The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

SONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of an d acknowledge th e mer i ts of those who have wol t commerce takes its title either from s•c,ccess, or at l eas t d eserved it, by the ha ir p a ia r n d n u i o n u; _LIP the ntor the nr m a nufacturer, and the more perfect the productio inven greater is the credit which attaches to the origin ator ane truggles against difficulties, thir zeal w devices, a n d th e i r sp i r i t i n susta i n i ng their BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifleca: Lion in England; but the fallacy of such an air*, bated by i s x pos.: d by the very trade mark of the firm, as ex tl jai& Messrs. JAY, of Regent - stree t. This is, howev er , ver y different to the per The following interwoven mark may be seen _at end t i nac i ty which some display in taking advantage o. ofeach piece :—" 3l anu tacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon et a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. the fortuitous chances they possess to work out their own ends and gain their own objects. The positiox which Ministers hold should make them moderate instead of urging them on to extremes. In the pursuance of their purpose to condemn the Alex. andra, they have exhibited far more of that bitter animosity which once reigned among political par , ties, or of that extreme line of action that private dissensions often inculcate, than of the calm dig , nity, the msjestic repose, and the marked reticence that should ever distinguish the rulers of a great country and the arbiters of the destiny of a mighty people. To rush from Court to Court, to employ all the exredients which the law affords to the subtle assailant, to delay, to injure, and perhaps to crush, are most unworthy of the men who affect to represent the interests and protect the rights of their countrymen against the nations of the world. What a spectacle it mast afford to foreign lands, and in what condition must the cavilling stranger hold our free institutions, when he finds they are powerless to prevent the greatest injuries being inflicted upon the subjects of the realm. It is only the fortunate possession of means of defence that has enabled the attacked party to wage a war against their formidable and unscrupulous oppo nents. True, the conflict has hitherto been carried on successfully, but only at the expense of an enor mous outlay, and the question naturaLy arises what would have been the consequence if the de fendants had not been so well qualified to meet their enemies in the gate. Ruin would inevitably have ensued, and while the civilised world may no w ring with their triumph if they 03023 out victorious from their trial before the first legal tribunal, they might other wise have been crushed in a corner, and their fate commented on by a few independent mem bers perhaps, and then they would have sunk into that obscurity which eng,ulphs so many of the injured ones who in this world find no court of appeal to redress the wrongs which Might with Wealth inflicts on Right, whose heritage is poverty. This question is surrounded by legal technicalities, it has mocked the counsel of the wise, and puzzled the brains of the most astute. The first in the land have devoted to its solution their intellect, their intelligence, and their skilled research. Yet there seems a moral view to take of this great question, apart from its legal one, and above and beyond it in point of value and im portance. How far is the Government justified in this cruel arid relentless persecution, and is it right that a precedent should be thus established for so crushing a course of action, and so over whelming a proceeding. According to the dic tum thus laid down Ministers may say to their friends on the other side of the world, and in any part of the earth, "We dare not become your open allies, but we can covertly assist you. We have means and appliances which will do more for you than armed hosts or embattled fleets can effect. The spirit of the country would be too strong for these to be used for your aid, but other means more effectual can be tried. With the weapons of offence hidden under the deco rous drapery of the law, the authorities of the land have certainly contrived to wage a civil con test fqr their friends. That the subtle device may prove a failure is the earnest wish of all indepen dent men, and that the attempt to prove too much may recoil on themselves, will be an example of poetic justice that will be a bright and refreshing landmark in the dry details and dusty precincts of the law and its surroundings. Whether they suc ceed or not in fixing a stigma on the firm of British merchants who have offended their prejudices, can not alter the fact that the Ministers have taken a most unfair advantage of their opportunity to work out ends which they, as Englishmen, should blush to gain. What would it avail them if the Govern ment of Washington smile upon them, if their efforts to gain that approval has called forth the indignation of their own people. In such a cause their best friends and sincerest wellwishers can only hope for their failure, since a success which under mines their inflaenoe at home, and abroad arouses feelings of jealous distrust and angry recrimina tion, can never be a victory worth gaining. Their triumph may go forth across the broad waters of the Atlantic, and elicit sentiments of gratified delight from their friends and allies in the Federal States ; but if at home a general feeling of dissatis faction prevails, and a universal opinion gains ground that the policy which dictated their tactics was an un-English one, the Government which succeeded before a legal, may fail to plead its cause before a national, tribunal. They may not have the opportunity of exclaiming with PYRRHUS, "one more such victory and we are undone," for the key -note of their doom and destruction may already have been sounded, and, like the knights of old, who, if they fell, were too encumbered with the weight of their armour to rise, they may find that the very means which they adopted to render success more certain and comprehensive have but proved the culminating point of disaster, and the crowning act ensuring a dire and inevitable defeat. T HE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. By FELIX M. MILLER, Professor of Sculpture, Govern ment School cf Art, published under the special sanction of the National Shakespeare HOWEL and Strat JAMES, ford-on-Avon CO Tercente nary Committees, by L, and . Copies will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub scribers only, and are executed in— Wedgwood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One Guinea. French Terra Cotta 15 ~ One Guinea. Bronze 8 , „ Three Guineas - - Stibscribers' names received by the agents in Lo , ,don and chief provincial towns (where copies of the _Bust may be seen), or by the publishers, HOWELL, JAMES, and Co., Goldsmiths, &c., By aorintment to the Queen and i - r , nce anti Princess of NI ales, 5,7, and 0, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. _ . Photographs and prospectuses forwardef post free on ap plicatiOn. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Hiles ; Messrs. H. Cord, G. Perron, and W. Harrison. To conclude with FANCHETTE. Doors open at half-past Six—L'ommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DB U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. T 1115.-1 EVENING, the Performances will commence with THE FOUR. MOWBRAYS. Master Percy Roselle. After winch, MANFRED. Manfred, Mr. Phelps. To conclucie with a new farce, THE ALABAMA. Mr. G. Belmore and Niss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. After which, BUNKUM INULLER. Mr. Sothern. To be followed by OUR AffERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippenl; le. Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, dcc. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Hill, Harris, Snowden, dm_ And AN 'UNLUCKY MORTAL: Mr. W. Farren and Miss M. Harris. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--. Sole Lena 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. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Last Three Nights before Easter. BEL DEAIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Le)lereq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenn. Ater which, at Eight o'clock, the 113th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle;," by Mr. John Brougham. Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, F. _Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, alms Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is rftade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either to: play bills or for the safe keeping of hat 4 and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. R e F m E o Ct withH rE on R in Saturday consequence rda n night, a n of hy t t h h e a e advice ei e t of his physicians, will be UNABLE to APPEA it until Easter Monday, March 2S, when he will resume his character of Angelo, in "Bel Demonio." NSW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPUL. 8010 Proprietor and Itianager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBR,EAKE Mr. J. L. Toole and Hiss Woolgar. Eizlit, LEAH . Miss Bate nan, supported by Messrs, A. Stirlinz, R. Phillips, Billngton, Stuart, Stophenson, kburne; Miss H. Simms, and Sirs. Bfflington. To °lnclude with. 9th time, TtlE AREA. BELLE : sTessrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Among the many societies which have for their object the succour and relief of our fellow-creatures there is none perhaps which is is its way more practically useful then the association possessing the high-sounding title of the Royal National Life boat Institution. It comes indeed rather under the head of an official organisation than a charitable assembly, since the claims which it urges upon us are those of a duty undoubtedly incumbent on the inhabitants of a maritime nation. The public inte rests are so largely concerned in the welfare of our trade and commerce, independently of any indivi dual or personal connection with the vast numbers who annually pass to and fro amid our stormy waters, that every one of us is in some measure bound to contribute to the safety of those in peril of shipwreck or other nautical disaster. That Eng lish men and women generally fully appreciate these cla;ms upon them is proved by the public support so freely and constantly afforded to the National Lifeboat Institution. The sea and the sailor are alw a ys popular subjects ama agst us, the honest "Jack Tar" is one of oar national boasts, and no tale 3 of peril or adventure secure more interested hearers than the thrilling narra tives of " the dangers of the seas." Deeds of heroism and self-devotion are often done by some, unknown sailor or fisherman which may rank far above the more conspicuous . achievements of slaughter and destruction, which Fame carefully chronicles. There is still unhappily too much room for such feats of valour or skill ; too much room even with their accomplishment for the long list of widows and orphans. Daring the year just passed no less than 1,602 casualties took place on the shores and in the seas of the British Isles, and al though from the immense extent of our commerce and the dangers of oar coast these may be held to include a large proportion of the wrecks of the habitable globe, still the aggregate of suff er i ng and distress represented by this number is something appalling in these days of ad- Commence at 7. 31[ISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-EVERY EVEN g4.—On SATURD IY, the 145th and lest ni2ht be fore Easter Monday. when Miss Batement will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma" cicn it til further ,notice. In ,rder o give due effect to t .is most remarkable success of the se ,son, ea. ire y new sc nery by the celebrat3d ar its Messrs. Danson and tons, aid Thornps n, and new dr ss , s and appo ntmcnts have been prepare i for its produc tion.—N.B. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications a, the Box-offf c, arrangement. have row been made by which S3ats m b 3 obtains! a Fortnight in Ad vance. If R. BENJAMIN WERSTER in the DEAD i_y_L HEART, MONDAY NEXT, March Zl. 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, tlrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr..l. L. To,le, Mr. Paul Belford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth. Mrs. Howard Paul, Mr. J. Clark, and Mrs. Charles Matlews. TEI.IS EVENING. ani during: the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, UNDER TILE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, Miss A. Cottrell, and Aii3+ Patti Josephs. - At a coarter before 8, the new Comedy, by L. Backing ham, Esq., entitled T tiE SILVER LIN I : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John vone, Mr. Montague; Mrs. harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Ittss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. - - To be followed by I , lr. Charles %Lathe ws just translated from the French) in his Characteristic:character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Several novelties are in preparation. On SATURDAY next, March 19, a variety of entertain ment•, for the BENEFIT of Mr. and 31re. CHARLES MATHEWS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas B ' irlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &O. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. riIHE THTRD EDITION OF " THE SUN." Containinrr the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. EL GIALNIE, NEWI4 AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS.—Tha LILLESHAL G COMPANY'S COAL?. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 263. per tan. I Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top 25s Nuts. . . l9s. „ Deep 22s• Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, 4 " addinzton, W. Best Coze Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Azent HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAB,—Morning, sa. 911.—Afternoon, 9:1.50m. .ro-aromtow.-Morning, 107. 31m.—Afternhon, 11h. IGm. The Weather—Sun Office, March 17, 1864. TERMONIETEn. 43 This:danat T wo o'clock Barometer-30,05. Wind—But; moderate breeze, and very fine. ,4,, :,1,3 g z _-__• - --"Tigl 4 , 1.,7--...., ~ - s LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1864. Certainly the owners of the Alexandra cannot complain that they have been ruined in the dark, or that their complaints have been hidden in a corner, and not made manifest. The case is patent to the wor ld, and whatever may be the result of the pro tracted investigations, the injured parties have at least had the satisfaction of having their wrongs explained and their rights vindicated. A more able and eloquent advocate than Sir H UGH C AIRNS they could not have possessed, and his terse arguments and pointed remarks have carried conviction to many minds which, before perusing his statements, were biassed in the contrary direction. One can not but reflect, at this stage of the proceedings, on the very obstinate and wilful conduct of the Go vernment. Perseverance in a good cause is a noble thing. I t 1 8 i m b ue d w ith those qualities which espe cially acorn and elevate humanity. It has fired the patriot to achieve the wondrous works which have freed his country. It has inspired the statesman to the completion of worthy enterprises which have