The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-19 00:00:00

IVIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The tiverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but firmly, at the full rates of last week. The Pales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 500 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market was active, at full prices. A meetin g was h e ld yes t er d a y o f the creditors of m ,"ars. Copla n d an d B arnes , who lately suspended. T he balance sheet showed liabilities to the extent 6 ,3681. Bs. 6d., and assets of 9 , 2221 . 16 s. td. e accountants, therefore, anticipate that a divi- Th en d of about 6 s . Bd. i n th e p o und will be obtained. The firm was engaged in the provision trade, and th v ,.° failur e is attributed to the recent rise in prices., _ w ell resulted i n h eav y losses upon outstanding cont racts. The estate will be wound up under in. election, 0911 "Alliance last a meeting of the shareho lders 43 e Alliance Bank was held at Paris. The report t ree ented to th e mee ti ng stated that the profits of h e undertaking, from the commencement (17th Writ last) t o th e 31 s t D ec. , amounted to 19,215/. Was eventually agreed to pay a dividend of 1 /. r share, equal to a rate of 16 per cent. per o l t i° , lll l and to set aside 1,7351. for the discharge 6 , a d. preliminary expenses, leaving a surplus of ; 51 2.• to be carried to the next account.l f u lle drain of gold to the continent continues, and I,,.'"u•er, withdrawals from the Bank are reported. 3 ,e entire sum received by the Electra was sold 3 5 8 , ter day for shipment, and in addition 30,0001. or ' w uL was despatched from the Threadneedle -I..fet vaults. At the same•time, however, it is .o °l4ll that several parcels from tbo late importa th h ave been taken into that establishment, and a ‘ t he reduction in the aggregate supply retained thereap may not be so large as many anticipate. Be this, several vessels may be expected 1: the, course of the next fortnight, which it fotheught will provide more than sufficient the purchase of silver for exportation by the im agined that there will be a temporary pause in t o efflux across the Channel, and perhaps a check 110vr be given to the withdrawals from the t 44 k. This induces a more favourable feeling, t 4141 tile fears aroused a few days ago with reference ° 0 t he possibility of an advance in the rate of dis enut are dispelled by the rather quieter tone which ° lr Pervades the Money Market. T he Funds remain stationary at yesterday's clos tiealyalues. Sp ecu l a tion is still inactive, bona fide ,„_ ark et is confined to v few o erations, and the -ma rY P et generally appear e s languid. Operations for 11 :::• e - are checked by the situation of the Mon©y p f et , and the specie drawn, while the possibility d ti a arly improvement in these considerations pro 03,ces, caution among the Bears. Consols have been t for money, and 93ri for account, with a firm • 11 ' ° ,.!• Bank Stock for account has risen to 221 and ~ 1, 4'3. Exchequer Bills are 2s. discount to par. reign securities also remain in a very ( lull m 4 e • Turkish 6 p e r Cents. are 98k 988 ; and the p l3or C ents. aro nominally firm ; Spanish 3 per ° t t 3 . are 61i ; R uss i an 5 per Cents., 10711071; es u guese 3 per Cents, 454 ; Grenada Deferred, Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1021 ; Mexican. Bonds " 11 Shade fl a tt er , viz.-24 to 24k. T he foll ow i ng are th e nom i na l prices of Foreign : - --Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 4 7 ; Mexi ell, 24 244 ; P eruv i an , 77 79 ; ditto Three per II: 48 " 5 5 57 ; Portuguese 3 , per Ce nts., 45 46 ; 9i BB, an 5 pe r C en ts., 107 9 ; do. 4i per Cents., 126, 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 1 41 k; ditto llerred, 25 251 ; Ditto Certificates, 6k ; Ditto %i v . , 5i 6. t e T he last week's railway receipts, ascertained up this day, are in round figures as under :- Ur e 18A7. 1856. 1/ 0 1 4 W es t ern £24,550 £24,028 h a r th-Western 11 . 4 th Western 1 oVlton 10,621 10,290 i land ''' tl l --Eastern • d omen Ist Northern Lcashire and-Yorkshire f t uildott Gen. Omnibus Company 10,045 - esehest er , Sheffield, and Lincoln 951732 5'548 8 610 t4ol and Exeter kzeititer and Holyhead LAMlciabire 6,108 5,60 0 North and, Carlisle .......•••••••• 5,548 5,298 4 111 Staffard O x l t h London ki i ° ,lc l ; Worcister, and Wolverh 3,907 3, 3 51 4 1 .4`''Itgh and Glasgow ....... 5,429 5,1 4 0 4r it , Trunk of Canada There Western of Canada • 9,984 10,695 1 14;i e . re has been very little business doing in the Share Market this morning, and yester rates have in mcst instances been cu rrent. 104 st ei n Counties improved 55., Great Western I t i c . „! North-Western ss. North-Eastern (Ber- The')vdeelined 55., and Scottish North-Eastern 10s. St a b ra nch, Canadian, and East Indian lines are Dro v „ ° ,, ll , t l ate quotations. Northern of France itn j•J' es., and Eastern of France 10s. ex ce 1 , 11 , Stook Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are e ' l lglY inactive at rather lower values. ith ri , — 4 41 1 FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. ( From the Octal List.) Der stisin., done r• 93A 3 i I to . -ent. Consols Annsities As. s t , ‘ „,_ 223 •18,.., -- Co 'toclz for Account - 3 23 is t o c la i s i for Account •• •.• • fiche Account Bills 2 4 d ZlOOO '. • par 2 d !•:500 . .. ... ..... '.. • stac 1 ................................ Par ,bitt o g'"'" ... • 4)14 ouds, 1858, 34 per Cent P g. 1959 . ..: ..... 1 .7 ~. A -ICES o.r. ........... FUNDS—To ~razili,,,, 102 i ur enaci.. Ronda, 5 per Cent. bit t "", I : % relv Actire, 24 per Cent. — Dk i ° u eferred 63 i t e ...," 3 per Cent 2l Port n ZAccount bvsuese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 —_ h i ,....!'t0 1853, :3per Cent 454 .',7'411 Bonds, 1K22, #.l St.. 5 per Cent 1074 i h u At it , t° , , 4 4 per Cent. b.:,tl Pow's, 3 per Cent. ‘ Account ,;1.11,41 onds, 6 per cent — 98A 8 i 41-21tto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ate akceount .. lOl i teez uela Bonds, 44 per Cent i tt° Def erre d, 1§ per Cent. . . . tri .10eans or, Lilo Abort, ' , Flyable in London. e i g l an, 2i per Cent., ex. 25 . francs 55 . Iltett Exchange, 24 per Cen.., 12 Guilders 65 71IRER O'CLOCK. Consols, money 9 34 i Ditto, Account (April 8) BANK OF ENGLAND. MEETING THIS DAY. England, general court was held this da y at the Bank of for the purpose of considering of a dividend. t ht 4 t twel ve o ' c l oc k p re cisely the char was taken. by CI-overnor T M. W eg uelin, Esq. Th e ' eport stated that the net profit for the half-year tb ° '4g 28th February was 686,331/. 24. 103., making 1.68" 3,710,8551. 100., which, after a dividend of at cent. fo r th e half-year wou ld leave the "rest ' Ti i )(64 , 9 70/. , e report wa s we ll receive, and the divi dend was 4te ed to andt wa _,, 8 stated th a t t h e di v id en d wou ld be payahl 3 on after the sth o f Apr i l, free of i ncome t ax . t11 1 :4 1111°11 discussion ensued, when the usual vote of end was passed to the Governor, deputy-governor, tlirectors of the establishment. itIdIRPITIMTON V LIDDELL —We are informed that . the Of f,'',lut in this case will be delivered by the Committee TiritlPY C ouncil to-morrow (Friday). (' 4 ll 6 fivers of the drama, and the admirers of Sheridan k i. l4 ( lo t w n a i. 4 "ce manager of Drury•lane Theatre), will be 4 10 - 'Lear that Mr. E. T. Smith has not retired t from oelPectation of being elected M.P. for Bridpor k r. , T , ur I, B ' t daY night, in Queen-street Hall, Edinburgh, I lar t ,t." ae eray delive ' red his lecture on "Humour a i nti tor e - 7, 4 r to a large audience. The proceeds of the f tebce viid„'," ll be remembered, were for the benefit o T ia - : c r ! the late Mr. Angus B. Reach. 41111 b ' lII IIKI OF THE HANDLOOM WEAVE RS AT DEO -14414.- ihIOGIIEDA, March IG.