The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-06 00:00:00

1/AT S. LINDSAY, M.P. — Th e Risin g Genera -7 • tion—Our Prize Essays—Airs. Grundy's Gossiping, ate., in FUN this week. One Penny. Of all Newsmen. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, SATANELLA : Misses Sara Dobson, Thirlwall, and Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, J. Rouse, A. St. Albyn, H. Corri, C. Lyall, W. H. Payne, and George Perren Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. After which. the Grand Comic Curistmas Pantomime, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AN!) THE BEAST. Doors open at halt-past , r—t'ommence at 7. THE ATR E-R OYA I DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the Comic Drama of THE NEXT OF KIN. After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. . _ Commence at 7. THEAT RE-ROYAL. HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. I TIIIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed ( Tit AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck- Fione ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled ASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA; or, The Happy Valley. Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. THIS EVENING, Feb. 6. to commence with an Orizinal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Pram, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougam. H. W combe, W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and will shortly appear. leers open at half-past Six, performance to commence at :`ieven. Private Boxes, L 2 125. 6d., and £2 2s. Places . rep* tered. Stalls , Cs. e d. ; Dress Circle, 58- M ; Upper Circle, 45. 6d. Prices at doors—..tails, es. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Circle, 4s. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, is. No half-price. Box office open daily from 11 till 5. The public are entreated to take notice that no charge is made to the occupants of boxes, box places, or stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keep ing of hats and cloaks; and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. p OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. lb Lessee and Manager, Mr Linda,. 1` HIS EVENING, LAW v. LOVE : Miss M. Oliver. Followed by ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES AN OTHER. Mr. R. Roxby and Miss Amy Sedgwiek. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RIQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mother Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Scyton, Misses Gray and Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and Mr. Halford. NEW THEATRE-ROY AL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE Ll'l TLE TREASURE. Mr. Billington, Mr. It. Phillips, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L.Toole, P Bedford, and Mrs. Billington. To be followed by "GEORGE DE BARNWELL : or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Mils Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Took, P. Bed ford, Stephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Uolumbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Ciown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; t•antaloon, Mr. J. Etulo. The celebrated Arthur and I;ertrand. Commence at 7. The Weather.—Sun Office, Feb. 6, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. 47 Lowest during the night This day at Noon . _ Barometer-30.31. Wind—W., moderate ; with fine but dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, 3h. 45m.—Afternoon, 3h. 59m. To-monhow.-Morning, 4h. 15m.—Afternoon, 4h. 35m. it* kbiljg 747:1P17".* LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 6, 1863. At the evening sitting of the House of Lords, the Prince of Wales took the oaths and his seat. Lord DUDLEY moved and Lord GRANARD se conded the Address, and in an appropriate style touched upon the chief points in the Royal Speech. The Earl of DERBY commenced by an allusion to the happier circumstances under which Parliament met this year than last. Then the nation was mourning for the affliction that had befallen the Royal Household, now it was called upon to rejoice at the approaching marriage of the heir apparent, and he could form no better wish for the Princess about to share his dignities than that she might partake of a happiness like that which had been the portion of his Royal mother, and he trusted in Providence that it might be more lasting. Allud ing to America, the noble earl remarked that he approved of the Government's policy of non-inter vention, but he thought at the same time that they might have done wisely in agreeing to the plan proposed by the Emperor of the French, which might have given the belligerents an opening for coming to terms, and thus solving the difficulty they were placed in. He did not think with many in this country who urged us to recognise the Southern Confederacy, for such a policy always en tailed something else afterwards. He firmly be lieved, for his part, that the United States would never again be in their former position. One seri ous consequence of this war was the effect that it had produced upon the industry of this country. Notwithstanding the liberality of the country, be feared there would be many more demands upon it. In regard to Denmark, he could not admire the policy of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Lord Melbourne always advised the members of his Cabinet, when they came across a difficult subject, "to let it alone." He thought Lord Russell had better have followed this plan in two or three in stances lately. He strongly disapproved of the Cession of the lonian Islands, and trusted it was not yet too late to stop so suicidal an act. The noble earl concluded by making reference to the death of Lord Lansdowne in his usual eloquent manner in touching on such topics. • Lord RUSSELL defended the refusal of the Govern ment to mediate in America, and denied the charge of meddling. He had given advice toDenmark to preserve the peace of Europe, and had thereby pre vented a rupture between Denmark and Germany. The offer of an asylum to the Pope was made solely in answer to a question put by the Pope him self, and he believed that the offer bad created a favourable impression on the Continent. As to the kingdom of Greece her Majesty's Ministers had been the first to proposea joint declaration that the three protecting Powers should be incapable of accepting the throne, and it was only in consequence of Russia's refusal, that they did not at once de clare that Prince Alfred would not accept it, The lonian Islands, being a republic, were no part of our dominions. If the people of those islands ex pressed a wish for union with Greece they had a right to it. Lord MALMESBURY approved of the general policy With respect to America, but regretted that advantag e had not been taken of the French Em peror's Proposal to mediate. He censured