The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

--- . NEW WORK BY SIR E. BULWER LYTTON BART. This day is published, in 4 vols., price 423., 111 Y N 0 V By PISISTRATUS CAXTON ; E L. OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISE LIFE. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. RAT LAST. SUPERIOR OVER COATS at reduced charges; q uality the test of cheapness ; one of the largest stocks in London to select fro m. Also, the Patent Re versible Fur Beaver Overcoats , Capes , &c., a perfect g arment on either side—two at the cost of one. For warmth, comfort, and economy, not to be excelled, real luxuries to the wearer; all guaran teed to resist any amount of rain. W. BERDOE, 96, New Bond street ; and 69, Cornbill (only). __-...=•••••••••••••••!mmimmll THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVE.NING, Fan. 15, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in five acts, called NOT SO BADAS WE SEEM ; or , Man y Sides to a Charac ter. Supported by Messrs. B . Webster, Barry Sullivan, Keeley, Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Rogers, Miss Rosa Bennett, Miss A. Vining, Mrs. Leigh Murray, &c. After which, the new and original Farce, called TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. TEII3 EVENING, FEB. 15, win be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. jiatthevra, snd Homeastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Florncastie, and Templeton; Madame Yawls, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. _ _ _ Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New D md-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, FEB. 15, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLATE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, S. Emery, 0. Smith, and Collenford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, Miss Harding, Miss Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the successful new Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. Auriol ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore. • ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENDIO, FEB. 15, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortuna (as played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac ters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, Ryder, F. Cooke, Everett, and Chester; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. up r i g ht will appear. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAIR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan taloon, Mr. Panto; Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, FEB. 15, Will be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, Jan , Hoskins, Shalders, Cooke, Kinloch, Edgar, and Bender ; Misses Anderton and H. Gorden. After which, MISCHIEF-MAKING. Madame Nanette, Miss H. Gordon. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. Tom Tag, Miss H. Gordon. llos-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Kr. E. Chatterton. - ASTLPY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proptletor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. LAST WEEK BUT THREE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT. Extraordinary Attraction. The Two most powerful Equestrian Dramas ever produced—Mazeppa, and Uncle Tom's Cabin. THIS EVENING, FEB. 15, And during the Week, the Entertainments will commence with the superb Spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, reproduced with all its original splendid and magnificent effects After which, Batty's brilliant Scenes in the Arena, supported by the first Equestrian talent in Europe. To conclude with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Doors open at Hall-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Fonr. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 17 min. after 6 I Evening 35 mill•aft- 6 To-Ifni:Amy—Morning 55 min. after 6 Evening 16 min.aft. 7 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, FEB. 15, 1853. State of the wind and weathe;saeticli of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—N.E., fresh breeze—overcast. TIINBRIDGE—N.W., calm—snow. GREENWICH--N., gentle breeze—overcast. Snoop—E., gentle breeze—snow. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—cloudy. DARLINGTON--N. by W., gentle breeze-- overcast— snow heavy, eighteen inches lying on the ground. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'cIock: HOLYHEAD—N.E., gentle breeze—hard frost. LANCASTER--N., calm—cloudless. WHITBY-8.E., gentle breeze—frost, snow. DARLINGTON—N.N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy, snow. StiAß—N., calm—snow, hard frost. THE WEATHER.-SuN Orsicm, FRB. 15. THERMOMETER ; IN THE 28—highest since noon yesterday. 25--lowest this morning and during the night. 2S—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.84. WIND, N. by W.—Light breeze, and cold, cloudy, frosty weather. The Publication of " THE SUN" Commences every afternoon at THREE O'CLOCK, and the Late or Third Edition, containing the DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT ON THE SAME EVENING with all other news ariving in London up to the hour of Post, at SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. ~~~ .6 -szlatsk LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1853. Procrastination and postponement—postpone ment and procrastination ! These appear to be the great objects of the Joint Stock Administration. The spirit of Sir CHARLES WOOD seems to have been infused into his colleagues, and the do nothing policy is recognised as the guiding prin ciple of the ABERDEEN-RUSSELL-MOLESWORTH Government. The leader of the House of Com mons on Thursday evening exhibited too clearly on that point to admit of doubt or question—the LORD CHANCELLOR followed in the same track last night, so far as the long-anticipated and eagerly looked-for legal reforms were concerned. Very elaborate arguments were entered into to explain his reasons for not legislating on particular sub jects. On one topic the enactments had been so recent he should wait for a sufficient time to learn their operation, and the nature of their working ! Another had been referred to a committee, and he should wait for the forthcoming report before he introduced any measure! ! If the commissioners should come to a different conclusion from that to which he had previously made up his mind, he is not prepared to say that he will prefer acting on it to that of their predecessors. He even acknowledges that he " has an opinion so dis tinctly formed that nothing will shake him out of it." But notwithstanding that distinct and posi tive opinion nothing is to be done. The plausible excuse of the pen Cling report is anxiously grasped at to avoid doing anything. Other excuses of every shade and colour are resorted to, but all for the sane Purpose. Delay ! delay ! ! delay ! ! ! is the burden of the song, in almost every respect and every Point; and whether it be a more equit ableoionment of th e app Property and Income Tax, an adequate extension of the Suffrage, with the security afforded to the voter by the Ballot from the worst species of corruptien_ci intimida tion," or the amendment of the administration and practice of the law. The result is in variably the same. The Common L aw p ro _ cedure Act, with all its admitted deficiencies, is to be let alone No change in the Ecclesiastical Courts is to be even thought of until the repo r t of the Commissioners. Th e Marriage and Divorce Laws are to remain in abeyance, and there is not the slightest, even the most trivial, allusion to the County Courts, or the much-required extension of the jurisdiction of the local tribunals, and the introduction of the system, which, even with inferior appliances, has given so much satisfaction to all who have been compelled to put the machinery of the law into operation, and have by the assistance of these District Courts been enabled to do so cheaply and expeditiously. But something should be done. There should be some little wheat with so much chaff. Even FALSTAFF had a halfpenny-worth h ' fpenny-worth of bread to his gallon of sack. Three Bills have accordingly been introduced —a, Registration of Deeds Bill, a Charitable Trusts Bill, andat length Codifi • a cation of the Statute Law. We do , not, by any means unt lerra.te the advantages that may, and probably will, be derived from judicious enactments on these important and interesting subjects. The offences of tb o existing Administration are of omission rathe r than commission. It is not for what they do, but for what they leave undone, that they are to be censured. There is no doubt that legislation was required on each and every one of the topics on which he has ven tured "to screw their courage to the sticking place," and if it be judiciously and discreetly brought into operation, great benefit will be con ferred on the community. Before we