The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-09 00:00:00

TDOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ) THIS EVENING, will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi• pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murree a'ad C. Leclercq. • FrHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TEIIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz i am. Followed by (18th time) a new drama, called A WICKED WIFE. After which, GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRAD SHAW. To conclude with Moncrieff's comic drama of THE IRRESISTIBLES. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE 411 Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. This Evening, with its manifold romantic equestrian effects, invented by Mr. Win. Cooke, the operatic drama of ROB ROY, with the original music, the last week of its performance. Rob Roy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the Equestrian EVOLUTIONS in the ARENA. To conclude with tho equestrianharlequinade called PAUL PRV ON HORSEBACK. Commerr at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ;"'Private Boxes, from ld., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, Gil. Vox.office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of ! . 3elections from all the populate Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz. • Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Burnell, - Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonglimans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. TH-EATRE ROYAL, D RUM: LA NT E. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. lqathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R Roby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVZNI).TG, her Majesty's Servants will perform the popular Comedy, A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cleveland, and Miss M. Oliver. Atter which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, bs. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., I'. ls., 11. lls. 6d., and 2/, 25.1 101 OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. ..11A) THIS EVENING, will bo performed the new play of THE CAGOT. Raoul, Mr. C. Dillon ; Lady Eugenie, Miss Woolgar. Followed by CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Med ora Clowns Mr. H. Marshall After which, a new farce, entitled MY FRIEND FROM LEATHERHEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B. White. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super intendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paal Bedford will appear. Followed by a uew Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. To conclude with the new original comic drama, called BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTI vs. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, dm. After which, an original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS YOUTH. To conclude with LES ARTISTES RIVAUX. Mr. F. Glover, Mr. Tapping, &c. nriIIEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, will be performed RICHELIEU. The characters by Messrs. Phelps, H. Marston, J, W. Ray, L. Ball, A. Rayner, Williams ; Miss E. Travers, Miss M. Eburne, and Miss Rawlings. To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO "THE TIMES." R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. This Evening, the new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq., called A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. Commence at half-past Seven. hlQii WATBR, AT LONDON BRIDGf-::. THIS DAY—Morn. 23 min. aft. I.—Evenir:g, 47 pita. It. 1 ramow—Morn. 6 min. aft. 2—Evening 21 xlr.aft. 2 THE WEATTIER—Sus OFFICE, 111,tncH 8. • TE2II3IOICLTER, IN TEE SHAM 55 —highest since noon yesterday. 41 —lowest this morning and durin; the night. 42 —this day at noon. PAr , INIET7tB, 2:Fsl—falling rapidly. WIND, N. to N.W. and W. --Variable and fresh, with a fall of snow and cloudy weather. Afternoon—Several heavy showers of snow and hailstones—rendering it a coin. plete stormy, wintry day, with the wind more northerly, and yet with occasional bursts of sunshine. MARCH 9. 45 - hig;.est Line° coon yesterday. 33 -:o.west this morning and during thP night. 45 lay at Mon. BAROMETER, 29'8(---a sudden rife, Wpm, North.---Fresh, with fine, sunshiny weather, but cloudy, with a biting frostiness in the air. We have had another snow-storm this morning. ONE O'CLOCK. Another snow-storm, with squally weather. It seems as if the equinoctial gales had come a fortnight before their time. Two O'CLOCK.—Sunshine again, and fine, clear, blue sky. • L. 541 °t * , _ LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1857. Lord PALMERSTON'S chief glory as a statesman rests, as everybody knows, as England knows, as the whole world knows, upon his Foreign Policy. And how—in this crisis in the destinies of Parties—how precisely, at this present moment, does Lord PALMERSTON'S Foreign Policy stand in the cognisance of Christendom ? Setting on one side the late pacification with Russia, a pacification we ourselves have always regarded as most unfortunate in its character, * because, to our mind, to say the very least of if, both precipitate and unsatisfactory ! Setting the recent Treaty of Peace with Russia altogether on one side as un fait accompli, and, be it said, un fait accompli, in which the principal ingredients in the late " Oxford Mixture" were implicated —par ticularly, for example, the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London who returned in such hot haste, so obsequiously and conciliatively, from the Vienna Conferences, as well as the three right hon. gentle men who withdrew so very precipitately, in the midst of a Great War, from the councils of her Britannic MAJESTY's Government ! Setting aside, we repeat, as a deplorable event d one and past, this miserable Peace with Russia, for th e i nsum. cient conditions of which Lo rd JOHN RU SSELL, and Mr. HERBERT, and M r. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and GLADSTONE are, if possible, more responsible eve n than the Noble Viscount at the head of the present Administration How, precisely, apart from this One Question of the Rus sian Compromi se How, exactly, at this juncture does Lord PA.L3IERSTON's Foreign Policy stand within the knowledge of Christen dom ? Has it abated one jot of its dignity, of its precision, of those chivalrous and patriotic quali_ ties which are among the most conspicuous of its distinguishing characteristics ? At the present moment, when the Majority of Sixteen suddenly compels the Prime Minister to announce his in tention of Appealing, as soon as it is at all practic- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E`V - ENING, MARCH 9, 1857. able, to the Country, through the Constituencies —what (briefly and simply) are the pi. ominent foreign achievements recently effected, or now in process of being effected, under the auspices of Lord PALMERSTON'S Government? There is the Persian "War, for example. Well —so bold and decisive has been the course pur sued by the British authorities in regard to the Court of Teheran, that within a very 'brief period from the abrupt seizure of Bushire and Karrack, the SHAH has yielded to the demanas of England, announced to him through his 1 epresentative FERIIKH KKAN, his Minister Plenipotentiary 1 Then again there is that wretch ed, long stand ing, apparently interminable Greek Embarrass ment ! Welt—there, too, Lord :PALMERSTON'S Cabinet has so far contrived judic icusly that mat ters really appear at last, in spite of: every obstacle, to be gradually approaching something bearing the semblance at least of a satis factory