Lord Russell's officious interference with Denmark and considered the vacillation of the Ministry in re gard to Prince Alfred had been unjust to the Greeks, and wanting in resp ect to the Royal Family. The cession of the l on ian Isles would be a precedent for the surrender of Malta and Gib raltar. Corfu was one of the best ports and the s trongest fortresses of the Miediterranean, and if it passed out of the hands of England it Would in evitably fall into those of France or Russia. Earl GREY supported the policy of the Govern. runt_ The Earl of CARNARVON deprecated the manner of cession. Lord WODEHOUSE condemned the course p ur . sued. with reference to Schleswig-Holstein. Their lordships adjourned at half•past nine. The Address in the Commons was moved by CA LTHORPE ; wh o a d ver t e d t o the principal points in the Speech, and, during his discourse on American affairs, paid the highest compliments to the Confe derate troops for their dashing spirit and daring energy. He sincerely hoped that the time ap proached when an honourable and permanent peace would be established in these distracted States. He quite approved of the neutrality of the Government, as h e was of opinion that intervention would do more harm than good. Mr. BAZLEY, one of the members for Manchester, seconded the Address, and referred at some length to the distress in the North and the future pros pects of the cotton trade. He hoped as we were now at peace the Government would reduce the taxation, and so give a stimulus to the industrial energies of the pecple. Mr. DISRAELI observed that the passage in the Royal Speech which referred to the marriage of the Prince of Wales would be received in that House with the most cordial and complete sym pathy. Royal marriages were once political affairs, but happily now domestic interests were consulted ire their arrangements. Another topic of unity was the reference to Lancashire in her Majesty's Speech, and all must agree in the expressions of admiration for the fortitude with which our suffering fellow countrymen had borne their trials. Still, consider ing their matchless endurance, we might expect some moral compensation for material loss, and ultimately this great visitation might be looked upon as a misfortune rather than a calamity. As concerned A merica, subsequent events had only. confirmed his previous conviction, that the struggle there was a great revolution. Those who lived to see the ultimate conclusion of the consequences of this civil war would find a different America from that of our fathers. It would be an America of armies, diplo macj , rival States, manceavering Cabinets, frequent turbulence and probably of frequent wars. The course which her MAJESTY'S Government professed to fol low was honourable to the country and beneficial to the community. 'therefore he deprecated the tone adopted by some of the Ministers during the recess in their various speeches. He exposed some of the inconsistencies in these several addresses, and said that one of the Cabinet Ministers had recently declared that the cause of the war was the existence of slavery, and denounced that pestilent institution. Another member of the Government not admitted to the Cabinet, but whose lips are steeped in the gravity of the Privy Council, told his:hearers that " the Lord of Hosts was on the side of the Southern States." He observed that the Government had confined the practice of non-interference to America, since they employed the autumn by interfering in almost every other part of the world. One country not mentioned in the Speech was China concerning which it was very desirable to have some precise notion of the state of affairs. The consequence of supporting the Emperor against the Taepings might occasion another Chinese War, and involve us in serious expense. They were promised papers in reference to Greece, Italy, and Denmark, and on all those subjeets they were very necessary. Lord Russell's despatch in regard to Schleswig-Holstein especially called for explanation. With regard to Italy, he had before now stated that the settlement of the Raman question would not be so easy as some hon. gentlemen supposed, and he had been told by the Foreign Secretary that he contemplated the occur rence of contingencies which would never come to pass. In the mellow harvest of autumnal indis cretion, the noble lord had not been content with disturbing the waters of the Baltic, but appeared to have been very active in the Mediterranean. Lord Russell widely differed from Lord Palmerston in regard to the policy that ought to be pursued towards Turkey. They had ' been told that day that diplomatic engagements prevented the acceptance of the throne of Greece by Prince Alfred, but if that were the case why had the Greeks been kept in a state of suspense both trying and injurious. The Cession of the lonian Islands was a serious question, which re quired time and thought. They proposed to give that settlement, which had been fostered by the power of England, and which abounded in wealth and public spirit, to the Provisional Government of what at present certainly was a distracted coun try. He trusted such a policy would not preci pitately be adopted. He offered no objection to the passing of the address, which he understood did not imply approbe.tion of the policy indicated in the Speech. Col. SYKES made some observation on the supply of cotton to be expected from. India, and denounced our present policy in China. Lord R. MONTAGII remarked upon the enormous public expenditure, and deprecated the cession of the lonian Islands. Mr. MAGUIRE dilated on the distress in Ireland, and complained that no mention of it was made in the Queen's Speech. Mr. FORSTER insisted on the necessity of reform ing the manner of assessing the income tax. Mr. COCHRANE inquired whether the Duke of Saxe. Coburg would accept the Crown of Greece? After a few words from Sir J. HANMER on the Royal Marriage, Sir P. O'BRIEN and Mr. HENNESSY spoke of the distress in Ireland. Mr. Hennessy also remarked on the state of Poland, and denounced the policy pursued on the Papal question as inconsistent. Mr. SMOLLETT hoped that the affairs of India would be brought before the house. Lord PALMERSTON, who was cheered on rising, said he was sure the country must be gratified at the manner in which the House had received the announcement of the marriage of the Prince of Wales. He remarked that his Royal Highness was peculiarly fortunate, since the alliance was in every sense of the word " a love-match." He then pro ceeded to answer the charges brought against him by the leader of the Opposition, and indignantly denied the accusation of an intriguing policy. He referred to the unanimous selection of an English Prince by the Greeks as a testimony of the just and honourable influence possessed by this country. With regard to our relations with China we were on the most friendly footing with the Government