pronounce a decisive judgment on the new projects relating to registration, or charitable trusts, we must see the details and the machinery by which they are to be carried into execution when the bills be printed. "Security of title," facility, and cheap ness of transfer are the great objects to be at tained. The evils arising from the present system in Middlesex, and Yorkshire, and in Ireland, are, however, perhaps greater than the benefit derived therefrom. There can be no doubt that in some respects it is beneficial ; but there are many great objections to which it is exposed, and which, if practicable, should be obviated. There are diffi culties connected with the subject, but they are not insuperable. In every other civilised nation real estate can be transferred much more expedi tiouiy, cheaply, and we believe me may add with greater security than in great Britain or Ireland. There is really no reason why a similar practice should not be introduced in this country, and with equally beneficial results. The chief impediment appears to be lest some suitor, who once in a cen tury, might be so fortunate (II 0 as to become involved in a litigation of the JARNDYCE v. JARN DYCE class—should be deprived of the baleful in- I heritance. They " manage these matters, how ever, better in France." And there is no reason why real estate should. not be transferred as speed ily and securely as personal property, why lands or houses should not be conveyed as rapidly, economically, and safely as investments in. the Three per Cent. Consols, or in any Rail way or Joint Stock Company. The necessity is that there should be a registration of " titles," not of " deeds ;" and we regret to say that Lord CRANWORTH'S measure is directed to the former, not to the latter point, and is, therefore, more calculated to perpetuate than to remove the existing abuses. At present, we shall—following the example of Lord ST. LEONARDS—pass over the Charitable Trusts Bill. Something ought to be done on the subject, but whether the present measure will meet the exigency, is another point, on which we shall reserve our opinion. The con solidation of the statute law is, however, a matter on which there need be no reserve. That has long been demanded, and acknowledg ments are due to those by whom the boon is to be conceded. We return thanks, on this point, to Lord CRANWORTH, and only regret that the initia tive has been so long delayed, and that much time must elapse before the new digest or codification of the statute law can receive the legislative sanction. England and France are now vieing with each other in the expression of the most pacific policy, and of the most amicable feelings, as well as of their de termination to maintain, if possible, the most friendly relations between their respective Governments. What think the raw-head-and-bloody-bones panic- mongers after this ? How about that fire-eating enthusiasm which only the other day prompted to such extraordinary indecorum a gallant officer like General BROTHERTON ? Was Mr. COBDEN so very ridiculous after all in his argu ments about the preservation of international tranquillity ? That honourable gentleman, ever since the publication of his remarkable and humane pamphlet, " 1793 and 1853," has been subjected to all kinds of. sneers, obloquies, and vituperations. We anticipated that such would be the case immediately the brochure made its appearance. But - while declaring such to be our conviction, we took the earliest opportunity to avow our no less earnest belief that the time would inevitably come, sooner or later, when the reasonableness of those enlightened views would be appreciated and rendered apparent. Well—the time has come "sooner"—at any rate it is coming, and that with unexpected rapidity. Already the rulers of both countries, the Administrators of Imperial France and of Monarchical England, have reiterated, in terms admitting of no misap -1 prehension, their solicitude, in spite of all that has been said by warlike factions, to preserve un broken amity oetween thej foremost races of Christendom. Sir CHARLES WOOD'S absurd speech at Halifax has elicited from his Ministerial col leagues the most satisfactory, because explicit and pacific, explanations. M. BILLoes atrocious pamphlet has simultaneously drawn from the Councils of the Tuilleries the most manly and straightforward disavowal of those criminal sug gestions on the part of one of the avowed organs of Legitimacy. This is well. It augurs happily for the peace of Europe, for the prosperity of England, for the stability of affairs in France, and for the steady and progres sive advance of the great movement of civili sation. Look at the disavowal of the warlike intentions attributed to the Imperial Government by the self-sufficient and blustering author of the " Lettres Franques " the disavowal already alluded to, the disavowal attributed to the hand of NAPOLEON 111., but at any rate appearing in his official journal, the Moni teur. Nothing could be more out spoken. It says—" The EMPEROR, like France, wishes earnestly for peace (veut la paix), a fruit- ful and honourable peace, the repose which is suited to the nation ; and it certainly is net from the old parties that the heir of NAPOLEON the Great will ask counsel in any matter of honour or of national dignity." Clear enough that, we take it, and in all respects sufficiently significant. Then turn to the companion revelations—the state ments made yesterday in both Houses of our Im perial Legislature as to the foreign policy (so far as concerns France) cherished at this juncture by the English Government. The intemperate and un statesmanlike language used the other day on the hustings at Halifax, by the Right Hon. Baronet the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of CONTROL, when addressing his constituents, has been so far pro ductive of good that it has led to those now un mistakeable explanations. That language, how ever, may now, we rejoice to say, be altogether forgotten—forgotten, as of no sort of value or importance whatsoever. For it has been signally expiated--Sir CHARLES WOOD having fairly gown down on his knees, and confessed his peni tence. " Nothing," said the Right Hon. Baronet in the letter read to the House of Commons, in his absence, last evening, by Lord JOHN RUSSELL —" Nothing could be further from my intention than to use any words which could be considered as offensive to the EMPEROR ; and I regret that any expressions should have fallen from me on that occasion on which such an interpretation could have been placed." Simultaneously, as it were, in both Houses, the same pacific assurances were uttered by the two pro minent leaders of the present Coalition Ca binet—namely, in the Lords by the Prime Minister de jure, the - Earl of ABERDEEN, and in the Commons by the Prime Minister de facto, Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The former said yesterday to the House of Peers most distinctly, in answer to the question put to him in his official capacity by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE—" I am happy to assure the Noble Marquis that the best possible understanding continues unbroken between the two countries of France and England, nor is there anything that appears the least likely to endanger or diminish the cordiality of that understanding." The Leader of the Commons went, if possible, still farther in the utterance of a like declaration : " The relations," said he, "between the two countries are, I am happy to say, of the most friendly nature : and with re spect to European affairs generally, the best pos sible understanding subsists between the two Go vernments." Scarcely have these assurances fallen from the lips of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and of the Earl of ABERDEEN, when there is received in this country by means of the Submarine Electric Telegraph a report of the memorable and remark able speech with which his MAJESTY the EMPEROR yesterday opened the Session of the Senate, and of the Corps Legislatif, at the Tuileries. In that document, after remarking that the financial posi tion of France has never been better during the last quarter of a century, his MAJESTY announces that "the effective force of the army, already diminished by 30,000 men during the last year, will soon undergo a further reduction of 20,000 ! " Another and substantial guarantee of the sincerity of the pacific policy with which the restored Empire may be said to have been formally inaugurated ! Everything combines, therefore, to encourage us in the hope that the peace of the world has become of late so strongly secured, that Christendom may witness with increasing joy the calm development of • civilisation. RICHARD COBDEN is a tyrant and a coward. Denounce him, post him before all Europe and America, and Asia too. He thinks the leading articles of newspapers are little