The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-11 00:00:00

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. The ANNUAL GENE EAT. MEETING of this Institution will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY next, 15th inst., at Two o'clock preeisely. The Right Hon. Sir JOHN S. PAKINGTON, Bart., G.C.8., M.P., in the chair. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. 11, john-street, Adelphi, March 0, THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY has much satisfaction in announcing, to the public that the effort which was made (so far as . its proprietors were conce,ned by on.y one indiv idual t olding fifteen shares, to rest-ain its recent iberality on occasion oi the ate fearful explcsion at Liverpool, has entirely and completely failed, the Vice-Chancellor declaring that as the plaintiff did no come in o cour , for the benefit of the Company the bid must be dismis! , ed with co-ts. The course pursued by this office received in three days the approval of prupriet re holcUng nearly 40,000 shares, irrespec tive of 20,000 held by the directors themselves— of 63.0(.0 cutof 0 I,Cooissued. It is, therefore, making 5, tote; evident, that h e vast majority, it not almost all without ex of t h e h D :ders of . the remaining ex ception, a4,C00 shares would bave signified a like acquiesee , ce it time had afforded oppor tunity fur the act. The public may noW,.,therefore, be assured of the conqnu -nee of the same principle of liberality which has ever dis tinguished this Office. supported as it Is by the decis . on of the Tice-Chancellor, and backed by the prompt and cordial acquie c 'nee cf its sharehaleers. The Royal Insurance Company thankfully acknow'edges the generous assis•arce given 1:1 the shape of affidavits f,om the representatives of the Sun, Phoenix, Royal Exchange, and Alliance, attesting their coomirrence in the course taken by the Royal in the ex gratia p , iyme.it of the losses sus taineri—these great companies having themtelves acted in the like liberal spirit. PERCY M. DOYF, Nanver. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, secretary of the London Board. 29, Lombard-street, London, B.C. AIW. S. WOODIN begs to announce that he will have the honour o f appearing in an entirely ew Enter'ainment, entitled THE ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY AND BACHELOR'S 110 X, at the Polygraphic Hall. King WI Liam-street, Charing. cro s, on TUESDAY EVENING, March 22. Doors open at half-pact 7, commence at 3. G LI DE VI OPERA, ROYAL COVENT ENG - AR Under the Management Harrison.i Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. - - THIS EVENING, the new Opera, founded on Goldsmith's Comedy, and called SITE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss Louisa Fyne and sir. W. Harrison. After which, FANCHETTE : Miss ,Susan Pyne, Thirlwall, Corrie, Mr. Rouse. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with THE FOUk MOWBRAYS. Master Percy Roselle. After which, MANFRED. Manfred, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with a new farce. THE ALABAMA. Mr. G. Xelmore and Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. /11 HE ATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. Miss Maria Harris. Followed by BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Harris, Lindley, Hill, &c And SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL• LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMONIC) (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, Myreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leaercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. 'lter which, at Eight o'clock, the 108th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle , ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal character by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Laven - a, Mrs. Lee,and Aiss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Blade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play blls or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and tear 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. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. if t T EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEMIEIKE R. Mr. J. L. Toole and Hiss WOOigar. &t Eight, LEAH . Miss Bate na.n, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling. R. Phillips, Billnc,rton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billingten. To e^nclude with. sth time, T 11E AREA. BELLE : Mews. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Horner, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. U. Lewis. Commence at 7. LEA H.-E VE R Y MISS BATENIAN. ISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—THIS EVENING, the 138!h appearance of the great TrazicActress, Miss BA.rEMAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the pritelpal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manacrer, 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 Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND FURY DICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, .4to. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. ROYAL 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, Ers. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are enraged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, 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 Mathews. - - - •- - • - - • THIS EVENING. and &rine* the Week, at 7 oVock, UNDER THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, Mlss A. Cottrell, and Mis 4 Patti Josephs. - - • - - • At a quarter before 8, the new Comedy, by L. Bucking ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIN I : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one. Mr. Montague ; Mrs ( harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Sir, Charles Mathews just translated from the French) in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Several novelties are in preparation. NIGHT. THE LAST THREE NIGHTS. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs, George Case), at the. POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William street (her THIRD SEASON in London), In her New and highly suc'_•essful haract , ristio and Musical Entertainment entitled " A DRAWING ROOll TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight. Saturday Evening*, at 8, and positively the last night. Stalls, 3i. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, ls. Last performance March 12. r HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing. the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, yin be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COAL q. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 265. per ton. i Double .. Us. per ton. rep 255. „ Nut 5........ l9s. „ Deep Vs. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, "addlngton, w. Best Co,,ke .15s. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. nits DAY. — Morning, 4h. 12m.