there. Their great object had been to promote the commercial interests of England, and it had now been happily attained. They were withdrawing tioops from China instead of sending more thither. The Taepings had marked their course by destruction and plunder, and by everything that destroys com merce. But the Government were not making war upon them, except that they insisted on the Tae pings respecting the neighbourhoods where Eng lish commercial establishments were fixed. The right hon. gentleman had said he found it impos sible to understand the policy of the Government with regard to Denmark, a proof of the necessity of the Ministers fulfilling their pledge of producing the papers relative to foreign subjects. It was a mistake to suppose that Lord Russell had acted hastily ; he had for several years been endeavouring to mediate between Denmark and Germany. In the course of last year the Diet of Frankfort threat ened to march troops into Holstein—the noble lord persuaded them to suspend operations, and having done so, he was bound to try to arrange matters amicably. He (Lord Palmerston) could not say that they had succeeded in the effort, but it was only a link in the chain, and not an isolated act. Respecting Greece, the Government had, on the first mention of the proposed election of Prince Alfred, stated that the protocol of 1830 would ren der him ineligible as a candidate for the Greek throne. He could not say what might be the result of the negotiations still pending with the Duke of Saxe Coburg. The cession of thelonian belslandsefi benefit tto was a wise and generous measure of great the lonians. The right hon. gentleman had adverted to certain communications between Mr. Odo Russell and the Pope. They had been mis-stated The fact was that the Pope had sent for Mr. Russell, and had asked him whether in the event of his leaving Rome he could find an asylum in England, to which Mr. Russell had replied that it was the English: custom to afford protection to any one who might come to the country. Mr. Russell had subsequently carried a despat c h t o C ar di na l An- the Pope in such an event a suitable asylum in Malta. The noble lord then answered other objections raised in the course of the debate, and referring to Ireland expressed his regret at the disastrous effects of three bad harvests, but thought that there was 1% , 3 granting money no ground for money for public works. Sir G. BOWYER contradicted Lord Palmerston's version of the affair with the Pope. He denounced he Piedmontese Administration in strong terms, and defended the Papal Government. Mr. FITZGERALD commented on the omission of America from Lord Palmerston's speech, al though the Government had taken the respoosibi. lityof refusing to mediate, and another strange omis sion was the subject of Polund. Thd policy of THE SUN, LONDO England had been suddenly changed with regard to 'Denmark without any reason. He considered the cession of the lonian isles, impolitic, inexpe dient, and unjustifiable, and censured the general foreign policy of the Government. Mr. WHALLEY considered the great Powers should have been consulted with reference to the cession of the Islands, and regretted that any hon. members should have defended the policy of the Papal Government. Last night will be for ever memorable in the History of England as that on which the Heir Apparent to the Throne of these realms took his seat in the highest assembly of this land, the House of Lords. It is impossible to overrate the interest of this occurrence, whether in an historic or a per sonal point of view. In the case of this young PRINCE so many associations attend his entry into public life, that it assumes an aspect at once pecu liar and distinctive among the princes of the world. There is, first and foremost, the memory of his mother; a Sovereign who has won golden opinions from all ranks of her people; and all classes of the community, however widely they may differ in other points, always unite in the testimony of respect and reverence to her who so wisely and graciously sways the sceptre of these realms. No reign in English history, indeed, we may say in the annals of the world, bears so many records of per sonal attachment and public homage as that which is the bright and happy era in which the present generation has the good fortune to live. If any thing could cement the attachment still further it would be the intense sympathy which all feel for the calamity that has overtaken the QUEEN in the meridian of her days. All know how, in the first hour of her widowhood she called her children around her, and bade them remember that they had a duty to their country which they must fulfil, even while mourning for the noble dead. This principle of duty has always been the ruling pas sion, the prevailing influence, in the lives of the QUEEN and her Royal Consort. One has been sum moned from this changing scene, the other survives, let us trust, for many loug and happy years to watch the development of the characters of those children they have trained up with such care and skill. There is no higher end to human labour, no brighter repayment for arduous exertion than to see the young tread the paths of virtue and peace. The Prince of WALES begins his career under the happiest auspices, and under the blessing of Providence we may trust that he will be worthy of his high calling, and that the bright promise he now gives may be fulfilled in the right understanding of his lofty station, and the worthy employment of his high trust. Our interest is in creased by the prospect of an occurrence that will in all probability be the source of domestic happi ness, his approaching marriage. Lord DERBY happily observed last night that all who knew the Princess thought her worthy of being the partner of the Sovereign of the greatest country in the world. His lordship also added, and his tes timony is invaluable, that " we tender our congra tulations to the PRINCE, not alone as the heir to the throne, but as one who has already, by the courtesy of his demeanour and the affability of his manners, won the affectionate regard of all those who have been privileged to associate with him, and one who, at a very early age, when placed in circum stances of no inconsiderable difficulty, displayed a tact, a judgment, kind a discernment which promise well for the future." No better man than Lord DERBY could pronounce this eulogy. From one who represents the spirit of Englishmen in the higher classes of the community in their native integrity and independence we willingly accept this tribute to our future KING, and doubt not that when cir cumstances shall call his Royal Highness more prominently forward, the various branches of the community and the nation at large will ratify from public knowledge what the noble earl so eloquently and so feelingly expressed from his private experi ence in the House last night. The ceremony of introducing