—This strike unfo a rt r u e : %le, still continues without the least prospect of t.ves. Th e nition between the manufacturers and oera i hold latt ert to the number of some 700 individuals ob; I f , their union meetings regularly. The l in t ° C e cir culation of hundreds of pounds weeklybegins t he , 8c : / 'crely felt by small dealers while the poverty an o d f tarti•FneDnists must be acutely felt by themselves h till 'i lle" k„ a i s c. Some of the hands have left town, we '4 e l i rli -',-,, for England and Scotland, and a small num enn- . . _ LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Pefore Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN HE KNIGHT. REFUSAL OF CERTIFICATE.—This bankiupt was de. scribed as of Ipswich, corn factor, and his Honour now gave' udgment on the questicn of cerAcate. Ths cer tificate was opposed on the ground of reckless trading and fraudulently contracting debts when in a hopeless state of insolvency. It appeared from the examination that he owed in September,.lBss, about 1,8801, without having any available assets, and after his bill bad been dishonoured he contracted debts with three of his credi tors, and -then petitioned the Court under the private arrangement clauses, and the only assets arose from the proceeds of the debts so fraudulently contracted. His Honour said this was almost the worst case that had come before him, and after a careful consideration he felt bound to refuse the certificate altogether, for if such things were a'lowed there would be an end to all truth and justice. On the application of Mr. Lawrence, his Honour granted protection for 21 days, in order that the bank- rupt might appeal if be thought fit. The bankrupt's solicitor said that he was instructed that only one debt had been contracted after the dishon our of the bill. His Honour said that it did not appear so by the evi dence, but it did not affect the judgment. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE - O,ING, MARCH 19, 18'57: ELECTION lATTELLIGENCE. ABINGDON. --Mr. Burr has relinquished his in tention of contesting the electiou with Mr. Nor ris. The new candidates spoken of . are, Leicester non, Esq., of Arlington, near \Vantage, in 1-21 e county of Berks ; and Theobald Theobald, Esq., t)f Stitton Courtenay, near Abingdon. AYLESBURY.—Mr. Layard and ,Sir R. Bethell rid dressed the electors of Aylesbury yesterday at t he County-hall. The Attorney-General attacked I Us liberal colleague with as much vehemence as if ; ie had been a Tory. .111 the end - the meeting passed a vote of confidence in both the hon. members. BATH.--Mr. Arthur Way, of Ashton Lodge, he 3 issued an address to the electors. He is a Conser vative, and prepared to support Lord Palmerston, who, lieleel3 assured, is the man best qualified at present to carry on the affairs of the nation. BRADFORD.—The f r i en d s of General Thompson_ are sanguine of success at the general election, as no third candidate is yet spoken of to occupy the 1 place of Mr. Titus Salt, the Whig candidate, whose withdrawal we have already announced. Mr. Wickham's committee and friends are unremitting in their labours to secure his return. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.—Mr. Di3rieli has issued the following address to his constituents TO THE ELECTORS OF THE 00IINT2' OF BUCKINGHAM. Gentlemen,—The House of Commons having, by a solemn vote, in which the leading men of all parties concurred, censured the cruel and double-dealing policy pursued by the agents of the Government towardi the Chinese, Parliament has been dissolved. Since the announcement of the dissolution the Minis ter has declared that his agents.in China will be super seded, thus acknowledging the justness of the vote of the House of Commons. It is clear, therefore, that th e plea for dissolution is a pretext. W hat then is the real object I To waste a year. Lord Palmerston is an eminent man, who has deserved well of his country ; but as Prime Minister he occupies a false position. He is the Torychief of a Radical Cabi net. With no domestic policy,_ he is obliged to diiert the attention of the people from the consideration of their own affairs, to the distraction of foreign politics. His external system is turbulent and aggressive that his rule at home may be tranquil and unassailed. Hence arise excessive expenditure, heavy tax%tion, and the stop. page of all social improvement. His scheme of conduct is so devoid of all political prin ciple that when forced to appeal to the people his only claim to their confidence is his name. Such arts and resources may suit the despotic ruler of a continental State exhausted bX revolutions, but they do not become a British Minister governing a country proud, free, and progressive, animated by glorious tra ditions, and aspiring to future excellence. "The honour and the best ititerests of the country re quire that men should be returned to the new Parlia ment with definite principles. If you will confer on me, for the fourth time, the high distinction of being your member, I will, as heretofore, uphold our constitution in Church and State, and ,support those popular and aristocratic institutions which, in this country, have made power a privilege, but have extended the possession of that privilege to all who exert themselves to deserve it and excel. —institutions which have educated a nation to aspire "The general policy which I would enforce at this juncture may be contained in these words—Honourable peace, reduced taxation, and social improvement. " There is an attempt at the present day to play off the parties which exist, and have always to a certain de gree exited in the Church against each other for poli tical objects. This ia a dangerous course for Churchmen to sanction. The Church which, irrespective of its higher functions, is one of the great guarantees of Eng lish happiness, has foes enough without seeking for them in her own b rsoin ; and it would appear to me that, in stead of quarrelling among themselves, Churchmen should evince mutual forbearance, unite on the common ground of ecclesiastical polity, and oppose all efforts to impair the integrity of that Reformed Church of England AN hioh is the best security for the religious libhrty of all classes and creeds of her Majesty's subj , cts.—l h ave th e h ono u r o remain, your obliged and faithful servant, "13. DISRAELI: " Ilughenden Manor, March 17." CARDIFF. -A. Freninan, Esq., Lanrhymncy Hall, has issued an address to the electors of Car diff, Co xbridge, and Liantrisaint, announcing his intention of coming forward as a candid a t e to-re- present those boroUghs in ParliammtuponlibTr;l principles. Colonel Stuart hasalso issued a second address, in which , he promises to support every liberal measure, vote- by ballot, and an extension of the suffrage. ' DEVON (NORTH).—Mr. J. S. Buck has resigned, and the only remaining candidates aro Sir H. Northcote anti th e Hon. Mr. Trefusis, eldest son of Lord Clinton. EXETER.—Sir J. D uck ut VI, the pr pat mem ber, finding the Conservative patty divlAea- be tween himself and Mr. R. S. Gard, has resigned, so that the candidates now in the field are Mr. Divelt (Liberal) and Mr. Gard (Conservative). The fricndA of Sir J. Duckworth are getting up a requi sition, asking him to come forward again as a can didate. FINSBURY. —A requisition is in course of e;giia.- ture to Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., soliciting him to come forward as a candidate. Last evening a monster open-air meeting was held on Saffron-hill, in favour of Major Reed, who addressed the elec tors, and Mr. Sergeant Parry at the Lecture Ball, Spa-fi e ld s Chapel ) elerken well. met his supporters GREENWICH.—A requisition to Alderman Salo mons received 500 signatures in Woolwich and Plumstead yesterday. There is little doubt that the requisition will receive the signatures cf at least 1,500 electors, and it i s ex p ec ted that the ad dress of the Alderman will appear immediately on his rec Jiving the document. G. mreittees to secure his return were formed last evening at Woolwioh, Plumstead, and Charlt on . HANTS (SOUTH) —A meetine, of the freeholders of South Hants took pl ace a t the Royal Hotel, Southampton, yesterday, at which it was resolved that H. B. Carter, an d Sir J. C. Jervoise should contest the southern &vision of Hants on the Liberal interee. Sir J. C. Je:voise's address -Mr. Willoughby, was issued in South am pt on yes t er day. LEOMINSTER.