The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILKS aLYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventorthe or anu f a cturer, and the more perfect the production 'm grater is the credit which at taches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex posz.d by the very trade l ark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon etk Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. IE6I. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY IECI. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Alanac.fement Hof Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. . THIS EVENING (lGth time' a new Opera, founded on Goldsmith's Comedy, and to be called SH STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss Louisa Pyne and air. W. Harrison. After which, FANCHETTE : Miss Susan:Pyne, Thirlwall, Mr. Corrie, Mr. Rouse. Doors open,at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. lIHEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. E. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps, Mr. Barrett, Mr. G. Neville ; Misses Atkinson, R. Leclercq, and Murray. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto- Mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The seven Wonders of the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. Alorris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunnies.- Prices as usual Box Office open from 10 tilt 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, TUE LIT rLE DAISY. Miss Maria Harris. Followed by BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Bothers, Bucks tone, Chippendale , Bra id, Gordon, Ro g ers, Clark, cu ll en tord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Harris, Lindley, Hill, &c. And A KISS IN THE ARK. Comm D ence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Ender the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE MONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated E v ery Evening - during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Le4ercl, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. Aster which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chrouicle4," 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. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Hiss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Blade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hat.; and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-ofce open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brother 3 Webb. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. fTEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Propritztor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. "—"" 22d Week of Miss Bateman.' THIS EVENING, TAE PRETTY HORSEMEAKE ft. Miss Woolgar and Mr. J. L. Toole. At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH Miss Bate ran, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss IL Simms, and Mrs. Killington. To coeclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Portunio and his Seven Magi:; Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, It. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT, MISS BATEMAN. 31ISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—THIS EVENING, the 130th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr iVebster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Cbas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Joseph s , Mi ss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mataews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Bucking ham,'Esq., entitled THE SILVER. LINING : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one. Mr. Montague; Mrs. ( harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, 31iss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the Freuch)in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with VIE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. j3elford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, esdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Concluding with MAE.GATE SANDS. Commence at 7. THE LAST TWELVE NIGHTS. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs, George Case), at the POLYGRAPHIC' HALL, King William street (her THIRD SEASON in London), in her New and highly successful Characteristic and Musical Entertainment entitled " A DRAWING ROOST TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday). Saturday Mornings at Three. Stalls. 33. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, Is. Will continue positively for a month only. Last performance March 12. TrIFIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE on be had Every Evening of G. R. GLIGNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 265. per ton. I Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top 255. Nut 5........ 195. „ Deep 22s. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, faddington, W. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRISI DAT.—Morning, 6h. 3 6m.—Afternoon, 6h. 58m. To-moßnow.-Morning, 7h. 24m.—Afternoon, 7u. 58m. GRECO and his three accomplices, one and all charge. MAzzINI with being their instigator to the crime they were preparing to perpetrate. And MAZZO I—so charged by GRECO and his accom plices—speaks of GRECO as "an enthusiastic patriot." Why, even a born idiot like Lord DUN DREARY, looking at an observation like that, at a comment, to say the least of it, so wonderfully malapropos, would be disposed to say, with an indignant glance through his eyeglass--" Th-th-that's bad !" A wretch who is proved beyond an instant's doubt to be meditating an infamous assassination, openly accuses you of having egged him on to attempt it— and you deny this, certainly in very plain terms, but in so denying it you speak of your accuser as "an enthusiastic patriot 1" In itt —AZZINI—at the same time it must be allowed—this extraordinary mode of denial hardly strikes us as incongrons. His reputation is so sombre, is, as we have said, so noto riously sinister, that we pass by in him, almost as a mere matter of course, what would appear start ling in another. But, in the instance of Mr. STANS FELD it is nothing less than astounding that his denial—a denial that we accept at once, of course, most eagerly, and with a sense of sympathising indignation as his fellow countrymen—is accom- panied by a vindication of the character o MAZZINI! The character of MAZZINI was not then under discussion. It was the character 01 Mr. STANSFELD that was under consideration al the moment. And loathe would any of us be to estimate that character purely by the old pro. verbial test of noscitur a SOCI7B. Mr. STANSFELD knowing MAZZINI, knowing ORSINI, ought not to be judged by the mere fact of his including such men among the number of his inti• mate personal acquaintance. It is lamentable, therefore, that the member for Halifax, especially in his official