his Royal Highness to the Parlia ment and his taking his seat in the higher branch of the Legislature was his virtual entry into public life. Mr. DISRAELI in the Commons also alluded to the subject of the Prince's marriage in very forcible language. He said that he was confident his Royal Highness would imitate the example of his Sovereign parent, and so endear himself to the hearts of Englishmen, also that he would not forget that other parent so recently mourned over, and " who built up a Royal hearth on the principle of household love, and who yet by his refined and profound intelligence elevated it above the majesty of thrones." The present moment is rife with memory and hope for the Prince of WALES. We are confident with the majority of her MAJESTY,S subjects, that the future will realise the wishes, and answer the prayers of the nation. By the example of his mother, which, it is to be trusted, will long be before him, by the recollection of his father, who, being dead, yet speaketh to him, by the thoughts of the mighty nation he is called upon to rule over, by the sense of responsibility so early thrust upon him, and by the conviction that his trust is imposed upon him from above, we are con vinced that VICTORIA'S son will not disappoint the expectation of the foremost country in the world. When, by the dispensation of Providence, he is called to reign over us, some of this genera tion and the new one, he will be most likely spared to see, will turn with pride to the auspicious inauguration of ALBERT EDWARD among the Peers of the realm, as to the com mencement of a career that has been bright and blessed, and a life at once happy and glorious. At present he is the chief object of a nation's hopes, and he must make it his earnest endeavour not to disappoint the multitudes who pray, through the confines of an empire on which the sun never sets, that Heaven may shower down on him its choicest gifts, and that when summoned from his earthly throne to receive his reward from the KING of KINGS, he may leave behind him a long line of princes, the heirs to his honours, the recipients of his homage, and the bright exponents of his virtues to the remotest limits of the English Empire. The debate in both Houses on the opening night of the session carries out our recent assertion that the Parliamentary warfare will be merely ver bal until after the approaching royal marriage. It would be felt to be in some measure disloyal and uncourteous to mar the festivities attending that happy event by the jar of p ar ti es and the confusion of a ministerial crisis. Nevertheless, though the necessity of an armistice is tacitly admitted, the Opposition chiefs are not inclined to suffer the opening of the Parliamentary campaign to pass over without a skirmish. Lord D ERBY in the Upper H ouse and Mr. DISRAELI in the Lower, proved that th e i r weapons were not rusted by disuse, and contrived, while shrinking from immediate action, to leave plenty of ground for a subsequent attack upon Ministerial policy. most of the main points of the We must confess that, with regard to the foreign Policy at least, there was ground for in quiry ; and we apprehend that a good many who do not rank themselves among Lord DERBY'S followers must have awaited with considerable curiosity the explanation of the lnoble earl at the head of our Foreign Affairs with FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1863 regard to the rumours floating about as to Minis terial interference or non-interference in Denmark, Rome, America, and Greece. Unfortunately for the Foreign Secretary, the recent recess has been especially fruitful in opportunities for despatches, and official correspondence. "We all know," as the Leader of her Majesty's Opposition in the Commons satirically observed, " that the noble lord is not a Minister who passes over an opportunity of writing a letter." We are all likewise aware of the per plexities into which the inconsiderate use of that very active and mischievous pen has sometimes led him. With regard to Denmark we must candidly admit that it was the failure in the noble lord's otherwise able and satisfactory vindication of his foreign policy. We do net wonder that the Earl of DERBY declared he had read that corres pondence with humiliation. The rashness, the uncalled-for, we had almost said, the impertinent interference of Lord RUSSELL in the vexed question of Schleswig-Holstein, was certain to draw down upon him the caustic wit of his brilliant antagonist. Lord DERBY reminded the Foreign Minister of days when both had been colleagues of Lord MELBOURNE, and advised Lord RUSSELL to recall and to imitate the manner in which he disposed of any embarrassing business, " Can't you let it alone," he used to say, " it will do very well if you will only let it alone." But the English Foreign Minister cannot confine his superabundant energies to any such ignoble inaction. "We all know," said Lord DERBY, " what SYDNEY SMITH said of the noble lord's readiness to undertake any difficult position ; and if any constitution is wanted for any country he is ready at once to frame one, although the subject has long puzzled the statesmen of that particular coun try. The noble earl says, I will settle it all, I will give you a new constitution, and, without the apology. that used always to be given by a noted character. ' I hope I don't intrude,' he is ready to prescribe a constitution for every country in the world." As Lord DERBY justly observed, Lord RUSSELL, by taking this line in the face of Europe, has grievously complicated the difficulties under which Denmark was already labouring. Lord RUSSELL'S defence in this particular, was, as we have said, by no means satisfactory. We have not heard the last of the subject, and can only hope that the open expression of its views by the Parlia ment of England will in some measure neutralise the effect of these injudicious proceedings. With re gard to the interference of Mr. ODO RUSSELL in the affairs of the Papacy, Lord RUSSELL puts the question in a new light, and certainly frees himself from the blame that was perhaps too hastily attached to him. The New York Government will not thank the noble lord for his views as to the difficulty of the subjugation of the South, and the direful re sults attending such a possibility. The time for recognition, said the noble lord, has not yet come, but what is the policy of the Government with regard to America ? How comes it that the mover of the Address in the Lower House expressed himself warmly in admiration of Southern heroism and declared that it was impossible not to have some feeling of contempt for the Federal Govern ment, these remarks being listened to the while in consenting silence by the ministerial benches and greeted with manifest approval by the Opposition.