benefited his generation and done honour to his name. In private life this attribute is a great and brilliant characteristic, and those who cannot emu late its courage, heroism, and devotion, can yet accord their seed of praise to its lofty sentiments, TEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVI4.NIINI . G, MARCH 17, 1864. vanced science. Many of these wrecks were doubtless due to preventible causes, especially when we look to the large number of miserably equipped and unseaworthy vessels that ply our coasting trade. We have, therefore, good reason to hope that when Mr. LAIRD'S bill shall have become law, and no ships are sent to sea without being pro perly found, with cables that do not give way when the anchor holds, and with anchors that do not come up when the cable bears the strain, we may see a considerable diminution in the number of our annual shipwrecks. These 1,602 disasters represent a loss of 568 lives within the year—a loss that would undoubtedly b 3 very much greater were it not for the praiseworthy efforts of the National Lift boat Institution, since, daring that period, no less than 4,563 persons were saved by lifeboats, the rocket apparatus, and other means. Of course a large number of those thus saved were rescued independently of the society, but there can be no doubt that it has given a stimulus and en couragement to saving life and property from ship wreck which has had a most beneficial effect. The institution boasts, with justifiable pride, that during the forty years of its existence the number of lives saved by its lifeboats and by special exertions, which have received its rewards, has amounted to 13,568. This, indeed, is a most gratifying result, and one which speaks volumes for the practical utility of such an association. Not only are its services beneficial in rewarding and encouraging courage, but it has been instrumental in improving the character of our lifeboats generally, and in obtaining the highest degree of perfection at pre sent possible. A proof of the high degree of effi ciency which has now been attained in their build is found in the fact that, during the past year, 6,000 persons have been afloat in them without a single instance of loss of life ; and although many of these occasions were only the quarterly trips for exercise, yet many of them were voyages undertaken amid rolling breakers and sweeping tempests in which no ordinary boat had dared have left the shore. 417 lives and 17 vessels have during the twelve months of 1863 been rescued by their means', and it may interest the meteorologist to know that the committee of the association, no in considerable judges, reckon the gales of last Octo ber and December as among the most disastrous that ever visited these shores. Against such enemies as these no skill nor science can altogether protect us, but that is no reason why every effort should not be made to reduce our annual catastrophes to the minimum which as yet they are very far from reaching. The committee of the institution are making indirect as well as direct efforts to attain this desirable end, and have succeeded in accomplish. ing a very important reform. Thanks to their having repeatedly called attention to the subject, the Lords of the Admiralty are now taking steps to provide every man-of-war with an efficient lifeboat, a precaution which it is only marvellous can have been so long neglected. A new scheme has also been set on foot, which proposes that the committee should place at some of the principal fishing stations on our coasts insubmergible fishing boats, which might after satisfactory trial provide samples of building to those localities. We hope this plan w be found to work well, but we fear it may meet with some loeal opposition. ft is gratifying to know that the institution has been able to add fifteen new boats to its already large fleet, and that others are in course of construction, Many persons have generously come forward with gifts for the cost of lifeboats, no less than twelve of such liberal dona tions being recorded within the year. In addition to the large sums left by legacies, a new and inte resting feature is apparent io the fact that those who have lost ralatives have sometimes cotnmemo rated their departed friends by associating their names with this public benefaction. This is a worthy memorial of the most de3erving, and sets an example which will, we hope, be followed. It is clear that with a shipping " representing," in the words of the report, " aboat 60 millions of•tons, and 400,000 vessels which cleared outwar • js and entered awards from British ports during the year," grew and continuous efforts are necessary to prevent a frightful sacrifice of life on the rocky and weather- beaten coasts of these islands. The Lifeboat Inst tution performs this important national work we and thoroughly, and has, therefore, a right to look with confidence to the public for encouragement and support. The speech of the hon. member for Halifax on Monday evening deserves some attention, if only in acknowledgment 9f the arduous labour which it bears witness to. Mr. STANSFELD, it will be re membered, when first appointed to his present office, declared his intention of endeavouring to reduce to something like order those Admiralty ac counts whose very name is generally accepted as the emblem of hopeless confusion, extravagance, and mystery. He has fulfilled his promise by examining closely into the subject, and has intro duced various changes and improvements, which have for their object the great end of simplify ing the Dockyard accounts. Mr. STANSFELD informed the House on Monday evening that the Admiralty Dockyard accounts might now challenge comparison with those of the best managed private yard in the country. The description which he gave of the process now gone through certainly exhibits great care and caution in securing accuracy and guarding against errors and malversations. The manufacturing balance-sheets are still, he admits, open to criticism, and further simplification is advisable. The finance accounts, which showed in what proportions the estimates were exceeded, or otherwise, were not on previous occasions found satisfactory by the House, They wished very justly to look a little more closely into the details of dockyard labour, and Mr. STANSFELD has, therefore, introduced what he calls labour charts, in which the House will have "every farthing of expendi ture for labour, as attested by the books, brought to book and distributed among the ships and the services in which the labour has been employed." These charts are not only to show the payments and charges, but to explain the nature, amount, and variety of labour engaged, with its cost and the nature of its operations. This, if fully carried out, will be an essential advantage, as it will enable the House to keep some check upon the extravagant expenditure that often goes on for no good, such as the continual alterations and the jobbing of various kinds that is only too common in our naval matters. Most persons,will agcee with Mr. STANSFELD when he says that no large business was ever safely or profitably conducted that was not based on an accurate and exhaustive system of accounts. He has, therefore, done good service in reducing the heterogeneous expenses of the dockyards into some thing like order and consistency, and in opening out their intricacies to the light of day. Unhappily, the reformer is unable to touch the department which especially calls for reform—the very Board of which he is a member. The power which deals with the abuses of its construction and practice must come from without, and many a hard fight will have to be fought before the substantial changes required both in the letter and the spirit of the administration of our Admiralty affairs ate fully carried out. There is no reason why such an important department of the State should be continually under what may be styled merited compliment to our leading shipbuilders. This is the true way to obtain substantial improve ments by bringing the checks of the practical ex perienee of men whose personal interests are con cerned in doing work well, and chiefly against the dolce far niente of our Admiralty administration. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARLS 16. TESTS ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "npw," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put, "That the word now' stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 211 i Noes, 189. AYES 211. Acton, Sir J. Fitzroy, Lord F. Padmore, R. Adair, H. E. Forster, Charles D. Paget, C. Adam,W. P. Forster, W. E. Paxton, Sir J. Agnew, Sir A. Fortescue, Hon. F. Peel, Sir lt. Alcock, T. Fortescue, C. 5, Peel, F. Autrobus, E. French, Col. fender, J. Ath umney, Lord Gaskell, J. M. Pcto, Sir M. Ayrton, A. S. Gavin, Major Pilkington, James Aytoun, it. S. Gibson. T. M. Pinney, Col. Baines, E. Gilpin, C. Pollard Urquhart W BaringPonsonby, A. Baring, , Sir F. Gol y dsmid, Sir F. Potter, E. Baring, Thos. Geo. Gower, F. L. Pugh, D. Barnes, T. Greene, J. Robartes, T. J. A. Bass, M. T. Greenwood, J. Robertson, D. Bazley, Thomas Gregson, S. Russell, Hastings Beale, Samuel Grey, Sir G. Russell, A. J. E. Beaumont, W. B. Gurdon, B. Russell, Sir Wm. Beaumont,Somerset Hadfield, Geo. St. Aubyn, J. Bellew, It. M. Hanbury, It. Salomons,Aiderman Berkeley, H. F. Hankey, Thorns= Scholelle.d, W. Berkeley, Col. Hardcastle, Jos. A. a colt, Sir W. Berkeley, C. P. F. Ilartington,3larquis Scully, V. Biddulph, Col. R. 31. Headlam, Thos. E. Seely, C. Black, Adam Henderson, J. Seymour, Danby Blake, J. A. Henley, Lord Seymour, A Blencowe, J. G. Herbert, IL A. Shelley, Sir J. V. Bonham-Carter, J. liibbert, J. T. Sheridan, R. B. Bouverie, E. P. lioc4;kinson, G. Sheridan, 11. B. Bouverie, P. P. 11 odgson, K. Smith, J. B. Brand, H. B. Howard, lion. C. Smith, Augustus Bright, J. Ingham, It. Smith, J. A. Bruce, Lord E. A. Jackson, W. Stacpoole, W. Bruce, H. A. Jervoise, Sir J. Staniland, 31. Buchanan, W. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, 0. Buller, J. W. Kershaw, J. Stansield, J. Buller, Sir A. King - , Hon. P. Steel, John Butler, C. S. Kinglake, A. IV. Stirling, Wm. Butt, Isaac Kinnaird, Hon. A. Stuart, Col. Buxton, C. Knatchbull-Hugess Sykes, Col. W. H. Caird, James Layard, A. IL Talbot, C. R. 31. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Langton, W: H. G. Taylor, P. A. Castlerosse, Vist. Lawson, W. Tite, Wm. Childers, H. C. E. Leatham, E. Tollemache, Hon.F, Cholmeley, Sir M. Leferre, G. J. S. Tomline, G. Churchill, Lord A. Lewis, Harvey Tracy, Hon. C. Clay, James Lindsay, W. S. Turner, J. A. Clifford, C. C. .I,loyd, T. Vane, Lord H. G. Clifton, Sir R. Locke, John Verney, Sir Harry Clive, George Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Vernon, H. Cobden, R. Lysley, W. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C Collier, Sir R. P. 31acEvoy, E. Vivian, H. H. Cox, W. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) Warner, Edward Cranford, E. H. J. Mackinnon,W. A. Watkins, Col. L. Crawford, R. W. 31`31ahon, P. Western, S. Crossley, Sir F. 3farjoribanks, D. C. Westhead, J. Davey, it. Martin, P. W. Whalley, G. H. Dering, Sir E. Merry, James Whitbread, S. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Mildmay, H. White, Jas. Douglas, Sir C. Miller, William White, L. Duff, 31. E. Mitchell, T. A. Wickham, H. W. Duke, Sir James Moffatt, George Williams, W. Dunbar, Sir Wm. Moncreiff, j. Winnington, Sir T Dundas, Frederick Morris, D. Wood, Sir C. Dundas, Sir David Morrison, W. Woods, Henry Enfield, Viscount Neale, C. Wyld, James Evans, T. W. North, F. Wyvill, M. Ewart, William Ogilvy, Sir J. Ewart, J. C. Onslow, Guildford Fenwick, Henry 0' t', eilly, 31. W, Fermoy, Lord Owen, Sir IL Finlay, A. S. Vatic, Col. TELLERS. Dodson, John G. Goschen, G. J. NOES —IE9. Adderley, C. B. Gore, W. R. 0. Morritt, W. Addington, Hon.W. Gowel, G. W. L. Mowbray, Rt. Tin. J. Angerstein, W. Graham, Lord Wm. Murray, William Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Greenall, G. Naas, Lord Archdall, Capt.M,E. Grey deWilton,Lord Newdegate, C. Astell, J. U. Grogan, Sir E. Newport, Visct. Banns, H. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Noel, G. J. Baring, Thomas Hamilton, Viscount North, CoL Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, I. T. Northcote, Sir S. H , Barttelot, Col. Hardy, Gathorne Packe, C. Bathurst, A. A. Hardy, J. Pakington, Sir J. S. Bathurst, Co'. H. Hartopp, E. B. Papillon, P. 0. Beach, W. W. Harvey, B. B. Patten, Col. W. Bective, Earl of Hervey, LordA. reel , Gen ' Beecroft, G. S. Bay, S i r J . Pennant, Col. Beutinck, G. W. P. Henley, J. Pevensey, Viscount Benyon, IL Heyg,ate Sir F. Powell, F. S. Heyg•ate, W. IL Beresford, W. . Powys-Lybbe P. L. Bernard, Col. llodgs.on, R. 'lepton, G. W. J. Bernard, Thos. T. Holford, R. S. Ridley , S ir M. W. Bond, J. W. Holmesdale, L or d Rogers, John J. Bramston, T. W. liotharn, Lord Holt, J. Bridges, Sir B. Humberstone, P. S. Hume, W. Rowley, Hon. R. T. Briscoe, J. I. Salt, T. Bruce, C. L. C. Hunt, G. W. Sclater-Booth, G. Bruce, Sir 11. Ingestre, Viscount Scott, Lord 11. Burghley, Lord Jermyn, Earl Scourfieln, J. IL Burrell, Sir P. Jervis, Captain Smith, Abel Cave, S. Jolliffe, Sir W. Smith, S. G. Cecil, Lord R. Jolliffe H. Smyth , Co l . Chapman, J. Kekewich, S. Somerset, Col. E. Codrington, Sir W. I - ii Sil` xe y, u• F. Somes, Joseph Cole, Hon. IL Her, D. S. Stanhope, J. B. Collins, T. Herrison„Sir E. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Cubitt, George Ki n cr, J. K. Stracey, Sir H. Curzon, ;Viscount lina t ichbull, W. Surtees, H. E. Dalkeith, Earl of Knight, F. Darner, S. D. Knox, col. Taylor, Colonel - Tempest, Lord A.V. Dickson, Col. Dutton, Hon. R. H. Langton, W. G. Thynne, Lord E. Disraeli, Benjamin Lecke, Sir IL Tollemache, J. H. Du Cane, C. Leroy, A. Tottenham ,Lt.-Col. Duncombe, A. Legh, Major C. Tref usis, lion. C. H. Turner, C. Duncombe, W. E. Legh, W. J. Du Pre, C. Verner, Sir Wm. Edwards, Col. Leslie, C. F. Verner, E. W. Egerton, A. F. Leslie, W. Farquhar, Sir M. MLYa- Egerton, E. C. Liddell, Hon. If. G. Vyse, Co!. Egerton, W. Lougfield, Robert Walcott, Adm, J. E. Walker, James H. Elphinstone, Sir J. L • Lord L L e en nn n o o x x: Lord G. G. V ern e r, Si LoraineF. Walpole, S. H. Walsh, ' Sir J. B. Estcourt, S. Halter, John Fane, Col. Lyon,ti Malcolm,tnown a , r i I S i nj i o r g .: n ß \ . v1,14...8. B. Waterhouse, S. Farrer, J. II atlington, J, Fellowes, Edward Malins R. M .. Lord G. auner„ Whitmore, U. Woodd, B. T. .r e e r rg ra u n s ct son w , .Sir J. Manner's, Lord J. IVelby, W. E. Fitzgerald, W. S. Miles, Sir W. eathcote, Sir W. Wyndham, Hon, r. Fleming, T. W. Miller, Yorke, Hon. E. G IC a l °a l l Yn w ekr e ly y jn , ' 'S i rG. I Y W. P . 15.1 1 o i t fu Mills't u' A. , W L - . o L . it • Yorke, J. H. TELLERS, George, John Getty, S. G. , Selwyn, C. J. Mmooardt,gaouninte,rsyli.Scir. G. 11, Mn. BOHN'S WORLD.FAMOUS LIBRARIES. -- Although Mr. Bola), has sold his well-known " Libraries" to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, he will still carry on his business in secondhand books, and what are techni cally termed in the trade " remainders," for seine time to come. It has been stated that 31essre. Sotheby and Co. will sell the choicer portion of his valuable stock during the present season. Some time ago, Mr. Bohn endeavoured to found a library company, under some such title as "Bohn's Library Company. This was to be in a great many shares at a low price, a considerable number of which Mr. B o h n would purchase and hold. The scheme, however, did not find supporters, and it is now understood that the world famous " Libraries" have been sold for L 30,000. A LIGHTSHIP FOR 711EATLANTIC.