property, and he ex pressed his opinion that the Government were bound on behalf of those persons to demand " ample compensation and redress," This is strictly true, and contains a principle in which all must concur who appreciate what ought to be the first thought of public men, and is always considered to be of primary importance to the Statesman and the patriot—the protection of our countrymen abroad. It is a sad state of things and a lamentable position of affaies if the Englishman, who boasted in the last generation that his " Flag had braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze," and was mighty to protect those who sought refuge beneath it, and that "on his empire the sun never set ;" yet he could visit any part of it secure from injury and shielded with an invincible panoply, must now be browbeat and insulted at every turn, and the flag of his country be powerless to save even himself from assault, or even at times to preserve his life. The cases recorded by Lord CARNARYON are enough to excite the strongest indignation, and to awaken the fears of all, if they are only studied with due attention. Who can deny that, according to the transatlantic reading of the ease, ratified by our Government, " neutral rights are on the verge of extinction." The notable instances of infringement upon this principle, so strikingly manifested in the affair of the Saxon, and the capture of the Tusca looza, received due mention, and great stress was laid upon the suspicious circumstance of the instruc tions sent out by her MAJESTY'S Government, with an intimation that they must be strictly adhered to, being allowed by the arrest of the vessel, which the Governor of the Cape had previously refused to de tain, acting with proper spirit and a discretion which did him infinite credit. Surely it is not often that such transactions are brought under the notice of Parliament, as the details which bear re ference to these American affairs. The second part of Lord CARNARVON'S speech treated of the claims which the " United States Government made upon her MAJESTY'S; Government for damages alleged to be done to American ships by the Ala bama and other Confederate cruisers." Here he animadverts upon Earl RUSSELL'S most unfortunate observation in his despatch con cerning the Alabama, that he waited until the question could be candidly considered. This was certainly as maladroit an admission as any that could h ave b een ma d e, an d ent i re l y did away with the impression of the noble Earl's previous declarations that his Government were not respon sible for the ants of the Alabama. The noble Earl found it convenient when the charge was brought home to him in the House to express his dissent from the reading of his remarks by the speaker, but what other interpretation could possibly be put A p ß le N s A i ß n VO re N sp e e n c u t n t e o ia o t u e r d i s n o t m e r e very , upon importantthem P o p r r d i n c e i course with America, and it would be well for the reputation of the Foreign Sleretary and the wel fare of the country if they were more heeded than they are likely to be :—" In the history of our in tercourse with America, I think our experience amounts to this, that the whole object of E ng li sh statesmen should be to limit these debateable ques tions, and never allow them to be kept open." Th ere can be no more fatal error than the one into Which Earl RUSSELL has fallen of " tiding over difficul ties," as Lord CARNARVON has forcibly expressed his mode of procedure. This is not the way to manage matters, or to gain the desired ob ject even, for it is well known that people always prefer to hear the worst at once, if only fairly stated and openly argued, than to be put off by the specious promises of fair seeming professions, which ultimately turn out to be groundless and illusory. Earl RUSSELL'S reply was about as unsatisfactory as it could be in every way, and as unworthy of the tone in which the Foreign Minister of this country should treat such subjects, as the subjects themselves were cha racterised by violence and disrespect for the recog nised rights of belligerents, the claims of neutrals, and the honour and good faith which should exist between nations, whether in peace or war, In the first place the House was informed that the captain of the Vanderbilt could do no more than express his regret. Was there ever such a mon strous assertion. Lord CARNARVON very properly inquired whether he had placed the guilty party under arrest. To this query the noble lord was compelled to say that he had no information. Ac cording to this new version of justice, if Lord RUSSELL saw a man commit a murder, and the miscreant expressed regret, he would suffer him to escape. Circumstances may differ in detail, but the fundamental principles of justice are the same whether an offence is committed on English ground or on the high seas, in the purlieus of St. James's, or on the eoast of Africa. With respect to the Tuscalooza the law officers of the Crown, as usual' are to take the blame. What would the noble lord do without these convenient scapegoats. They are to be responsible for all the sins of omission and commission with which the Foreign-office stands charged before the Parliament. If the Foreign Secretary sought to be a little less legal and a great deal more just, how much better .ffairs would look for himself and others. The noble lord, however, doubtless irritated by the constant attaeks made upon his conduct during the halcyon period of the recess, became aggressive in his turn, and after taunting Lord CARNARVON with urging him to make war upon America, he wound up by declaring that all laws which allowed warlike vessels to be fitted up for the Confederates were a scandal and a " reproach," and that they ought to be made more intelligible. This