position as one of the Junior Lords of the Admiralty, should so far mar the effect of . his indignant repudiation last night of the remarks uttered a few days since at Paris by the Procureur Imperial—by accompanying his denial with an at tempted vindication of the character of MAZZINI. Aud who, we ehould vastly like to know, could those persons possibly have been who, last evening, in the British House of Commons, endeavoured to hush up the truth when Mr. STANSFELD was, in the regular course of debate, being manfully put through his examination ? He is asked questilns— very pertinent, and very natural questions indeed as addressed to one, who though a Minister of the British Crown, was there voluntarily confronting his fellow members in the House of Commons as the apologist of MAZZINI—Mr. STANSFELD is asked certain very obvious, nay, under the cir- cumstances, almost inevitable questions, as to the moneys collected for other enthusiastic Italian patriots than GRECO, the convicted Assassin—and there are men in the House of Commons who can cry out to him, when so interrogated, "Don't answer Mm P' Who are these men ? Are they Englishmen ? Are they lovers of truth ? If so—why cry out thus " Don't answer him ? " Mr. STANSFELD was asked yes terday whether at any time he occupied the same house with Signor Mum'? It is a plain and simple question enoush. But there are men in the House of Commons who are for hushing np any reply to it by clamouring out once more "Don't answer Mm!" The inquiry is reiterated. The cry is for a third time, last evening, heard within the walls of the British House of Commons—" Do not answer." And Mr. STANSFELD does NOT answer. He remains silent. The matter under discussion drifts out of the view of the House for the time being—lost to the recol lection of the members there and then in the new and loftier interests awakened by one of the most brilliant speeches that even Mr. DISRAELI has for some time delivered, that remarkable, statesmanlike, philoso phical, eminently logical, and thoroughly searching harangue in which the right hon. gentleman pitti lessly analysed the muddled foreign policy of her MAJESTY'S Government. Yet, glancing back now to the proceedings of last night in the House of Commons, anterior to the opening up anew of the Dano-German Question by Mr. DISRAELI—we recall to mind, almost with ; a shudder, the discussion by which Mr. DISRAELI'S masterly speech was preceded. Who are these men, again we ask, who cried out last night, " Don't answer him ?" " Don't answer!" "Do not answer I" Are they Englishman ? Are they indeed mem bers of a British House of Commons ? The questions addressed to Mr. STANSFELD were ques tions affecting not only the honour and the reputation of that gentleman, but the honour and the reputation of the House of which he is a member ! More than that—remembering that Mr. STANSFELD is a Minister of the Crown, remembering that he is not only M.P. for Halifax bat one of the Junior Lords of the Admiralty as well, anything whatever affecting his name and his character is of vital interest, by the mere form of association, is of vital importance and of vitalest interest to the SOVEREIGN of these realms and to the Government. If Mr. STANSFELD is not to answer plain questions in a plain way, still more, if he is not to answer any such questions at all—the sooner he ceases to occupy a seat upon the Treasury bench the better. The annual meeting of the National Rifle Asso• elation is a matter of some interest. At that gathering the fortunes of the Association are flis. cussed, new plans proposed, and improvements suggested, and all matters connected with the well- being and efficiency of the force discussed. Although the topics of debate are usually of a technical nature, and many of them out of the range or experience of the uninitiated, there are some features of this annual assembly which commend themselves to the notice even of those least soldierly inclined. When the Volunteers were first spoken of, many were found to doubt whether the scheme, however wise or commendable, could be put into execution in these our matter of fact days. When the ready en thusiasm of the people was proved beyond all doubt the suggestion commended itself to the popular sense and feeling, and all ranks, all classes, pressed for ward to join in the movement, many wisely shook their heads and doubted how long such willing service would last. There was, certainly, some g roun d to fear for the future. It was easy to enter warmly into the new undertaking, to expend co nsiderable sums in subscriptions, in accoutre meats, &c. ; but it was a different thing to devote time and trouble to that wearisome drilling and monotonous Practice without which no pro fi cie n cy can be hoped f or either in the arts o f war or peace . Bad weather, in clement seasons, and other tempo rary discouragements were naturally to be looked - for ; and it was likewise feared, with some reason, that when the public interest had died out, when the Volunteers were no longer th e talk of the day, and people paid little heed to their goings and comings, that the enthusiasts which had first fired them would die out, and th e V o l unteer force drop off, one by one, until it became a thing of the past Happily, all such forebodings have proved grounds less. Some years have now elapsed since the Volunteer movement was first set on foot, and it shows no signs of decreasing in vitality and vigour. Although, of course, no longer occupying so large a flhare of attention as at its inauguration, The Weather—Sun Office, March 1, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 45 Barometer-29.75. Wind—S.B.; moderate breeze, and hazy. SIM LONDON, 'TUESDAY, MARCII:I, 1864. Mr. STANSFELD, one :f the Lords of the Admi ralty, is accused of complicity with a reputed assassin. The frightful imp u t at i on c omes from the lips of a Procureurimperial. I t i s u tt ere d in a French court of law. It is reverberated, through the whispering gallery of the Press, all over Europe. The insinuation, nay, far worse than any mere insinuation, the open and flagrint accu sation directed against the honourable gentleman is brought under the consideration of the British House of Commons: As a matter of course, when so brought before the House last evening, Mr. STANSFELD, M,P. for Halifax, one of the junior the charge, as ono could alone look for its b - repelled by as English gentleman, in burning wo cf indignation. Not satisfied with doing th,...;* however, Mr. STANSFELD—it is grievous to nOte— insults that great assembly of British gentlemen by going out of his way last evening —to do what ? To pronounce a studied panegyric upon Signor MAZZINI. Now, that the reputation of Signor. MAZZINI is a sinister reputation, who shall deny ? It is a reputation so sinister, indeed, that he is accused, and has been recently pronounced guilty, of having been the