read, compared with their news itself, and he regards the former as of far less importance than the latter. Satis factory enough, indeed, to the vanity of our pro fession is the tribute he offers to "the talent, to the transcendent ability" with which those articles are written, but to think them less important, or less read than the news, is an unpardonable sin. Hence Mr. COBDEN is kindly offered confessorial assistance in the profoundly difficult art of self knowledge, and his spiritual adviser tells him that by sober introspection, he will discover that he is intolerant of criticism and opposition, and that he wants "to suppress all teachers but himself." Nor that only, but that like many other tyrants, he has but a craven heart. " Know thyself," Mr. COBDEN, and thou wilt see that thy contemptuous defiance of Russia, and thy withering attacks on Austrian loans for crushing Hungary and Italy, combined with thy respectful behaviour to the elected EMPEROR of France, prove thee a coward. You freely censure those you fear not —you crouch where you are afraid. Now, there is a great deal of truth in Mr. COBDEN'S remark, which, moreover, he has several times made before, and especially in the point of view which he was taking. To a very large pro portion of readers the news, distinctively so called, is the more important, and to vast numbers far more interesting. What numbers who look, as soon as they open a morning paper, at the busi ness news which concerns them, leave the political articles till night, and perhaps post the paper to a country friend in the evening without reading them at all ! How many look at the evening papers for the market intelligence of the day, and how many in the country prefer an evening paper, because it gives such intelligence for one day more, in fact, than the morning papers which arrive at the same time ! Then the sporting world, the tale-loving world, and the fair students of the catalogues of marriages, births, and deaths—very great altogether must be the number who care more for news than p for editorial co mmen t s upon it. Besides, Mr. COBDEN was address ing a special class, and has always made these remarks in connection with a special object—the newspaper readers, namely, which a mechanics' institute could furnish, and the vast class who now never read a paper at all, or who resort to the beer-shop or the public-house to see one. He is right enough, in respect to this class. They are either too young or too illiterate, or too contracted in their notions, to care for much but the last novelty or the gossip of the day, though the young mechanics will of course have acquired an interest in all the higher discoveries of Art and Science. Mr. COBDEN also knows full well that the members of almost all our Governments, ex cept perhaps the great genius of the last one, and two or three in the present one, are dreadfully afraid of the people's gaining political knowledge, and that this fear alone stands in the way of his favourite project of cheap 'newspapers for the million. lie knows, also, that mechanics' insti tutes object to the admission of politics within their walls ; hence he was led to put in the strong est light he could the little mischief (as Cabinets , and Committees, not Mr. COBDEN, deem it) which the political articles in the newspapers would do. The young mechanics would assuredly care chiefly for the news. So would the country bump kins, who would read his penny sheets ; and that is the plain account of the whole affair. A very harmless affair indeed, and whichl would never have been noticed at all, had not Mr. COBDEN censured the belligerents, or at least war provoking language of some magnates of the press. Now, as to the cowardice of Mr. COBDEN. The appropriate answer to a Russo-phobia was to show that Russia was powerless to injure England ; the same thing was not true of France. The appro priate warning to speculators in an Austrian Loan was that Austria was bankrupt, and the money the price of the blood of freedom. But, in re gard to France, with a powerful navy a few hours' sail from us, and an immense army besides—it is not appropriate to say that she is not an object of fear, but that she is so if you quarrel with her. We grant that it would be Consummate golly of Louis NAPOLEON to inflict upon France as well as upon us the miseries of a war because of the as sumptions of newspaper Editors ; still, if, as a certain journal asserts, that journal (and others too, we presume,) reflects faithfully the general opinions of Englishmen, and if those opinions are excessively provoking to Frenchmen, nay, if they only are provoking to the man who, according to the sam e j ournal, has centred in his own hands the whole of that physical force which could cesu—chifthissnuroetry, sthraodueldanwdacromarmiseer, a war might be cala mities. By their own confession, be the case, power of the man whom jour nals would be chiefly answerable for all its the best security for the ltheylies, ke him to it, then, is to vo the forge,despot of of , as faras France. T in o thmpero we are to s, ydeetscsritrboengaesr fetters for the land they profess t o mourn over. It seems, however, s p en d millions more to raise an army and navy, e and s is Emperor at j nt of lecturing Franc oyme e of taxes we are to pay safe under whose prof ection we may have the pleasure. Millions indulge in vituperation pens of journalists, m a y n t h i s e t i r e r s E , npi d on of e r the er. Milli on s more cur rt nextthe todnegteriesneoigfhbenr, CabinetanMd ults as these, either talent," lead to any such res Should "leading articles," though of "transcendent they would become as they are now unin waritselfan, dorthwear admirers readers taxation odious in trioeattirwe fancypresent illiterate and the mere hun tersteresting to A for cowardice, and it Mr. COBDEN'S r e f for novelty. WO Write common sense, in impatience of g th h e ut gr great with him or differ from Freetrader's own, whether we agree him the credit of being him, we can hardly den y t hit the mark ; a a ii nd te a a s eh t i o n overweening occasionally he evinces a rather are not wanting con ceit of his own opinions, there the S andi racular. one of the best tempered of disputants, and if tcriters widely famed for we have in English newspapers leading articles we may add, however, partly stated our opinion .; observation and long that from a pretty extensive As to the general interest nfluence of the experience, o f newspaper the best por ion great interest to all . consider readers, and that their which influence the non able with the minds we are persuaded that they are of reading circle. Theh important, since wit . of all opinions make Editors the most but the use which of it greatly enhances few have time to wade Not to mention that intelligent editor tnheavitthsencoenrtaie all y ld is avpropriate value of a paper. with 'ncorrectness ; on through its truth, or hints on its value, various journals are all debateable points the. presents in all which an and, like barristers, obviously counsel lect all the bes p t omts on each h they can an d dot e its on essence,eacld a , for the side, and leave i other subjects, On many to give the verdict. merely ely their honest advo give not moreover, they impartial judges; great jury of the nation cacy, allowance for the prepos indeed, with reasonab e from which none of us sessions and party bias, eral object of the Press are free, we believe the en tints and to advocate those but the decisions of stand the test of trial. Truth opinions which will judgmeutire y is to deliver those THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1853, is, in fact, the interest of every journalist in re gard to both opinions and facts ; for him, as for every one else, in the long run, honesty is the best policy. From all this it results, we think, that readers generally look upon their newspapers M their friend and adviser in publio matters. Most select one..near their own line of thinking, and, perhaps, accept its views with too little consideration. Many, and they are doubtless theleast and best class, like to compare the views of all, and to judge for themselves. Thcso who do not read the leaders do not grudge them to those who do, and those who do read them would most reluctantly miss the intellectual excitement which they furnish. We do not think the time will yet come when Editors of newspapers will be without great power in England. If they lose it, it will be by such misconduct as should inflict a ruinous war on the present generation and entail an augmented debt on posterity. In that case the prudence which is lampooned as cowardice, would be thought infi nitely better than the vituperation and bullying, which assumes the names of courage and justice. It must have astonished many to find the same oracle tender over the vile slave-holding despots of the United States, and censuring the bland expos tulations of Stafford-house, yet indulging in fierce invective against Louis NAPOLEON, and claiming the right to abuse him as it pleases. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthw, left Windsor Castle at five minutes before one o'clock yesterday afternoon for the sta tion of the Great Western Railway in Windsor. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Caroline Barrington ' the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Earl Somers, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, Captain the Hon; Mortimer Sackville West, the Master of the Household. Lord Alfred Paget, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gor don, and Mr. Gibbs. Her Majesty and the royal party tra velled to London by a special train, and on arriving at the Paddington terminu s , entered several of the Queen's car riages, and proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where they arrived at eight minutes to two o'clock. A party of Light Dragoons formed the escort from the station to the Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at Buck ingham Palace by the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Bre a d a lb ane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Due of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ; and Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness. A deputation, on the subject of the Building Act, the sewers, and the police, and the necessity of local govern ment on these points, had an interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterday, at the Office of Works and Public Buildings, in Whitehall Place. The deputation consisted of Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. • Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P. ; Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. ; Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Toulmin Smith, Mr. Plum, Mr. Pardwell, Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P. Mr. G. Bird, Mr. Nelson ' • Messrs. Trelawney, Saund ers , and Jame s L a b ram (S t. Martin's), William Geesin (St. James) Horne (St. Luke's), Gudella (Islington), Williams, M.P. (Lambeth), C. Carr, Russell, Rowe W. R. Green well, Buz zar d , an d C oo k ; M essrs . J. F. Williams, W. W. King, H. Horn, and Wm. Horn (overseers St. Luke's), and about twenty-three other gentlemen. The deputation had also an inte r view with Viscount Palmerston, Home secretary, yesterday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Leslie Foster, Mr. Bux ton, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Leslie, and Mr. Brooks had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. A deputation from Cherley, Lancashire, had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Anger, Walworth, and J. C. Crook (solicitor). They were attended and introduced by Mr. Robert Townley Parker, M.P., and Mr. John Wilson Patten, M.P. The Count Baptiste Metaxa had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and to the Governor of the Mauritius. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces, and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE SPEAKERSHIE.—The probable succession of the member for Leeds, the Right Hon. Mr. T. Baines, to this office, as recently intimated, is occasioned, we are glad to learn, by no failure of health, and certainly by no dissatisfaction, or want of confidence in the right hon. gentleman, who up to this time has so ably filled the office, but arises simply from the ordinary routine by which it is understood that, after the arduous duties have been satisfactorily discharged for a given term, the occupant of the chair of the House of Commons is usually relieved by a successor, some mark of distinction being conferred on the retiring Speaker. Halifax Courier. FATAL ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN MTDDLETON.—Yester day Mr. Baker held an inquest on the body of Capt. Myddleton, one of Lloyd's surveyors, who lost his life under the following circumstances :—lt appeared from the evidence that, on the 7th inst., Captain Myddleton was surveying the Breadalbane in Lavender Dock, at Bermondsey ; a sort of stage was formed round the vessel to facilitate the examination, and upon this the deceased was standing, when it suddenly gave way, and he was precipitated into the dock, and so seriously in jured that he expired on the following morning. Ver dict—" Accidental death." EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICR.—Yesterday morning considerable surprise was occasioned amongst the employes at the inland depart ment of the General Post-office by the accidental disco very of bank notes and jewellery to a very large amount, supposed to be the proceeds of a series of letter robberies which occurred two years since. The objects of the discovery were found in an ext ra o ffi ce on l y used under a pressure of business. Som e o f th e notes were entire, and others in halves, and all of them were creased, as if they had been enclosed in letters. Information of this discovery was at once forwarded to the Secretary's office, and the property was carefully examined and deposited in a place of s ecur it y un til steps can be taken to trace the various owners. A list will be issued shortly with the view of enabling the persons by w h om the various articles were transmitted to identify and recover them. THE HUNTERIAN ORATION. —Yesterday afternoon, the annual oration, in celebration of John Hunter, was de livered by Mr. Bransby Cooper, before the members of the Royal College of Surgeons, in their theatre, whi c h, during the last few month s h as been enlarged to nearly double its former size. The spacious building was densely crowded by gentlemen connected with the medical pro fession. The orator chose to pursue the development from the studies which have made Hunter's name illus trious, rather than r e p ea t eu l og i es upon h i s name, and his address was, therefore, of a thoroughly professional character. As usual, notice was taken of the losses sus tained by the profession through death during the year, and the names of Mr. Vincent, Mr. Dalrymple, Sir Charles Forbes, Sir John Webb, Dr. Pereira, and Mr. Lawrence were mentioned amid demonstrations of re spect. p a n T y IE , E t Al whichlo N w eGOLDmustdTherere w Mbel attention xicanNG productivebe theOn COMPANY.—This PIL OOOf otherb. —td greata t T yh, h ah aits profit as c now io n com pany, strict economy and fidelity be thea issuedu ri f auriferous adventurers,o u t ss shares.est a t e p observed in developing its resources. For such a course, the names in connection with the company hold out the best guarantee, and an efficient management, combined with the most perfect integrity, is thus secured, added to which, the chairman of this company has been emi nently successful in a like capacity in connection with the Agua Fria.—Morning paper. BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of the British Ame rican Land Company was held yesterday, when a very favourable report from the directors was read and adopted, and a dividend for the past year of 30s. per share, payable in two instalments, namely, on the 11th of April and the 10th of October next, was declared, out of a surplus balance of-20,201/. ' of which 9,8431. formed the net profit for the year 1852. It appears, from the report, tha3 the various branches of enterprise embraced in the company's operations show a continued improvement. Land had been sold to the extent of 17,060 acres, for 18,1871., and the income of the com pany shows a large and satisfactory increase. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.— The North and South-Western Junction Railway is at length open for traffic. This short line runs between Willesden and Brentford, connecting the lines of the London and North-Western and London and South- Western Railway Companies, and will probably open up a large passenger traffic from the north side of London. The opening of the line is also calculated to prove a great boon to the public, inasmuch as not only will much delay and expense be saved to the shippers of goods from the manufacturing districts at the port of Southampton, but there will also be a considerable diminution of the cart and waggon traffic through the streets of London between the termini of the lines in question. The line will also bring the East and West India Docks in con nection with Southampton. EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE OF FORTUNE.—The Devon port Telegraph gives the following :—" Romance in Real Life.