- w ho was a can didate for the horough in 1852, has issued an ad dress, in which he offers hi mse lf, an d says firmly attached to our P ro t es t ant C: i urch and insti tutions, but friendly to c i v il an d re li g ious liberty." LEICESTER. —Mr. Ha rr i s ( tne t hi r d Liberal candi date) has issued his address. The following is its distinguishing portion :—" My estimation of • the Sabbath, not only as of divine appointment, but as an institution of the hi g h est i mpor t ance in a social point of view, especially to the industrial classes, would lead me strenuously to oppose any legi'la tive interference which would have a tendency to assimilate it to continental usage." LIVERPOOL.—A meeting of Mr. Ewart'a support ers was held, on Tuesday night, at the Amphi theatre ; Mr. Thomas Brocklebank iu the chair. The following resolution was moved by Mr. Win. Rathbone, and seconded by Mr. T. M. Mackay, "That the next meeting of Parliament must wit ness the introduction of a new Reform Bill and the extension of political power among the people, and more completely serve them in the honest exercise of their privileges, as well as of other questions in which the rights and liberties of the people are chiefly concerned ; and it is the duty of liberal electors everywhere to promote the return of men whose opinions and independence will not fail them in the time of need." Mr. Ewart addressed the meeting. He said he did not blame Mr. Cobden, who had always been a man of peace, for making his motion, and for his own part, lie deplored any event which could throw this country into war ; but when he saw that advantage was taken of that motion, by certain parties in the house, to create a factious opposition to the G6vernment, he (Mr. Ewart) could not hesitate about voting against the motion, in doing which, he believed, he gave the vote of 9-10ths of the inhabitants of Liverpool ; and he thought it hard that his ftieud Mr. Turner, who agreed with him, and Mr. Horsfall upon this mat ter, should put him and the town to the trouble and expense of a contest. Mr. Ewartthen referred to the tea duties and income tax, declaring that he would never be a party to any increased duties being put on the articles consumed by the working, classes. He had always voted for the ballot, though he did not believe it to be a cure for all the evils of the country. He did hope the Government would propose some proper measure of Parliamen tary reform which would be satisfactory t o the edu cated classes of the community. He had voted for Mr. Locke King's motion, and he perfectly recol lected telling one of the most influential Ministers of the Crown that he was astonished Lord Pal merston should ever think of making such a speech against that motion of Mr. Locke King's, which, in his (Mr. Ewalt's) opinion, was perfectly suicidal to his Government. Mr. G. Holt moved, and Mr. C. Holland seconcle3, a resolution of confidence in Mr. J. C. Ewart, pledging the meeting to support him. Ward meetings of the friends of all the can didates are being held, and the contest is likely to Le a close one. MANCIIESTER.—A crowded meeting of the elec tors of Manchester took place last night in the Free Trade Hall, at which Mr. Gibson and Mr. Cobden addressed the electors. Both gentlemen were received with great cheering. M r . C o bd en , in a powerful speech, after stating that the cry upon which Government were going to the country was the cry of Palmerston only, dissected at great length the political career of the noble lord for the last fifty years, and after reviewing his constant opposition to liberal measures, both in home and foreign policy, asked, "Is this the man to whom, at the age of 73, the House of Commons is to sac rifice its independence ? He, for one, would not fall down before the brazen image." (Great cheer ing.) With regard to the present election for Man chester, he said it WM the electors Manchester, IN BE DOSE. This bankrupt was described as of Singsland, baker, and to-day came up for his certificate.. He was brought up in custody, being under sentence of 18 months' imprisonment for embezzlement. The solicitor for the assignees did not oppose, and his honour granted a certificate of the second class. Naval and Militai y intelligence. Of the three regiments quaitered in Portsmouth ' Garrison which are under orders for China the fol lowing officers remain with their depots :-23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7 —Captain Vane, Lieutenants the Hon. N. Fiennes and T. V. Lewis, and . Ensign H. Q. Willis ; 82d Regiment—Captain Bailie, Lieutenants Spencer and Dickson, and Ensign T. ' Ryan • 90th Regiment—Captain ammond, Lieu tenants Trencher and Barwell, and Ensign Handy. Forty-two officers and 750 men of the 90th Regi ment will embark in her Majesty's steam troop ship Transit, CoMmander Chambers, atPortsmoutb, on Tuesday, the 24th inst., as at present' ordered. One field officer, one meical officer, and compa nies' officers remain with the other 250 to go in some other shir. No horses are to go by this con veyance. Mounted officers are to be supplied with" horses by the Commissariat on arrival at Hong Kong. Orders were received at Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday for the Princess Charlotte, 104, old sail ing three-decker, to be brought from the ordinary for immediate commission, and for service in China, it is presumed'as an hospital or other depot ship She was launched about 35 years ago, and has only been once commissioned. She bore the flag of Ad miral Sir Robert Stopford at Acre. She will pro bably carry out troops. • The iron troop-ships Adventure and Assistance, fitting for troop service, are nearly rigged, and will be speedily ready for the pendant. The Cormorant, 4, screw despatch gun-vessel, Commander Saumarez, was docked yesterday to be examined, and to have a few defects repaired. Yesterday the troops stationed at Chatham gar rison, consisting of about 6,000 men, ,were reviewed on Chatham Lines by Col. -W. H. Eden, Comman dant of the garrison. The troops, comprising-the Previsional battalion, under the command of Col. H. Jervis ; the Royal Engineers, commanded by Col. H. Sandha,m ; and the. Royal Marine Light Infantry, under the command of Col. E. A. Par ker, assembled on- the'r respective parade grounds, from which they marched to Chatham Lines, where the regiments of the line formed into two battalions, commanded by Col. Jervis and Col.. R. N. Phillip, took up their position in the centre, with the Royal Engineers and the Royal Marines on their right and left. The entire•brigade was then put through a variety of movements by Col. Eden, including forming into contiguous columns ; deploying into line on-No. 1 of third battalion, marching past in quick time, advancing in open columns of com panies from inward flanks of battalion, forming mass' on third battalion, and wheeling into con tiguous column ; changing front to the rear by the countermarch of sub-divisions round the centre of battalions ; deploying into contiguous column on the rear battalion, and changing front to the right by retiring in direct echel - on•from 'the right. The various i movenaents were_ gone through by the troops in a highly creditable manner, and gave much satisfaction to the commanding field officer. The paddle-wheel steam score-ship Rhadaman thus yesterday morning commenced reloading with steam-engines and machinery in Woolwich basin for Portsmouth dockyard. She brought a number of supernumeraries fur Sheernesq, who were con veyed to their quarters by the Hart, tender to the Waterloo at Sheerness. The Hart brought a number of seamen to Woolwich for disposal in the gun-boats fitting out in that dockyard for service in China. The Furious, 16, paddle, Captain Sherard Osborne, C.B.—An order has been issued from the board that none other but continuous service men are to be entered on board ships now fitting for China. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Henry Caldwell (flag of Rear-Admiral R. S. Dundas), may be expected to arrive at Spithead, from Lisbon, on or about the 26th inst. The Melville, old 71, having undergone exten sive repairs and alterations, fitting for an hospital ship on the China station, by the Messrs. White, of Cowes, Isle of Wight, will come out of the Medina dock the next spring s and be towed to this port, to be completed for service. His Prussian Majesty's frigate Thetis, 40, Capt. Sundewal, after wintering and refitting, left Ports mouth harbour yesterday afternoon. She anchored at Spithead. Mr. John Davy, Royal Naval Engineer of the first class, has been promoted to be Inspector of Steam Machinery afloat, and appointed to take charge of the machinery of the China steam squad ron ; he goes out in the Pera from Southampton Ito -morrow. Mr. Knapp, Purveyor, in the Com missariat department, goes out also in the Pent, being ordered to Hong Kong. The paddlewheel steam frigate Retribution, 28, Captain Charles Bar ker, left Plymouth Sound on Monday for South America. The screw steamship Sanspareil, 71, Capt. A. C. Key, sailed from iPlymouth on Tuesday evening with marines and ordnance for China. Surprise, despatch gun vessel, Devonport, has been conunissioned by Commander S. G. Cress well. Banterer, g unboat, at Devonport, has been com missioned by Lieut. Bedford Pim. The screw steam vessel Plumper, 12, Captain George Richards, arrived. at Plymouth on Tuesday from Spithead. The merchant ship William Hammond, Captain Richardson, with 274 officers and men of the 67th Regiment, from St. Lucia, West Indies, February 19th, arrived all well in Plymouth Sound on Tues day night. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Commander William Bowden to the Medusa, vic j eß : TYe' fer, invalided charle ; s s C p b r a d i u l es , F. A. Courtney, William and Robt. Irvine, surgeons, to the Calcutta : Commander Richard Williams has been appointed mail agent on the Australian station. - MARKET NEWS.--(rhis Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 19, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT 1 BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS I PEAS 553 ca 46s Id 24s 4d 39s 10d I 39s 4d 39s 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT BARLEY 1 OATS 1 RYE 1 BEANS PEAS 55s iod 45s 6d 23s 4d 40s 4d 39s 5d 39s 4d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. _ _ 10:x,1='3;`ti neat, barley, 55, beans, 7,105 ; pea ~912; oats, 18,676; rye, 200 as, 1,358 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. 1T lows AND LEADFSHALL.—Tho trade was steady, as follows :--Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s lOLI to 4s 10,1; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 01; Pork, 3s &I to Os 21 per 81bs, by the carcaso. SOUTHALL, March 18.—The stipplies of stock were mo derate, and the trade ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 10,1; 3iutton, 4s Od to 5s 1041 ; Veal, 41 to 5s Od ; Pork, 48 Cd to 4s 10.1 per 81bs , to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 18 Our market is less active, yet prices ars supported. Beef, from ',3s 8d to 5s ; Mutton, 4s 4d to Us Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od • Pcrk, 4s to 5s per 81bs. FLAY M ARK ' En. c .w t : BE E it oe _ SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os ; clover do., 31 lOs to 6/ Os • and straw, 11 6s to 1110 s per load. Trade dull. ' 43; clover s A to ND SI - 0.3 M ; low hay , 21 12s to 41 do. ' 31 Ills to 51 . Os; ea and straw , ll Us to 11 lls per load, A slow trade. do 31 1 APEL.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4/ Os : clover Supply good. and straw, Cs to 11 103 per load. THE DAY OP THE DISSOLUTION.-li 18 expected that Parliament will be dissolved on Saturday, and that on that day the new writs will be issued. Elections will take place to-morr ow week in the metropolis, where no . poll demanded : where there is, the polling Will take NEW MUSIC. l'll never Cease Loving thee. The Christmas Queen. Yesterday, to-day, and to-morrow. Johnny Gray. The Dew-drop of the Morning. The White Dove. Words and Music by Charles Mackay. Davidson, Peter's-hill, Doctors'-commons. These words emanate from too popular a source to need any especial recommendation to public no tice. Charles Mackay has long rendered good service to Apollo and the people, and these produc tions gracefully uniting the poet and the musician, will add a fresh leaf to his already thickly-twined laurel chaplet. " The )Vhite:Dove" is our selected favourite in the alio - ye list. There is something quaint and expressive about it, reminding us of the, old English school of ditty, when ".The Vicar of Bray," " The Miller of Tetbury," and " Barbara Allen," held honourable place in the baron's hall and peasant's cot. We are so pleased with these specimens that we hope. Charles Mackay will try his hand again in the same department. The Good Rhein Wine. By John Gray. The Boatmen o' the Forth. By John Gray. Chspell, New Bond-street. These are two fair average compositions. There is some power in the first, though, no very original or striking melOdy. The-chorus is effective, which greatly aids a convivial - song. The second is a pleasing ballad, and within the compass of most voices. LITERATURE. A Pilgrimage into Dauphine. By the Rev. G M. Musgrave. Hurst and Illackett. This is a very pleasant book of travel, affording instructive details on the Pictures, marbles, cities, monasteries, people, and countries of 20 departments . of France. The author discusses the qualities of wines, the habits of monks, the systems of manu facture, and the beauties of scenery with equal ability. His pen is vividly apt at every theme it touches, and replete with anecdote and observat'on well adapted to interest the general reader. His account of a visit to the Grande , Chartreuse yields a painful relation of the effects of religious austerities, and abnegations; impressing us with no earnest desire to become alienated/ from the ties and influence of social humanity. Altogether the work is well - worth reading. CAMP OF EX RCISE AT MEHIDPORE, IN MA LTVA. A force of about 5,060 men has been brought together at Mehidpore for the same purposes for which the camps at Chobha,m and Aldershot were formed in this country. Yet from this innocent source have sprung all the paragraphs pregnant with war and annexation, which have, in spite of our protest, gone the round of the papers. We may congratulate ourselves that Ilajpiitana is safe for the present, and we would recommend the public to be more, wary in giving credence to such canards in future. _ We — may as well ,take this opportunity of nc ticing very briefly the incorrect views on the Persian question developed by the Friend of India; in an article extracted in our last number. It is there asserted that "Nobody cares one jot whether Persia is advancing 'or falling to pieces, whether the Shah rules_ iu Herat, or ceases to rule in Teheran." After the appearance in tho Edin burgh Review of that able paper on Persian affair?, which attracted so much attention but a few weeks back, the English public need hardly be told that the internal condit ion of Persia beraelf, het attitude towards this *Wry, her maintenance as a sub stantive power, and her non-extension in the direc tion of Afghanistan, are all questions of the most vital importance. Our relations with Persia are not to be viewed as a matter of secondary consi deration. This is the very error which has been too long committed. It is useless to spend time in arguing what is now generally agreed on, but from the existence of these one-sided views of external policy in the leading Indian papers, as proved by the article on which we are, now animadverting, and of such mischievous mistakes as to our internal administration, a specimen of which We have not iced in the preceding paragraph, we are surely justified in the inference that there is room for a careful and impartial eiponent of the real policy of our Government both at home 4na abroad,--Smith, Elder, and Co.'s Homeward Mail. Sporting Intelligence. WARWICK SPRING- MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. Welter Handicap of 10 SOVA each, b ft. Gentlemen riders. Professionals Gib extra. One mile. 5 subs. Mr. Barker's Prince of Orange, 4 yrs, list (Captain Little) 1 Mr. Crump's Typhon, 4 yrs, lOst 31b (inc Glb title) (Wakefield) 2 Mr. Dawson's Bobby B, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (ir.c 61b extra) (Aldcroft) 3 Bitting-2 to 1 on Prince of Orange; 3 to 1 agst Bobby B. Won easily by a neck; same distance between the second and third. The Two-yr-old Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added. Colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Five furlongs. 