—The TVeBtern Morning News says it is seriously intended to station, 50 miles west of Scilly, a ship bearing a floating light, con taining stores of provisions, and connected by an electric cable with the shore. It is considered that thus early news may be conveyed, homeward ships may receive their orders whilst at sea, and much suffering, priTation, and loss of life be prevented, organised mismanagement ; why the public money, always freely enough expended by public func tionaries, should be lavished so profitlessly as to make Admiralty incompetence and extravagance a byword ; why every improvement, suggestion, or invention out of the beaten track should be frowned at, sneered down, or totally disregarded; why the utmost that the inventor can often obtain is per mission to try his experiments at his own expense. It is very well for Mr. STANSFELD to talk of the courage and enterprise with which the Admiralty carry on their undertakings ; but it remains an acknowledged fact, that one of the best inventors of offensive weapons of the time has been driven to offer to a foreign Sovereign those services w hose value was only too late appreciated by the officials of his own country. The spirit which animates Mr. STANSFELD in his endeavours to secure re• trenchment and efficiency is very far from actuating those above him ; but it is fortunate, at all events, for the interests of the public service that the junior Lord is re solved to exact a strict account of the work carried on under him. Mr. STANSFELD with com mendable frankness confessed what a good many other officials might admit if they would, that when first appointed he was entirely ignorant of the de- tails of the great business he had embarked in. He was not contented, however, to be a roi faineant, but started on a voyage of discovery to the various dockyards, where, by a prolonged and careful in vestigation into all that came before him, he ac quired a good deal of practical information. He was especially struck with the frequency with which the Controller's account was interfered with by men being suddenly moved from one task to another. 0 wing to the scarcity of hands, they were often obliged to leave work in the middle in order to complete something else for which there was a more pressing demand. Mr. STANSFELD, therefore, seeing this to be false economy, giving rise to all sorts of delays and abuses, proposed an increase in the rate for wages to artificers, aad suggests that the Go vernment shoald combine the advantages of piece work and day work by keeping up a moderate establishment of regular employes on whom they could rely in time of pressure, while for extra work they might take on hands by the piece. Mr. STANSFELD visited, he tells us, the principal private yards of the country, and he paid a well LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR IN DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Mama 15, 9.50 P.M. The enemy kept up a heavy fire this morning. One battery was directed against our left ding and the ships before Sonderborg. The result was insignificant. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 16, 6.3 p.m All the superior officials and Mayors of that portion of Jutland now occupied by the allied troops have been brought to the head quarters of the enemy. This measure is connected with the delivery of the requisitions for supplies intended to be enforced upon the inhabitants. MADRID, MARCH 16, Soma Madrid journals state that the Ministeria, Council will occupy itself with American affairs, particularly those of Mexico. It is rumoured that the Archduke l‘Taxinailian will visit the Queen of Spain. NORWAY. OPENING OF THE STORMING. CHRISTIANIA, MARCH 15 (Evening). The Norwegian St)rthing was opened to.day. The King, in his speech from the throne, an nounced that a Bill ;would be laid before the Chamber, granting an extraordinary credit of 1,500,000 of rigsdalers to the Government, in order to enable it to give active aid to Danmark in certain emergencies, FRANCE. BOURSE, March 16.—Threes are quoted today ex-quarterly dividend. Business has been limited in amount, bat the transactions effected show a slight improvement, the price being now 66f. 10c. Mobilier, which receded a little at the commence ment, have since recovered, and are now unvaried at 1,065 f. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market kept improving to the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents. 93 25 Italian Loan 63 25 Do. end month.... Do. end month 63 60 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 20 Do. end month — Credit M0bi1ier....1065 Russian Do. end ru0nth....1063 75 Austrian Bank Shares 3305 Spanieh Threes.... 52 Credit Fancier 1267 60 florae Debt Roman — Deferred BAIL 'Ark3. OrleanH Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 1007 50 .. 1007 50 955 .. 957 50 -- - •• - -- 933 75 .. 936 25 655 - .. 657 50 520 - .. 520 - 482 50 .. 480 - 3 7 5 - 375 -- 405 - 408 75 540 - .. 511 25 491 2.5 .. 493 75 590 - .. 590 - 275 - - CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS, SOUTHAAIPTON, March 17. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera has arrived here with the heavy portion of the above mails and 108 passengers, among whom are the Earl and Countess of Scarborough, Colonel Taylor, Major Maxwell, Major Dennis, Comman der Poole, R.N., and Commander Reid, R.N. Her cargo consiets of 6 boxes of valuables, 414 bales and 180 boxes of silk, 32 boxes of oranges, and 35 packages of sundries. On the 13th inst., off St. Vincent, she exchanged signals with the British bark Vesta, and on the 14th, off Finisterre, the screw steamer Ajax. The usual Egyptian fleet and the French frigate Perdrix were at Alexandria. H.M.S. Marlborough, Melanee, Hydra, Firefly, and a Dutch frigate at Malta, and H.M.S. Racoon, Proeris, and the Orontes, with the 2d battalion of the 6th Regiment, for Barbadoes, at Gibraltar. The Ripon arrived at Gibraltar on the 11th, after a passage of 61 days, having encountered heavy weather the first four days, and four fine horses, shipped from Southampton, died on the passage. GIBRALTAR, March 12. A letter from Mogador, received yesterday, by the Sydney Hall, mentions the safe arrival in that town on the 22d of February, of Captain Carceller, and the crew of the Spanish schooner Policarpo, as well as the crews of two other Spanish vessels. These vessels had been wrecked on the African coast, and their crews had fallen into the hands of the Moors of Wadnoon. They were kept in cap tivity for more than 10 months, and have been at length rescued through the active interference and exertions of Sr. Merry, the Spanish Minister in Morocco. The steamer Sydney Hall, which arrived this morning, has brought accounts from Tangier and the Barbary coast. The remains of the late M. Be3lard, the French representative in Morocco, are to be conveyed to France for interment. His death, we are told, has caused a very general feeling of sorrow in Tangier. Although ho had resided but a short time in the country, his just and liberal conduct and conciliatory manners had not only won the regard of his diplomatic colleagues, but had gained for him the esteem and respect of the Moorish authorities and population. Commercial letters from the coast mention that abundant rains had fallen, and the crops look well. Considerable advances upon wool, to be brought in by the Moors of the interior, are said to have been made by the merchants of Mazagan and Casabianca. It seems that parties