instigator of GRECO, TRABUCO, IHPERATORI, and SCAGLIONI in their late fiendish plot to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor of the FRENCH. MAZZINI, it is true, denies that he had anything whatever to do with that diabolical pro ject. But—how does he deny it ? Why, at the very time of his giving the frightful charge his denial, by speaking of one of the four infamous con spirators (GREco) tu-01411 e h -254; asta ; c patriot." THE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1864 it has by no means lost its interest with the general public as the meetings at Brighton and Wimbledon may show, while every such review or general assembly proves that we have no reason to fear for the number or efficiency of the force. The sturdy spirit of perseverance which characterises English men is in this instance assisted by a deep-rooted conviction of the practical value of the movement, while the mere interest of the athletic and. rifle practice has had, we may suppose, its influence upon some. It was felt that it would be a matter of national reproach and humiliation, if a move- ment so warmly taken up were suffered to die of inanition, and we may congratulate ourselves that the time of trial is so far past that we may rank the Volunteer movement among our regularly esta blished institutions. It has been wisely and judi ciously done to arrange prominent meetings in the course of every year so as not only to keep alive the interest so generally felt in th© movement, but to stimulate the energies of the Volunteers them- selves, to afford a public test of their training and to encourage the practice of rifle shooting through- out the kingdom. The Easter Monday review is looked forward to by many besides the actual volunteers, and has hitherto passed off most satis factorily. The meeting at Wimbledon is even more useful since national skill with the rifle is no unimportant auxiliary to the Volunteer movement. At the general meeting held on Saturday, under the presidency of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, his royal highness mentioned some statistics which afford gratifying evidence that the service has by by no means lost its attractions. The competitors for the Queen's Prize in 1862 were 913 in num ber, while in 1863 they increased to 1,145. The total Volunteer entries in 1862 were 1,283, but in the year following they had increased nearly 1,500. The total all-comers in 1862 amounted to 3,269, while last year they reached the number of 4,684. With regard to the financial position of the association its affairs are satisfactory, although not flourishing. Its income, last year, amounted to £12,000, show ing an increase of nearly 3,000 on that of the pre vious year, although the amount expended in prizes was greater by a thousand pounds. Nevertheless the amount possessed by the Association in funded property is so small—only £4,ooo—as to necessitate prudence, and his Royal Highness, the President, expressed the conviction of the Council that it would be wise to defer all great increase of expen diture until their funded property should amount to £lO,OOO. This may seem at first a large sum, but the Council are probably in the right. Their income, at present, is principally dependent on casual and uncertain resources, and however liberal the public may now be, a movement of national character and importance should be placed above the reach of any fluctuations of sentiment or of com mercial prosperity. It is thought desirable that the Association should possess a reserve fund, which shall put it on a permanent footing, and render it independent of any sudden reverse or unforeseen contingency of any kind. One very practical sug gestion for increasing their resources has been made and will probably be put into execution. It is pro posed that instead of only one competitor from each company being allowed for the QUEEN'S prize two may be selected, and that the entry, instead of 10s. shouid be 203. The entry being purely voluntary, there is no hardship in this trifling increase, but it will make Aseful addition to the income of the Association. Various other topics connected with the Volunteers were considered at the meeting on Saturday, and the sensible practical tone of the discussion augurs favourably for the stability of the Aueociation and the efficiency of the force. Earl GRANVILLE last night moved the second reading of the Insane Prisoners' Bill. It is satis factory that something has been resolved upon at last to mitigate the evils that have arisen from the present mal-administration of the law, and the vent insufficient provision which its statutes now make for the due administration of justice. As Lord GRANVILLE explained the alteration which was to be made, it seems a very feasible one, and one likely to answer the purpose in view. Instead of the Secretary of State being called upon, as at pre sent, to remove 3 prisoner to a lunatic asylum if the certificate of his insanity is signed by any two medical men and two justices, it is arranged that henceforth the certificate must be signed by two visiting justices, and two medical men appointed by. them. Of course, by this means there will be a greater responsibility resting with the justice, and the whole arrangements will not be hurried over as they often are at present, and the public will discover at last that an important questionlof justice has been thoroughly mismanaged. The angry altercations and confused accounts that get abroad in such cases is very detrimental to the interests of justice, and must prove hurtful in its effects on the criminal population, that ought especially to be influenced by the solemn majesty of the law in dealing with offenders. Notwithstanding some objections that were raised, the bill was read a second time. This is as it should be, for an important change has now been made, and the danger in these cases always is that the session be wasted in the discussion of the proper treatment and difficulties, and after one has brought forward his plan and another introduced his scheme objections are raised to one and the other, and at last the important settlement is indefinitely deferred. This question of the lunacy of a prisoner who is condemned to death is one that ought to be attended to promptly, and the Government deserve credit for having done something to put an effectual check to the recur rence of a scandal as that which recently took place in the case of TOWNLEY. Doubtless, there is great truth in the objections urged by Lord ST. LEONARDS as to the inadvisablity of introducing an alteration into la measure because of the excitement which prevailed in consequence of the mischievous effects of the said measure. The fact is, however, that nothing of a remedial nature is over done unless some great event calls it forth, and the urgent ne cessity arises of putting a stop to evils. It is better, therefore, to