is doubtless the fulfilment of the threat or promise made in Scotland some months back; bat Earl RUSSELL had better take heed before he attempts such a change as that con templated in the latter part of his speech. There is a limit to all things, and the day that sees him lay such a proposition before the House as that to to alter and restrict our laws to suit the Federal Government will seal the doom of the Cabinet of which he is a member. If he would escape an igno minious close to a long political career, let him avoid an act which would thus sully his fame as a states man, a Minister, and a patriot in the annals of his country's history, where his ancestors have held so honourable a position, and shone forth so conspi cuously in the cause of civil rights and the sacred claims of liberty. The Navy Estimates for the current year will be scanned with some curiosity'after the promises of retrenchment. The lavish expenditure of the Admiralty, expenditure as profitless as uncalled-for, has long been a favourite subject of attack for mal contents and financial reformers. Even Admiralty officials find it difficult to defend the enormous de mands which are made upon the public for work often inefficiently and awkwardly performed. There is, perhaps, no department of the public service to which the British public would be so little likely to grudge a liberal supply as the Navy, and it really seems sometimes as if the whole Admiralty establih ment reckoned upon this feeling. It is cne thing, however, to pay money cheerfully for work well done, and another to pay for unfinished experi ments, for continual alterations, for building and rebuilding, for cutting down, and other vagaries constantly being gone through in our dockyards. In the estimates now published there is certainly a decrease, though bat a slight one. The net expen diture of 1863-4 was £10,462,322 ; the net expen diture of 1864-5 is calculated at £10,169,022 ; thus leaving a net estimated decrease of £300,000. The principal items in which it is intended this reduc tion shall be made are the estimates for seamen's wages, victuals, and clothing, and for naval stores. On the other hand, there is a proposed increase for wages to men employed in naval works at home. The recent innovations on the old-established theories of shipbuilding have naturally made a great difference in the sums required for timber, masts, hemp, canvas, &c., and although there is also a reduction in the amount set down for armour plates, iron beams, and other similar items, this is due to the number of iron ships and gun boats now building by contract. We have no wish to find fault with this plan, which very probably will secure to the country better built ships at a less cost and in quicker time ; but it would be quite as well if our Admiralty, while thinking of eco nomy, turned over its old stores, and considered whether they might not be put to some profitable account. The removal of a few guns would lighten many of the old wooden vessels sufficiently to en able them to bear the weight of an iron belt just above and below the water line, which is the quarter where the protection is really worth having. The missiles of the present day will penetrate any ordinary armour plating, and if a shot is to go through a vessel, it may as well do so without the additional mischief occasioned by splintering through the iron. No vessel can bear the weight of an armour plating solid enough to defy the monster guns of the day ; but a belt round the vici nity of the water-line might be made sufficiently thick to be of real service. There is no reason why our old wooden walls should be cast aside as unfit for further service, when a little management would convert them into a ready-made fleet, at hand in any emergency. In the present threatening aspect of foreign affairs, we can hardly tell how soon we may be called upon to put forth our naval power, and it is surely folly while preaching economy and efficiency to neglect such an important means of saving, since by its use we should not only avoid expense but delay, and be able quickly to equip a formidable fleet ready at any moment for the purposes of attack or defence. The retrenchment which is to take place in the seamen's wages, victuals, and clothing, owes its existence to proposed economy, which we heartily trust will never be suffered to be put into practice. At a time of perplexity and anxiety, like the pre sent, when the arrogant pretensions of the Federal Government threaten every day to involve us in a naval warfare, when the shadows of a coming war that shall convulse the greater part of Europe are darkening over us, it is surely most unwise, most impolitic, most preposterous, to take steps which must tend to weaken our navy prospectively and permanently. The saving effected by the reduc tion of 500 seamen, 1,500 men and boys of the coast guard service, and 2,000 boys of the number serving afloat, will make a very inconsiderable difference at the end of the financial year; but it will produce very marked and disastrous effects on the British navy. Unless the country has grown much more parsimonious, the Government much more careful of the hundreds than even before, or the House of Commons especially censorious, £20,000 or £30,000 will make a very little difference in the estimates of 1865 6. But year by year the service will suffer from just the deficiency which it is hardest to supply. Not only the number of sea men will have been reduced, at a time when we ought not to lose a man unnecessarily, not only the valuable auxiliary of the regular service—the coast guard—will have been shorn of its usual propor tions, but the boys who are to supply our future navy, who year by year recruit the ranks of our able seamen with the most efficient material—men trained to the work—are