—Afternoont 4h. 30 m. ro-mouuo - w.-Morning, 4i . 51 m.—Afternoon, sh. 10m. The Weather—Sun Office, March 11, 1864. THERMOMETER. ThiaTday at Two o'clock ...................• 50 Barometer-29.54. Wind—S.W.; moderate breeze, and showery. • - T LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCII 11, 1864. Tl:c las t account of the death of an European King was followed HO rapidly and so startlingly by all sorts of diplomatic complications, eventually even by war (the war now in progress upon the soil of Denmark) that it is not without a qualm that the flows brought to us last night from Munich inti matd the dem:so of the Bavarian King MAmmt- LINN 11. The " consternation " referred to by the previous day's telegram indicating the dangerous malady by which the late monarch was known to have been suddenly prostrated, the consternation s,tid by the telegram of Wednesday to have then prevailed among the Bavarians, it should b: remembered at once, h a d no significance whatever of a political kind. It was simply the tribute of affliction paid by a grateful nation to a popular ruler—and, certainly, of all tokens it was the one most distinctly demonstrative of the reality of that ruler's popularity. The consternation was that purely of a profound sympathy for a beloved Monarch suddenly stricken down by a mortal disease in the very prime of his manhood. The late King of Bavaria, MAXIMILIAN 11., shines all the more brightly, it must be confessed, by contrast with his immediate predecessor, the ex- King Louis, still surviving sixteen years after his compulsory abdication. The history of the reign of that ex-King Louis, in effect, yet lives in Euro pean remembrance as one of the most grotesque episodes in the annals of the Continent. The late incidents in the reign of that Bavarian Louis especially seem to us still, in the remem brance of them, more like scenas from a serio-comic opera, an opera hestitating mid way between melodrama and burlesque. The heroine of that strange eventful history being no other than the beautiful and notorious LOLA MONTES, that ex-ballet-dancer, who had then con trived to pirouette herself into a Countess of LANSFELD. The principal male character in the piece, affecting half the young lover, half the old buffoon, being the KING himself, who was literally led the strangest dance imaginable by the wild vagaries of the bewitching danseuse. A beleagured palace and tumul tuous streets, riots and emeutes ad lzbitton, eventuating, as our American cousins would have it, not unnaturally in the love-crazed monarch's abdication. The old King, having begun his reign as a Liberal, ended it thus prematurely as a reac tionist. Instead of caring for the interests of his people,he devoted the latter years of his mistaken and disturbed tenure of power to the cultivation of the Fine Arts in the capital of his kingdom, exhausting the revenues of his State in a lavish adornment of a Royal Museum, with costly works of art of all descriptions, these principally of course being paintings and statuary. While the character of his son and successor, the late King MAXIMILIAN 11., was kindred to that of Louis, inasmuch as it likewise was that of a genuine savan and of a patron of arts, science, and literature, the son throughout his reign—a reign ending con sequently with his death, and not with his abdi cation—evidenced a profound and conscientious interest in the fortunes, political, social, and material, of the people entrusted to his charge. Hence his popularity. Hence the consternation excited among his people by the tidings of his dangerous illness, and the dismay with which the fatal termination of that illness has since then been learnt throughout Bavaria. The arrival of a new viceregal authority must always be a matter of interest and importance in any country removed from the actual seat of the ruling power. The vast colonial possessions of England give occasion to many such cases of dele gated authority, while the sister kingdom, as we all know, is under the same form of Government, although, from her close proximity to England, she is in a different position from countries where many miles intervene between the central authority and the viceregal power. In such cases so much is necessarily left to the discretion of the Governor- General or the Lord-Lieutenant that the question of individual character becomes of paramount im portance. Tact, temper, and experience, the firm hand ) and the courteous manner, are all needed in an especial degree by a man in such a position. More especially is it necessary that the rulers should have qualities and capacities fitted to the arduous and responsible post of governing their fellows, if they are not to rule over Englishmen whose natural steadiness, love of order, and sense of justice, make them, in the words of a great states man concerning education, " easy to lead, but difficult to drive—easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." In place of thus mixing with their own countrymen, they have to deal with men 'of another race and history, speaking another lan guage, worshipping according to another faith, and following different customs and habits of their own. We have a striking instance of this in our vast Indian Empire, where large possessions and an immense population are to be governed by an Englishman often new to the country. His advisers are often too much biassed by old tra ditions of policy and government, to be safe and trusty guides ; and however well he may be versed in the mutations of Indian history or the intricacies of the many languages of the country, he will have yet much to learn respecting the character of the natives, and the best mode of dealing with them which can only be gained by personal intercourse and experience. It is therefore a matter of great satisfaction that the Governor-General recently ap pointed to the viceregal dignity in the most impor tant of our possessions, should be a man to whom all these difficulties are old familiar friends; who has already passed through the preliminary stage of learning bow to govern, and who is fit and ready at once to deal with questions of practical govern ment. His long and brilliant career in the Punjaub, which he preserved to us during the terrible year of the mutiny, was an admirable preparation for assuming a still higher and more responsible office. There was no need in this case for Anglo•lndians and native leaders to speculate anxiously on the character of the new Governor, or to watch for his coming with doubtful feelings. The name of LAW HENCE is known and honoured throughout his adopted country, and he has proved in the hour of desperate trial that be is equal to any emergency, while his humanity and justice towards the nati ve 1 1 tribes may b 3 securely relied upon. India is happily no longer shaken by the storms of '57 ; but although outwardly peaceful and prosperous there is scope 1 for the active exertions of an