11 subs. • Mr. St. John's Greenwich Fair, Sit' 41b...(Aldcroft) 1 Mr. E. Parr's Patience, Bst 41b (Sapp) 2 Mr.. Hughes's Knockburn, Bst 71b (Kendall) 3 Betting-4 to lon Greenwich Fair. Won by a neck ; bad third. The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 20 sous each, h ft, and five only if declared, &c., with 50 added. Certain winners extra. The second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. Two miles. 30 subs, 17 of whom de blared. Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 4 yrs, 7st 121b...(Fordham) 1 Lord Zetland's Gaudy, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (‘V. Abdale) 2 Mr. Hale's Poodle, aged, Bst 101 b (Wakefield) 3 Six and Eightpence and Alembic also ran. Bstting-2 to 1 agst Poodle, 3 to 1 agst Tame Deer, 7 to 2 agst Six and Eightpence, 5 to 1 agst Alembic. Tame Deer was first off, but oa going up the bill he dropped into the third place, and Poodle took up the running. In the dip Gaudy became second, and on entering the straight headed Poodle, Tame Deer lying well up in their wake. Half way up the distance Tame Deer obtained the lead, and ran home an easy winner by two lengths ; a length between the second and third. The other two were beaten off a long way. Theory was declared not to start at 2 p.m. After the race 5 to 1 was taken to some money about Skirmisher for the Northamptonshire Stakes, and offers were made to back him against anything. The question was brought before the stewards as to whether the bets on the Great Warwickshire Handicap were p. p., and it was decided that they were. The Debdale Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added for horses carrying 12st each, that have been regularly hunted, &c. Certain penalties and allowances. Gentleman riders. Two miles. 8 subs. Mr. Price's Royalty, lsy the Dean, aged, 12st (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. Hopkins's Brigadier, aged (b. b.), list 71b (Capt. Aymes) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Decamp, 5 yrs, 12st (Mr. Blake) 3 Ganymeda and Cato also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst ROyalty, 7to 4 agst Damp, 4 to 1 agst Brigadier. Won by a neck, bad third ; the other two were pulled up and did not pass the post. An objection was made to the winner that he had not carried the right weight, but it was overruled. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One mile. 5 subs. Mr. Castle's Castaway by Alarm, 3 yrs (201.), sst 131 b (Bray) 1 Mr. Hughes's Laura Selina, 5 yrs (201.), 7st 111 b (Snowden) 2 Mr. F. Wyndham's Vilage Cock, 4 yrs (401.), Sit (W. Abdale) 3 Mies Hatch and f by John o'Gaunt also ran. Betting-5 to 4on Castaway, 3to 1 agst Laura Selina. • Won by three-quarters of a length; three lengths between the second and third. The winner was sold for 42 guineas. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. Winners after the publica tion of the weights 51b extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Barber's Lord Nelson, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (including 51b extra) Mr. Wailer's Octa.via, aged, 7st 101 h .....(Wakefield) 2 Mr. Wilkinson's Blight, 6 yrs, 7st 91b (Mundy) 3 The following also ran :—Plausible, Jesuit, Ques tionable, Marvel, Profile, and Flyaway. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lord Nelson, sto 1 each agst Octavio. and Profile, 6 to I.Aeleh agst Blight and Fly away. • '• Won by a length and a half; three-quarters of alength between the second and third. Questionable was a bad fourth. Plausible fifth, and Flyaway sixth. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst Skirmisher (taken freely) sto 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin (offered) 6to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's St. Giles (offered) 10 to 1 agst Adatnas (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 apt Lord Zetlaud's Vedette (t freely) 6to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 10 to 1 agst Apathy (taken) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Mr. W. I'Auson's Blink Bonny 20 to 1 agst Kent (taken) 20 to 1 apt Lord John Scott's Lady Hawthorn (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Skirmisher (taken) WILLOUGHBY HANDICAP. ERRATUM. —Mysterious Jaelee weight was 9at 914 (in lih wytral. nut lOst. and not the present members, who were on their trial before the country. If Manchester wanted to exchange . the proud distinction it enjoyed o f having two men to represent it who could grapple with other men in thit proud arena of intel'eAull gladiltorBhip, the House of Commons, and enabl Manchester, at all events, to count as something iu the eyes of the world, then let the e'ectors keep their present members. If, on the other hand, they thought they had acquired fame and distinc tion enough, and wanted. to fall into utter insigni ficance, and to hear a hiss of scorn and indignation, then let them return the two men who %vete the new candidates for their suffrages.—The requisition to Sir John Potter and Mr. Lowe has received only about 2,500 signatures out of a constituency of 18,000 voters. NEWPORT, ISLE OF W IGHT .—M r. M assey, th e Under-Secretary of State, and Mr. Kennard (Con servative), are to bo opposed by Captain Mangles, of the Royal West India Mail Steam-Packet Com pany, and Mr. Buxton, son of Sir Fowel Buxton. NORTHAMPTON.—L,rd. Henley, Mr. • Otway, M.P., and Mr. Wodehouse Currie, haVe severally offered themselves in place of Mr. Raikes Currie, but they have now all retired in favour of Mr. Charles Gilpin, who will stand in conjunction with the Right Hon. R. V. Smith, as the only Liberal vandidate. It is expected that they will be opposed by Mr. Hunt, Conservative. OXFORD, Wednesday Evening.—The canvass of Mr. Cardwell has more than equalled his most san guine expectations. READING. —The present members, Mr. Francis Keating, Q.C., and Mr. Pigott, have issued their addresses to the constituency, offering themselves for re-election. Riforr.—Mr. William Beckett and the Hon. Edwin Lascelles, the present Conservative mem bars, have very unexpectedly announced that at the expiration of the present Parliament they shall retire from the representation of the borough. At an influential meeting of the electors, Capt. Smith in. the chair, it has been agreed to invite to become candidates John A. Warre, Esq., of 54, Lowndes square, London, and John Greenwood, Esq., of Swarcliffe Hall, near Ripley. SHAFTESBURY.—This borough has suddenly been thrown upon its resources for another candidate, Mr. Berkeley Portman, the sitting member, having determined upon offering himself for the county of Dorset. There are not more than 500 electors in the borough, and the seat is virtually at the dis posal of the Marquis of Westminster. SOUTHWARK.—Mr. Apsley Pellatt has retired from the contest, and has addressed a farewell to his constituents. A requisition is being got up calling upon the hon. gentleman to reconsider his decision. Sir Charles Napier add ressel the electors last night and was well received. Resolutions, pledgiug the meeting to secure his re-election, were unanim.onsly agreed to. A preliminary meet ing of the friends of John Locke, Esq., was held at the Equestrian Tavern, Blackfriars-road, last even ing. Mr. John Butterfield was called to the chair. Mr. Locke's address to the electors having been taken into consideration, and his replies to ques tions put to him being very satisfactory, it was determined to support him, and the names of a large.number of influential gentlemen were handed in to form his committee. SHREWSBURY. —YesterJay Shrewsbury was pla carded with a joint a !dress from Mr. lluddlestoi, of the Oxford Circuit, and a Mgjor Phibbs, who offer themselves upon what they call Conservative and Protestant principles. Mr. R. A. Slaney, the Liberal candidate, has not yet returned from the continent ; but his brother, Mr. W. H. Shney, has made a paylial canvass of the elector, and the promises obtained are more numerous thri ho _an- iicipnted. Mr. Tomline's friends are also active; and, with the influence they possess in the borough, there is no doubt of his return, conjointly with Mr. Slaney. SLIGO (Bonoana).