to be diminished by a large number. This is beginning saving at the wrong end indeed. It reminds one of the old adage about being penny wise and pound foolish. In case of sudden alarm or emergency, the consequence will be that a large sum will have to be paid to ignorant and perhaps incapable men hurriedly enlisted into the force without previous training or experience. It is in ways like these that the public money is wasted, and the public service brought into disre pute. Efficiency is the real economy, and so long as we have a fleet or a navy at all it is no sort of seying to have it badly manned. Whatever other changes modern science may have effected, it has not men by any other con tri v a n e succeeded eand in u n ti replacing l suc ha discovery is made our authorities would do well to remember that there is no extravagance like misplaced economy, and that whatever may be the merits of monitors and Whit worth guns, it is upon our seamen we must mainly rest for the maintenance of our naval supremacy. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. Per the Nova Scotian, via Greencastle. NEW YORK, FEE. 6, 3 P.M. St. Thomas's Hospital and the Corporation of London. On Tuesday a special general court of the governors of St, Thomas's Hospital was held at the Terminus Hotel, London Bridge, Alderman Sir John Musgrove, the president, in the chair, to take into consideration a matter in which they have been brought into collision with the Court of Common Council in reference to a proceeding about to be in stituted in the Court of Chancery, at the instance of the corporation, touching the future site of the hos pital. The summons stated that the court of governors was convened to receive a report of the recent act of the Court of Common Council in using theseal of the Royal hospitals without the authori , y of the governors, and in disregard of the formalities required by the Act of Parliament, and to authorise such proceedings as might be necessary to protect the rights of the governors. It appears that by an act 22d Geo. 111., c. 77, passed in 1782, and which embodied an agreement entered into between the corporation and the pre sidents, treasurers, and acting governors of the Royal hospitals, St. Thomas's among the rest, for their management, it was provided that the seai of the several hospitals should be kept by the Cham berlain of London for the time being, and that all leases, deeds, and other instruments relating to the hospital or their estates, revenues, or possessions, after the same should have been examined and signed by the presidents and treasurers and a com petent number of the aldermen ar.d other governors, should be left at the Chamberlain's office from time to time for the seal to be affixed, with a docquot or writing explaining their purport, upon which such documents should be sealed in the next Court of Aldermen or of Common Council which should first happen, without any reading, a-3dition, examination, or alteration of the same. That being so the Court of Common Council, without the knowledge of the rest of the governors of the hos pital, affixed the seal of the hospital, at a recent meeting to a retainer to Mr. Nelson, the City Solicitor, to carry into execution the powers vested in the governors by the St. Thomas's Hospital Act, and they empowered him to make such application to the High Court of Chancery in the matter of the site as he should deem necessary or expedient. This act on the part of the corporation appears to have given umbrage to the rest of the governing body, and at meetings of the grand committee of the hospital, held on the 26th of January and the 12th of February, resolutions were passed expressive of regret that recourse should have been had to it, and stating that it is subversive of the constqu. tion of the Royal Hospitals, as settled and esta blished by law. The solicitor to the hospital, Mr. Wainwright, has also been instructed to take such steps as in the opinion of counsel are necessary and proper, not only for rendering the unauthorised proceeding of the Common Council nugatory, but also for maintaining unimpaired the rights anc:, privileges heretofore enjoyed by the hospitals unthr the act of 1782. After the minutes of the grand committee had bees read, Dr. LEESON moved a resolution to the effect that the Court desired to express its full concurrence in the views of the committee in reference to the pro ceeding of the Common Council, and authorised the committee to take such steps as, in the opinion of counsel, were necessary to protect the gover nors and to maintain the rights and privi leges of the hospital, under the statute of Geo. 111. He also moved that Mr. Wainwright, the solicitor of the hospital, be directed on behalf of the gover nore,to give notice to the charity commissioners of the proceeding which counsel had advised to be taken, and to apply for the commissioners' warrant to authorise such proceedings. He said that while they were in apparent opposition to the City of London, they all felt that it wus not the Corporation of London as a whole, but a certain party in it, who were taking steps in regard to the hospital which were objectionable to the views of the general body of the governors. A very erroneous opinion pre vailed that the hospital was indebted to the Corpo ration for a great part of its funds. In a report of the charity commissioners a full account was given of the disputes which in times gone by arose between the corporation and the donation governors, and which were supposed to be amicably settled by the act of 1782. Now, however, the donation governors were much in the position of the Danes in relation to Schleswig-Holstein, for an attempt was made to set the treaty aside, and it now be came a question whether this Royal Hospital was to be governed solely by