* Is it the ministerial intention to afford the South at least a moral support, or is it merely a sign of that courting of popular approval, that determination to keep by the winniug side of a cause which has always been a distinc tive feature of the Coalition Cabinet ? The North has deserved little enough at our hauds, but if the Ministry are inclined to prefer their opponents, let them candidly avow it, and not throw up a feather to know which way the wind blows, while the most important question of the day is only remarkable by its absence in the speech of the First Minister of the Crown. Lord PALMERSTON could touch on every other topic, he could take refuge in the mise rable to quoque argument from the satire of the right hon. gentleman the Member for Bucks ; he could refer to the distress in Lancashire and Ireland, he could uphold the Ministerial policy in Italy and in the Mediterranean; he could even undertake the Quixotic attempt of defending the Danish de spatches, bat of the moral earthquake that is shaking to its foundations a country so closely connected with ourselves, Lord PALMERSTON had nothing to say ! However these and all other omissions will proba bly be speedily supplied, and the Government, hav ing got so far successfully through the opening of the Session, had better suspend their interference with foreign affairs to attend to the reforms which, like charity, should begin at home. Cirmyq4. (DID "31/. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Thursday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Louisa and Princess Beatrice. The Marchioness of Ely and Lieut. Colonel Du Plat were in attendance. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees dale, left Osborne this morning for London. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees dale, arrived at Buckingham Palace about half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Osborne, Isle of Wight. Prince Arthur visited his Royal Highness at Buckingham Palace, and afterwards attended by Major Elphinstone, returned to Greenwich. The Prince of Wales, attended by Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole, and the Earl of Mount Edg cumbe, Lord in waiting, left Buckingham Palace at half-past three o'clock, to take his seat in the House of Peers. His Royal Highness was habited in a general's uniform, and wore the insignia of the Order of the Garter, of the .Golden Fleece, and of the Star of THE APPROACHING ROYAL MARRIAGE.—The lace robes of the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the future Princess of Wales, are to be manufactured at Broadlands, the extensive lace manufactory of Messrs. Henry and Wil liam Nunn, near Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and about four miles from Osborne. The funeral of Mr. Wm. Beckett, of Xirkstall Grange, Leeds, formerly M.P. for that borough, and also for Ripon, took place yesterday, when the mortal re mains were conveyed from the residence, Brook-street, and temporarily deposited at Kensal-green Cemetery. Among numerous relatives and friends attending the mournful ceremony were—Mr. Edmund Denison, brother of deceased; Mr. E. B. Denison, Q.C., Mr. W. B. Denison, Colonel Marriot, Mr. Ed. Marriot, Mr. Randolph Marriot, Admiral Meynell, Bishop of Ripon, Colonel Charteris, Sir John Lowther, Bart., Mr. Edward Baines, M.P., Mr. S. Beecroft, M.P., Colonel Francis Seymour, Mr. Chas. Meynell, Mr. Robert Tennant, and Mr. Fountayne Wilson Montagu. The service was impressively read by the Rev. Wm. Sin clair, rector of Pulborough, late incumbent of St. George's Church, Leeds. Among the carriages which followed the hearse were those of the Duke of Cambridge, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, Lady Anne Beckett, Dowager Countess of Essex, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord George Quin, Colonel Waymouth, &c. Charlotte Ede was acquitted yesterday, at the Old Bailey, of an attempt to strangle her infant child. The aged claimant, Ann Cornich, to the ruinous houses in St amford -street, has found bail for her appear ance at the Sessions, and has been released from custody. At the Court of Common Council, held yesterday, the Lord Mayor told the members that Sir G. Grey had informed him that the Queen and Prince of Wales were anxious that the citizens should testify their loyalty by giv ing a public entry into London to the Princess o f Denmark. A committee was appointed to arrange matters. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is - a fair inquiry for discount accommoda tion, and the rates continue easy. As was generally anticipated, the Bank of Eng land return for the week ending Wednesday is of a more cheering character. Subjoined is our usual analysis : Active Circulation .. £20,070,545 Decrease .. .. • • 30,625 Bullion .. .. 13,692,136 Increase .. _80,313 Rest .. :: :: :: :, 3,276;320 Increase .. .. .. .. 28,494 Public Deposits .. .. .. 6,351,617 Increase .. .. .. .. 934,754 Other Deposits.. .. .. .. 13,352,278 Decrease .. .. .. .. 1,062,485 Seven Day and other. Bills .. .. 638,609 Decrease .. .. .. .. 31,457 Government Securities .. .. 10,602,879 Decrease .. .. .. .. 3,769 Other Securities .. .. .. 19,297,354 Decrease .. .. .. .. 237,863 Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 7,394,280 Increase .. .. .. 107,975 The report of the .Angle-lonian Steam Navigation Company has been issued prior to the meeting, and recommends a dividend of 10 per cent. upon the paid up capital for the nine months, being equal to 13-1- per cent. per annum. During the last few days there has not been much animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. At the public sales of tea just con cluded full rates were readily obtained for good and fine descriptions. Sugars sold freely at almost previous quotations, while coffee, cocoa, and rice continued in moderate request without any mate rial variation as regards values. Tal:ow remained inactive, and prices tended downwards for both pre sent and forward delivery. It is stated that a memorial is about to bP pre sented to the Stock Exchange Committee against any settling day being at present allowed in the shares of the British and American Exchange Bank. Two o'CLoCK. The Liverpool cotton market to-day opened dull; sales about 2,000 bales. The Three per Cent. Rentes opened to-day, at Paris, at 70f. 45c., being sc. better than yesterday. The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool held its first half-yearly meeting to-day. The re port stated that the balance-sheet, made up to the 31st Deoember last, showed an amount of business acquired during little more than seven months in London, and six months in Liverpool, which the directors thought could not bat be very gratifying totheshareholders,—the amount due by the Bank on current deposit and other accounts being L 1,019,160 Os. Bd. The net profits amounted to £2,652 16s. 11d., which it was proposed to carry forward, to be dealt with at the close of the current half-year. The chairman moved the adoption of the report, and observed that