—Candidat es for th;s celebrated borough are becoming as plentiful as blackbeiriis. The last in the field is Mr. James O'Dowd, jun., a member of the Middle. Temple. Mr. O'Dowd is a warm supporter of the present Government, and here are me circumsiancea connected with his appearance as a candidate which foreshadow the probability of a close race between him, and what ever number of candidates may be arrayed against TrVERToN. Heathcoat, in an address to the electors, Pays " Under ordinary circumstances I might have been nclined to retire from the representation of your borough and should.have felt a pride la restoring to you (I hope untarnished) the trust you gave into my keeping upon the passing of the Reform Bill ; but I feel that the pre sent crisis calls for the exertion of every mau who values the position of his country among tho nations of the world. According to my views, the, present Govern ment of the country deserves the support of every true patriot ; and after having voted on the side of the mino rity in the late division in the House of Commons, I am desirous of having my opinion upon the great question of the day confirmed by you, and in this hope again offer myself as a candidat,, for your suffrages." The statement that Mr. Heathcoat Amory meant to stand for_ this borough is incorrect ; and Sir J. H. Maxwell has retired. THETFORD. —No opposition is expected to be made to the re-election of the Hon. F. Baring and the Earl of Euston, the present members. WEST NORFOLK.—The report that Mr. W. Badge will retire from the representation of this nonstitu- ency continues to receive currency in the ditrict. Mr. Brampton Gurdon, of Lettou-hall, will be brought forward as a candidate by the Liberal party, and is expected to be returned without op position with Mr. G. W. F. Bentinck, the other sitting Conservative member. Mr. Gurdon is an elder brother of Mr. J. Gurdon Rebow, who was lately returned for Colchester. THE ROY AL BLITISII BANK. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—YEsTimair. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) The examination of Mr. Edward Esdaile, the late governor of the bank, was continued at the sitting of the court. The court was much crowded. Mr. Yenning : Sir, Mr. Esdaile, in reading over the transcript of the shorthand writer's notes of his examination taken last week, finds that there are certain parts of it which he is unwilling to sign, because he has run into some errors in some of his statements, and ho wishes your Honour to afford him an opportunity of explaining. The Commissioner : Yes, certainly. The explanations having been given at great length by Mr. Esdaile, his examination was re sumed as to the proposal in 1855 to get iu new men as directors, and more . capital from new share holders, and how far Mr. Alderman Kennedy was a party to such a suggestion. This was in May, 1855. He bad no motive in carrying on the bank but for the advantage of the bank itself. He was a man Of sub stance at that time, althinigh he stood indebted to his father for his capital. He never paid a farthing of the 501. call on the shares, but transferred 4,0001. capital (after the doors of the bank were shut) off his own books to his father. That was what his father had supplied to him. In January, 1856, he k•egan to wish to retire from the governorship of the bank, and sent in his resignation, because he saw some of the directors shirking attendance at the board. He wrote a letter to Deputy-Governor, Mr. Owen, on the 15th of January, 1857, in which lie said—" Our highest policy is to present a solid front to the public—mir weakest conduct is to dan gle a rope of sand before them. We want courage and coolness, and with God's blessing all our diffi culties will be surmounted." After that, on the Ist of February, they made a report to the share holders that the bank was flourishing ; declar ing a dividend of 6 per cent., announcing the com pletion of a second addition of a million to the sub scribed capital, and advising that 3,000 additional shares of 501. each should be issued at a premium - of Si. each. The new director, the Hon. Mr. Stapleton, was not informed of the true condition of the bank. On the Ist August, 1856, another flattering and falsified report was issued to the shareholders, and a dividend of 4 per cent. declared "to enable them to make more than ordinary pro vision for bad and doubtful debts." Cameron, who owed 20,0001., was at this time displaced by the directors. Mr. Crawford, their general mana ger, refused to sign the report of 1856, as also did Mr. Paddison. He had endeavoured in July, 1856, to get persons to take shares in the bank. He had told Mr. Goddard, a share holder, who inqaired why the shares were at a discount, that there was no cause for it, and that if he would go into the market and buy the shares, the bank would lend him 1,0001. to do it with. The bank, of course, supported the price of its own shares in the market. It was not until Cameron left, in 1856, that Mr. Owen and himself knew from examining the "green pocket ledger" that Mr. Humphrey Brown owed 70,0001. to the bank. Whoa he assumed the chair of governor, Mr. BroWn owed only 25,0001. ; when the'bank closed, the debt had grown to 75,0001. A gay letter to Cameron from witness was read, speaking of the "game" to be brought down in his journey to Scotland, and pointing out how Sir James Mathewson might be brought in as a direc tor as well as a trustee. Mr. Humphrey Brown said the witness bad pledged five ships to the bank, and afterwards sold them himself without the bank's sanction. The case was then adjourned until Monday, at eleven o'clock.. TBA. AND SILL—The Colingsturgh has arrived off St, Alban's Head with 318,700 lbs, tea and 2,120 bales o silk on freight. ►Spirit of the Public Journals. (From the Daily New 3.) The " Palraers °plans and nothing else;" coolly as.ume that the English people approved of till Peace of Paris. It would be a more correct expres sion to say that they acquiesced in it. 1 1 ,-e g,ner al sense of the nation at the time WM that Russia had been Lt off too easily. It wal believed that the Russian Government had not been sufficiently humble i to teach it the necessity of restraining its aggressive pripensitits in all time coming. It was feared that the check it had experienced would only irritate, and render it eager to embrace the first opportunity to console its wounded vanity by some dazzling encroachment on sows weaker ne'wihour. The arguments by which the aversion to the treaty inspired by these considerations was overcome were twofold. It was insinuated, rather than asserted, Vtat the exhausted state of the French Exchequer had determined the Emperor to make - peace ; and that if England resolved to carry on the war she must carry it on without the aid of Franca. And it was argued that Russia had been so much weak ened that she would be obliged to remain quiet for many years ; and that before she could again be in a condition to resume offensive operation-t, the Turkish Government might, by a system of judi cious policy, render the Ottoman Empire teo strong to be assailed with impunity. These considerations were allowed to have so much weight that the English people acquiesced, but reluctantly, in the conditions of the treaty. But a degree of eclat was undoubtedly given to the Peace of Paris by an incident in the Conferences which had no necessary connection with the war or itstermination. The representatives of Sardinia—as the representatives of the only independent State of the Italian Peninsula, availed themselves of the assembly of the Great European Powers in Congress to invite their attention to the grievances of the Italian people. They pointed out how the whole of Italy, with the exception of the Sardinian terri tories, was in a state of chronic anarchy,-,bordering on revolution. They showed that this was owing to the misgovernment of the