the corporation, or whether the corporation was to be associated, as heretofore, in its government by a number of large-hearted men of great experience and independent means. Mr. STEWART, a member of the Common Council, denied that the seal had been clandestinely affixed to the retainer by the Court of Common Council, and he questioned that they were precluded by the terms of the act from doing it in the manner they did. It had been impated that it was the act of a clique in the Common Council, but he denied that any such clique existed. The corporation of London believed that the hospital was about to ba re-erected in a wrong place; and all that they wanted to do as governors was to prevent that, in the public inte rest. There was a long list of noble-minded citizens who from time to time had given immense sums of money towards the endowment of that and other of the royal hospitals; and the corporation, as the representatives of these men and in their own right as governors, were only desirous of doing their duty before the world in this important trest, and had no sinister parpose to serve. The PRESIDENT, in reply to Mr. Maudslay, said he believed the seal affixed to the document in ques. tion was the seal of all the Royal hospitals. A GOVERNOR contended that by the statute the Common Council were limited to a ministerial act simply, and had no deliberative power, inasmuch as they were required to seal even without reading. Dr. LEESON said that this was the first occasion on which the seal of the hospital had been so used. After acme further conversation, in which Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Johnson (the treasurer of Bridewell Hospital), and other governors took part, the resolution was put and carried with few, if any, dissentients, and the court adjourned. ROYAL COLOSSEUM.—Our readers, although familiar with the prefix " iast season," to the an nouncements of this famous institution for some months past, will scarcely be prepared to realise the fact that it is no longer one of the sights of London, There are all sorts of rumours prevalent with respect to it. Some go to the length of demolition, others, on the contrary, speak of entire renovation, with new and special entertainments under the entire d irec tion of the untiring acting managerMr,Nim roc. Nothing, however, is yet possibly known as to the future, but it is to be hoped that an establishment which has afforded so much delight and gratification to many thou. sands of our country folks and foreigners may be preserved for the greater number who ktiew it only by report, and cannot possibly realise the great interest which it possesses. With the disappearance of the Colosseum London will pre sent one feature the less. THE WAR IN DENMARK,—Mr. Bentinck will, on Monday next, ask the President cf the Board of frade " whether her Majesty's Government have re- ceived any confirmation of a statement which has ap peared in the public journals, to the effect that the Prussian authorities in Schleswig have extinguished all the coast lights in that locality on the shores of the Baltic ; and, if so, whether British shipping will not be exposed to great in convenience and risk in consequence of that proceeding ; and whether, in the opinion of her Majesty's Government, such a proceeding is in accordance with the usages of civi lised warfare, in cases where the safety of neutral vessels is thereby compromised." THE CONCIERGE OF PARIS.—The privileges of the concierge are bearable. Let him take the biggest log when you are supplied with half a lead of wood. You pay him the expected gratification when you return home after midnight. You cannot help the friendship that springs up between him and your cook. He must know when the price of peaches is low enough for your pocket, and that you quarrelled with the cobbler over his charge for mend ing your shoes. Every detail of your contract with the traiteur is his property. You drink Bordeaux at 25 sous the litre, and he knows it; and it is only when you have friends you go even as far as Beaune, The fowls are too dear in the market to-.ay for Madame; the cook has told him so with a toss of the head ; and he holds that are bier pee de chose. A friend out at elbow has paid you a visit, and went out arm-in-arm with you, and to-toied you. The landlord has called three times for his rent. It is the privilege of the concierge to be posted up in the doings of the back staircase, and of the front staircase, of your establishment. You fur nish Sunday afternoon conversation to him and his friends. —Once a Week. er y - -C IgUTtOlOlO HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 11 ' The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice' drove out yesterday. The Hon. Mrs. Bruce and 3lajor-General rnour Pr n attendeher Maj. cess Helena rode esty on horseback, attended 11 the Hon. Emma Lascelles. Captain Sir Leopold M'Clintock, 0 had do 010 °4 honour of being received by the Qu een yesterdeYa - - - , her Majesty's ship Aurora in Cowes R ods, The Prince and Princess of Wal es. , 5, • ST, LEONAPS, Feb. .0 be The Prince of Wales hunted yesterday Wi th t East ox Sussex fhounds. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales drefe to the meet. FEn . 