termina tion. The final departure on the 28th ult. of the restricted but sufficient Anglo-G-allic Army of Occupation preparing the way for the labours (already commenced) of: the diplomatic Commission at Athens, Presided over—by whom 7 By a Greek Diplomatist? By a Bussian Diplo matist? By—even—a French Diplomatist? No— as if in solemn assurance, or deliberate guarantee that the deliberation shall at any rate have the most desirable " tendency "—tia.e Commission inaugurated at Athens has for its President no other than Her Britannic MAJES TY'S representa tive ! That laborious, liberal-minded, and con• scientious ambassador, who has now for eight years, eight momentous and most responsible years, been watching with such jealous and vigilant care over British interests in the classic capital of two of the Crowned Satraps of the Russian AUTOCRAT ! If again in regard to the government of the Two Sicilies, the joint interposition of Imperial France and Monarchical Britain„ has proved no other way effective, it has in a very marked manner vindicated both countries from the:odium otherwise inseparable even from powers who would merely connive in silence at the harsh, acid cruel, and in human policy upheld at Naples by King FERDINA ND. If, moreover, the combined mediation of the Western Allies, with a view to the settlement of the Neuchatel Difficulty, has not even yet arrived at a definitive conclusion—at any rate Lord PALMERSTON'S Cabinet is exonerated from the crime of consenting to witness the triumph of Prussian aggression and the violation of the in alienable rights of the Swiss Confederacy. As to the chivalrous, patriotic, and energetic policy of Lord PALMERSTON in regard to the Chinese Question—that we all know is literally, absolutely, and immediately THE source of the en thusiasm in favour of the Government now spread ing, more or less widely, throughout the whole electoral population. Considering all which—it must be perfectly obvious to every really dispas sionate observer that, so far as regards his Fo reign Policy, Viscount PALMERSTON may appeal with confidence to the constituencies fora favour able - verdict upon his Administration. All is now bustle and preparation for the corn ing con test in every electoral district throughout the entire country. Noble Lords, Right Honour able and Honourable Gentlemen, have to render stringent accounts of their respective stewardships —to explain clearly, distinctly, and unequivocally the manner in which they have discharged the important duties confided to their hands. Happy, indeed, are they who can do so with an easy conscience, who are haunted by no grim visions of tergiversation, negligence, or factious votes, to rise in judgment against them on the all-important days when they must meet their constituents face to face, and submit to not over-flattering estimates as to their conduct. How gladly would intend ing candidates refer to their annual visits and merited votes of approbation from those whose suffrages they were again soliciting. These matters, neglected in too many instances by those who only thought of the passing hour and left the future to take care of itself, now assume immense import ance. "The day of reckoning" is rapidly ap proaching, and many will shrink from the ordeal that must be encountered should they venture to solicit a renewal of confidence which they have not merited nor justified. To the great question that has precipitated the crisis it is scarcely necessary to allude at any length. The voice of public opinion has spoken trumpet-tongued throughout the length and breadth of the land in favour of English pluck and English policy. The great fact that "England loves not Coalitions" will be strikingly exemplified. Faction will be compelled to hide its diminished head, or wherever one justly amenable to the charges may venture—with greater courage than discre tion—to appear, a heavy blow and great dis couragement will be inflicted. Promises—ex press or implied, that long shared the fate of pie -crusts—will be raked up from the limbo of broken vows and violated faith to heap shame on the offenders. Errors of judgment may be for given ; the faults of the head be regarded as comparatively venial ; while those of the heart, originating in corrupt or improper motives, will be sternly pronounced inexpiable. But while there can be no doubt respecting the primary issue, to be submitted to the Grand Na tional Inquest, there are other points of vast im portance to the happiness and prosperity of the community that cannot be neglected or dis regarded. Fiscal, financial, monetary, le gal, and Parliamentary reformers must take advantage of the golden opportunity before them. If that be neglected or misapplied, many years may elapse before another equally auspicious occasion can fairly be anticipated, and no really sincere reformer can remain apathetic or indifferent under existing circumstances. As we recently declared, Lord PALMERSTON owes some thing to the nation. He will receive a generous and disinterested support, such as, we believe, was never yet bestowed on any Minister of the Crown—a support that will render him also the "Minister of the People"—the object of the national choice—which no petty intrigues or Ger manic influence can displace or set aside. His gratitude for such unprecedented favour ought to be certain, and that can only be displayed by meeting, and if possible anticipating, the popular wishes. But these wishes should be clearlyexpressed. There should be no doubt or uncertainty. No pretext for setting them at defiance. Every can didate must be strictly questioned as to his views on matters of domestic interest, and if not in ac cordance with those of the electors, another equally sound on foreign politics may be found, who will not be the tool of the moneyocracy, nor the advocate of unequal and unfair taxation. The most important, although,: perhaps, the least understood question, is that of the currency. As we have repeatedly stated, " a circulating me dium, adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country, is the very life-blood of industry. 2, Should that great deside ra t um be achieved, every man,a n, able and willing to ex er t himself, may be regarded as independent, for lee will be certain of obtaining "a fair day's wages for a fair day's work." But Sir G. C. Lewis has ex pressed his opinions in favour of a renewal of the Bank Charter Act, of the monstrous measure that has placed industry, bound hand and foot, at the mercy of the money lenders for a further term of ten years. Should no change take place in his sentiments, and should the contemplated renewal take place, bitter, indeed, will be the expiation, and great the sufferings of the people. Trade and Commerce will be paralysed—for their legitimate profits will be transferred to the pockets of the money lenders. That one pursuit will flourish, but all others will be crippled and discou- raged. The entire taxation of the country urgently de mands revision. The doctrines of Free Trade must be developed by the reduction or abolition of indirect imposts. But the enthusiastic disciple Of ARTHUR YOUNG, the supporter of additional duties on tea and sugar, will scarcely pursue the course indicated by the people unless driven to it by unequivocal pressure from without. The fiscal reformers have all their work before them, and if the good seed be sown in due season there can be no doubt that it will bring forth an abundant harvest to rejoice the hearts of the people. The fate of Mr. L. Mire's motion shows that the Parliamentary Reformers cannot slumber at their post, while the obstructive disposition of Lord CRANWORTH points out the necessity for Im mediate and energetic action on the part of the legal reformers. Economy and retrenchment is always a popular cry, but we want sound economy, not a penny-wise -and-pound-foolish policy. Let war to the knife be proclaimed against every thing approaching to a job ; but let the full effi ciency of the national establishments be main tained, so that wars may be averted, by being in perfect readiness for any alternative. These are the general features to be regarded by the electors. There are other minor details also to be taken into account, and which we may hereafter refer to. As we have stated, this is the time for action. The People must at once— " Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen !" Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE is entitled to public gratitude. His Industrial Schools Bill may be susceptible of improvement in matters of detail, but, as a whole, it is a good bill, with a most de sirable object. That object is to invest the State with power to step forward and rescue a destitute and helpless section of the community from want, ignorance, pollution, crime, and misery. The case is this. In all our large towns there are num bers of children thrust out of doors to beg, or set adrift in the streets by the desertion or death of their parents, to fend for themselves as best they may. Houseless, foodless, without any to care for them and teach them what is right, the destiny of these poor outcasts is no mystery, to call for an cEDIPUS to unriddle it. The recruiting serjeants of crime, ever on the watch, speedily pounce on the victims thus deli vered over to them, win their confidence by af fected sympathy, seduce them to their crimping dens, give them food, and lodging, and instruction gratis, and then turn them out daily to practice the lessons they have received, to the serious cost of society and their own ruin, the State all the while standing by powerless to interpose between them and their pitiable fate. Thus the ranks of crime are continually reinforced, and by large numbers. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE would put a stop to this state of things—how, we have broadly indicated. To speak more plainly—what he proposes is something like this. By the provisions of his bill the police are to be empowered and instructed to forestall the recruiting serjeants of crime, and when they discover a poor little outcast adrift on the streets convey him or her to a suitable recep tacle, where he or she will be properly cared for, and receive such instructign as may be needed to enable either to earn an honest living. In the case of orphans, the cost of such provision and education is to be defrayed out of the poor rates. When the parents of the children are living the cost of the keep only—the inhuman wretches who are able having to pay for the support of their neglected offspring. In no instancy is the ex pense of maintenance to be taken from the poor rates to exceed three shillings per head, which is the maximum cost per head of children in workhouses. The education, in all cases, is meant to be gratuitous. This, Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE describes as the characteristic princi ple of his bill. A good measure 1 What exception can be taken to it ? " Oh," cries one, " there is danger, of two evils, parents will be tempted to forsake their children. Children, or little strays,' may be arrested whom their parents are able to bring up properly and would be reluctant to part with." " Oh," cries another, " the bill does violence to the voluntary principle !" " Worst of all," cries a third, "it will be an engine for proselytisation !" There is some little feasibility in the first objec tion. We have only to turn to France as a proof of this. These " stray" children are taken up by the pollee and carried to a reformatory without much inquiry either respecting, or on the part of their parents. But the first of these evils is by no means inherent in a measure of this sort, and special prevision can readily be made against it. To a large extent the requirement of 3s. per head for the children's support will keep alive a useful in terest in both parents and officials ; and where proof is brought forward of the parent's ability and willingness to train up his child with reason able propriety, no objection need be made to its being returned to him in order to do so. As to the remaining objections, we are loth to deal with them. With whatever favour we may look on the ♦oluntary principle, or however much we may object to proselytisation, the outcry about either seems sadly out of place here. The volun tary principle and proselytisation, in connection with the rescue of poor deserted orphans, and worse than orphans, from the stony streets —ft.= the Artful Dodger and the villan ous FAGAN ! It moves one's sincerest pity to hear the words in such relation to the voluntary principle, and the sectarian long ing, that leave them free to wander into any den of infamy they list here, and to HEAVEN knows where hereafter. Is it meant, it surely cannot be, that these poor children shall be left to perish until the voluntary principle is established, and sectarian rivalry is merged into zeal for one Church We really cannot afford to wait for the Millennium ! Then the children are on the streets —on the very brink, so to speak, of perdition. There the State goes further, in the person of its officer on the look out for them, and steps between them and the crimp of iniquity. Laying its hand on the poor wanderer of the street, we fancy the State exclaiming, " You are mine ! I will not wait until you have got the rot of criminality, and are fit for the reformatory to look after you. Prevention is better than cure. Forsaken by your parents and friends 'you shall find both in me. You are hungry, I will feed you—houseless, I will shelter you—helpless, I will support you—ignorant, I will instruct you,. Without any one to teach you how to live honestly, that task shall be mine. I will have you taught a trade, and so instructed as to follow it with perfect credit," The poor outcast is rescued. FAGAN murmurs in his deli. —the cries of "a violation of the Voluntary inrinciple ;" " sheer proselytisation," reach his e tr. What does he think—what has he got to say, then ? It would not be difficult to guess ? Ft )r our part we know of no principle, whether d esc ribed as human or Divine, worthy of a mine: at's respect when intervening between a helpless oh ild, left to wander on the stony streets, and its. rescue from starvation, pollution, and moral ruin. At the same time, a right thing should be 4 lame as equit ably as possible. LATEST 1V E WS. CHINA. Intelligence, believed to be authentic, has reached London, to the effect that the Emperor of China had recalled Governor Yeh from Canton. It is added that the Emperor had expressed a de sire to be on friendly terms with the English, and has despatched an officer to replace Yeh. [As yet we have no direct means of confirming or contra dicting the above.] The Moniteur de la Plate contains the following proclamation from the Mandarin Governor of Whampoa " Infamous foreigners have presumed to raise the standard ofrevolt against the sublime and vene rated authority of the Emperor. They have attacked the city of Canton in order to burn it, and already have they received the punishment they have merited, for our invincible troops have re pulsed them, and killed a great number of them. Let them be attacked from every part of the empire. Let every inhabitant of China who shall meet an Englishman inflict on him the fate he merits. Already do our