making these advances now incur some risk of losing their money, since by a late edict, which has been communicated to the foreign Consuls, the Sultan prohibits all purchases of produce until the same is brought within the jurisdiction of the coast towns, and will therefore afford no assistance towards the recovery of the debts contracted by Mows to European merchants, in violation of his edict. From the rate at which advances upon wool have been made it is expected that after the next clip wools will obtain higher prices than last year. The agent for Lloyds in this city has received a communication from his colleague in Mogador, dated the 4th inst., apprising him of the appearance of an armed steamer off the African coast. The steamer is said to have been hovering about the coast for a fortnight, near Agadir or Santa Cruz, a port 70 miles south of Mogador. She has twice visited Agadir, and was for a week anchored in a small bay named Efernic, 15 mires to the north of that port. The Moors describe her as full of men, and having plenty of guns. They say she has displayed no national flag, but has shown signals supposed to be made to her boats. Exchanges.—London, 90 days date, 501. Paris, 90 days, sf. 32c. Marseilles, 90 days, sf. 32c. to 33c. Genoa, 90 days, sf. 33c. Madrid, 8 days sight, par. Cadiz, 8 days, 11 dis. Seville, 8 days sigbt, 1 dis. Malaga, 8 days, 4 dis. Barcelona, 8 days, ~ ,1 ; prem. Almeria, 8 days, par. Valencia, 8 days, par. Alicant, 8 days, par. Premium on Five-franc pieces, 11- to I por cent. prem. THE REMOVAL OF MIDDLE-ROW.--The Holborn Board of Works have resolved, on the motion of Mr Walker, seconded by Mr. Lloyd, to petition the House of Lords for the insertion of a clause in the Holborn Valley Improvement Bill, making the removal of the block of buildings known as Middle-row, Holborn, compulsory. THE CONSE—VATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The second allotment of land for the year took place yesterday at the offices in Norfolk -street. Two estates were offered for sale at Colchester and Bishop S ortford, the plots on which will give the freehold franchise for North Essex and Herts. There was a good demand for the land. A plot has been set apart on the Colchester estate on one of the crescents for the erection of a church. A ROWLAND AND AN OLIVER.—ShonId Rowland Hill have a statue? Certainly, if Oliver Cromwell should. For one is celebrated for cutting off the head of a bad King, and the other for sticking on the head of a good Queen,—,Funds, LITERATURE, Perles d'Orient. Par le Chevalier de Chatelain. One vol., pp. 262. Rolandi. Another charming volume from the indefatigable Chevalier de Chatelain 1 As a man of letters, ap. pertaining almost equally to France and to Eng land, to the country of his birth and the country of his adoption, his industry is almost as remarkable as his taste and his poetic volubility. His writings are evidently with him labours of love. They are literally effusions—not " pumped up" but " flow ing." They have the flavour and the sparkle of spontaneity. And they follow each other with surprising rapidity. It might be said of them with a punning truthfulness, that in both senses of the phrase applied to the apparitions in the spectral scene in " Macbeth"—" another and another still succeeds." For it is surely in signal evidence of their success that they thus steadily increase and multiply, as the years roil on, these now rather numerous "Ouvrages du Chevalier de Chatelain." In this the latest of them all, the accomplished writer has realised a very graceful fancy—a fancy the nature of which the title of the work itself sufficiently indicates. "Pearls from the East," thoughts, imaginings, imageries, re collections, drawn from the Orient—as Mr. Kinglake expressed it, in a word, years ago, a word since then famous because familiarised, " Eothen." The contents of the little volume are divided into parts. The First Part is original. The Second Part is composed of Translations. Both of them, in the strictest and fullest sense of the term, are oriental in their character. Pearls they are, showered down—individually, before M. Garvin de Tansy, to whom the volume is gracefully in scribed. -generally, before the educated puolic on both sides of the Channel, before French-loving Englishmen and English-loving Frenchmen, as souvenirs dear to the hearts end intellects and souls of those two great and kindred nationalities. For, to the two of them equally, the East, from which these poetic pearls are gathered up, has ever its peculiar and thrice-wel• come fascination. If we might, without appearing to be in any way invidious, make the selection, we should certainly be disposed to award the pre ference in this volume to the Chevalier's own origi nal compositions, those constituting the first of the two divisions. Ane, in justification of our pre ference we would direct attention, among other poems in that First Part, to Le Songe, Le Besoin d'Aimer, and Lea Revers de Fortune. The Effects of the Late Mr. Thackeray. The valuable effects of the late Mr. William Makepeace Thackeray, comprising capital pictures by ancient and modern masters, water colour drawings, service of plate, Sevres, Dresden, Oriental, and other porcelain; clocks and candelabra, beautiful old cabinets, looking-glasses, and con sole tables; the valuable library ; the small cellar of choice wines, &c., are now being disposed of, on the premises, 2, Palace-green, Kensington, by Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, of King-street, St. James's. The sale excited much interest ; it commenced yesterday, and will close on Saturday with the wines. The following were the principal contents of the first day's sale, with the prices they fetched, and the names of the purchasers : PORCELAIN.—Lots 4 and 7. A tall jar, enamelled with Chinese figures, birds, and plants, in colours, 16in high, and a tall vase of fine old Japan, blue and gold ground, with plants in compartments, 20in high, £6 5s (Hunt.) 21-22. An eight-leaved screen, inlaid with plaques of Oriental porcelain, enamelled with figures, and a fine flat bowl, with figures in landscapes in brilliant colours, on white ground, carved wood stand, £ll (Spence). Lot 24-25. A pair of Oriental two-handled square vases and covers, ena • wiled with flowers, and a pair of two-handled Furstenburg vases, white and gold, with medallions in brown, £lO 68 (Trent). 26-7. A pair of oval tureens and stands of old Dresden, painted with birds in colours, and flowers in blue, the covers surrounded by figures of children, and a pair of white vases, with openwork covers, encrusted with figures of children, flowers, and foliage, £lO 8s (Jackson). 28-9. An old Dresden compotier, painted with flowers, and with raised ornaments, the cover surmounted by a flswer ; and a pair of Chelsea openwork baskets, on scroll-pattern feet, encrusted with flowers in colours, a group of birds painted on the inside of one, £0 lOs (Kreisa), 40-2. A pair of square bottles of old Dresden, painted pith figures, birds, and plants, in imitation of Oriental, and a Dresden group of five children with flowers, on white and gold scroll pattern, pedestal of the same, glass shade and stand, £l2 (Waddy). 46--S. A pair of beautiful two -handled vases, on feet of Doceia ware, painted with figures in landscapes on both sides, 81 inches; a pair of oval Berlin basket-pattern dishes, painted and encrusted with flowers, and a pair of circular ditto, smaller, £l4 15s (Johnson). 60, An oval Sevres dish, pink, green, and gold, painted with Cupid in a medallion, mounted with handles, reins, and on feet of ormolu, £7 15s (Kreisa). 