17. w a leo This morning the Prince and Princess of vine, -(1 Harry • visited Battle Abbey (the seat of Lor_ a lO ll, M.P. for Hastings), where there a re , re r ul ec c't‘ tb t edi : some magnificent ruins of the old Priory e commemoration of the battle of Has tings, spot where, according to tradition, ling 114:11r fell. Their royal highnesses drove in their gonette, and were attended by t he Hon. grs' Coke and Major Teesdale. ' , w ard+ 0 wing to the change of wind to the rw rtP. e of the princess, this forenoon, had an opportoioch witnessing one of the prettiest sights at sl e ll . t l e o ci f this coast presents—the passing of a large s . hips and coasting vessels, which had been et the Downs by the westerly wind. 03 , e of the coast is there so good an opportunity " e s at v 11 the shipping sailing up and down C hant'l Hastings. From the windows of the Novi., e j etl3 o bad, Hotel a magnificent view of the sea can be had' the the eye taking in the bay from BeachY Ke p oil F irlight Hills, and away to Dungen ess °int the east. The prince and princess received at din °r 01 terday G Viscountess and Viscount la celYil il. g' eneral and Mrs. Hankley. To-night Jr.N ,to c urteis, master of the East Sussex foxbouti°' i dine with their royal highnesses. ; "0 t he The prince, it is believed, will aga in J°lo the Bexhill harriers tomorrow (ThursdaY); 111,5,0 meet of the East Sussex hounds at Friday. # the rail' A large number of people assembled a' way station and at the Royal Victoria H o tel to-day' it being generally rumoured that the aueeill °f pay a brief visit to the Prince an d. Vrficess Wales. o° 6 The Commander of the Forces and Lad , ' " ti 10 5 liralker had the honour of entertainin g h• 105 1 ' 111i° t be Prince Alfred at dinner on Monday. r ises, e Dreschler Hamilton fami:y played before the Fta e was pleased to express himself as much gra tified performance. „„briag e His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam" at 01011' entertained a select circle at dinner last evening tester House. ICei" a° The Duke and Duchess of Wellington r`- select l,h atecireAlleaartgduiinsnearnd m Apsley House last osliroioOttil have arrived in town from Eaton Hall, stet Marchioness o/, ser er for ci2e s season. i P " The CeG r u q re u ots i e, s ,ses a n n o d r-s Marchioness of W 13 , 4 10 01 ' arrived rfhe M in a quare from Hatapsteael '- Berks. 0 f e Villiers have arrived i o n f E Egerton Egerton of 'Patton -and the 11°°"„att0" -000- - ge,ton have returned to town from visiting' L Viscountess Holmsdale, at Linton Park, StaplelArto ili as few days from their seat, Elmham e li WjiletroTp l e t re d fr o r : acllo4i:sitel; Lord and Lady Sondes are r t ed 0 tt) ; 0 ; l e i, c, Norfo ll '' -Gir season. artice4 dip Lord and Lady Southampton hav e . town for the season. 0 ier The Cnancellor of the Exchequer left to terday for Osborne. h a ha lie Lord Methuen and the Hon. Mr. get- 10 arrived at the St. George's Hotel, c CO Sir William and Lady Surtees have le ' t A Hotel, Dover-street, for Silamore House, Staff°r"; to °I ; DEATH OF LADY HEATING.—We r e g e sir fl e o , nounce the death of Lady Keating, the wife et of colon, Singer Keating, one of the justices of the Coa t l fe AIN° Pleas. Her ladyship was the daughter of the -a tt ) PE a w n ehl i n r D ort o and u announce Thornton ohp F roe neßltro3aAntghßeitoionurifstEth.s;seani Scotland, u T 1 - 1 VE N • '''' l g Ruth „ ally General Evans, of the Royal Artillery. ire 136 St i A eei c tu T dh e n ot the death of the Right Hon. Baronesh-ire. of fourth baron, by Lady Mary Elizabeth Lee lie ' f the ° die f F Freeland, w re a e s l dnar Per g r i: l3l : ts e b- a e- o c o f ° s ,l l :r e fl a l e o l e the sixth Earl of Leven. On the excinctio ° to reat lo line by the death of her brother, fifth Lord S u la dy. ' 1 ., barony devolved on his only sister, the deceased „ of :j5 O O late baroness married, in 1806, Mr. Walter ke:;ereer°o perstown, county Wexford, by whom she 115 d 010„ 14 issue. The barony devolves on Walter Joao o r ie l. of the deceased baroness), an officer in the Ri f° matesprovide .....-----------...........z7 "..... T el l !: year, The number to The arg i l. de - AUXILIARY MILITARY FORCES.-- '-- ra ilit , - ; 7 0 8 b 3 e c fo a r lle t d he u stated at 128,969, but a deduction is made fr om , a ctla"ot of pay required to the extent of one-fourth fo r ' vote, IV 31 6 ' of officers and men not enrolled or absent. are of 0 r the Volunteer corps is to be £328,260, all lu cre , 101° 0 6 1 owing to the numbers reported efficient pevi n6 : v o lsa 5 0s, was anticipated. The capitation grants to ° th t'llery ' l°44 are calculated at £163,269 —namely, to the Ari t i iflo s,°; st p d disembodied ddiaeyds , the troiailiiiitoogipii £29,223; to the Light Horse, Engineers, an d ; 4 0; a ll err £101,032; extra capitation grant, at 10 8 , . 2 "' Tots fell 4s for administrative battalions, £7,5 57 ' 1 149,5 0 ' rolled pensioners and army reserve force is"' 1.. ester' yeomanry cavalry will not be assembled this Y e ' i - fe o ' 0 A DANISH FRIGATE IN THE C110 1 ".„:,,' j, 4 6 ' :lit day morning the Danish frigate Neils " "t Ply seen about seven miles beyond the breakwater '' sv i i itl i j- 4 ed, under steam and canvas, steering due south ; .. ev i e rtP co . with a fresh breeze. Her coal bunks have beel' to ' blo' vie .Captain Getleitt, on application being rod°,toitrio titre didly announced his intention to seize the 'i t a l eta it o Milost and Budua, at Plymouth, if he ea ug h „ Au st a r ee it t miles outside the English coast. Besides t ` - . 0 Srbl' .i gea there are two Bremen barques and one rru e° l3 l ,en tog& same harbour. A Plymouth branch pilot ha l3 go these her on board for a short service (nominally bet We -will 110 fair and Portsmouth). The course of the friga te 13 , ill t c oo" south-west of the Eddystone, where she Wil l a do wo r o ast way track of all merchant vessels going up a i r ' „Jo 1/e Sa . nel; but a continuation of this course will ~.roiorl or* Brest, where is the Prussian frig ate Thetis ( h ocel; 0 0. lish)—an encounter with which the Pa r ': ou th °rl quently referred to during their v isit to PIP - WO day. l'ari o tea M. Eugene Simon has returned t ° ,ori is troeaf China, after having accomplished a rai s° , l l3o a end 0 to him by the Emperor. He has brought wit vv i-l o c os ro oot Chinese sheep, called ongti, consisting ef fi t ' oo oo a 9 10 , ewes, remarkable for their fecundity. Th is _ the % o° , the,, made by the French residents of Shanghai t ' - ',, e ,t. 0' 43; ‘l ,ll Society in the Bois de Boulogne. FiltY per at 0 , bir L o i l ecl / ewes produce lambs twice a year, and three ve se v olt per cent. produce two at a time twice a Yea r. . h d o 0r0. 