able legislator for many a long year to come. Her great need now is those measures of internal reform which have been so long delayed ; the extension of the irriga tion works, the reclamation of the waste lands, the general development of her national resources. The surprising change E ffected in her prospects during the last few years is highly gratifying. Notwith standing any temporary embariasement of the cur rency, it is almost difficult to believe that a very f e w years back men of experience and ability were absolutely desponding as to her prospects, and some even recommended abandoning our Eastern Empire in order to avoid the heavy pecuniary loss it was certain to entail upon as. Since then the finances of India have been managed on a different system, with what good result we all know, and there is now no reasonable doubt that before long, instead of an encumbrance, India will be a fertile source of wealth to her little island ruler. Sir JOHN LAW RENCE is the very man for the post, and we look confidently fora ender his es. idtar a o u g s r r e i s c sin all reforms and improvements We are not sur prised to learn from the mail just arrived, that he was applying himself as closely to work as any clerk, in order to dispose of the accumulated tureen of business. The suppression of the war on the frontier fortunately leaves him free to devote all his energies to civic business, and renders his journey northwarde no longer immediately necessary. He is summoning to his counsels those who formerly assisted him in the Punjab, and we also learn from the Times of India that Sir HUGS Rose has been invited to Calcutta for a conference - on military matters, and the agent for the It pootana States has been likelviae requested to meet the Oovernor- General to discuss the affairs of the provin:e. Sir JOHN LAWRENCE is thus resolved to enter upon every subject thoroughly, and is already giving every encouragement to sanitary and progressive measures. His indifference to mere State etiquette has surprised and mortified some of the Calcutta grandees, but that very characteristic be an advantage, as tending to check the extravagance so common in Anglo-Indian life. The inauguration of such a ruler promises well for the affairs of the great country for whose well-being we are nation ally responsible. A question of great social importance was dis cussed the other evening, and one that affects the health of the community to a great extent. The Cattle Diseases Prevention Bill came ceder consi deration, and Mr. BRUCE very forcibly explained the great evils that arose from the prevalent prac tice of supplying bad meat. The question is a very difficult one to deal with, and hitherto the evils of the case have not been at all successfully encoun tered, although there have been no less than four acts relating to the subject. Those who are igno rant of the details, or indifferent to the notices of such subjects, will be surprised to learn that so much as £6,120,000 is the annual value lost by disease of cattle in the United Kingdom. The most fatal, by far, of the diseases among cattle is that called pleuro-pneumonia, as it carries off nearly one-half. Tisis is supposed, with good reason, to be contagious, and is often transmitted by the cattle imported from other countries. During the course of embarkation the poor ani mals have to undergo a great deal of fatigue, and suffer from thirst, and various other causes tend to increase the risks and develop the malady. Mr. BRUCE very properly laid great stress on the fact that a great quantity of diseased meat was annually sold in various stages of disease. This is a matter of considerable moment to many, and it seems very strange that so little attention has been paid to the subject for so long a period. It would be difficult to estimate the iniquity of such a nefarious proceeding as that of distri buting bad meat among the markets, and cer tainly it is almost impossible to exaggerate the con sequences. The hindrances that seem to impede the progress of those who would ameliorate this condition of things ought not to be allowed to be insuperable, and one plan after another should be tried until something feasible is hit upon that, with the continuance of care and caution, may render the evil of brief occurrence. The details which Mr. BRUCE furnished to the House are enough to excite the disgust and indignation of all who heard them, and all who peruse the report of the speech which contains them. Daring the process of killing it is the practice in some slaughter-houses to " dress extremely dis eased carcasses, and polish the meat." The lean and diseased animals are rubbed over with the fat of the healthy ones, so combined as to give them a good appearance. A salesmaster in Ireland has gone so far as to intimate that the sellinglof diseased cattle is necessary, and that un less the farmer resorted to this expedient he could not pay his rent. This is, certainly, bringing things to a pretty pass, but still the remark proves that the practice is most prevalent. It is high time that something very effectual be done to stop this pernicious custom. Mr. BRUCE made several pro posals, which seem to promise well, and certainly deserve a trial. One important change was to alter the regulations which restricted the importation of diseased cattle from Ireland and Scotland as well as from foreign countries. At present this was not practicable, because the expression, " parts beyond the seas," was not held applicable to portions of the United Kingdom. This shows the extreme neces sity that exists for the exercise of caution in de vising those schemes, because sometimes after very elaborate plans have been adopted the end is not gained, and the primary purpose still remains unfulfilled. Mr. BRUCE also proposed an admirable suggestion, that the railway authorities should be compelled to cleanse the trucks in which cattle were carried, and also to water the animals once in 12 hours. The cruelty of leaving these poor creatures to suffer from thirst is very great, and also it must exercise the most pernicious effects on their health. Also, it is suggested! that inspectors be appointed, with powers to seize any sheep or lambs exposed for sale at fairs and other places. At any rate, Mr. BRUCE has proposed quite enough measures to deal with the evil for the present, and to mitigate, if not greatly to stop it. The Bill has been read a second time, and referred to a select committee. It is a great satisfaction to notice that so important a measure has been taken up in the right spirit; and though some hon. members amused themselves by sneering at the detat!e, they may be allowed to laugh, for it will not interfere with the beneficial results of the plans which have been skilfully devised for the preservation of human health, and the best interests of the community. The British Museum on Sundays, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,--The Prime Minister's reply to the deputation is so very candid and encouraging, that, if the working men do but act upon the very significant hint his lordship was kind enough to give them, they will soon obtain the object of their reasonable wishes, as they will find their efforts strongly backed by the whole nation of shopkeepers, who are as much interested in the matter as their mechanical countrymen; and although it cannot be denied that a diffe rtnce of opinion exists, and that the other side, being reli giously conscientious, is entitled to respect, still the Lon doners feel that, as they ars under the same laws as the Greenwichers and the Hampton Courters, they have a right to the same privileges, and they think that that which is good in the country cannot be wicked in London—and I think so too.