—A striking instance of the mutability of human affairs has recently occurred in the person of a stoker on board her Majesty's ship Valouros lying at this port. By some contretemps the individual who has now fallen so unexpectedly into the lap of Fortune has been condemned by the fickle goddess to pass his life up to the present moment in the humble and obscure position of a stoker or fireman, the immense property of which he has now, it is said, become the inheritor having been lying in the Chancery courts for many years. A few days ago this begrimed and sooty son of Neptune was visited on board the said vessel (we are told) by a gen tlem4n, who, after making the necessary inquiries, communicated to the object of his visit the astound ing intelligence that he was entitled to the earldom of Stockport, and the immense property attached to the title, of the value of some 34,000/. per annum. The feelings of the poor fellow on learning the almost incre dible transformation that had taken place in his affairs may be readily conceived. We hear that the hero of this romance of real life' immediately departed for Lon don, in company with tho gentleman alluded to, in order to complete the necessary arrangements previous to taking possession of his enormous wealth and 'newborn' honours." MONRY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 3,000 to 4,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed heavily, with but little alteration in prices, except American, at 5d., which were 1-16 d. lower. The sales comprised 200 Pernam and Maranham, 200 Bahia, 500 Egyptian, 300 Surat, and 70 Sea Islands. Railway Shares were dull at rather lower prices. The following report upon the indigo sales is by Massrs. H. W. Jewesbury and Co.:— " Catalogue B, consisting of goods in second hands, was commenced to-day ; prices ruled more even than is usually the case in this catalogue, The previous rate of advance was fully maintained. 1,311 chests have passed to-day, of which 122 were withdrawn, 530 bought in, and 660 sold. Catalogue A will be resumed to-morrow, and the remainder of catalogue B, on Mon day next, should the sale not be concluded before." The notice given from the office of her Majesty's Paymaster-General, for a reduction from 1 1 d. to Id. per centum per diem in the interest on Exche quer Bills, rather took the Stock Exchange by sur prise. There can be no doubt that the measure is a judicious one, and that if the floating debt bears a high premium, the country ought to have the benefit in a reduction gf the interest. The mea sure, no doubt, has been taken after consultation with the Bank of England directors, and on that account also will have a good effect. The English Stock Market is rallying, and the quotations are higher. The reduction in the rate of interest on Exchequer Bills has had an effect upon values generally. Consols have been 994 to for Transfer, and 99i for Account. Nothing has been done in Exchequer Bills bearing the pre sent rate of lid., but at the opening of the market there was considerable bustle, and, apparently to produce an effect, offers were made to sell the new Bills as low as 2s. premium, but since there are many buyers at 10s. to 20s. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 1034 to ft, and the Three per Cents. 1004 to ft. Bank Stock has been worth 221* to 228, and India Stock after being 269 to 266. The Foreign Securities have been very dull. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 38 to Mexican stock is at 234, and Peruvian Six per Cents. are at 234. Grenada Deferred have been 114 to ft, and the Equador Bonds are at si. Austrian stock has been in demand at 97i to 98k. Sardinian is 944. There appears, notwithstanding yesterday's ru mour, to be really a confirmation of Colonel Fre mont's mineral as well as soil rights to the ten leagues in the Mariposa district, and it is strange under such circumstances that the Californian papers should in one or two instances assert directly the contrary. The Gold Mine Shares have been firm, but with out much doing in them. The South Australian Land Shares have further advanced. _ The Australian Bank Shares are also looking up. In. Railway Shares there is less firmness. The York and North Midland have fallen V. to 1/. 10s.; the Midland f to I ; tho Lancashire and Yorkshire to ; and the South Eastern, and one or two others are likewise flatter. The French Shares are very firm, and there is a rise in Strasbourg of Northern fto ; and Havre The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company Blackburn Bristol and Exeter Feb. 24, Bristol. Date. . Place. Feb. 28, Blackburn. Buckinghamshire City of Toronto & L. Huron Feb. 24, 13, St. Helen's-p Colchester, Stour Valley , &c. Feb. 16 , Colchester. . . Cork and Waterford - Cornwall Direct London & Portsmouth Feb. 25, London Tavern. Dublin and Belfast Junction Feb. 16, Dublin. Dublin and Drogheda Feb. 25, Dublin. Dublin and Wicklow Feb. 16, Dublin. Dundalk and Enniskillen.. . Feb. 22, Dundalk. East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Feb. 19, Euston Station. East Anglian Feb. 26, London Tavern. East Lincolnshire Feb. 25, King's-cross. Eastern Counties East Indian Feb. 18, 50, Old Broad-st Eastern Union Feb. 25, Radley's Hotel. Edinburgh and Glasgow Mar. 1, Glasgow. Gloucester and Dean Forest Feb. 19, Gloucester. Great Northern Feb. 26, Albion Tavern. Great Sn. & Wn. (Ireland) Mar. 4, Dublin. Great Western Feb. 17, Paddington. Bilk. & Great S. & W. Irel Feb. 22, Dublin. Lancaster and Carlisle Mar. 4, Liverpool. Liverp., Crosby, & Southp. Feb. 15, Liverpool. Llynvi Valley Feb. 24, Bristol. London and Blackwall Feb. 15, London Tavern. London and North-Western Feb. 18, Euston Station. London and South-Western Feb. 16, London Tavern. Madras Feb. 15, Office. Manchester, Shell., & Lin. Feb. 23, Manchester. Midland Mid. Gt. Western Ireland Mar. 4, Dublin. _ .._ _ _ Newmarket Feb. 26, London Tavern. Newp., Aber., & Hereford Feb. 23, London Tavern. Northern and Eastern! Feb. 17, Office. North Devon Feb. 21, London Tavern. North & South-West. June. Feb. 21, 15 Parliament-st. Oxf. Worc. & Wolverhampt. Feb. 23, London Tavern. Royston and Hitchin Feb. 28, 15A,St.Helen's-p] Sambre and Meuse Feb. 17, Office. Ditto ditto Sheff., Rotherham, 8., W., H., and Goole • Feb. 18, Wakefield. South Wales Feb. 25, Paddington. South Yorkshire Feb. 25, Sheffield. St. Andrew's and Quebec (Class A.) ., Feb. 24, 26, Parliament-e 1 Taff Vale l6, Bristol. Feb.. __ _ , - Thames Haven Feb. 26, London Tavern. Vale of Neath Feb. 19, Cardiff. Waterford and Limerick Feb. 25, Waterford. West Cornwall Feb. 28, Penzance. Western of France Feb. 25, Paris . Wharfdale Whitehaven &Furness June Feb. 26, Guildhall-chamb, York, Newcastle & Berwick Feb. 18, York. York & North Midland Feb. 23, York. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (Front the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 8 3 per Cent. Reduced A nnu iti es 3 per Cent. Cons o ls A nnu iti es New 3i per Cent. Annuities. Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 613 India Stock South Sea Old Annuities 99i Consols for Account 10th March - 99A i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. Eqnador Bonds ss Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent 234 Peruvian 6 per Cent. Portuguese 4 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per C en t. ..... ....... Consols Ditto March Account HALM-PAST TWO. 99 A 99i DEATHS BY COLD ON DARTMOOR. -- Corporal John Panton and privates George Driver and John Carlin, belonging to No. 7 (Captain Brown's) Company, 7th Regiment Royal Fusiliers, stationed at the Dartmoor prison, Princetown, unfortunately lost their lives in the snow on Dartmoor, on Saturday night. The two pri vates, who only left the Royal Military Hospital last week, marched from the head-quarters, St. George's square, early on Saturday morning, under charge of Corporal Ramsden, who conducted them seven miles, to the village of Jump, where they were received by Panton, who took them four miles further, to the Doursland barn Inn. Snow having fallen all day, the landlord advised them not to proceed, but the corporal said they must obey orders, and the three marched on. It is sur mised, from the positions in which their hats and knap sacks were scattered, that they passed through the first snowdrift on the margin of the moor, a mile and half from the inn, and reached the Devil's-bridge, a mile and a half further. There they could not proceed, and re traced their steps to the first drift, which by that time had become impassable, and here they unhappily perished. John Smith, of No. 3 Company, who re turned to Devonport on Saturday, states that he and Panton were four hours in the morning coming from Doursland-barn (five miles), being at times up to their arms in snow, which was in some parts eight feet deep. He endeavoured to dissuade Panton from returning the same evening. The bodies of Driver and Carlin were found. with gh am Government aiding who THE BANK ROBBERY AT CHELMSFORD.