the meeting had been convened thus early in order that their future half-yearly proceedings may be held at about the same periods of the other joint-stock banks. The balance-sheet was made up to the end of December, and at that date the number of accounts on the books of the establishment was 800. Since that period, however, they had gradully increased, and the business generally was highly satisfactory. The directors might:even at this early date have re commended the payment of a 3 per cent. dividend, and if they had not placed down in the balance sheet the amount due for rebate of interest, but followed the coarse adopted by other young banks, they might have shown their ability to pay a 7 per cent. dividend. In reply to a question, the chairman stated that no preliminary expenses had yet been paid, but at a future meeting a motion for their disbursements would be submitted. The report was then unanimously adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected- Votes of thanks were accorded to the directors, and the managers of London and Liverpool, after which the meeting separated. At the half-yearly meeting to-day of the Medi terranean Extension Telegraph Company, Mr. H. Moore presiding, the report, which was unani mously agreed to, stated that the receipts had mate rially increased, and the expenditure had been diminished. The cables continued in excellent order; the line between Marsala, in Sicily, and Cape Carbonara, in Sardinia, had been successfully submerged. The chairman remarked that a delay had occurred in the liquidation of the debt due by the Italian Government through the late change of Ministry. The usual dividend (8 per cent. per annum) on the preference shares, and 3 per cant. per annum on the original shares, free of income tax, were ordered to be paid. There has been no fluctuation to-day in the Mar ket for the English Funds, bat the recent advance is very firmly maintained, and the improved aspect of monetary affairs is promoting indications of buoyancy. Consuls are 92: I, for transfer, and 921 93 for the account. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced have improved to 921 ; 93 ; Ex chequer Bills to 2s. and 3s. pm. ; Bank Stock is 236 k and 237; and India 5 per Cent. Loan re mains at 108 k. A fair amount of business has been negotiated in the Foreign Market, and prices have undergone no important change. Greek Binds have again been rather actively dealt in at 201 to 201, the latest price being 20/ ; and the Coupons, S 9, showing heaviness. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have further advanced to 891 901 ; do., 1858, to 721 ; do., 1862, 671 681 ; and the Consolides 401 411 ; Mexican Stock is 331 1; Moorish 931 ex div. ; Spanish Passive 271 1 ; do. Certificates 101 ; and Venezuelan New Loan, 601 61. Business in the Railway Share Market continued moderately active, and prices have, in some instances, shown more firmness. Great Northerns have im proved 55., North Westerns as., and South Easterns 103. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares were dull, and exhibited little change of importance in prices. BRITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 238 6i 7i 8 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities knnuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2 2 1 87-16 India Stock 2 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5i per Cent Ditto Bonds £l,000 Consols for Account, March. 5 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2 . 1 per Cent 3 pm par Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 2 3 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....- Equador New Consolidated l6/ Egpptian 7 per Cent 991 1 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 20k / i i 1 20 i Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 331 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada 2 per Cent 291 k Ditto Land Warrants Ditto ex over-duo Coups. & Hectares 13a Ditto Deferred, Ex Hectares Peruvian 4i per Cent. .. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account .. 88 1 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... Ditto Account ...................... 47/ Ditto 1862.... . ......... 47 6/ Russian 5 per Cent., 18 22 , £ .. ........ 983 Ditto 4k per Cent., 1850 ........... 93 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .............. . 6 4 1 601 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 .......... ...9 Pm Ditto Scrip, £56 85. paid 1 Spanish 3 per Cent .................. Ditto New Deferred .. — Ditto Account.. - - .. 27 Ditto Passive ........ Spanish,Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 721 2 Ditto, £lOO Bonds' 76 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditt o Guaranteed, 4 per C en t 6Bl 71 8/ 1 1011 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 6per Cent. 1862 ) 61 601 1 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2i• per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 651 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f — Ditto Account .. 7Ol T HREE O'CLOCK. lemols, Money .Ditto Account 94 3 SHARE MARKETS—This Day. Share( • Railways. 13.14 Bir., Wel,. and S tr. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no oiv Do A ti ll 6p e.p an. ha s Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. I GreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do 5 Do. £5 shares st Gt. S. and W. of Ireland St Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire ,t Yorkshire, at London and lilackwall st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, st Lon., Chat., aad Doverl at Lon. & North Western St Lon. & South Western st Man., Shef., 45 Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 14 Do # shares • . 10 Metropolitan St Midland 6.1.0 Do New _ _ Do Birmlug. & Derby Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York 19.16.41 Do Carlisle.. North London Do New iNorth Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction , Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok. Stockton & Darlington 12.10 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. . . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim l i Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford' 41 43 34 86 95 27 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. BRITISH P Share, 100 stk 20 20& 10 100 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock Railways Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. kper cent.. Do. New Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant4Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutta.&S.Eastn ) Cape Town & Dock Scrir Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c i lt:ast Indian. go. 5 p. c. Do. do. G . Do. do. H do. • • Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct..' Do. 6per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. It p. a. Extension Dc.4k d 0....