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obe dient servant, G. E. March, 1864. THE MULREADY EXHIBITION at the South Ken sington Museum will be opened to-morrow, THE Charivari this week has a caricature of John Bull in convulsions of grief by the side of the British lion, crouching like a cur, with a tin kettle, labellod " Schleswig- Holstein," fastened to his tail. Mr. Bull is exclaiming that the lion is " biers malade." ONE HUNDRED 'IIIO[7SIND SALMON EGGS arc being hatched by Mr. Francis, at Twickenham, under the direction of the Acclimatisation Society. As soon as the young salmon are fit, they will be rEmovd to various rivers. It is hoped that salmon may be caught off Chelsea next year. DISCOVERY OF A MSS. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SILVIO PELLICO,—The .Revista Italiana announces that a manuscript containing a life of Silvio Pellico, written by himself, has been discovered amongst the papers of the late Marchioness of Barolo. It is well known that after leaving Spielberg ho became librarian to the Marchioness, who died tho other day. It is stated that the memoir is shortly to be published. _ OUR TRADE IN ►SWEETS.—In the year 1855 the total amount of confectionary made in this country did not exceed 8,000 tons, whereas in 1862 the amount had risen to 25,000 tons per annum. The Messrs. 'Schooling alone consumed between 400 and 500 tons of sugar, and 200 tons gum arabic, and sent outlo,ooo boxes containing sweets last year. As the trade has increased, many houses have adopted certain specialities. Thus, one establishment makes hundreds of tons of jams and marmalades in the year, another makes 150 tons of lozenges and comfits, a third nothing but medicated lozenges, another acidulated drops, which are an entirely English manufacture, not being known abroad. Then again, gum goods are spa cially by one house, 5c.,3, The English manufac• turers, having fairly set their shoulders to the wheel, are fast distancing their foreign competitors. Hitherto great purity from noxious adulterations of sweets produced abroad has been in their favour, but now the English ma nufacturers are as free from these as those of their neigh bours, whilst they do not, like them, use flour and other farina to bring up the colour of their comfits, a habit uni versally indulged in by continental manufacturers.—Once a Tretdc, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LUEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] ....--- , -.10...._._.-- AMERICA. (Per the Hibernia, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, FEB. 26, Evening. The Committee of ways and means have reported cn the resolution authorising Mr. Chase to issue during the present year a five or forty years six per cent. loan of two hundred millions. The attack on the Mobile Forts is reported pro gressing. General Grant's army is advancing ; after heavy skirmishing they occupied Tunnel Hill, and on the 24th inst. they were within three miles of Dalton, where a battle was expected, Two divisions of General Johnstone's army are reported to have reinforced General Polk. Oa the 24th inst. reports arrived at Cairo, and were credited, that Selma had been occupied by General Sherman. Other reports state that Polk's army had been cut in the centre by General Sher man, each wing retreating in different directions. A large cavalry force was in Sherman's rear, but no apprehension of any Federal disaster was enter tained. The -Richmond Sentinel of the 20th inst. states that Sherman had halted, and might intend to flank Johnstone instead of moving on Mobile. The Southern journals say that Sherman has embarked on a hazardous undertaking, having to pass through unproductive regions cut off from his supplies, and it will be hard fortune if the Confederates cannot inflict some disaster upon him. General Longstreet has retreated from before Knoxville. The Confederates surini.ca and uspturod a bat talion of Federal cavalry on the 22d inst., and drove in the outposts five miles south and east of Cumberland Gap. The Halifax police magistrates have committed the Chesapeake pirates to gaol for delivery to the United States. Efforts are making to transfer the case to the Supreme Court. The steamers India, Petersburg, A. D. Vince arrived at Bermuda on the 20th from Wilmington. An attempt is being made to raise and bring the wreck of the Bohemian into Portland harbour with out discharging her cargo. NEW YORK, FEB. 27 (Morning). The Federals have been Seriously repulsed in Florida. The Government has withheld details. An unofficial report states that the Federals had a severe engagement on the 20th inst. beyond Jacksonville, with the Confederates, 15,000 strong, and that the Federals were defeated with a loss of 500 to 1,300 men and fire guns. Cairo despatches reaffirm General Sherman's occupation of Selma after a severe battle, and state that Sherman would next attack Montgomery. Admiral Farragut has six schooners off Mobile. It is reported that the Confederates have 20,000 men and two iron-clads at Mobile. The Confederate 3 are preparing for an attempt to drive the Federals from North Carolina. The Federal sloop of war, Housatonic, has been sunk by a torpedo, off Cherleston. The steamer Pet has been captured. (By Telegraph to Portland). FEE. 27 (Evening). Gen. Grant, finding the Confederates in force at Dalton, has retired to Tunnel Hill, which the Fe derals intend to hold. FEB. 28 (Morning). The Federal cavalry which left Memphis to co operate with Sherman are reported to have had a severe engagement with the Confederates at West Point, Mississippi, and to have been forced back with considerable loss. The Asia has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (Per the Hibernia via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, 27th, Evening. Money easy. Gold, 581 per cent. premium. Exchange on London, 173; on Paris, 3.23 c. Stocks tending downwards. New York Centrals, 136; Illinois, 1331; Erie, 116 i; 6 per Cent. United State Bonds, 1114. C rtton quiet. Middling Up land, 80c. Flour and wheat dull. Corn, good in quiry. Provisions very firm. Coffee steady. Sugar quiet, Molasses steady. Petroleum very dull. Crude, 271 to 