innumerable fleets and our mighty armies, which are dreaded by the whole world, advance to drive them away. Let every body unite with that army—let every one take part in the war, and teach foreigners to tremble before the will and before the anger of our Sove reign, whose gaze is burning as the rays of the sun, and whose power is immeasurable. " He who shall not act in conformity with these orders shall be considered as a traitor, and may ex pect from us a chastisement as prompt as terrible. " You hear ! Obey. " The Mandarin Governor, TCHYN-TOO. " Done at Whampoa, the 9th day of the 12th Moon." The Moniteur de la Flotte adds that on the pub lication of the preceding document, which is one of the least violent published by the Chinese authori ties, the foreign ships anchored in the roads or on the Tchou-Faang sailed away, twang with them Alin few Europeans in the town. The utmost excitement prevailed. A letter, dated Touranne, in Cochin China, of the 7th of December, states that the, King Tsu-Duc is persecuting with increasing severity his Christian subjects. The 600,000 Christians of the empire, the 14 French bishops, and the numerous mission aries are looking to France for protection. Even the idolaters rejoice at the arrival of a French ship in the roads of Touranne. Mgr. Pellerin had suc ceeded, after having incurred great danger in gain ing a refuge on board the French ship of war Cap ricieuse. The Moniieur of Saturday publishes the follow ing letter. Extracts from the document appeared in The Sun the same day : HONG-KONG, JAN. 14. The Chinese no longer restrict themselves to mere self-defence at Canton and upon the river ; they have issued proclamations and pamphlets ex citing the inhabitants to hatred and to the murder of foreigners ; they prohibit them from serving the barbarians, and we have had reason to apprehend an insurrectional movement at Hong-Kong itself. Sir John Bowring has come to an understanding with Admiral Guerin, the commander-in-chief of the French division, and they have decided in con cert upon effectual measures for keeping down, in case of need, the Chinesee population. Fifty men of the French crews have taken up a position in the east part of the town, and every arrangement has been settled for landing, at the first signal, all the landing companies and four field howitzers. It would appear that this attitude taken by the French is to be ascribed to the instructions received by the last mail ; France and England had con certed, we are assured, before they knew even of the recent events at Canton, to obtain from the Chinese Government the revision of their treaties which expire forthwith, and their representatives are said to have received dispatches, which whilst prescribing to them the identical conduct they will have to observe for the attainment of this object by common accord, authorise them to afford each other mutual support in all eventualities. Be that a 3 it may, it is time to have a reinforcement sent to us, and should fresh forces fail to come to China, all Enropeaus indiscriminately would be exposed to most serious dangers. In fact, you will learn, that the incidents of the contest of which Canton is the principal theatre, are succeeding each other rapidly and acquiring every day more serious importance. You will know when you receive this letter that the factories have been destroyed ; they were set on fire by the Chi nese in 20 places at one and the same time, and the English, unable to multiply themselves made efforts, but in vain to subdue the flames, Where the factories once stood we now see nothing but a heap of ruins. Encouraged by the momentary , deficiency of force at the disposal of Admiral Sey mour, the Chinese are showing themselves resolved to go on by means of murder and arson ; imperial soldiers in disguise took their passage on board the Thistle steamer, carrying the mail ; while this vessel was descending the river these soldiers fell upon the Europeans, whom they assassinated, and they then, having,set her on fire, ran her ashore. In the course of the 3d inst. a large number of junks attempted to take the Coromandel war steamer, carrying Admiral Seymour's flag. The Chinese had chosen the moment when the tide was at the lowest, and when the different steamers could not come to each other's assistance. The Coromandel made a vigorous resistance, and the assailants were obliged to sheer off, after losing many of their number. The English had one officer and four men killed, and eight men wounded. A Vienna letter in the Boersenhalle of Hamburg gives some information relative to Prince Danilo's visit to Paris. It says : " It was the Russian legation at Vienna which recommended Prince Danilo, through his envoy, M. Bukovic, to proceed to Paris rather than to the Austrian capital. M. Bukovic during his late mis sion received from the Austrian Cabinet intimations not very favourable to the Prince's Government. The Cabinet of Vienna is fatigued with the con tinual disputes which are taking place on the fron tier, and earnestly wishes Montenegro to under stand ber position as an undoubted vassal of the Porte. It is therefore possible that the Cabinet of Vienna would declare against Montenegro, if. the latter should make open war against the Porte." FRANCE. P I.IITS, SIIN'DAY EVENING. The sensation produced in every political circle in this city by the defeat of Lord Palmerston has not yet subsided. All manifested their surprise, and for a time their incredulity, and some their joy. The most painful part of the affair was the satisfaction of those who dislike England for her liberal insti tutions or her power, still more even than they hate Lord Palmerston. _ _ The treaty of peace signed at Paris has left for the capital of Persia. His Excellency Ferule Khan. w ill rema , n here until its ratification by the Shah ; he will then proceed to London in order to exchange the same at the Court of St. James's. There are symptoms of a strong opposition in. the Senate on the Malakhoff pension. The objections are not to the grant of money, which amounts to 100,000 f., but to its transmission to the male des cendants. This transmission is looked upon by the Senate as the establishment of a majorat, and con sequently as an infraction of the Constitution, which recognises the equality of citizens before the law. BOURSE, March 7.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 7O 70 71 20 New Loan _ -- Bank Shares — Roman 89 Credit Mobilier 1,407 50 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 4O Piedmentese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOB CASH. tr, fr c Orleans 1,450 c, Western 837 50 Northern 9BO Strasburg Lyons 1,477 50 New Ditto — Mediterranean ......1,930 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... 790 Trieste — Cate Bl2 50 Austrian Com. ..... 