act in these matters not quite en regale rather than to lose opportunities and waste precious time. It is, then, considering all things, to be re garded as a qualifying occurrence, that some definite progress has been made in the bill to amend the laws relating to insane prisoners. Yesterday afternoon witnessed an interesting ceremonial, which although partly a matter of form and precedent, was yet raised in some degree above the level of mere courtly routine. The presentation of congratulatory addresses to the Prince and Princess of WALES, on the birth of their infant son, was more than a simple profession of loyalty. It expressed in some degree the warm and cordial in terest which the public feel in the welfare and hap piness of the young Prince and his bride, and the gratification with which they see the prospect of an assured continuance of that Royal house which has become so much endeared to the people through the virtues and graces of Queen VICTORIA. \Ve have every reason to hope that when the Prince of 'WALES shall be called on in the inevitable course of years to wear his mother's crowc he may wear it as worthily, as constitutionally as she has done. At present the young Heir to the Throne has had little opportunity of displaying his capacities or his sympathies, but we know that he has studied the aspects and the histories of the Old World and the New, that he has had every opportunity of acquire ing that enlightenment, that toleration and free dom from prejudice which form so important a part of the qualifications of a ruler, more especially of a busy, thinking, acting people like our ',own. The interest which we all felt in the young Danish Princess at the time of her arrival has only been increased by her residence among us, and it is now considerably heightened by the unmerited misfortunes of her father and her country. We all feel that, however bright the hopes and peaceful the scenes which surround her here, her thoughts mast instinctively turn to the home oilier early life and the people she so long dwelt among. Even in the pride and de light of the young mother, and her confidence in the future which awaits her little son, should he be spared to reach man's estate, her heart must be touched by the terrible anxieties of her father and saddened by the clouds which are closing round him. It must be a grief to the Princess that her adopted country has as yet given no further aid to him in the struggle, but at least she must feel con vinced of the warm sympathy of which all classes and all parts of the three kingdoms feel with her sorrow as well as her joy—sharing alike in the in ense eagerness with which she watches events in ,he North, and participating still more in her re joicings over her infant's cradle, LATEST INTELLIGENCE, LitETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.] VISIT OF KING LEOPOLD TO ENGLAND. BRUSSELS, MARCH 1, 1.10 P.M. The King of the Belgians will leave to-morrow for London accompanied by a small suite. MEXICO. PARIS, MARCH 1. Advices received here from Vera Cruz to the Ist February state that the insurrection in favour of French intervention had triumphed at all points in Yucatan. General Banine was returning to the city of Mexico, where he was expected to arrive shortly. DENMARK AND THE CONFERENCE, COPENHAGEN, FEB. 29, 8.37 A telegram received here states that the Garman papers announce the acceptance by Denmark of the proposal for a Conference. The Berlingske lidende of to-day semi-officially denies this statement, and says :—" Should the basis of a Conference be a political union between Schleswig and Holstein, or a personal union of the Duchies with Denmark, the Government will not accept the proposal." FRANCE. The following is a list of the game sold by one establishment in the great market of Paris between the Ist of September and the 10th of the present month, the last day it was permitted by law to sell game :-1,800 deer, 50 wild boars, 5,000 pheasants, 35,000 partridges, 18,000 quails, 100,000 larks and other small birds, 10,000 woodcocks and snipes, 700 blackcock, 4,000 hares and rabbits—altogether 174,550 head of game, with, in addition, 145,000 chickens, capons, turkeys, and 36,000 ducks. BOURSE, Feb. 29.—The market has been heavy, and the limited amount of business done shows a decline. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 35c. Mobilier have receded to 1,055 f. The Rail way Market dull, and with a fall on many of the lines. The market clued as follows : 4i per Cents .. 95 60 Do. end month.... 72 -:-.7 Italian Loan 67 70 Do. end month 67 65 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5l Rome Debt Deferred 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 35 Credit M0bi1ier....1052 50 Do. end m0nth....1052 50 Bank Shares 3300 Credit Fonder 1260 Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 950 .. 950 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 927 50 .. 926 25 NOW ditto . .. Southern 657 50 .. 660 Westem Eastern .... 478 75 .. 477 50 Sardinian 378 75 .. 3 7 5 Austrian Lotpbard North of Spain Saragossa .. b9l 25 .. 58 8 7 5 Ditto to Barcelona .... 275 .. 280 -- AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per the Arabia.) NEW YORK, Feb. 16. The news from the army of the Potomac indicates no immediate active operations. Oa the 14th a portion of General Crawford's staff fell into a rebel ambush near Brentsville, and Major Lorimer, chief of the staff, was killed. General Meade is still in Washington. A portion of Gilmore's band of rebel guerillas at tacked a passenger-4Elin on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Cuthberland, on the 13th iust., and robbed the passengers. Federal cavalry started in pursuit. General Early is still at Harrisonburg, Western Virginia; a portion of his command is reported to be at Woodstock. Occasional skirmishing takes place between the Federal and rebel scouting parties in that region. Jackson's rebel command, having been recently supplied with fresh horses, is expected soon to make a demonstration in the direc- Lion of Harper's Ferry. It is reported that large additions have lately been made to the cavalry force in General Lee's army. Deserters report that some of Lee's troops have been sent recently to Longstreet, but their statements are generally disbelieved. There is no news of importance from Chattanooga or Knoxville. General Logan, with the 15th Army Corps, started recently from Huntsville, Alabama. It is understood that his force is intended, in conjunction with the command of General Smith, which recently moved from Memphis, to cut off the retreat of the rebel forces, under Generals Polk and Forrest, from Northern Mississippi. _ _ A Nashville despatch states that General Sher man's army, after an unimportant skirmish with the rebels, occupied Jackson, Mississippi, on the 7th inst. It was believed that the rebels, who had fallen back over the Pearl