291 ; refined, 471 to 49, The City of Manchester takes out 200,000 dols. THE WAIL IN DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 9, 9.10 p.m. The following official despatch has been received here : " MIDDELFAIIRT, March 9, 10.30 a.m. " The enemy's force, consisting of strong columns of infantry, has made a retrograde movement be tween Eritsoe and Borderup. Nothing of the enemy can be seen from the church steeple. SnogE os was evacuated this morning. The Guard having left Copenhagen, the military service of the city is performed by the Civic Guard." An official notificstion states that from the 15th inst. the towns of Comiv, Schwinemunde, Wolgast, Creifsnald, Stralsund, and Barth will be blockaded. AUSTRIA. ,VIENNA, MARCH 11. The Presse of to day says A fresh Austrian Circular Note has been issued, witb the object of tranquillising the foreign Powers relative to the ad vance of the allies int o J u tl an d. The note declares the readiness of Aust r i a to participate in the Con ference and to consent t o an ar mistice. " Austria states also that Jutland would be evacuated by the Austrians and Prussians on con dition of the evacuation of the Sundewitt and the island of Alsen by th e D anes , who are also to cease capturing any Ger man s hipping, and to release all shipping they may have already captured." SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM , MARCH 10. The Stztaposten asserts that Russia has under taken to form a corps of 150,000 men, to operate against Sweden, in the event of the latter State becoming an ally of England and France. .a.. 11......... .• FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 11. An Imperial decree published this morning fi xes the amount to be paid for exemption from military service for the year 1864 at 2,300 fr. The Moniteur states that the news of La France, that General &nine would be recalled from Mexico, is entirely unfounded. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA MAILS. MARSEILLES, MARCA 11. The Masailia, with the above mails, arrived at 9,30 a.m. this day. The mails leave for London at 11,30 a,m. THE REMOVAL OF THE MIDDLE-ROW, HOLBORN, has been brought before the Metropolitan Board of Works, on the recommendation of the local district board. Except the viaduct over the Holborn Valley (and the pulling down of the south side of Ho)ywell-street, together with the north side of the Strand between the two churchee, leaving the latter isolated in the midst of that great thoroughfare), no greater improvement could be effected in that important portion of the Metropr.dis.; Death of the King of Bavaria, A telegraphic despatch tram Munich announces the death of Maximilian Joseph, King of Bavaria. His Majesty was taken ill the day before yesterday, his malady being erysipelas on the left beast, and he died yesterday at a quarter past 12 o'clock, after receiving the last sacraments prescribed by the Roman Catholic Communion. The telegraphic des patches speak of " consternation" as prevailing at Munich. No doubt when a liberal and personally popular Sovereign was stricken with dangerous sick ness there was a consternation--a panic. The good King, who was loved by all classes of his people, the affable and accessible prince, could not be seriously without creating grief and alarm in Munich. Maximilian 11., who, besides being King of Bavaria, was Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, of Fearconia, and of Swabia, was born Nov. 28, 1811. He was the eldest son of King Louis of Bavaria (Charles Louis Auguste) by The resa Charlotte Louisa Frederica Amelia, daughter of Frederic Dake of Saxe-Altenburg. King Louis is still alive, throneless, but happy—" precut negotiis ; Solut us omni fcenore.” His Queen died on the 26th of October, 1854. Prince Maximilian was educated at Schelling, and subsequently at Gottingen (1829-31). He then travelled in Italy and Greece, which countries he revisited six years later, extending his tour over three years 1837-40. The young prince was made a major-general in, the Bavarian army in 1830, and was nominated a Councillor of State in 1836, but he deems to have abstained from any interference in political matters, and in fact to have kept altogether aloof from affairs of State till 1848, when serious events called him to the throne. Kirig Louis, who is still alive at the age of 77, an accomplished patron of the arts and literature, but a very mistaken Sovereign, had incurred much unpopularity in consequence of the intrigues in which his MiStrobS, L9ltt Montcs, had engaged. In the middle of March, 1818, the popular displeasure came to a height ; Lola Montes was said to be hidden in a police-office, and all the windows were thereupon broken ; the magistrates officially an nounced, to allay the mob, that " the Countess de Landsfeld (the perpetual and abominable Lola Montes)'' had left Bavaria. The public confidence in King Louis's " good intentions" was said to be restored by his two decrees—one declaring the Countess de Landsfeld unworthy of the rights of Bavarian citizenship (indignat reacht), and the other ordering all police magistrates to arrest the countess forthwith should she ever appear in the Bavarian dominions. On the 2(1 of March the King, worried out, re signed his crown in favour of his son, adopting the title of King Ludwig (Majesty). He issued an address to his people, declaring his belief that a " new state of feeling had commenced—a state which differed essentially from that embodied in the international code agreeably to which he had governed for nearly 23 years." He had " adminis tered the public property and the public money as if he had been a Repub.ican officer"—a remark which, considering our recent experience of Repub. 'jean administrative honesty, would hardly at this time of day seem matter of boasting. King Maxi milian, in his address to the people on his accession, said he " deeply felt his responsibility, ascending, as he did, the throne at an epoch which was mightily convulsed with infinite rtquiretnents at home and abroad." Great excitement prevailed at Munich when the abdication of King Louis was known; it was said to be the " resu:t of intrigue," and the burghers had some intention of protesting, and taking the part of King Louis, who had transacted business and given audience to several deputations on the morning of the day at the close of which he announced that he no longer reigned. The new King professed great liberalism—an amnesty for political offences was to be granted— Ministers were to be responsible—the press were to be free, and so forth. In 1849 his liberalism col lapsed under the pressure of a disturbance in the Palatinate of the Rhine, which resulted in the dis solution of the Diet, and the expulsion of certain obnoxious deputies by his Majesty. Still, the King was not, on the whole, a bigot or a despot. He op posed the Ultramontanes, and endeavoured (1855), in vain, to carry a Jewish relief bill. He advocated the independence