—On Friday a Emigration Commissioners, was exami ne d b e f ore the upwards n E s n s f e x l,O Bank, ool., who an d been m ge a n g t i l s e ta m rca a tti n en l sg y - a l fotoorkci soma nl me p s e tf r s nnor o de n , a s n e a h a m a g r e e g n d e t d L t theo au proceeded, it is believed, to Australia. Fro m circum stances that transpired, a suspicion was exc i te d that the prisoner knew of the robbery, an d h a d made arrange ments for the outfit and passage of Jennings, so that he was able to proceed at once out of the country when he absconded from the bank. The only evidence, however, to support this were some words dropped by him to a policeman, who got into his company in disguise, and the prisoner was discharged. There is now little expec tation of apprehending Jennings. Some of the local police and London detectives have been watching the haunts in which he was supposed to be concealed in the metropolis, and an officer has been kept on board a lilycebm vessel at Liverpool in which it was thought he might s i o n t trop 7 a w s g i i attempt to escape, but without success. RECEIPT FOR JOINING GLASS.—MeIt a little isinglass in spirits of wine, and add a small quantity of water. Warm the mixture gently over a moderate fire. When eensmt scarcely smoothed 0 forthege dl p a se or 1: - mixed by thoroughly melting, it will form glue perfectly transparent, and which will re-unite broken glass so hw n a i h c ri e cie l , y to a hf n e d ainu fi p rm eegrfig ly ufoo t rin h u a s that sp a t:: e vcae j r o yn i n n ceptible to the most critical eye. Lime mixed with the porcelain, &c., but it must be done neatly, as, when taken off.—Scientific American. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Smith produced here last night, under the title of Louis the Eleventh, an adaptation of Casimir Delavigno's historical drama of that name. The period is a favourite one with romance writers, but the general reader, ac quainted through their pages with the most prominent fea tures of that reign, will lo9k in vain, in the action of this drama, for any trace of the great and important events which were brought about by the influence of that crafty and unscrupulous monarch. The piece is one of character and not of action, and but for the title which it bears, might be said to belong to the domestic, as much as to the historical, school of drama. In truth the plot is but slight and uninteresting in either of these particulars—the only historical events alluded to are the perfidious policy pursued by the " most Christian King" to the Duke of Bur gundy ; and the schemes of revenge which animate the Duke de Nemours, his nephew, who, disguised as an envoy from Flanders, meditates the destruc tion of the murderer of his father. A slight domestic interest is introduced, incident to the attachment of Nemours for the daughter of Philip de Comines, but, beyond suggesting a situation in the second act, in which the happiness of the lovers is interrupted by the apprehen sion of the duke, nothing of consequence comes of it. The whole interest of the piece is concentrated in the character of Louis, which is certainly drawn with a master hand, and was admirably acted by Mr. Davenport. On him the attention of the audience was concentrated throughout, bent with age, trembling with fear and superstition--crafty, credulous, and remorseless—the tyrant of Plessis-le-Tours, seemed before us, an his torical portrait stepped out from the frame. It is long since we saw a more elaborate piece of acting, and its merits were amply appreciated by the audience. Mr. Edward Stirling was tho Duke of Nemours—a some what melodramatic part—which he played with spirit and energy. Mr. Henry Wallack took great pains with the part of the physician, Cortier, and Miss Emma Feist, as the Dauphin, was a pleasing representative of the boyish chivalry of the age. Our old friend Philip de Comines was reduced to a mere nonentity, as were also those two ter rible personages, Oliver to Damn and Tristan l'Hennit. The applause was loud and unanimous, and the principal characters were called b e f ore the curtain' at the close. Although the piece is too deficient in dramatic structure to be permanently popular, we have no doubt that it will have a long and successful run. PRINCESS'S THEATRA The production of Macbeth, last evening at this theatre has proved the most striking and magnificent of Mr. Charles Kean's managerial triumphs. It was presented with a splendour and scenic effect which gave to this tragic masterpiece all the charms and attractions of novelty, and which cannot fail to attract the attendance of the play going community in an extraordinary degree. As regards the performers, the Macbeth of Mr. Kean is a most careful and finished histrionic effort. Macbeth is generally . and erroneously represented as a mere bloodthirsty and guilt hardened monster, whereas Shakespeare evidently meant to exhibit a great, but weak and ambitious man, yielding to hellish temptation, and plunging into guilt, to carry out, as he believes, his own over-ruling destiny. Mr. Kean has seen, and throughout avoids this fault. It is Macbeth's first interview with the witches which prostrates his virtue, energy, and self-reliance. By Mr. Kean the moral dark ness which then slowly seems to cloud the former serenity of the chieftain's mind was exquisitely given. In his suc ceeding interview with Lady Macbeth he was equally felici tous. The cold and subtle ingenuity with which Lady Macbeth imparts a meritricious brilliancy to her scheme of murder, and draws to its accomplishment the weak but guilty nature of her consort, is a splendid tragic situation to which Mr. and Mrs. Kean did the amplest justice. But the scene of Duncan's murder, the masterpiece of tragic composition, was the great effort of the evening. The usual rule of laying this in an apartment of Macbeth's castle has been departed from in the present instance. The scene takes place in the court-yard of the castle, the dark and gloomy towers of which form an appropriate background in keeping with the horrors of the scene. .A.ll the minutia) connected with this part have been admirably contrived to create and sustain a foreboding impression of evil, which is heightened to the utmost by the slow and stealthy movements of Macbeth. Every word of this scene seems to have been long and carefully studied by Mr. Kean, and he gave to it according a solemn and touching effect which was very fine. The audience were hushed and mute until the discovery of the murder, when the appalling alarm which Macduff gives —the sullen ringing of the huge alarm bell—the hurried gathering of startled thanes— the rushing to and fro of a crowd of menials and soldiers with lighted torches in their hands—so perfectly repre sented the poet's idea of horror, fright, and wild con fusion, that the whole house burst out into a unanimous shout of applause. In the third act Macbeth's beau tiful soliloquies were given with care and judgment, and the bolder villany which the character displays after Duncan's murder was truly rendered. The fine tragic points of the banquet scene was done full justice to by all concerned in it. The whole of the scene, as far as regarded its antique decorations, was perfect, and com pletely realised the description of best authorities upon the dress and architecture of the days of Edward the Confessor. Banque hitherto has been but slightly distin guishable from the rest of the party into which he in truded, but here he also becomes a means of producing new effects. Now he rises behind the table, and astrong light thrown on his pallid countenance makes him the focus to the entire picture; now a pillar becomes trans parent in order to show his menacing form within. In the fourth act the hardihood of Macbeth has reached its climax. His confident belief in an overruling destiny more potent than self-will impells him forward, and sup plies the place of caution and reflection. His will becomes more bold, his conduct more unscrupulous, and he is bent "to know by the worst means the worst." A most power ful and excellently drilled chorus • has been brought toge ther for the purpose of giving full effect to the scene of the witches' incantation. The apparitions also are managed with a care and view to dramatic effect which greatly aid their portentous appearance ; and the vanishing of all, when Macbeth seeks to know more, was very admirably , contrived. The whole of the celebrated scene was repre sented with a gloomy and wild grandeur which deserves the highest praise. Macbeth's character in the fifth act is the most difficult of all to portray with tragic fidelity, yet Mr. Kean proved himself competent to the 'arduous task. Now furious—now peevish—now repentant and calm—he displayed with unrivalled skill, in all its varied lights and shades, the heroic inconsistencies of the northern usurper. He faithfully portrayed throughout that desperate courage which survives the loss of friends and fortune, name and fame, and which attracts us to the character in despite of its crimes. The