1 .,0 0 ' are of the middle size, and resemble the Seiz_` f ' til ,,, Dl . _ o gei t o Sue t o or it ' cil i a oSe . i o o wool, though long, is very interior to that ',._ be 0;4°,130er• It is proposed to send French sheep with masters of ships coming from ChinafntAGGsl, dog MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.--A MAN ' 1 " oa at , ,ot fi s MILES BY A RAILWAY ENGINE. watt, a Ber ,:ia t in evening, the I;th inst., a man name" ' ssen crer " og to" Hillend, Fordyce, had left the 6. 59 Patvinsfd E t : , tre, Rothiemay station, and was walking westward 11.0 goo ol 6l l' lo di: line, but had not got many ye.rds wen hig h Wi'' i rCe if f came up on him, and owing to the veil L; 130 did p . OO O. not hear it until it was close on him. `V en viiie li e e g a : it he gave e spring, and threw out his 1 . 7 0 J, o f 00_0 ale them providentially encircled the drW-h drag ed a i . 0 ,00 His body went in below it, and he way feetoa th ° 5 Del l his r ei g) l' The train stopped at Grange Station with o , i d a s 'n a d, , His feet were badly torn, but not s w '1 the grotitore Tr been expected, owing to the soft sno a r and t nerf oo ,eu 0 goods train did not stop at RothieM . 9 13. nia los v' coo eel f _ at full speed when it came on him, wWOG_ so the of. II; rence the more astonishing., as one c '' _ t i l e SP , _ l, o ne! was cared for during the night at til l LI:L;(1,y, ••• how he could have escaped being kill c ed ,, u ;,,re 11 ,... °Lv nafit Wed was removed to his friends in Hunt y net t red 1 shire Journal. , 7 I _,-It i s m oo s e eking o t 0 giod of the " Iron Duke '' that, 5 010 pro vibot ,able THE BEST MILITARY COSTVAI" • to 0 10 i l itall with respect to an improvement i OO no tt a a a r 0 a0, ,, attire, he once asked an old Vattrla. t6o'ght t o n; g of clothes he would choose, if he d g _ lea se Y r leo bo° battle over again. fAI a iO O •,...,,f, 0 . :teu. the veteran replied. _.-The r riu' irins °" e o °l THE HEIR APPARENT. aei,,erv, Da te „ no th patr,niseci hair- brushing by ni °L'ooo' o f sv of the establiahnleats for the P w r formance. "My shirt-sleeve., I' WILLIAM DYCE, R.A. The announcement of the death of William Dyce in the prime of life will shock those who are not aware that the great artist has been in feeble health for a lorg time past. Mr. Dyce has been suffering for months from chronic bron chitis, but died at last from cancer of a most painful and distressing nature. William Dyce was born at Aberdeen in 1806. Hi s f a th er was Dr. William Dyce. F.R.S.E., and his cou s i n i s th e Rev. Alexander Dyce, the well-known editor of Beaumont and Fletcher, and Marlowe, and the Shaksperian Commen tator, author of th, Lives of Shakspere, Pope, Akenside, and Beattie. William Dyce took the degree of M.A. at Marischal College, Aberdeen, at the early age of 16, and it may be added that he was known through life as a polished scholar and able writer. Indeed, at the age of 22, in 1828, he wrote a paper on electromagnetism which obtained the Blackall prize at Aberdeen. After taking his degree he entered at the Royal Scottish Academy, and made his first appearance as a classical artist at one of the exhibitions. In 1825 he visited Itsly, and for 9 months stud.ed in Rome, returning in the following year to Aberdeen, where he decorated a room in his father's house in the arabesque style. In 1827 appeared his " Bacchus nursed by the Nymphs of Nysa," which was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and in the same year he went again to Rome. At Rome Mr. Dyce imbibed those habitsof reverent and solemn study of religious subjects which distinguished him through life—witness his " Madonna and Child," pro duced in 1828. From 183) to 1838 the artist lived in Edin burgh, but, finding small encouragement in his attempts at historical painting, he set himself to work at portrait pain t ing, and was successful, especially in the likenesses of chil dren. In 1835 he became an associate of the Royal Scot tish Academy, and in the following year exhibited his "Descent of Venus" at the Royal Academy, London. In 1838 Mr. Dyce left Edinburgh on being appointed superintendent and secretary of the new Government School of Design, at Somerset House. He obtained the of ice through a letter addressed to Lord Meadowbank, in which he advocated the improvement of the schools of de signs belonging to the board of trustees for the manfactures of Edinburgh. Shortly after his appointment he was sent by Government to France, Prussia, and Bavaria for the purpose of procuring information on matters relating to his new duties, and his report (1840) led to the remodelling of the London Schools of Design. In 1839 he produced " St. Dunstan separating Evary and Elgiva" (Royal Academy). In 1840, " Titian Teaching Irene de Spilembergo." In 1841 he exhibited at the British Institution " The Christian's Yoke." In 1843 he producc-d " Jessica." In 1843 he resigned his appointment at the School of Design and was appointed Inspector of the Provincial Schools. In 1844 Mr. Dyce was elected A.R.A., and exhibited a picture of " King Joash Shooting the Arrow of Deliverance," which picture made Mr. Dyce's reputa tion. When, on the invitation of the Government, the leading artists of England were asked to join in a project for deco rating the Houses of Parliament with frescoes, Mr. Dyce was associated with Mr. Macllse, Mr. Cope, Mr. Horsley, Mr. Tenniel, and Mr. E. Armitage. The picture which procured Mr. Dyce's engagement was that of the " Conse cration