788 75 DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. - --- - Under date of th e 23d o f F e b ruary , — the Danish Government ha% addressed a note in reply to the notes of Austria and Prussia respecting the Duchies of Ho,stein and Lauenburg. In reply to the reproach that the Danish Govern ment had not fulfilled its engagements towards the G( 'man Powers, M. de She ale (the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs) observes that the Constitution promulgated on the 26th July, 1854, did not then meet with any objections on the part of Austria or Prussia. The Danish Minister then maintains that, even admitting that the Constitution was irregu larly promulgated, it has become the basis of the constitutional existence of the monarchy, and that it could not now be submitted to the approval of the Provincial Diets without shaking the authority of the King and. ur•dermining the foundations of tl - ie public law of the State. The note states that a revision of the Cons itution of Holstein will take place as soon as expedient. I As regards,the question of the domains, while maintaining the right of the Danish Government to comprise it in the category of home affairs, M. de Sheele states the read ness of ihe King to contribute towards any arrangement which might lead to a desirable settlement, but at the same timo declares that his Majesty will not do anything con trary to a real uniun of the Duchies to Denmark or to the existing Constitution. Respecting the frontier line between Schleswig and Holstein, the Danish Government declines the responsibility of the interruption of the lab urs of the Commission appointed to fettle it, and de clares its readiness to resume them. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, March s.—The Hamburg and New York mad-steamer Borussia arrived in the Elbe yesterday morning from New York, after a run of 16 days and 9 hours, and averaging 91 knots the hour throughout her trip. She brought a general cargo and 54 passengers, and will leave again on the 16th inst. for the same place. The shipping trade has been very brisk during the last few days, and a great number of ships from various parts have entered the port. ODESSA. A letter from Odessa of 23d Feb. informs us that the announced Russian Steam N avigation Company had as yet given no sign of life. Their agent, Capt. Arkaq, had endeavoured to purchase some steamers in France, but could find none fit for his pur pose. He subsequently went to England, where he purchased eight steam-boat=, which are daily expected at Odessa: Trade is so dull in that town that several merchant captains had discharged their crews and laid up their ships, seeing no chance of procuring a freight. The port had been frozen for 10 days, and was not clear of ice until the 18th Feb. The English steam-frigate, which brought the English Commissioners for settling the boun daries, had sailed. The Danube being frozen the Commissioners could not proceed from Varna to Galatz, and were forced to go round by Odessa. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. The Royal Mail steamship Europa brings ad vices from New York to the 24th, and Boston to the 25th ; she has brought do specie. On the 6th inst. she spoke the Alps. The Asia had arrived at New York, and the Indian at Portland. A formal application had been made to Congress for an appropriation to despatch an envoy to Persia on the 23d. The Senate passed the bill to amend the tariff of 1846 on the 210. The Senate's Committee on Finarye agreed to report amendments on the Ta riff Bill.. Mr. Hunter, chairman of the committee, had prepared a bill on his own responsibility, and would endeavour to, procure the consideration of the subject on the 25th. An article in the Wash ington, Union on the Central American treaty, denouncing in very violent language all interfer ence by Great Britain in America, had occasioned a very uneasy feeling. The New York Courier and Enquirer replies to the article in indignant terms, and says : The article from the Union has excited much atten tion in political circles, as being perhaps an index of the policy of the incoming Administration towards Eug4.ied. If it really is such there is indeed reason for a sensation. Its spirit is hostile, its charges untrue, its remands un just, and its sentiments insulting and unwarrantable." The House of Representatives had passed the Senate's joint resolution for ascertaining and fixing the relative value of the coins of Great Britain in the United States. Toe house had passed a bill for a modification of the tariff. It provides simply for an addition to the free list on and after the Ist of next July, without proposing any other changes. It is substantially the same as reported at the close of the last session of Congress. One of the provi sions is that only wool of the value at the port of importation of 15c. per lb. or lees, or 50c. per lb. or over, shall be free ; lead, hemp, iron, and sugar remain as at present. The accounts from Nicaragua are very conflicting and unreliable, but there appears to be little doubt that Walker was in a desperate cindition. Having been repulsed on two occasions, many of his men had deserted by floating down the river on logs. Dr. Eliaba Kane, the Arctic traveller, is dead, at the age of 34. A despatch, from New Orleans.of the 23d says :—" The steamship Cahawba has just arrived from Havannah, and brings the intelligence of Dr. Kane's death, which occurred on the 16th inst. The greatest sympathy was manifested by the officers of the island, who attended his funeral in a body." The New York money market had been more quiet. Loans were easier both on business paper and stock. Collaterals with large sales. Reading had improved ic., closing at 80ic. cash. Sales of Erie were made at 56g. Illinois, 134 Missouri Sixes had advanced I. The Bank statement showed very little variation in exchange. Business was not very active.' Rates were steady, and the demand for sterling bills improving—on London, 60 days' sight, 1081 to 1081. There had been a large business in cotton at an advance of ic. to lc. per lb. Flour was lower. Indian corn had advanced. Provisions were lively. In naval stores ,there had been little business done. Scotch pig-iron was steady. Tobacco firm. Freights were rather lower. THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 8. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, Captain R. W. Evans, arrived this afternoon with the heavy portion of the East India and China mails, iu charge of Lieut. Inglis, R.N., Admiralty agent. She left Alexandria Feb. 22, Malta 27, and Gibraltar March 3. This steamer brings 40 first-class passengers, among whom is the Marquis of Hastings, from Malta ; 34 second-class, and 20 children ; and a cargo consisting of 75 boxes of oranges, 21 boxes of jewellery, two casks of wine, 1,200 bales of silk, and 100 packages of general merchandise. She experienced fine weather in the Mediterranean ; easterly winds along the coasts of Spain and Portu gal ; south-east winds across the Bay of Biscay, and north-westerly winds up-Channel ; fine weather throughout. The Ripon exchanged colours with the Peninsu lar and Oriental Company's steamers Colombo, on the 28th of February, at 7.30 a.m., steering E.S.E. ; the Tagus, on the 4th of March, at 5.30 a.m., steering S ; and the Alhambra, on the Bth, steering down Channel. At Malta :—Tho Conqueror, the Centurion, and the Brunswick screwships of the line ; the Centaur steam-frigate, the Recruit and Weser steam loops, the Lynx, Fancy, Osprey, and Wanderer gunboats, the Caradoc, Shearwater, and Medina steamers. Orders had hppn iwaiorl (says the Malta Times) for her Majesty's screw-liners Majestic, Captain James Hope, and Cressy, Captain Richard L. Warren, then in the Bosphorus, to proceed to the Piraeus, embark the 91st Regiment, and convey it to Corfu, after which- the ships are to proceed to England, calling at Malta on their way. Cadiz papers to the 28th ult. had been received at Gibraltar. The Spanish line-of-battle ship Reina Isabel 11., Captain Brigadier Don Antonio de Are valo, arrived at Cadiz on the 27th from Mahon, in tow of the steamer Colon, of 6 guns, Captain Don Ignacio de Arias. The Contribuyente says that " the expedition which the Spanish Government is about to despatch to Cuba to vindicate its honour and place in safety the interests compromised in Mexico will be composed of from 20 to 30 vessels, storeships and transports included, and from 8,000 to 10,000 picked troops. They