51. A beautiful Furstenburg dessert service, with white and gold raised borders, painted with birds 'n landscapes and flowers, consisting of 5 large circular dishes, 10 smaller ditto, and 28 plates, £l5 ("•;saith). 52. A fine old Berlin dinner service, with raised basket pattern borders, and painted with bouquets of flowers, con sisting of 2 large oval tureens, covers and stand, 2 circular do., 2 small oval do., 14 oval dishes in sizes, 19 circular do., a two handled sauce-boat and ladle, 24 soup plates, and 65 dinner plates, £27 (J ackson). 53. A white and gold coalport dessert service, plated with flowers, consist • ing of centre dish on foot, 4 oval dishes, 4 shell-shaped do., 4 square do., and 23 plates, £9 (Jackaon). 54-7. Eighteen Dresden shell-shaped dishes, with figures in pink, and gilt borders, and a pair of Dresden triple shell-shaped dishes, with handles, and painted with birds, 16 gs. (Johnson). 61-2. Twenty-four Berlin basket-pattern plates, with open work borders, painted with flowers, £l4 lOs (Feetham). 66-7. A pair of Japanese jars and covers, enamelled with flowers on red and gold ground, and birds in compartments, 81in, and a pair of cylindrical bottles, of old Japan, with birds and plants in colours, 13in, £6 15s (Mrs Brewton). 68-9, A pair of Sevres sauce boats, with blue and gold borders painted with flowers, and an Angouleme scean, white and gold, painted with flowers in blue and gold, £ll 12s 6d (Cole). 74-6. A pair of shaped basins, ena melled with China figures, green inside, and 26 Oriental plates, enamelled with birds and flowers, and with flowers in white in the borders, £ll 7s 6d (Cole). 79-80. Twelve leaf-shaped dishes, richly enamelled with flowers, and part of a Derby dinner service, in imitation of old Japan, con sisting of 50 pieces, £ll 8s (Amroot). 81. A dinner ser vice, painted with flowers in green, in imitation of Oriental, consisting of 120 pieces, £lO (Cole). 82. A dinner ser vice of ironstone china, with flowers in colours, in imitation I of Oriental, consisting of 146 pieces, £l7 108 (Bowyer). PICTURES.-86. De Troye—Queen Anne seated on a throne, attended by a female, allegorical of Peace, burning implements of war, painted in commemoration of the Treaty of Utrecht, £lB (Solomon). 87. Pourbus—Portrait of a lady in a ruff, white headdress, rich crimson and gold silk dress, and gold chain, to which is suspended medals of the Em perors Rudolf and Sigismund, and inscribed " Herich Bronsen R. Filia, 1604," £7 (G. Smith). 88. Two cupies sporting, a circular centre for a ceiling, very fine, £25 10s (B. Benjamin). 89. J. F. Herring, sen., 1855—A partridge and young in a cornfield, £2l (Dawson). 90. Watteau— A conversation champetre, an elegant composition of six figures in a landscape. 91. Van Loo—Portrait of a lady in a blue silk dress ar.d pearl necklace, a beautiful cabinet pie . _ ture, £25 108 (Anthony). 92. J. F. Hughes—Kenilworth Castle, with cattle in a stream, scene evening, £4lss (Reid), 93. J. Leslie—A Roman peasant boy with a water-bottle, a dog at his side, very fine, £2O lOs (Graham). 95. D. W. Deane—lnterior of a cottage, with a mother and child, £9 lOs (Waters). 96. Old Cuyp—A landscape, with peasants and cattle on a wooden bridge and ducks beneath, oval £4 6s (Kreisa). 97. W. Collins, R.A.—A sea-share with a pea sant boy and girl with children, evening scene, signed by the artist, £2l 108 (G. Smith). 98. Storck— View of Rotterdam with a man-of-war and yachts under sail, and figures about to land from aboat, £l3 Ws (Spence). 101. Stanfield, 1852 —View on the North Esk at Rosalyn, £l6 los (B. Benjamin). 102. A. Gilbert—View on the Banks of the Thames, look ing towards Putney, £3 15s (Mrs. R. Cbckerton). 104, Begyn—An Italian river scene, with sheep and goats feed ing, and a female and child reposing at the foot of a tree, £8 15s (Waters). 105. B, Van Ler Velde—A View in the Low Countries. with a grand encampment of Spanish troops, a general's staff on the rising ground in front, £lO (Spence). 107. J. Mytene, 1605—A girl, in a pink silk dress, plucking a rose, and a child in a yellow silk dress, crimson hat and feather, carrying apricots, a dog at her side, in a landscape, signed by the master, 15 guineas (Kreisa). SILVER.-149. A beautiful square salver, on feet, with border engraved with scrolls and masks by Hogarth; this tine work was warmly contested, and w as knocked down to Mr. Kreisa at the enormous price of L 210; per ounce, more than half the price of gold. 151. A Ice old tea kettle, engraved with an eagle, Cupid, scrolls, and flowers, on stand, chased with festoons of flowers, and on lion's claw feet, £1 6s 6d per ounce (Smith). 152. An oval inkstand, with chased claw feet, and engraved open work border; two glasses with silver tops, taper candlestick and extinguisher inscribed, "To William M. Thackeray, from an Obliged Friend, Nov. 16, 1851," 27s per ounce (Kreiga). 158, A fine fluted punch• bowl, w i t h waved e d ge, c h ase d w ith scroll and foliage, and with lion's•mask handles, inscribed, "From the Publishers of Vanity Fair' and Pendennis,' "£2 3s per ounce (Kreisa). - This was the last article in the first day's sale ; to day the elegant furniture in the breakfast-room, drawing-room, library, dining-room, landing, will be sold. THE AMBASSADOR OF RUSSIA TO SPAIN (Prince \Volowski) is reported to have jast gained a prize of £ 3,000 in the Spatziel lottery. . - , or 611111 eirallar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 16. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. Lady Fanny Howard arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. The Countess of Caledon has succeeded Lady Churchill as lady in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode o❑ horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieutenant• Colonel Keppeli and visited the King of the Belgians at Bucking' ham Palace. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drives attended by Countess de Grey. Prince John of Glucksburg visited the Duke of Cambridge at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princegg 6f Wales, according to present arrangements, will leave Marlborough House on Tuesday next, to pass a week Wit h her Majesty and the royal family at Windsor Castle. At the expiration of their stay at Windsor their royal WO' nesses go to Sandringham for a few weeks. His Royal Highnebs Prince John of Glucksburg is expected to leave Marlborough House, where his royal highness has been staying on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, on Tuesday next, on his return to Co penhagen, after his mission to this country to represent thil King of Denmark at the baptism of the infant son of till Prince and Princess of Wales. THE ROYAL MAUSOLEUM.—Yesterday being the third anniversary of the death of the nacho . f of Kent, the mausoleum in the Frogmore grounds wet , by the permission of her Majesty the Queen, viated by a WO number of Vie royal servants and retainers, most cf whom wore mourning. RuYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATON. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, " (I A the Grand D u ch ess o f M ec kl en b urg Strelitz, aecompan ie , ' ity the Princess M ar y o f C am b r id ge, and a distingu i s hed party, attended the afternoon representation of " The Pyramid," and "Mrs. Roseleaf's Little Evening PartY; on Saturday last, at the Roy al Gallery of Illustration. The Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Marie of Baden) arrived at Hamilton House yesterday frog). Brighton. The Countess of Northesk and Lady Margare t Carnegie have arrived at Brown's Hotel. The Countess of Clare has arrived at Farrand s Hotel from her late residence at Kensington Palace 0 5r. dens. Lord and Lady Londesborough have arrived in Paris on their way home from Egypt. The noble lord 8 114 lady contemplate making a stay of a few weeks in Paris. Viscoun tees (Dowager) Hardinge has arrived al the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Lord Hothani, M.P., had a select party at dinne r last evening at his residence in Grosvenor•street. DEATH OF MR. LEONARD SHELFORD.