of Archbishop Parker in Lambeth Palace Chapel in 1559," which was exhibited at Westminster. Mr. Dyce's work in the Houses of Parliament has been the subject of very unpleasant discussion in artistic circles and in the House of Commons, on which it is not necessary to remark in this place. No doubt ill health prevented Mr. Dyce from completing his contract, but as soon as he found himself incapable of fulfilling it he returned the money which he had received on account. He had. how ever, done some noble work. His " Baptism of Ethelbert" in the House of Lords was universally admired. Then he was engaged to paint in the Queen's robing-room " The Legends of King -Irthur." He engaged to d o this in eight years, and began his work in 1848. He has only done a few of the pictures—on the west wall a picture of " Religion ; or, the Vision of Sir Percival and his Company." "Gene' rosily" was represented by King Arthur, unhorsed, spared by his adversary, and Sir Tristam represented " Courtesy." On the north wall there is a picture of " Mercy," but there are great omissions on the walla—two paintings on the east and one on the north side, besides friezes on all four sides. Mr. Dyce has been engaged in ornamenting the royal palaces, Buckingham Palace, and Osborne. The late Prince Cousort invited Mr. Dyce, with Sir C. Eastlake, Sir E Landseer, Mr. Ross, Mr. Maclise, Mr. Uwins, Mr. Leslie, and Mr. Stanfield, to illustrate Milton's "Corals." In 1846 Mr. Dyce exhibited, at the Royal Academy, "The Madoina and Child;" and in 1847 he produced " Neptune giving the Empire of the Sea to Britannia," for the late Prince Consort. It is impossible to give any de tails of Mr. Dyce's work at length. H e was wade R.A. in 1848. The names of his pictures on ly need be given— " Omnia Vanitas ( 1849 ), the " Meeting of Jacob and Rachel," " Lear and the Fool" (1851), " Christabel" (1853), " The Good Shepherd" (1856), " Titian's First Essay in Colouring (1857), "The Man of Sorrows," and "St. John leading home his Mother" (painted in 181 4 ), " and revised in 185 1 ) ; " - P egwell Bay" (a wonderfully fine landscape picture). and "George Herbert at Bemerton " (one of the most deservedly popular in the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1861). Mr. Dyce his recently been known chiefly for his splen did frescjes in All Saints', Margaret -street. To this work he devoted all his exertions for many years, and he has succeeded in producing an artistic wor k, unique of it s kind, which will hand down its author's name to posterity as one of •the first artists in England. Every Londoner knows this splendid work of art : in the centre the Madonna and Child, the Twelve Apostles, six on each side, and, above all, " the Lord enthroned." From Mr. Dyce's designs a stained glass window (the choristers' window) has been erected in Ely Cathedral, and another in Alnwick Church, in memory of the late Duke of Northum berland. Mr. Dyce has held the office of Professor of the Theory of the Fine Arts in Kin g ' s C o llege, London, and was a m ember of the Academy o f Fi ne A r ta of Philadelphia, U.S., and an honorary academician of his old alma mater, the Royal Scottish Academy. Mr. Dyce was not only a distinguished artist, but he was an accomplished scholar and an able critic. It has been said that in his earlier years he wrote an essay on " Electro Magnetism." He has not only directed attention to scientific purposes—in 1843-4 he published a gorgeous edition of the " Book of Common Prayer," with its ancient " Canto Fermo," to which he added an essay on that kind of music, and it applicability to English words. Mr. Dyce was one of the most conscientious and pains taking artists of his day. He used his great powers for religious purposes, and the Established Church owes him a large debt of gratitude for his persistant devotion of his talents to her service. SACRED HARMONIC '6OCIETY.—EXETER HALL.— Haudel's oratorio " Israel in Egypt," so well known from its magnificent double ehorusees, will be performed at Exeter Hall to-morrow (Friday) evening.. DESTRUCTION OF COLT'S PISTOL MANUFACTORY. A5---:rsAma says l s e c: t_ o l m. e „ r poa i n . r ny o e n h i wa l laf l o a f r d t te f et r r d foay , cet e do c r i y n t h u oi e fs e t t hm i c eo u cr t dated no , ilnt,gs a . t e l Feb. Americanu t e building destroyed, Colt's pistols and revolving rifles were manufactured. In the buildings saved, the United States rifles are manufactured, the company having a :ergo conti act from the Government for the manufacture of these weapons. This portion of the works will con tinue in operation, giving employment to SOO men, The stock of pistols and rifles completed and in process of manu facture, which was destroyed by this fire, is valued at a mil lion of dollars. The macinery destroyed cost more than half a million; and the whole loss is estimated at two mil lions. The total insurance on tho property is 660,000 dole, of which about 60 per cent was on the property destroyed. Nearly 900 men are thrown out of employment. The fire broke out in the drying-room in the attic, and spread with great rapidity. The origin of the fire is a mystery, One man was killed, and another is still missing, (By Telegraph to Portland.) The Nashville Union says that the Federal army has crossed the Tennessee River near Larkins vile, and surmises that its object may be to at tack Rome, Georgia. The Judge of the Admiralty Court at Halifax has decided to restore the Chesapeake and cargo to the owners, subject to conditions respecting the payment of such expenses as the Attorney- General may exact. The Attorney-General demands a surety against latent claims, but the owners of the Chesapeake demur to this. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (Per the Nova Scotian via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, FEB. 6, 3 P.M. Money easy. Gold, 58-2- per cent premium. Stocks firm and advancing, market very excited. New York Centrals, 133-7,-; Illinois, 132; Erie, 111 ; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 1071. All other markets unchanged. THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 17. The Government have published the regula tions for the blockade of the ports of the enemy. Count Hamilton, Swedish Minister at Copen hagen, has been summoned to Stockholm to con sult with his Government. The enemy in Samdbjerg, and the Danes in Boehave, fired at each other across the Sound without effect. REPORT OF GENERAL VON GAELENZ, VIENNA, FEB. 15. The following is an extract from a report by General von Gablenz, commanding the Austrian troops in Schleswig. The report is dated : "Austrian Headquarters, Froerup, Feb. 10. "After the engagement at Oversee upon the 6th, and the exhaustive marches attendant upon the pursuit to Flensburg, in the most trying season of the year, it became necessary to grant the troops a few days of rest, and to bring them under shelter after several days of bivouac. " The Prussian Guards division was to advance towards Apenrade on the 9th, at the same time occupying Gavenstein, to reconnoitre Duppel from that point. The quarters in Flensburg, vacated by this movement, will be occupied by troops of the 6th Corps. "Since the last engagements the public feeling in Schleswig is enthusiastic for Austria and the Imperial army. It was intended by the inhabitants of Flensburg to prepare a festive reception for the Austrian troops. " Seven waggons were sent from Kiel with re freshments fur the Imperial troops and the head quarters, and supplies were also forwarded to the headquarters by the Hamburgers. " The rural population, in spite of its apparent phlegmatic apathy, is willing to give assistance. The peasants were especially kind to the numbers of wounded, who were at first necessarily left without sufficient aid, as the medical establishment and field hospitals, left behind in the positions before the D an newerke, were unable to follow the extraordinarily rapid advance of the troops with the requisite speed. The wounded are now partly under careful treat ment in Newmiinster, partly in Rendsburg and Schleswig. In the latter town the establishments have been given into the care of civilians. Professor Esmarch, of the Kiel University, with all the sur geons of that institution, hastened to Schleswig, and undertook the surgical treatment of the sufferers with as much readiness as skill. Saxon surgeons havo also arrived from Rendsburg, where 15 of their number had volunteered for service in the hospitals. The superintending staf•surgeon of the army corps has further made arrangements for the engagement of civilian hospital nurses, and the arrival of field-hospital No. 12 is daily expected in Schleswig. " The spirit of the troops, in spite of all their hardships, remains excellent. The men bear fatigue cheerfully and without a murmur, and look forward to the coming engagement with courage and hope. They have shown themselves, without exception, worthy of the confidence placed in them. "After the engagement at Oversee, the com mander of the corps remarked touching instances of military comradeship. 'He met imperial soldiers carrying a wounded Dane, while a few steps further on were encountered Danish prisoners carrying wounded Austrians. "Snow has fallen incessantly for the last three days, and it is to be apprehended that the commu nication, already greatly obstructed, will be entirely interrupted in places by the heavy drifts." IMPORTANT NOTE OF AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA, VIENNA, FEB. 18 (Morning). The Presse of to-day says :—" A note of the Great German Powers to the minor States declare that they do not recognise the necessity of a federal reserve being stationed in Holstein. Should such a want arise the Great Powers would place at the disposal of the Diet a sufficient reserve for execu tion purposes." SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 17. The Madrid papers announce that a bill has been introduced in the Cortes authorising credit opera tions on the guarantee of the bonds given by the purchasers of national property. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 17.—The market has been again buoyant, and a fair amount of business haa been done at a further improvement. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 75c., and Mobilier at I,oBofr. Railway Shares generally higher. The market closed as follows : 4i per Cents. 95 40 uo. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 Credit Mobilier 1070 -- Do. end month 1070 Bank Shares 3280 Credit Noncier 1295 Roman liA IL' Italian Loan . 68 50 Do. end month.... 68 10 Sew ditto ........ Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanieh Threes 5O 50 Rome Debt Deferred - VAY9. Cash. Account. 1000 .. 1000 50 969 962 50 Ofloant3 .. '. ............ Northern New ditto .............. .. Lyons and Me di terran ean 945 .. 940 New ditt0.......... - 896 25 .. S Althorn 670 • • 675 Wes tern ' 521 25 .. Eastern •. • • Sardinian 405 385 .. 382 50 Austrian LorphArd North of Spain Saragossa 602 50 .. 595 Ditto to Barcelona OUTWARD • AMERICAN MAILS.— Southampton, Feb. 17.—The North German Lloyd's steamship Bremen, Capt. Meyer, sailed hence this evening for New York, with the German, French, and English mails, 69 saloon, and 189 steerage passengers, and a full cargo of general merchan dise, of which nearly 600 tons were shipped at this port, including jewellery from Havre, value 4660. The Bremen met no Danish war vessel on the passage from the Weser to Southampton ; when she left Bremerhaven there were several Danish merchant vessels lying at that port which were in no way interfered with. Ir - ~i do .„