River, were receiving reinforcements from Dalton. The entire line'of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad has been aban. doned by the Federal®. Various objects are assigned to General Sherman'a expedition. A correspondent of the New York • 7imes believes that its purpose is to flank the rebel position at Dalton. The Memphis correspondent of the World thinks that its operations will be directed against Selina and Montgomery, Alabama, and, finally, against Mobile, in conjunction with a powerful naval force said to be concentrating at Pensacola and Pascagoula, in the Gulf of Mexico. The rebels at Mobile are reported to be receiving heavy reinforcements, and making vigorous pre parations to stand a siege. A fleet of Federal transports and gunboats in the Yazoo river were attacked recently by a force of 3,000 Texans. The rebels were dislodged from their position and driven off. Colonel Phillips, commanding in the Indian ter ritory, reports that he has driven the rebels en tirely out of that region. A despatch from General Butler announces that Colonel Straight, with about one hundred Union prisoners, escaped from prison in Richmond by digging a tunnel under the walls of the jail. Seve ral of them had arrived at Williamsburg, including Colonel Straight, and Federal cavalry was scouting the couitry as far as the Cnickahominy to aid the escape of the remainder. The Richmond Examiner publishes a list of the officers who escaped. It includes the names of eleven colonels and six majors. One colonel, three captains, and seventeen lieutenants had been recap tured by the rebels on the 12th. The guards of the prison were placed under arrest charged with aiding the prisoners in their escape. Advices from North Carolina represent the rebel force under General Pickett to be still at Kingston. The recent demonstration against Newbern is be. lieved to have been only a reconaissance in force. The Commander at Newbern was preparing to re sist a more formidable attack, which, it was thought, the rebels would soon make. A Charleston correspondent of the Boston Ilera'd states that the rebels have made several ineffectual attempts to reinforce the garrison of Fort Sumter. Calcium lights upon Wagner and Gregg play upon the fort and harbour all night. The same correspondent states that a rebel ram, accompanied by an infernal machine, proceeded down the bay recently with the intention of attack ing the Federal fleet; but the infernal machine suddenly sank, carrying down eight of her crew, and the ram returned to her position above Fort Johnson. Four blockade runners are reported to have been destroyed off Wilmington between the 3d and 10th inst. They were the Nutfield, the Dee, the Emily, and the Fanny and Jenny. Southern papers announce that eighteen gun boats and transports arrived at Jacksonville, Florida, on the 702 414., and the troops were reported to be HAYMARKET THEATRE. BUNKUM MUMER . Mr. Sothern has now compl'etely worked himseli into the new character provided for him by Mr. H F. Craven in his whimsical little extravaganza entitled "Bunkum Muller." Every night since its production the audience have been delighted beyond measure, and they have very wisely, in our opinion, given themselves up to the enjoyment of the furr,C without for one moment troubling themselves with the controversy at present raging in a small but peculiar circle as to whether Mr. Sothern is or is not a versatile actor. Supposing he is declared not to be so by the very learned few now intensely oc cupied with the question, their fiat certainly will not in the slightest degree diminish his popularity; whilst, on the other hand, if it should be decided the contrary way, it certainly cannot heighten it. There fore the audience, in our opinion, do well to enjoy poor Bunkum Muller's perplexities, and to leave to others the trouble of solving a problem in which not one person in five thousand takes the slightest interest. Many " wise in their own conceit" saw nothing original in Lord Dundreary; but, previous to the arrival of Mr. Sothern in London, we never had anything of the kind before, neither had a single one of the many jealous professionals ever attempted anything of a similar description. Genuine talent is sure of reward, and in that was the secret of Mr. Sotherns immense success. The part of Bunkum Muller differs in every essential from the senseless idiotic " swell " Lord Dundreary. Bunkum is an author—an unappreciated author, and in place of the exquisitely fitting coat, &c., we have the thread bare, shabby, dressing gown and delapidated slippers which are continually getting entangled with the ragged carpet, threatening every minute to bring their wearer down with a run. The change is perfect both in face, voice, and action. The fun commences as soon as the curtain rises, when the unhappy Bunkum rushes into the apartment (we beg pardon, his study) to avoid the " silvery tones" of his shrewish wife whom he has married for re venge and—money. He takes a piaster of Paris bust of Shakspere into his confidence, and then the unappreciated bard tells the story of all his dismal wrongs to his attentive listener. The fun of the situa tion is greatly heightened by the interogation put every now and then to the plaster bust, viz., " Would you stand it, Bill ?" In the midst of his troubles he is afflicted with the visits of organ- grinders, &c. ; and, to bring the fun up to a culmi nating point, he discharges a pistol accidentally, and imagines he has shot his first love, who occu• pies a loom precisely opposite his, but on the other side of the street. Then, the iniaginary speech of his prosecuting counsel is another side-splitting effort, and we mistake not if the audience don't regret—(selfish individuals !)—the fortunate turn that takes place in poor Bunkum's affairs. The shot fired, fortunately, has penetrated nothing but a mahogany chest of drawers. The supposed dead husband of Bunkum's wife again turns up—thus he is enabled to marry his Julia—a chancery suit is decided in his favour, and oh, joy of joys! he receives a letter informing him that a tragedy he has sent to Mr. Buckstone will be "pro duced" on application. The idea of seeing his own creations embodied on the stage has such an effect on Bunkum that he treats his audience to a taste of its quality, at the conclusion of which the curtain is brought down amidst immense laughter and applause. The extravaganza, or whatever it may be termed, has been written merely as a vehicle for Mr. Sothern, and as such it suits its end remarkably well. but to that gentleman alone will it be dependent for the length of time it will keep possession of the stage. For him alone it has been written, and he alone is able to give a true and entertaining re presentation of Bunkum Muller. EPITAPH ON LORD WESTBURL—The following has been circulated through the Inns : " " Richard Baron Westbury, Lord High Chancellor of England. He was an eminent Christian, An energetic and successful Statesman, And a still more eminent and successful Judge. During his three years' tenure of office, He abolished The time-honoured institution of the Insolvonta' Court, The ancient mode of conveying land, And The Eternity of Punishment. Towards the close of his earthly career, In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, He dismissed Hell with costs, And took away from orthodox members of the Church of England Their last hope of everlasting damnation." PAT MALONEY was pacing the parlour in a great rage; and he exploded in these words, as Pompilard prosentel himself :—' Ar'n't ye ashamed to look an honest man in the face, yer desateful mild sinner ?'