native princes, who were encouraged to persevere in their migovernment by the protection afforded by foreign bayonets. They reminded the Congress that a revolution in Italy would inevitably spread over the whole of Europe. They called upon the Great Powers represented in Congress to interpose their good offices, with a view to save Italy and Europe from revolution. And they declared that this could only be aecom plished by withdrawing all foreign armaments from the independent States of Italy, and thus teaching the native princes that the stability of their thrones depended upon their adoption of a more energetic, a more wise, and a more humane system of domestic policy. The answer made to this appeal by the representatives of France and Eng land in Congress was manly and generous. They admitted the grave character of the grievances com plained of by the Italians. They recognised the necessity of the adoption of a more humane policy by the King of Naples ; and of the reform of the Papal Government, by infusing a larger lay ad mixture into the composition of its Administration. Above all, they recognised the urgent necessity for the imme.liate adoption of measures having ii view the ultimate withdrawal of all foretn troops— Austrian and French—from all the naive Italian States. The avowal of these views by the Go vernments of France and England breathed a new life into the patriots of Italy. The moderate, prac tical Italian reformers, who had so long felt them selves in a position of the greatest difficulty between absolutism on the one side, and ult. a-republicanism on the other, looked forward with confidence to a better future. The peas and prosperity of Italy seemed assured by legitimate, peaceable means. There was not a humane aid liberal heart in Eu rope that did not beat more freely. The honour won by the representatives of France and England in Congress, through their frauk, generous, and humane declarations in favour of good governmeLt and liberty in Italy, reflected a glory on the equi vocal peace they had concluded, and universal satis faction prevailed. This was in the beginning of April, 1956. • In a few weeks we shall have reached the beginuing of April, 1857. What has been done for Italy during the year that has nearly completed its circle ? We say nothing at present of the proceedings in rela tion to Naples, the result of which. however, it may be remarked, appears to be much more likely to be the precipitating than the averting of an Ita lian revolution. But, we ask, what has bean done for the centre and the north of Italy 'I Not a French soldier has been withdrawn from Rome, not a movement made indicating that they are about to be withdrawn. The Austrian troops have evacu ated one or two unimportaut posts in the neigh bouring territories. But, on the other hand, Aus tria has increased her army in Lombardy and 'Venice ' • sho his strengthened her positions and in creased her garrisons all along tha line of the Po ; she is rapidly completing those maritime fortifica .. Cons on the east coast of the Adriatic which are a "standing menace to Italy;" she has established a fortified tete de pont at Ancona for the Steam bridge with which she has bridged the Adriatic. Instead of preparing to evacuate the independent States of Italy, the Austrian troops are intreuching them selves more strongly in their territories. No re forms have been made in the Papal Government ; the persecution of liberal politicians is persevered in ; the chronic anarchy of society is on the in crease. In vain has the Sardinian Government called the attention of France and England to this melancholy state of affairs. Its importunities ate disregarded, replied to—if at all—with discour teous impatience. Austria, taking heart of grace at the obvious coldness of France and England, seeks to fasten a quarrel on Sardinia. And this is the moment embraced by an English Minister to boast in the House of Lords of the growing cordiality of the English and Austrian Governments, and to laud the policy of Austria in Italy. A. conviction is rapidly gaining ground throughout Italy that it has been betrayed by the Western Powers. Indignation at such treatment is driving the most judicious and temperate Italians frantic. The risk of a revolutionary crisis in Itlly is daily increasing. The condition and prospects of that country are worse than they were on the Bth of April, 1856 ; and they have been rendered worse by the disappointment of the legitimate hopes which the language used on that day by the representa tives of France and England awakened. We this day publish a document, which throws a melancholy light on the apathy and inaction of the last twelve months, which have been pregnant with such fatal results to Italy. It is a Report on the condition and prospects of the States of the Church, and of Italy in general, addressed by the French envoy at Rome to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the 14th of May of 1846. It is a laboured and Jesuitical attempt to demonstrate that the Italians are incapable of constitutional go vernment • and that the time never can arrive when it ;sill be safe to withdraw the troops of France from Civita Vecchia, or those of Austria from Ancona. We are in daily expectation of a reply to this document, prepared by several Italians of world-acknowledged ability and experience in the affairs of state, exposing the utter falsity of the alleged facts on which the arguments of the Report rest. But, in fact, no answer is needed. The puerility of the theory of races upon which its rea soning rests is transparent ; and the fear and ha tred of constitutional government by which the judgment of the writer is biassed cannot escape the most obtuse. The damning fact is incontrover tible, that one little month after the French Gov ernment had publicly declared its adherence to a just, wise, and humane poli c y as regar d s It a ly, the French Minister at Rome was strenuously apologia• ing for all the shortcomings of the Roman Govern ment, calumniouslyaspersing Piedmont, advocating the permanent occupation of Italy by foreign troops, and all this in a confident and complacent tone, which betrays what good grounds he had for feeling assured that in the Emperor and his Minister for Foreign Affairs he had two sympathising and ap proving auditors. In short, it is clear to demon stration that in little more than a month after the French Minister of Foreign Affairs had publicly declared that Governmental reforms and the re moval of foreign troops from Italy were necessary to prevent an Italian, a European revolution, the French Government and its agents were secretly exerting themselves to prevent the carrying of these views into effect. The conduct or motives of the French Govern ment are for us a matter of only secondary concern. The latter, it is true, 'are sufficiently apparent. The anxious craving of the French Emperor to have himself crowned—a la Charlemagne —at Rheims by the Pope, is notorious. The tergiversation of the French Government, and its truckling to the Holy See, is sufficiently accounted for on this ground. Whether it has been successful orwhe- whe ther, as is now currently reported, Austrian diplo macy has out-generalled French diplomacy at the Court of Rotne, is to us a matter of utter indiff . er once. It is with our own Government we have to do. Unfortunately, accidental circumstances have prevented our giving publicity to th e repor t o f the French Minister at Rome until it is too late for any movement to be taken upon it in Parliament. But the country ought to insist upon knowing, and Re hope it will insist upon knowing, whether theEnic,e_ lish Government has been aware of in do_a ulle_ faced game which their Imperial ally the:tnd ries has been playing. Lords Palmerstonse a Cla rendonre- putation succeeded in building for t6 e e d ni with regard putation upon the course they p od AN e materially apathy they have Ping e display to Italy in the Paris Conferences . The sloth and dimmed that reputation. But if they have been I cognisant of the despatch which we now present to the Eug public—if they have allowed the French Government to aflt. al a remora upon the r argon