are to be com manded by a General who has already distinguish ed himself by his gallantry abroad." Advices from Gibraltar extend to the 3d instant. The recently erected public baths and washhouses were opened by the Governor, Sir James Fergus son, on the 24th ult., in the presence of the civil and military authorities. A handsome collation was served ,to a distinguished party in a marquee, and the band of the 92d Highlanders contributed to the festivities. Lieutenant Leith, of the 92d Highlanders, died on the 21st ult., at bis quavers, and was buried in the cemetery at the North Front with military honours. Exchanges on the , 28th were quoted as follows :—London, 90 days date, 51 ; Paris, do., sf. 35c. ; Marseilles, do., sf. 34c. ; Genoa, do , sf. 38c. ; Madrid, eig ht da y s ' sight, I d;s. ; Cadiz, do., dis ; Malaga, do. , dis ; Seville, dis. ; Alicante, do., dis. Valencia, do., dis. ; Barcelona, do., ; Spanish pillared doll ars , 9i to 10 per cent. prem. The European and Australian Mail Company's steamship Etna, with the mails of the 24th ultimo from Southampton, passed to the eastward of the garrison at 6 o'clock p.m., on the 28th ult., bound to Malta and Alexandria. The Royal Victoria Yacht Club schooner Fairy ' Queen arrived at Gibraltar on the 27th, in X3days from Portsmouth ; and the Royal Yacht Squadron schooner Titania on tiie 2d inst., in four days from Algiers for England. H.M. steam frigate Dauntlesq, Capt. Ryder, with the steam gunboat Cracker, Lieut. Blackburne com manding, in tow, arriv,d at Gibraltar on the 17th ult., 12 days from Malt I, and three from Algiers, aLd left at 10 a.m. on the 19th for the westward. H.M. steam sloop Curlew, Capt. Horton, arrived . at Gibraltar from Malaga on the 19th. The French schooner Ville de Quimper, from Cette, bound for Dunkirk, with a cargo of wine and salt, was totally wrecked 1t Torre Carbonera at five o'cloli in the morning of the 22d ult. One of the crew was unfortunately drowned, and the rem3i 6 " der, six in number, were providentially saved by the exertions of the Carbineers on that station. The vessel went to pieces. The screw s'esmer Demetrius, Capt. Young, from Liverpool for Beyrout, put hick - to Gibraltar oil the 19th ult., having been in collision with a bark be lot.ging to Malta. The latter appeared not to have suffered much, as :.he proceeded on hervoy acre with out stopping to ascertain what inj ur y th e t ' s t e aroer had sustained. The Demetrius lost bulwarks, stan chions, cutwater, &c., besides Iptving some of her bowplates carried away. The Superintendent of her Majesty's dockyard having granted every faci lity for the purpose, the necessary repairs were speedily effected, and she resumed her voyage to the eastward on the night of the 28th. THE SPEAKER'S DINNER. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the H ouse of Com mons gave his fourth Parliamentary full-dre!se dinner on the eveniag of Saturday, the 7th March. The following members were present : The Right Hon. Viscount Raynham, the Right Hon. Viscount Sandon, the Hon. Arthur Kinn aird, the Hon. Henry Berkeley, the Right Hon. Waliana Monsell, the Right Hon. Thos. Milner Gibson, Sir Geo. Strickland, Bart., Sir Geo. Henry Dashwood, Bart., Major-General Sir Henry Davie, Bart:, Sir Jas. Duke, Bart., Admiral Sir Chas. Napier, K.C.B , General Sir Joh n Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Hr. Frederick Dundas, Capt. O'Donnell, Mr. Headlam, Q.C. Mr. Ridley, Mr. Win. Brown, Mr. Wm. Ewart, Mr. C. Ewart, Mr. Bass, MrTite, Mr. Willcox, Mr. Bowyer, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Oliveira, Mr. Win. Williams, the Rev. Thomas Gardiaer, the Hon. George Waldegrave. The Right Hon. Owen Stanley was pre vented by ill ness in his family from attending the dinnor. The right honourable gentleman after wards held a levee, which was attended by the following : The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Car narvon, Lord Wensleydale, Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart. (Black Rod), Sir Joseph Ba il lie, Mr. H. J. Baillie, Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Mr. Baldock, Earl of Bective, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Black, Mr. Blackburn, Marquis of Blandford, Mr. Bramston, General Buckley, Mr. Isaac Butt, Mr. Cairns, Viscount Castlerosse, Lord B. Cecil, Mr. James Clay, Sir W. Clay, Lord C. P. Clinton, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, Mr. S. Cocks, Hon. A. If. Col., Mr. Beaumont Coles, Sir C. H. Coote, Mr.4.lderman Cubitt, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Dillwyn, Right Hon. Benjamin Dis raeli, Mr. Drummond, Mr. G. P. Duff, Mr. George Dundas, Colonel Dunne, Sir J. B. East, Mr. Edward Egerton, Hon. 3. E. Elliot, Viscount Erolyn, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir James Fergusson, Right Hon. J. D. Fitzgerald, Right lion. H. Fitzroy, Colonel French Viscount Goderich, Hon. A. Gordon, Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Mr. Thos. Greene, Colcnel Fulke Gre ville' Right Hon. Sir Ge orge Grey, Mr. Grogan, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. J. Hans Hamilton, Mr. lankey, Mr. Granv.llo Harcourt, Col. Harcourt, Mr. Archibald Hastie, Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Right Hon. J. W. Henley, Lord Henniker Sir . Thomas Herbert, H on . P. E ger t on Herbert, Col. Ouse ley Higgins, Mr. Holford, Hon. Cbarles Howard, Mr. Robert Ingham, Mr. Jas. Johnstone, Mr. Hope John stone, Sir Wm. Jolliffe, Mr. R. H. Kennard, Sir Edwd. Kerrison, Col. Kingscote, Mr. Knatchlnall, Hon. W. Stuart Knox, Right Hon. Henry Labou:chere, Right Hon. Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Hon. H. G. Liddell, Mr. Lockhart, Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Mr. Lushington, Macartney, Mr. Maokinnon, Lord George Manners, Mr. Massey, Hon. Colonel Maxwell, Sir W. Milner, Viscount Monck, Sir Graham Montgomery, Mr. Moody, Mr. Morris, Mr. Mowbray, Earl of Mnlgrave, Mr. Muntz, Lord Naas, Viscount Newport, Colonel Nortb, Mr. Otway, Mr. Packe, Right Hon. Sir John Pakiog ton, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. T. Parker, Sir J. Pax ton, Mr. Peacocke, Colonel Pinney, Mr. Portal, Mr. Pugh, Sir John Ramsden, Mr. Osman Ricardo, Mr. Rushout, Mr. Hastings Russell, Mr. G. P. Scrope, Mr. Ker Seymour, Mr. Digby Seymour, Mr. Shirley, Sir W. Smijth, Right Hon. Vernon Smith, Col. Smyth, Mr. Smollett, Mr. W. Stafford, Lord Stanley, Mr. Steel, Mr. Stirling, Sir H. J. Stracey, Capt. Stuart, Col. Taylor, Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Ttiornley, Mr. Tottenham, Sir W. Verner, Mr. Granville Vernon, Mr. David Waddington, Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Mr. Warner, Mr. Wegue lin, Mr. Wells, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Wigram, Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Basil Wood, and General Wyndham. THE COURT.—Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal family and suite, will leave Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace on Wed nesday or Thursday next, where the Court will remain until after her Majesty's accouchement. HEALTH OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—We regret to learn that the health of the Duchess of Kent, the mo ther of her Majesty, is of such a nature as to cause un easiness to the friends of her Royal Highness. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing'-street. The Ministers present were—Vis count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Claarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Al -1 derley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argy 11. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde with his company at dinner on Saturday evening. The following bad the honour of meeting his Royal Highness :—The Earl and Countess Stanhope, the Countess of Glengall, Viscount and Viscountess Sidney, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Panmure, Lord Rokeby, and Mr. Sneyd. Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald was in attendance on the Duke of Cambridge. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are ex pected in town, on Thursday next, from Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. _ The Earl and Countess of Jersey entertained a select circle at dinner, at their mansion in Berkley-square, last evening. The Earl Cowper arrived in town, on Saturday, from Panshauger, Herts. Lord and Lady Harry Vane arrived in town, some days since, for the season. Lord and' Lady Arthur Hay are expected in town, tomorrow, from Strathfieldsaye, Hampshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will give his first Cabinet dinner on Wednesday next. Gri s i is in Manchester, and, it is said, to try her voice privately in the Art-Treasures Building. - Cheap concerts for the people have been commenced at Winchester and Southampton with great success. The general meeting of the Literary Fund is to be held at No. 27, Great Russell-street, on Wednesday next, at two o'clock. LAWYERS IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. —ln the House of Commons there are 105 barristers and six soli citors, and in the Lords nine lawyers, making 120. The Danish Government has published a decree rela tive to the part to be borne by Schleswig in the ordinary expenses, the proposition for which was some time back rejected by the States. The subject selected for the gold medal competition of this year for the Royal Academy, both in sculpture and painting, is " The Good Samaritan." The number of competitors will be large. News from Buenos Ayres states that two mines, one of geld and the other of silver, have been discovered in the province of Catamarca. They are reputed the richest that have yet been discovered. THE DEANERY OF CANTERBURY.—We are informed that this preferment has been given to the Rev. Henry Alford, 8.D., known as an eminent preacher, and more widely by his edition of the Greek Testament. LORD LYNDHURST.—In all matters of moment Lord Lyndhurst is still :he chief adviser of the Conservative party, and the conduct of the leaders thereof will be in fluenced, if not entirely guided, by the conferenbes in George-street, Hanover-square.—Court Journal. MIDDLESEX,—The Hon. George Byng will, it is said, be o ne of the Liberal candidates for the county of Mid dle-ex. Mr. Bernal Osborne will not encounter the chances of an election. The Marquis of Blandford, a Conservative, will probably be the candidate approved by the Government. FInN IN THE CLAPHAM-ROAD.—Last evening, about eight o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Stephen Smith, professor of medical botany, No. 26, Clapham-road-pace, within a few yards of St. Mark's Church, Kennington. Before the engines ar rived the flames had 'spread to No. 27, causing an ex plosion of the gas which was laid on in the lower part of the building. The house on the other side of the one in which the fire originated was also damaged, and the litter compl e t e l y gutted. Nothing is as yet known as to the cause of the calamity. FIRE AT ISLlNGTON.—Yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock, the premises of Messrs. Marsden, Brothers, shawl warehousemen, 41, High-street, Isling ton, were discovered to be on fire.' The whole of the inmates were in bed, asleep, and by the time the police bad succeeded in arousing them the fire had got to such a height as to prevent their coming down the staircase, and they were obliged to wait for the escapes, which were quickly in attendance, followed very soon by the fire-engines, by which the flames were at length subdued. The or igin of the fire i 3 not known. Considerable da mage was done to the stock in trade, which was insured in the County Office, the building in the Sun Office. WELD'S GLOBE.—The diorama of Russia, exhibited daily at this instructive institution in Leicester-square, has not yet lost its interest. Nothing could have been better calculated to impress upon the public mind a clear and definite notion of the general characteristics of Russian scenery, so far as they could be conveyed by an extensive series of views, embracing nearly fifty different localities. All the principal places of the huge empire are represented, and during the last hour and a half that the spectator occupies his seat, pictures of Cronst,sdt, St. Petersburg, Nijni Novgorod, the Ural Mountains, Mlscow, duo., pass before his eye, besides others, illus trative of the Baltic and Black Sea. The scenes, which are of lar g e size, are painted by Mr. Charles Marshall, whose fluent pencil and luminous style of colouring eminently fit him for delineations of this kind. Several new subjects have recently been added to the panorama —among them the battle of the Alma, Sebastopol, and Cathcart's Hill, under the opposite aspects of sunset and moonlight. During the past we ek the following dis tinguished individ ua l s v i s i ted the " G rea t Globe ;u The Prince of Oude and suite, Countess de Terre Diaz, Sir Robert Peel, Lady Russell and family, the Hon. Mrs. Mc rton, Adnairal Cator and family, General Can non and family, Sir Morton and Lady Peto, Sir John Davis, Sir John Arbour Carew, Dunbar, Esq., M.P., Lady Abingdon,—Wileex, Esq., MX., and Dr. lient and family. TilE DOCKS NAPOLEON FRAUDS. Judgment was given concerning the Docks Na poleon on Saturday, at a quarter-past four o'clock, in presence of a great crowd of spectators. Aft assigning lengthenel reasons, the Court came to the following decision :—Acquitted Orsi ; condemned Cusin to three years' imprisonment and 5,000 fr• fine ; condemned Berryer to two years' jai prisonment and 5,000 f. fine ; condemned Legendre to one year's imprisonment and 2,000 f. fine; con demned Duchesne de Vere to six months' impri sonment and 2,000 f. fine. Furthermore, looking to the claims of the partie civile, condemned Cusirit Legendre, and Duchesne de Vere, t o restore the shares and bonds o f Pont-Remy and of Javel ; also the 42,147 dock shares appropriated by them ; likewise the 32,000 shares fraudulently given' to Fox and Henderson, or to pay the value of the same at the price of emission ; condemned Berryer to repay, by way of restitution, a aura of 130, 000 f. I - the amount of the moneys by him received ; con demned all the parties thus found guilty collectively to the costs. THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. A meeting of the members of the Common Council was held this afternoon at the Council Chamber, hall ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. The meeting was called in pursuance of a numerously signed requisition, in order that the court might express itt i : opinion upon the consequences likely to arise to the cool, merce of the country from the decisio n o f th e H o use 01 Commons on Tuesday night last, and to adopt such stePS as might be deemed necessary. The sale by auction of the St. James's Theatre is an' nounced to take place by Mr. Rohins on the 21st of April. This valuable freehold property only requires the attention of a popular and enterprising manager to become one of the most prosperous theatrical speculatieo e in London. The sale takes place by direction of the wort' gagee. The Westminster Library will open to-morrow. S ir W. Page Wood will preside, and Mr. E wart, togetb e l with several members of the House of Commons, w i !" attend the inauguration. On the 15th of April, tu e great library at Liverpool will be founded. This PO; vincial institution is to cost 30,0001 , the whole 0 ' which snm is given for the purpose by Mr. W. Browns M. P. The United States Gazette thinks that all who have the honour to possess the decoration of the Victoria Cr°e ° should be permitted by royal ordinance to affix the initial letters, " V.C.", after their names. The adoption of this suggestion would be acceptable to the paq: ll principally interested, as "it would ena bl e th e m, so t ", - out needles.; display, to obtain the recognition of OW honourable distinction." LIVERPOOL, March 7. —The Royal Mail stearasbiP Africa sailed hence to-day for New York, with 40 Poe' sengers, a fall cargo, and the mails. The stearnebiP Circassian took her departure this morning, with or wards of 200 passengers and a full and very valuable cargo for Newfoundland, Halifax, and Portland. SI is the first ship of a new line. The new Black Ball clipper ship War Spirit sailed to-day for Melbourne+ with a Post-office mail, full cargo, and upwards of 20 0 passengers. Surcrpg.