—. SSE Fwd. ,SIONS. Closing Price. — 65 67 104} 1051 5 51 71 8} 77 80 78 76 73 76 103 105 108 109 165 f 1664 106 1 0 6 i 4 10 21 22 1 P 73 75 63 65 32 34 47 50 32 34 32 34 105 1051 P 103 105 121 J 3 7t 7 g 99 101 92 94 llp 102 t 96 98 92 a 4 stock stock Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corn. 6 p. o. Buds Melb. it Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswick cc Candi. Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... 'N. ill.C'da6 po Ist if bds Scinde Do. Delhi pi 4 Do. do Do. Punjaub .. .... il Do. Do. —.••• •• I g•ft Do. Indus. St. Flo.) Business done all all 100 (100 'lOO 2 15 i 100 t.lOO 1051 106 i 6 1054 52 53 3 5 3 5 83 65 105 106 103 104 104 i 413 4 IP 103 104 98 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 0 p.c.Ja. JD.' Lay' 1 1877-S1 lOO 105 106 1051 651 Do. (1 p. C. Feb.. Au'. 100 106 108 Xd Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. sp. e. Jan.&July., 100 95 96 951 Do. 5 Inscribed stock , 100 93 95 95 4 Cape G.Hope, 6p c,18731 100 10.; 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880' 100 112 114 1134 Do. 1890 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 -- N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 105 106 1054 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. (ov. 5 p c.,1866 100 100 101 i Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 1005 1001 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 160 905 4 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 ' 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. tip. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 1064 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 109 117 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 109 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 Do, io 6 n.o. Ao.&00,. 1 lO O 1094 1104 110/ BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold) 1 4d in IChtlora Amalgamated.. 22 24 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist., 1 620 531 East Bassett (Illozan).. 30 48 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 55. Icl 1p East Caradon 214.0 47 48 474 East Cam Brea.. E. WI Russel (Tavistk , 7.19.0 54 51 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 571 17 19 Great South Tolgus 175 64 7/ G. Wheal Vor (llelston 40 54 64; 51 64 Grenville . Herod's-Foot 8.12 50 52 El ingston Downs 4..7.0 21 3 3 Lady Bertha Margaret Way Lelant' 9, 1 34 40 llarke Valley. 4 Ilyndv Iron Ore (Lim ) 24 4ds pr New Seton 197 135 145 .. .), orth Downs 24 24 34 24 ; '4,wh'i Basseta2llo, - an t 17.( 34 4 3 I --N-orth Wheal Crotty .. 2.4.9 4 44 Par Consols (st. Blazey) lh 5 6 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 '1 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 390 400 S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 5.15.6 25 24 -'..Wheal Fran. (Illoir,an) 18.1-.9 874 02 1 Stray Park ' 28.9. 39 41 6 Tamar Sil v.& Lead Min 44 ; 14 4 10 fin Croft v lfi 16 154 16 West Basset (Illogan). 11 124 131 134 W Caradon. (Liskeard) 5 33 35 West Set= 283 295 .. Wheal Basset (M 471ogan) 51 75 80 Wheal Buller atedruth) 5 75 85 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 74 81 WhealLuckott Wheal Mary Ann (M en ) loi l ei Wheal Seton 5Bl 220 230 wheal TITIAVTLIey (Lis.) 7 17 18 Wheal Union ll3 5 55 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, 6 per cent. pf., 132 Great Eastern, E. Union 4 per cent. guaranteed, 85 Lancashire and Yorkshire o per cent. stk., 1374 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 1004 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent.;l3B PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent. pref., 1064 London, Brighton, &c., 44 per cent., 1858, 100 i London, Chatham, &c., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 814 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 11.1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per oent., 201 1 1 Dutch Rhenish, 17 Great Luxembourg, 154 Namur and Liege, 14f. per annum, 81 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pi., 205 Recife and Sam Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 195 Royal Swedish, 7 per cent., 15 San Paulo (lim), g - ua. 7 per cent., 9 - 1 1• South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 Turin and Savona, 2: West Flanders, 54 per cent. pf., 101 FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, 1l St. John del Rey . (lim.), 55} 5 United Mexican (Hai.), 5 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lira.), 97 3 13) Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 21) 4 3.1 4 Australasia, 781 Bank of Egypt, 251 Bank of London, 1041 4 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 22 City, 00 80) Colonial, 40 1 English and Irish (lira.), 2} London, B. Ayres, and B. Plate (liro.), 14 13; London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26) London and Colonial (lirn.), London and County, 40} 3 London Joint Stock, :151 44 London and Middlesex, 21 London and South African, 241 London and Westminster, 76) 7} Ottoman Bank, 361—Ditto, new, oi 101 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi aim.), 21 Standard of British South Africa (lira ), 10 Union of England and France (Bin.), 1) Union of London, 33 2 ) DOCKS. Victoria, 07i MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 22 Berlin Water Works, 74 Crystal Palace, 32 Electric Telegraph, 102 English and Australian Copper, 11 a General Steam Navigation, 27i Italian Irrigation Canal, 1 London Gent ral Omnibus Companyl(lina.), la National Discount Company, 81 Oriental Gas (Urn.), new, Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 73i Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining (dm.), 2 Royal Mail Steam, 57 Submarine Telegraph Scrip, Registered, The Emperor Napoleon Ills just completed the model of a breech• loading rifle cannon, of steel, for service in the navy, which is to be tried on board the Magenta or Solferino. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. POLAND. WARSAW, FEB. 5. The Council of the Empire has received orders from the Emperor to prepare several bills for the purpose of introducing reforms into the administra tion of the kingdon of Poland. Eighteen insurgents have been tried at Plock by court-martial, and two of their number shot. POSEN, FEE. 5. The Dziernik Poznanski of to-day announces that the Government of Warsaw has begun to stop the conscription. An order issued by General Ramsay directs that all persons taken for the conscription in the night of the 26-27th January are to be released. It is not known to what extent this order bas been executed, but the arrangements for the con scription in Suwolke and Petrikan remain in force. CRACOW, FEB. 5. Kinlee has been occupied by the military. At Kurow the insurgents have captured a cart containing money belonging to the public trea sur y. _ _ A well organised band of insurgents is stationed between Kurow and KaEsimir. The frontier gaard near Szoce was yesterday dis armed by the insurgents. BERLIN, FEB. 5. According to intelligence received here from Warsaw, an unsuccessful attempt has been made to poison the Marquis Wielopolski and his family. The Nord Deustehe Zeitung of to-day states that a large parcel of arms destined for Warsaw has been seized at a railway station near Thorn. GREECE. GOTHA, FEB. 5. The Diet, in its sitting of to-day, unanimously resolved to convey to the Duke the thanks and joy of the country at his Highness's rejection of the pro posal for him to become a candidate for the Greek throne. A deputation from the Diet thereupon waited on the Duke, who most warmly expressed his gratifica tion at the interest manifested towards him by the country. Paid.! Closing Business Price. done. 8 8 14 7 86 f 8 115 116 CO 7 41 43 13 14 86 87 105 107 48 49 44 46 23 24 1261 1271 1301 1314 136 138 104 106 66.1 (61 1091 1091' 74 76 I 111 112 42 44 99 991 103 104 411 421 13 131 128 1281 11 11p 96 98 52} 521- 2bi 26 3 / 4 10Ci 101 —d 57 68 89 89& 128 130 110 112 1 _.1:1 16 Iq . 