—' What's the bother, now, Pat ? Whose mare's dead ?' said Pompilard. —' Whose mare's dead, yes wicked mild man ? Is that the kind o' triflin' ye think is gain' down wid Pat Maloney? Look at that wall.'—' Well, what of it ?'—' What of it ? See the cracks of it, bedad, and the dirt of it, and the damp of it, and hearken to the rats of it, yer wicked ould man ! What of it? See that baste of a cockroach comin' out as confidint as ye plate, and straddlin' across the floor. Smell that smell up there in the corner. Load rats, by jabbers ! And this is the entertainment, is it, ye bring a dacent family to, that wasn't born to stenches and filthiness I Typhus and small-pox in every plank under the feet of ye! And a sick soldier ye'vo got in the house, too ; and becauss he wasn't quite kilt down in them swamps on the Chickahominy, ye think ye'll stink him to death in this hole of all the nastiness Mr. Maloney, this is my house, sir, such as it is, and I must re quest you either to walk mat of it or to keep a civil tongue in your head.'—' Hoe 1 'Ye think to come the dignified over ma, do yer, yer silly ould man I I'm not to be scaret by any such airs. I tell ye it's bastely to bring dacent women and children inter sich a cesspool as this. By jabbers, I shall have to stop at Barker's, as I go back, and take a bath.'—' Maloney, leave the house.'—' Lave the house, is it I Not till I'm ready, will I lave the house on the biddin' of the likes of a man who hasn't more regard for the mother that bore him nor to do what you've been doin,' yer mild ,barbarryan.'—' Quit the house, I say If you think I'm going to borrow money of a beggarly Irish tailor, you'll find yourself mistaken, Mr. Pat Maloney ?'—O' its that game yea thinkin' to come on me, is it? Hal By jabbers, I'm ready for you there too 1 He's a beggarly Ii _oh tailor, is he ? Then why did you have the likes o' him at all yer grand parties at Redcliff? Why did ye have him and his at all yer little family hops ? Why couldn't ye git through a forenoon, yer ould hyppercrit, widout the beggarly Irish tailor, to play billiards wid ye, or go a fishin' wid ye, or a sailin wid yer ?—' I don't choose to keep up the acquaint ance Mr. Maloney, now that you are poor.'—That's the biggest lie ye iver tould in yer life, yer ould ehatel Do you tell me I lie? Out of my house ! Pay your own debts, you blackguard Paddy, before you cone playipg flash of your money to a gortletuon marching inland. This must have been the expe , dition which left Morris Island on the 3d, under the command of General Seymour, and accompanied by General Gillmore. The force is reported to number at least ten thousand men, and it is currently be lieved that the operations of the expedition are pre liminary to a land attack upon Savannah ElAd Charleston. _ _ Richmond papers contain the following address to the Confederate troops by Jefferson Davis : "Soldiers of the Armies of the Confederate States—ln the long and bloody war in which your country is engaged you have achieved many noble - _ triumphs. You have won glorious victories over vastly more numerous hosts. You have cheerfully borne privations and toil to which you were ur used. Youhavu readily submitted to restraints upon your individual will, that the citizen might better per form his duties to the State as a soldier. To all lose you have lately added another triumph—the noblest of human conquests—a victory over your selves. As the time draws near when you who first entered the service might well have been ex pected to claim relief from your arduous labours and restoration to the' endearments of home, you have heeded only the call of your suffering country. Again you come to tender your service for the public defence--a free offering which only such patriotism as yours could make; a triumph worthy of you and the cause to which you are devoted. " I would in vain attempt adequately to express the emotions with which I received the testimonials of confidence and regard which you have recently addressed to me. To some of those first received separate acknowledgments were returned; but it is now apparent that a Like generous enthusiasm pervades the whale army, and that the only excep tion to such magnanimous tender will be of those who, having originally entered for the war, cannot display anew their zeal in the public service. It is therefore deemed appropriate, and it is hoped will be equally acceptable, to make a general acknow ledgment instead of successive separate responses. Would that it were possible to render my thanks to you in person, and in the name of our common country, as well as in my own, while pressing the hand of each war-worn veteran, to recognise his title to our love, gratitude, and admiration. Soldiers, —By your will—for you and the people are but one—l have been placed in a position which debars me from sharing your dangers, your suffer ings, and your privations in the field. With pride and affection my heart has accompanied you in every march ; with solicitude it has sought to minister to your every want ; with exultation it has marked your every heroic achievement ; yet never in the toilsome march, nor in the weary watch, nor in the desperate assault have you ren dered a service so decisive in results as in the last display of the highest qualities of devotion and self sacrifice which can adorn the character of the warrior patrict. Already the pulse of the whole people beats in unison with yours ; already they com pare your spontaneous and unanimous offering of your lives for the defence of your country with the halting and reluctant service of the mercenaries who are purchased by the enemy at the price of higher bounties than have hitherto been known in war. Animated by this contrast, they exhibit cheer ful confidence and more resolute bearing. Even the murmurs of the weak and timid, who shrink from the trials which make firmer your noble natures, are shamed into silence by the spectacle which you present. Your brave battle-cry will ring loud and clear through the land of the enemy as well as our own, will silence the vainglorious boastings of their corrupt partisans and their pensioned presa, and will