—On Saturday an inquest was held at the Prince Regent Tavern, Beresford-street, Walwortb, bt Mr. W. Carter, coroner, for East Surrey, on the bodi, of Mr. James Taylor, aged 57, late a quartermaster o f the Coldstream Guards, who committed suicide. The deceased had been many years in the Guards, and re• calved two pensions, the ordinary retiring pay, an d 'one from her Majesty for meritorious;conduct. The deceased. fancied he should come to want, although a man of pro• perty. verdict—" Temporary Insanity." WILLS.—The will of the Right Hon. Nathaniel Baron Scarsdale was proved in London under 160,0001. per sonalty ; he has provided liberally for all his servants.--- John Gurney, Esq , of Earlham Hall, Norfolk, 250,0001. —The Rev. W. Thresher, 40,0001. ; has left bequests to reveral charitable institutions.—Miss Mary Pallister, of Kensington-square, 35,0001. ; has also left charitable bequests.—Robert Lindsell, Esq., of Biggleswadrs 35,000/.—John Wooo, Esq., of Totteridge, 30,0001. Andrew Ure, M.D., 10,0)01.—illustrated London Nees. FRIGHTFUL CAB ACCIDENT AT PlMLlCO.—Yeete rdaY evening a frightful accident occurred, which, it is feared , will terminate fatally, to William Morgan, cabman, r e ' siding at No. 17, Caledonian-mews, Pimlico. It apPes" the unfortunate man was d r i v i ng a t a s t ea dy pace, ob ei f ; the horse dashed o ff a t a f ur i ous ra t e , th row i ng him• the box in Stitherland.street, Pimli c o, th e w h ee ls pariob over his arms and body, mutilating him in a shockil manner. The horse'with the c a b was f or t una t e l y stopPef: when police-constables Nos. 16 a n d 24 B conveyed tu.; man to St. George's Hospital, where M r . Roberts, surgeon, promptly attended, and rendered every &se' s : ance that surgical skill could sug ges t, b u t f rom the et' tensive injuries little hopes are en te r t a i ne d o f his tau"- very, CHINESE IN AIISTRALIA.-It will scarcely be believe(' that there are at present no less than 41,000 Chines! located in different parts of the colony of Victoria, 0 r:- chiefly employed in seeking for gold at the various gel",., fields. They are generally under chiefs or " headsn 3 eeti until they can repay their advan ces , f or , b e i ng mostly the poorer classes, they are supplied with a passage e l l. necessaries by their richer countrymen. When the advanvw is paid up they are free to do as they please, and as 01 are generally successftr they are v,ry soon enabled to rer lise independence. As they and the other diggers do no t agree very well they generally get located in a spot bl themselves and work in companies. To obtain gold is the only object the Chinese have in coming to Australia. Thei do not intend to settle in the country, but as FOOl3 0 they have made their " pile" they return to China $ 0 enjoy the fruits of their industry. It is truly astonivb; ing the quantities they contrive to pick up, as evinced by the entries at the Custom-house, which, however, 0 , not represent the whole of their gains —the i ngen uity 0 ' the Chin amen enahlieg him to .carry off considerabl e quantities unrecorded and untaxed.—Australian and New Zealand Gazette. CONVICTION OF ELIZA TREMAINE, AT LEEDS. --- O A Saturday m irning, a . t h e Leeds Quarter Sessi , us, Mari Eliza Tremaine, alias Kellaway, alias Field, We e charged with stealing a pair of scisikors, handkerchie f, purse, and some money, from John Clough, landlord of the Bridge Inn, Ferrybridge, near Durham. It all peared that the prisoner went to the prosecutor's house in December last, giving her name as Mary Eliza Teal', and on the evening of her arrival informed him, under su oath of secresy, that she had escaped from a convent in France, and had spent all her money in travelling, but was possessed of landed property in Oxfordahire worth 1,400/. a year. She stayed some days at the Bridge ions and promised Mr. Clougb,in return for his kindness to her, a "deed of gift" for 1201. a year. With the Tie* of having it " completed," he accompanied her to Leeds,fre which place he went,by her request, to Headingley in s earch of her uncle. On his return she was not to be found/ except by the aid of the police, who discovered her in cottage, to which she had obtained access by a grails° . pretence as that by which she imposed upon Clough; When she was searched, the stolen property was found on her. The jury at once found her guilty, and the - Ile' corder, observing that she bad been convicted of similer frauds at Livt rpool in 1848, at Derby in 1851, a t North' allerton in 1854, at Oxford in 1855, and subsequently el Reading, sentenced her to penal servitude for six year°. THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, March 7.—The PE3DiIr sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Alhambrit, Captain W. J. Woodgates, sailed hence to-day with the mails for the Peninsular ports, 17 pa ssengers (13 & I s t ' class, three second, and one deck), bar gold value 21,0481. for Cadiz, and a foil general cargo. Among the passengers are—Mr. Pater and Mr. Stanniost for Vigo ; Messrs. Sandeman, Hassan, Kingston, and F. ee Almeida, for Oporto ; Rev. A. Hamilton, Mr. Suter , ' and Mr. Colton, for Cadiz ; Messrs. Smith, Caro'' , Pakeman, and G. Binns, for Gibraltar. The Tages,.' tChaep homewardt . E. p Christian, en ineiseidauremheeirl,e andon twheilllm4tehetipnarte.bwabilt; tc t h a o k ei e omm o a u bi lo t s : h cf e raop r m e t t . u Fl r n n i mail of the 17th. The Pera, Cap' Soy, leaves with the India mails on the 20th, and t" - dia eisedducehainbao.ut Thethe saEmeerepedaeteevisiej Australian Company's screw steamer Jura (charter e from the Cunard Coreptny), Capt. Moodie, arrived her: from Li verpoo l th i s morn i ng, hav i ng made the Pstesegi to Cowe s i n 39 h ours f rom th e M ersey. This veee? takes out the Australian mails on the 12th instant, Malta a n d Al exan d r i a , w h ence th e y w ill b e d e spatch• overland to Suez and carried on fr o m that port to Au r ' i tralia by the screw steamer Simla. The Etna, CePt ej o Millar, is due here from Alexandria on the 20th, with ti first homeward mails from Australia under the new el' tract. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Avon, Capt Revett, haves on Monday, the 9th, with the mails .ag Lisbon, Madeira, and the Brazils ; and the next meg from the same quarter will be brought by the Taie sf ' Tee Capt. nextJ el outwardl co e,duewheeerte Indianat the latter steamer e will n of the be the dalena, Capt. Abbott, on the 1 7th, and the Parana le due from the islands on the 16th. rnlq"atOb.::