in regard to Italy, knowing its objets—England, It thy, the world, w;11 have a far more seri , ms cause of qu"rrel with them. This Italiin question has bean far too long neglected by Englishm4n. Frank and unreserved exploitation's on this head ought to b 3 demanded at the hustings from every candidate who presents himself as a pat tisan of Lord Palmer ston on account of his Foreign Policy. (Prom the Times.) er reading forty or fifty electioneering ad dresses in succession one arrives at some interesting general results. One is, that no t wo o f them - are— inc. edible as it may appear—exactly alike. Even the same precise past and the s ame precise future, the same acts and the same promises, the self-same opinions on Parliamentary Reform, Ballot, the Maynooth- question, Church rates, and Sir John Bowling, assume a different external mould and form. Some adopt the short, pithy, and other. the long, sonorous style. Some have obviously r ea d the Spectator at one time of their lives, and affect elegance. Frankness, humility, zeal, and discre tion we find to be all in their turn electioneering virtues, and each is represented. The poet talks of the seven ages of man, but the ages of electioneer ing man may, perhaps, be reduced to three. There is, in the first place, the ardour of first courtship, when the untried candidate breathes the freshness of early promise, and longs for the opportunity of exhibiting proofs of his generous devotion. To this class belongs the address of Mr. Neat; at Oxford, who runs full tilt at " the increasing power and the increasing selfishness of the aristocracy of wealth,' which have made it almost impossible " for honest industry to batter its lot, or unendowed talent to rise to its proper level." He is prepared to lead a crusade against this monster abuse, and repeat the combat of St. George with the Dragon in right earnest. These spring candidates are in keeping with the time of the year; but there are varieties of them, and the young heir-apparent who comes forward at the age of 21 to supply the place of a retiring father or grandfather is the early snowdrop or crocus of electioneering horticulture. The ardour of first courtship is succeeded again by the sober affection of wedded love, when the cand=- date has represented the constituency in some three or four Parliament.. This is the second elec tioneering age, when the hon. member alludes modestly to past services, regular attendance at the house, judicious votes, and, at any rate, the very beat intentions. The third and last age is repre sented in the address of Sir Charles Burrell to the electors of Shoreham, in which he says that, "hav ing represented the constituency upwards of 50 years, there is no occa.sion)for him to enter into any explanation of his political principles." The Chinese question is of course prominent, and after one or two vague generalities the can didate usually begins his Chinese paragraph. But here we note a great difference. The supporter of Government evidently lakes the subject, as being, in the electioneering sense, a good one. He appeals at once to great national principles, on which he knows the popular feel ing will be with him ; he denounces fact'ous c ali tion wi'h a swing, and his sentence goes off like the crick of a whip. He feels his advantage on that question with a constituency of which the leading and moving part is perfe,tly able to see through the thin humanitarian disguise which the s`ruggle for office has assumed. But the member who has voted iu the majority as evidently does not like the subject, though he knows he must face it. He swallows the pill by an effort, and is very glad to get it over. Thera ar-, however, different ways even of doing this. There is the prosy apolo getic, like Mr. Rust's, who goes over the Chinese question again with the electors of Huntingdon shire, and concludes with a great deal about can sci-ntious conviction, sense of duty, impartial con sidetation of the subject, and the like, the value of which, when it all happens exactly to coincide with the Opposition side of the house, is very obvious. There is the short apologetic, when the candidate disposes of a disagreeable subject by one uneasy bolt, such as Colonel Stuart adopts to the electors of Cardiff. "On the Chinese question he is not ashamed to find himself agreeing with Mr. Cobden." This is short and summary, and the Colonel has mas tered the policy so often recommended of stating a conclusion without giving the reasons. But, though it is only one mouthful, it is obviously an unplea sant one. Why does Colonel Stuart say he is "not ashamed" of his vote? That is a very poor thing to say; he ought by rights to be proud of it, to be glad to point to it, to wear it as a feather in his cap. Is this all that a man who has just aided in a groat philanthropic triumph, a splendid victory of benevolence and justice over unprincipled cruelty, can say—that be is " not ashamed" of it ? There could not be a clearer sign that Col. Stuart was ashamed of his vote ; indeed, as a rule, when a man assures us he is not ashamed, it may generally. be inferred that he is. Nor has it less the appear ance of this when the Colonel attempts, as he does, to cover his obnoxious vote with a_ whole cloud of liberal promises and cries—the Ballot, Extension of the Suffrage, and Abolition of Church rates. We must observe that even Mr. Bright is short on this subject :—" I entirely approve the resolution moved by Mr. Cobden and seconded by Mr. Gibson on the subject of the melancholy events at Canton." We might have expected something more from Mr. Bright upon a great philanthropic triumph than the very short matter-of-fact statement, which he words with a sort of dry exac' ness, " the reso lution moved by Mr. Cobden and seconded by Mr. Gibson." This is not quite the way in which a man alludei to a topic which he loves. Why does not Mr. Bright enlarge upon this " glorious victory," this bright spot in the annals of Parliament, when a majority of the House of Com mons generously declared for the right 3 of humanity, and protected the defenceless against the strong. What is it which holds his pen, and stops the steam of congratulatory eloquence ? Surely, having been prevented by a reason which we must all lament from expressing himself in Parliament on this question, he was the more bound to use the opportunity which an address to his constituents afforded ; but be rather ungraciously disposes of the whole subject in these two words, and immediately goes off to the Persian war, upon which he spends a long paragraph. Is Mr. Bright aware that a large part of the constituency of Manchester shares to feeling which a great mercantile nation must have on this subject, and resents the insult offered to British commerce in making our commercial con: nexions with the vast empireof China the mere tool for a party move and advancement to office ? And why, wo ask with some surprise, does Mr. Cobden himself wholly omit his own subject in his farewell address to the West Riding 7 Was it from bashful reluctance to allude to his own victory, or because he did . not think it would b e a very p l easant one ? It is very symptomatic that severa l can did a t es in their addresses im me di a t e l y rus h f rom th e disagreeable subject of th e vo t e b y w hi c h the Ministry was l e ft i n a m i nor it y i n thi s Par liament to general promises of support to Lord . Palmerston's Government in the next Parlia ment. Sir Henry Meux promises Lord Palmerston " his unhesitating support in any measure which may ba necessary for the speedy and effectual ter mination of the war in China and the conclusion of peace upon terms which will be consistent with the dignity of Great Britain,"—an announcement which leaves the hon. member as much room as the most devoted supporter of Lord Palmerston could want. Messrs. Ker Seymer, Moyer, and Start, in their joint address, assure the electors of Dorsetehile that " since the formation of the Government of Lord Palmerston they have on many occasions given him their support, and have no intention of chang ing the course hitherto pursued by them." 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