of his country against the menaces of Prussia, but afterwards wanted to make one (a little one) in a triumvirate whereof his two big brothers of Prussia and Austria were to form the other two-thirds. One memorable saying is recorded of him—" I wish to be at peace with my people." Happy the people that are in such a else! The King has unluckily taken the greatest interest in the outrageous proceedings of the Frankfort Diet in regard to Denmark. It is said that his Majesty's anxietron-bahalf of the Father land which covets the Naboth's - vineyard of the Duchies has prevented him from sleeping for manv weeks. Persons who have an abnormal taste tor diving into the secrets which are not within the province of mortals might find in the deceased King the first victim of the retributive Nemesis which always waits on high-handed aggression. It is more pleasant to turn from the King's politics to his literary end social habits, which were such as do " befit a king." Plain and simple in his life, unostentatious, affable, and kindly, he and all his family were universally popular in Munich. He walked and drove about freely and without any show of dignity ; rose early, dined early, and went to bed early. Beer (Bavarian) is the popular liquor; Prince Charles once boasted, "I, too, am a bre xer " ( nos etianz in Arcacito), which was a fact. In religion the King was a Roman Catholic, though, we believe, his wife was of the Reformed religion. He never recognised the kingdom of Italy, though he apologised to the Emperor of the French for allowicg the Austrian troops to pass through Munich; not apologising, however, for the ❑otorious fraternisation of the Munichers with the Austrians, and for the enthusiastic toasts in honour of the latter. The Klng was a traveller. It has been said that he visited, in early life, Italy and Greece. In 1853 he visited Naples and Sicily, and in 1857 Paris. But the chief honour which ought to be paid to the deceased Sovereign is one which can be paid to very few European Sovereigns indeed. Like his father, King Maximilian was a patron of science and art, and yet not a patron in that sense of the term which in England implies ignorance and wealth on one side, and poverty and cringing on the other. It was this King who attracted to Munich the greatest and noblest intellects of Germany. Liebig was made professor of chemistry ; Siebold professor of physiology, anatomy, and zoology at the Munich Institute; and among other great men whom the late King patronised m;iy be named Pfeiffer, Curiae, and Giebel. The illustrious Ranke was appointed by the King to preside over a commission ordered to make researches into the history of the country, a commission which has been of immense benefit to historical students. The King was " Proprietaire" of the 2d Regiment of Austrian Cuirassiers and of a regiment of Rus sian Lancers ; also chief of the Ist Regiment of Prussian Hussars of Westphalia (No. 8). The King of Bavaria married, by proxy, at Berlin, October 5, and personally at Munich, October 12, 1842, her Royal Highness Frederica Frances Augusta Marie Hedwige, daughter of the late Prince Frederic William Charles, uncle of the pre sent King of Prussia. By her he leaves issue two sons—Louis Otho Frederic William, born August 25, 1845, now King of Bavaria, and Otho William Leopold Adalbert Waldemar, born April 27, 1848. The new King is Colonel and " Proprietaire" of the 2d Regiment of Infantry, and his brother is a sub lieutenant in the (Bavarian) Guards. The brothers and sisters of the late King are num3rous. His next brother was Otho, horn in 1815, elected King of Greece 1832, married to a Princess of Oldenburg, a strong-minded Queen, who was unable, unfortunately, to keep the troublesome crown on her husband's vacillating and very weak shoulders : as all the world knows, King Otho was expelled from his kingdom by a bloodless revo lution, and the•Bavarisn dynasty was excluded from the throne. Prince AdalbertWilliam George Louie, another brother, was the heir to the throne of Greece, but the Greeks took the liberty of disputing his inheritance after the mishap of King Otho, and, so far as Greec© is concerned, he is Adalbert " Lack land." Of the sisters of the deceased King one (Nlathilde) is married to the reigning Grand Duke of Hesse; another (Ade!gonda) to Duke Francis V., formerly of ➢lodena ; another (Hildegarde) to the Archduke Albert Frederick Rodolph of Austria. LITERATURE, Ihe Nodes Ambrosiance. By Professor Wilson. Vol. 111. of tno New and Popular Edition. Wm. Black wood and Sons. Another instalment of the glorious l'coctes brings the work down to the thirty-second symposium Ambrosianyi, that 32d being the one published in 1832 in the November number of Blackwood's Hagazine. Every fresh dip into the torrent of the Great Professor's Elcquenee here poured forth by him, "at his very best," in these wonderful Nights of Ambrose, only enhancing our wonder no less than oar admiration at the abounding vivacity, vigour, and vitality of the masculine genius therein displayed. It is not simply that, in the Nodes, John - Wilson, under the alternating characters of the supposed interlo cutors, discourses according to the whim of the moment, "from grave to gay, from lively to severe" —it is rather that he roves at will as Christopher North, as Timothy Tickler, and still more mar vellously as The shepherd, from the wildest extra vagances of fun and frolic to the profoundest intro speetions of philosophy, from an indulgence in the most pitiless and excruciating satire to a manifestation, again and again, of the tenderest sensibility. And what diversities of theme, he here plays a perpetual game of intellectual shuttlecock with, among those Ambrosian interlocutors, but more particularly among that same wondrous triumvirate of talkers, North, Tickler, and the Shepherd. Literally, " from pitch and toss to manslaughter" is nothing to it ! Turning over the 382 pages of the third volume of this new four volumed popular edition of the Great Work, what do we instantly 'light upon as among his themes, every one of them chance•chosen ? Why, almost cheek-by-jowl, a relishing discussion of " Welsh Rabbits" and wild cries of " Murder ! murder !" be because of a swarm of bees i❑ and under Tickler's bonnet ! Here, in rapid sequence, culled from the Quarterly, a " Boozing Buffoon," a " Brainless Bigwig," and a " Jackass Braying !" Now " Will and Intellect"—now "Ales and Oysters !" It is, in effect, a marvellous repertory of erudition and comi cality, fitfully or genial sardonic an astould bag jamble-up-together of horseplay and meta physics, conviviality and scholarship, the like of which there is not anywhere discoverable, we believe, in the whole range of ancient or modern literature. As the illustrative frontispiece to Vol. 111., we have an engraving by Lockyer from Sir John Watson Gordon's life-like portrait of James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd : the original of which