do justice to the calumny by which they seek to persuade a deluded people that you are ready to purchase a dishonourable safety by degrading submission. Soldiers—the coming Spring campaign will open under auspices well calculated to sustain your hopes. Your resolution needed nothing to fortify it. With ranks replenished under the influence of your example, and by the aid of representatives, who eve earnest of their purpose to add by legis lation largely to your strength, you may welcome the invader with a confidence justified by the memory of past victories. " On the other hand, debt, taxation, repetition of heavy drafts, dissensions occasioned by the strife for power, by the pursuit of spoils of office, by the thirst for the plunder of the public treasury, and, above all, by the consciousness of a bad cause, must tell with fearful force upon the overstrained ener gies of the enemy. His campaign of 1864 must, from the exhaustion of his resources of men and money, be far less formidable than those of the two last years, when unimpaired means were used with boundless prodigality, and with results which are suggested by the mention of the names of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, and the Chickahominy Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. " Soldiers,—Assured success awaits us in our holy struggle, for liberty and independence, and for the preservation of all that renders life desirable to honourable men. When that success shall be reached, to you, your country's hope and pride, under Divine Providence, will it be due. The fruits of that success will not be reaped by you alone ; but your children, and your children in every generation to come will enjoy the blessings derived from you that will preserve your memories ever living in their hearts. " Citizen defenders of the homes, the liberties, and altars of the Confederacy—that the God whom we all humbly worship may shield you with His fatherly car© and preserve you for safe return to the peaceful enjoyment of your friends and the associa tions of those you most love, is the earnest prayer of your Commander - in-Chief. JEFFERSON DAVIS." President Davis has signed a bill which was passed by secret session of the Confederate Congress, prohibiting the importation of luxuries into the Confederacy. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 1040 d ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. A slow demand, WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s por load. Trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA..—Business has been inactive, and there is no change of importance to record in prices. SUGAR.--The market has exhibited rather more anima- tion, and holders still demand full rates for good and fine qualities of West India, In the refined market an average amount of business has been recorded, at fully previous prices. CorrEE.—Tho demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and owing to the smallness of the stock on hand lull rates are readily obtained. _ . RICE..--A fair amount of business has been done, with out any material alteration to report in quotations. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited symptoms of im provement. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s 9d, and last three months' delivery 43s 6d to 41s per cwt. THE FAILURE IN THE METAL TRADE AT BIR MINGIIAM.—Birmingham, Feb. 29.—1 n reference to this f&ilurelmentioned in this :morning's papers,it may now be stated that the liabilities will, it is believed, ainJunt to more than £lOO,OOO. The assets are spoken of as likely to be very large, but in transactions of such magnitude and of a character so purely speculative as these must have been there is no saying what the actual realization may be in a falling metal-market. The "fall in the price of Scotch pig iron." is the assigned cause of this failure, but the transactions must have been on a more enormous scale than can be con ceived to have brought about such a result, looking at what the decline in the price of Scotch pig-iron has been since the Ist of January. Mr. Alfred Barker, whose failure has taken place under these chcumstances, succeeded his father in business a few years since, with an amount of capital cer tainly not inadequate to the engs2;ernents into which be appears to have entered, ReFRESHMENTS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.— The contract for the supply of refreshments at the Crystal Palace, which during the last three years has been held by Mr. Frederick Strange, yesterday passed into the hands of Messrs. Bertram and Roberts. Mr. Bertram was formerly on the staff of Mr. Sawyer, of "The London," in Fleet-street, during his joint occupancy of the refreshment department of the Crystal Palace some years since with Mr. Strange, and ho subsequently filled the post of mana ger for Mr. F, E. Morri6h, at the International Exhibition of 1862, 001 4 - 0 „ 6nn timffar AO9. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 29. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Princess Hohenlohe, went to London this morning by a special train on the Great Western Railway, and visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. Her Mjesty afterwards visited the Duchess of Cambridge and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, at St. james's Palace. Her Majesty then drove to Buckingham Palace, and returned to Windsor at a quarter after one o'clock. Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Major- General Seymour, and Lieut.• Colonel the Hon, D. de Roe were in attendance. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Majo r Elphinstone, returned to Greenwich-park this morning. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Her Majesty the Q teen, accompanied by the Princess Helena and the Princess Hohenlohe, visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House yesterday morning, and remained till noon. Her Majesty was attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Major-General F. H. Seymour, and Lient.-Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros. The Prince of Wales afterwards lode out on horse back in the afternoon, attended by Major Teesdale. The Royal Christening. The baptism of the infant son of their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales is fixed for the 10th inst. at the Royal Chapel Buckingham Palace. Invitations to attend the solemnity were issued yesterday afternoon to all the Cabinet Mini sters and great Officers of State. Foreign Courts. PARIS, Feb. 29. The last concert given at the Tuileries was of a very brilliant description. A dais was erected for the accommodation of their Majesties, who were surrounded by the Princess Marie Clotilde, the Princess Mathilde, and the Princess Anna Murat. On the left of the dais three chairs of State were placed for the use of the wives of the Ambassadors of England, Austria, and Russia, but only two of these were occupied, as the Countess Cowley was suffering from a slight indisposition. Prince Esterhazy, who has been nominated attache to the Austrian Embassy at London, arrived in Paris, on Saturday, from Vienna. BERLIN, Feb. 27. A numerous deputation of military officers waited on the King this morning to present their congra tulations on the arrival of the 50th anniversary of the day on which his Majesty (then a youthful prince of 17) first went under fire and gained for himself the distinction of the Iron Cross. The active generals of the garrison, as well as the mem bers of the Order of the Iron Cross residing at Ber lin, offered their congratulations through the senior of the generals in active service, Prince William Radziwill. His Majesty's Ministers, many gene rals and adjutants, and a deputation from the cffi ccrs of the first Regiment of Foot Guards, were also present. A deputation of Russian officers, consist ing of Adjutant-General Paniutin, Adjutant-Gene ral Count Adlerberg 111., with other officers and a sergeant and private of the Russian regiment of which the King is colonel, as well as the Austrian general of cavalry, Prince Francis of Lichtenstein, also waited on his Majesty for the same purpose. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO THE STRAND THEATRE• -- His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the Strand Theatre with a visit last night, attended by Major Teesdale and Mr. Wood. His royal highness entered the theatre by a newly. constructed pri vate entrance in Surrey-street, and was conducted to a royal box which had been specially arranged for the visit. On his departure the prince expressed the gratification he had felt at witnessing the performances. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton arrived in ;own yesterday from Wakfield Lodge, Northamptonshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale have arrived at Claridge's HGtel from Yester House, Had- dingtonshire. The Marchioness of Thwnshire had a dancing party last night at the family mansion in Belgrave-square. A small party assembled at her ladyship's invitation, The EarL and Countess Fitzwilliam and Ladies Wentworth Fitzwilliam left Grosvenor-square at the elose of the past week for Went worth, Yorkshire, until after Easter. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Caroline Villiers have left town for Paris till after the Easter holi days, _ _ _ The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave will have an assembly to-morrow night, and again on the 9th iust., at her house in Carlton-gardens. Viscountess Palmerston will have " receptions" at Cambridge House on Saturday next, and on Saturday, the 12th inst. Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffa and Hon, Misses Canning arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square a few days back from Brighton. Viscount Mahon has left town tq join a detach ment of his regiment, the Grenadier Guards, at Aldershot, for rifle practice. _ Lord and Lady Sander and the Hon. Miss Milles arrived at their mansion in Grosvenor-square on Saturday from their seat in Kent. Lord Seaton has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Lady Claud Hamilton will have an evening party his evening at her ladyship's house in Eaton-square, The marriage of Miss Gore, daughter of General the Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Gore, with Colonel Rich, 71st Highland Light Infantry, will take place on Thursday, March 10. HIS HOLINESS THE POPE has given an official denial in the Giornak di Roma to the statement of the Milan papers, that King Victor Emmanuel is on excellent terms with him, and continues to keep up a friendly correspon dence with him. The denial states that his Holiness enter tains no relations whatever with the Italian King. THE LATE BISHOP GILLIS.—The body of Bishop Gillis now lies in state in the chapel of St. Mar garet's Convent. Office for the doad and mass was cele- grated on Saturday by the Very Rev. A. Macdonald of Dundee, Vicar-General, in the presence of the Rev. Dr. Marshall, the Revs. W. Downie, F, Gascoigue, Alexander O'Donnell, E. Hannan, W. Corbett, W. D'Arcy, and Fathers Whitty and Grant. There were also present the Nuns of St. Margaret and of St. Catherine, the Little Sisters of the Poor, and a large and respectable number of other persons. Dr. Marshall preached on his life, cha racter, and death, at St. Patrick's yesterday, to a crowded and tearful congregation. The remains will be removed to-day to St. Mary's, Broughton-street, where they will lie in State till Tuesday morning at 11, when a dirge wial be sung by the clergy of the diocese, and a solemn mass of Requiem be celebrated by the Right Rev. Bishop Mur doch, of Glasgow. The body will be taken to St; Mar garet's, and interred in the vault beneath the chapel. Nothing can exceed the grief of the whole Catholic body in Edinburgh.—Scotsmana PROPOSAL FOR A SHAKSPERE BRIDGE AT BLACK FRIARS.—Mr. W. Allingham, whose poems attracted considerable attention several years ago, writes to the Daily Hews to suggest the erection of a statue to Shakspere, by our best living sculptor, at a central point of the new Bl ac kfriars-bridge. " Rising boldly over the parapet, which might be so designed as to aid the effect, this statue would have anovel, impressive, and widely-seen position in the middle of London, and in that part of Lon don where once stood the Globe theatre on the right, and the Blacktriars theatre on the left, bank of the Thames." Mr. Allingham further proposes that the bridge be named Shakspere-bridge.' " A LIBRARY CF THE FINE ARTS has been opened to the public in the Ecole dee Beaux Arts, at Paris. Hitherto this library was exclusively for the use of the professors at the School of Arts; it is now open on several days during the week to students generally. There are about 6,000 volumes on the at t-sciences and arda*Diogy. THE ROYAL DUCHIES,—The a nnual account of the Duchy of Lancaster, which is permanently an nexed to the Crown, shows receipts from rents, royalties, &c., in 1863 amounting to rather more than £38,000, and disbursements 114,330 for salaries and expenses, taxes and allowances. The sum of 125,000 was paid over to the Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Pulse. The capital account, after giving credit for racipts for grants in fee, and making de duction for outlay on estates, had a balance of £-11,671 Con sols at the end of the year. The account of the Duchy of Cornwall, the inheritance of the Prince of Wales, shows re ceipts which have grown to be over £61,000, expenditure above 115,000, £l,OOO laid out on repairs and permanent improvements, and payment of £lO,OOO to the Prince. The capital account shows a balance of above £84,000 in the Three per Cents. (the same as at the beginning of the year), and a cub, balance bacreoed from X 3,000 to £6,500,