whole of Mr. Kean's part shows long study, and a most accurate appreciation of all those delicate touches of nature which makes its representation truly masterly. The Lady Macbeth of Mrs. Kean is deserving of exceeding praise. The masculine spirit with which she moulds Macbeth's weaker nature to the fulfilment of her bloody will, was acted with a stern truth, which seemed to move the whole audience. Throughout she faithfully ex pressed the hard, unfeeling disposition which enables her to rule her consort, except when his great bursts of passion bear her down before it, her hardihood arising from a mere absence of feeling and sensibility. Her somnambulism and the picture of mental agony—a punishment so suited to her guilt, which it there displays —was acted with painful fidelity ; and at this, her last appearance in the piece, the whole house echoed with applause. It is certainly no small credit to the versatile abilities of Mrs. Kean, as an ' actress to say that she can on one ni g ht command the en core of the . public in portraying the rustic coquetry and innocent gaiety of Dorothy Budd, and on the next awe it into silence by her fine delineation of a tragic cha racter so opposite as Lady Macbeth. The applause which she elicited in the course of the piece was loud and general, and a perfect storm welcomed her at its close. The Macduff of Mr. Ryder was a truly noble and masterly portraiture. In costume and bearing he was foremost of the entire, and his acting was worthy of the unequalled personator of Hubert. In his discovery of Duncan's mur der, and raising the alarm, the splendid jse n t ences o f Shak speare were given with feeling and effect ; and the pathetic outburst of manly sorrow at the news of the massacre of his wife and children elicited continued applause. Towards the close of the piece also, when the love of his country and hatred of the tyrant divide his breast, his acting was equally commendable, and was warmly acknowledged by the house. He was very well supported by Mr. Graham, as Banque ' and Mr. Cathcart, who played more th an cre ditably as Malcolm. The malignant natures of the three weird sisters were represented in all their hideous defor mity by Messrs. Addison, Meadows, and Saker, all of whom were dressed for the characters to perfection. The parts of the singing witches were ably sustained by Miss Poole, and Messrs. Manvers, and Jones, supported by an effective and numerous chorus. Mr. Drayton sang with more power than correctness as Hecate. Some of the effects were most impressive. The witches speak and sing through thick gauzes, that render them but half real ; and, when these artificial fogs disperse, their gaunt figures stand out awfully against the morning sky. Their cave is no com mon cave, but the "Pit of Acheron "—a hollow cone, lighted from the top, with a reddish lustre, in the mid s t o f which they perform effecti ve org i es, The scenery was per fectly beautiful; but th e grea t est effect of all was, in our opinion, produced by the chorus of witches at the end of the second act—it was absolutely preternatural. At the conclusion, a loud and hearty call was raised for Mr. and Mrs. Kean, an d th en Mr. Ryder was summoned. um moned. The house was crowded to the ceiling. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A new farce entitled A Deed without a Name, was pro duced here last night for the first time. It is by the au thor of The Fast Coach, a successful farce of last season. The plot which is unusually slight, even for a modern farce, treats of the reconciliation of an ill-tempered wife with her much-enduring husband, through the medium of an itinerant professor of legerdemain and ventriloquism, to whom the husband in his distress applies. The dialogue is smart enough in parts, and the part of the professor gave full scope to Mr. Compton's comic powers. His acting was excellent, and procured him an 'unanimous recal at the fall of the curtain. The piece was successful, and will no doubt have a fair run. SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER.— Late Saturday night the body of a remarkably fine newly-born male child was found on the step of the house of the Rev. Conrad Winiberly, Morn ington-crescent, Regent's-park. The body was conveyed to St. Pancras workhouse, where Mr. Waldegrave, the house surgeon, made a minute ex amination of the body, from which there is no doubt that the child was born alive. It was enveloped in a piece of white calico much stained with blood, and over which was closely folded a piece of black glazed calico. THE CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST CAPTAIN JO HNSON —Yesterday morning a second attempt was made before Mr. Justice Wightman, by the solicitors for Henry Goodshall Johnson, alias Captain Johnson, to have him admitted to bail ; but, like the first, it was fruitless. The proffered securities were rejected as un substantial, and one of them acknowledged that he was in the habit of bailing prisoners out, and that he got handsomely paid for the jobs, and he expected to have been so in this instance should he have been accepted. LAW APPOINTMENTS.—The gentleman selected by the Attorney-General to be counsel in equity to the Board of Works ' the Woods and Forests, and th e Commis sioners of Stamps and Taxes (in the room of Mr. W. Milbourne James, appointed Vice - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) is Mr. Alfred Hanson, and not Harrison, as was stated in our impression of yesterday, in a paragraph copied from the Observer, . RAIL WA Y AND OTHER PRIVATE BILLS. The following is a list of the railway and other important private bills which were read a first time in the House of Commons last night : Boston and Midland Counties Railway and Doc ks. . Caledonian —I. To make a connecting branch with t he Edinburgh and Gl asgow .—ll. Branch from the Pollock and Govan.—lll. For amalgamation with the Edin• burgh and Glasgow. Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle. Dublin and Belfast Junction—To amend acts. Her Majesty's Theatre A ssoc i a ti on —F or incorporating .. . ------- - - the company. Leamington, Warwick, and Stratford-upon-Avon. London and North NY estern—F or li ne f rom Shrewsbury t° Newtown. _ _ ._— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire—For alteration of capital. Shrewsbury and Chester—For amendment of acts. Severn and Wye Railway and Canal. Stamford and Essendine. Thames Haven Dock and Railway. Tralee and Killarney. Wexford Junction. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. appo i n tea Yesterday the General Committee of Elections by the House of Commons met in the Grand Corridor, N°' 22, to nominate the first batch of select committees to C 0 eider and report upon the merits of the petitions impung . ing so many of the returns at the last election. The r a°l l l ll hers present were Sir John Trollope in the chair. Sir Baring, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Robert Palmer, and Mr. .... Denison. • 01 The following were the select committees nominated appointed : gr. TAVISTOCIC—Lord Robert Grosvenor (chairman) , s Wigram, Mr. Wyvill, Mr. Arkwright, and Mr. Th omas Chambers. BRIDGENORTII.—The Hon. E. Bouverie (chairmon) , ,* Locke King, Sir F. Dundas, Sir H. Willoughby, Lola E. Knatchbull. LANCASTER.—Mr. E. Divett (chairman), Mr. Sfin l ur ers Cocks, Hon. Cecil Forester, Mr. Scholefield, and Fergus. CANTERBITIM—Mr. Ker Seymer (chairman), Mr. DW I ' Mr. Layard, Sir J. B. East, and Mr. Malins. The members will be sworn on Wednesday, and will commence their sittings on Thursday. DUBLIN GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIOII Of the complete success of the Great Industrial Exh i t tion, no one now ente r t a i ns a d ou bt. F rom nunie r l communications that Mr. R. A. Thompson, the tendent, has received, it appears that already numerous rangements are being entered into by the various exeurr i , agents for the transmission, during the summer, of - batches of the workmen from several manufacturing to , in England, and the interest which the men themen, take in the forthcoming Great Exhibition is gratifP:Z in the extreme. From the beginning of the year the Pr"; cipal men in the several factories of Manchester, Birt uin A ham, Leeds, Stockpoi L, the Potteries, &c., have for lc themselves into clubs, and now subscribe so much per 11• iit order to defray their expenses in a vi s it to the Exto l tion. It is supposed that they will come over in nurti e varying from IC3 to 2C9, and it is highly gratifying to 81 " . ri that their masters, in most cares, have determined uP°d giving them a week's holiday without making them substitutes during their absence, thus proving the be ne u r cial effect which these exhibitions must have upon working population. THE SEWERS COMMISSION. osn' Yesterday, a t 12 o ' c l oc k, was appointed by Vim fro fr o Palmerston to r ece i ve d e p u t a ti ons a t th e Home-offic e f the the various metropolitan. parishes, on the s ubject mismanagement o f th e M e t ropo lit an S ewers Con"n' of and the police of the metrop o li s ; b u t i n consequence the indisposition of the noble Home Secretary, th e derp tions, instead o f b e i ng rece i ve d a t hi s official residen ce The to proceed to his private residence in Carlton-garden s • or deputation, consisting of delegates from nearly °Y el y tropolitan parish, numbered upwards of 100 gentlemen' e Mr. NrcHoLAT, w h o a tt en d e d to represent MarYlebuc o ll ta: complained of the abuses connected with the Sewer the mission, and said that, upon this and other questions, entire metropolis asked for " local representation. jo g, lordship was also addressed by Mr. T. Smith, Sir B• M.P., Mr. C. Genge, Lord D. Stuart, M.P., Mr. " hams, M.P. ntletn eu Viscount PALMERSTON said that most of the f o r* present were, no doubt, aware that his attention gem series of years been so much engaged with affairs * ll O - at that he had had but little opportunity of making h ita tar.) present thoroughly conversant with things at home. (r.