portraiture is among the glories of that IViaga Gallery of Portraits adorning the walls of the great publishing house at 45, George street, Edinburgh. Sketches of the English Constitution. Edited by J. S. Laurie. Thomas Murby. Sketches of Political _Economy, Edited by J. S. Laurie. Thomas Murby. Two cspital little handbooks have here, in these tiny vo:umes, been excellently well put together under the supervision of one of her Majesty's In spectors of Schools, one no less skilled both as an Inspector and a Compiler than Mr. Laurie, the able Editor of the Graduated, and also, of the Standard Series of Reading Books. The Graduated Series of Reading Books as published volume after volume by the Messrs. Longman and Company, we have repeatedly had occasion in these columns to com mend, as a work admirably adapted to fulfil its express design, that, namely, of insinuating know ledge. Quite in as cordial terms can wo speak now of the companion guides and handbooks here provided for the respective use of Teacher and Learner by Mr. Laurie—these rapid, but sufficient sketches of " Political Economy" and the "English Constitution." \Ve regard them—perhaps from the simple fact of their being so wholly unpretending in their character—as important additions to the store of thoroughly good school books now provided in such extraordinary abundance for the Boys of England, books admirably well calculated to facilitate the intellectual development of those boys into intelligent Englishmen. A Basket of Fragments. By a Quondam Author. Richard Bentley. Although these ninety small pages of Fragments are apparently the last sweepings from a tolerably well-siftedjumble of notions, jotted down from time to time in the anonymous _writer's common-place book, they are not by any means what one would call common-place. Mere intellectual crumbs though they are, they are still wholesome food for thought. Take a few of them, culled haphazard—" God's religion is love—man's is censoriousness." Or again, "The great man is known as much by what he does not do as by what ho does." Or, "Is it not neces sary that ministers should frequently hear sermons as well as make them ?" Or—wonderfully apposite at this moment—" It seems as if nations were still in their caildhood; they quarrel and fight about trifles." The little book is so far doubly worth publishing—that it is deserving of being read, and while read (this, by the way, not being by any means the case in regard to every book) is deserv ing of being thought over. Most of the reflections in it are aecidedly original, some of them very felicitous. The Elements of Mechanical Physics. By J. C. Buckrnaster. Chapman and Hall. The author of this wonderfully lucid little treatise, recently a student in the Government School of Mines, is now a Certificated Teacher of Science by the Department of Science and Art. He is, besides this, Examiner in Chemistry and Physics at the Royal College of Preceptors. Mr. Bucxmaster has already, moreover, been lecturer in his time both in Chemistry and in Physics to the Evening Classes at the Royal Polytechnic Insti tution. He is therefore thoroughly competent to undertake a compilation precisely of this character. He carries his credentials appended to his name upon his very title-page. But the work itself in its 183 pages of systematised explanation is his complete justification in having compiled it. He begins with the beginning and works his way, and therefore his student-reader's way, through all the mazes of Mechanical . Phy sics. Starting with an epigrammatic defi nition of Statics and Dynamics, he afterwards defines almost as tersely Form, Gravitation, Weight, Mass, Density, and Volume; and so, having cleared the path before him descants inbrief but sufficient chapters upon the Centre of Gravity, upon Levers, Wheels andiAxles, Momentum, and so forth : until after the Elements of Mechanical Physics have thoroughly been explained, Mr. Buckmaster throws in, by way of supplement, a companion treatise on the Elements of Hydro statics. The letterpress is rather thinly sprinkled with woodcut diagrams that might (it is the only objection we have to make to the work) have been m ultiplied;with considerable advantage alike to the author and his readers, INCREASE IN THE EXPORT TRADE OF LIVERPOOL. —From an official entry which will appear this day in the Liverpool customs bill of entry, it appears that the exports of British and Irish goods from Liverpool in the month of February last amounted in value to £5,271,736, being an increase of £466,106 over the same month of 1E63. The goods were exported in 305 against 322 ships engaged in February of the previous year. The exports to the United States show a falling off of nearly £200,000. The flock of alpacas presented by the Government of the Equador to the Emperor of the French, are now at the Zoological Gardens, in the Bois de Boulogne, and having recovered their appetite enjoy excellent health. The director has been informed by a telegram from Mar seilles of the arrival of a second flock from the Equador, brought by the corvette Cornelie, of the imperial navy. Twelve of the 17 embarked at the Equador have arrived safe, after a passage of seven months. M. Drouyn de Lhuys, president of the Zoological Society, has received a promise from the Peruvian Government that the Governor of the province of PUIID, which produces the finest alpacas, shall select 50 of the choicest and present them to the Emperor of the French. tN i t ' 1 / 1 1111 7 1r-Lltar-- - tirat,4ll4l: HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 10. The Queen and his Majesty the King of the Belgians, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lord C. F. Fitzroy, Col. H. Ponsonby, Count de Moerkerke and Dr. Koepl, left Windsor Castle this morning at ten o'clock for London. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold, attended by Lady C. Barrington, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Sir 'l'. M. Biddulph, left the Castle at nine o'clock for London. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday night from Edinburgh. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elplainstone, arrived yesterday morning from Greenwich Park. The Queen accompanied by Princess Beatrice, left Buckingham Palace for Marlborough House at five o'clock to visit the Prince and Princess of Wales, Her Majesty afterwards drove to the Pad• dington Station of the Great Western Railway to proceed to Windsor Castle. The King of the Belgians remains at Bucking ham Palace. Dresses Worn at the Christening of the Royal Infant. The Queen wore a black silk dress, covered with deep black crape, and edged with jet gimp; a cap of white crape lisse, i❑ the style of the cap of Mary Queen of Scots, with diamonds round it, and a long white crape lisse veil attached to it. Her Majesty wore the ribbon, star, and badge of the Garter, a diamond necklace, and large cross containing the Prince Consort's miniature, and a brooch composed of a large sapphire set in twelve large diamonds. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a white satin dress with ruches of tulle and two flounces of rich Brussels lace decked with flowers, water lilies, ferns, and grasses ; a tiara of diamonds, necklacs,b-ouch and earrings of pearls and diamonds A corsage of the City diamonds round the top of the dress ; the Portuguese order of Isabella, and the Victoria and Albert badge. The Princess Helena wore a white satin dress, trimmed with a deep flounce of old lace, white roses, lilies of the valley, and green leaves ; a diamond and opal necklace with the Portuguese and Victoria and Albert Orders. The headdress was of flowers and diamonds to correspond with those on the dress. The Princess Louise wore the same as Princess Helena, but with diamonds and turquoises. Princess Beatrice wore a white satin dress, and a velvet band on her head with lilies of the valley. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge wore a voilot velvet dress trimmed with ermine head-dress of violet velvet feathers and diamonds ; stomacher, necklace, and earrings in diamoncld. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of INkckleuburg-Strelitz wore a dress of white gros o'Afrique trimmed with point lace; headdress com posed of white feathers with tiara of diamonds and sapphire; necklace, stomacher, and earrings of dia monds and sapphire. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary wore a white satin dress, with tunic of Brussels lace, trimmed with water lilies. Headdress, a diadem of diamonds and water lilies. Stomacher, necklace, and earrings of emeralds and diamonds. His Majesty the King of the Belgians wore the uniform of a Field Marshal. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wore a General's uniform, with the collar of the Garter, His Royal Highness Prince Alfred wore a Naval uniform. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold were attired in Highland costume. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge wore the uniform of a Field Marshal. The Ministers of State and the Officers of the Royal Household all wore their full dress uniforms, and the principal members of the order of knight.. hood wore the collars of their respective orders. THE ILLUMINATIONS. In tho evening the theatres and most of the Royal trades men at the \Vest-end illuminated their houses in celebra tion of the Royal christening. A few descriptions of them displays are subjoined : REGENT • STREET,— nessrs. Howell and James—A large star, and a handsome display of flags. Messrs. Elkington ; eleetro-platers—Holbein shield, surmounted by a plume of feathers. Messrs. Mappin Brothers—Two very beautitul letters, "P. W.,'' in coloured glass, illuminated by gas; also, a display of flags. Mr. Sparkes Hall, bootmaker-- A very handsome gas star of the Order of the Garter. OiFoun-STREET,— Messrs. Nicholay and Son, furriers —Allegorical transparency figure of Fame proclaiming the birth of the Prince, large Brunswick star, in brilliant gas, with the motto, "May Heaven protect and shield Eng land's hope and Denmark's pride ;" a trophy, combining the Royal arms of England and Denmark, decorated with numerous appropriate banners, and surmounted by the Royal standard of England. OLD BOND-STREET.-Mr. Whitfield, butterman, Large plume of Prince of Wales's feathers and motto. Mr • Mitchell, Royal library—The words, " God bless the in fant Prince," surmounted by a gorgeous star, in radiated jets of gas—the whole forming a very brilliant and elegant design. NEW BOND• STREET.—Mr Hancock, jeweller—A large gas star and a beautilul Prince of Wales's plume, ill coloured glass, with the motto, " Ich Men," flanked by the letters "A. V." Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, jewellers, Sce.—A large plume, with the words, " God bless them" underneath; also a large scroll, in gas jets, and a true lover's knot. SAVILLE-ROW.—Here the great attraction was the map' nificent display made by Mr. Poole, the tailor. A great crowd assembled to witness it, but by the arrangements 0 1 the police the circulation was not interrupted. We believe the display will be again exhibited this evening. CURZON-STREET, MAYFAlR.—Wolmershausen, tailor—Holbein shield, with arms quartered, encircled with laurel leaves, surmounted by a crystal plume of feathers and letters "P. W.," all in cut gems of coloured crystal. NEW By RLINGTON-STREET, REGENT -STREET.—Robert Cocks and Co., music publishers to the Queen, H.R.M. the Prince of Wales, mid the Emperor Napoleon 11.1..—A star of eight points in crystal brilliants, with the Prince's plume in the centre, encircled with rubies—the whole minated with gas. Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover• square—A row of brilliant jets in gas, the whole length of the building. LUDGATE-HILL—Mr. Benson, watch and clockmaker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales—A brilliant star. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cate' bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, sad the Princess Mary will shortly leave St. James's Palace for Cambridge Cottage, Kew. The Duchess of Cambridg e and daughters are likely to reside at Kew for a month. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury vil ll pass the forthcoming holidays at Hatfield House, Herts. The Earl and Counte s s Spencer are still staying at Alexandria. The noble earl and countess are in excel' lent health. The Earl of Lincoln, who came to London expressly to visit his father, the Duke of Newcastis, left town yesterday to rejoin the countess and family. It is th e intention of the neble earl and countess to return home afte r the Easter holidays. VISCOUNTESS ROYSTON gave birth to a &tight ° at the British Embassy, Paris, on the 25th inst. li er ladyship and daughter are doing well. THE MARRIAGE OF THE COUNT DE PARIS O il the elder daughter of the Duke do Montpensiet will tin e place early in May, at Claremont. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS L'AUDIAI' S is, it is said, cnczeitte. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.--At the levee 0° other day, says the Court Journal, among the Diplouasti° Corps the, portly figute of the Prince de la Tour d'Auverg lie ; the successor of B aron G ros , wa s remarkable. He lore profusion of orders and a Grand Cordon. COUNT ALLAMIRA, Grand Chamberlain of t ho Queen of Spain, has just died eu idenly of apoplexy. r THE Nt.w NOVEL "Dr. Jacob," by the autho r of " John and 1." Three vols.—This is a novel of the " Jane Eyre" and " Vitiate" school, and abounds '°lo. singular power iu painting continental habits and hil l:alt o character. The opinion a careful readizig will euf°,ri, certainly must be, that 6 6 Dr. Jacob" is a work of uo aura nary quality, anti that the talent man if es ted in it i s Tl9t is very superior class to the average of literary a novel that will fully repay a patient and regular Pe ru ' —Alesyenger.