—Iire r e ; gret to announc e th e d ecease o f Mr. Leonard Shelfor d, the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, which took place very early this morning, in his chambers in Brick-lane, Temple' The learned gentleman was the author of several woriaf, amongst others, " The Law of Wills," "The Law of Tithe% " The Law of Railways," " The Law of Insolvent Debtors, "The Law of Probate and Succession Duties," "The Lett of Copyhold," "The Law of Mortmain," "Bankrupt Le ° Consolidation Act," ‘• General Highway Act," "A Fr ac. tieal Treatise on the Law Concerning Lunatics," " T r eatise on Marriage and Di vorce ," "R ea l Property Statutes, " his last work is on the Joint-Stock Companies Act. THE PAWNBROKER'S WINDOW.—The winclovir a pawnbroker's shop tells us something—a go °a deal, indeed—of the character of the neighbourhood. I ra : poverished gentility does not pledge the same kind of era' ties as vulgar poverty. The articles in the window, it is true, are not pledges, fo r th ey must not b e ticketed for sale until they cease to be pledges altogether; but still they show on what sort of articles money has been lent, at torus time and in some way or other. The gold watches, g otta jewellery, articles of luxe and vertu, dec., tell of monetari difficulties which'have befallen those who would dread to be seen going into one of the little pigeon hole boxes at ts pawnbroker's. In the betterznost of these shops loans 911/ extensively made on the more valuable kinds of p r operty by special contract, irrespecti ve o f th e pawn statute; eii" many of the beautiful things displayed in the windows have never had a pawn ticket attached. At the dingy shops i ° low neighbourhoods the case is different. Here every article on which a few pence can be borrowed may be found ; for e penniless fatuity, whether reckless or not, would paw: almost anything that is uneatable rather than go withal' food.—Once a Week. INUNDATION OF A MINE.--A dreadful accident took place on Tuesday at the Spitalwell Ironstoo° Mine, belonging to Mr, B arrow, near the Chesterfield cemetery. About three o'clock in the afternoon of Ttle fe day the men in the bu , tom rake perceived water breeiti r4 in near the bottom of the pit, anu John Turton, the unde r ; viewer, ran to the place and called to the miners to ai ry out. In c u n sequence o f t h e warning a great number ° i the men proceeded up the incline to an old shaft on the t of fludyhill, where tuey g o t out an d went home. The water rose immediately four or five feet in front of 0 0 0 1 who remained in the bottom rake. Turton, who at e in the water up t o th e armp i ts, called upon there, 0 swim through it, but they replied that they O li o not swim, and they were thus lett in the pit. As soon the water was seen several miners rushed through it 11 1 7 their middle in water, and escaped through the incline °rs the top rake. A mi ner name d T aylor stripped himself alito clothes and left them in tat, jenny gate, courageously O il wing through the w a t er , an d very narrowly escaping Rio his life. Mr. Seymour, the resident viewer of the pit, ' c m telegraphed tor, an d h e arr i ve d on the works to direct 01)11-0 rations for the r e m o v a l o f t h e water. I t had risen in ti:, ; shaft to nearly th e h e i g h t o f t h e roof, b ut as there was " escape up any inclin e i n th e b ottom rake the only waster which the men could be got out etas by lifting the W° from the bottom of the shalt. As it was a drawing ° lis fi it was not suppli e d w i th pumps, and therefore the only °i The m in which the w ater cou ld b e l i fted was by tubs. Vico were none in the vicinity of the pit, and they had to be brought from Staveley, so that before everything could a. got ready for lilting the water the night had far advaa t3 ; Although the lower p ar t s o f t h e m i ne were flooded wtth 4 water, there is an i nc li ne r i s i ng to a considerable he igl o up which the men might take refuge and be free front t o t water, and it was a general opinion that they vi adopt this method of saving their lives. The g r " .4o danger to be feared fro m t h e r i s i ng of the water in tlist mine was that it should reach the root of the 10 at the bottom of the shaft, and thus cut off the ve ntilati ° o ; leaving the men nothing but i mpure air to breat he; rather only such a quantity of pure air might be conta101; in the level at the time the ventilation was cut off 11 t o influx of the water. Up to 3 o' c l oe t l yesterday morning ao water continued to rise in the mine, but from 8 36' it De te. to lower, and at 1 30 it was liin. below the arch of the Y. 0% The pumping operations were continued incessantly d uri al ,e the whole of yesterday, and the water was lilted at the r o il of 500 gallons per minute. From 130 to 5 p.m. it a ul lowered Gin. It was expected that the bodies O p it be recovered early this morning. The men in til e vic ie ► were—James Fiddler, Herbert Fiddler, Matthew' ~,,'"o pe dler, William Belfit, Charles Moseley, Luke Slack, Pe jamin Sharman, George Wilson, Dennis Cutts, ° Shaw, Daniel Taylor, and Albert Wilcockson. g CRUSHED TO DEATH.—O a M on d ay afterno oft hurrible occurrence took place in the mill of ge °6 oo Joseph Robins on an d C o., bi scu i t manufacturers, Dc° a r Carlisle, Miss Mary Nelson, of Waite, a village ri eo . Lowther, Mr. Burrows (to whom, we believe, she °toil gaged t o b e marr i ed i n a week or two), Mr. let ii " - e (Messrs Robinson's traveller), and Mrs. Atkinson vi'e r f as ee specting the m ac hi nery. I n their course through t he u went floor of the mill, Mi ss N e l son ' s attention vriiso at, e t tracted by an Ar c hi medean screw, which collects the wore, after it is ground, p rev i ous to i ts passing into the eleva te jt and which is guarded by a strung brass rod breast hig ij. j oi is surmised that she was stooping down, and that sot crinctline was thus c aug h t i n the wheels; but this 18et otb 0 enown positively, f o r s h e was a little behind ale ° visitors. Suddenly, h owever, they were arrested torteti o' l3 trightful shriek from th e y oung l ady, and when 01 ifia round they saw her in th e i ron grasp of the rac) wheels. Mr. Burrows cl aspe d her round the waist' and tried to rescue her, but in vain. Sae was dragged i n e ed wheeled round again and again ; in truth, she was t orj3 ;ete wangled and dead in less than a second, Her leg s ar id broken and crushed to fragments, so were her ararit t his the lower part of h er b o d y was torn frightfully. 11,..e was within two mi nu t es o f t h e i r entry through t " gates, lOU Of; VOLUNTEER NIGHT ATTACK.—At 8 de - - . 100 ty Saturday ev en i ng next, the town o f Faversham, 000 of will present an unusually warlike aspect. A partY° via y in England's enemies, supposed to have run up the Mo d_ coot, boats, from some imaginary fleet of invaders on th e 0 1de _v eot ia will, following the tactics of the Danes and Scots attempt to surprise Faversham by a night attack, , d_ ir i v i s jor their main onset on a battery of guns belonging t 0 bring , Hall, of the Powder Mills, in the vicinity. This w_ t ,0 3 the Kent Volunteer Artillery into full play, and tt s t: i Y ii os e other Kentish Volunteers, to the number of 1,500 fa as rho ter. The scene will be animated and picturesque , n ar " o ge " army in disguise" tvill of course be repuleed.,. roi poi ments have been made to accommodate theta w I jo y pa trains for their return to Leaden and Maidstoll e, convenient, •