„Dics He had, ho wever, pa i d implicit attention to all the - c to touched upon in the speeches which had been address: a he him, and for the valuable information they cootni u m be felt hims e lf d eep l y indebted. He should feel it ,f6ce his duty, as it was his inclination, to exercise th e the he then h e ld t o th e best of his energy an d a bility w o s public ad van t age. (Cheers.) In order to do this, h e a the most anxiou s t o h ear th e expression of the opinions en.ninell feeling of the p u bli c at large, and therefore he wa s ; to obliged to those gentlemen who had come there that dy give him practical information which he should, D O ta). find exceedingly use f u l t o him as a guide. (Hear, which There we re t wo matters of a prominent characte r o bi° could not fail t o a tt rac t hi s attention — one to which his u the friend (Lord Dudley Stuart) had called his attentionbeea other night and one t o w hi c h hi s a tt en ti o n had to e t called by the deputation that day, namely the - the the refu se o f th e li v i ng, and the state of the repine:oost dead. (H ear ). H e (the noble lord) should be most arising in his endeavours to get rid of the nuissil_,,e es w ith from those two causes. As to the manner of (1 771 4 ., . n eeicl, cd the but former r n w e a r s h so e farw a prepared not at theas ing would be of any advantage mnst be 011 " e n l i re, system and one great and comprehensive i ne- voe tpe: present t that women n o - 02 t u t o ° , r i whether under representative control or not. "' he the question of local government or centralisatio n ' t;1 begged them to understand that h e was not cOirrell any opinion. As to the police, he had always under s o r they were a well conducted body. There might be °0 tions, but being new in his present office, he would ei ti rci every inquirj into the statements laid before him, ,der into the question as to the police rate, which be r o te stood to be divided into three parts, namely, the s ide ØØUn c a , ' of the metropolis—how the balance had been exP ee ` 4 its and whether the police in its organisation had res.n" the purpose. (Hear.) patience with which he had bete... o a fo th r a t n h k e s being offered by the deputation. _ n t c oa to no A ble vo l t o e rd of them for nearly two hours, the deputation wit inir , ° ." r a'tei s. proceeded to the official residence of the Chief t 4 l O sa te° sioner of Public Works, Sir W. Molesworth, on t h o ,t ll ,, c , errand. The right hon. baronet expressed a hoPe the O PP would be able to introduce some measure to mee t complained of. _ 0 8 THE ROYAL LONDON O PHTHALMIC HOSPrri--* - ; 0. , annual general meetin g o f th e f r i en d s an d sup Po rte at of this institution was h e ld y es t er d ay , i n th e board - re ° ' _,oo the hospital, Bloomfi e ld- s t ree t, M oor fi e ld s . There lec of large attendance of governors, and the chair wo, fa n . heel' the Rev. John yussell, D.D. The meetinghav' n e'd the duly constituted, th e secre t ary rea d th e minutes , ( hich previous quarterly and other special meetings ; afte r 0) the medical report was read, which stated, flt t , e h r , / 0; that the number of pati en t s a d m itt e d during' ''" e ba d ceding 12 months was 10,295; in addition, tlif h t e orf been 200 sufferers who had b een seen by the aPel' oy iolis after hours. The numbe r a d m itt e d d ur i n g the P r ix be" year was 11,071, show an i ncrease d ur i n g the Y e ` t ieat 4 fore of 476. The total number of in and out P a 6 0 0 4 during the last 12 months was 10,939. The oPe s r t : r ott performed for that distressing complaint, ' o re" during the year had been no fewer than 171. i ds ° ll 4 , ceipts for the 12 months, in the shape of divide s stock, subscriptions, and donations, with the halal' 10dd the previous year, made a total of 1,087 1 . 1 . 3 5 i,1" 35 i The expenditure was:—Balance brought down, 5 0 ; sd. ; in the hands of the matron, with the bankers',o the purchase of stock, made the total 1,06 96 ,',„, f e The funded property of the charity was as 0 2,7 I` 4s ; 2,2501. in the Reduced Three per Cents. ; 4,° ` )- 0 -4 usr t k e 9d., ditto; 3 , 6061. 19s. 11d. in the Three-and -a " -- stoe'' t . per Cents. ; and 9121. 16s. 2d. in the South Sea t o °' The various officers having been appointed, A fte r thanks were passed to the medical attendailts'.o33o) which a similar compliment was paid to the chai and the proceedings terminated. ,„vr or 60 SOCIETY FOR PROMO TING THE AMENDMEN T of r Lew.—Yesterday evening a general meeting cietl° members of this association was held at t he s° ht th i rooms, 21, Regent -street—Mr. T. W. Koe, Q• C '' o rci ft chair. Th e report on the " Assimilation o f C°V l r 56' Law" wa s p resented b y the committee on coullil 9 ,o s ' t jurisprudence, the document being read by O r. t he 1 / ( 1 The report was of a purely historical nature, with sion. stadium gained having been the interview Ng,' to cof, , Derby, and the promise of the late Governine.%. Itt' of sider the propriety of appointing a comp/01°4ov? o, Hawes, in urging the necessity of bringing ti l l e e g islior mercantile men to bear upon ,commercial „ to es to t pointed to the evident impropriety of an ex -L ( i f oi (Lord St. Leonardo) giving notice to resel l ' ,icrar passed with so muc h diffi cu lt y as was the 13:0051101 Consolidati on A c t, an d thi s w ith ou t taking f e ssi ° o , the commercial community. A report en Pi 3. remuneration was afterwards read by Mr. 1 ‘ THE INDIA AND CAPE MAILS.—SOUTHA.° s ,„, ca, day, F e b. 14.—Th e G enera l S cre w ComPal r ooal il t er he ship Queen of th e S ou th, W. H. NormalLienocoillharo, took her departure this afternoon for St. 10 0 1 Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, CeYi° be ' e wba r f t he and Calcutta, the mails for which places wi ll Qu een ° o oof. at Plymouth on Tuesday (this day.) Th e Ito South takes out 73 'passengers, specie vale et gu t °I sterling, for Madras and Calcutta, 450 bott ure we o t he silver for Calcutta, and about 300 tons mea l 10 1 4 0 0 general cargo, comprising bale and case g°,'', Incli t he Cape and India. The company's steam-slurwithlot will be due at Plymouth on the 26th just" , ri ie th e mails from India, Mauritius, and the CaPe:,,, k aill outward mails of th e 15 t h o f M arc h will be 1 4 ' Lady Jocelyn, Captain Stewart. F 1413 :00° .L , , J., A AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAg- -vr one,,dy --A fine ship, o f 74 0 tons reg i s t e r, an Dooha r ifoci" tons burden, belonging to Messrs. Dun ean 'eharl e° th e Sons, of Limehouse, named the .Ramilies, fro nt for der, commander, arrived here yesterda),:raigran' Thames to embark a full complement of yesterday Adelaide from the Government emigTa ti°n to s regi d er ' Harriett, a large Quebec-built ship, of 92 5 o v oro ll o tl' and 1,200 tons burden, W. J. Shad dick, o r raj a will leave Southampton on Tuesday aft eri gi: O c t ° , ;3 1/ nesday morning with over 400 souls, etl t T t i o u, ser: to the Emigration Commissioners' cemPf, ii i e s th,t l statute adults, for Sydney. Both the R a '."p r yscr • riett are to be dispatched by Mr. George Do of ti st e ll e o e agent at Southampton; the e mbarka!ent„. 1 13 4 grants being superintended by the Gov e rnoran, 11.1"'doe officers, presided over by Lieutenant ship Coromandel 639 tons register, T he Thi e l' e ory; Southampton, and daily expected fila r ' The ). si oll er h e embark emigrants for Hobart Town:, oolo ou . s Dutch ship, of 700 tons, chartered by roll ° and bound for Sidney, will be due a"ot,, r ho 1;0 7th of March, to take on board erog r ng 100 Northam, near nMeaarrySouGthreaemnp, tolin°,wbadsißltTheeitiltlitl'f,s)Ptcd for the conveyance of emigrants from depot for Adelaide.