11 17 14 119 121 47 48 104 105 98 60 324 334 941 95 , 1 68 70 102 104 38i 391 10 104 p 74 8 p 149 151 41 51 p 21 hp 554 5b4 26 Si p p 85 87 140 145 29 31 87i 7 COCHIN CHINA. PARIS, FEB. 5. The Pays of this evening says : "An insurrection broke out in Cochin China on the 17th December last. " The natives attacked the French at Saigon. The enemy, being twenty times more numerous than the small expeditionary corps, succeeded in penetrating into the interior of the fort, but were subsequently energetically repulsed. " At some points the combat was a hand-to-hand one, and not a man remained unwounded. "The Annamites fought with incredible boldness, They left a number of killed on the field, and more than 2,000 prisoners. " The greater part of their wounded remained in the hands of the French, and the Annamites re ceived a good lesson." The Paine has the following additional news : "On the 27th December the Cochin-Chinese attacked Fort Mytho, but were repulsed with 225 killed." FRANCE, PARIS, FEB. 5. Le Constitutionnel of this morning, speaking of the refusal of the Crown of Greece by the Duke of Saxe Cobourg, as a fact quite positive and beyond dispute, observes that there is really no room what ever to doubt it—because the Gazette de Cobourg now announces it as a fact " officially ;" reserving only to itself a little later the explanation of the negotiations that have taken place upon the subject. " This explanation," re marks the Constitutionnel, with, as it were, a sly chuckle, while insinuating the comment, " this de claration comes very a propos to demonstrate that the Morning Post is not always in the secrets of the English Ministers ! Even now," adds the French journal, with a sarcastic exultation one might almost think in throwing out the remark, " this journal (i, e. the Morning Post) while actually taking into account the difficulties that subsist, expresses a hope to the last that these difficulties will yet end by being smoothed away. The official note of the Gazette de Coburg effectually, however, destroys these antici pations !" Referring to the possibility of a successful mediation by the French Imperial Government, between Poland and Russia, the Opinione Nationale of to-day ends a very able argument, signed (Ad. Geroult), with these words :—" Per haps our mediation (that is, the mediation of France) will be less contracted there (namely, in Poland) than with the United States—and if she finds an honourable means of disembarrassing Poland from a yoke which so heavily crushes her down, and of delivering Russia of a cancer which gnaws at her vitals, she will have accomplished one of the grandest triumphs that the ambition of France could well aspire to." Read by Commission, says the Siecle, the Queen's Speech on the opening of the English Parliament contains " nothing at all worthy of particular notice !" • Yesterday at 10 o'clock, we read in .Le Pays of this morning, the Ministers met in council in the Palace of the Tuileries under the presidency of the Emperor. PARIS, Feb. 6. In yesterday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif the amendment proposed by M. Jules Favre to para graph 2 of the address was rejected. The amendment to the address in favour of Poland, brought forward by M. Guyard Delalain, was then discussed. M. Guyard Delalain asked if it was intended to restore to Poland the constitu tion granted by the Emperor Alexander. M. Jules Favre also spoke in favour of Poland. M. Billault, in his reply, said—" The present moment is not opportune for entering into a dis cussion on the Polish question. France has not lost her ancient sympathies for Poland ; but thinks, and the Government is of the same opinion, that the autonomy of Poland has more to expect from the generous and liberal sentiments of the Emperor of Russia than from attempts at insurrection — efforts towards which will call down new disasters upon that unhappy country." M. Jules Favre then said—" This speech of the Minister is the counterpart of the celebrated words of Marshal Sebastiani, Order reigns at Warsaw.' " M. Billault replied that he regretted speeches should be made tending to excite vain hopes. M. Jules Favre then asked if France was always to be on the side of the :strongest, to which M. Billault replied— " The Emperor's Government has too much sense to add by vain words fresh fuel to insurrec tional passions, and is too jealous of the dignity of France to allow the repetition in the addresses for another 15 years of futile protests against the existing order of things." Paragraph 2 was then adopted. The Moniteur of this morning publishes news from Cochin China to the I st January, confirming the statement that the in surrec t i onal movement of doubt that vigorous the natives Admiral ha dßen a been rd speedily did n nt ppressed. suppression of the in surrec tion would have an in fluence upon the Government at H ue f avoura bl e to the maintenance a nce of peace. H e h a d entere d i n t o negotiations with the Annamite Minister in re ference to the settlement of some of the details and the ratification of the treaty of Saigon, which will take place at Hue. In to-day's sitting of the Corps Legislatif, M Baroche replied to M. 011ivitr's speech of yester day. M. Baroche opposed the amendment to the Ad* dress proposed by the'members of the Left, and sought to refute the accusations brought forward by those members against the Government in refer ence to 'the system pursued towards the prose, th e striking out of the names of electors from the lists, and the modification of the electoral districts. BOURSE, Feb. O.—The improved torilb visible i .r o the m ar k e t y es t er d a y h as con ti nue d, and a f 4 1 ,, amount of business has been done at a further ac e Vance, Threes, for the Account, being now 48i i } 8 444 5 24 1261 71 131 i 304 661 7 61 1 1 19 iiiii 74 ,1111 1% 11 ad 99 9 1 1031 421 1; 21 131 18 1 13 1281 8 1 52i i I 101 1001 44 941 j 5} 41 1 411 2